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Disclaimer: I don't own Hairspray nor The Wizard of Oz so do not sue me or whatever. I am a poor as hell college student living off of 2 packs of ramen noodles, a bag of rice, and three pop tarts for the next ten days XD GO ME!
Chapter 2
Tracy and Ace followed the yellow brick road until they stopped at a split in the path. In the middle of that fork was the large cornfield with an adorable looking scarecrow hanging in the middle.
"Hmm… they never told me there was going to be a fork in the road…" Tracy said to Ace as she placed her finger to her chin, wondering which way to go. "Which way is the Wizard?"
"The way to the wizard, people usually go that way!" a voice replied.
"Who said that?" Tracy and Ace looked around to find out where the voice came from. She looked back at the scarecrow and noticed that he was pointing to the left fork. She looked back down at Ace and asked, "That scarecrow wasn't pointing earlier, was he?"
"But sometimes, people choose this direction to get to the Musical City." a voice spoke again. Tracy looked back at the scarecrow and noticed he was pointing to the right this time.
"I think that scarecrow's alive," Tracy whispered to herself as she continued to stare at the cute looking scarecrow.
"Well, of course I'm alive! Otherwise I wouldn't be able to help you in the right direction," he laughed as he took off his raggedy hat and bowed his head. "The name's Lincoln Larkin, little darlin', but I'm commonly known as Link."
"Hello, Link, I'm Tracy Turnblad and this is Ace," she introduced. "May I ask why you're stuck up there?"
"Well, Velma the Witch of the West told me that I can become someone, be important, ya know? Once I signed one of Mr. Spritzer's contracts, I found out that they only wanted me for my handsome face." His once bright blue eyes dulled out in a sad expression. He smiled bitterly and continued, "I should've read the contract… I'm more than just a pretty face, ya know? I'm smart, too, but for some reason, being a scarecrow makes other people believe that I'm stupid or something."
"Well, I heard that Mr. Spritzer passed away not long ago so all of his contracts are null and void," Tracy explained, "so you're technically free to do whatever you want."
"Really?" Link smiled sincerely at the news. "That means I'm free to be whoever I want?"
"You can be whoever you wanted to be in the first place, Link. No one should stop you from being that."
"It feels really good having that come from you, Trace." Tracy blushed at the scarecrow as he smiled and winked at her.
"Would you like to come see the Wizard, maybe he can help you can prove to the world that you're more than a pretty face?"
"It will be an honor, Tracy Turnblad. But… um… I'm kinda stuck to this pole, see…"
"Oh, let me help you." Tracy walked into the tall field of corn and went behind Link.
"Thanks, Trace. Just untie that rope right there an- WHOA!" Link fell on his face as Tracy undid the tight ropes around his abdomen, the fall causing him to lose straw from his stomach and right leg.
"Oh my, are you alright?" Tracy rushed to Link to help him up.
"Oh it's alright," Link laughed as he began to re-stuff himself, "I've lost more straws than this before, no big deal." When he finished 'stuffing' himself, she helped him up, but he just collapsed to the ground again. "I guess you need to learn how to crawl before you walk, huh?" he joked.
"You have been up there a pretty long time, haven't you?" she chuckled as she helped him up once more.
"Three years, actually. Man it feels good to use your legs again," Link said wobbly as he started to slowly walk out of the corn field with Tracy. He then held out his arm ad asked, "To Oz?"
"To Oz," Tracy smiled, linking arms with the scarecrow and the three took the left path on their way to Oz.
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The two continued to walk until the path led them to a thick forest filled with orange and apple trees.
"Wow, is this entire forest made of fruit trees?" she asked in awe as she approached a random orange tree.
"Tracy wait! No!" Link pulled her away from the tree. "These trees aren't what you think they are. These fruit trees are the souls of people who are too selfish to go to heaven."
"Really? How'd you know that if you've been stuck up on that pole for three years?" she asked curiously.
"I've been hearing other travelers talk about this place many times."
"Yeah, you better listen to that bag of straws, girly," one of the trees grunted obnoxiously. "Now take your flea-ridden mutt and straw man away from here!"
"Let's go, Trace," Link grabbed her shoulders and led her back to the path. Suddenly, another fruit tree used one of its long branches to whack Link's hat off his head, revealing his slick back hair and his signature curl. "Hey!"
"Whatcha gonna do about it, pretty boy?" another tree egged on.
"I'm not going to do anything because you guys are nothing but a bunch of lifeless nobodies that aren't even worth my time."
"Why you little…!" Suddenly the trees knocked Link to the ground and the other trees nearby started hitting him with their branches.
"Leave him alone!" Tracy screamed as she tried to help her new friend but one of the trees moved her out of the way. "Cut it out! Leave him alone!"
Suddenly, a metal axe flew through the air and sliced the branch off of the tree that held Link captive. As Link fell on his face, Ace ran to his aid.
"ARGH!" The tree cried out in pain as it held its severed limb. Tracy turned around and saw a tin being running towards them. He picked up his axe and held it threateningly.
"Leave them alone," he said in a low, threatening voice. Fearing the might of the axe, the trees backed off and let the four of them return back to the yellow brick road.
"Thanks for helping us out with those trees, sir," Tracy smiled gratefully as they helped Link sit on the bright pavement to rest.
"Yeah, you saved me back there. I was about to be ripped to shreds."
"Not problem you guys," the tin man replied. "Folks call me Seaweed Stubbs around here. What's yours?"
"I'm Tracy Turnblad, this is Link, and this is my dog Ace," she introduced them to him.
"Glad to meet you all. Where are you guys heading off to?"
"We off to see this Wizard that'll take me home and to help Link with his pretty boy problems."
"Really? Do you think that the Wizard can help me with my problem?" Seaweed asked hopefully.
"He most likely can. May I ask what your problem is?" Tracy inquired as he tilted her head in curiosity.
"Well… as you can see, I'm a tin man. Although I help people in ways I humanly can, people just shun me because of how I look; just because I'm made of tin… You two are the only ones that acknowledged my presence so far. So I was wondering if the Wizard can help me find someone who'll like me for who I am. Do you think he can do that?" Seaweed looked at the two with hope in his brown eyes.
"I think that the Wizard can help you. Would you like to come with us?"
"Would I ever!" Seaweed jumped for joy at the invitation. "I've never been anywhere outside this forest before. This is going to be quite an adventure."
"It sure is," Link replied as he got up and placed his hat back on his head.
"To Oz, you guys?" Tracy asked.
"To Oz, Tracy Turnblad," Link and Seaweed replied at the same time as the two linked arms with her. With Ace running ahead, the three continued down the yellow brick road.
Once they disappeared over the hill, a thick cloud of smoke and a roar of thunder echoed through the fruit trees. There, Velma emerged from the smoke.
"What happened here?" Velma looked at the large tree branch lying lifelessly in front of her.
"We were trying to snag that chubby girl like you told us to," one of the trees spoke up, "but a man made of tin tossed his axe and cut off his arm."
"Where did she go?"
"She, a scarecrow, and the man made of tin, continued down the yellow road, Mistress," the tree who lost its branch replied.
"You let her ESCAPE?!" The shriek of her voice caused all the fruit trees nearby to flinch in fear. "You're all USELESS! No matter, I'll get her somehow… some way… Maybe that lion in the next forest over can handle them…"
Ending it here, for now. Soon you guys will get to know who the lion is in the next chapter :3 Go ahead, type in whatcha think of this chapter. I won't bite… maybe.
