I do not own the Labyrinth, Jareth or Sarah. The rest is mine. Happy reading to you.

Chapter 7: Hide And Seek

A woman appears in the Goblin King's throne room. Her eyes are two different colors. Her white blonde hair falls down her back in soft curls. "Where is my son?"

Goblins scatter everywhere. An elf appears out of the shadows. "Fallow me my lady." He led her out of the throne room, up two flights of stairs, and into the king's bedchamber.

She walks into the room she sees her son lying on the bed unconscious. "Has there been no change?"

"No, my lady. He tosses, turns, and talks in his sleep, nothing more." Walking over to the bed she sits by her sleeping son. "What does he say in his sleep?"

The elf moves to stand by the High Queen. "He calls for Sarah." Look upon her son's face. "Whom is this Sarah my child is calling for?" The elf looks to Jareth and then to the High Queen. "Sarah is the young girl who best The Labyrinth some years ago."

The High Queen looks to the elf." What is your name boy?" Bowing to her."My name is Firae my lady."

She looks from her son to the elf at her feet. "You may rise Firae." Looking him over. "You do not look like a Dark Whisper my boy."

Standing up he looks at Jareth. "What do you think we should do my Queen?" The High Queen waves her hand at him. "Hush child, no need for formalities. You are my son's aid. Call me by my given name, Orlaith. As for what we are to do. I have not the faintest idea." Kissing her son's forehead before leaving the room, she motions for Firae to fallow her.

"We must talk of what we are to do, and how to find this Sarah."

"I think I can finder her mother." Both pairs of eyes turn toward the voice. Standing beside the door to Jareth's bedchamber is a man that could pass for Jareth's twin. Where Jareth's hair is white blonde his is the blackest of black. Midnight blue eyes instead of stormy blue ones. He wore a black poets shirt open to the waist. Leather clad legs disappearing into black knee high boots. A smile formed on the Queen's face. "Korali, when did you get here?" Korali places a kiss on his mother's check. "Not long after you, mother. How is my brother?" The Queen takes her son's hand. "Walk with us."

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Tammi hears Sarah cry out from down the hall. She jumps out of bed and runs into Sarah's room. She finds Sarah on the floor, in a ball. "Sarah are you ok? Sarah talk to me."

Touching Sarah's face."Sarah you're burning up." Not knowing what to do, Tammi calls the family doctor.

Tammi paces back and forth in the living room waiting for the doctor to come down the stairs. When he finely heads down the stairs Tammi meets him half way. "Is she ok? What's wrong with her?"

The doctor just stops and looks at her."She is in much need of sleep. Her body is worn out." Tammi leans agents the rail. "I know that she has not been sleeping. She has been having bad dreams I think. The doctor starts toward the door. "For now, I think she just needs a lot of sleep. Try not to wake her up."

Tammi sits on the couch. "Jareth, if you can hear me? Sarah needs your help, and I don't know what to do."

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Light flashes in Sarah's eyes."Just five more minutes."Rolling over, finding that she is on something too hard to be her bed. Not yet ready to open her eyes. She runs her hand over the hard stone. "Stone? I don't have stone in my house."

Sitting up she opens her eyes. "No, no. no. no. I am not here, again." Looking around she sees that she is on the stairs of the goblin castle. "Oh goodie, why don't you just wrap me up like a present while you're at it?"

"Only, if I get to be the one to unwrap you, Sarah." Turning her head slowly, she finds the owner of the voice. Jareth was standing at the top of the steps, leaning against the door. "I thought you would sleep all day, my dear."

Brushing the dirt off her pants, she stands. "Why are you here, Jareth? Better yet, why am I here? You said that I would not longer be able to dream of this place."

Pushing away from the door, he walks toward her. "Actually, Sarah, I never said you would not be able to dream of the Labyrinth. What I said is that you could never call on me, or any of your friends. As to why we are here, I have no idea."

Laughing, Sarah walks past him to the doors. Turning to watch her he tilts his head to one side. "What is so funny Sarah?"

Before sliding into the castle, she turns to look at him. "That fact that there is something the all mighty goblin king does not know." Then she disappeared into the castle. Staring at the door, Jareth bit his tongue. You don't know either, my sweet.

Fallowing her into the castle, he rounds the corner to his throne room and stops dead in his tracks. "Sarah, what are you doing on my throne?"

Smiling to herself, she throws her leg over the arm of the throne. "I just wanted to see if it was comfy." Jareth walks up to stand in front of her. "Sarah, get up." Looking down at him she smiles. "Come now Jareth, I was here first, and we both know that this is a dream. So in other words, this is not your throne."

