Chapter Five

Don't Hold Your Breath

Conner's note: Hey Acantha Mardivey guess what? This chapter is for you, and you'll never guess why -

"I HATE THIS!" Sam's scream echoed into the eclectic walls for the Labyrinth. She kicked the nearest wall and some rubble fell to the snow covered ground. She leaned up against it and slid to the floor with a sigh. "How did you do this Sarah," she breathed "how did you solve it?"

"Well your never going to solve it by sitting there," someone muttered and she looked around.

"Whose there?" she blurted and a light hearted chuckle echoed against the walls.

"I'm there," he smirked.

"Oh that's helpful," she muttered under her breath "well, show yourself." A young man stepped out from behind a wall and tilted his head thoughtfully.

"Hello," he smiled and she looked at him in awe. "What?" he asked "are you afraid?" Sam shook her head, but she'd never seen someone like this before. His eyes were two colors, one mint green while the other chocolate brown. His hair was a dark brown color, his teeth white as coconut milk, and he had a light tan. "I am Glanconer." Sam thought a moment, where had she heard of that before?

"I'm Sam," she said "uh, do you know which way it is to the castle?"

"The castle?" he laughed "why would you want to go to the castle? Your not trying to seek out Jareth are you?" He didn't give her a chance to answer. "Because he's been stingy about women ever since that human girl beat his Labyrinth… what's her name…"

"Sarah," Sam corrected.

"Yes," the creature smiled "Sarah. But you, my dear, have a far more beautiful name…"

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"Oh damn," Jareth muttered as he looked into the crystal. The girl had been in the Labyrinth for twelve hours now and she had finally met up with that damn Glanconer.

"What?" Conner asked sitting up from his chair.

"Nothing," Jareth lied and silently hoped the Glanconer would take pity on the girl and not seduce her. That's what Glanconer's did you know. They charm young girls, tell them lies about loving them and then leave them to pine over them the rest of their days. The muse was looking at him angrily now and Jareth sighed. "She's found the Glanconer."

"WHAT?" The muse stood to his feet "get her out of there!" Jareth just looked at him, blankly as the girl laughed and giggled in the creature's presents. "Jareth," Conner's voice grew desperate "please…"

"I can't," he lied. He could actually, but he'd much rather see the girl suffer… though she had been quiet nice when he have her the gloves and jacket.

"Then let me," Conner begged "Jareth…" Jareth looked at the muse dryly. "Your highness," he corrected himself "whatever you want me to call you, please."

"You can't save her," Jareth mused "he's already got her entangled in the spell. All he has to do is kiss her and-"

"Send me there," Conner insisted "I can break it."

"Your sure?" Jareth wanted to see the girl's expression when the muse 'broke the spell' the Glanconer had put on her. Conner nodded. Like hell was he going to let Sam be reduced to a love sick Glanconer stalking cheerleader.

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Sam was feeling very funny, everything felt all tingly and Glanconer kept making her laugh at stupid jokes and such. She couldn't remember why she was there but she didn't really care anymore, she was with him. The boy pulled her into his embrace and every part of her brain yelled GET AWAY FROM HIM YOU TWIT! But in matters of the heart, no one ever listens to their brain. He lowered his head, he was inches away from her lips when something in her jolted.

"No," she pulled back and the creature looked at her with an off smile.

"No?" he seemed hurt "but darling…"

"Don't you darling me," she snapped "I know what you are. A Glanconer is a fae male seductress. And there is no way on earth that I'm going to let you kiss m-" she didn't have a chance to say anything because the creature grabbed her and kissed her nonetheless. You idiot, she thought to herself you should've ran while you had the chance. The creature had pulled away and she froze. "I love," she covered her mouth. NO NO NO! she thought don't let him control you! You DON'T, I repeat DON'T love him. She didn't have a chance to say anything because she was tackled by an unseen force. She was now, pinned down in the snow, trying to fight off what she thought was the creature that had just kissed her.

