Hey guys! Sorry it's been awhile. I've been busy with homework. Thanks for the reviews! Here's chapter 9!

We finally make it back into the Wizard's building.

"Come on guys!" I say to the others, "Hurry!"

"We're right behind you!" Bree cried, "Relax."

Once we get inside the Wizard's room, we stand where we stood last time. I decide to speak.

"Uh Mr. Wizard" I start, "We-"

"SILENCE!" the wizard shouts as his face reappears back on the projected screen, "I know you're here."

"Ok" I mumble, "Chill."

"Have you and your friends brought back the witch's broom?"

"Yes we have." I hold up the broomstick in my hand.

"Have you brought back my cat plush toy?"

My heart skips a beat. I totally forgot about his toy! I was so busy trying to stay alive, that it completely passed my mind!

"Uh-"

"ANSWER ME!"

"No sir."

"WHAT?!"

"We're sorry" Bree butt in stepping closer to the wizard, "We forgot about it."

"HOW COULD YOU FOGET IT?!"

"I'm sorry" I reply, "I guess trying to stay alive and not dead isn't a good excuse as to why we forgot your toy."

"Why do you even have a plush toy anyway?" Adam questioned, "Aren't you like eighty?"

"Adam" Leo muttered as he nudged Adam's shoulder, "Shut up."

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" the wizard shouted, "LEAVE MY PRESENCE, NOW!"

"What?" I say, "But Mr. Wizard, please-"

"SILENCE! LEAVE NOW! I'M NOT GRANTING ANY WISHES!"

"But-"

"SILENCE!"

That's it I've had enough of this. There's no way I'm going to be trapped in this dumb world for the rest of my life!

"No!" I say stepping closer to the wizard's face.

"Chase" Bree whispered, "What are you doing?"

"Giving this 'Wizard' a piece of his mind" I tell her, "I'm sick of this." I turn back to face the Wizard.
"Look, I don't know what your problem is, but I think I can speak for everyone when I say that you're the most mean, evil, and uncaring wizard I've ever seen."

"Chase" Adam said.

"WHAT?!" the wizard started, "SILENCE OR-"

"I'm not going to be silent!" I yell, "You need to be silent! You're always telling everyone what to do! Please just hear me out. I need to get home! I don't live in Davenland! I live in California! Please, I have to get home to my family." I get on my knees. "Please. I'm begging you. Grant our wishes. Please."

The wizard chuckled, "Aww you poor thing. Guess what?"

"What?" A sudden whoosh of air came from out of nowhere and I was flung back into a wall. I hit the wall really hard and landed on the hard floor. I winced as I clutched my aching body.

"I'M NOT TAKING YOU HOME!"

"Chase!" Leo cried as he, Bree, Otis and Adam ran to my side.

They helped me sit up against the wall.

"Chase are you ok?" Bree asked me as she rubbed my back.

"Ugh I think so" I croak out, "Ow that really hurt."

I hear Otis growl really loud, I mean louder than I've ever heard before. He then dashes over to the Wizard and begins to bark really loud.

"Otis" I say trying to get up, "Otis come back here. I don't want him to hurt you too."

Of course, the dog ignores me and begins to bark even louder. The wizard only chuckles.

"Silly dog" he says, "You best listen to your master before I turn you into pudding…" He continues to blab on and on about killing Otis.

Really? Did he really threaten a dog? Was he serious?

"Leave my dog alone!"

Otis then ran over to a curtain on the right of the room and began to tug on it with his teeth.

"Otis" I shout, "What are you doing?"

Otis finally tugs so hard on the curtain, that it falls down and what we see behind the curtain leaves us all in shock. Behind the curtain, was Mr. Davenport controlling the big screen that we had been seeing. He turns around to face us and smiles.

"Uh-" he says, his voice being less scary than before, "Uh- leave?"

"Hey" I say standing up and running over to him, "You're not even big." I stand next to him, "You're about my size."

The man frowned.

"Hey" Bree said walking up to us, "You're the actual wizard? Is this a joke? You look like a normal person."

"Hey" the wizard snaps, "Can normal people invent all of this technology." He looked around the room at all the computers and lights.

"Why won't you grant our wishes?" Leo asked him, "And why are you behind a curtain running some kind of projector with your face on it?"

The wizard didn't say anything.

"Well" Adam said.

The man sighed. "Fine" he started, "Look kids, my name's Donald and I'm not a real wizard."

"Well I could've told you that" I huff.

"I don't have any special powers and sadly I can't grant your wishes. I'm sorry."

"What?" Bree squeaked, "You mean-"

"Yes. I'm sorry."

"So you had us go get a broom for nothing?" Adam asked, "We put our lives in danger for that!"

"I know I know. I was wrong. I just wanted some entertainment. I'm really sorry."

"What about our wishes?" Leo asked, "I need courage."

"And I need a heart." Bree adds.

"And I need brains." Adam also adds.

"Well" Donald starts as he walk over to them, "I may not have powers, but I can guarantee Leo that you indeed have courage, and you Bree indeed have a heart and you Adam indeed have smarts."

"But we don't" Leo tells.

"But you do. I mean, you had to have courage to go get the broomstick from the witch and you had to have courage to come to me and ask for courage."

"Well.." Leo smiled, "Hey I guess I am brave then."

"And you Bree" he turns to Bree, "You have a heart. You were kind enough to help Chase up when I threw him into the wall using a big fan and you seem to really care about your friends."

Bree smiled, "I do have a heart I guess" he replied, "Oh thank you Mister."

"And Adam, you seemed to have some brilliant ideas some of the time. You were smart enough to come here with your friends."

"Huh" Adam started, "I guess you're right. Thank you."

Well my friend's wishes are granted but mine aren't.

