Disclaimer: The chance of me owning the Labyrinth are a lot less then the chances of one winning the lottery.

AN: Okay this story has taken on a life of its own. Just let me know what you think, and where you think it should go.

Cause and Effect By Daggerpoint

Jareth studied the young king across from him. Leander came with claims of wanting peace, but there was something off. Something wasn't quite right. Perhaps it was the fact that such a new king would put such importance on this matter, when his kingdom had other problems.

"So," Jareth began. "We are both in agreement that something more must be done about our border."

Leander nodded. "Yes, with my father's death who knows what the people of my kingdom might do. As you well know most think that dreams and nightmares should be ruled by one, and they are leaning towards me due to your." Here Leander paused. "Your unconventional marriage," he finished.

Jareth smirked. "Quite so. The court does seem to think less of me then ever, but then again when have I ever done anything conventionally?"

Nodding Leander chuckled. "Yes you do seem to have a certain flare for dramatics."

"Now," Jareth suddenly turned serious. "Do you have a plan or idea to help stabilize the peace?"

"Well, partially it still needs work, but perhaps you will have additional ideas."

Jareth sat back in his chair. "Well what do you propose?"



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Around 7:00 Toby and his sisters were up and about getting ready for school. Toby grabbed the cereal out of the cupboard. "Hey Sarah, do you have any plans for today?"

Sarah smiled. "Actually I wanted to go to the library. Jareth's collection is wonderful, but I need to find some information on some topics that he just doesn't cover."

Toby nodded. "That's a good idea. There's less of a chance of you running into Mom that way. Oh yeah you might want to go soon though. She has to work today and should be up soon."

"Your right Toby. Oh what time will she be back?"

"Probably around 7 or so. She normally does stuff after work to look normal."

Sarah nodes. "Alright. And don't worry about dinner tonight. I'll take care of it. You've got enough to do." With that she hugged the twins and Toby, and headed to the library.

It was a peaceful morning. Very still and quiet. Sarah walked briskly down the street towards the library, but as she walked past the semi familiar buildings, she realized that someone could easily recognized her. After all she hadn't aged since she'd gone to live in the Underground. She turned on a detour through the park, where she had once so very long ago practiced the Labyrinth. Once she was sure she was alone, Sarah cast a spell to keep people from recognizing her. It just wouldn't do to have someone who knew her mention that she was in town to Karen.

Soon she arrived at the public library, finding it already open, despite the early hour. Smiling at the familiarity of is Sarah walked in. Slowly she looked around the library, it was nearly identical to what it had been when it was her refuge. Still smiling she headed towards the medical section. She wanted to read a little on child development. Slowly she cruised the isles in search of the topic when she spotted a small book. It was leather bound, and looked out of place among the much new books. "What is this?" she asked herself, pulling it off the shelf. "It doesn't belong here." Sarah turned the book over to glance at the title, it was in Latin. "Codex of the Underground," she translated. "Oh god what is a book like this doing here?" Gently she opened the well-worn book quickly scanning the text, until one picture caught her eye. "Oh dear lord," Sarah said softly. "Jareth's going to need to see this." With that she looked around, and seeing no one transported herself home.

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"Morning Karen. Hi Karen. How are the kids Karen?" People greeted her constantly as she came into work. She just put on a fake smile and went through the motions of greeting her coworkers. But her mind wasn't on her act. The twins and Toby had been too quiet, too secret, this morning. Something was going on and Karen fully intended to find out why. Sighing she finally made it to her office, to begin her job as one of the top defense lawyers. After all she did have appearances to keep up.

"Good morning Sharon," she greeted her secretary. "What is today's schedule?"

"Three appointments with new clients. One meeting. And four interviews with current cases." Karen nodded. "What time does this start?"

"Ten."

Karen glanced at her watch. "Good. I guess I'll get prepared." With that she walked into the inner office.