Title: Forever

Author: Emi-chan3192
Pairings: Sarah/Jareth
Rating: Mature for later chapters

Takes place once Sarah has gone to college, once night as she drives back to campus after visiting Toby & co…but while driving though a particularly quiet town she is taken from her car by a stranger cloaked in night.

I don't own the Labyrinth or it's characters, I'm just a huge fan of Brian Froud's artwork and projects!

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"You are testing the limits too early in the game, and as for why you are here Sarah, it is because you have not completed your time in the Labyrinth."

"That was because you took time away from me!" she fumed, "Bit I must be done by now, I feel like I've been asleep for days."

"Hmm, that is true. But when you have magical power like mine, time can be…extended to meet one's needs."

Sarah looked straight into the goblin king's eyes and said the easiest, most child-like thing she knew, "IT'S NOT FAIR!"

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"So that time you took from me is being used against me?" Sarah whispered, unsure of what might happen next. "But you wouldn't want me here if it weren't for a purpose, so what is it you want me to do? Run your labyrinth again? Kill off a couple of your annoying goblins? Jump into the bog of eternal stench?" At her last suggestion Jareth flinched.

"No! Certainly not! Your purpose here Sarah is to amuse me." He smirked and Sarah paled slightly, "It's hard living forever with a bunch of nitwits, and so that is your job, sweet Sarah, to entertain me." Sarah puzzled for a while over what to do next and they stood together in silence as she thought.

"So came all the way to Above ground to kidnap me and bring me here because you were bored?"

"No, well…in a manner of speaking. I didn't kidnap you, a copy of me did. It's hard work to send yourself there ever time someone is wished away, let alone for a simple kidnapping." He puffed his chest importantly and continued, "Although, if I wanted to I have more than enough power…"

"Oh shut up, Jareth." Sarah silenced him and sat on the bed, as he had been standing waaay to close for comfort. "Entertain you? It's not like I'm a f*****g circus Goblin King, you could have chosen someone else, anyone else."

"Ah, but they do not owe me any time. So actually, I'm doing you a favour."

"Only because it fits into your rules! Which I'll bet you make up as you go along!"

"That may be true, but it makes it all so much more interesting, don't you think?" Jareth had slowly come closer to Sarah as she sat on the bed, enjoying their comfortable banter. It felt natural, easy, right to talk to her like this, and both of them knew it. Sarah flopped back on the covers, "Whose bed is this anyway?"

"Mine." Jareth said matter-of-factly. Sarah shot up like the sheets had burned her. "Why did you let me sleep there?"

"It seemed the right place to put you."

"Right? You know nothing of right and wrong, goblin King!"

"And you're back to using my title. Sarah, would you prefer it if I called you Miss Williams, or peasant as we talked?"

"Miss Williams is a definite improvement, yes." Sarah hurried to the window and pretended to be very interested in a goblin that was urinating in a fountain, before she realised it was Hoggle and looked back sharply. "Things haven't changed much here have they?"

Jareth sighed, no they have not, which is another reason I wanted you here. Do you have any ideas for improving my labyrinth? After all I can't have another person easily beating it again."

"Easily? It wasn't easy and I very nearly died on several occasions!"

They continued discussing how to improve Jareth's kingdom, discussing plans for plumbing ad other public hygiene in the goblin city and how to make the traps in the labyrinth much more deadly until Sarah felt herself grow tired again.

"It's still light outside but I feel tired." She yawned behind her hand, "When can I go home?" Jareth sighed at her request.

"You still haven't fulfilled your thirteen hours, Sarah."

"Just how far are you stretching the time out, Jareth?" She felt her eyes close and she fell into his arms and fell quickly asleep.

"Forever, precious." He whispered as he carried her to the bed, changed them both and arranged them both sp that they could spend the 'night' in each other's arms. He flicked his hand lazily at the window and the sky darkened. A great sigh of relief echoed from outside as the goblins who had been ordered to stay still all day long went back to their homes.

Rather than freeze time and use too much his magic, Jareth had simply created an artificial sun and ordered his subjects to pretend they were frozen all day (threatened with the bog of stench.)

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End of chapter 3

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