15. Returning Home
Sarah stood by the bed and stared at the book sitting on the desk. She bit her lip and thought about how her home has changed. Did they take her things out of her room? Did they leave it alone? She played with her fingers as she kept staring at it. She wanted to go, but now, she had second thoughts. After meeting Jake, she thought about how it was dreaming about the Labyrinth. She never thought it would end up like the way it did. She never knew that she would make friends on the way. She didn't know that she would come back and end up being married to Jareth. Her life changed a lot through these months. In her world, she was going to graduate and go to acting school. She was going to go with her mom on a trip to France. Sarah found herself standing beside the desk. She didn't realize that she made her way there since she was so deep in thought.
She looked down and saw that she wasn't even dressed. She scoffed and went to the bathroom. She wanted to wear her old clothes, so it wouldn't be a shock to her dad. She left them on the counter, but they weren't there. "Oh no." she said to herself and rolled her eyes. "Where are they?" She looked everywhere in the chamber. They were nowhere to be seen.
She shrugged and decided to put her favorite outfit that Jareth made for her. It happened to be the one that matched her favorite clothes on him. She pulled on her blue pants and black boots. She grabbed a white shirt and put it on. She licked her lips as she put her necklace around her neck and brushed her hair.
Then she went back to the desk and grabbed the Labyrinth book. She wanted to go down to the throne room and tell Jareth that she was ready. As she entered the room, she saw Hoggle and the others waiting for her. "Hoggle." She said. "What's wrong?"
He was looking quite sad. "You're going home?"
"Not for good." She answered him. "I just want see what's been going on when I left." She gave him a hug and then the others had a turn.
Jareth was sitting at his throne while Sarah was hugging them. Then he stood up, "I'm going with you, Sarah."
She turned to him. "For what reason?" She leaned closer to him and kissed him. "I think I can handle it."
He adjusted his right glove. "I know how Aboveground is and I think it would best if I did." He saw her mouth move and he raised a hand. "This is an order, Sarah."
She slowly nodded, "Alright." She smiled and held his hand.
"Just see the room in the house you want to be." He replied. "It's really simple." He turned to the goblins. "I better see this place cleaned up by the time we return or all of you would be in the Bog of Eternal Stench."
Sarah closed her brown eyes and took a deep breath. Her heart was racing. She saw her room in her mind and said. "There."
"We're here, my love." Jareth whispered in her ear.
Sarah opened her eyes. Her room was still in the same shape she left it in. She clutched the book tightly. She was fixing to call out for her father, but Jareth placed a finger on her lips.
"Hide the book first." He whispered again.
She nodded and went to her closet. There was a little door in the back. She found it long time ago. She thought it was some type of safe. She set the book down and shut the door. She opened her door and looked down the hall. Nothing else has changed. She looked over to the window and saw that it was the afternoon. "I'm going downstairs." She told Jareth.
"I'll follow you." He said. "Just in case something bad happens."
She nodded and sighed. Sarah went down the stairs slowly. She peeked down and saw her father reading a book. She felt tightness in her throat and her mouth was dry. She stood in the living room and cleared her throat.
Richard looked up and dropped his book, "Sarah?" He said. "Is that really you?" He felt his heart skip a beat and he stood up.
"Yes. I'm okay, Dad." She smiled.
He ran to her and gave her a big hug. "I'm so glad your home, your Stepmom is out of town with Toby." He was so happy to see her. Then his expression turned as he left her go. "Where the hell have you been?" His voice rose as he talked. "You made me worry sick day after day."
"I'm sorry, how long was I gone?" She asked as she rubbed the back of her neck.
"How long?" He repeated. "You don't remember? You have been gone all summer, missy. Where were you? Why did you run away?"
Sarah sighed and lowered her head. "I didn't run away, Dad." She told him about the book and its powers. She told him about the Labyrinth and what happened.
Richard didn't believe a word of it. "Sarah, let's go to the hospital. You must have gotten hit in the head." He went over to the desk and grabbed his keys. Then he took her by the arm.
Sarah pulled away, "Dad, I'm telling the truth!"
The Goblin King couldn't take in anymore. He came down the stairs and said, "Put the keys down, Richard."
Sarah's father jerked his head and saw Jareth. "Who are you and what did you do to her?" He picked up the phone.
Sarah took it out of his hand. "His name is Jareth and he didn't nothing to me." She stared into his eyes as he heart beat into her ears. "He's my husband."
Richard felt rage over come him. "What! Sarah!" He made a fist as he came up to her. "Of all the stupid things, you come up with, this takes the cake."
Sarah took a few steps back and leaned against Jareth. She felt tears coming down her cheeks. "Dad, I'm sorry, but it's true. I love him, and you can't stop me."
Jareth said calmly to her, "He can't take much more of this. We need to leave now."
Sarah turned to him and nodded. "I guess this would have happened then." She felt her heart sank.
Jareth held her in his arms. "You are never coming back to this place. You belong in the Underground now." He kissed her gently. He didn't care that her father was watching. He saw that the man found a gun in the desk.
Sarah turned and looked over to her father. "Good-bye." She looked over to Jareth. "I want to go back to the Labyrinth."
Richard aimed the gun. Then he dropped it as Jareth, King of the Goblins and his Queen, Sarah disappeared forever.
