Jack Pumpkin head and Dorothy walked downstairs to tell Tik-Tok of the plan. Right before they got to him, Jack stopped her. "Dorothy, may I call you mom?" Grinning hugely she nodded. Continuing on to Tik-Tok she wound him up and watched as he and Jack returned upstairs.
Dorothy looked into the room Mombi was sleeping in. At the moment she wasn't wearing a head, creeping Dorothy out greatly. Quietly she entered the room, tiptoeing so she wouldn't make a sound. The key lay around Mombi's wrist, bright against her pink nightgown.
Carefully she reached for it, hoping that nothing would disturb the headless fiend.
He swore he was gonna have a heart attack, watching Dorothy remove the key from Mombi's wrist. But luckily both got their prayers answered as Dorothy left the room without so much as a twitch from Mombi. He watched her open cabinet 31 and shrieked along side her at the grotesqueness of Mombi's real head. The Powder of Life sat directly behind it. Reaching in, she grabbed the canister and drew it out, her hand brushing against a vile.
The heads eyes snapped open, mouth growing into a smirk. In an ugly voice it called, "Dorothy Gale!" All the other heads awoke and started screaming, causing Mombi's body to wake up. Dorothy shut the cabinet, locked it, and bolted back up the stairs.
Reaching the door she saw Jack on the ground, Tik-Tok wandering around aimlessly, and Billina squawking angrily at him.
"Oh good mom your back. Tik-Tok is going crazy."
"Tickle pickle wiggldy shiggldy lasagna." Dorothy checked his winders and saw his thinking had run down.
"But if his thinking's run down, how can he still be talking."
"It happens to people all the time Jack."
With Tik-Tok properly wound now, they returned their attention to the Gump, and not a moment to soon as Mombi's angry feet could be heard running up the stairs.
She sprinkled the powder all over their contraption. The thing remained still, and definitely not alive. "Maybe there has to be some magic words. Read the label Dorothy."
"Weaugh, Theaugh, Peaugh."
"Peaugh?" Asked the Gump as his head began to move.
"Quickly get on. Start flapping your wings."
"Wings? I don't have any wings."
"You do now." "Oh I guess I do."
They started to head out of the room towards the balcony when Mombi burst through the door. "Dorothy Gale!"
The Kansas girl screamed as the Gump went over the edge. For two terrifying seconds they plummeted toward the earth. At the last moment he spread his palm fronds and took flight.
Scarecrow released the breath he had been holding and yawned. All this worrying was wearing him out. In the mirror he saw Dorothy was falling asleep as well. Both of them heard Jack whisper "Goodnight Mom." before they drifted into sleep.
She was in a field of flowers in all shades of blue and purple. Bending to pick one she saw she wore a white sundress and her hair was down. "Dorothy? You look beautiful." Recognizing the voice she looked up into Scarecrows blue eyes. Her jaw dropped at the rest of him. He no longer looked like the Scarecrow she knew, he now was human. His straw hair was replaced with golden blonde hair pulled into a ponytail at the base of his neck. His skin was slightly tan making his cornflower blue eyes pop. His normal attire had been replaced by a white shirt and brown pants. "This is how I want to look for you Dorothy, so I'll deserve ya and be worthy of ya." She went to him and he slipped a light purple flower behind her ear. "Scarecrow, I'll love you no matter what. Besides, it was the old you I fell in love with." He ran his fingers through her brown curls before slowly letting it rest on her cheek. Softly he stroked his thumb along her jaw line. "Do you mean that?" His whispery voice sent shivers up her spine. "With all my heart." Slowly he leaned in and pressed his lips against hers. Her lips were warm and soft, exactly they way he pictured them. She slipped her arms around his neck pulling him closer. Dropping his hand to the small of her back he kissed her again, more forcefully this time. The kisses continued to progress in this manner until Dorothy was slowly lowered to the ground. "mom." Scarecrow slipped off his shirt and came back, kissing her with hunger as her hands explored his chest. "mom." His lips moved to her neck causing her to gasp. "mom!" "Ready Dorothy?" "MOM! The ropes are breaking."
She sat bolt upright at the sound of Jack's yelling. He was hanging over one side while Tik-Tok held on tight to the other. "Oh no! what are we gonna do?" "AHHH! Mom I'm falling." Horrified she looked over to see Jack's body still on the Gump. Upon closer inspection she saw his head falling away from them. "Oh no Jack! Quick Gump dive after him."
"I'll try but I wasn't built to turn." Pulling in his fronds he plummeted after the carved pumpkin. Dorothy reached out and grabbed the head, pulling it safely back into the Gump. Jack reached for it to re-attach it and letting of the ropes in the process. The Gump fell apart and the party plummeted. "I'm sorry mom." "It won't matter soon Jack."
His heart froze as he watched his beloved fall. When she had been ripped out of their dream meeting, he too had woken up concerned something was happening to her. His instincts had been right. Now all he could do was watch as Dorothy fell to her death.