Disclaimer: I do not own the Labyrinth. The wonderful and awesome Jim Henson Co. does.
"Talking" 'thinking' dream
Sarah returned laden with grocery bags. She placed them on the kitchen table and went to hang up her new clothing purchase in her closet. Entering the kitchen she grabbed a knife and a large bowl. Out of one of the brown paper bags she pulled out a bag of peaches. And another and another until altogether she had 13 bags of peaches on the table. Taking a peach from one of the bags closest to her she began the time consuming task of peeling and coring the soft fruits.
Sarah sighed as she cleaned up the kitchen and washed her hands. She checked the clock. It read 6:05. She had 55 minutes to get a shower and change before she could call her friends.
Sarah sighed as she sat down at her vanity preparing to call her friends. Glancing at her clock, she saw that she only had a minute to wait. She smoothed out the skirt of her dress, which resembled the one from the dream that she had every year on this night. She heard the clock downstairs chime seven. "Hoggle, Ludo, Sir Didymus, I need you."
"Sawah!"
"My lady!"
"We've missed ya Sarah."
She smiled as she greeted each of her friends in turn. As they settled down and Ludo started telling her of an adventure they had had last week with his rock friends she couldn't help notice that Hoggle was being abnormally quiet. Usually he would interrupt to correct things and would end up taking over the whole story. She shrugged it off assuming that he didn't have anything to say. The time flew by and before they knew it, it was time for them to leave. As they walked through the mirror Hoggle paused and turned to Sarah. "Sarah after tonight . . ." But he didn't get to finish his sentence as the clock struck 2 am downstairs, the magick that allowed him to be there disappeared. Sarah briefly wondered about what he had been about to say but dismissed it from her mind with a shake of her head, and went downstairs to eat.
Supper for Sarah consisted of peaches. That's it, nothing but peaches. Peaches in pie, cobbler and any other way you could imagine. As she ate her fifth piece of pie she realized how silly she had been to make herself a meal entirely of peaches. 'Oh well, it tastes wonderful all the same.' She smiled thinking to herself.
She finished washing up as the clock stuck 3. Putting down the plate she rushed up the stairs to the balcony of her room. Just as always it began to rain teardrops instead of raindrops. Lifting her face to meet the sky she silently blessed whoever invented waterproof makeup. With a few deep breaths to calm her nerves she began to recite the same words she had spoken 7 years ago.
As she began to recite a feeling of horror washed over Jareth. When she finished he cursed the idiot that thought to put those lines in the book, as a feeling of misery and hopelessness washed over him. He sighed knowing that the only way he was going to be able to tell her was in her dreams. Lying down upon his bed he transported himself into the dreams of the woman he loved.
She was dreaming again as she did every year, but something was different. He was there but there were no crystals this time. "What's going on?" she asked confused.
"This is the last day, Sarah."
"The last day of what? What are you talking about?"
The Goblin King sighed in relief. She had learned something from her journey in the Labyrinth. "I'm talking about the Seven Year Rule."
"What's the Seven Year Rule?" she asked.
"The reason that you've been able to see your friends and myself is because of a wish you made, subconsciously seven years ago. The wish to always remember your adventure in the Labyrinth."
"Why was it granted? I never said it aloud or anything."
" When someone defeats the Labyrinth and its King, they are granted a wish. But the wish only lasts seven years. After seven years the wish ceases to have ever existed and the wisher's memories of the Labyrinth, the Underground and all its inhabitants will disappear. Any items related to the Underground in the wisher's possession will also disappear. This happens unless the wisher specifies a certain length of time in the wish or they make another wish on the last day of the seventh year."
"So what you're saying is that I only have a few hours in which to make a wish or I will forget the Labyrinth, the goblins, my friends…and you?"
"Everything Sarah. Including myself. You have twenty minutes until you will forget all of us. I must warn you though. Be careful what you wish for." And with that the Goblin King faded from view and she woke up.
Sarah woke with a start. Not knowing whether what the Goblin King had told her in her dream was true or not she decided not to risk it. Turning on her light she quickly dressed in her favorite pair of jeans, a dark T-shirt, and her favorite green hooded sweatshirt. She packed a small bag with things she would need such as a change of clothes, her dress from earlier and other some necessities such as soap. "I'm sick of this complicated world." She said as she sat down at her vanity. "There's nothing really left for me here except my family. I'm going to miss them." She faced her mirror her small bag of simple necessities in her lap. "I've heard that down in the Underground nothing ever hurts again. I hope it's true because that's where I'm going." Looking into the mirror, she touched the glass and said the one thing she never thought she would say. "I wish the King of the Goblins would come and take me away, right now."
It's done! Wow, three pages. I thought it was only two.I know the beginning sucks but I thought the end was okay. I didn't fix it because I wanted to get it done. I felt a duty to update since it seems like nobody has updated in awhile. I hope you all enjoyed it.