Jareth clenches his teeth as he walks the steps to her. "Sarah, don't defy me." Jareth leans forward and puts a hand on each side of her. "This is my throne, and you will get up little girl." Sarah leans back as far as she can go. "I am not a little girl any more, Jareth."

Smiling at her discomfort, he leans into her. "No Sarah, you're not a little girl." She could not think with him so close to her. He only leaned in so close to cause her more discomfort, but he only ended up driving himself crazy. He could feel her body, and every breath she took only pushed her more into him.

Oh God, he needs to move. She tries to move back, but without the room she ends up wiggling agents him. Jareth's eyes widen. "Good god girl, be still." Sarah stops moving and looks up at him. "Jareth, what's in your pocket?" Smiling down at her, he gives her a mischievous look. "Sarah, I do not have pockets." He wiggles agents her to prove his point.

Sarah looks at him for a moment. "If you don't have pockets, then what..OH MY GOD." She pushes at his chest to get him to move. "Laughing as he backs up. "I did not expect to have you screaming that so soon." From the other side of the room she looks at him. "Jareth, please tell me that was not what I think it was."

Slowly, he walks toward her. "Sarah, did I not tell you to be still?" Blushing from head to toe, she turns away from him. "Sarah, why are you blushing? You are of age now; surely you have no need to be embarrassed, or is it me?"

She turns to look at him."Oh don't flatter yourself. It has nothing to do with you."Walking past him to leave the room, he grabs her arm. "If it is not me then..." Jareth looks into her eyes. "You are still untouched."

She pulls away from him."What I am and I am not is nothing you need to know."Jareth watched as she stormed out of the room.

She turns the corner not caring where she is going. Oh, that man, or whatever he is. What does it matter to him if I've never been touched? How dare him...I told you to be still. How was I to know that would happen? As she turns into another room she stops. "Oh. No."

Jareth fallows Sarah down the hall and sees her duck into a room on the right. As he rounds the corner he stops. Not this room.."Sarah, will you come out of there we need to talk." Smiling to herself, she runs down the stairs. "If you want to talk that bad you can come find me, Goblin King."

"Sarah, I do not have my magic, and I'm not about to chase you around this room." Sarah stops where she is. Maybe if I make him come after me before he finds me I will wake up. "Jareth, you're going to have to come find me. I don't think I can find my way back up."

Looking over the edge, Jareth spots her. "Fine. But if I am going to find you, you need to stay put." Sarah smiles up at him as she runs down more stairs. "What fun would that be Jareth?"

"By the Gods, woman. When I find you, and trust me I will. You are not going to like it." He could hear her laugh."Is that a threat?" Now, he was more determined than ever to find her. "No, my sweet, that is a promise."

Sarah rounds a corner. Holding her breath, she tries to hear him moving. Not hearing anything, she steps out from her hiding place. Peaking around the corner she sees that the coast is clear; making a run for it, she looks back to see if he is behind her. Slamming into something, she closes her eyes not wanting to see how far she is going to fall. Landing on something to soft to be the stone floor, she opens her eyes. Underneath her is a very amused looking goblin king.

Jareth smiles "I have found you, now what to do with you?"

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Tammi checked on Sarah again, and then cuddled back in her chair. She was on the brink of sleep when she heard something. Getting up, she walks down stairs.

"Are you Sarah, child?" Tammi turns and stars to run up the stairs as arms grab her from behind. "Stop..let me go." She kicks at the person holding her as hard as she can. "Stop child, we are not here to hurt you."

"What do you want with Sarah?" Orlaith walked into Tammi's view. "My name is Orlaith, I am Jareth's mother. We need to find Sarah." Tammi struggled against the person holding her. "If you are who you say you are. Then tell him to let me go."

"Korali, let her go." Korali let Tammi go and stood by his mother. Korali was not what Tammi expected. He looked a lot like Jareth, but he was very different from him to. His hair was blacker than anything she had ever seen. His eyes, if she looked into them long enough they would pull her in. His lips so full so kiss able. Where did that come from? He wore a black silk poet's shirt. It was open all the way to his waist. His pail white skin lay bare to her eyes. Her eyes wondered feather down to his tight leather pants. They were tight enough that they showed off his…oh god. She forced herself to look away.

Korali liked the way Tammi's eyes roamed over him. What he liked even more was how her face grew red, and how she looked away. It was his turn to look her over. Her hair was blonde, long, and messy from sleep. He wished he was the reason she looked the way she did. She had on a long over sized long sleeve shirt.

Tammi looked at Orlaith."Where is Jareth? I called for him when I could not wake Sarah. If he really cares for her then he needs to get his fae ass down here." Korali watched Tammi; he could not seem to take his eyes off of this fiery mortal.