"SAM!" he said and she froze and opened her eyes. She didn't get a word out because the muse was hugging her desperately. "Did he kiss you? Sam? Sam pay attention to me, did the-"

"Yeah," she muttered trying to push the muse off her "IT kissed me. But I'm not in lov-" She didn't get a chance to explain because Conner already attempted to 'break the spell'. He kissed her. Sam froze, her mouth now open in shock and she blinked. "I really wish you wouldn't jump to conclusions," she muttered and pushed him off her "and don't EVER do that again." The muse sat back in the snow, dumbfounded while Jareth was laughing hysterically at the girl's shocked expression. By some chance of fate, or maybe some odd electrical wiring, Sam felt her jeans moving erratically. She pulled her phone out of her pocket. "Uh, hello?"

"OH MY GOD SAM!" Sarah was on the other line "Sam are you ok? Are you in the Labyrinth!"

"Yeah I'm in the Labyrinth," she paused "how the hell are you calling me? Aren't I in some other dimension or something?"

"Hell like I know," Sarah breathed rolling her eyes "how far are you?"

"I have no clue but Sarah," Sam paused "I just got kissed by a Glanconer and my muse in the last three minutes and, uh, your boyfriend is laughing at me."

"Jareth is NOT my boyfriend!" she growled. Jareth looked up after hearing his name, the girl was talking on some device, by the sounds of it, she was talking to Sarah.

"Sarah," Sam sighed "uh, I think I better go. Maybe you should call me later and I'll tell you how I'm doing."

"Ok," Sarah sighed "be careful, bye!" She hung up the phone and Sam put it back in her pocket. Jareth was glaring at her, Conner was looking confused and the Glanconer had gone off somewhere.

"What was that?" Jareth asked.

"Sarah," Sam shrugged "she says your not her boyfriend." Sam looked at her dazed muse and helped him up off the snowy ground. "Don't kiss me again unless your SURE I'm under a spell, ok?" Conner gave a brash smile and nodded.

"How come you weren't affected?" he asked and Sam shrugged.

"It means she's already in love with someone," Jareth muttered and Conner's face turned red with either anger or jealousy, even he wasn't sure. Sam didn't understand though, she wasn't in love with Anthony. Sure, she liked him, a lot but love… no.

"Uh," Sam looked from Jareth to Conner "thank you both for… attempting to rescue me, I think." Her phone rang again and she sighed. "Yeah?"

"Sam," Sarah gushed "Anthony called me, he said he's been looking for you all day. So has your mom and your brother…"

"God damn," she whispered and Jareth snatched the phone from her. He looked at it for a moment and then put his ear to it.

"Look," Sarah said without realizing "if your going to actually TAKE a week to solve that thing I can't cover for you. But if you can do it in a day, well, then I can."

"Sarah," Jareth's voice was calm and collected "stop interrupting my game."

"Your game?" Sam could hear Sarah yell from where she stood "you listen to me, you better let her muse go Jareth or I'll go there myself and give you a piece of my mind!"

"Nothing would make me happier," he breathed and a very, VERY creepy smile crossed his face. He snapped his fingers, and there was Sarah standing in the middle of the way.

"Oh damn," she muttered.

Author's note: Hello once again. For those of you that read all my crappy stories, I'm sure you think I'm insane for starting ANOTHER one. :laughs: but I can't help it, Conner is too good at getting me started on crap. Anyways, it's a week before Valentines Day and go check out my info page for something special. AND there's a list of muses that need homes, so pick on out and review me about them, please- ALSO, Conner figured that since on one would kiss him for real, he'd get one in the story, even though it was sorta off… (he's never had good aim)

Theshadowcat: Thank you! Ah, well we can take Kala back, poor dear, I understand, a more mellow life would be fitting for her. Two boys… well, Conner, who do we have?

Conner: Got a new one today - her name's Shannon. She's real smart, good in math, uh:whispers to muse: she says she is good in just about anything with the exception of sewing. And boys seem to be no problem, she hade nineteen brothers and twelve sisters.

