Author's Note: Alvida's dead. She was crushed by Nami's house. I guess I didn't make that too clear. Sorry. Still, it was a lot fun to see your guesses on who the characters were. Of course Usopp was the popular choice for the Cowardly Lion, but I was surprised to see that a lot of people thought Crocodile was the Wizard. I'm not saying you're wrong or right, I'm just surprised. I honestly thought that Gol D. Roger was going to be a populare one, but no one said him. Again, I'm not saying it is or isn't him, but really? Nio one?

And everyone, except like one person, said Robin was going to be the Witch of the West (only because they didn't guess XD). Where's the variety? Ther'es a ton of women who could possibly the Witch of the West! Still, I can understand where you guys got the guess from. Well, ya'll won't be finding out who she is for awhile, so don't get too comfortable with your guesses, you might be wrong.

Chapter Four: The Heartless Tin Man

"I shall take the heart," returned the Tin Woodman; "for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world."

—L. Frank Buam, The Wizard of Oz

Zoro's head bobbed up and down as he tried to stay awake. He looked up to find that Nami was already fast asleep on Chopper's stomach. Her arms were wrapped around the reindeer, her mouth slightly open. He looked to the wagon driver who was staring blankly in front of him as two Horses dragged them forward. Occasionally, he would hear them whisper to one and another, but they were mostly quiet.

Luffy, however…

"Zoro," Luffy whined as he laid his back on the wagon, his feet sticking over the edge. "I'm hungry, got any food?"

"You ate it all this morning, remember?" Zoro said, "Why do you think Nami was so angry at you?"

"Well, I'm still hungry. Can we stop by and get some food?"

Zoro sighed. He had almost forgotten about his captain's unbelievably large appetite. The skinny scarecrow turned his head backwards to the wagon driver, "Hey, gramps, can you look out for an apple tree or something?"

"If you get off, you're not getting back on," the driver said in a bored voice.

"Alright, stop at the nearest sight of food." Zoro said.

Luffy jumped onto his feet giving out a large yell, waking Nami in the process. Zoro closed his eyes, trying to hide the smile on his face. It had only been five days since Luffy joined them, but he seemed to open up quite a bit. When he first joined, he was quiet and hesitant to say anything. He would open his mouth to ask a question, and then closed it and stare at his feet.

On the second day, Luffy became more confident. He started asking where they were from and who they were. Zoro mostly said he didn't remember, but Nami went on long rants about her world. She told them stories about machines that could carry humans through the sky and boxes that could transmit pictures and sound from one box to another. Luffy listened to everything in complete awe. Zoro could care less. True, those contraptions were useful and interesting (though he found it hard to believe that they could actually fly through the air), but his world was still superior.

By the third day, Luffy was completely convinced that Nami's world was filled with magicians who performed magic, and no matter how many protests Nami screamed at him the boy would not listen. He was showing signs of Zoro's Luffy again. Though, occasionally, he would go quiet and withdraw within himself. Sometimes he would grab tightly to his arm and dig his nails into his skin. Or he'd bite his lip and step on his feet. At times, he saw him claw at his face, berating himself.

It was times like those that he was glad that Luffy was still wearing his scarecrow outfit. Though the clothing was at least five sizes too big for him. The shirt engulfed his chest, running down past his knees. His pants were tied around his waist by a thin rope. And his hands were consumed by a pair of oversized gloves held together by a couple of pieces of thin rope. It was hard to do any damage to oneself with such thick material.

"How much farther is it to Emerald City?" Nami asked the wagon driver.

The man replied, "Five days on a wagon, around two weeks on foot."

"Five days?" Nami placed her head on top of Chopper. "Oh, I'm never going to get home."

"Actually, it's two weeks. We're dropping off at the nearest source of food." Zoro told her.

"No we aren't." Nami looked at him hard, "We have plenty of food, remember? That nice woman from the little cottage yesterday gave us plenty of food."

"Luffy ate it all." Zoro replied.

The scarecrow gave Nami a sheepish grin, "I told her that it wouldn't be enough."

Zoro had to restraint he teenage girl from strangling Luffy. "You idiot! That food was supposed to last us until we got to Emerald City! What are we going to do about food?"

"Nobody told me! If you forgot, I don't have a brain. You have to tell me these things because I can't figure out on my own."

For a moment Zoro was afraid that Luffy was going to withdraw into himself, but he only stared at Nami with scared eyes. The teenage girl relaxed into his grip. She rested against his stomach, her hand on her forehead. She mumbled to herself, cursing Luffy and her bad luck.

"Well if we get in trouble food wise," Zoro said, "we can always eat Chopper."

The reindeer's head shot up at the mention of his name. He looked at Zoro with hard eyes. For a moment he thought that he was going to speak to him in his Chopper's high, girly voice, but he didn't. Instead he laid his head back down and closed his eyes.

"We can't eat Chopper," Luffy screamed. "He's part of the team!"

