She will be your living end...

The leaves were gently swaying in the wind and the atmosphere was peaceful, but it didn't last.
In a pull of power and magic, the air dropped and lightning hit the grass in a terrible and violent shock leaving a burnt spot just beneath the boots of the new figure who'd just appeared out of nowhere.
There stood the Goblin King in all of his himself to the Aboveground was an easy thing to do, in fact it was just as easy as sitting down on a throne all day or kicking random goblins out the windows, the only thing was that he couldn't stay there very long before being called back to the Underground.

Something had changed and he was about to get his answers directly from the witch responsible for said change.

He started walking towards the small cabin standing between the forest and the city limits, his hands in tight fists and his jaw clenched.
Standing in front of the cellar, he looked at the door and it flew open, anger was consuming him, the quicker he was done with that, the quicker he could go back to observing his precious little Sarah, hidden in the shadow of his crystals.
He went down the stairs and didn't even look at his surroundings, he walked straight towards the tapestry hanging on the wall. The Goblin King lifted it up and was swallowed inside the dark passage behind the fabric.

On the other side was the witch's "lab" as she liked to call it.

She was nowhere to be seen, so he walked in and had a look around, she would appear at some point. Something was boiling in the cauldron, he got closer to have a look and moved back the second the smell of the purply-ish liquid hit his sensible nostrils. He was also certain he had just seen an eyeball floating at the surface of the bloody potion.

"Don't you like the smell of my newest concoction, Jareth?" he heard her coming from the corner of the little room.

"If I was a goblin I might have enjoyed it, unfortunately, your little "CON-COC-TIONS" have never been much to my liking."

"Ooh still going on about that little potion accident that happened so long ago? I thought I apologised for that. Jareth."

The witch, with beautiful dark locks and brown eyes, came out of the shadows.

"It has been a long time Goblin King." she bowed, "What can I do to please my king?"

"I think you know very well, Marlene. Tell me what you did to her."

"I'm afraid, I do not know what his Majesty is referring to." she said a smile playing on her blood red lips.

"Oh well, I'll just have to remind you then," Jareth replied with a cold smile.

In a split second, Jareth had pushed her towards the boiling potion and held her neck just above the bubbling potion.

"Now, tell me precious Marlene. What did you give my Sarah in order for her to escape from my sight? Or shall I add half of your face to spice up your potion?" he asked playfully in her ear.

"Alright, alright...I will tell you, but only because you asked so nicely," she said through gritted teeth.

Jareth let her go and resumed pacing around the room. Marlene massaged her neck a few times before resuming their conversation.

"It's an amulet." said the witch, "She told me about you, the goblins and the Labyrinth when I used an honesty beverage on her one night after feeling like we were being watched. I then gave her said amulet, I'd created to stop you from spying on her all the time. Frankly, your Majesty, I never imagined you would be the kind to stalk a young maiden in such a way." she smiled "And by the look on your face, I have a feeling my amulet is indeed working the way it should."

"I don't know what you're talking about. I do not stalk nor do I spy on her, as you may accuse me of. I check on her. Regularly... to see if she's alright, after all, we are talking about the well-being of the future Goblin Queen."

"Sure you are your Majesty."

"Now, what gave you the right to give it to her and betray me at the same time ?" he inquired, his tone voice turning to ice, not even looking at her.

"She's my goddaughter, and I swore to my sister, that I would always protect her."

"You see me as a threat ?"

"Maybe you are."

"Enough of this, you will take the amulet back and go on with your life, while I get on with mine."

"And by that, you mean, making my goddaughter your Queen, against her will?"

"You know what happened six years ago, you tell me. You know very well witch, that it will never be against her will, she can not put the Labyrinth behind the past, nor can she do it with me." he smirked, "She clearly showed a certain interest in being close to a real male, instead of these poor excuses for men, she dates from time to time. They are not worthy of her."

"I will not take it away from her. She does not deserve being at the mercy of your never ending teasing."

"Pardon me? Did I just hear you refusing a direct order from your King ?" he lifted an eyebrow.

"Even if I wanted to my King" those last words were spoken icily, "The amulet reacted to her. Which means, she has magic and is bound to become a witch. Like us." she said her eyes twinkling.

"That's not possible, the only power she has, is to be able to call me...and me alone." he whispered harshly.

"Well, dear Jareth, she is my niece after all, and we both know that magic has always flown through our blood. Even if it avoided Linda, it still managed to pass on to her daughter and do not think me naive Goblin King, you knew. That's why you kept an eye on her all these years." he scoffed "I always had my doubts since Sarah was a little girl."

The goblin king stared at her for what seemed an eternity, before shrugging and ignoring what the witch had just said.

"Oh please Marlene, it doesn't change anything, Sarah will still end up being my Queen, even if she still has magic. She cannot stop thinking about me, I've seen her dreams. She is obsessed with me, as I with her and I won't let anything or anyone tear us apart, she belongs to me alone and not to the veil."

"We will see about that, Goblin King. It will be her choice after all."

"I will find a way to keep an eye on her, again."

"You know that if she isn't claimed by you, before Samhain, her instincts will bring her to us, and she will become one of us, a witch, and a powerful one none the less."

Jareth chuckled.

"Samhain is still nine months away, she will rule by my side long before then." and with this last answer, he disappeared in a cloud of glitter, making sure to knock the cauldron onto the floor when he left.

"I wouldn't be so sure Goblin King." she whispered to herself, as she snapped her fingers, to clean the mess the King had left behind him.

Her brown eyes wandered to the clock on the wall and she grinned, she was going to meet with her goddaughter for lunch. It was about time she told Sarah about the magic flowing in the family.

And with that, she too disappeared, but this time in a cloud of purple smoke.

A/N: Hope you liked it. This is my new fic, about another one of my favourite couple.

Review and you'll soon have the next part.

Sarah's turn.

*Of course, Labyrinth doesn't belong to me, it was created by the brilliant Jim Henson and brought to life by the amazing David Bowie and the gorgeous Jennifer Connelly.

**The name of this story is inspired by Bowie's lyrics, out of Lady Grinning Soul.