Chapter Eighteen

(Hey, y'all!

Fun fact:

For those who have seen Wreck-It Ralph, King Candy, the bad guy of the film shares a couple of things in common with Judge Doom, the scary villain of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Birchwood Twin(s) series. They both like to ruin a good guy's life, their real identities are revealed when the movie that they play in is almost to the ending, and they like to conquer and destroy the places that they live in.

Cool? Creepy? A little bit of both?

Anyway, here's the eighteenth chapter of this story.

Here is the link to a song that you might want to listen to because it is going to be sung by the characters at the end of this chapter:

Follow The Yellow Brick Road/You're Off To See The Wizard: watch?v=RmqRx3ypWwU

Enjoy the story and life as it goes!

-imaginarytoon1)

Beatrice:

"Who killed my brother?" The Witch said in a soft, high squeaky voice as he walked away from the green feet.

"What did you say?" Toto asked.

"WHO KILLED THE WITCH OF THE EAST?!" The Witch exclaimed in a loud and harsh voice. He looked at me with his angry, paralyzing, red-eyed look of evil. "WAS IT YOU?!"

I shook my head.

"N-No, sir. It was an accident." I replied nervously. "I didn't mean to kill your brother. I didn't know that the house was going to land on him."

"Well, my little pretty, I CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS, TOO!" The Witch exclaimed.

"Aren't you forgetting the ruby sandals?" Glinda asked in a calm voice.

In an obsessive matter, the Witch's eyebrows perked upwards and his red eyes widened.

"The sandals, yes!" The Witch exclaimed softly with a creepy toothy grin.

He walks back to the green feet and he bends down as he got really close to them. In a flash of light and a giant BOOM, the sandals disappear and the green feet shriveled up and disappear under the house.

"THEY'RE GONE!" The Witch exclaimed in shock.

He gets back on his feet and storms back towards me, Glinda, and Toto.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THEM?! GIVE THEM BACK TO ME OR I'LL-!" The Witch begins.

Glinda stops the Witch by laughing in victory and points her scepter at my feet.

"It's too late! There they are and there they'll stay." She said.

Toto gasped and I looked down.

To my horror, I have two ruby gladiator sandals on my feet.

Where did my tennis shoes go?! I thought.

I'm not talking about those gladiator sandals that some supermodels would wear. I'm talking about Ancient Greek gladiator sandals with tiny sparkling rubies that shined as the sunlight hit them. I don't know if these sandals will go with my black skorts and over-sized gray T-shirt.

"How did they get on my feet?" I asked.

"Give me back those sandals!" The Witch commanded. "I'm the only one who knows how to use them! Give them back to me! GIVE THEM BACK!"

"Keep tight inside of them." Glinda warned me. "Their magic must be very powerful or he wouldn't want them so badly."

"You STAY OUT OF THIS, GLINDA, OR I'LL FIX YOU AS WELL!"

Glinda giggled.

"Nonsense!" She exclaimed. "You have no power here! Now, be gone, before somebody drops a house on you too!"

The Witch looked up at the sky in a state of fear and then, he frowned and said to Glinda,

"Very well. I'll bid my time. And as for you, my fine little lady, it's true that I can't attend to you here and now as I'd like…but just try to STAY OUT OF MY WAY. Just try!

Then, the Witch looks at me,

"I'LL GET YOU, MY PRETTY!"

He aimed his eyes at Toto.

"AND YOUR LITTLE DOG, TOO!"

The Witch cackles madly and walks at least eight feet away from me, Glinda, and Toto. He waves his hand and his broom magically appeared in it. A cloud of green and yellow smoke covers the Witch and in a brief explosion of green fire, the Witch disappears. The smoke slowly began to rise up into the sky, never to be seen again.

"It's all right!" Glinda called to the Munchkins. "You can all get up! He's gone!"

The Munchkins slowly got up from lying down on the ground and some of them came out of their hiding places. They all walked towards me, Glinda, and Toto.

"What a smell of sulphur!" Glinda exclaimed and waved her hand. Then, she looked at me and Toto. "My dear, I'm afraid that you've made a bad enemy of the Wicked Witch of the West. The sooner you get out of Oz altogether, the better you'll sleep."

