Disclaimer: Jareth is being a jerk, *shakes fist at the owl sitting on her windowsill. So I guess Labyrinth still doesn't belong to me.

AN: Ok I have no clue what happened. This chapter just sort of wrote itself. *Shrugs. So let me know what you think. Oh and don't worry Karen will make an appearance soon.

Cause and Effect By Daggerpoint

Chapter 4

Sarah pulled back to look over her brother. Now sixteen he was scarcely shorter then her, and he had really filled out from the gangly kid he had once been. "Why didn't you want me to know, Toby?"

Toby glanced at the floor. "I guess I wanted o protect you. I mean you had always protected me."

"But Toby you shouldn't have to face all this alone. We're family; we have to stand by one another. From now on if something happens I want to know."

Toby nodded. "Ok. Now that that's done with let's eat." He reached over and pulled out a bucket of Buffalo wings, from the local take out place, and handed it to Diana. Out of the bag he also pulled paper plates, napkins, cups, dip, vegetables, and soda. "There's enough for you too, Sarah. If you want some."

"Sure," she replied sitting back down next to an impatient Cleo.

"Let's eat already people," Cleo exclaimed passing around everything.

For a few minuets everything was quiet, as the four began eating.

"So Sarah what's going on in the Underground? How's Jareth?" Toby asked breaking the silence.

"Well," Sarah began. "Nothing really exciting has been happening. Oh The Queen of the Elves just gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. And they recently crowned a new king of Nightmares." At that though Sarah frowned, but then pushed the though away. "As for Jareth he's good. He actually didn't want me to come. Said too much travel isn't good for my condition."

Before she could continue, Toby broke in. "What do you mean 'your condition'?" he asked going white.

"Oh yeah. Diana, Cleo, Toby." She look over at her brother. "I'm pregnant."

"What?" The cry arouse from three surprised siblings.

"Yeah. I'm about a month along. Oh don't tell anyone. We haven't officially announced it yet. I wanted you to be the first to know."

Diana and Cleo looked at each other. "We're going to be aunts," they squealed, and hugged Sarah. Toby just sat there, staring.

"You.You.You're having a baby?"

"Well yes. That is the meaning of being pregnant."

"I'm.I'm." He swallowed. "I'm going to be an uncle." Just then the full meaning set in. "I'm going to be an uncle!"

Cleo couldn't help it. She started laughing hysterically. Diana giggled with her, as Sarah just sat there, with an amused smile. Finally, gasping, Cleo managed to pull herself together. "Ok. Let's finish eating. Then we can take Sarah out for ice cream to celebrate."

"Yeah," the other two chorused. The looked over at Sarah expectantly.

"Oh well. Sure. Why not?"

"Yes!"

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There were no fewer then twenty in the chamber. All wore the same black capes, with their hoods pulled over their faces. They knelt facing a single figure dressed in the black that was the black of midnight. "Well have any of you figured out his weakness? I want to know how to make the Goblin King suffer most painfully."

One of the kneeling figure spoke. "My lord, I have learned from one of my contacts, that the King's whore is pregnant with his child. They have not announced it yet, but if we want to hurt him most it will be through them."

A cruel smile spread across the leader's features. Things were coming together nicely. "Quite true. You are dismissed, until I call for you."