Thank you guys so much for all your reviews, praise and enjoyment of my story. I can't believe it is now 29 pages long, I think it's ending up a whole lot more complicated than I originally planned.

Just something to clear up for one reviewer; (It's the only question I can answer because the rest were all plot related.)

helikesitheymikey no she doesn't look 15 still. I meant that if you knew the 15 year old Sarah you could still see her features in 24 year old Sarahs face, even after what Jareth did, but that the inside was no longer recognisable.

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Chapter 10

"Sarah?" The Queen didn't like what she saw. The mortal looked exhausted, the light had gone out of her face and eyes.

"Your Majesty." Sarah acknowledged her, still keeping a tight hold on little Jay. "What are you doing here?"

"You called for me. I need to know what happened. What did he do to you?"

"We were.. and then I... and he was so... and he..." She couldn't get her words out she was clutching at Jay, her last tie to sanity.

"Sarah, you are not making sense. You were together?" Titania tried to guide her through the story.

She nodded, her eyes not leaving Jay.

The High Queen already knew what had occurred but she had to hear it from Sarah. "And something happened?"

"I figured out about Jays father, he was fae," Sarah briefly flicked her eyes up to the High Queen. "and I think I said something out loud." She was physically shaking now. "Jareth was so angry. He had been so tender up until then."

"You need to tell me what he did."

"I saved myself for him." She whimpered. "He never understood that."

"Sarah. Tell me." The High Queen repeated.

"I know he didn't mean to do it, I should have explained sooner but then it was too late."

Titania could see her bruised wrists clearly, understanding and already knowing full well what Jareth had done. "He raped you." she stated.

"He was just so angry, he wouldn't let me explain. I couldn't stop him."

"I am so very sorry Sarah." Titania apologized, perching on the sofa next to the broken woman and carefully taking the babe from her arms as Sarah seemed to collapse in on herself.

"It wasn't your fault, it was mine, I wanted to make him feel uncomfortable, to watch him squirm. I should have just told him and..." Sarah didn't have any tears left to cry or words to explain.

"This is not your fault Sarah. Don't feel guilty because Jareth is a spoilt, arrogant, little boy."

"But I should have told him. We would have been so happy. I waited for so long. Now everything is ruined" She felt so empty and broken. There were no tears left, no spirit to fight for her own sake.

Titania didn't know what to do. The Sarah of only a day ago had been strong, self reliant, ready to knock down the gates of hell itself if she needed to. Today she seemed to be locking herself into the fiery pit but she was still unwilling to condemn Jareth. The High Queen felt like wringing her stepsons neck for his actions.

Titania felt that she had to act, but she herself was unable to stay in the human realm too long or she would risk iron poisoning. She couldn't leave Sarah on her own though, who knows what the girl would attempt in her current state. Rising from the sofa with little Jay in her arms she moved towards the phone table.

Unlike her husband and his son Titania had kept abreast of developments in the human realm, both social and technological. She, while not understanding the mechanics, at least knew how to use a telephone. She looked at the list of emergency numbers that was pinned to the wall by the device.

First on the list was, 'Dad and Karen', that looked promising, juggling the baby and the handset she dialled hoping that someone on the other end would pick up.

On the forth ring a female voice answered, "Hello."

"Hello. Is that Karen Williams?" The High Queen enquired

"Yes, who is this?" The housewife obviously didn't recognise the British sounding female voice.

"Sorry to disturb you, My name is " She hesitated slightly before continuing with, "..Tania, I'm a friend of Sarah's."

"Has something happened, is she OK." Karen sounded concerned.

"Physically she is fine, but I'm worried about her. Um...She just broke up with her boyfriend." Titania thought that that was close enough to the truth to make sense to the mortal woman.

"My Stepdaughter doesn't have boyfriends." She'd accepted that fact long ago.

"Well I think she finally found the man she'd been longing for."

Karen often thought that Sarah had been waiting for someone special, "Really? What happened?"

"I think he hurt her somehow. She's been crying all night. I don't really want to leave her alone but I have to leave the country in the next few days."

"Is Jay, her son OK?" If Sarah was acting irrationally the baby might not be safe, Karen thought silently.

"The babe is fine, she hasn't neglected him, I think he's what's kept her going this long." Titania answered.

"Is there anyway you could get her here to us? I can't get up to New York and Robert is away on business till Thursday."

"Of course I can. Is tomorrow morning too soon to drop her off?" The High Queen asked in relief.

"Not at all."