~~~THE END~~~~
Sarah stood by the bed and stared at the book sitting on the desk. She bit her lip and thought about how her home has changed. Did they take her things out of her room? Did they leave it alone? She played with her fingers as she kept staring at it. She wanted to go, but now, she had second thoughts. After meeting Jake, she thought about how it was dreaming about the Labyrinth. She never thought it would end up like the way it did. She never knew that she would make friends on the way. She didn't know that she would come back and end up being married to Jareth. Her life changed a lot through these months. In her world, she was going to graduate and go to acting school. She was going to go with her mom on a trip to France. Sarah found herself standing beside the desk. She didn't realize that she made her way there since she was so deep in thought.
She looked down and saw that she wasn't even dressed. She scoffed and went to the bathroom. She wanted to wear her old clothes, so it wouldn't be a shock to her dad. She left them on the counter, but they weren't there. "Oh no." she said to herself and rolled her eyes. "Where are they?" She looked everywhere in the chamber. They were nowhere to be seen.
She shrugged and decided to put her favorite outfit that Jareth made for her. It happened to be the one that matched her favorite clothes on him. She pulled on her blue pants and black boots. She grabbed a white shirt and put it on. She licked her lips as she put her necklace around her neck and brushed her hair.
Then she went back to the desk and grabbed the Labyrinth book. She wanted to go down to the throne room and tell Jareth that she was ready. As she entered the room, she saw Hoggle and the others waiting for her. "Hoggle." She said. "What's wrong?"
He was looking quite sad. "You're going home?"
"Not for good." She answered him. "I just want see what's been going on when I left." She gave him a hug and then the others had a turn.
Jareth was sitting at his throne while Sarah was hugging them. Then he stood up, "I'm going with you, Sarah."
She turned to him. "For what reason?" She leaned closer to him and kissed him. "I think I can handle it."
He adjusted his right glove. "I know how Aboveground is and I think it would best if I did." He saw her mouth move and he raised a hand. "This is an order, Sarah."
She slowly nodded, "Alright." She smiled and held his hand.
"Just see the room in the house you want to be." He replied. "It's really simple." He turned to the goblins. "I better see this place cleaned up by the time we return or all of you would be in the Bog of Eternal Stench."
Sarah closed her brown eyes and took a deep breath. Her heart was racing. She saw her room in her mind and said. "There."
"We're here, my love." Jareth whispered in her ear.
Sarah opened her eyes. Her room was still in the same shape she left it in. She clutched the book tightly. She was fixing to call out for her father, but Jareth placed a finger on her lips.
"Hide the book first." He whispered again.
She nodded and went to her closet. There was a little door in the back. She found it long time ago. She thought it was some type of safe. She set the book down and shut the door. She opened her door and looked down the hall. Nothing else has changed. She looked over to the window and saw that it was the afternoon. "I'm going downstairs." She told Jareth.
"I'll follow you." He said. "Just in case something bad happens."
She nodded and sighed. Sarah went down the stairs slowly. She peeked down and saw her father reading a book. She felt tightness in her throat and her mouth was dry. She stood in the living room and cleared her throat.
Richard looked up and dropped his book, "Sarah?" He said. "Is that really you?" He felt his heart skip a beat and he stood up.
"Yes. I'm okay, Dad." She smiled.
He ran to her and gave her a big hug. "I'm so glad your home, your Stepmom is out of town with Toby." He was so happy to see her. Then his expression turned as he left her go. "Where the hell have you been?" His voice rose as he talked. "You made me worry sick day after day."
"I'm sorry, how long was I gone?" She asked as she rubbed the back of her neck.
"How long?" He repeated. "You don't remember? You have been gone all summer, missy. Where were you? Why did you run away?"
Sarah sighed and lowered her head. "I didn't run away, Dad." She told him about the book and its powers. She told him about the Labyrinth and what happened.
Richard didn't believe a word of it. "Sarah, let's go to the hospital. You must have gotten hit in the head." He went over to the desk and grabbed his keys. Then he took her by the arm.
Sarah pulled away, "Dad, I'm telling the truth!"
The Goblin King couldn't take in anymore. He came down the stairs and said, "Put the keys down, Richard."
Sarah's father jerked his head and saw Jareth. "Who are you and what did you do to her?" He picked up the phone.
Sarah took it out of his hand. "His name is Jareth and he didn't nothing to me." She stared into his eyes as he heart beat into her ears. "He's my husband."
Richard felt rage over come him. "What! Sarah!" He made a fist as he came up to her. "Of all the stupid things, you come up with, this takes the cake."
Sarah took a few steps back and leaned against Jareth. She felt tears coming down her cheeks. "Dad, I'm sorry, but it's true. I love him, and you can't stop me."
Jareth said calmly to her, "He can't take much more of this. We need to leave now."
Sarah turned to him and nodded. "I guess this would have happened then." She felt her heart sank.
Jareth held her in his arms. "You are never coming back to this place. You belong in the Underground now." He kissed her gently. He didn't care that her father was watching. He saw that the man found a gun in the desk.
Sarah turned and looked over to her father. "Good-bye." She looked over to Jareth. "I want to go back to the Labyrinth."
Richard aimed the gun. Then he dropped it as Jareth, King of the Goblins and his Queen, Sarah disappeared forever.
~~~THE END~~~~