A/N I own nothing that doesn't belong to me.

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I spent the rest of my day and evening getting Jareth's quilt started. I only had two weeks to get it done. My dream was another one in the maze. I started getting angry with the worm for not telling which way to go at the first fork. I was sure I was getting farther away. I tried to find help but I felt like everyone was trying to avoid me. I swore I saw that little man a few more times but he always disappeared before I could get to him. My dreams were also becoming harder to remember.

Valerie and I came in Monday morning and brought Jareth breakfast and his new phone. I don't think he liked having Valerie in his office. He kept glancing up at her. He opened the box and looked very displeased. I knew that would happen. "Give it a chance. I think you will like all the things it can do." We left him alone for the rest of the day. I peeked through the window a few times and each time he was either reading the manual or pressing buttons or connecting it to his computer. I knew he would love it. Valerie noticed it also and was smiling.

I got my purse when it was time to leave and I stepped into Jareth's office. He told me to sit down because he wanted to do another lecture today. I wanted to hear the lecture but I also wanted to work on his present. I watched him for a few minutes trying out a few things on his phone. I smiled. He was playing with it all day. He noticed me watching him and put it away, "It is only to be used in an emergency situation. I do not wish to be bothered for trivial things."

I pretended to look serious and nodded. He continued his shield magic lecture and made me try a few things. He started to get annoyed with me when I couldn't do whatever it was he was expecting of me. "Well maybe the little man in the Labyrinth knows how. He can disappear whenever I need him."

Jareth was very confused. I realized that I just randomly spouted out a part of my dream that I never told Jareth anything about. I laughed at myself and told him how I was dreaming every night about walking through a labyrinth that was always changing and the little man that kept running away from me every time I asked for help.

"You went into the Labyrinth?"

"It was just a dream Jareth."

He nodded and said we were done for the day. He handed me a book before I left. I looked at the cover. It was a book that I thought I would enjoy, probably from his new store. I thanked him, smiling. I would have given him a hug but he probably would not appreciate it. I decided to see who he thought the little man in my dream was. He smirked, "That was most likely Hogwart." I stared at him confused. "He is one of the men that came with us to that loud club."

"Hoggle?" Jareth nodded. Why didn't Jareth know his friend's name? I started to wonder if it was his real name or if he was really Jareth's friend. I really didn't want to think about it now. I headed home and worked on the quilt until it was time for bed.

I prepared myself for another dream. This time I was going to see what my dream state had to say about Hoggle. My life has gotten a lot more interesting since I moved back here. I fell asleep quickly and was back in the middle of the labyrinth. I tried to hold on and think as clearly as possible, but I felt like I was drugged. "Hoggle!" I called.

"You didn't eat any peaches did you?" the little man asked me. I shook my head. "Well then there must be another reason you are acting like you are all drugged up."

I looked at him trying to remember seeing him come over to me. I called him and suddenly he was there. Dream, I reminded myself. "Take me to the castle"

"No way, I ain't doing that again."

"Again?" I asked, "Who have you taken there?"

"I helped get Sarah there and it was worth it, but it caused me nothing but trouble. I am too much of a coward to try it again."

Sarah had been there. Of course she had been to the castle. Hoggle would take her but not me. I was sick and tired of finding more reasons why Sarah was better than me. I am not normally a violent person but I picked Hoggle up by the front of his shirt and shook him. When did I get so strong? "You will take me to the castle!" The beeping started again. "No!! You will take me tomorrow night."

I woke up screaming. I must have some aggression issues or something. I wondered if dream Hoggle would come when I called tomorrow night. After the way I acted, I would have stayed far away for a long time.

The next two nights I called and called for Hoggle and got no answer. I wandered by myself, alone. I started to wonder if these dreams were ever going to stop. Why couldn't I just have normal dreams? Wednesday night I decided to call out for Sir Didymus. A fox creature appeared near me.

"My lady, what doest thou need?"

"Please, I need to go to the castle."

"Why do you need to go there? It is a long journey."

"Please sir Didymus. I need these dreams to stop and getting to the castle is the only way."

Didymus got on his mount and we started towards the castle. We walked for a few hours when the beeping started again.

"What is that sound, my lady?"

"It is my alarm clock. I am sorry I will meet you back here when I fall asleep again."

I woke up not sure if I finished my sentence. I was relieved that someone in my dreams was on my side. I really wanted them to be over with. I was exhausted every morning. I wondered if there was even any point to me sleeping anymore.