Karen put the phone down, slightly reassured but still very worried about her step daughter and grandchild. They had buried the hatchet years ago actually managing to have a semi normal mother-daughter relationship and Karen had come to care for her. The process had been helped by the fact that Toby adored his older sister and his mother didn't have the heart to hold a grudge against the teenager Sarah had been a long time ago.

She had hoped that Sarah would find someone to spend her life with. It wasn't like Sarah was unattractive, she was a beautiful young woman. However it never seemed likely to happen Sarah had set her heart on the unobtainable. That she'd finally found someone and he'd hurt her just seemed so unfair to Karen.

Checking the time on the kitchen clock she knew Toby would be home from soccer practice soon and she was going to have to explain to him that Sarah was coming to visit and why.

Titania still held Jay in her arms, he was awake now and staring up at her, his eyes totally trusting. "Lets go see to your mother little one." She moved back to the sofa, Sarah hadn't moved in all the time that the High Queen had been on the telephone.
"Sarah," Titania started again after several failed attempts to get her attention, "Jay needs changing." knowing that would get a response.

"Oh sorry," she responded instantly rising and holding out her arms to take the child.

The Queen didn't hand the babe over. "You need to pack a bag, you're going to visit your parents."

"What? I can't go anywhere, I have rehearsals tomorrow."

"Sarah you are in no condition to go to your rehearsal. When was the last time you ate a proper meal or drank some water?"

"I had breakfast just a little while ago."

"Sarah its almost seven o'clock in the evening. You haven't eaten all day."

The mortal woman just looked confused. "That isn't possible."

"You have had my son in your heart for too long. Heartbreak is never easy and you are suffering from shock as well. I cannot stay to look after you, nor order any one else to do so and I will not leave you all alone." Titania decreed leaving the room, hoping Sarah would follow.

Hoggle and Sir Didymus had been taking turns waiting in the mirror all day before Toby reappeared.

"Young Toby!" The small fox exclaimed as the boy entered the room.

"Sarah's coming home!" Toby whispered in excitement, his eyes wide, as he rushed over to the vanity.

"Then my Lady made it back to your realm safely? For alas we did not have a chance to speak before she left." he said regret in his voice.

"Mom says that she isn't well though, that she might not be herself." Toby added not understanding what his mother had tried to explain.

"That rat Jareth did do something to her, I knew it." Hoggle answered joining his friend in the mirror..

"She will be alright won't she." The blue eyes now held concern.

"Sarah'll have you to watch her now." the dwarf encouraged realising he shouldn't have said that in front of the boy. "We'll see you again soon but we 'ave to go now.

Toby said goodbye to his new friends, still excited that his sister was coming home.

"Sir Hoggle, what is it that troubles you?" The small knight asked his companion when they had moved away from the mirror.

"When was the last time it rained in the Labyrinth?"

"Hoggle thou knowest as well as I that the labyrinths magic is tied to the King. The weather is linked to that."

"Exactly. We get thunder 'n' lightning, freak hail storms and wind but it hasn't rained this much in a long time."

"You doth think the King feels Sarah's loss?" His whiskers twitched in perplexity.

"No, I think he did something bad to her. The rain's 'cause he feels guilty. He's done terrible things before and not turned a hair. What could he have done that would make him this guilty? If he has hurt her..." Hoggle could feel anger building.

"His Majesty has a great temper, Sir Hoggle, but I cannot believe that he would harm Lady Sarah intentionally."

The dwarf still looked worried, his already wrinkled face looking older than ever. "You believe what you need to friend, I have a bad feeling."

Sarah went after the High Queen, trailing after her into the bedroom. Titania had placed Jay in his crib and turned back to face Sarah.

"Is there someone you need me to tell about the little break you'll be taking from work?"

"My agent, Murray, he won't be happy." She answered not feeling anything herself at all.

"I shall telephone him while you pack a few things then." She left Sarah in the bedroom heading back out into the hall.

Sarah moved to her closet and pulled out a bag. She started to pull out other items from her wardrobe and drawers, placing them on the bed before carefully packing them into the bag.

Titania seemed to take a long time on the phone and having filler her bag, will enough clothes to last a few days, Sarah simply sat back down on the bed. She felt so weary again despite having done nothing all day. She closed her eyes and let sleep overtake her once more.

Five small figures watched "their Lady" from under her vanity, they were all piled in to the small space on top of each other. They didn't like what they saw. Sarah was supposed to have stayed in the underground, at least in their minds. Now she was back above and not herself, the small troop of goblins had taken it upon themselves to look after Sarah and her son.