Chapter 8: Home Sweet Home

Cassia, Scarecrow Freddy, Mick, and Leena had just arrived at the wizard's building. "Here you go, Mr. Wizard, the wand of the witch." said Cassia, holding it out to him. "I see you actually got it." said the wizard, taking it.

"And we also managed to get rid of the witch once and for all." said Scarecrow Freddy. "I see, then you four have certainly proved yourself worthy to get what you asked for." said the wizard. The four gave excited looks at one another.

"Now, you said you wanted some brains." said the wizard to Scarecrow Freddy. "Yep." Scarecrow Freddy answered. The wizard went into his bag, and pulled out some books. "They say knowledge is power, read these books and you'll get your brains." said the wizard, giving them to him.

"Thanks." said Scarecrow Freddy. "And if I remember you wanted a heart." said the wizard to Mick. "Yeah, so what you got?" asked Mick. The wizard pulled out a brochure.

"This brochure is for volunteer work. There you'll learn that helping other will make you feel good inside." "If it'll help me be a nicer mouse, then I'll do it. Thanks." said Mick. Then the wizard faced Leena.

"Courage, right?" he asked. Leena nodded. Out of his bag, he pulled out a small mirror, and handed it to her. "All you have to do is believe in yourself, just look at yourself in this and just say, "I can do this".

"Thank you so much." said Leena. Then he knelt down to Cassia's level. "And you wanted to go home to Calatonia." said the wizard. "Yes." said Cassia, excitedly. As much fun as she had had in the land of Moon, she was ready to go home.

"With a wave of this wand, I can just zap you back there." said the wizard, as he picked it up. Cassia quickly said goodbye, to Scarecrow Freddy, Leena, and Mick, and waited to be zapped back home.

But just as the wizard was about to do it, there was a tremor, and in all the shaking, the wizard dropped the wand, and it was broken by a falling picture. "Oh no. The wand's broken. How will I get home now?" asked Cassia, sadly.

The others looked sorry for her, then suddenly the five guardians appeared. "Is everyone all right?" asked Karen. "What was up with that tremor?" asked Mick. "When you destroyed the witch, all the damage she'd done in the land fixed itself." explained Gary.

"And there was a lot of it, so that's what caused the tremor." added Athena. "But the tremor caused the wand to break, and now I can't get back home." said Cassia. "There is another way." said Josh.

"There is?" asked Cassia. "You still have the witch of east's magic shoes." said Rosalinda. "Just click your heels, and say, "home sweet home" over and over." advised Karen. Cassia clicked her heels, and said the words.

"Home sweet home, home sweet home." said Cassia.


"Home sweet home." she said. Cassia slowly opened her eyes, and sat up. She saw that she as back in her bedroom. "Did it work, am I home?" she asked confusedly. Then the door, opened and Missy walked in.

"Hi, sweetie, sleep well?" she asked, going over to her bed. "Mommy, I missed you." said Cassia, hugging her. "Missed me, you didn't go anywhere." said Missy. "But I did, I was in the land of Moon, and I met a scarecrow, a tin mouse, an elephant, and fought a witch, and..." Cassia said.

"Oh Cassia, you must've had quite a dream." said Missy. Then she felt her forehead. "And your fever's gone down." said Missy. Then she heard more footsteps, and Buster came in. "Hey, how's the patient?" he asked.

"Uncle Buster." said Cassia happily. He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. "I heard you were sick, so I dropped by to see how you were doing." he explained. Cassia smiled, as much fun as it was being in the land of Moon, it was great to be back home.

The End