When she woke up the next morning the sun shone brightly over head. Her clothes had dried and the weather had turned nicer and a lot warmer. Slowly she pushed herself into a sitting position, scenery slowly coming into focus.

"Land sakes. Where the heck are we?" Turning slightly, Dorothy saw a brown chicken sitting on the upper edge of the crate.

"Billina? What are you doing here?"

"That storm blew me away from the chicken coop and I ended up floating with you."

Dorothy's face lit up in realization. "Hang on Billina. Your talking, that means we're in Oz. I made it! Billina I'm finally back in Oz."

The hen cocked her head to the side. "You mean that place you were always talkin about with the green city and walking, talking Scarecrows?"

"Yes Billina, and it's the Emerald city. But right now we need to get out of here. This is the deadly desert. If we touch it, we'll be turned to sand."

She gulped, glancing warily at the sand. Picking up Billina, Dorothy started to hop from boulder to boulder, headed towards the green grass that meant safety.

Nome Kings Dungeon.

Scarecrow stared into the mirror in his hand, 'Oh no Dorothy. You should have stayed in Kansas. I can't protect you anymore!' He watched as she and the hen, Billina, picked 2 lunch pales from a lunch pale tree and then began to walk towards the trees making up the forest.

Soon they had arrived at the old farm house. He saw Dorothy look through the window, pointing out the familiar landmarks while Billina just milled around in the grass. With a final glance Dorothy turned away from her house and froze. In front of her was the Yellow Brick Road, but no where near it's former glory. Weeds had grown between the bricks that remind in place while the majority of them were askew, or broken. All of the bricks had faded to a dull yellow. Dorothy looked like she was about to cry.

"Oh no Billina! Come on, we have to get to the Emerald City." She took off down the once proud road with Billina clucking and flapping to keep up.

Scarecrows breath shortened. "Dammit Dorothy don't go there. It's a trap!"

He heard the door to his cell opening and threw the mirror to the floor, placing his foot over it for good measure. One of the Nome Kings minions walked in with a smirk on his face, "The Nome King wanted me to tell you that Mombi has been given orders to hold Dorothy once she reaches the city. Looks like she's SOL.

"Why don't you go erode somewhere." The minion left, laughing at how angry he had made the prisoner.

Quickly he picked the mirror back up, hoping nothing bad had happened in the 10 minutes he'd turned his gaze away.

Dorothy had just discovered the Tin Woodsman and Cowardly Lion had turned to stone along with the other occupants of the city. Suddenly the chicken started to cluck all in a panic, and soon they were surrounded by Wheelers. Dorothy's eyes were wide in fear as she watched the Wheelers cut off all escape routes.

One of them, a red head with purple paint on his face, looked Dorothy up and down. Scarecrow felt a new emotion rising from his straw chest. He wanted to kill the Wheeler for looking at her like that.

The Wheeler got really close to her. "What's up little lady. Wanna go for a roll sometime?" Dorothy blushed. Scarecrow clutched the mirror tightly in his hand, lip lifting in a snarl. "Excuse me but I don't think you should be asking me that."

"You're right. I apologize, how about we kiss and make up." He leaned towards her, lips puckered.

Scarecrow wigged out yelling and screaming every curse word he knew at the Wheeler in his mirror. His face turned red as he fought hard with his chains. "You put your slimy lips on her and I'll tear your wheels off."

Dorothy reached out and smacked the Wheeler hard on the face. "Eew! Like I'd ever kiss you!" The other Wheeler whispered silently, in awe of what she had done. The Wheeler Dorothy had slapped looked beyond angry. His head began to shake, "Oooh now you're gonna get it." Dorothy pushed her way past the Wheelers and ran towards the only cover she saw.

The king of oz watched as Dorothy ran into a dead end. "Oh no Billina, what are we going to do." The hen looked to be examining a hole in the stone surface. "Try that key you found this morning Dorothy." She quickly fished the key out just as the Wheelers entered the hall. Their laughs echoed down to her as she desperately tried to get the key in the lock. The Wheelers were 10 ft away. With a final turn, the key opened up the wall, allowing Dorothy and Billina entrance. She grabbed the key before ducking inside.

All she and the Scarecrow could see was darkness.