The Wizard of Oz
Chapter Two: Which Witch is Which?
By The Holder of Spirit
Misty wasn't sure exactly how long she was knocked out, but when she came to, Pikachu was standing over her, a worried expression on his face. "Pika pika?"
" Huh? Oh, I'm fine Pikachu. Thanks." Searching her memories, the young Gym leader recalled the terrible experience of being trapped in a flying house. " Pikachu, where is everyone?"
" Cha." The mouse merely shrugged his shoulders.
" Well, there's no use staying in this cramped up house. Let's go outside."
The Poke`mon's ears instantly perked up at those words. " Chu!" Pikachu never did get used to close spaces.
Before leaving the room, Misty stopped and checked her Poke`belt. " Good, all my Poke`mon are still here. Too bad I don't have one that can fly. Well, the tornado couldn't have blown us that far from Pallet right Pikachu?" To both their dismay, when Misty opened the door; they discovered that they were indeed very far away. " Pikachu, I don't think we're in Kanto anymore." The scenery around them was indeed a far cry from the comfort of Pallet Town. For one thing, this place was much more decorated. It reminded her of Celadon City at Christmas time. There were sparkling, brightly gleaming objects everywhere. And all the paths were laid out in colored bricks.
" Pika." Pikachu whispered in amazement.
" I know. It is beautiful." A slight movement in the corner of Misty's eye caught her attention. The scenery actually moved! No, it wasn't scenery. What she had thought to be part of the decorations were actually a small group of Mr. Mime. No, not Mr. Mime, they were people. But these people were strange indeed. Though fully grown, these humans appeared to only be the same size as Mr. Mime, and they dressed like Mr. Mime too. From a distance of 25 yd they cautiously watched Misty and Pikachu, perplexed. I wonder what they're staring at. Then, a glint of sparkling red attracted Misty and Pikachu's attention. Looking down at their feet, they saw a pair of red sneakers, much more beautiful than Misty's own. Attached to the sneakers was a pair of legs; that went under the house. " Aaaahhh!!" they cried suddenly, jumping away in terror. She turned to the people, who continued to stare at her. " Um, if I killed your friend, I'm sorry. It was an accident!" she pleaded sincerely. Now the funny people began to move in, more seemed to come out of nowhere and join them. " Please, it was an accident! I had no control of the house, I didn't mean it!"
" L:ike, why wouldn't you mean to kill that thing?" a familiar valley-girl voice asked from behind her. Pikachu and Misty slowly turned around to come eye to eye with three beautiful adolescent women. One with purple hair, another with magenta, and the third-the tallest and oldest, was a golden blond. All three of them seemed to be dressed in some sort of glittering gown that no matter how decorated, seemed to relate to the water.
" Violet, Lily, Daisy?" Misty asked astounded. Pikachu's eyes bulged.
" Like, what are you talking about?" The purple-headed one asked.
" Yeah?" the blond one echoed. " I'm like, the Witch of the South around here."
Well, she's got the witch part right. Misty though; remembering all the times her sisters tricked and mistreated her into doing their bidding. But they said they weren't my sisters. This all seems like something I heard in a fairy tale, or a book or movie or something. Misty turned to the other women. " If you all aren't my sisters, and she's the witch of the south, then who are you two?"
" Chill out." The girl she thought was Lily said. " We are sisters, just not yours. I'm the Witch of the Southeast."
" And I'm the Witch of the Southwest." The last one added. Misty and Pikachu just stood there and stared, sweat-dropping too. " So, like which witch are you?"
" What??"
" You know, all witches are from somewhere. Where are you from?"
Misty's short temper-fuse snapped. " FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT A WHICH!" she yelled. At this time, Pikachu scrambled back inside the house and hid. Every smart person knew that it was suicide to be around Misty when she was like this. " Second, I'm from Cerulean City in Kanto!"
The southern witch grinned. " Well, none of us know where this 'Kanto' is, so why don't you take her place." She pointed at the slightly visible corpse under the house. " She's the Witch of the East."
" I told you, I'm not a witch."
" But you'd have to be." Southeast said. " A good one at least. How else could you kill an evil witch?"
This has to be some kind of trick my sisters are playing, like always. Misty thought to herself. If they want to humiliate themselves and try to make me look bad, fine! I'll play along. " All right then. I'll take her place. You all can call me Misty! Good Witch of the East!"
" Awesome!" the three other 'witches' exclaimed. " Welcome to Mimekin land!" At that, the little Mr. Mime people came out into the open and began to dance around and sing. Hearing the happiness in the air, Pikachu assumed it was safe to come out of his hiding place and began to play with the strange humans.
" Excuse me, but what are Mimekins?"
" Like, all these little humans around here are Mimekins." The witch of the south explained.
" Oh." Suddenly, a frightened scream pierced the happiness. All the Mimekins instantly panicked and ran back to their hiding places for cover. Billowing black smog filled the area.
" Mwahahahahaha!!!" another familiar-this time evil voice laughed. It was then followed by a whole lot of agonizing coughing.
