QueenBookDragon: I love your reviews so much thank you! And maybe ATWFD being played is fate lol! And I love owls too, which is why I had to add owl Jareth being cute. In another story of mine, Dreams of Destiny, there's like a few chapters where Sarah is just interacting with owl Jareth (you should check it out as well as other stories and leave reviews there so I know how you like it). I'm glad you love the dress! I'm unsure of how to find it but Jennifer Connelly did a photoshoot where she kinda looked like an owl and it inspired me! As for me taking time to write it, it definitely is for me more than anything else but I love to share because it's just lame otherwise lol. It also helps with writing skills as well. It's a way for me to relax and it's almost like a journal, to give my own life experiences and insecurities or emotions onto Jareth and Sarah which I think makes the stories so much more real than it otherwise could be. I'm glad you like Toby because while my brother isn't that much younger than me (he's 5 years younger) Toby is kinda based off him. My brother is a dork and doesn't like to show his feelings a lot but he's really sensitive to people's pain and when I had a bad break up, he hugged me and told me he loved me so I thought Toby would be sweet as well. I haven't see Maleficent in a few years but I did enjoy that movie so I'll think about how to add that in. I don't want Sarah to be a damsel in distress necessarily just borrowing some ideas here and there. This Cinderella story was a lot closer to Cinderella than I had planned but it worked out nicely! Thanks again for the lovely long review, those make my day!

Guest: LOL Eloise and Sarah make quite a team! I imagine that Eloise is just glad that someone else is dealing with Jareth's antics too. Everyone is scared since he's a king but Sarah is like "LOL NAH" since she met him before learning who he really was. I'm glad you like the owl and the proposal! That's probably my second proposal scene I wrote, second to the one in Strangers Till Now.

Princess Fae: Thank you so much! Please check out my other stories too!

LabyrinthDavidBowieWildcats30: Snow White sounds like a good story too! I'll keep that as an idea!


Epilogue

Five years after the wedding

Sarah was on a walk around the castle grounds with Toby. "So how was school today?"

Toby shrugged. "It was good, I suppose."

"Toby." She said almost threateningly.

"Alright, I'm failing in magical studies. But I don't know why I have to learn about it if I don't have magic! A lot of people in my class don't have magic either!"

"You need to learn because you live in a magical kingdom. You're not learning how to use it, are you?" Sarah asked incredulously.

"No, just a little bit of theory and the history of it as well." He kicked a rock. "I don't mind not having magic but it's useless when you can't wield it."

"Not true, you wouldn't know about any enemies. Take dragons for example. Jareth and I can't use the same magic that they do but knowing how their magic works is important in dealing with them. Since Jareth and I are your legal guardians, you are under the protection of the crown and who knows who may want to target you."

"I suppose." Toby sighed. "Anyway, I'm not doing very well."

"Not well in what?" A deep voice interrupted them.

Jareth came over and kissed Sarah. "Hello Precious." He smiled at her. He smiled at Toby too. "Hello Toby."

"Hi Jareth." Toby grinned. Then he sobered up. "I'm not doing well in magical studies."

Jareth snorted. "I was terrible at it as a child too."

"You?" Sarah and Toby asked him at the same time incredulous voices.

"I hated learning theory, I was more interested in doing the magic itself." Jareth shrugged. He put an arm around Sarah's waist.

"You never told me that." Sarah's eyes went wide. "And while I was learning, you were so annoying about it."

"Like I was going to tell you that I was bad at magical studies when you were excelling like crazy. You have a good mind for books and academics." He grinned.

"You and your ego." Sarah shook her head.

Jareth caught her in both arms and kissed her. "But you love that about me."

"Bleh, you two are gross. I'm outa here." Toby trotted away.

"You are going to get help in magical studies today!" Sarah called after him. "Don't make me ground you!"

Jareth chuckled. "And to think that a while back, you had been scared to raise him. Now you're all over him."

For a while after they had moved to the castle, Sarah had tried to take Toby to visit his mother and half sisters. Toby always felt miserable afterwards though, and Sarah was a little lost because while they weren't rude to him, they would always goad on him to talk badly about Sarah and Jareth. Toby didn't like that and Sarah tried to tell them to please stop, to just spend time with him. They got off easy because of Sarah for she felt that even in their bitterness, they could become useful and do some good in the world. People can change.

Sarah sincerely hoped that they were well, even after all they did. She didn't really think they would redeem themselves but an eternity is a long, long time. She hoped that they would change for change is possible. It made her sad that they stopped seeing Toby or even caring about him, but maybe it was better this way.

Sarah rolled her eyes at Jareth. "Toby isn't so bad actually, he listens to me still since I'm a big sister. Robby though, he's so like you with his ego." She laughed. "I'm glad that Eloise is here to help me with navigating that since she went through it with you."

"You say that, but deep inside he's sensitive to your words and doesn't sass back with you the way I do with my own mother." Jareth smiled. He put a hand on Sarah's stomach and leaned down to kiss it. "And we have another little one on the way."

