Hollywood, Ca 1968

"Wow! That was an awesome dinner!" exclaimed twelve year old Jeffrey Jones. He was walking out of

the restaurant with his partner of one year.

Phineas Bogg chuckled. "Glad you liked it. Course, you DID eat like a horse!"

Jeffrey rolled his brown eyes. "It's: eat like a pig, Bogg."

Phineas grinned. "What ever the term is, that's how you ate."

"Well, after eating all that beef jerky..."

"Okay, enough of the beef jerky."

Phineas Bogg leaned against the building and folded his arms. He looked around, surveying the surrounding area.

He loved this era..the girls, the music. Nothing could beat it...well, almost nothing. He loved being with

Beethoven, of course that was another story.

"Hey, Bogg..." Jeff's voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Yeah, what?"

"Could we go for a movie?"

"Sure, I don't see why not. What would you like to see?"

"How about Wizard of Oz? I haven't seen in awhile and I know it's around during this date,"

"Okay, let's go check it out."

So, the ex-pirate, cladded in the sixties garb, walked along side of the boy. Though he had not at first felt comfortable on having a partner, let alone a kid, he had grown quite close to Jeffrey. Jeffrey, naturally, reminded him of himself at that age.

"Here we go," Jeffrey was saying as they stopped at a nearby theater. Jeffrey paid the clerk the money for the tickets and they went in.

Jeffrey also had gotten some pop corn and some soda. Bogg refused the pop corn, but opt for a cup of soda himself.

"I can't believe you can STILL eat after all you at the restaurant!" Bogg said, a touch of amusement in his voice.

Jeffrey shrugged. "Hey, I'm a growing boy! I need my nourishment!"

Phineas poked the boy in the stomach. "In more ways then one,"

Jeffrey rolled his eyes. "Cute, Bogg, cute."

They sat down on the comfortable seats.

"Enjoy the show, huh?" Bogg moaned. Jeffrey could detect a bit of annoyance in the man's voice, but he shrugged it off.

The film began. Jeffrey was not surprised that the theater was pretty much filled. The Wizard of Oz was an amazing story.

The credits began to show and Jeffrey saw what was wrong.

"Bogg, check the omni." Jeffrey whispered.

The older traveler took the omni out of his left pocket and opened it up. Sure enough, the small device was blinking red like crazy.

Jeffrey sighed and put down his pop corn. "Yep, thought so."

"What?"

"Look..." Jeffrey pointed to the screen and Bogg looked up to see a pretty blonde girl running down the road with a black dog.

He shrugged. "Looks okay to me,"

"Bogg, THAT'S Shirley Temple;"

"So?"

"Shirley Temple DIDN'T play Dorothy. Judy Garland did;"

"I see where you're going with this, kid, but I don't see how that's so important with history."

Jeffrey sighed for the second time that day. Sometimes...

"Bogg, Wizard of Oz is a classic American film. It taught people about family worth and love,"

"So, okay, where do we need to go, kid?"

"Hollywood, California, 1939."

Phineas Bogg worked his omni with expertize as Jeffrey put down his pop corn and soda and grabbed hold of his arm.

For some reason, Jeffrey always felt the need to close his eyes when he saw Bogg hit the button.

In a few minutes they were traveling through the cosmos. Jeffrey never left Phineas's side, nor did he let go of the pirate's hand. They had hardly gotten separated and he didn't want to start now.

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They arrived in sunny Hollywood, California 1939.

"This is soooo cool!" Jeffrey said as his partner helped him up.

"Actually, it's quite warm;" Bogg said.

"That was just an expression, Bogg."

Bogg looked down at Jeffrey. "As long as I've known you, kid, I'll never understand your choice of words."

Jeffrey smiled. "Live and learn, Bogg."

Bogg moaned. "Smart kids give me a pain,"

Jeffrey was star struck. He was seeing actor's and actress's he'd only read about and saw in old black and white films.

Phineas nudged his partner. "Remember, Jeffrey, we've got a mission to do."

"Yeah, I know."

They walked around a bit. Phineas couldn't understand why people were starring at him with somewhat angered looks.

Jeffrey had noticed the looks and glanced over at him.

"Bogg, you're still wearing your shorts and t-shirt from 1968!" Jeffrey gasped.

Phineas looked down and sighed. "Well, guess I'd better get changed, huh?"

"Yeah, I'd say!"

Phineas was able to grab a pair of khaki pants and a dressy blue striped shirt from a rack in one of the buildings. He went into a closet and changed. Phineas had left the shorts and shirt in the closet and had chosen a pair of brown loafers.

Jeffrey smiled with his approval.

"Okay, what's the plan?" Bogg asked. He always liked asking the boy what they needed to do, kept the boy busy.

"Well, easy. We need to find Judy Garland, bring her here and get her to portray Dorothy."

"Sounds easy enough, but will it be?" Phineas questioned.

"Hey, after dealing with what we had to earlier, this will be a piece of cake."

"Okay, let's get going."