5 days later Jareth, King of the Goblins married Sarah Williams formerly of the Above in the rose garden near the Goblin Castle. Just few friends, and of course Sarah's 3 companions, attended.

The High Priest wound a long golden cord around their joined hands and up their arms, reciting ancient words of love and eternal bonds as they never took their eyes off of each other. Jareth had spelled sarah so she would be able to understand and answer the clergyman.

Sarah could hardly believe how short it seemed to be. Before she knew that had each recited their vows of loyalty, honor and respect. Once spoke the cord glowed, tightening. When the light faded, the Priest removed the cord and pronounced them married.

Jareth practically shoved the man out of the way to get to his bride. He lifted her off of her feet and kissed her while everyone watched. Many of the crowd laughed and smiled, while Hoggle blushed and turned away.

"One more thing, Your Majesty." The High Priest said, clearing his throat. "Sarah Williams formerly of the above, step forward."

She did. Jareth told her it would happen. "Kneel." She did as she was told.

The Priest then began the coronation rites. A few minutes later he placed a circlet upon her head that was the smaller version of Jareth's, and she stood a queen.

Jareth kneeled before her and took her hand. As he kissed her across the knuckles he looked up, winked and gave her a saucy smile. Sarah visibly relaxed after being so nervous when taking her queenly vows. He rose and turned her, bringing her forward to present to the crowd. "Guests, friends and subjects alike, I present to you my beloved wife, Lady Sarah, Queen of the Goblins!"

She smiled and bowed as was shown to her to do. Jareth had appointed an older woman named Estrella, the wife of one of his generals, to help her prepare. Jareth also had an ulterior motive of instigating a friendship between the two. He knew she needed a female companion to confide in, and the woman was a kind soul, midwife, and healer specifically for women.

Everyone came forward to give their congratulations and compliments. The two monarchs smiled and greeted everyone .

"Lord Jareth!" A tall man with red hair came forward. "I thank you for inviting myself and my wife. Oh, I should tell you, Krisalia is furious with you. She had her eyes on this one's crown. Odious woman." He turned to Sarah. "What lovely girl you are. Jareth must truly love you. May you live long together and be blessed with many children."

"Thank you Lord Phineas." Jareth bowed his head. The smiling man bowed in return and wandered off to socialize with the other guests.

He whispered to Sarah "Old friend. His wife was also born a human. She is of the old world. Some fellow monarchs aren't thrilled I've married you I'm afraid. He is a good ally to have as his wife is well known and well liked. It will take time for some to warm to you. Not that I care. I am quite warm to you." He reassured her, feeling her nervousness.

Once the reception and feast were done everyone left. Sarah had a great time but was quite relieved it was over.

She had spent the whole day on pins and needles afraid she would do or say something stupid. She didn't want to make it harder on Jareth.

In their rooms that night Sarah took off her shoes and sat beside the fire gazing into the flames absently.

Jareth sat down across from her. "Something is bothering you." He didn't ask but stated, she knew he didn't have to.

She turned to him, hesitant. "Since you have your magic, and I am changing...could we go above?" She asked.

He should have known it was coming. That sometime she would want to go. Still he covered his fear.

"Yes for a short time. Maybe a day. Not too long as you are not fully changed. It won't be much longer now. Our bond will speed the process up. May I ask why?"

She gave him a determined look. "I need to face it. I could just stay here forever and never face what I left behind. But if I want to move on, I can't just run away."

"We will go tomorrow if you would like." He answered. He stood from his chair and moved to sit next to her on the sofa. "I do understand. No one can hurt you now, and I will kill anyone that tries." He wrapped an arm around her and she leaned back against him.

He held up a crystal with his other hand. "I have something for you."

She watched as he moved the orb over his fingers, then it glowed and turned into a small box. "Do you want it?" He teased.

They sat up. Sarah turned to face him and he opened it. It was a ring.

He took it from the box and slid it on her ring finger. It was silver knotwork, with emeralds woven through the filigree.

She felt tears threatening to fall as she admired the delicate band. "Jareth.. it's the most beautiful ring I've ever seen."

He kissed her hand. "I know it is human tradition to receive a ring. I had it comissioned for you once you were here, elven silver and emeralds from the Mountains of the Fire Kingdom, Lord Phineas' lands. The rarest stones in all of the underground."