"I'd give almost anything to get out of Oz but which is the way back to Houston?" I asked. "I can't go back the way I entered."

"That's true. But I know that the only person who MIGHT know would the great and powerful Wizard of Oz himself."

The Munchkins bowed their heads in respect.

" 'Wizard'?" I asked. "Is-Is he good? Or is he…wicked?"

"Oh, he's very good…but very mysterious." Glinda replied. "He lives in the Emerald City and it's a very, very, very, very long journey from here. Did you bring a broomstick with you?"

"No, ma'am. I didn't bring a broomstick with me."

"Then, you'll have to walk."

Glinda guided me to the central plaza as she talked.

"The Munchkins will guide you safely to the border of Munchkin Land. And remember, never take those sandals off of your feet, not for one moment or second, or you'll be at the mercy of the Wicked Witch of the West."

She kissed me on the top of my head.

"But how do Toto and I start our journey to the Emerald City?" I asked.

"It's always best to start at the beginning and all you have to do is follow the yellow brick road." Glinda replied with a smile.

I nervously walked to the spiral (that was in the middle of the central plaza of Munchkin City) and about a million of other questions began to fly around my head.

I turned to Glinda and I began to ask,

"But what happens if I-?"

"Just follow the yellow brick road." Glinda said and disappears in to her bubble of changing colors.

The bubble drifts away to a far distance and as it got smaller and smaller, some of the younger Munchkins ran up to a line of plants and started yelling and waving good-bye.

When the bubble was too small to see, I said,

"People come and go quickly here."

The Munchkins nodded and giggled in agreement.

"Okay, now to begin." I whispered.

In the middle of the spiral, that was where the yellow brick road begins, along with a road of red bricks. I began to walk.

"Follow the Yellow Brick Road." I said, repeating Glinda's instructions. "Follow the Yellow Brick Road."

Mayor Mickey walked up to me and said,

"Follow the Yellow Brick Road."

He shakes my hand and I continue to walk (For a second, I thought that I heard him say, "This mustache is itchy.").

Donald Duck walks up to me and says,

"Follow the Yellow Brick Road."

He also shakes my hand and I continued to walk.

Clarabelle and Horace walk up to me and in unison, they tell me,

"Follow the Yellow Brick Road."

I nodded my head and I…you guessed it…continued to walk.

Then, finally, I think, Goofy and the White Rabbit walk up to me and also in unison, they say,

"Follow the Yellow Brick Road."

Then, as I walk along the spiraling road, all of the Munchkins began to sing and dance,

"Follow the Yellow Brick Road!

Follow the Yellow Brick Road!

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the Yellow Brick Road!"

Then, I began to wonder where all the music was coming from as I continued to walk along the road.

"Follow the Yellow Brick,

Follow the Yellow Brick,

Follow the Yellow Brick Road!" The Munchkins sang.

When I began to walk on to a straight road, I found where the music was coming from. I found the Electric Mayhem (the Muppet band) playing various orchestra instruments.

As I walked down the road, most of the Munchkins began to follow me as I smiled and walked.

"You're off to see the wizard,

The WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ!" The Munchkins continued to sing.

As I walked further and further, I saw some other Munchkins line up on the side of the roads, bowing their heads in respect and waving goodbye to me with smiles on their faces.

"You'll find he is a Whiz of a Wiz if ever a Wiz there was!

If ever, oh ever, a Wiz there was,

The Wizard of Oz is one because

Because, because, because, because, because

Because of the wonderful things he does!"

I wave good-bye to a guard of a fence. I just crossed the border. I have a long road to go and this little journey is going to take a while.

"You're off the see the wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz!"

I heard the Munchkins cheering and I turned around. All of them had stopped on where the border is marked and they were all shouting things like 'Good luck', 'Be careful', and other things like those. I waved goodbye with a smile on my face and I heard Toto say,

"We'll miss you! I'll miss you, too, baby!"

I have no idea why he just said that.

