Sadly,I do not own the Labyrinth...If I did it would have ended much differently

In the Aboveground, roses are given to loved ones to show affection, and to receive affection back. In the Underground however, if you gave anyone a rose from one of the many gardens they grow in you will only cause them to sleep for several hours, the kings rose garden was no exception. And since Sarah neither lived in the Underground, nor had she encountered them in her last visit to the labyrinth 5 years ago, she had no idea.

Sarah could see the castle walls just over the hedge, she looked down at the watch, 10 more hours, and she had time to pick a few roses. Sarah grasped one of the roses and gave it a tug,

'strange,' she thought 'it doesn't have any thorns'.

She shrugged and looked down at the scarlet flower; it was a deeper red than Sarah had ever seen. She stuck her nose in it and inhaled deeply, Sarah's eyelids felt heavy and her grip on the rose relaxed and it dropped to the ground. Sarah yawned loudly,'

that's odd; I didn't feel sleepy a minute ago…' She yawned again 'I have lots of time, I think I'll have a little nap…'

Jareth watched Sarah through his crystal ball. Her eyes had closed an she fell to the ground with a 'thud', he hoped he hadn't bruised her perfect body. Before any of the surrounding goblins could even make a sound Jareth was gone with a puff of smoke.

It was only a few moments before Jareth was in the rose garden just outside his castle, a sleeping Sarah at his feet. Oh how Jareth longed to run his fingers through her dark, silky hair, over that flawless pale skin, feel those perfect red lips against his own. He picked Sarah up and was driven to the brink of insanity, her perfectly rounded curves, her smell, everything about her; her mind, her defiance. It all made Sarah the most perfect thing Jareth had ever laid his eyes on. Even the Faerie woman; Known for their beauty, did not, could not compare to his Sarah; mindless things that they were.

Jareth carefully placed Sarah on a stone bench in the middle of the garden; he would come get her when the 13 hours were up. He looked at the watch and smiled, it had already been another 3 hours; time worked differently in the garden than in the rest of the Underground. He smiled, Sarah wouldn't mind if he took away another couple hours. After all, she was asleep.

Jareth smiled '5 more hours Sarah, my Sarah.'

Toby lay asleep on Sarah's bed, his eyes and cheeks stained with tears. He had been waiting for Sarah to come back, but she hadn't. And he was so tired he just closed his eyes for a moment and had fallen asleep right there, Lancelot tucked under his arm. Toby dreamt of the labyrinth; though he was unaware that that was what it was, and that it actually existed;

Sarah was there, just out of reach, she kept calling for Toby, but he crawled away. Up and down stairs that made no sense. Upside down, sideways, over and under each other. Toby looked up, Sarah was there, she jumped and suddenly everything was falling, pieces floating all around.

And then Toby woke. It was still dark, Toby had only been sleeping for an hour, it was 3AM.

Slowly, very slowly, another hour and a half past in the garden. Sarah's eyes fluttered open and she yawned, what time was it? And where was she? Sarah raised her arms to stretch and noticed the watch, she looked at it strangely

'that's funny; it has 13…Oh Shit, only 3 ½ more hours, where did the time go?'

Sarah sat up and stretched, she had to go, now. 'Since when did I come and lie on a bench?'

Sarah fumed, 'Jareth, I swear, if he touched me…'

Sarah raised her fist in the air "JARETH! If your watching me, and I know you are. If you touched me, I swear, I will skin you alive!"



Jareth, who was indeed watching Sarah (But would never admit she was right.), nearly fell off his thrown, he was laughing so hard. He found Sarah's fit hilarious (Yet another thing he would never tell her.), He wiped a tear from his eye and put on his 'Mask' before anyone saw. He always wore a I'm-holier-than-though look on his face, which of course, he thought he was. Jareth pretended as if he did not have a care in the world about anything, which every being in the Underground knew to be a falsehood, if anyone so much as looked at anything that 'belonged' to Jareth, he would have a total diva tantrum.

Sarah clenched her teeth and pulled away from the vines that held her, she had soon discovered after she woke that the roses were not as nice as she thought they were. Her next discovery was that they did indeed have thorns.

' Nice Sarah, take a few years off from school to relax and have some fun, yeah, this is Fun!'

Sarah belled her fists and screamed loudly, "THAT'S IT! Not more miss nice girl! This is the way you want to play Jareth? Fine, I'll play your little game, Get ready 'cause I'm coming for you!"

Sarah tore at the vines coming at her and ripped them completely from the ground, she only had 2 more hours left and she was not going to lose because of some plant!

Toby looked into the crystal ball in his hand and wished that he would find Sarah. Before Toby knew what was happening he found himself in a strange place that was also familiar; Toby didn't know it at the time, but he was in the labyrinth. He looked around, it looked like a big maze, and he supposed that the castle in the middle was the target to reach. Could that where Sarah was? He had to find out, if Sarah was there than he would help her get away, if not, he would look elsewhere. Toby would go through the entire thing, one step at a time.

A/N:Yay,go Toby! Coming soon,next chappie;Little feet and wedding bells;Worms,Fae,Jareth,Toby!