" Weezing, stop your smog attack already!" a bumbling male voice choked. The gas soon blew away to reveal a very familiar trio of sputtering thieves.
" Team Rocket? What are you three doing here?"
" Who are you calling Team Rocket?" The one with the flaming red hair asked poisonously. " I am the great Wicked Witch!"
" And we ain't joking on da witch part." The talking Meowth added. WHAM! That remarked earned him a whack from the 'witch's' mallet.
" Who said you could speak?" she snapped. While they argued, Misty leaned over to the southern witch.
" I thought I killed the wicked witch." She whispered.
" Like, you killed a wicked witch. This is her partner."
The witch of the west leaned down to the feet that still stuck out from beneath the house and began to 'cry'. " Cassidy! Oh Cassidy! All that's left of you for me to remember are your poor feet and your-wait a minute! Where are the ruby sneakers!?" Jessie raged. Indeed the sparkling shoes had disappeared from the corpse's feet.
" Chuchu." A worried Pikachu said at her feet. Misty had a bad feeling and looked down. Sure enough, the sneakers had magically teleported onto her own socks, replacing her old, worn out shoes.
The wicked witch noticed it as well. " Those sneakers! Give me those sneakers!" They were meant for me! Besides, I look more fashionable in them than you."
" Like sorry, but no can do." Said the witch of the southeast. " You know the rules, since Misty here took out the old witch and took her place, the sneakers are hers. Besides, she doesn't look half bad in them."
" Well, if she can't give them to me, I'll just have to take them myself. Go Arbok!" from her dark cloak, the witch produced a Poke`ball that opened to reveal her powerful violet snake.
" Chaaarrrrrrbok!"
" Arbok, use Wrap to hold her in place while James and Meowth relieve her of her shoes."
" Hey wait just a minute there Jessie!"
" Why do wes have-ta grab dem shoes fo ya? Your da one who wants dem?" her companions argued.
" Why? BECAUSE I SAID SO THAT'S WHY!!!" she raged. With that, fireballs formed in her hands and she began to hurl them at James and Meowth's feet.
" Whirl!" FWOOSH! A Watergun from Misty's Poliwhirl a moment later doused the fire and ceased their idiotic torment.
" I think it's time you three cooled off your act."
" Whir!" Her Poke`mon agreed.
The throbbing veins on West's forehead now stuck out like sore thumbs. " Get that brat and bring me those sneakers!" The two minions didn't argue back. They simply leapt at Misty.
" PIKACHU!!!!" There was a flash of seizure inducing light; a moment later, the witch and her two minions were laying in a pile, burnt to a crisp.
The witch snarled and rose to her feet. " You may have won this round but I'll be back. Just you wait and see. I'll get you my pretty, and your little Pikachu too!" With a flash of smoke, the three were no longer there.
" She's gone." Misty whispered. " They just vanished."
The witch of the south laughed. " Like, no they're not. Just look up there." Misty glanced skywards where a familiar Meowth balloon was slowly ascending into the sky.
" Can't this piece of junk go any faster?" the witch of the west fumed. " It's really slowing down our dramatic exits."
" You try ta get someting decent with da budget da boss gives us." Meowth sighed.
Misty shook her head. " Some things never change." Then turning to the remaining witches, " Look, this place is really beautiful and all, but I really need to get home and I'm not sure how. Call it a hunch but I don't think Kanto is anywhere near here."
The three witches huddled for a moment before South finally spoke up. " Well we like, never heard of Kanto; but maybe the wizard might have."
" Oh yeah sure." Southeast added. " He's like this really old but powerful guy who lives in the Emerald City. He can get you home for sure."
" Pi pi ka chu?" (How do we find him?). Being witches, they could easily understand Poke`mon.
Southwest merely pointed. " All you have to do is follow the Goldenrod Road. Like, it'll take you to Emerald City."
" Follow the Goldenrod Road!" the Mimekins began chanting. " Follow the Goldenrod Road!"
" I GET THE POINT!!!" Misty roared at them. Instantly there was complete silence. " Goldenrod Road to Emerald City; got it. Thanks again!" Misty called as she and Pikachu took off on their own personal journey.
" Pika pika!" (Yeah, thanks!)
" Nice kid." Southeast said. " Kind of a runt though."
" Like totally. No fashion sense at all." Her sister Southwest agreed.
" Still, she did handle her Poke`mon well." South murmured.
When the Mimekins were sure that Misty was totally out of hearing range, they began to sing again. " Ding-dong the witch is dead…" But though they no longer bothered the water-Poke`mon trainer, they did attract the attention of another visitor to this land.
The Mimekins didn't really pay much attention to the pink ball of fluff that landed in their midst and they certainly didn't realize the danger until it was too late. " Jiggalee-e puuuf, jiggalee-e-e puuuf." Of course, like all normal people, they instantly fell asleep. And seeing that once again, no one stayed awake through Jigglypuff's entire song well, you know the rest.