Chapter Twenty Three

(Hey, y'all!

Fun fact:

In the Phineas and Ferb version of the song 12 Days of Christmas, the list goes in this order:

A jet-powered rocket ski (Phineas), two busted brothers (Candace), a sash full of patches (Isabella), a silver guitar (Jeremy), the entire Tri-State (Doofenshmirtz changes his gift every time during his part of the song), a kiss from a girl (Baljeet), more nerds to bully (Buford), promotion to colonel (Major Monogram), *krrrrr!* (Perry), a job that pays a person money (Carl), own set of wheels (Vanessa), and one line of dialogue (Ferb). If you have never watched Phineas and Ferb, check it out on Disney Channel!

Bonus Fun Fact:

The Titanic was the first ship to use SOS as a signal.

Pretty cool, huh?

Christmas is almost here!

I'm so excited! Are y'all excited?

Anyway, enjoy the story and life as it goes!

Keep calm and read and watch a Christmas movie!

-imaginarytoon1)

Beatrice:

The light began to grow brighter and brighter as my new friends and I continued to walk down the yellow brick road and through the forest. As soon as we got closer and closer to the end of the road, it was daytime already.

TW, Lion, Scarecrow, and I just turned left of where the road was about to end and Head Number Two was the first to whisper 'WOW' when we saw a huge field of flowers.

"That's a lot of flowers." Lion said.

I looked up from the flowers and my eyes grew to the size of sugar plums when I saw the most amazing thing that I've never seen in my life.

"There's the Emerald City!" I exclaimed. "Oh, my goodness, we're almost there!"

"Pretty!" Head Number Two exclaimed.

Toto peeks out from my bag and he whispers,

"Whoa!"

The Emerald City looked like several emerald crystals just grew out of a ground like a flower. It had the most beautiful shade of green and the towers were shining really brightly with the sun (which had a combination of light from the real world and the light from the Toon world.).

"Oh, man, that's just beautiful!" I said.

"You said it." TW said.

"The Wizard must be really wonderful to live in a city like that."

"So what are we waiting for?" Lion asked excitedly.

"Nothing! Let's go! Let's hurry!" Head Numbers One and Two exclaimed in unison.

The five of us (Keep in mind that two heads count as two persons instead of one) immediately began to run through the field of flowers. I was running, too, but I was running at a speed where I'm at the point of tripping on the ruby sandals.

"COME ON! COME ON!" Head Numbers One and Two exclaimed.

I was really surprised that despite of Scarecrow being a little clumsy with his walking, they're actually running almost flawlessly.

"HURRY! HURRY!" TW exclaimed with a smile.

Lion passes me but I don't even think about slowing down or complaining to TW, Scarecrow, or Lion that they're going too fast. I'm a fast runner, too, but with these sandals, it's kind of hard.

Anyway, the wind blew at my face and the flowers were giving off their scents as I step on them with my running feet. I was running so hard and so fast that I can hear my heart beating in my chest and the Emerald City looked like it was getting closer and closer as I ran.

So far, Scarecrow was in first place (if you count the two heads, then they're tied) and TW was in second place. I caught up with the Lion and he's in fourth place. He didn't complain. I even caught him slowing down a little bit.

As I was catching up to TW, I said to him,

"Lion is dragging behind a little bit! Let's stop for a second and wait for him to catch up!"

Immediately, TW agreed and he said the same thing to Scarecrow. The four of us stopped and began to wait for Lion.

"We're almost to the Emerald City, Lion!" I exclaimed. "We just need to cover few more feet of this field of flowers!"

"There's also the yellow brick road!" TW shouted. "It'll lead us to the Emerald City as soon as we reach the end of the field!"

Then I noticed that something was really wrong.

Lion was slowing down a lot and he looked like he was going to the slowness of a snail, which was very, very slow. I saw him put his hand over his mouth like he was yawning.

"TW, I think there's something wrong with Lion." I said. "I don't think he's doing very well right now."

Lion was only a few feet away when his YAWNING became serious.

"I don't know…*pant, pant, pant*…about you guys but I feel awfully sleepy." He said.

"Are you feeling all right?" I asked.

"What's going on here?" Head Number One asked while walking over to me, TW, and Lion.

That's when I noticed that the smell from the flowers was getting stronger.

"Lion's feeling sleepy and something's not right." TW said with worry in his voice.

I watched Head Number Two's hand pull out a piece of paper from one of the tears of his coat and he and Head Number One read it.

