Note: All rights go to the real creators of the Labyrinth. I don't own any of this. Tis but a fan fiction.

Chapter 7

Sarah threw the door open expecting to see Jareth waiting for her. She expected him to smirk at her and give her an excuse for why he had used Didymus. Maybe he would mock her for trusting her friends to be stronger than him. But he wasn't there.

Instead she found herself in a large empty room with nothing but a single table in the centre. On top of the table there was a large wooden box that she recognized as the one Jareth had brought before after her first challenge. On the far side of the room there was a single door most likely leading to her next challenge.

She made her way across the room towards the table. Once there she opened the box. Inside she saw the statue she had gotten from Hoggle. She placed the sword beside it and reluctantly closed the lid.

As she made her way towards the door she wondered what was going to be her next challenge. Didymus hadn't been much of a surprise for her. If she was going to face Hoggle she figured she would eventually have to face Ludo and Didymus. But Didymus attacking her had thrown her off her game. She didn't think Jareth would truly try to hurt her.

Sure, he had done it in the previous game. But she figured that he would have gotten over that.

For the first time she wished that he had shown up. She wanted to talk to him and figure out what his game was. Why had he changed it so suddenly? Did he honestly plan to have her killed by her own friends? But he was avoiding her, for good reason probably. A lot of what she had to ask him and say to him involved yelling.

At the door she didn't hesitate. She was tired of worrying what was around every corner. Worrying that Jareth was going to appear and she was going to have to fight him. She just wanted to get it all over with.

As she stepped through the doorway she found herself in the hallway of her dorm. Without missing a beat she continued walking. As long as she was there, illusion or not, she was going to get herself something to eat.

On her way down the stairs she ran into Erin going back to her room.

"Oh hey Sar," she beamed, "I noticed you left your laptop behind today. You feeling alright?"

"Feeling fine," Sarah replied.

"You didn't hear me come in last night did you?" She asked awkwardly.

"Nope."

"Oh good! I was worried that I made too much noise. You know how it is. You think your a ninja but you are more of an elephant."

"I don't really know it but I will take your word for it." Sarah inched further away towards the next step.

Before she could make her get away Erin noticed her anxiety.

"Where you goin? Got a hot date?" Her face lit up at the possibility.

Sarah's face darkened. "Hardly. I'm going to get something to eat. Do you feel like attacking me before I get there?"

Erin laughed as though it were a joke but Sarah was serious. If this was an illusion she wouldn't put it past Jareth to throw a fast ball at her.

"That's funny, Sar. I have to go now, though. I promised my Psych prof I would stop by during office hours to talk about an assignment. See you late though!" She called as she hurried up the rest of the stairs.

Sarah shook her head and continued outside. The weather was cool for the time of year. She wasn't wearing proper clothes for walking in the wind but she wasn't going far.

Only a few buildings down is a large mess hall where dozens of students were filing in and out with bags of food.

Sarah showed her student card at the doors and went to wait in line. She got her tray of food then headed to a table where she sat alone to eat. It wasn't until she heard the enormous footsteps that she realized she was still in her dream.

All around her the students has frozen in their seats. Coming down the isle she recognizes the large form coming towards her.

She stood quickly, a smile on her face.

"Ludo!"