AN: My first real Gundam fanfic, so it's not really that good. I know there are probably lots of other parodies with Gundam Wing and the Wizard of OZ, but I couldn't resist. This was all a whim and I decided to go with it, and try to put in all the main characters too.
Disclaimer: No, I don't own the characters of Gundam Wing or the Wizard of OZ. Gundam Wing belongs to Sotsu, Bandai, Toei, and some other companies. Wizard of OZ belongs to MGM, and L. Frank Baum. Now onto the story.
A Tale in OZ
Relena's Trip
Relena Darlian was currently visiting Mars on talks about the new Terra-forming project. With her was her brother, Milliardo, and her friend, Noin.
An old man droned on and on about how successful the project would be in time. She knew, being the special guest there, she shouldn't be so sleepy, but she was. Lately, her schedule of traveling from colony to earth over and over, making speeches or listening to them was really wearing her out. The last time she had a good full 8 hours of sleep was... well, she could no longer remember.
"Relena? Hey, Relena, the speech is over."
She seemed to snap out of a trance, and her eyes darted up to meet those of her brother and Noin. "Oh, right. Sorry."
The two elder people exchanged glances before following the young vice foreign minister.
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Another meeting, one week later. This one was being held at a ESUN space satellite. There were various diplomats from colonies, some from the Earth Sphere, and herself. In a little less than 10 minutes she was to speak to the group, but she couldn't even keep her eyes open.
The representative of the L4 colony blurred in and out of focus. Her eyelids slowly seemed to become heavier. She didn't try to force herself to stay awake, she didn't care about the speech anymore, she wanted her sleep. The last thing she heard before drifting off was that it was her turn to speak.
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Relena landed with a thud in a forest. She didn't realize that her chair fell with her, but landed somewhere else. Pushing herself up her first thought was, How'd I get here?... Where exactly is here? It was then that she noticed her clothes had changed. She was wearing a puffed up, blue, knee-length skirt and a white long-sleeved blouse.
She looked around her. Everything was pretty much green because of all the tree around, blue sky, some more green, brown bear...wait, bear? Relena stepped forward toward the fuzzy brown object. Once fully recognizing it as the bear she received on her 16th birthday from someone special, she hurried her pace.
"Hee-chan, what are you doing here?" she asked it, scooping it into her arms. The bear did not answer.
There are so many trees here. We can't be in a colony, they don't have this many in one area. And we can't be on earth because there would be roads... "Hee-chan, I don't think we're in After Colony 197 anymore." No answer from the bear.
"Do you think we should start walking?" Again, no... well, you get the point. The young woman made her way through the forest anyway, until finally she got to circular road.
Everything around it was practically deserted, no noises, even a few tumbleweeds floating across the ground. She didn't want to stay any longer, so she stepped onto the road. Once she did, everything came to life. The flowers bloomed, birds appeared, as well as a woman with a long pink gown and strawberry blond hair in twists on either side of her head.
"Hello, Relena."
"You...know who I am?"
"Of course. I am Sally, and I'm here to help you."
"Help me... can you get me back home?"
Sally shook her head, a sad look on her face. "No Relena, I'm sorry, that's not within my power."
Relena sighed. "I see."
"But," Sally held out her hand and a cape appeared in it,"this cape can."
"The cape?"
"Not the cape itself, but the person who owns it. Once you return this to Treize Khushrenada he will reward you with anything you wish for. But, if you loose the cape, he will not help you."
Relena smiled, running up to get. "I won't lose it."
"I hope not. Now to start your journey to see him, follow that road." And she disappeared.
"So I just go all the way down?" Relena asked, thinking Sally was still there. Turning around Relena saw that she had in fact left. She turned back to the road, that seemed to stretch for miles. "We better start walking, Hee-chan."
An hour past, and she was very tired, but the road didn't look like it ended anywhere close by. Panting hard, she slumped down against a pole, planning on sleeping.
"Hey, get off of my legs!"
Relena jumped back on her feet. "Who said that?"
"Me!"
"Me who?"
"For the love of OZ..." She felt a prickly hand touch her shoulder. Turning to face the origin of the hand she saw a scarecrow smiling at her.
"Oh me! Oh my!" she shrieked.