"Lion could be dehydrated." Head Number One said.

Then, I began to feel light-headed and sleepy.

"I don't think that I can run anymore. I'm so tired." I said.

"Then, you don't have to." Head Number One said.

"We can pull you along." Head Number Two said.

"No, no. I have to rest for a minute." I replied sleepily.

Almost immediately and without thinking, I bent down and I lied down on the flowers. I don't why I felt so sleepy all of the sudden.

"WAIT, YOU CAN'T REST NOW! WE'RE NEARLY THERE TO THE EMERALD CITY!" Head Numbers One and Two exclaimed.

But the exclamation didn't stop me. I was out and every bit of noise was fading into echoes and then, there was silence. Although I said that there was silence after the echoing, I would like to say that the last that I heard was TW making a noise that sounded like he was crying.

…..

Greasy:

I was shocked to hear that muchacha and Thomas have this big destiny in their futures. What surprised me the most was the part when muchacha's father talked about Yen Sid giving the muchacha and Thomas this substance that helped their health conditions improve and giving them abilities that were fit for a Toon.

I even believe that there is some hidden destiny that is waiting to be discovered as you go with your life, muchacha. A sentence from one of my conversations echoed in my head.

"This is one of the most shocking things that I have ever heard in my life." Wheezy said.

"Judge Doom coming back in different forms every time he comes back…That sounds scary." Cressida said.

Despite of the shock, I still had a feeling that there was something special about muchacha.

"Does that mean we can't work for Doom anymore?" Psycho asked.

"We can't work with OR for Doom anymore, Psycho." I said. "He is a bad name to us, Toons."

"Duh, Boss?" Stupid asked Smarty. "Do you still want to work for Doom?"

"No." Smarty replied. "I don't think that I want to work with him again."

Good choice, Boss. I thought.

Now that we know a little bit more about Doom, I know that someday he might walk up to muchacha and probably hurt her after what she did to him. I know people like that. They want to give somebody else in their lives a taste of revenge and that usually ends with someone getting in trouble.

If Doom tries to hurt muchacha, I will make him pay. I will make him regret everything and I will give him pain that will hurt him twice as much of the pain that he'll try to give to muchacha.

…

Beatrice:

I felt little cold specks on my face, arms, legs and feet and I was slowly coming back from my blank dream world. Not only my vision was coming back but the sounds were coming back to me, too. They were becoming very clear.

"Beatrice!" Head Number One exclaimed.

"You're waking up!" Head Number Two exclaimed while bending down to me.

I sat up and I saw that…it was snowing.

Then, I heard Lion yawning and he began to sit up with snow covering most of his mane.

He looked around and he saw that it was snowing.

"Unusual weather we're having, ain't it?" Lion asked.

I chuckled.

Then, I saw TW standing perfectly still. His left hand was on his forehead and he looked like he was crying.

"Oh, man, TW's rusted again!" I said.

I reached into my bag and grabbed the oil can. I squirted some oil on TW's arm, his mouth, and Scarecrow handed me a handkerchief to help remove the oily teardrops that were frozen on to TW's face.

Slowly, the snow slowly stopped falling and TW was coming back to us.

"Are you okay, Beatrice?" He asked.

"I'm okay, TW. Everything's all right now." I replied.

TW sighed in relief.

"Come on, let's get out of here." I said. "Emerald City is really close and it's looking prettier!"

As soon as TW, Scarecrow, Lion, and I were beginning to walk, we began to hear singing female voices.

"You're out of the woods!

You're out of the dark!

You're out of the night!

Step into the sun!

Step into the light!" The voices sang as we walked on to the yellow brick road and headed towards Emerald City.

"Keep straight ahead for the most glorious place,

On the face of the earth or the sky!

Hold onto your breath,

Hold onto your heart,

Hold onto your hope!

March up to the gate and bid it open!"

Excitement was building up inside of me as I walked with TW, Lion, and Scarecrow towards the Emerald City. It looked like it was getting bigger and looking prettier when we got very, very close.

"You're out of the woods,

You're out of the dark,

You're out of the night!

Step into the sun,

Step into the light,

March up to the gate and bid it open!

Open!" The voices sang for the final time.

When TW, Scarecrow, Lion, and I were close to the entrance, we stopped in front of it and I pulled a huge string that was dangling in front of me. A ringing noise was heard and a porthole door on the door swung open.