This takes place following the movie

Sarah's POV

In the course of one real world hour and just shy of thirteen Labyrinth hours she had wished her brother away, ran the Labyrinth, made friends with a few very unique individuals, won her brother back, and came home to host a celebration that included both friends and foes from the Labyrinth. She was only mildly surprised that the Goblin King did not show up when the rest of them did since it was a bit of an open house. Still, she enjoyed her time with all of those who had come. Thanked each of the lessons that they had helped her to realize.

Of course she checks on her brother periodically to make sure that he is okay and that he is still there.

She knew that her life was going to be forever different, but that those changes would have to come from her, not from somewhere else. It would take time and effort, but she was now determined to be something other than the selfish and spoiled girl she had been before. While she knew that she that there would be times she would fall into her bad habits, her new goal was to try and not do so any more than she had to.

Once it is time for them to leave, she thanks each one last time before promising to keep in touch with Hoggle, Ludo, and Didymus.

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Jareth's POV

The first time he had seen her, she was a small child dancing in the rain with her mother. Both singing old songs and words of power without realizing that is what they were doing. He had been intrigued by the pair, and followed them home in his owl form. Watching them for several hours until he had determined that they were humans and that the songs they were singing were passed down from mother to daughter for several generations.

After that he had returned to their home several times over the years, watching as the small girl grew up. When she was ten her mother had left the family, and while it had not been a bad break, it still confused him. A little over a year later her father had brought home a new bride and that's when the problems had begun.

She had barely adapted to her mother leaving when she had suddenly had a new mother and one who was radically different from hers. She went from a mother who had encouraged her imagination and curiosity to having a stepmother who sought to suppress it. From one that actively sought to spend time together doing things, such as reading, listening to music, or doing various projects in the arts or acting, to one that felt being fashionable and having date nights was more important.

Then her stepmother had gotten pregnant and he watched as the sweet and caring young girl turned to the darker emotions of anger and jealousy. A part of him mourned the sweet girl she had been. It was saddening really to watch her lose all of the joy and happiness that she had previously had. After the birth of her half-brother her anger included sadness and fear.

Her mother was rarely around, moving from place to place as she works, though keeping in touch through phone calls and letters. Her father and stepmother have dedicated more time to their new son rather than making sure that both their children are healthy. Not once in the time that he is watching does he ever see her father and stepmother try to explain things to her. Instead they act like she should just accept the changes, without actually making sure that she understands them. While not done in cruelty, it still has that sort of effect, and makes her darker emotions stronger.

That's why he was not surprised when she wished her brother away. Truthfully, the surprising part had been when she decided to try and run the Labyrinth in order to get him back.

So while she had been running the Labyrinth, making friends with his subjects, and struggling through her emotions, he had decided to see what her version of the Labyrinth was. For every person who read it, read something different depending on the feelings and emotions of the reader.

He was only mildly shocked at the part where it said the Goblin King had fallen in love with the girl, and while lounging on his throne deep in thought, realized the book was right. He was aware that she was too young, her mind and body still needing to grow, but as he watched her leave behind the dark emotions during her trials, he found that he could love the woman she would grow to be.

So twice he offered her everything, her dreams, her hopes, her desires, her every wish and twice she turned him down to try for her brother instead. Then when she managed to do the most surprising thing of all he offered himself. Such a strong girl filled with vibrant emotions and better understanding would grow to be an amazing queen. But she didn't seem to hear the offer or totally ignored it as she struggled to recall the words of the book, thinking it was the only way to get her brother back. Despite everything she had won, but never answered his most personal question, leaving him in a state of flux as he waits for her to decide.

In his long history as the Goblin King there had never been a Champion of the Labyrinth. The last recorded Champion had occurred during his Grandfather Jaral's time nearly ten thousand years before. That runner had been a fae warrior who wished to adopt a child who had been wished away by their parents rather than allowing her to take him. So the fact that a fourteen year old human girl had succeed at beating the Labyrinth had been extremely surprising. It was something he would have to reflect on later.

Now he is settled in the tree outside her window, shielded from sight as he watches her welcome everyone she had interacted, whether as a friend or foe, thanking them for the lessons she learned while racing against the clock. Yet she checks the babe repeatedly, making sure he is safe in his bed and comfortable to sleep. If he was in human form he would smile at this, but instead he simply continues to watch long into the night, after the others have left and her parents have returned home.

When she finally shuts her curtain to go to bed, he returns to the castle, looking around at all the damage that had been wrought with her burst of power when she first left, and deciding to start first thing in the morning on the rebuilding and dealing with the three for their part in this mess. Though, if he was being truthful to himself, he could not blame them, she did have that sort of gift. Summoning a crystal he decides to check on her one last time for the night only to discover that he cannot actually see her. Interesting. Another thing to consider later.

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Anfechte POV

A Champion! Finally, a Champion! Not only a Champion but a female one, a potential Goblin Queen after years of there not being one, splendid! There has been six Goblin Kings since the last Goblin Queen, nearly twenty thousand years before. While a Goblin King can marry, their wife only becomes the Goblin Queen if she can beat the Labyrinth and the last five had been unable to do so.

Within the crystal heart of the Labyrinth she planned and plotted, excited and fully awake for the first time since the last potential Queen had run the Labyrinth and failed four thousand years before. The current King's father was actually one of the shortest rulers of the Goblin Kingdom, only having it for the time it took for Jareth to become an adult before handing it off to him.

Since the Champion was human she did not have a proper household so she was planning on fixing that. Reaching with all of her gifts to find the right ones for her Champion and direct them to the Champion's home. Many would not even know that it was her directing them, would feel that it was only luck drawing them in. By the time her Champion was ready to come back, she would be ready for the role.

Everything was splendid, for the first time in years there was going to be hope.