"Wasn't that a bit presumptuous of you?" she answered wryly, teasing him.

"I had hope someday you and I would marry. I told you. When I met you there had been no one since. I knew you were the one. To commission such a ring takes time. It was delivered to me just a day ago." He replied as he stood. "Now shall we to bed, wife? I feel it is time we consummated this marriage." He gave her a wicked little smirk.

She smiled as she stood, and gladly took his hand. "We shall."

He swept her up and carried her to the bed, dumping her into the middle of it as they both laughed. She laid back, watching him crawl onto the bed, a determined desire in his eyes. She licked her lips nervously. Even though they had been together several times, when he looked at her as he was doing at that moment, it felt like a million butterflies were let loose inside of her stomach.

Jareth kept his eyes locked onto hers as he swung a leg over and straddled his dark haired bride. The dress he had made for her was laced up the front at the bodice, jade green embroidered velvet, with an ivory off the shoulder tunic underneath with long flowing sleeves that matched the embroidery. She wanted something simple but in style of the underground. The green matched her eyes.

He used one finger and traced the laces on her bodice. They undid themselves as he went. She sat up and he pushed it off of her shoulders to her waist. "Lift your hips, love." He said. She laid back and did so, and he pushed the dress down and off, leaving her in her tunic and panties.

"You are the most exquisite thing I have ever seen." He breathed as he look at her. "And you are mine. Always."

"Yours always." She answered. She lifted a hand and caressed his face, her fingers trailing down to his shirt and pulling at the laces on it.

He shrugged off his jacket and pulled the shirt over his head.

Sarah enjoyed the view of him shirtless. She had found she enjoyed looking at him often. He had caught her outright staring at him several times, smiling at her as she blushed. He told her she shouldn't feel embarrassed that she found him attractive, as he could look at her all day every day and never become tired of it.

She was still unused to being so open, so close to another person anymore. Much less a man but slowly she was becoming acclimated.

She had thought all day about this night. He had been doing all the giving and compromising. He had not asked her to reciprocate or asked anything of her. Tonight she wanted to return the favor. She was nervous about it, but excited too.

He kissed and touched her and his knee slid between her legs.

"Wait." She said. He stopped immediately. He had also told her if he did something that triggered bad memory or was too uncomfortable for her, to let him know. She was grateful at his understanding of her unique issues.

She sat up. "Lay down on the bed." She told him. He smirked and did as she asked. "I want to do some exploring of my own. If you don't mind." She smiled down at him and ran a hand over his chest.

"Feel free, love." He answered. Relaxing into the mattress and smiling. He stroked his hand over her back. "Explore away. My body is yours for the exploring."

She leaned up and kissed his mouth, starting there seemed to be safest. She moved over and ran her tongue over his chin, neck and traced his collarbone. A small sigh of pleasure came from him and it her smile. This man was hers. Her husband. The thought was startling. She sat up and touched his face.

He felt something wet upon his cheek and opened his eyes. She was crying.

"What is it?" He asked her as he brushed the tears away.

"I just. I can't believe I'm here. A few months ago I couldn't bear thinking of what the next day might bring. Now I'm here. Safe, with you. I'm your wife, and you are so beautiful and powerful. how can I possibly be good enough to be a queen?" She gushed. Emotions threatened to overwhelm her.

Jareth sat up and held her close. "Sarah. Over time you will see. You will be a spectacular queen. Years from now, when you have your confidence again, you will wonder why you ever doubted. If you don't believe in yourself right now, believe me. I have always known how strong you are. When you come into your power, it will be the most amazing sight to behold. You will outshine all of us."

He let her go and laid back. "Now, you were exploring? Please don't stop. I was so enjoying your ministrations." He gave her a devilish smile that made her grin back in return.

She kissed him and started again following the same path. When she got to his chest she flicked her tongue over one of his nipples, and he shuddered beneath her touch. She did it again and the same thing happened, along with a moan. So she switched and did the same to the other.

"Sarah.." He hissed in pleasure.

She kissed her way down his chest his flat stomach, tasting his soft warm flesh. He tasted slightly of cinnamon and something indescribable. Magic, she supposed.

She sat up and moved to sit down further, taking off his boots and stockings. He had feet much like his hands, lean and strong. She massaged his feet and he moaned again. "That's wonderful love." He said. "You have a talent for massage."

"Do I?" She asked. "Well, then I'll keep going."