"People don't say that..." the scarecrow commented.
"It's in the script."
"Right."
"It is, look right-"
CUT! YOU GUYS ARE OFF TOPIC! IT'S IN THE SCRIPT, NOW KEEP GOING! RELENA TALKING TO SCARECROW-TAKE 2
"Sheesh..." she mumbled. "You can talk?" she asked louder.
"...that's what I'm doing..."
"Oh yeah..."
"Can you get me down from here, it's really hurting my back."
Relena looked at him strangely, but complied. "All right." She untied a rope holding the scarecrow, with some difficulty, to the pole making him fall to the ground, flat on his face.
"Could have been more gentle about it..."he muttered, his face still in the ground. Clumsily, he got up, wobbling when he stood. Eventually, he gained more balance, but wasn't perfectly straight. The scarecrow put his hand out. "I'm Duo the scarecrow. I might run and hide, but I can never get away from these ding-blasted crows."
Relena stuck hers out too, shaking hands with him. "Relena Darlian, pleasure to meet you. But... I'm curious, why would a scarecrow run away from a crow? Aren't the crows supposed to be scared of you?"
"That's what you would think...but no, they come and peck at my hair," Duo lifted his long braid,"but once I go to the Wizard of OZ, those crows will be afraid! I will become... Shinigami! Mwuhuhahaha!"
"Uh... Duo?"
"Oh, right."
"Who's the wizard of OZ?"
"Who's the Wizard of OZ? He's only the Wizard of OZ!"
Relena sweatdropped. "Ok..."
"He's the most powerful wizard, who will grant any wish, any wish at all!"
"Then can I wish to go back home?"
"Of course!" Relena smiled at the thought of going home. Though she was only there was no more than 2 hours it seemed like weeks. Maybe time travels faster here... "We can go home, Hee-chan. Let's go to OZ!"
The two linked arms, happily skipping down the road. Treize Khushrenanda's cape fluttered in the wind as Relena did. "Stop right there, Miss Relena." It was a girl's voice and it sounded very familiar to her.
"Dorothy?" Sure enough, it was Dorothy. The blond haired girl stepped out of the shadows, into Relena and Duo's view. "What are you doing here Dorothy?"
"Isn't it obvious, Miss Relena? You are playing the role of Dorothy Gale." She paused for some reason or another. "Now wouldn't it make more sense if I played that role? After all, my name is Dorothy."
"Well..."
Duo awkwardly stepped forward. "And how do you plan on taking her place?"
"It's simple, I-" she was cut off by loud crashes caused by thunder and lighting. In one giant flash a lady appeared in front of them. She was wearing a red jacket, mini skirt, tights, and boots. Her brown hair was braided and divided into two buns. She also wore glasses. "Dorothy, what are you doing here?"
"That's none of your business, Lady Une." She snorted and snapped her fingers. Out of nowhere a miniature Aries came and took Dorothy away. "Good, she's out of my way..." Lady Une muttered. She faced the other two people in front of her. "Relena Darlian... you're trying to get to OZ, am I right?"
"Who are you?"
"I'm the Wicked Witch of OZ, Colonel Une. I'm here for two reasons: to avenge the Wicked Witch of the East, and-"
"Wicked Witch of the East?"
"Yes, a chair fell on her head, killing her instantly. It was your chair."
"My chair?...," she turned pale,"oh, I see."
"I won't do anything to you, the scarecrow, or the bear if you hand over that cape you're wearing."
"The cape? But I... I need it..."
Before Colonel Une could say anything, a gunshot was heard. The bullet smoothly knocked off her glasses. In shock, she fell to the ground. Relena was shocked too, and ran to see if she was all right.
"Don't take another step forward." A young man stepped out. He was tousled brown hair, and blue eyes. His gun was pointed right at Relena.
Duo only sighed. "Great, another psycho." If the young man heard, he didn't care.
"What did you do that for?" Relena asked.
"In case you didn't know, the Wicked Witch of OZ is very dangerous and will stop at nothing to follow through with her orders."
"That's nice, buddy, but who are you?"
The young man turned and glared at the talking scarecrow. "I'm Heero Yuy, and now I have to kill both of you."
How is it so far? Should I continue? Please review and tell me what you think!
