She laid the children down in their bedroom. The room itself was large and had an equal balance of dragons to puppy stickers on the walls. Estella slept on the bottom bunk and Jayden on the top.

"Can you sing us a song?" Jayden asked, "I mean.. Estella can't sleep until dad sings her a song." The babysitter smiled as the little boy tried to come up with his excuse.

"Anything in particular?" she asked while rested a stuffed bunny next to Estella's head. The two just shook their heads. So alike usual when trying to think of a song, nothing came to mind in the children's minds nor the sitter's, so she decided just to sing whatever came to mind. She took in a deep breath and began to sing.

"How you turn my world you precious thing,

You starve and near exhaust me,

Everything I've done, I've done for you,

I move the stars for no one,

You've run so long, you've run so far,

Your eyes can be so cruel,

Just as I can be so cruel,

Though I do believe in you,

Yes I do,

Live without the sunlight,

Love without your heartbeat,

I...I can't live within you"

She kissed Estella's forehead, leaving a little red mark as her lipstick had stuck to her. With the children asleep upstairs, the sitter returned to the living room on the main floor. She laid down on the soft carpet and sang the song once more. The creatures residing in the wall puzzled over the familiar song.

"I should write that down…" she mumbled as she turned her head to face the window. The sky was already so dark, the only lights being the stars themselves. She sat back up and ran her fingers along the steel bones of the corset. Suddenly the dog that was so quiet downstairs started to bark. Scared that he may wake up the kids, she ran downstairs to see the large German Shepard had cornered a barn owl. Surprised that an owl had gotten into the house it took her a moment to process the situation. She took the dog and shut him in the laundry room.

"Quiet down Sal." She said while closing the door. The dog obeyed, as he was a highly trained animal. She then returned to deal with the owl. He was a light brown color and seemed that the dog may have taken a swat to it. The sitter grabbed one of the many towels off the shelf and carefully picked up the creature. Downstairs there was no room that had a window large enough for a bird of this size to fit through. Puzzled, the sitter carried the bird back up the stairs so she could put it back outside. The bird didn't fidget or fight being carried which surprised the woman. That was until they had entered the living room. The bird flapped its wings and escaped the grasp of the sitter, she fell down near the fireplace.

"Come back here." Though her words were directed towards the bird, the owl was no longer in sight. Instead stood a man. A man dressed in cloth that belonged in the nineteenth century. Determined the babysitter stood back up and grabbed the axe from the fireplace and approached the man who was now eyeing her.

"Who are you." The voice that was usually so sweet and kind had dropped and a harsher voice replaced it. The man smiled and gave a small chuckle.

"Why I am the goblin king." The woman raised the axe up and held it with two hands.

"You have three seconds to tell me who you really are." The man just laughed.

"Really, what are you going to do with…" The woman had swung the axe, the blade only half an inch away from the man's neck. Her eyes boiling with anger, it seemed to the man the majority of her actions weren't because of him it was a way for her to release the frustrations that she'd bottled.

"Get out or I will kill you." The man stepped aside and the woman brought the axe back, still holding with both hands.

"Now." The man raised his hand and a glass sphere appeared. It shone a bright light and the sitter had to shield her eyes for a moment. With the command of their king the goblins climbed out from the walls and surrounded the girl.

"Wha.." the girl's stomach turned as she saw all the demonic little creatures storm her. She clutched onto her axe and held it outwards, they all stayed about a foot away from her.

"Get the children." The man said in his monotonous tone.

"But she hasn't said the words." Creaked out one of the slimly creatures. The man picked up the creature by his neck.

"I don't think that matters, do you?" the frighten creature shook his head no, and the man dropped him. Four of the large goblins climbed up the started to climb up the stairs. Scared on what they might do to Jayden and Estella, the sitter threw the axe. It went gliding through the air and sliced off one the legs of the goblins. The noises of goblins who were trying to scare her vanished, and even the man looked surprised at the young woman's actions.

"You listen up you fucking gremlins. You touch a single hair on those kids and I'll personally see to it that all of you bloody ass things die in the most horrid way imaginable, kapish." The woman who was known for her kind nature had made a sudden character flip as the room stood still.

"First off, we're Goblins dear." The man had somehow appeared directly in front of the young woman.

"Then I know how to get rid of you." The girl smiled and the realization that the woman knew the words to be rid of them sunk into the mind of the Goblin King. Quickly used his magic to place a spell over the woman's mouth.

"You have no …. Over me." Although her lips mouthed out the word 'power', the word never was said. She placed her hand over her mouth and tried again, however it resulted in the same.

"You may have known the rules." The king said while spinning three glass spheres in his hands, "But I have changed the game." He threw one of the balls through the window, the girl turned as to protect herself against any shattering glass, however when she opened her eyes the house was gone. She was surrounded by desert and in the distance was the labyrinth from her story.

"I must be dreaming… I fell asleep when I laid down on the carpet, or maybe when I was tucking in Estella…" she said frantically.

"Estella? Is that the girl's name?" the woman turned around to see the Goblin King leaning against the only tree in sight. He was still spinning his crystal orbs. The girl walked up to the demonic man and grabbed him by the collar, pinning him against the tree.

"What did you do to them!" she banged him against the tree for affect.

"That's a lot of power for someone who can't even say the word."

"Don't test me." She said while grinning her foot into his. This surprised both of them for she hadn't remembered putting her boots back on.

"And here I was, so kind as to protect your feet by giving you back your shoes." He mumbled in pain. "Don't worry, both children are in my castle over there." He said while pointing to the center of the maze.

"Take me there." The girl said while releasing his foot.

"That would be no fun then. You have thirteen hours to get the children back before I turn.."

"them into goblins?" her sarcasm had returned. "Sorry bub, but their dad is going to back in five hours, and I don't have time to play your fucked up little games. Give me back my kids."

Frustrated that she wasn't fearing him, the Goblin king placed his hands on her arms, and pushed her off of him.

"You have thirteen hours!" he said as she took a step back. She turned towards the labyrinth and took in a deep breath.

"Say, is that goblin alright?" her voice was quiet and sweet again.

"Why does it matter?" the frustrated Jareth said while folding his arms.

"It matters to me…" the woman said while continuing to stare out.

"he's fine." The monotonous voice said while turning around.

"That's good." For a moment the King looked back to catch a glimpse of the woman looking back at him. She gave a small smile that could have warmed the coldest heart , though her eyes looked as though she was going to eat him. A weird sensation came over the Goblin King as she vanished over a dune.