Sarah reached up and tugged at the wait of his leggings. He tilted his pelvis up so she could slide them down and off, leaving him wonderfully naked.

Her eyebrow rose as she noted his aroused state. "Excited?" She asked.

"Just being near you excites me, beloved." He answered, looking down at her.

Sarah felt her body react to his words. looking at him in such a state made her ache between her legs.

She explored his legs, long and muscular. She admired his rock hard lean yet muscular thighs.

"Onto your belly, King." She commanded. "But carefully."

He chuckled and complied. His erection reacted to the friction of the soft blanket and he bucked instinctively and hissed.

"I said carefully." She reminded him.

He got as comfortable as he could considered his hyper aroused state. "Woman..you are driving me mad." He said, turning his head to look at her as he laid his head on his folded arms.

She explored his back, marvelling how it sloped to his thin waist then curved upward to meet his backside. And what a backside he had. It was perfect. She remembered as a teenager, with her friends at the mall or wherever, checking out guy's butts. His put them all to shame. She reverently kissed each side, her fingers traced the contours. His groan was the loudest yet. She did a bit more exploring of the backs of his thighs but was getting far too excited to draw it out further.

"Okay turn back." She told him.

He flipped over. "Thank the Gods. I was getting rather uncomfortable." He answered.

She looked down at him. "Gee I wonder why." She grinned. She moved up on the bed and kissed his abdomen again. "Could it be because of this?" She wrapped her hand around his hard cock.

He did not expect it, so her touch made him sit up a little and suck in a deep breath. "It's a possibility." He said, watching her. He wondered what she was going to do.

She had never actually attempted to touch him intimately, though he already knew every inch of her body. He had accepted such things might take time. He took his pleasure by giving her what she needed. He had brought her to release over and over with his touch, his mouth. Only during intercourse had he allowed himself release with her, but oh, how powerful it had been.

"I've never done this, so you might have to..guide me a little." she said softly.

He reached down and took her hand. "Here, like this." He instructed, showing her how to stroke him up and down, firmly but not too hard. "Yes.." he groaned, letting her hand go, leaning back on his elbows as she continued.
Sarah started to enjoy she was doing. She observed his reaction closely, his hips began to rotate with the movement of her hands. She like how he tipped his head back and closed his eyes, little grunts and moans she caused with each stroke she performed.

She decided to try something different and used her thumb to rub over the head of his shaft and he jerked and moaned a little louder. This made her grin. She continued to circle the top with her thumb, and he began to pant. "Gods..Sarah.. "

A few drops of moisture appeared. She brushed her thumb over him and leaned down to taste him. Slightly sweet and salty, but not unpleasant. She moved her thumb out of the way and licked him tentatively. He jumped, his hips jerking up farther, the head touching her lips. She opened her mouth and sucked him slightly. Finding that to her liking she took more of him inside her mouth until she was taking him in as far as she could. He tasted incredible and she kept going, vigorously stroking and sucking his cock.

She felt his hand on her head and she looked up. His eyes were full of desire and he was breathing hard, moaning her name as he guided her head.

"Sarah..you need to..I can't...too close.." He panted.

She stopped and smiled at him. "I know. I want it. I want to give you what you have given me." Then took him back inside her mouth.

As she continued her hand moved to squeeze the sac underneath, resulting in the loudest moan she had ever heard from him.

His erection was beginning to throb and twitch in her mouth and she knew he was almost there. A few more strokes and he cried out. His hips pushed up hard and he grasped her head as she worked him.

His climax spilled into her mouth, and she enjoyed every second as she watched him come apart because of her. She watched his face as he hit his peak. She had to swallow several times as his release was powerful.

Jareth glowed with pleasure. His hips thrust up as she finished with him. Once his release had passed he laid on the bed and watched her, his entire body relaxed, he closed his eyes and sighed in pleasure.

Sarah licked him clean, then kissed upward until she was lying on top of him. He opened his eyes and smiled, looking completely relaxed.

"You are a goddess, my queen." He told her, making her giggle.

"I did okay then?" She asked.

He laughed. "In your words, fucking fantastic."

Jareth grabbed her suddenly and rolled her under his body as she laughed. He kissed her until she was gasping for breath, then started to repay the favor.

He grabbed her tunic and swept it over her head, then slipped her panties down her legs and threw them to the floor with the rest of their clothing.

