Dear Jareth

To be honest I wasn’t sure exactly which of the two letters to write to you, yes you hurt me, but I know that I hurt you too. You were doing what I asked, but you must have known it wasn’t what I really wanted, it was the wish of an angry, stupid girl (I bet you never expected me to call myself stupid did you?). The fact that you took Toby wasn’t even what hurt me the most (I feel terrible of saying, well writing that, but it’s true) it was the way you cheated me out of time, tried to use Hoggle against me. Was it really that important to you to keep Toby, or were you just trying to prove a point? I figure it was the latter, because you couldn’t bare the thought that a girl could possibly beat you. Also of course it was your labyrinth, which I suppose means it was your rules, right? You know you were more like a child than I was in some ways back then, throwing your toys out the pram because I wasn’t doing what I was meant to.

So I’ve worked it out, you’re the one that hurt me (well for the purpose of this little exercise at least), but I suppose in way you had to do that or the story wouldn’t have had a villain and every good story needs one of those and you were a brilliant one.

Sarah

Dear Toby

I know I’m not exactly the best sister in the world, I yell at you when to go though my stuff , but I do love you. You realise don’t you?

You have idea what I did to you five years ago and trust me that’s a really good thing. You were always a kind of annoying baby (you’re an annoying kid now, but hey that’s the point in little brothers isn’t it?). I wished you away to the goblin king, I didn’t really think he’d come (I’m not quite that crazy, no matter what you think) but he did. I was stupid and selfish back then, I didn’t think I should have to look after you even though I didn’t really have anything to do (apart from read but I could that when you weren’t bawling the place down). I was so scared you know, when he took you I really thought I was going to lose for good (not to mention your mom would’ve killed me). I fought so hard to get you back and even though I was kind of terrified most of the time what kept me going was you. I honestly couldn’t bear the thought of losing you, I almost offered myself in your place, but something told me he wouldn’t have accepted that. He wasn’t the most reasonable person ever. But I think it would’ve been easier in the long run. It wasn’t his fault though, he was just doing his job. But anyway my point is I’m sorry, and I really will try to be a better sister, okay? Although it wouldn’t hurt if you tried to be a little nicer too.

Sarah

Title A New King
Part 2/?
Word Count 1771
Rating G
Summary Sarah returns to the Labyrinth and sees Jareth again.

( A New King )

( Sarah's feet ached )

Word Count - 500
Pairing - Sarah/Jareth
Prompt - Temptation

( Temptation )

He hadn't shown up at the ball, Sarah wanted to be surprised by this but she wasn't, not really. Clearly putting someone first was still a little difficult for the Goblin King, not all that much of a shock really since he'd never had to do it before and he could be just as stubborn as Sarah.

She left the ball a little before the end and had intented to go straight back to the hotel to finally confront Jareth about everything, but instead she'd taken a detour by the park and sat by the edge of the lake for thirty minutes thinking of her home and trying desperately not to cry.

Finally, realising how cold it was she fixed her make-up and adjusted the delicate mask she'd been wearing then pulled out the crystal from her small purse and see what Jareth was doing. Not seeing him she frowned and stood, walking slowly back to the hotel and their suite.

"Jareth?" She called as she entered, a little worried that she didn't him instantly, still it was a big suite he was most probably just one of the other rooms. "Are you here?"

"Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it, so it goes on flying anyway." --Mary Kay Ash

Every one of the goblins in Jareth’s kingdom was once a mortal, wished away by a whole variety of people, overstressed mothers, uncaring brothers, selfish babysitters and not one of them has ever succeeded in beating his labyrinth, in saving their children. Some haven’t even tried, some have run for miles and miles in a completely straight line for the whole of the allotted time not even considering that this can’t possibly be right. There have been those that have become distracted by the trinkets Jareth has offered, confused by his riddles or just too weak to carry on. Some of them had run from the help the labyrinth offered, too afraid of the weird creatures to even think of talking to them.

Sarah knows none of this, she knows it’s going to be a challenge of course but it can’t be that hard, right? And so she runs towards the labyrinth with a confidence that only those who have no idea what they’re about to face can. And perhaps even if she did she’d still have that same spring, that same drive. She’s no ordinary girl you see, and while the others have fallen at the significant number of hurdles Jareth has planted to stop them from ever finishing the labyrinth, let alone getting to the Goblin City, Sarah has a plan. She doesn’t know exactly what it is yet, nor will she until she meets her first creature, but she knows she has to have a plan to beat him, to save Toby and that’s good enough for her.

( Darkfics Table )

Plot bunnies just attacked me, I have no idea how many words this is cos I'm using a word processor without a word count, but I don't think it's very long, less than 1000 probably. Feedback is most welcome and this is the start of a much longer fic I hope.

( a new king )

I’m starting to feel like a broken record, Jareth, the Goblin King. He’d find it funny how I still think about him all the time, how I can’t get him out of my head. I thought I’d beaten him in the Labyrinth but I’m 21 now and still thinking about him, about what could have been, so now I think about it I don’t think I have anymore. He has because he’s almost a part of me now, I still remember his words. ‘Just fear me, love me do as I say and I will be your slave,’ only I feel like the slave now because even after all these years I dream of him, think of all the ‘what ifs.’ He offered me everything, to make my dreams come true. If I’d just swallowed my stupid childish pride I’d be happy now I think, by his side, as his Queen. I don’t know quite why he means so much to me, but he does. I built him up in my mind so much that whatever he did I’d be disappointed and yet he tried to live up to my expectations. Sometimes I think maybe I’ll wish myself to him, but I’m not sure if he’d take me again, not after all the trouble I caused last time.

Characters - Sarah, Jareth, OC
Word Count - 541
Rating - G

( The Banquet )