A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a while...I've been really busy as it has been holidays, but I do promise to update again regularly.

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EVEN DOWN LOOKS UP

The excitement of Sarah's plan had made her not think all too clearly, and as soon as she was half way down the road, she hesitated in her tracks. The moon momentarily was covered by a cloud, letting the air of the night feel all too sinister and foreboding.

What am I doing? Sarah's thoughts demanded to herself in her mind. It's the middle of the flippen night!

She'd been so caught up in wanting to go straight to her home to wish Toby away that she hadn't even realised what exactly that had meant.

Her house was four and half miles from her aunts...It didn't seem that far, but it was when you were walking in the dead of the night with no torch and no shoes.

Still, Sarah was determined to reach her home, to get on with her plan. It was like an unseen force was driving her foward, reeling her in, and she couldn't resist it.

No matter if it was in the middle of the night or the broad light of the midday- Sarah had to do it right now.

With a quick glance behind her, back at her aunt's house, she continued foward, just as the moon escaped from the darkness of the cloud that had covered it, brightening up her way.

It took Sarah just under an hour to reach her house. The only light she had was that of the eerie moon and occassional streetlamp. She half stumbled, half ran the whole way- panting heavily out breathe, but she didn't stop for breathe once. Her heart pounded in her chest and she could feel the blood throbbing in her ears as she ran across streets and backyards, weaving her way and taking as many shortcuts as she could home. Her long dark hair billowed out behind her, a phantasm of black flurry in the dark night.

She didn't know what she expected to do when she got there- she hadn't even thought of how she would get in, yet alone think of how she would get to Toby if he was in his cot in her parent's room.

And as he always did, a certain white owl flew not too far off, watching Sarah voyeuristically.

Sarah ran along an overgrown path between two houses and stopped. Her house loomed up out of the pale moonlit night in front of her, only yards away. A single light glowered out of the living room window and although Sarah was hot from running the whole way, she shuddered. She had to do it.

Silently now, she crept up to the house, her feet achingly crossing the front yard. She was sure not to make a sound and she ducked below the window in the front just in case anyone was inside and would see her. She hopped to around the side of the house and pressed her back up to the cool brick. If anyone were to see her now, they would think she was trying to break in. But she was...In a certain sense.

She shifted back the way she came, edging closer to the window and peering slowly around the side to check if anyone was inside.

She didn't expect what she saw. A strange woman she had never seen in her life lay on the couch, appearing to be sleeping. She stirred as Sarah watched her, and quickly Sarah pulled her head back around the side, her eyes widening.

Who was that? She thought completely confused. Where are my parents?

Then a thought struck her and she relaxed her shoulders, rolling her eyes. Of course- they were out and had obviously asked someone to babysit Toby while they were gone, seeing as Sarah wasn't around to do it. A smug smile lit up her face, Good, someone else can do it for once.

A dog barked in the yard next to her, snapping her thoughts back to her plan. This is actually perfect, she thought. If the nannys downstairs, it means Toby's sleeping in his crib upstairs and there's no one else with him. Quickly, Sarah snuck around the back of the house, to below her parent's room. She wanted to do this as quickly as possible before they came back home and she had no idea how long they would be. She looked up to the room and her heart an excited beat when she saw that one window was open. Looking around behind her to make sure no one was watching, Sarah crossed over to the maple tree below the window and began to climb it.

It was a lot higher than it looked, and with not much light, Sarah clung onto the firm branches as hard as she could as she climbed. Her mind reeling, she reached the top and crossed over onto the biggest branch she could see that was closest to the window. It swayed under her weight, but she managed to grab the windowsill and hoist herself up before she lost her balance. Quietly she lifted herself up and looked into her parent's felt strange being back, especially in the dead of night and without coming in through the rest of the house.

Toby was fast asleep in his cot and the light of the hallway shone dimly through the slightly open door. Sarah swung her legs over the edge of the window, but hesitated as her feet the reached the soft carpet below the windowsill. Seeing Toby made her second question what she was about to do, he was so innocent and only a baby...Should she really be getting him into all this for a second time? She knew now that he wouldn't get hurt or come to any harm, but she still felt a pang of guilt as she silently tiptoed over to his cot. Her hair was a mess, it hung lifelessly over her shoulders and had a few twigs and leaves in it. Her clothes she wore, old comfortable tracksuit pants that she slept in and a loosely fitting T-shirt were also dirty but Sarah didn't take any notice. She reached the cot and peered down at Toby's resting face.

"Oh Toby..." She quietly muttered. She looked over at his resting form in his red and white striped pajamas. He had grown since she'd last seen him. He looked so peaceful, wrapped up in a light blanket and clutching a stuffed teddy bear. Thankfully not Lancelot, Sarah thought ruefully. The clock in the hallway chimed 1am and Sarah's heart beat started speeding up as she gripped the sides of the cot, her knuckles turning white. It was now or never, because she was running out of time and she was scared the woman babysitting had woken up from the clock chiming and would come upstairs to check on Toby.

Quickly, Sarah reached her arms down and gently scooped him up. He stirred slightly, moving his mouth and swallowing, but he didn't wake.

Sarah crossed over to the alcove by the big double windows, holding him tightly in her arms. She hoped this would work, but why shouldn't it? If a child was wished away, the goblins had to come...

Sarah glanced over her shoulder and took a deep breathe. She involuntarily closed her eyes as she held the sleeping Toby up, to avoid looking into his little angelic face and feeling more guilty than she already did.

The snowy white owl that had been following her earlier sat in the tree outside, unnoticed and unmoving as it watched her.

"I wish the goblins would come and take you away." Sarah said, a surge of confidence going through her.

"Right now."