"This can't be happening" I say to myself as I begin to pinch myself to make sure this wasn't a dream, "I have to get home. I just have to. I can't stay here forever."

Otis whines. Donald walks over to me.

"I'm so sorry my boy" he tells me, "I don't have powers. I can't get you home."

"I have to stay in this place forever?" I sadly exhale, "Why do bad things always happen to me?"

There was silence for a second, before Donald spoke out again.

"Hey" he says, "I know how to get you home!"

A spark of excitement jolts into my body. "You do?" I ask.

"Yup. A hot air balloon. Yup. I have one. I'll just take you back to…uh we are you from?"

"California."

"Hmm never heard of that land before, but no worries, I'll get you back to..California."

"Yes!" I turn to face my friends. "Did you guys hear that? I'm finally going home!" I face downwards to look at Otis, "Did you hear that boy? We're going home!"

Otis jumped up and barked for joy.

"Good for you Chase!" Bree says sadly, "I guess." Her face saddened, along with Leo and Adam's.

"What's wrong guys?" I ask them, "Aren't you happy that I'm going home?"

"Yes of course" Adam starts, "It's just that we'll m-m-mi-"

"I think what Adam's trying to say is that we're going to miss you" Leo finishes.

"Yeah" Bree said, "It's not going to be the same without you here."

Aww were they really going to miss me? They're going to make me start crying.

"I'm going to miss you guys too" I tell them, "But I have to go home. If this is all a dream, than the next time I hit my head really hard on something, then maybe I'll come back and visit."

They all look at me in confusion.

"Never mind. What I'm trying to say is that I'm going to miss you."

I walk towards them and start to hug all of them.

"Group hug!" Adam shouts.

After we're all done hugging, I walk back over towards Donald. "Alright Mr. Wizard" I say as I pick up Otis, "My dog and I are ready to go home."

"Brilliant" he replies, "Just follow me outside to the hot air balloon."

With that, all of us walk out of the building and outside.

Once we find the hot air balloon, I hop in along with Otis and the Wizard. Everyone in town is watching as we begin to take off into the air. I'm not sure how I'm going to find California, but I'm sure I'll find it sooner or later.

"Have a great trip" Adam yells at me.

"Hope you come back and visit soon!" Leo screams.

"Bye!" Bree shouted from the crowd, "We're going to miss you!"

"Aw" the wizard replied, "I'm going to miss you too, but don't worry, I'll be back once I drop him off at his home."

"I was talking to Otis and Chase."

"…"

I laugh. "We're going to miss you too Bree. Aren't we Otis?"

Otis barks.

"Bye Adam, Bree and Leo!"

"Ok Chase" the wizard says to me, "We should be flying up into the air in a few seconds."

"Great!"

"Bye Otis!" Adam shouts, "I'm going to miss you!"

Otis whines. I guess he felt bad that he was never going to see Adam Scarecrow ever again, but hey, he would see Adam Davenport in no time.

I guess Otis forgot about that though, because he hopped right out of the balloon and leaped into Adam's arms.

"Otis!" I cry as I hop out of the balloon and run after him, "Get back in the hot air balloon! It's going to be taking off in a few seconds!" I finally get over to Adam and grab Otis out of his hands, "Thanks Adam. Bye." I then try to sprint back to the balloon but it's too late. The balloon was already floating up into the air. "Oh no!"

"Chase!" Donald cried from above, "I don't know how to land this thing! I can't come back down."

"No! Don't leave me!" I continue to shout that over and over but it's no use. Soon, the wizard floats far away from Davencity in the balloon.

Bree, Leo and Adam come walking up to Otis and me.

"That was the only way to get home" I sigh as I look down at my feet, "Now I'll never get home."

"Oh Chase I'm sorry" Bree says as she hugs me, "I'm sorry you can't ever get home, but you'll learn to love it here in Davenland."

"Yeah cheer up buddy" Adam tells me, "You could always stay at my place with me."

"Thanks" I tell him, "But I really want to go back to California."

Otis whines and gives me big sad puppy eyes.

"It's not your fault Otis. I know you're going to miss Adam, even though you're going to see him again." I look up in the sky to see a big sparkly ball floating down towards us. As soon as it reaches the ground, the ball disappears and Tashlinda appears. "Tashlinda?" I walk up to her.

"Why so gloom honey?" she asks me as she puts her hand underneath my chin.

"I can't go home. The 'wizard' took off without me."

Tashlinda laughed, "Oh dear. Don't be sad. You can still get home."

My eyes widen. "I can?"

"Mmm hmm."

"But how?"

"I can help you get home." Wait a minute; did she just say that she could help me get home? Uh, didn't she tell me at the beginning that she couldn't help me get home?

"I thought you said you couldn't get me home at first?"

"I can't." What?! Ok, this is starting to get confusing…

"What?"

"Your shoes can help you get home though."

I look down at my red sneakers. "They can?"

"Yup. All you have to do is say 'There's no place like home' lots of times. You also have to click your sneakers together at the same time."

"Do I have to do the thing with my shoes? I mean, can't I just-"

"No. You have to do exactly what I just told you."

"Alright fine I'll click my shoes" I then mutter, "Even though I'm going to look stupid." I'm suddenly embraced in a group hug by my friends.

"Bye" they tell me, "We'll miss you."

We break our hug.

"I'll miss you guys too" I tell them, "Bye." I then begin to recite the words Tashlinda told me to say, "There's no place like home" I click my shoes together. "There's no place like home.." I click my shoes together again. I continue to repeat that same thing until everything becomes dark and I fall into a peaceful sleep….

Hope you liked it. Sorry if it was rushed and there were tons of grammar mistakes. The next chapter will be the last chapter. Make sure to leave a review for me and see you for the last chapter!