Zoro was about to comment on when he chased Chopper around Drum Island's castle trying to eat him, when he realized that it never happened. Instead he said, "I was kidding. I'm sure there are wild animals around here, we'll eat them."

"You wouldn't want to do that, sir." The wagon driver said, "The only animals out here are lions and tigers and bears. You don't want to mess with them, no sure-ree. Especially since they tend to interbreed."

"Lions…?" Nami whispered, her voice sounded scared.

"And tigers?" Luffy's voice sounded excited.

"And bears?" Zoro sounded surprised.

"Oh my," the wagon driver stopped. "There are some apple trees up ahead, but…"

Luffy didn't wait for the man to finish his sentence before he let out a cry of excitement and jumped out of the carriage. Nami soon followed him, saying a quick "thank you" before following Luffy less enthusiastically, Chopper not far behind. When they were gone Zoro stood up and walked to the end of the carriage.

"Be careful," the man said, his eyes glued up ahead.

Zoro didn't look at the man. Once he was off the wagon, the man clicked the reigns and trotted off. The others were not far ahead, resting in the shade. Luffy was gulfing down the apples, core and all, while Nami nibbled on her first one. Zoro sat next to them.

"This is horrible." Nami mumbled to herself.

"You don't like apples?" Luffy stuffed another apple into his mouth. "Maybe you should grab another one. I'll eat that one and you can take this one." He extended a large, red apple to her.

The teenage girl gave him a weird look before shaking her head. "You really are brainless."

"So you don't want the apple?"

Nami looked at him for several moments before taking the fruit, and giving the rest of hers to Luffy. The scarecrow smiled and plopped the whole thing in his mouth.

Zoro smiled to himself. This Luffy might not be as confident, but he sure was much more generous. Zoro would often get into fights with his captain during meal times because Luffy was never satisfied with his own plate. It was nice knowing that he didn't have to constantly watch his food.

"Zoro, aren't you going to eat?" Nami asked.

The swordsman shrugged. "I'm not hungry."

Luffy swallowed. "You should join us. These apples are really good."

"Ewww!" Nami tossed an apple into the air and stumbled away from it. "Worms! That apple had worms!" She wiped her hands onto her dress, chanting "ew."

"Now that you're up, I guess it would be best if we got going." Zoro stood up as well. "We have two weeks until we arrive in Emerald City."

Luffy stuffed a few more apples into his mouth, and grabbed a batch into his arms. He tossed one to Zoro and said, "In case you get hungry."

Zoro looked at the apple. Indeed, it was nice to not to have to worry about food.

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Not long after they left the apple trees did Luffy complain about being hungry again. He wasn't as bad as Captain Luffy, but it was still annoying as hell. After a few minutes of being ignored he went silent. Zoro stared at him through the corner of his eye to make sure that he was okay. The scarecrow mostly played with his gloves, as if debating if he wanted to take them off or not.

After a couple of hours of surprising silence, Luffy opened his mouth to speak when a muffled, some-what echoed cry reached their ears. The group stopped walking and looked around. The scarecrow opened his mouth again, but the noise came back.

"What is that noise?" Nami asked.

Zoro looked at Luffy, expecting him to speak. When he didn't, he said, "I don't know. I think someone's asking for help."

"We should go help him," Luffy whispered.

The sound came again. Nami turned around and pointed southwest. "It's coming from those trees."

Luffy started running that direction, Nami and Chopper not far behind. The voice came again, this time more distinct. It was definitely saying "help," but the voice sounded oddly familiar. Zoro's eye twitched as the owner of the voice appeared into his head. He let out a tired sigh, and followed them. When he found them they were gathered around what looked like someone who came out of a fantasy book.

The figure was in a rusted knight armor that looked like it was taken straight out of a fairy tale. He smiled to himself. How befitting.

"Zoro, help," Nami pleaded as she tugged at the knight's helmet. "It's stuck."

"Are you sure that's not just his head?"

"Nami stop! You're going to rip his head off!"

"He was joking!" Nami screamed at him. Then she looked at Zoro, and said not so confidently, "Right?"

Zoro nodded and took Nami's place in front of the rusted knight. With one violent jerk he ripped off the knight's helmet. Luffy screamed. Zoro stifled a laugh. Sure enough, the Love Cook's head was sticking out of the rusted armor.

"Thank you," he said. "I've been stuck in that helmet for days."

"I was wondering what that smell is." Zoro tossed the helmet to the side.

The blond man glared at him, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Who are you?" Nami asked. "How did you get stuck like that?"

Zoro was half expecting hearts to appear in the knight's eyes and blood trickle down his nose. Instead he smiled at her. "I am Sanji, one of the Great Wizard's soldiers. I was just on my way to Emerald City when it started to rain. In haste, I headed into the forest, but before I could find proper shelter my armor rusted making it impossible for me to continue. I've been waiting here for at least five days before you came to rescue me, my dear princess."

