It was a Wednesday night; dark, cold and rainy. The wind howled outside with a high-pitched whistle and the tree that sat right next to Sarah's new house began to tap lightly on her bedroom window. For three nights straight it had been like this, and these were perfect conditions to get a start on unpacking all of the boxes that were spread around her house. But, even though she had no distractions and plenty of time, she was definitely going to need some serious help if she wanted to get it all done in a timely fashion.

The room-which was fairly smaller than her last-had piles of boxes and heaps of items she removed from boxes when she first sorted through them. The boxes filled about half of the room, leaving only a narrow pathway leading to the bed and to her dresser. These things had been brought in hours earlier by the men in the moving van that her father had hired. Sarah had no idea how much it cost him; she was only glad that she didn't have to haul them all in by herself.

Sarah looked around the room curiously, wondering where to start. The walls need painted, for sure, she determined straight away. Plain white walls would end up making her feel out of place. But that chore would have to wait until all of the boxes were gone, which gave her all the more reason to unpack as soon as possible. She walked over to the dresser against the wall and sat down on the stool. She knew only three people that would be willing to help her at such a late hour. Well, maybe not people...

Looking into the mirror, Sarah whispered, "Hoggle? Ludo? Sir Didymus? Are you there?" She wasn't sure why she had whispered, as she was alone. Maybe it was because she was just so used to hiding her special link to the Underground from others, but she no longer lived with anyone else, she realized, so she no longer had to worry.

In the mirror appeared the image of the bed sitting behind her-sheets, pillows and all-and the surrounding crowd of boxes. On top of a small stack of them, a small figure began to appear.

"But of course, my lady! We'll always be here for you! Isn't that right, Ambrosius?" it said, looking down at his feet. He then appeared to dissolve into thin air, and a bark arose from the invisible Ambrosius. I smiled.

"Do you think you guys could come and help me clean up some of this mess?" Sarah asked. They used to help her clean her old room before her stepmother could ground her for keeping such a mess. Of course, she'd always find another reason, anyway. She was never one to tolerate much of anything Sarah ever did.

"Ludo help Sarah!" Ludo's voice echoed around the room. All at once, each of her four friends appeared together beside her bed in the mirror, and Sarah knew they had arrived. She turned to fact them in her stool. They grinned at each other as Sarah rose and gathered them all into an open-arm hug.

"Oh, I missed you all so much!" Sarah cheered happily, releasing them from her embrace. Ambrosius jumped up and began licking her face and whimpering wildly, as he hadn't seen Sarah for quite some time. Sir Didymus barked angrily at him, thrusting his spear in the air above his head in declaration.

"No, Ambrosius!" he snarled. "Leave the fair maiden alone!" With that, the dog backed away with his tail between his legs and his head hanging low. Sarah reached out and patted his head softly and kindly.

"It's alright, Sir Didymus. He's not bothering anyone," she told him.

"I've missed you, Sarah. Things have been getting worse and worse at the Labyrinth ever since you left" Hoggle admitted desperately. "And not just for us; Jareth has been so depressed. He's hardly keeping anything in order down there." Sarah's heart leaped into her throat at the mere mention of his name.

"...J-Jareth..." she asked, clutching her own shirt in two whitening fists. She could feel her face burning from blush. It had been a while since she heard that name out loud...Flashes of his dark and mysterious features formed rapidly in her mind.

"Oh, yes," Sir Didymus nodded, oblivious to her nervous reaction. "I do say, he's let the bog boil over!" Sarah's eyebrows knitted themselves together worriedly. Was this all because of what she'd done?

"Ludo clean!" Ludo suddenly boomed, interrupting her train of thought. Hoggle smiled, immediately forgetting about their previous topic.

"Good idea, Ludo! After all, this room won't clean itself!" he announced triumphantly. Sarah's blush dulled as she relaxed, smiling along with her friends. She agreed and silently reached for the nearest box. She could never tell them how she really felt, this she knew. Her feelings for Jareth would only get her into trouble...