"A princess this time." Sarah smiled at him. She was due in a few months and was a giant.

"Yes." Jareth rubbed her belly. "I can't wait to meet you." He cooed at her stomach.

Sarah looked at him softly and scratched his head. "I love you, Jareth. You're the best father I could have for my children."

Jareth kissed her deeply and carried her to a nearby bench. A shoe fell off Sarah and she tried to pick it up but her belly was in the way. "I'm a little stuck." She said.

"I got it." Jareth chuckled. He went on one knee and slipped the shoe back on her foot.

Small feet were running. And as they weren't obnoxiously loud, Sarah knew who it was.

"Mommy! Daddy!" A little blonde boy with blue eyes came running towards them. Beside him were Hoggle, Ludo, and Sir Didymus.

"We just come to drop him off." Hoggle said. "We had a lovely time."

"Thank you for watching him." Jareth said kindly. In the past, he would've just dismissed them but Sarah told him that just because he was just as mean to all of his subjects equally doesn't mean that it was alright. Now, he was only tough with the goblins since they weren't as sensitive and rather enjoyed being bossed around.

"Yes, thank you." Sarah said.

"Robby fun." Ludo smiled.

"He is an excellent helper." Sir Didymus said. "We will take our leave, Your Majesties."

"Well hello my Prince Robby." Sarah kissed his cheeks when her friends all left. He looked nothing like her father, his namesake, but his sweetness was just like him. "How are you?"

"I played with them" He referred to Sarah's three friends. "We baked a pie."

"I can see the small stain on your shirt." Jareth poked his son's nose and brought him up to his lap. He kissed all over Robby's face and the prince squealed.

Robby leaned over and put a hand on Sarah's belly. "I want to feel her kick."

"She may be asleep right now." Sarah ruffled his hair. Robby's hair was turning to be just as bad as Jareth's. "Maybe she'll-"

She paused suddenly, eyes wide.

"What's wrong?" Jareth was on high alert. He was very, very annoying during her pregnancy with Robby and just as bad in this one. He hardly left her side and Eloise had to tell him that Sarah was alright, that as long as she felt fine and their healer said so, then she was healthy. He worried over every detail and Sarah tried to not feel too annoyed. It was nice to be looked after as well.

Sarah grabbed his and Robby's hand on her belly and grinned. "Nothing, she's kicking."

Robby's face lit up as it always did when he felt his sister kicking. He was so excited to be an older brother himself, often looking at Toby as if he was HIS older brother. He was only three, but he was already bright. "I can't wait see her."

Jareth placed a hand over Robby's and guided him through Sarah's belly. "Me too, my boy. Me too."

Another shuffle of feet came around. They looked to see Eloise.

"You three look comfortable." She folded her arms and felt a surge of pride at seeing her family expanding.

"Very." Sarah laid her head on Jareth's shoulder. "Would you like to join us?"

"I wish." Eloise walked in front of them. "Right now though, I'm to inform you that Princess Celeste is here with Sir Richard."

Since Jareth had married Sarah, the laws for marriage for royals were more relaxed. They were required to marry or relinquish the throne when they were a few hundred years old (to produce an heir), and the process for marrying a commoner was much easier. It was no longer difficult to marry someone based on their status but the content of their character was just as much scrutinized (for good reason).

And Celeste had fallen in love with one of the knights in her army. She is currently engaged to him and still visited the Goblin Kingdom just as often as Jareth and Sarah visited Estella.

She was also named as their children's godmother.

"I suppose we have to leave this very comfortable bench." Sarah sighed playfully.

"I'll carry you inside." Jareth said.

Before Sarah could reply, he scooped her up in his arms as she squealed.

"Daddy's carrying Mommy!" Robby danced around them.

"Yes he is." Jareth kissed Sarah neck. "And later tonight, I could give you a foot massage."

"Oh please." Sarah smiled at the lovely thought. Maybe being spoiled was a good thing.

"And then you're staying in our chambers all day. It's suppose to rain again tonight and I can't have you feeling cold." Jareth said with authority.

On second thought, maybe he was as bad as she had thought he was.

Eloise chuckled and took Robby's hand. "Come, let us greet our guests."

They transported to the library, not noticing an Amaris blooming where they had left.


That's all folks! It does seem that Irene and the stepdaughters got off easy, but I feel like Sarah would want them to be able to have another chance. There's no sequel to this so no they won't come back for some big revenge. You know those petty people in your lives? That's what Sarah's stepfamily is like. They're not going to come back all of a sudden and I'd like to think that while they won't be bffs with Sarah, they may become kinder (well the stepsisters anyway, Irene was just plain mean whereas the stepsisters were selfish). I hope you all enjoyed my story and it means a lot to have all these beautiful reviews! I'm thinking of writing a Christmas story for J and S next. I am working on more fics but I'd like to have them finished before posting so that I can regularly post this way. Thanks everyone soooo much!