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Chapter 4: Alone

Didymus stuttered, "But..but my lady! Do you think it wise?"

Did she? Sarah had earnestly attempted to forget those fateful thirteen hours ever since she had made it safely home, however unsuccessful that attempt had proved. Did she really want to go back now?

Sarah mentally slapped herself. Of course she would go back! Her friends could be in trouble and she couldn't live with the thought of never seeing Ludo and Hoggle again.

"Probably not." Sarah admitted. "But please understand...if I don't come with you I'll regret it for the rest of my life." She said decisively, effectively squashing any previous indecision. "

Inclining his head in respect, Didymus stated, "Thine honor and loyalty knows no bounds my lady."

"Verily! Off we go! The more time spent idly chatting is more time our friends art away." He said as he climbed up onto her vanity to get to her mirror.

Sarah loved his enthusiasm, but inwardly she frowned. She'd be leaving without any notice to Toby...and what would her family say when they found out she was gone?

"Hold on a minute Sir Didymus...let me write my family a note so that they know I'm okay."

Sarah hurriedly grabbed a scrap of lined paper from her desk and scribbled a note that was extremely vague. She cringed.

This was not the way she expected leaving home would be like. In her mind, she had imagined boxes filled with her stuff being loaded into a truck, before being carted off to an apartment. In her mind, she would be sad to leave, but confident in the knowledge that she would be back to visit. The way she was leaving now, with a hurried note, and no notice, was so NOT the way she wanted this to happen.

After she had finished, she sighed and turned around to follow Didymus.

"Follow me my lady and never fear, for I will protect thee with my life!" He exclaimed before jumping through the reflective glass.

Her mirror rippled and her nervousness returned. However, this time for an entirely different reason. Would Jareth be there? And what was the deal with her dream? Was it just a dream or had he really been there with her?

And more importantly, why did she feel sick to her stomach when imagining he was in trouble? She felt more for him than even she was willing to admit.

Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, Sarah glanced determinedly at her mirror. "Well, here goes nothing..." She muttered under her breath.

Crawling through her mirror was NOT nearly as easy as Sir Didymus made it look, Sarah thought to herself. Not to mention how undignified it made her feel as she climbed onto the desk.

Traveling mirror-style was extremely disconcerting. Once she had stuck her arm towards her reflection, her entire body had been immediately transported onto the hard, unforgiving ground situated just outside the Labyrinth. Staggering a few paces before collapsing from dizziness, Sarah slammed her eyes shut to stop the Underworld from spinning.

When her head and stomach stopped reeling, Sarah propped one eye open. Yep. The spinning had stopped. Cautiously, she began to sit up.

"Ugh. I just know I'm going to feel that landing tomorrow." she said, grimacing as she mentally checked for any broken bones.

"Sir Didymus?" Receiving no answer she began to panic. "Sir Didymus!"

Frantically looking around her and noticing the absence of a certain foxy guide, Sarah began to feel slightly annoyed.

"Great. Just great." She stated dryly. "I made it back and now I'm alone. Awesome. "

Standing up and stretching, Sarah sighed resignedly. "Well wherever my friends are, they're not going to save themselves. "

Assessing her surroundings for the first time, Sarah noted that she was right next to the pond that Hoggle had been using when they had first met. She also noted that she was no longer thirsty.

Tearing her gaze away from the dirty, polluted pond, she surveyed the unending wall before her.

"The doors have to be around here somewhere..." she said thoughtfully.

Walking towards the Labyrinth wall, Sarah identified the enormous doors in front of her. They were closed. Double awesome.

Placing her hands on her hips Sarah stared angrily at the intimidating doors.

"There is no way I made it all the way back to the Underground to have the freakin' DOORS stop me! So...open sesame."

Apparently these door had never read Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Shame really. So much for plan A.

"Ugh!" Sarah huffed. Trying to remember how she had gotten in the last time, she recalled Hoggle pointing at them before they flew open.

Feeling incredibly silly, Sarah gestured wildly at the doors hoping that she could somewhat mimic Hoggle's motions. Giving up and turning around in order to find a vine that she could climb up, she began to walk away. As if on cue, the creaking of the doors sounded behind her.

"Haha. Very mature. " Sarah said scathingly.

Digging her heel into the ground she slowly pivoted and glared at the Labyrinth before defiantly striding through the doorway.

Confidence still going strong, Sarah turned right.

"Now remember what that cute blue worm in the red scarf said...there's openings all over the place..." She told herself while walking along the seemingly unending stretch of wall. Taking a leap of faith, Sarah suddenly hung a left and ran smack into the bricks.

"Triple awesome. "

Stopping for a minute to inspect the Labyrinth, she heard birds chirping. Now that she thought about it, the only birds she had seen in the Underground were black chickens and Sarah was pretty sure chickens didn't chirp.

Intrigued, Sarah followed the sound until she rounded a corner. Her jaw dropped open as she viewed the densely populated peach orchard.

"No. Freaking. Way."