**this one goes out to my good friends Double Agent DD and iNvIsIbLe GiRl 12 who very influential for this chapter. Sorry, it's kinda long**

The 5 friends walked outside through another part of the Enchanted Forest and Lion wouldn't stop shaking. "I-I am NOT g-going back to see that m-mean wizard," he stuttered. "Y-You won't make m-me."

"I agree," Tin Man and Scarecrow said in unison.

"He scared the living shit out of me, but then again, EVERYTHING does. I am such a coward."

"Don't feel bad about it. We were all scared. I thought I was gonna pass out. What do you think of that damn wizard, Natalie?"

Natalie rolled her eyes and said, "I'm… disgusted. Diana said he was a good man, but apparently he's evil, making her a liar. The floating head REALLY creeps me out. And I still hate these pigtails. I'm never gonna get home. Getting the warlock's broomstick? It ain't gonna happen."

"Aw, come on, Natalie! We'll help you!" Scarecrow said boldly. "Won't we guys?"
"Yeah!" Tin Man said enthusiastically. "Of course we will! Why wouldn't we?"

"Oh, alright," Lion said nervously.

"Oh, you'll be helped, alright!" the voice of the warlock shouted. Unique-looking creatures flew through the sky and into the forest. They picked up Natalie and Shenzi then left the forest. Then the warlock appeared to Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion and smiled. "You'll never see them again, thanks to my lovely Dana-bats, who are my best assistants. As soon as I get back to my evil headquarters, Natalie and Shenzi are toast. Goodbye for now, my future couch, refrigerator, tomorrow night's dinner, and don't you dare try to mess with my evil plans."

"D-Dana-bats?" Lion passed out.

"It's okay, Lion," Scarecrow said. "This isn't about the Dana-bats anymore. It's about Natalie. We have to save her so she can go back to be with her family and BOYFRIEND!"

"Okay. Let's go. For Natalie's sake… and Shenzi's."

Meanwhile, the warlock arrived at his evil headquarters and was now tormenting Natalie and Shenzi. The warlock began to dance around like an idiot and said, "Young girl, who'll make me hurl, give me the knee brace or I'll knock you out of the human race."

"Never," Natalie said loudly.

"Okay, then I will force it off with my magic." The warlock twisted his hand and attempted to take it off but instead he shocked himself. "Ow! Holy fucking guacamole, what the hell? That prissy bitch Diana has put a spell on this knee brace, hasn't she? I'll never win at this rate. No matter. I'll just have to punish you. Now, this is a bomb…"

"Thank you, Captain Obvious."

"Shut up, Lieutenant Sarcasm. Anywho, if you don't personally give me that knee brace in a half hour, the bomb will go off and you will die and I will get the knee brace without a fight. Make a wise decision. And let me tell you, a half hour isn't a long time at all. You'll see. I'll get that golden knee brace either way. Goodbye." The warlock left and locked the door behind him.

Natalie stared out the window. "Why? All I wanted was to go home! I never wanted any of this to happen. Now I'll never get home. Auntie Di is probably dead by now, Uncle Daniel is probably gone and Henry is probably thinking of suicide now that I'm gone. I thought Diana was protecting me, but I guess not. I've always been rejected, now I guess that's how life is meant to be."

"How about you give me the knee brace and we'll call it a day?"

"NO!"

"Well, then you'll have to die. I'll be getting the knee brace sooner or later."

"Nuh-unh!"

Suddenly, Natalie heard the voice of Diana saying, "Keep strong, girl. The friends that you've made here are coming to save you. Shenzi just left to lead the way. Speaking about ways, by the way, I am not a faker."

"Sorry, Diana."

"It's okay."

Tin Man, Lion and Scarecrow were on the search of the evil headquarters, when Shenzi ran up to them barking. "Hey, Shenzi!" Lion said. "Wow, am I happy to see you! Can you lead us to the evil headquarters?" Shenzi barked happily and began to run off. "Okay. Come on!"

They followed Shenzi to the evil headquarters, where 2 guards were standing outside. "Kollin and Dargay!" they said in unison repeatedly.

