"Uh, hey Fred? Fred, I think you're stuck." I say as I try to look around my muse in order to see the screen. It wasn't working.

"I'm not stuck. Really! Just give me a few seconds!"

Speedily I grab my wayward turtle and pull him away from his position smack dab in the middle of my monitor. "You are not making your front half reappear while it's in my monitor. That thing has enough problems as it is." To prove my point the monitor goes dark. I give the desk a sharp slap and the monitor comes back to life.

I put my muse on my desk and return to write on Harmony.

Fred ambles over to Cornelius who watches him warily. Fred's body ripples as slowly his front half reappears only to have his head and tail visible.

"Hey Corny? Do you ever miss Oswald?" Fred asks.

I glance at the Heavens and wait for the speech I've heard at least a thousand times."I miss Oswald soooooo much! I can't believe SHE left him home. He was like a big brother or at least a really close cousin. It's all HER fault. If she hadn't dumped him over with her wild driving Oswald would still be alive."

"Cornelius! Enough all ready." I snap at my other, not so helpful, muse. "A! I didn't kill Oswald. He's still alive...I think. Mom said he even had new leaves. Two! I am not a WILD driver, and how would you know anyway."

"Oswald told me."

"You never met Oswald!" I yell at him. "You were sent up here in a box! A box! You were a gift from my little brother because he though I'd be lonely without him. Boy was he ever wrong." (I guess I should mention that Cornelius is a Chia Tree.)

"Yes I did! The Omniscient Dan introduced me. Oswald's ticked that you forgot him."

I roll my eyes at him. "Dan doesn't need any more of an ego. Just because he gave you a name doesn't mean he'd Omniscient. Dork Boy is a better name for him."

Fred watches us go back and forth all the while edging closer to the edge of my desk. My favorite coffee cup full of Swiss Mocha coffee trapped in his middle.

I notice him before my coffee cup crashes to the floor. "You know Fred, pick a half. Only seeing your head and tail is just plain weird."

"I thought you liked weird, toots."

NO NO NO NO!! I scream in my mind as the damn tadpole from next door, otherwise known as Squiggle, shows his face. "You go away. I have enough problems without your 'help'. Go bother, Rachel." I growl to Rachel's muse.

"She kicked me out. Said something about needing her wide open spaces or something. I think she's just gearing up for another romp through the castle with Rocky or maybe Carlos. I think she's bringing the whip this time."

"Squiggle? I think that was Troy's addition. She never mentioned a whip."

"Sure, sure, whatever toots. So what are you writing on anyway?" He asks, as he hops closer to my computer.

"You stay away! Go bother Xu, or Jeremy or Hellfire. I don't care, just go away. Please!"

"No can do, toots. Until Rachel gets back from her romp, I'm all yours."

I groan. Cornelius laughs hysterically.

Squiggle moves closer.

Faster than I thought turtly possible Fred was in front of my computer. "You go away." He demands his boyish voice cutting through the air.

Squiggle grins. "Make me, bub."

Fred's eyes flash and he stretches his neck out.

I hold my breath, hoping against hope that Fred could actually pop Squiggle. Just as Fred was about to eat Rachel's muse, his body ripples and his head is once again invisible.

"Damn." I mutter.

Squiggle seems stunned for a minute then quickly decides to retreat. "I'll be back, toots! Just wait, I'll get into your fantasies yet."

As told to Jax