Jareth was astounded she had taken her explorations so far. He wasn't about to complain. He just went with it.

He kissed her all over moving downward until he buried his face in the soaked heat between her legs. Pleasing him had aroused her as much as he got excited when he was pleasing her.

He speared her with his tongue, using his thumbs to open her folds to him. He slid two fingers inside and found the place inside that made her crazy with need, and stroked it while sucking her clit. Her hips gyrated and pushed her sex into his face. He had been delicate and gentle before, but now he went at her with everything he had. He made love to her with his mouth until she screamed under him. She came hard, her juices pouring out of her onto his tongue lips and chin.

Pleasuring her had made him rock hard again. He sat up and turned her over tugging her hips up and pushing her knees out as far as they would go.

"Wha.." She gasped out. He had never taken her like this.

"Trust me, Sarah." He said as he leaned over her and kissed her neck and back. "You will enjoy this." He growled as his hand slid between her legs, stroking her. He moved until his erection was at her entrance, and pushed forward. He slid into her tight channel easily as wet as she was.

Sarah gasped and moaned at the sensation. In this position the pressure was right against her most sensitive spot inside. As he began to move the pleasure of the friction was incredible. He thrust hard and pulled her hips back to meet him. Her hands twisted into the bedding and she screamed his name and came again. Hard.

Jareth admired her luscious body as he pistoned into her. He bent forward to press his lips against her ear. "Tell me Sarah, do you like it?" He whispered as he licked her earlobe, making her shudder.

"God yes."She gasped out.

"You will love this then." He said wickedly. His hand went underneath her body and he stroked and pinched her bud in time with every stroke as he pounded into her.

Sarah could no longer speak, she let go, and relaxed into the feeling he was bringing out her. Her whole body was tingling and she felt like she was flying. She just held on and let it overtake her senses.

Jareth reached out and pulled at his magic. It travelled through him and into her and curled around her budding power. He pulled her magic towards his. He let his magic become a part of hers, and hers a part of himself. He had hesitated before in bonding their magic as their spirits were bonded but knew it was time. Now, after tonight, they would be one, truly.

Sarah didn't know what she was feeling, but it felt like Jareth wasn't just inside physically, but in every way. She could sense his emotions, his pleasure as clearly as her own. It was like his entire being was wrapped around her. She felt a fire burning in her soul guiding her, strengthening her.

Her climax hit her like a thunderstorm of emotion and power. Her body grasped onto his and milked him as she screamed and screamed. He was there, groaning into her ear. "Let go, give yourself completely to me. You are mine, but I am also yours."

She felt him pouring his magical essence into her body. He rose up and grasped her hips pulling them back and thrust forward and held her in place. She did as he asked, she let go of everything and let herself give in fully.

Jareth felt her acquiesce to his magic, her new magic bonding to his ancient power. With that he lost control and flooded her body with his orgasm. He released into her as her muscles held fast. She took everything he gave and and caressed his erection with her inner muscles, urging ever more from him until he was empty.

Sarah fell into the bed and he collapsed on top of her, spent.

A few minutes passed, then Jareth rolled off of her onto his back. She turned her head and looked at him.

"What was that?" She asked in wonder.

He gave her an exhausted smile. "I bonded our magic together. I hesitated before because I..I thought it might scare you. Now that we are wed I thought it would be a good idea. Did you not enjoy...I know it is rather intense.."

She put her fingers over his mouth. "No. It's fine. I enjoyed very much. I'm not made of glass Jareth. Your are my husband. We should both get what we want..right? You have been so patient and I know I said it would take time but..I love you. I trust you. There isn't anything we should ever hide from each other. You should get what you need too." She smiled, moved in and kissed him.

"You will be much more powerful now, Sarah. You share my magic." He told her. "As I share yours. From the feel of it you would have been a force to be reckoned with on your own soon. Now you will be powerful queen. I will teach you, so don't worry about that. It takes time, but eventually you will be as powerful as myself. When we talked about going above, well I wanted you to have the added protection there."

"That kind of worries me." She said. "I don't want to hurt anyone either. I don't want to be tempted to do that."

