Within Your Heart is My Labyrinth

by Devil's-Child021

It's three years prior to their first meeting and Sarah misses everyone terribly, especially Jareth. After three years of wishing to see him, Jareth makes a special appearance when she needs him the most and takes her back to his Labyrinth where he asks her the most important question that she has ever been asked in her life. I DON'T OWN ANYTHING OR MAKE MONEY OFF THE LABYRINTH!

9. Chapter 9

As it came time for music for our class, I felt a bit laid-back than I usually did during school for some reason. May be it was because I had Jareth as my teacher or could it be that I was in just music class? Oh well, I'm sure an answer will come to me. "Okay, class, for the first day, we have to get through a song or two. I want you all to repeat after me." Jareth then proceeded to hand a few musically-talented students guitars and drums while he stayed at a keyboard piano in the front of the room, then turned it on. 'Oh no, don't tell me he's actually going to do this,' I thought. He cleared his throat and began playing a happy, familiar tune on the keyboard.

"No one can blame you for walking away." "Too much rejection, no love injection." "Life can be easy, but it's not always swell." "Don't tell me truth hurts, little girl, 'cause it hurts like hell." "But down in the Underground, you'll find someone true." "Down in the Underground, a land serene, a crystal moon." "It's only forever; it's not long at all. Lost and lonely, that's underground. Underground."

"Daddy, Daddy, get me out of here." "I'm, I'm Underground." "Heard about a place today where nothing hurts again." "Daddy, Daddy, get me out of here." "I'm, I'm Underground." "Sister, Sister, please take me down." "I'm, I'm Underground."

"Daddy, Daddy, get me out of here." Then, as my Goblin King was in the beginning of the second verse, the bell had rung and the students flooded out of the music room. "What did you think of my song, Sarah?" "I've heard it before, though it's always hypnotizing when you preform it, Jareth." He smiled and got up from the piano. "You're the hypnotizing one between the both of us, Sarah." I felt my cheeks heat up before I got out of my desk.

"It almost appears that they were hoping that their 'Daddy' would get them out of here." Jareth chuckled and said, "Well? Laugh!" I then giggled. "Ah, same old Goblin King." "Come on, Sarah, I'm immortal; I shall stay at this age until I get taken off of this world." "Oh? And how old are you, Jareth?" "A-Age is but a mere number."

I smirked and gently gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before we both walked back down to the classroom. Just as planned, it seemed, no one was inside the classroom; the rest of the students were out in the hallway, socializing before the bell had rung. Jareth then looked to the wall clock, bewildered. "I'm confused, Sarah; why is there no thirteenth number on the clock?" I sighed and replied, "This isn't the Goblin City, my king." Jareth then cracked a smile and said, "Oh, that's right; I'm so used to the Goblin City's time, I forgot I was in your reality." I smiled and returned to my seat.

In mere minutes, the bell had rung, beginning history; though, knowing Jareth, he'd probably give the history on the Goblin City. I wouldn't mind hearing about that instead of the past presidents or the Russian Revolution. One by one, the tardy students filed into the room and into their seats. "Alright, class, it is time for History. Now, my teaching method of History WILL be different from all the rest of the teachers, so you won't be able to copy homework from anyone else not in this class." There were a few groans, but they seemed to understand. "First off, we will be learning about one specific place, well, two, I should say, and we won't learn about anything else." The faces of the melancholy students' brightened.

"The places that we will be learning about are the Labyrinth and the Goblin City. Now, I know what you're thinking; 'This guy's a lunatic who only talks about made up things.' Though, I have been through the Labyrinth and the Goblin City, not to mention have been in the castle beyond the Goblin City." The students' faces became perplexed. "The date was three years ago, last Friday evening. In fact, the basics of what had happened goes along with what Sarah's story was." The students' faces remained perplexed as though this was all a joke. In a way, some may think that, but to me and Jareth, we know that the truth would be more of a joke to normal humans than to anyone from the Labyrinth realm. I found myself repeating that monologue in my brain over and over again as if something were to happen to make everyone believe. "Give me the child. Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child you have stolen, for my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom is as great. You have no power over me."

ANOTHER SHORT CHAPTER?! NUUUU! WHY CAN'T I MAKE LONGER CHAPTERS?! Oh well, here's the ninth chapter of Within My Heart is Your Labyrinth. I hope you like it!