"Just fear me. Love me. Do as I say, and I will be your slave," Jareth, the Goblin King, softly said as he held up a crystal between his fingers. He gazed into Sarah's eyes with a gentle passion, hoping that he would accept his offer to stay with him in the Underground and rule beside him.

"My kingdom is great… My kingdom is great…" Sarah hesitated to remember the next line. Her body turned away from the Goblin King's stare to face the opposite direction. This was the line which had always slipped her mind, but was the most important. This was the line that would give her and Toby the freedom she had worked for. And suddenly, she remembered…

"You have no power over me."

Sarah woke up startled to the sound of thunder and the sight of bright lightning outside of her window. Her breathing was heavy and almost forced, but began to slow down as she realized she was in her bed. She looked over to the alarm clock that sat on her bedside table only to see that it was 3:24 in the morning. Her dog, Merlin poked his head up at the end of the bed to look at a startled Sarah.

"Oh Merlin, why do I keep having these dreams?" She asked as Merlin jumped on the edge of the bed and began crawling toward her. He just looked up at her, scratched his ear, and plopped down next to her to go back to sleep.

Sarah stood up out of bed and walked to her dresser mirror and turned on the lamp that sat beside it. Dark circles grew under her eyes due to the lack of sleep she had obtained the past few weeks. The same dream had been haunting her sleep for weeks and she was unsure why.

It had been five years since she defeated the Labyrinth. Five years since she turned down eternity with the man she had grown to love so dearly. But she was just fifteen at the time. She was so young. She didn't know what love was.

"I just wish these dreams would leave me alone," she mumbled as she rubbed the dark circles under her eyes.

Lightning struck once more and the thunder crashed louder than before. The windows flew open and startled Sarah once more. With a deep sigh, she walked over to the windows and shut them. Her door creaked open and the face of a little blonde boy peeked in.

"Sarah," said the little voice. "Are you awake?"

She chuckled as she looked over and saw Toby inching closer and closer in the door. "Yes, Toby. Did this storm wake you up?"

He nodded. "Mhm. Can I sleep in here with you?"

"Of course you can, sweetheart." Sarah walked over to the bed to fix the other side so Toby could climb up the bed and under the blankets. Toby ran over as quick as his little legs could and jumped up onto the bed.

As he began to cover up, he looked to Sarah as she walked around to the other side of the bed.

"Sarah, did the storm wake you up, too?"

She looked down at her baby brother, who was now almost 6, and smiled. "I guess you could say that. But you really need to go to sleep Toby. Your mother will be here early in the morning to pick you up."

"I know," he said, almost heartbroken. "But can you tell me the story first?"

Sarah knew exactly what story he wanted to hear. It was the same story she told on the night that she wished her little brother away to the Underground. Except now, the story had changed. She cuddled up next to the boy and began.

"Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess whose baby brother was stolen by the evil king. He wasn't just a king though. He was a king of a goblin city, and his kingdom was a magnificent labyrinth that wrapped around the goblin city. The princess realized that she wanted her baby brother back because she missed him so, but the only way to get him back would be to solve the labyrinth. The goblin king gave her 13 hours in which to solve the labyrinth, and if she were to fail, he would keep her baby brother and turn him into one of his goblins. The princess decided to solve the labyrinth. Along the way, she met many new friends. A goblin named Hoggle, a gentle beast named Ludo, and a knight named Sir Didymus. They helped her along her journey through many different obstacles. Once they solved the labyrinth and got into the goblin city, the princess and her new friends battled the goblin soldiers. They won the battle, and the princess ran to the castle to get her baby brother. But when she got to the castle, she ran into a room where everything was upside down and right side up. Many flights of stairs filled the room, and soon she figured out the way to her baby brother. She defeated the goblin king once and for all. The goblin king would never bother the princess or her baby brother again, and they lived happily ever after. The end."

The little boy yawned and turned his heavy eyes up to Sarah. "I love that story."

Sarah smiled. "I do too, Toby. Now go to sleep." Toby curled up into the blankets and fell right to sleep. Merlin crawled up to the sleeping child and laid down next to him, falling asleep shortly after. Sarah looked at the two and chuckled at the sight. She turned over to her bedside table and opened a drawer. Digging around inside, she found a small red book titled "Labyrinth" and held it in her hands.

You have no power over me.

What a lie.

She held tightly onto the book and laid down next to the sleeping boy and dog. Her mind was racing as she still thought about the reoccurring dream she had. The storm had died down though rain still hit hard on the window. The sound of the pitter patter sang Sarah to sleep.

Jareth put down the round crystal ball after watching Sarah tell the precious story to the young Toby. His heart ached as he wiped a single tear from his cheek. He stood up from his throne and walked to the window. The day was breaking over the Labyrinth, but this didn't matter to the Goblin King. It was just another day he had to go without his Sarah.

"Five years," he muttered to himself. "Five years since she bested my Labyrinth." He turned away to the window and walked back over to the crystal that sat next to his throne. He picked it up and began rotating it in his slender fingers.

"I may have no power over her, but she still has a hell of a lot of power over me." Jareth realized he was talking to himself, but didn't seem to care. He stopped rotating the crystal and stared into it. An image of Sarah sleeping appeared.

"I can't live another day without her. I must find a way to get her back."