"You will do well. This world is not an easy one. The more powerful you are the better. Besides you forget, you have me to deal with." He pulled her close and she curled around him. "You are too good, Sarah. Too kind for that. That is what truly amazes me, that you refused to become so dark that you could not turn back. That despite everything, your heart, your soul remained pure. This just confirms what I had thought. You will be the heart and the light of this kingdom. With you by my side, tempering my darkness this kingdom will be glorious. You were made by the Gods to be my queen. You are my other half."

His sentiments caused her to tear up again. "Thank you, Jareth, for everything." She replied.

"No, love, thank you." He answered. Sarah heard the sleepiness in his voice.

"Let's sleep, we have an emotional day tomorrow. " She said. When she got no reply she looked up at him.

He was already asleep, smiling softly.

She smiled too. He never went to sleep before her so seeing him asleep was a new experience. He looked far more angelic in sleep than she expected.

Sarah snuggled into him further and joined him in slumber.
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The next day they were standing in front of her home. Her old home. She knew there was no one there. No one would scream at her, punish her, hit her. She could not help the old fear that crept in.

The house was dark and locked up tight. They walked up the steps and her hand shook as it went to the knob. There was police tape on the door. She supposed once they both disappeared someone must have reported them missing.

"Let me." He stopped her. A twist of the wrist and the door opened easily.

Sarah stepped inside the foyer of the house. There wasn't much left inside. Someone had come through and taken everything of value, that much was obvious. There was a dark dust where the police looked for fingerprints over many surfaces. Cabinets were empty. She slowly walked through the living room. Finding the Star Wars dvd on the floor she picked it up. In the kitchen there was next to nothing. the electricity was off, so no food. There was a box in the middle of the floor where someone had thrown pots, pans, plates and utensils haphazardly into it.

She remembered the last time she had been in this kitchen Jareth, as Jay, had made her pancakes. Turning she smiled as she saw the Scrabble game under the table. It must have fallen there and no one paid attention. She picked it up and saw it had managed to stay closed so she decided to take it. She would bet she and Jareth would enjoy playing at home as much as they had here.

She climbed the stairs not even bothering to go to where her father's room had been. She didn't care what remained of him.

She took a deep breath and went into her old room. Again, whatever remained was thrown everywhere. Broken glass lay all over the house. Her figurines she had as a child smashed to bits.

Her was bed torn apart. Someone must have been looking for something.

Her jewelry box was dumped out, though she had had little valuable jewelry. She picked up a bracelet off the floor. A cheap amethyst one Karen had given her. She slipped it over her wrist.

Jareth did not go in but watched over her from the doorway.

She crouched down on the floor and picked something else up. A picture of her and Toby.

"He is really gone." She said. "They all are. He took everything from me." She put the picture in her pocket, turned and marched down the stairs.

Jareth behind. "Sarah where are you going?" He stopped when he saw she had a crystal of her own in her hand. "When.." He asked.

"A few days ago. Before the wedding. I was just thinking about something at it appeared." She answered.

"What are you going to do with it?"

"I'm doing what should be done. Let's go." She told him as she went out the back door clutching the DVD and the game.

He walked out and turned to say something when he noticed she had not moved from the doorway.

She stood there and he watched as the crystal started turning red. She was pouring all her pent up anger and fear into it.

"Sarah love, be careful you could burn yourself with.." He started to say.

She picked up her hand and threw the crystal back into the house. "Die damn it!"

Jareth jerked her back and dragged her away from the house as it exploded into flames behind them.

She sobbed into his chest as he held her, one eye on the conflagration she had caused. In a couple of minutes they could her firetrucks.

"Let's go home. There is nothing for me here anymore." She sighed.

Jareth complied and within seconds they were in The Goblin Castle.

Jareth sat her on the chair and took her hand. It was terribly burnt from the fire crystal she had created. She had not yet learned to shield herself. She went to pull away but he held firm. "Let me."

He laid his other hand over hers and the cooling sensation came, in a few minutes her hand was once again perfect.

"I'm free." She whispered. "Jareth..I'm free. It's finally over." Her voice got louder. She got up and opened the balcony doors.

"I'm free!" Her voice echoed over the kingdom. Her shoulders relaxed and she looked over The Labyrinth. She felt a peace she had never known wash over her. It was tinged with sadness at her losses, but she wouldn't let that keep her from looking towards her future anymore, now that she had one. Her mother, Karen and Toby would want that for her now. They would want her to live and to remember them. They would live within her and she would see them in the eyes of her children she would someday have with Jareth.