"Ew. Well, let's go!"

"How can you be so sure?" Scarecrow whispered harshly. "Since when are you so optimistic?"

"Just come on!"

Kollin looked at Dargay and said, "You know what? I think you push your people too hard."

Dargay flashed Kollin an angry look. "Yeah?" he asked. "Well, excuse me, but I don't think you push your people hard enough."

"You're too mean!"

"You're too nice!"

"You make people cry!"
"You make people laugh!"

"You're ugly!"

"You're uglier!"

"Hell, you're the ugliest guy I've ever met!"

"Here's out chance! Now come on!" Lion said. They ran in as Kollin and Dargay continued to fight. "See, that was easy. Now we have to find Natalie. Lead the way, Shenzi."

Natalie was still looking out the window, getting ready to cry. "Where the hell are they?" she said to herself. "The bomb will go off in 5 minutes. If I die, I'm sorry for hurting you cuz you miss your son, Auntie Di. I'm sorry for being a ruthless drug addict, Uncle Daniel. I'm sorry for loving someone who isn't you, Henry. I want you to know that I love you a lot, and I always will."

"Nat? Hey, Natalie, are you in there?" Tin Man called.

"Yes! Hurry up. The bomb will go off soon."

"Okay, we're on it!" Tin Man chopped the door down with his ax. "RUN!" They ran away and hid just as the bomb went off. "Now, that's what I call a sweet escape."

The warlock ran to the room that Natalie was locked in. "At last, that knee brace is mine! Yay! Now, where the hell is that corpse?"

"Come on, let's get out of here!" Lion said. "This place is giving me the heebie-jeebies."

"No," Scarecrow replied. "We have to stay in hiding so we can get the knee brace and get Natalie home."

"Oh Natalie, where art thou?" the warlock asked as he got closer to where they were hiding.

"Okay, now we run!"

The 5 of them ran away and the warlock stared in shock. "Damn it! They're getting away. Kollin and Dargay!" Kollin and Dargay ran up to the warlock and saluted him. "Okay, no flattery. Get those 5 barnacle heads."

"Aye-aye, sir!" they said as they saluted him again.

"Enough of the flattery! Go!"

"Aye-aye, sir!" they saluted him again and ran off.

"I think they're the barnacle heads,"

"I'm so tired," Natalie said as she stopped running. "I can't run anymore. Everything hurts like hell."

"Come on, Natalie! You have to run!" Scarecrow shouted.

"I can't!"

"Here, how about I carry you?"

"NO!"

"Okay, okay."

Kollin showed up behind them. "Hey there!" he shouted.

They all screamed and ran in the opposite direction until Dargay stood right in front of them. "Hello," he said. "You have no es-cah-pay!"

"I think the word is escape, Dargay."

"No, Kollin, es-cah-pay."

"Escape!"

"Es-cah-pay!"

"Escape!"

"Shut up!" the warlock yelled as he approached them. "Now, Natalie, I'm surprised to see you… alive. Now, you have no escape."

"I told you!"

"Zip it, Kollin! Anywho, I'm going to kill you all. Let's start with you, Scarecrow. Have some fire!"

The warlock lit a match and started to bring it closer to Scarecrow. Natalie found a random bucket of water and yelled, "Leave them alone!" as she threw the water to put the fire out.

The water put the fire out and some of it landed on the warlock. "No! You wretched bitch! I'm melting! Why must the evil die young? No! See you in Hell. Here I come, brother! No!"

Dargay stared at the warlock puddle. "You murderer!" he yelled. "You killed the boss. Kollin and I will kill you!"

"Wait a minute!" Kollin said. "Dargay, we're free! Thank you, Natalie. Here, take the broomstick. There's no need for it now." Kollin gave Natalie the broomstick.

"Thank you!" Natalie said excitedly. "At last! I get to go home! Bye! Thanks again!"

"You're welcome! Bye! It's been fun!" Dargay gave Kollin a look. "Hey, don't pretend it wasn't fun!"

**PS: 7 pages in a Word document. And thanks to iNvIsIbLe GiRl 12 who gave me the idea for Kollin and Dargay**