Nami blushed.

"Why were you going to Emerald City?" Luffy asked, "You are stationed in Sapphire City, right?"

Sanji looked surprised. "Yes, I am. How did you know?"

"Your armor," Luffy pointed to the orange spotted metal, "it's what Sapphire soldiers wear. Emerald City's solders have a wider chest."

"That's impressive," the Love Cook laughed. "I am on my way to Emerald City to retrieve my heart. For you see, someone has unfortunately stolen it from me, and refuses to give it back."

Zoro felt like he was going to throw up. Sanji, the Grand Line's most notorious womanizer, in love? He found it hard to believe.

"Someone stole your heart?" Luffy tapped the knight's armor. He looked up at Sanji with large eyes. "Did it hurt?"

"Did what hurt?"

"When they stole your heart."

"Is he serious?"

"Unfortunately," Nami said.

"No," Sanji said, "But now is not the time for this. Will you please assist me in removing my armor?"

It took several minutes for them to remove it all. They rust was so bad that Zoro ended up having to remove all of the limbs, much to his dislike. When all of it was completely off, Sanji fell to the ground, exhausted. He closed his eyes and smiled, "It's good to get out of there. "

"Hey, Sanji," Luffy said, "You were stuck in the armor for five days right?" Sanji nodded. "How did you crap?"

Nami bonked him on the head and yelled, "Don't ask that!"

Sanji laughed, "May I ask where you are heading? These parts are very dangerous, especially after you leave Sapphire City."

"We're going to Emerald City too!" Luffy pointed to himself. "I'm going to ask the Wizard for a brain," he pointed to Nami, "she's going to ask him for a way home," and then he pointed to Zoro, "and Zoro is going to ask him for his memory back. He has amnesia."

"It happens to the best of us," the knight sat up. "You have a ride waiting for you in Sapphire City, right?"

"No." Nami replied. "Are we supposed to?"

His eyes grew dark, "It's dangerous up ahead. I doubt Marimo will be of much use to you."

Zoro gritted his teeth, "I'm sure a rusty knight will be much better. If you can't handle a bit of rain, what you use are you in battle?"

Sanji too gritted his teeth. "I am one of the most respected soldiers in Sapphire City. What are you?"

"I don't know," Zoro returned, "I lost my memory. Even then, I know I can kick your skinny ass."

Just as Zoro expected, the knight stood up and aimed a kick. Zoro grabbed two swords and created a shield. This obviously caught the knight off guard, giving Zoro the advantage to hit him in the side of his stomach with the hilt of his sword. Sanji gasped for breath as he was propelled into a nearby tree. Nami screamed, Luffy's eyes sparkled.

"Cheap shot," the blond coughed.

Zoro sheathed his swords. "I'm Roronoa Zoro," he pointed to Nami, "this is Nami," then he pointed to Luffy, "the scarecrow is Luffy," and then he pointed to the reindeer, "and this is emergency food supply."

"Zoro!" Nami wrapped her arms around Chopper. Luffy laughed, finally understanding it was a joke.

"Come with us to Emerald City," Zoro said, "If these people are as tough as you say they are then I don't know if I can protect them alone."

He wasn't an idiot. Though this Luffy had a lot in common with his Luffy, that didn't mean that he automatically knew how to fight. Sanji did. If they were to be ambushed, he might not be able to protect them by himself. Plus, he wanted to see how strong this Sanji was.

"Brains over pride, I respect that." Sanji stood up. "I'll join since we're going to the same place, but I can't make any promises that you'll meet the Wizard."

Nami asked, "Why?"

"He doesn't usually see people." Sanji said, "Especially with all the attempted assassinations."

"I was sent here by the Witch of the North. I have the shoes to prove it!" she pointed to the silver slippers. "He must see me! I'm not from this world!"

"You're Dorothy?" Sanji asked, "The one who killed Alvida, the Witch of the East?"

"Dorothy?" she said. "No, I'm Nami."

"That's your codename," Sanji explained. "We didn't know your name at the time. It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm sure the Wizard will gladly see you," he looked at Zoro and Luffy, "…and your companions."

"I'm not going to see him." Zoro said. "I have no idea where Luffy got that crazy thought."

"But Zoro," Luffy said, "he can return your memory! Don't you want to know who you are?"

"I know who I am. I'm Roronoa Zoro." he said, '"I just don't know how to get home."

"Your best guess is Emerald City." Sanji said.

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"So it's settled," Luffy said. "We're off to see the Wizard!"

Author's Note: I think the ending could be better, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to fix it. And, well, you're probably wondering who Sanji's love muffin is. I can promise you that it's not an original character, but I can't tell you who. Please keep an open mind, and don't let this ruin the story for you. It'll be very mild, and you probably won't be seeing much of it since this story is in Zoro's point of view. I promise you that everything I do in this story has a reason. I mean everything. So keep an open-mind and watch out for foreshadowing.