"Not completely." Jareth said and he came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "You will never be free from me, love."

She turned in his arms and looked into his loving blue eyes. She again marvelled at how beautiful he was, and how this beautiful man was her husband. "True, but you will never be free of me either, so we're even." She kissed him warmly. "Now..let's celebrate."

"My pleasure." He growled in her ear.

The balcony doors closed behind them, and the celebration went on for days.

~Epilogue~

Part 1

Later Jareth sought and found information on what had happened above, for Sarah's peace of mind.

The men who had been accompanying Robert on his chase had come back with a tale to tell. That in pursuit of his kidnapped daughter, Robert, the girl and her kidnapper seemed to have fallen into a deep black hole in the woods and they were unable to reach them or even find the hole.

A search party was sent out to find it, but no one ever could. All three had disappeared, except for traces of Sarah's blood and a strange glittery dust no one could identify. No trace of Robert was ever found.

So officially, Sarah had been declared dead due to the traces of blood, Robert missing, and of Jay Smith, the name given by Robert's guards, no trace was ever found in any way. He never existed. For some reason no one could agree on what the looked like either. All descriptions were different and no one could quite get it right, their memories always a little fuzzy.

There had been a report filed when The Williams' house went up in flames and burned to the ground that an elderly woman had seen Sarah running from the home with a tall blonde man in black but it was written off as a simple case of mistaken identity.

Of the house there was nothing left. It had been consumed completely by a fire that could not be stopped until every bit of the home was ash.

Once that happened, it simply stopped. The fire department could never find out what happened or what caused it, so it was written up as a gas leak.

All the papers(and the journal Jareth had snuck off and mailed to the police when Sarah was sleeping) brought all of Robert's crimes to light and it was assumed he had killed his daughter and faked his own disappearance though none of the money known to be his was ever touched. Anything declared illegal was confiscated, and what little there was left was given to a cousin, the only known relative of Robert Williams.
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Sarah made one more trip to the above months later. Jareth put a spell over them so they wouldn't be noticed and took her to visit and lay flowers on first her mother's grave, then Toby and Karen's who were side by side.

Jareth stood back and let her say her goodbyes. It was a closure she needed. To say goodbye to her last tie to this world. She would not be coming back here.

At the final grave, Toby's, she took the longest. Jareth also felt sadness. The death of child, such a vibrant child in such a violent way tore at him. Especially now.

"I will always love you, Toby. You were the light of my life. Until now. I swear I will never forget you." She wept. Kissing his headstone she laid the large spray of red roses over his small grave and turned. "Help me up, could you? I'm a bit stuck."

Jareth rushed to her side and supported her as she rose. Her growing middle had been making getting up more difficult these days.

Once she was on her feet he guided her to a private spot and transported them home.

"Thank you." She said as she went to a chair and sat down kicking off her shoes. "Jareth I was wondering. Since we knowing this baby is a boy..would you mind if I named him after toby?"

Jareth had crouched in front of her and taken her swollen feet in his hands and began to massage them. "It is a fine name. Prince Tobias it is, beloved."

She stood so he could sit, and curled into his lap. Both laid their hands upon her belly. Their lips met as they both looked towards the future.

4 months later later it was spring again in The Goblin Kingdom, and the changing season was greeted by the wail of a newborn babe within the royal chambers.

Prince Tobias of The Goblin Kingdom was born, and life renewed itself again in all forms.
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~Epilogue~

Part 2

It was in the dead of night the following Samhain when he received the message the quest he sent his fiercest goblin warriors to fulfill had been completed.

Jareth slipped out of bed careful to not wake his sleeping wife.

He had something to attend to.

In a flash he was clothed in his armor and disappeared.

The Goblin King appeared at the top of the dusty hill outside the Labyrinth. The warrior goblins waited for him there as they stood in a semi circle.

There on the ground surrounded by the goblins were three men, trussed up nicely.

"You did well my subjects." Jareth said as he stood facing them.

The leader of the horde stepped up. "They was fightin us, Majesty, but we gots them, just like you asked. Scratched up a bit, but alive."

"I am most grateful. Now go back to your homes. You will be rewarded for your efforts. What must be done I prefer no witnesses to. Remember the queen knows nothing of this. I promised her I would never take another life unnecessarily. However I have a debt I must fulfill therefore this is necessary. She might not see it that way. I expect you all to be silent on the matter for good."

