As usual I don't own any of this, so don't sue me…

Short rant so don't sue me…..I know that Sarah is young as the movie description says she is fifteen, but If I am right IN THE MOVIE they never did say how old she is only that she was a ordinary girl and that part about a girl at your age should have friends... So if you had never read that movie description you would not truly know how old she is. To me she looks eighteen/nineteen which is (unfortunately) an age where girls are having children. You can keep her in your mind at whatever age she is to you. I just wanted to clarify that to me she is a bit older than some portray her to be.

If you happen to hit your funny bone and it hurts really bad… it's not my fault so….. You got it. Don't sue me. :D

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Jareth heard the words Karen had said and since he was obligated to fulfill them he fluttered to the open front door and went in causing it to slam shut behind him. Rapidly fluttering his wings causing glitter to float up into the air as he magnificently transformed into his human self. The fear on Karen's face was not enough to satisfy Jareth's anger towards the spiteful woman. Her treatment of his Sarah was abominable. Sarah was already gone as the wishing away process had begun. Now he had to do something that he was loathed to do, but since it was part of the "rules" he began his "what's done is done" speech. He was pretty sure that Karen wouldn't fight to get Sarah back as some did after foolishly wishing away a truly loved child. Karen was completely spell bound with Jareth's performance. But the look on her face was no longer fear, not even a trace of sadness for what she had just done. Instead Karen was pouring out her lust for the Goblin King through every pour of her body, and her face was giving him a feral look of wanting.

This shocked him even more than her treatment of Sarah. This was a married woman who obviously had no issues with fidelity. He continued with the speech till the part he had to choke out. "I will grant you any wish your hearts desire…. All you have to do is forget about the girl." Please his heart whispered. Please forget about her AND ME! He was so sure that she would ask him to fulfill her every sexual fantasy, but she shocked him yet again. "When that slut was able to have a child before me I couldn't stand it. She doesn't deserve to be a mother." A wicked gleam came into her eyes. "I want her baby." Karen said. She finally had Sarah out of the way, now she could have another baby. She had tried in the past to trick her husband into having another baby, but even off her birth control pills she couldn't conceive. Her doctor had said that she would probably never have another child since she had complications with Toby's birth that could have left scarring. This would be the ultimate revenge on that girl. She would keep the child and raise it as her own. Maybe she would even love it over time. Not like Sarah. She never loved that brat no matter how much she had tried. Jareth was struck speechless. He couldn't give her his child, the heir to his throne, and his miracle that he had made with his one true love. But the magic was set in motion and couldn't be stopped. The wish had been made and he had to accept it.

"When the child is born you will be given it" he replied in a sullen voice. "I can't go through this whole year without showing a baby bump and then just show up with a baby!" Karen screeched "I want the baby now!" Jareth was losing what thin thread of patience he still had with this woman. "You will appear to have the child in you, you will all be able to feel it, and you will see it with your machines. But the child will not truly be there. It will be a mirror image of the baby in Sarah. When you are ready to give birth, you will." Karen smiled, that was obviously good enough for her. Jareth turned and left the overjoyed woman with this last phrase "What Sarah feels you will feel, and that means EVERYTHING" Karen realized that the girl was sick with a disease that rejected the baby, so that means she would too. "But if something happens to the baby then what about my wish…." She wailed.

Jareth hoped that he would be able to find a loop hole in the short amount of time till the baby's birth. No matter what he was not giving HIS child to that evil woman. As he entered his realm once more he felt a sense of loss. People were always wishing away children of all ages. And he always felt a touch of sadness at their neglect. But Sarah was different. She was truly wanted. Wanted by him. And this child would be too. There was no way he was going to lose his child. He would be a great parent. But already the child was gone before it was even born. The sense of loss was beginning to overwhelm him. He never felt a strong emotion like this before over other children. Entering his castle he went to the waiting room the children who were wished away went to. This is where his Sarah would be and he could explain what was happening. Jareth had a few tricks up his sleeve concerning Karen. He was excited to tell them to Sarah. But when he walked into the room Sarah was no where to be seen. This was very odd since the room was magicked to keep it's occupants in it no matter what till he released them. Still Sarah had somehow gotten out of it. The feeling of loss was rampantly coursing through his body. "Maybe because she was the champion she wouldn't be sent here or maybe she is allowed to come and go as she pleases." he thought. Labyrinth never had a previous champion but he knew that it came with certain rules and rewards. Such as the champion couldn't run the labyrinth ever again even if they wished away another child. It was considered cheating. In the event that they did wish another child away they would have to appoint another person to run it. There was a catch; if that person lost to the labyrinth or gave up then both that other person and the child would be turned into goblins. A reward for beating the Labyrinth was that the champion would stay as a human but be granted immortality. This rule kept her from ever being turned into a goblin. She could still die in the same ways that the Fae could. And childbirth was one of them.