Anyway, after waving, I continued to walk down the really, really, really long yellow brick road.

Toto and I have a long way to go. I thought. I hope that Tommy, Cressida, Penny, and the Weasels are doing all right.

…..

Tommy:

Cressida, Penny, Smarty, Greasy, Wheezy, Psycho, Stupid, Flasher, Slimy, Sleazy, and I had to stay in the cellar for another hour after the tornado took Grandpappy's house away. Trust me on this, the space inside the storm cellar was pretty small and I had to deal with the commotion, many rounds of someone's elbow bumping into my chest, the smell of Wheezy's burning cigarettes, and Psycho putting his hands on his head and constantly repeating the song, Rain, Rain, Go Away, thinking that singing will make an F5 tornado go away and never to come back again. I am never going to forget this day.

"Is it safe to go outside?" Psycho asked as soon as the wind stopped blowing really hard.

"Let's check and see." Cressida replied.

She stepped over everyone's legs and was nearly tripped by mine when she got to the doors. She slides the lock to the right and pushes open the door, letting in fresh air and letting out Wheezy's burning cigarette smell.

Psycho immediately sat up and ran out of the cellar. Then, one by one, everyone else got out of the cellar.

When I got out, I was shocked to see that many trees were either torn out of the ground or snapped in uneven halves. It was like I was standing in a world that was littered with torn and snapped trees. Along with the trees, there were some pieces of litter, a broken car, and a trailer (with nobody in it) was flipped upside down and it was right next to the storm cellar.

"Poor trees." Psycho mumbled.

"I thought that Beatrice was coming back an hour ago." Cressida said to me.

"She isn't!" I exclaimed angrily. "Thanks to you, you let Beatrice go back to the house and the tornado carried both Beatrice and the house away! You shouldn't have let Beatrice go back! She's probably dead right now!"

…..

Greasy:

I was distracted by Cressida and Thomas arguing about the muchacha. Thomas says that she probably died and Cressida believes that muchacha is still alive but probably very injured.

"Maybe Beatrice got out of the house before the tornado came to the house." Penelope said, interrupting Thomas and Cressida.

"Penny, stay out of this! This doesn't involve you!" Cressida exclaimed and went back to arguing with Thomas.

Now that…Penelope said that muchacha probably got out of the house, I nodded my head in agreement. I, too, have a feeling that the muchacha is still alive and I know that she's a sobreviviente and soldado.

"Guys…" I said, trying to get Cressida and Thomas's attention.

"GUYS!"

They still didn't hear me.

I looked to Wheezy, who smoking on his five burning cigarettes.

"Do you still have your gun?" I asked him.

He pulled it out of thin air.

"Right here and I always will have it with me. Why?" Wheezy asked.

"Can I use it for a second?" I asked back.

"Be careful with it."

Wheezy handed me his gun and I aimed it at the sky.

I pulled the trigger and I shook as I released a full round of ammo at the sky. Wheezy put his hands on my shoulders and I stop shaking and when I released the trigger.

"I think that you got everyone's attention, Greasy." Wheezy said.

"Here's your gun." I replied and handed it back to him.

I looked at Thomas and Cressida.

"I had to get your attention that way and now that I've got your attention, I want everyone, including you two, to listen to me. Penelope believes that the muchacha got out of the house before the tornado came and probably ran off somewhere else. I have a feeling that she's right." I said.

Cressida and Thomas exchanged confused glances at each other.

"So what are you saying, Greasy?" Boss asked.

"I'm saying that we should go look for muchacha." I replied. "Both Penelope and I have a feeling that muchacha is still alive and is hiding somewhere else."

"Where should we look?" Sleazy asked.

"We'll start here and we'll spread out as we look. Muchacha would be around the area somewhere."

Everyone exchanged glances and nodded.

"All right, boys…and girls." Boss said. "Let's go looking for Birchwood and we won't stop until we find her."

"All right." The other weasels said in unison.

Then, we all began our search.

"Wherever you are, muchacha, I know that you're still alive and I hope that you're not in any bad condition." I said to myself. "Just stay put at wherever you are and we'll come right there."