Hello! This is my first Zack and Cody fic, and this idea came to me randomly. Obviously, it is a Wizard of Oz parody. Sweet. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, except I made up Nikki Mason, McElroy Adamsen, Christina Waltman, and Mr. Simon. I do not know any people with those names, although Nikki is based off of someone I know, whose name will remain anonymous (but Nikki isn't her name!). I do not own The Wizard of Oz or The Charlie Brown Christmas either.

If you haven't seen or read the Wizard of Oz, or don't know the story, this might be slightly confusing!

Chapter One:

"What a dumb idea," I commented as I was walking home from school with Zack and Cody. Our English teacher had just announced a few minutes earlier that auditions for parts in The Wizard of Oz production would be held next week.

"Yeah!" Zack agreed. "Who wants to spend a whole class period watching the 3-person drama club stink up the stage with some dumb old play anyway?"

Cody was silent, and I couldn't help wondering what he was thinking. "Cody, you're going to try out, aren't you?"

"Well…" He stared intently at the top of his shoe, "…I thought it would maybe be fun. And I bet if I tried out I would make it!"

"What are you gonna be, a munchkin?" I laughed.

Cody blushed, "I wanted to try out for the Wizard."

"Are you kidding me? McElroy Adamsen is gonna blow you out of the water!" Zack scoffed, demonstrating with his hands. "That part was written for him. All the drama club people are nerds anyway, Code."

"I think Cody just wants to spend more time with that Nikki Mason… because we all know she's going to get the part of Dorothy hands down."

I hated Nikki Mason.

"Jealous, Max!" Cody snapped. Zack and I stared at him "You're just jealous because Nikki could get whatever part she wants and you couldn't even be a flying monkey!"

"Jeez, Cody, chill out," Zack smiled. "We all know you should be the Cowardly Lion…"

"I could beat Nikki Mason out of that part any day!" I shouted in his face, "And I don't have to be a bratty suck-up to do it!"

"She's not a bratty suck-up! She's a better actress then you!"

"Give me the stupid script!" I yelled as we entered the Tipton. Cody furiously flung it out of his front pocket and shoved it into my extended hand.

"You're not seriously trying out, Max? It's a musical," Zack chuckled and threw his backpack on the lobby couch, heading for the candy counter.

"What's it to you, Dough Brain?" I snapped. "I can beat Nikki Mason any day…!"

"Who's Nikki Mason?" Maddie, the candy-counter girl walked over to us with Zack, who was stuffing his face with chocolate.

"This brat at school who thinks she's better then everybody else who's going to get the part of Dorothy unless I show her otherwise," I sighed, taking a piece of chocolate from Zack and plopping onto the lobby sofa. I mindlessly flipped through Cody's script.

"She's not a brat!" Cody fumed. I could practically see the smoke coming out of his ears.

"Oh… Cody got a little crush?" Maddie joked, and Zack laughed through a mouthful of chocolate.

"CRUSH?" He exclaimed, swallowing. "He's obsessed! At night when he sleeps I can hear him: Nikki… Nikki!" Zack stopped to laugh and shove another piece of chocolate in his mouth. "He holds his pillow so hard like he's hugging it and he slobbers on it… It's hilarious! I should video tape him sometime…!"

Cody's ears were pink and his lip was trembling, but Maddie and I still couldn't help but laugh.

"It's not funny Zack! You're making that up…"

He sniffled once and sunk into a chair, defenseless.

"There was a girl in my middle school that was the same as this Nikki Mason, or what Max describes her as," Maddie's face dropped in anger of reliving memories. "Christina Waltman," she grumbled. "Always better then me. All the boys liked her… better clothes… always got the good parts in the school play…"

"What happened with that?" I asked curiously as Zack sat down on the arm rest next to me.

"Well… it was when I was in 6th grade…

"There were auditions for The Charlie Brown Christmas at my school, and I really wanted to be Lucy. I was even willing to dye my hair black; I wanted that part so bad. I studied the part so hard I thought my brain would explode.

Christina saw me a few days before auditions, and she said "Madeline, why are you even bothering to try out? You'll never make it as long as I'm around!"

"Everyone has a fair chance," I argued.

She just laughed, "Yeah, but you can't act, and I'm already going to get it! Why don't you try out for Snoopy and be the ugly dog you are?"

Maddie's voice trailed away and for a moment I thought she was crying.

"So… did you get the part?" Zack wondered.

"Nope. Christina beat me just like she said she would. I was Narrator #3."

"What did she say to you when she got the part?" I asked.

"Well… you know… "Told you so", "Nananananana"… people like Christina just can't be beaten."

"So you're saying Max has no chance of beating Nikki," Cody piped up.

"We all have our Nikki Masons and Christina Waltmans," Maddie sighed. "Honestly, I think you have a chance if you put your mind to it. I let ol' Christina's word get to me, and that's probably why I messed up my audition. I'm sure you'll make it."

"Ahahahahahahahaha!"

London Tipton walked over to the couch laughing. Apparently, she had been listening to the whole conversation.

"What's so funny?" Maddie asked her.

London continued laughing, "Like Max will get the part! It sounds like this Nikki Mason had the part made for her! You shouldn't even bother trying out, Max!"

"That's not true!" Zack stood up and looked London in the eye, which was pretty hard considering how much taller she was then him. "Max is going to try out, and she's gonna beat Nikki, No matter what you say!"

I just wished I could be as confident as Zack was.

I'm sorry that chapter was a little dry, but it'll get better! I promise! It starts getting interesting in chapter two, so please bear with me!

Thanks for reading!

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Brenna

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