The group of goblins nodded. "We swear King. We knows what they did. They deserves whatever you is givin' 'em."

With a wave of his gloved hand the goblins were gone and he was alone with the three men.

Jareth crouched by them and removed the hoods. The three humans looked at him then each other, fear and anger in their faces.

"I suppose you would like to know why I had you brought here. Who I am." Jareth asked evenly.

"Well, Mr. Granelli, Mr. Kendrick, Mr. Parsons. I am The Goblin King. This is my kingdom. My lands as far as you can see. I rule here. I brought you here because you attempted to take something of mine and destroy it."

The men looked confused. "Let me elaborate." He twitched a finger and a picture of Sarah hovered above them. Smiling, happy. "This is Sarah Williams. Do you remember her?"

Jareth removed Granelli's gag. "You may answer."

"Uh...yeah. Robert's girl. Thought she was dead. What does that have to do with us?"

Jareth reached down and grabbed the man's jaw. "You know exactly what it has to do with you. With all of you. Do not take me for a fool. I know exactly, to the letter, every plan each of you had for Sarah. Do not pretend otherwise."

Jareth replaced the gag, not wanting to hear the false claims of innocence. He wanted to be done with this.

Jareth sent out three tendrils of magic to wrapped around each man then slowly lifted them off the ground. When their feet startled to dangle they all started squirming and struggling.

"You have committed grievous crimes against myself, my kingdom, my people, but most especially my queen. Queen Sarah, my wife. Who is not dead. She is very much alive. Happy, safe. loved. All that you three men and her father tried to deny her, she has. A poetic ending."

He paused to call out each of the men. "Mr. Parsons, you helped Robert with his scheme to profit from my wife's pain. You, Marcus Granelli, you thought to sell my beloved to this...monster." He gestured to the third. "Mr. Kendrick. Oh, by the way, Mr. Kendrick, those 5 women you had imprisoned have been returned to their families and homes, their time under your...care...removed from their minds and bodies. It was as if you never existed for them because all of you have been erased from above for good."

Jareth moved to stand in front of them all, coolly reserved. He calmly adjusted his glove.

"You attempted to steal my beloved Sarah from me, defile her, and destroy her soul and her life. These are serious charges. In absentia, you have been tried and convicted. By me, the sovereign here. The sentence is death, and oblivion."

The three men's eyes were wide with fright. Their fear gave Jareth a certain satisfaction. He kept his face and voice unemotional however.

"No Summerlands for your souls. The Souleaters of The In Between will be feasting upon them as well as your fear and your flesh, as they did Robert Williams. Quite nasty business, that. Excruciating, from what I understand. Once a thousand years ago, a pair of immortals managed to escape. They told a story that gives all underground creatures nightmares to this day. They are the only known escapees mind you. Humans, of course are a delicacy as it is rare for them to have access to such places."

He smirked. "You will excuse me if I choose to show you as much compassion that you all had shown for my Sarah. No care for her life, her suffering. I assure you, your suffering will dwarf hers. Though it means nothing to me, The Souleaters will enjoy it."

Jareth called to his memory the magic he would weave. The darkness he had conquered within his soul called forward. He was giving it one last gift before religating it to the recesses of his mind and soul for good.

As he spoke the words he would vow never to speak again after this day, a dark hole opened in midair before him and solidified.

"Goblin King..." A voice hissed out of the darkness.

"As payment for letting myself and one other pass unhindered through your domain, Here are the three souls that are owed to you. Two for each one of us. I already gave you one. Now you are paid in full as promised."

"You are always good on your word, but we were starting to get worried." The hissing voice said.

"It took some time to find the last." Jareth answered. His head tilted as he observed the men. "Oh dear, it seems you've soiled yourselves. Isn't that unfortunate, to die in such a state. Ah well, no matter. There is worse to come." He said, his smirk growing at the thought of these men suffering for their crimes.

Jareth levitated the 3 men as close to the opening as he dared to go. He was careful that no part of himself, his soul, his magic touched the creatures of the darkness.

The men were wriggling like worms on a hook.

"Enjoy your meal, beasts." Jareth said waving his hand to send them into the void, removing his magic from them as the beasts took hold.

He watched as 3 tentacles of black energy reached out, each one wrapped around each of the men.

Slowly it drew them in as the three whimpered and squirmed to get free helplessly.

