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Sacrifices	By : Jetredgirl Category: G through L > Labyrinth Views: 9590 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Toby Williams was miserable. At 13 years of age this wasn't a surprise, but today he had a real reason for it.
Today they buried his sister. It had taken nearly two weeks for her remains to arrive from Ireland, along with several bags of belongings.
Last week Karen and Sarah's mother Linda went to Sarah's apartment in New York to take care of going through her things, donating most of them, only keeping a few things as keepsakes.
They had been genuinely surprised, when they had called Linda to tell of Sarah's passing that she wanted to help. It seemed the last couple of years she had begun to regret how she had treated her only daughter, and felt this is the least she could do for her.
One last thing.
So now what was left of Sarah's life was in 3 boxes in the Williams' attic.
Except 3 things. Her bear Lancelot, The little red book she so loved, and her laptop. Richard and Karen talked it over and decided she would have wanted Toby to have it. They also save her archaeologists' tools at Toby's request. He thought maybe someday he would like to follow in her footsteps.
The man who had shot and killed Sarah had disappeared. The other man, Daniel Lincoln, had said he had shot him, but they couldn't find him. Professor O'Donnell was missing and wanted for murder. The other man Daniel and several other witnesses had spoke of, Jay Williams, no one could find any trace of. All they found on the computer were documents relating to Sarah's work, a few games, and her journal where they discovered she was writing some sort of fairy tale.
Daniel who had been Sarah's friend, accompanied her body home. He felt it was the least he could do. O'Connell had convinced him she was trying to steal artifacts and to go out to the site to stop her and it had escalated from there. He felt bad he had believed him and not saved Sarah.
They had proven the gun Daniel had on his person had not been used to shoot Sarah, and he had numerous injuries to prove he too, had been attacked.
A fire destroyed everything and they could not discern a cause of it. It had been stormy that night so they chalked it up to a freak lightning strike.
Now Toby sat at his desk in his room staring at Sarah's computer. This was all that was left. Toby sniffed his tears back and opened it, turning it on.
He played around with it looking to see if there was any clue. Why was his sister dead? What had really happened? He couldn't wrap his head around it.
It was after midnight but he couldn't sleep. In the corner of the computer screen there was an icon shaped like a book, so he clicked it.
There in front of him was Sarah's journal. He started at the beginning. Her excitement at going to Ireland, her daily work. things she found.
Then it changed. She started tell a story. A story of a man named Jareth. About people who had lived thousands of years ago but were forced to leave this world and create another or else be slaughtered.
Toby could not stop reading. Something deep inside said, that to Sarah, this was no fairytale.
The Owl King, also known as The Goblin King.
That phrase stuck in his mind and a memory of a dream he had when he was little crossed his mind. A blond haired man smiling down at him. singing to him.
The red book nearby caught his eye and he picked it up. He opened it and within an hour had read it cover to cover.
Jareth The Goblin King, Jareth the Owl King. They had to be the same.
"I wish..." Toby read out loud. "I wish.."
He took a deep breath. "I wish that if The Goblin King is real, he would come to me."

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Jareth was lounging on his throne. Sarah had went for a walk with her friends. He wasn't too keen on sharing her just yet, but knew he had to let her be who she was. It had been almost 3 months now and she was still adjusting. Her friends were helping her deal with leaving her world behind, bringing her comfort. While he wanted to be the only one to do so, he knew she needed to have them. They were important to her.
As he closed his eyes and leaned back, he felt a tug. The power of the wish. But this was different. No one was wishing a child away.
"What in all the lands is that?" He stilled and listened closely.
Someone was calling him and the feeling was familiar. Not unlike Sarah, but not Sarah.
"Tell my wife I went for a flight." He told the goblins nearby.
He changed into his owl form and glided high over his kingdom, watching with avian eyes as the horizon shifted and he was once again in the mortal world. Following the magic.
He was, to say the least, surprised to find himself at Sarah's' childhood home.
He landed on a window sill and just inside was a blond haired boy, looking back at him. He tapped on the window with his beak, gesturing at the latch.
The boy opened the window and Jareth flew in, becoming a man as he crossed the threshold.
"You are real." The boy said.
"Toby?" Jareth asked, startled.
"You know me? " Toby answered.
"Well of course after all I...well I met you long ago with your sister."
The sadness on the boy's face was heart wrenching. "Sarah is...dead." He sobbed.
"I am sorry Toby." Jareth truthfully was. He knew how it felt to lose a sister.
"She was writing about you on her computer. She knew you were real. She loved you. Can't you bring her back?" Toby pleaded.
He got on his knees and clasped his hands together. "Please? Please can you? You have magic. I miss her so much. Even though the past few years I didn't see her a lot. She was my hero. She would never back down from a challenge. I don't know what I'm going to do without her."
He cried and hiccuped his big blue eyes so full of pain, Jareth could hardly bear it. "I'll do anything you want. Just bring her back."
Jareth closed his eyes. What would Sarah want him to do? This was unexpected. They never talked about something like this.
"Stand up Toby. No more begging. It is not necessary. I have a story to tell you."
Toby got up and sat on the bed and Jareth sat on the desk chair.
Jareth began at the beginning. "Once upon a time there was a beautiful young woman named Sarah. She fell in love with a king that she did not realize fell in love with her as well. Years passed, and the woman went halfway around the world. In a strange twist of fate she was able to met that king again. They fell deeply in love, but worried that they could never be together."
He paused to let it sink in.
"One night, the beautiful woman, who had been helping the king with a problem he had, made a choice. She chose to save her king and sacrifice herself for the one she loved, as well as many others who might have suffered at the hands of a very bad man. It was there she died. In the arms of that king."
"You mean..you were there when..you let her.." Toby stammered.
"I am not done." Jareth said holding up his hand.
Toby closed his mouth and listened.
"The king's mother was touched by the sacrifice of this woman to save her son. She retrieved the woman's soul and brought it to the underground. There, she was brought back and given new life. She married her king, whom she loves, and who loves her with ever fiber of his being."
Toby replayed the story he had just been told. Then replayed it again, his mind trying to process the story and what it all meant.
Then it clicked.
He looked up and met The Goblin King's knowing gaze. "Sarah is alive?"
Jareth smiled. "She is alive. She lives with me as my wife."
Toby threw himself unexpectedly into Jareth's arms and sobbed again, this time with relief. "When is she coming home? I mean if she if your wife I understand she can't stay, but to visit?"
Jareth sighed, as he gently removed the boy from his arms. This was the hard part. "She cannot come back, Toby, I'm sorry. She is Kin now. Only I come to the human world on the power of the wish I am bound to. She misses you, all of you terribly."
Toby backed up and wiped his eyes. "Can I go there?"
"To gain entry to my world unless you are bound to the challenge of The Labyrinth, you have to die here. Sarah does not want that for you. She wants you live your life. Live it with fierce abandon. To love and laugh, enjoy every minute. Your family needs you now more than ever."
Jareth stood. "I cannot stay much longer, I am afraid, Toby. The magic is pulling me home."
"Wait!" Toby grabbed his arm. "Will you tell her that I love her, and that I miss her too? We all do. Her mom too. Tell her..Linda regrets how she left things with Sarah, and loves her very much. She will want to know that. Can you take her this? She always loved it so much. She gave it to me but when she left home I gave it back so she wouldn't forget me."
Toby held out Lancelot.
"I will Sir Toby." He took the bear and went to the window. "Remember, Live your life with joy. Your sister will always love you. This I know."
Jareth turned into an owl and took flight carrying the bear in his beak, flying to the horizon as Toby watched.