The panic in Jareth began to spread. He had to find Sarah and hold her in his arms. She may still be angry at him from their last meeting, but he didn't care. He only cared about her well being and safety. He summoned a crystal commanding it to show him Sarah. The image was hazy but it shown her still unconscious. He gazed around her, but he couldn't see much of anything. Wherever she was it was not very familiar to him as any place in his castle would be. Throwing the crystal on the ground he commanded it to lead him to her. But it only stayed in place on the cold stone. Again commanding the crystal with all his magick to take him to Sarah, he was amazed to see the crystal stay where it was. He gave it a small kick to try to help it start moving, but the crystal was like a heavy boulder that refused to budge. Frustrated that he just stubbed his toes and that the crystal wouldn't move he realized Sarah was not in his kingdom. The crystal would have taken him anywhere in the underground that he ruled. There for she lost somewhere in the Underground. Summoning another crystal he called to the wise man. The wise man had always been the confidant of his kingdom. He was after all called the WISE man, so hopefully he could shed some light on this strange situation.

"Thank you for coming so fast" he began, irritated that it had actually taken the wise man over an hour to arrive. "Yes whell we kept stopping for naps" the bird said angrily on the man's head "what oh yes" the wise man woke up with a snort "glad to be of service my king, we will be going now" as he began to turn away to leave Jareth apparated in front of him stopping him in his place. "You haven't even helped me yet" Jareth growled "Sarah the Labyrinth's champion was wished away today and yet she isn't here in my kingdom. Where could she be" he almost pleaded. "The one you seek is in your heart" the wise man replied. "Yes she is in my heart. I love her you idiot now I need to know where she is at so I can go get her." "Yeh get what yeh get with this geezer" the bird announced as the wise man began snoring again. "He better give me something better" said Jareth "or I will be having pheasant for dinner" The bird understood that his neck was on the line here (literally) so he yelled loudly at the sleeping man. "WAAAAK wake up you stupeed fool I'm too pretty to be eaten" "what oh yes" the old man began again "the young lady you seek can only be found with the heart she is in" he turned and shuffled away. Jareth realizing that he was getting nowhere with this interrogation decided to choose another solution.

Jareth had never done it before but he decided it must be done. He called an emergency session of the rulers of the Realms. With the crystal held tightly in his palms he poured his magick into it then he threw it into the air. Instead of falling to the ground crashing into a million shards it evaporated and sent a shower of glitter over its ruler. When the glitter cleared he was sitting in his usually vacant seat at the high councils table. "I have called this meeting today to gain some insight about a predicament I have found myself in." Jareth announced calling the meeting to order. "Our Labyrinth was recently bested by a mortal girl who was recently wished away. She is now missing and I need help finding her" the other faces at the table shifted uncomfortably. "Well as I understand it she was with child" the King of the Elves began "And that her body was rejecting the unborn child. So technically there were two unwanted children being wished away" he said. Jareth had never thought of that. "The baby was given away as a gift" the Queen added for her King. Jareth could feel the anger rise in him; he would never just give his child away as a gift. But he needed their help finding Sarah so he kept his mouth shut.

The dictator who had taken over the trolls stepped up next "When the girl was wished away she was not specifically given to you" he said. "The words must be said EXACTLY the right way or you cannot take the child." Jareth paled at the thought that Sarah could be anywhere and in danger. "Yes" came a voice that chilled Jareth further. "I stepped in and graciously took the unwanted girl" said the ruler of the Djinn. Jareth felt all the hope drain from his body. If Sarah was with Rourick then he doubted he would ever see her again. Djinn were genies that were known for their evil trickery. And this one held a grudge against Jareth for reasons he didn't even know. "Yes but it was my magick that pulled me to the wisher, I granted her wish in exchange for the girl. So therefore she is mine" Jareth said with all the authority he could muster. He hoped the council would side with him and force the Djinn to return Sarah. "As per the rules of the wish; since she was wished away to no one in particular and two stepped in, then the one who contests the ownership of the girl will have to run the Labyrinth to win her back." The high king proclaimed to the whole table. "The owner of the girl will control the labyrinth to ensure that it is a fair race. "If the runner fails to complete the Labyrinth they will be the one that is transformed into the goblin. In the chance they complete it, the loser will be the one turned into a goblin." All at the table shifted excitedly. One of them would be turned into a goblin all over this mortal girl. But the High King was not done. "That is unless the current owner does not wish to compete for the girl; he can simply give the girl over with no complications." Rourick signaled that was not his intention. He was keeping Sarah at any and all cost. For Jareth there had never been any doubt in his mind that he would run the Labyrinth for her. Even at the risk of turning himself into a goblin if he failed.

In the mortal world Karen was overjoyed at the barely noticeable bump that had formed. She called her husband pleading for him to come home. Robert had rushed home to find a distraught Karen. She told him how Sara had collapsed on the front lawn and how she tried to take Sarah to the hospital. Only Sarah had yelled at her saying that SHE was pregnant and was going to live happily ever after with the baby's daddy. Karen turned her tear filled eyes to her husband "And the worst part is Sarah had to ruin even this special moment for us, Robert I am also with child." Robert was happy that they were going to be parents again, but he was too worried about his daughter. Something just didn't feel right.