Everything Is Not What It Seems
OC's POV
I closed my eyes and said, "Wonder it would be like to go to a different world." Then suddenly it happened. I vanished suddenly and I said, "Everything is not what it seems." I changed into a pair of jeans, grabbed my jean jacket, put it on, stuffed my retainer case in my jacket pocket, and phone in my pants pocket. I grabbed my backpack, the one that said 'Lloyd' and grabbed my Twilight Saga books and my Maximum Ride books as well. I stuffed them in my bag and glanced at my bag and said, "At least I have my Twilight and Maximum Ride books." Then I put my Twilight journals and my New Moon pen, along with a couple other pens, into my bag as well. I grinned at myself in the mirror and said, "Now I'm ready to take on the world." Then I went outside, and realized that my house had landed on someone. I had to figure out where I was. I went outside and when people saw that my house had landed on the governor of Munchkinland, and when they told that I had done the right thing, I sighed. Then I muttered, "Jeez, first Caesar, now the governor of Munchkinland, who's next?" Then I said, "Wait, I'm in Munchkinland?" They all nodded.
Then I saw a woman I didn't know. I calmly said, "I'm not supposed to talk to strangers." She nodded and said, "Your parents taught you well." I nodded and quickly said, "It's just my mother—no father. I was adopted." She nodded and then I noticed that the person I'd accidentally dropped my house on was wearing a pair of ruby slippers. The woman gave me the ruby slippers and I said, "Excuse me, ma'am I have a hard enough time walking in my own shoes, so what makes you think I can walk in these?" "Call it faith," the woman replied. I sighed and, shaking my head sadly, said, "You've never seen me in gym, but I would have thought you would understand. Are you referring to your inability to walk across a flat, stable surface without finding something to trip over? Obviously." Then the woman who gave me the ruby slippers said, "I'll make a bet with you." I nodded. "If, by the next we see each other not around large crowds, and you haven't gotten hurt, you keep the shoes, and if you have gotten hurt, you have to give them to the Witch." I nodded in agreement. Then she sent me to the Emerald City.
I arrived, with a cowardly lion, a tin man, and a scarecrow. I didn't talk to them much, at first. I eventually got tired of Lion constantly being afraid and said, "And I quote, Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender: Book 1: Water: Episode 1: The Boy in the Iceberg, 'in order to be a bender, you have to let go of fear.'" The Lion just glared at me. Then I asked, "Tinman, how you'd become the Tinman?" "I was in love with Glinda. The governor, Nessa, wasn't too happy. So her sister, the Wicked Witch of the West, turned me into the Tinman as punishment." I paused and said, "I think I know you feel. There's this quote, Leah Clearwater, says, thinks I mean, to Jacob Black right before Nessie's born. And I understand how you feel completely. Here, I'll read it to you right now, "I know it's going to be bad for you Jacob. I understand that—maybe better than you think. I don't like her, but…she's your Sam. She's everything you want and everything you can't have." The Scarecrow cheerfully said, "You're pretty smart for a, did you mention how old you are?" "No, and I'm sixteen—sweet sixteen—meaning I can drive, with a parent, legally." I said, grinning at the others. Then the Scarecrow asked, "Why are you so afraid of playing a little game of kickball with us?" I sighed and, with a perfectly straight face, said, "I didn't have the necessary hand-eye coordination to play sports without humiliating myself—and harming both myself and anyone else who stood too close." They laughed and I said, defensively, "It's true."
Then we were recruited for a witch hunting mission to kill the Wicked Witch of the West. I hesitated, because I knew I wasn't a killer, and I knew I was on my own, since my friends all had great lives of their own to live. Then I paused and suddenly I had an idea. I wasn't going to tell anyone though.