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Jareth told Sarah what had happened. She wept for her brother but was glad he knew she was okay. She just wished there was a way. Jareth told her he had an idea. When he explained, she smiled and agreed, hugging him fiercely.
The next night Toby was sleeping when he was woken up by a slight noise. He sat up and looked around. On the desk was a crystal sitting on a piece of paper. "What in the world?" He mumbled sleepily.
He got out of bed and rubbing his eyes picked them both up one object in each hand.
Prick your finger, and place drop of blood on the crystal. The paper said.
Toby grabbed his pocketknife and did so.
Inside a yellow mist swirled then coalesced into Sarah's form.
She spoke, and he could hear her inside his head. "This is a tricky piece of magic Jareth cooked up huh Tobes? Something about blood calling blood, creating a thread between us so we can sort of communicate. He got the idea from the feel of your call to him, that it was similar to mine. Because you don't have magic on your end I can see you but not hear you. You are getting so tall. So handsome. Anyway, I got your message. I love you too. I miss you more than anything, all of you. I'm okay. Wonderful really except miss you guys. Jareth, who you met, takes very good care of me. He said time works differently there than here. That there it's only been a couple of weeks but here it's been several months. He said I can send you these messages once in awhile, if we are careful. It's far too dangerous to open the door too often, but he has a way, and the magic for this is almost untraceable. "
The picture shifted and Toby could see more of her now. "Wanted to let you know, I'm going to have a baby. We just found out. It's very exciting. People here have a hard time having them. We are incredibly blessed. You're going to be an uncle and this little one will know all about all of you."
She held up Lancelot. "I will give this to him or her. So there will always be a piece of you with us."
It shifted forward again. "Thank you for telling me about my mom. It made me feel better about her. I'm sorry I couldn't say goodbye, but please don't be sad okay? Please go out and enjoy your life. I will always be in your heart, and I will always love all of you forever. I'm safe now, and happy. I promise."
She turned to look beside her and nodded as if someone was talking to her. "I have to end this message now Toby. Can't make it too long. The longer it is the more it takes to send it through. I love you always."
She blew him a kiss, her eyes tearing up, then it went dark.
A second later the crystal popped into nothingness. Taking the paper with it.
Toby crawled back in bed. He was awake a long time thinking about her words.
He would miss her and always will, but he knew she was okay. She seemed happy even. She was having a baby and married to the man he knew she had loved since she was teenager.
Should I be angry? He thought.
Maybe he should, but he wasn't. Somehow, he got it. She had to move on and be what she was meant to be.
A handful of minutes later he fell asleep, feeling better than he had in weeks.

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The crystal on the other end went dark. Jareth closed his hand and it disappeared. He gathered his teary wife in his arms. "He will be fine now Sarah. They all will."
She sat back against the headboard of their bed. "I know. I just miss them. Especially now." She smoothed her hands over her abdomen, still fairly flat as she was only a couple of months along.
"You are bringing new life into this world, my love. Life it desperately needs. My mother...you should have seen her. I thought was going to literally jump over the moon with joy!" He told her, a light in his eyes.
He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her tears away. "I love you, mo lasair cúpla."
"Back at you." She teased. She was still learning.
Jareth chuckled. "You need to practice. Our children must know both of their languages."
"I will eventually. I need a nap. Stay with me?" Sarah asked him.
"Always." Jareth answered. "That is a promise I intend on keeping."
He leaned back and as Sarah slept in his arms, their child safe in her womb, he was finally able to let himself dream about the future. The future he had not allowed himself to think of for so long. The one he would now share with the beautiful woman who sacrificed everything for him. "Mo Slánaitheoir, mo beloved Sarah."**
Okay really I don't know if Daniel could have been charged for something..but I wanted to give him a little break for redeeming himself in the end by trying to kill the bad guy. If he hadn't been in thrall he wouldn't have done what he did. I treated him mean so gave him a break.
*my twin flame.
**My Savior, My beloved Sarah.
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