With a great sucking sound the men were enveloped in darkness, disappearing into the depths.

"We are satisfied, Goblin King, with the terms of our agreement concluded. If you need us again, don't hesitate to ask. You always provide us such sweet morsels."

"Farewell." Jareth replied. He wove the magic to close the doorway.

Once it was done, he sighed heavily and faced the Labyrinth. Soon it would be morning.

He shifted to his owl form and flew to the castle. He landed and shifted back to a man as his feet touched the balcony to the royal chambers and slipped through the door then changed back into his sleeping pants.

There was a slight noise from the crib where his son slept. He looked in and tucked the blanket more firmly around the babe. He gently passed his fingers over the child, touching the downy soft blonde hair that was like his own.

"Everything okay?" Came a soft voice form the bed.

He got into bed and wrapped Sarah in his arms. She turned to mold herself to his body.

"Just went for a flight, checking on things. All is fair in the Goblin Kingdom my love. Our dear little prince sleeping soundly. All villains vanquished." He smiled down at her.

"Oh you." She poked him in the side. "Go back to sleep. Surely I will be up in an hour feeding our son."

"Yes, my love." He replied.

And they slept, Jareth satisfied that his family was safe for good, and justice had been served.

~Fin~
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YAY! Done! I had to give Jareth a break here. He has been so good, and sweet, etc., in this story I threw his other side a bone :D

First of all in case you haven't heard, Ahem: NEW BOWIE NEW BOWIE NEW BOWIE! ::::Jareth&Sarah, Muse, and myself doing the Snoopy happy dance in my head:::: And I highly recommend getting a gander at the new pic released to accompany the new album entitled Blackstar. Yowsa! Mr. Bowie is lookin' fine at 69!(okay not quite, 68 and 9 1/2 months. Sue me. On second thought, don't. You would be sorely disappointed)

On deck: His Champion's Journey. Looks to be between 20-22 chapters. It may be my favorite story I ever wrote along with GKofRnR. Got first 6 chapters on site in the Doc Manager. Full of fun, adventure, and a fair amount of sass, a really big dog(I'm not one to add in pets usually because too many writers do that and at the end you never find out what happened to the pet, and that is annoying AF but you know how muses are. Note to authors, don't do that, either leave out the pet or tie up the plot point. Sarah leaving a cat or dog aboveground without care is not her style. At least give it to a neighbor or Toby or something. Eesh. Anyway..off the tangent now.), and of course the stuff we like, some lemon and some fluff...and of course as is my signature move..Jareth doesn't get to play with his balls(..er..crystal balls that is. The other..well..just read it and see :D ) for the about 2/3 of it.

Also soon will be a new chapter of IATOW, hopefully a couple, before the end of the year. PITA that one!

tabby1216: Thank so much for sticking with me here :)
Guest: Thank you!
lilmoosic011: I hope that means you liked it :D
Loving Neko: I don't always read them either. It's combination of myself and them. Even their not real selves in my head are stubborn. I hope your muse is more cooperative than mine. Finally she has a name. Lola. I didn't ask why. Maybe she is a Kinks fan.
Mrs. Pepperpot: It's either that or throw them at people. Lemons that is. Thank you :)
tmwillson3: I'm glad you enjoyed it. I was exceedly careful with that one. So I wrote another and gave Jareth a break lol.
MyraValhallah: Thanks! Yes, Jareth is a bit of a lost one too. I think that is why him and Sarah relate. Why they need each other. I wanted to show that he needs her as much as she needs him in the end.
GigiMusic: Thank you so much! This is really the most time I've spent crafting a lemony bit. Going over it many many times to make sure everything was in place and to smooth any sharp edges.
Kaytori: Thank you! Glad you liked it!
comical freaka: Aww thanks! It was something I knew had to be approached in such a way I didn't want anyone to think my main was just to get them into bed, but more than that, they needed to get to a point of real understanding. Jareth is a very confident character, but he had(in this story) never opened his heart to someone before either. As we all know, that is an unsettling experience.
Depp-Knight 2000: Thank you!
ladyofshalott19: Yeah his dad was a jerk too. I knew that when I started but didn't want to reveal until late in the game that there was something in his past that made him have a soft spot for "the lost and the lonely."

Thanks to everyone for reading, reviewing, favoriting, or just checking it out :) You are all awesome!