Orlaith moved to stand in front of Tammi. "What do you mean you cannot awaken Sarah?" Tammi turns to go up the stairs. "Fallow me and I will show you." Tammi led them up stairs into Sarah's bed room. Orlaith sat down beside Sarah on the bed. Korali stood beside Tammi. "How long has she been like this love?"

Love.. oh his voice. It's like silk on my skin. "She yelled in her sleep yesterday morning and since then I have not been able to wake her." She looked from Orlaith to Korali daring to meet his eyes."Is she going to be ok?"

Standing Orlaith grabbed on to Sarah's hand. "Korali, hold fast to the girl. We need to take the child to Jareth." Korali held his hand out to Tammi. "Come now love, we must hurry."

Tammi took his hand. He wrapped his arms around her, and pulled her close. "Hold fast to me love." Tammi wrapped her arms around him, and breathed in his sent. He leaned into her; his lips next to her ear. "Close your eyes and it will be over soon, ok love" She nodded closed her eyes, and her world started to spin.

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Sarah sits up and tries to move away from him. Jareth grabs onto her legs to hold her still. "No. Sarah, we need to talk. Do you remember?" Looking down at him, she tries to pull her legs free."Yes. I remember, Jareth, but we are not going to talk until you let me up."

He relished having her so close, now only if he could get her to set still. She had grown her hair out it was well past her lower back. Her eyes, he could get lost in her eyes. His little innocent Sarah had turned into a vixen.

"One, we are going to talk, and you are not going to run from me again. Two, you need to sit still or are you wanting to rein act what happened in the throne room?" Sarah stopped moving, and gave him the meanest look that she could. "If we talk like you want us to, will you let me up?"

Smiling up at her, he takes her hands in his. "Yes, after we talk I will let you up. Why did you run from me, when you knew that I would find you? Sarah, why do you hate me so much?"

She looks down at her hands and the hands holding them. "I thought that if I ran long enough that I would wake up before you caught me." She tried to pull away from him, but thought better of it. "I don't hate you...I just." Jareth sits up still holding Sarah in his lap. He touches her face, and she turns to look at him. "You just what, Sarah?"

"I was so mad at you after I won Toby back. No matter how much I wanted to hate you I couldn't." Jareth leans back on his elbows. "Why were you mad at me? I did everything you wanted. I…" Sarah looks at him. "Yeah, yeah. You turned the world upside down and you did it all for me. I get that. Really I do. But..."

Jareth slides him mask back in place. "You still have not grown up. Have you Sarah?" She leans into him, and places her finger on his lips. "Please, let me finish. You did all that and more for me. You took me from my world and brought me here; somewhere so full of everything that I have ever wanted. Then when everything was said and done you just dumped back into my world.

Jareth moved her hand from his face, and placed it in his own. "Sarah you do not understand…" Sarah pulls her hand away from his. "No. Jareth you don't understand. You showed me magic was real, that you were real. Then you took it all away. I have lived my life since then not wanting to be there. I wanted to be here with you."

Jareth sat up and tried to reach for her. "Sarah, why did you not call on me? I would have gone to you." Pushing his hands away, she tries to stand up. "I called you then, and you know when else I call you. When my dad died and that woman took Toby and left me all alone, but you didn't come then either." Sarah turns away from him so he won't see her tears.

Jareth pulls her into his arms. "Sarah, you know if I would have ever heard you call, I would have gone to you." She looks up at him with tear filled eyes. "You say that, but where were you? You left me all alone in a world that didn't want me anymore, and you want me to believe that you want me." Sarah pulled away from him and started to walk away.

Jareth grabbed her arm and pulled her back to him. Wrapping him arms around her he kisses her trying to put all of his passion for her in to the kiss. Sarah tried to push him away, but the more she pushed the tighter he held on.

He ends the kiss and looks down at her. "I do want you, more than you know my sweet." Sarah looks into his eyes. She blushes and looks away."I can tell. Jareth?"

"Yes my sweet." He kisses her on the top so the head. "Do you love me?" He lowers his lips to her's. This time Sarah meets his passion with passion of her own. She runs hair hands through his hair. Sarah's passion sends him over board. Jareth picks her up and starts toward his bed chamber. "My sweet, I love you more that you know."

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Tammi stands next to Korali in Jareth bedroom. Calling it a bedroom would be a big understatement. The bed alone took up a lot of the room. The bed was a massive four post bed with a canopy with what looks like black silk sheets. Jareth laid on the bed with Sarah laying next to him on one side, and his mom setting next to him on the other side.

Korali leans into Tammi. "We should leave them now. Come I will show you to a room where you can freshen up. Not that I do not mind what you have on." He smiles to himself as she blushes.

Orlaith yells after them. "Korali They are waking"

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Sorry to leave ya'll hanging like this, but it's late and I have school first thing.