… are muses supposed to have such large families?

Conner:nods: well, actually it depends. When we marry another muse we usually have large amounts of kids (a few dozen actually), and with humans (which happens more often than you think) we almost always have three.

See? I learn something new everyday. I need to write a manual for these things 'Idiot's Guide to Muses'. - And I was not aware that muses could marry people… but I suppose I'll write a few chapters about these things and post it on FictionPress at a later date. But uh, look at my info page (you know just click my name) and look at the list of muses. Pick one out for yourself -.

LadyAniviel: Only you and I would be proud of my fictional character - but then, we're both a on the odd side.

Acantha Mardivey: I hang out with Conner ALL day and your telling me that your worried I won't understand you:laughs: Anyways, I'm a bit worried about Sam. She's in the middle of the Labyrinth, in winter… for about a week? How is she gonna do this? I got Jareth right away (poor fellow) he's been hurt. And ok! I updated Roots:giggles: I am NOT working myself to the bone, I'm FINE -

Conner:cough cough:lie:cough:

:glares:

Conner: I wasn't going to help her write just ONE chapter, I said I was going to help her write one specifically for YOU, because you're being so nice. Ah, the possessive thing. Well, you see, its hard to explain. I know what my authoress thinks, almost all the time, and when someone is bothering her, or touching her or (god forbid) HITTING on her, I have a tendency to get a little annoyed. Ok, maybe a little more than annoyed, I get ticked off. And so I have a tendency to keep people off her. I'm sorry, I try and I haven't pushed anyone down except that one day and than was different, it was a guy. And as much as she denies it I know she likes the fact that she knows that I'm always there for her, even though I have to get up early and go to school with her, and keep her awake during math and MAKE her eat enough at lunch… I do a lot :sighs sadly: so don't think that I'm just doing this because its my job, and that everything I do I expect something back for it. I just would like the occasional hug, or teeny tiny kiss or a GOOD JOB Conner and some place to sleep. That's all I ask. I mean, I'm sure you'd have a problem with Will being hugged by strange females you don't know, and not everyone can hear me or see me, so I take action (they speak louder than words anyways). I understand it annoys you, I'm sorry, I don't TRY to annoy you… well, not a lot anyways - but that's just the way I was raised, if you love someone, you protect them.

…. I hate it when he gets like this because then I wanna hug the hell outta him.

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NuPreacher: No she's not defective its just there's not a whole lotta people that want a muse. And uh, if you wanna see her you can just ask her, I'm sure she'll be happy to show. (If you look you can tell where they are in the room. The more you spend time with them/get to know them/ talk to them/inc. the easier it is to see them and hear them.)

Conner: I AM nice to her and I would NEVER ever wish her away :hugs authoress: I love her to much.

I really do wish he'd stop hugging me like this

Moonjava: thank you, your too kind.

Rosakra13: Thank you!

LadyAniviel: Bloody, I love that word -. No, your not lacking love, your doing wonderfully! And knowing Conner, well… Jareth won't survive more than thirteen hours.

Conner: HA! She lurves me! See :jeers at authoress: how come YOU never say you love me?

I loath you.

Conner:opens mouth and quickly snaps it shut: oh your SOOOO funny.

ItsACrystalNothingMore: Aw, thanks love. And I am NOT mean to him, I merely tell him he's a flaming dorkwad, which is true! Wow… ok, I can't beat that, but let me go get my mom's car, a slip n' slid, and a tree and I can. -

Conner: I don't try to be possessive, I swear. But this is my authoress your talking about. I mean… guys HIT on her for crying out loud. I think its like, when you know what's going on in someone's head all the time, you truly know them, and when you truly know someone it makes you really close to them. And I hate it when people make her upset or hurt her and yes, sometimes even touch her because I can see that she really doesn't like it. - I mean, I lov-

OK! So, I'm so glad you like the chapter! I gotta go write some more now.