ELEVEN
"No!" screamed Phoebe, throwing the bucked over the wall of the castle. "I won't kill my sister."
Phoebe grabbed the tablecloth inside the basket on her arm. She let the basket fall to the floor as she quickly wrapped the cloth around the Cole's arm smothering the flames.
"You lose this one," Phoebe screamed into the air. "Neither of them is going to die."
Suddenly the scene changed again. Phoebe and everyone including Prue were standing on the launch platform for the wizards balloon. Phoebe looked up as the warlock floated away in the balloon, already too high for any of them to reach.
"As I said," said the warlock gloating at his victory, "it doesn't make any difference. The movie ends in a few minutes. And I'm going to be well out of it before it does. You and your friends, however, will still be stuck in it when it does. Farewell, Charmed One. Rest assured your power will be put to good use killing many other witches. Say hello to oblivion for me."
The warlock continued to laugh as the balloon rose higher in the air over the poppy field that surrounded Emerald City. Phoebe cursed herself. Once the wizard left that scene in the movie, he was no longer in the film. The actor playing his role went back to the previous role he had played.
But the wizard was no longer in the film. As the wizard, the warlock would leave the movie. That had been his escape. And there was nothing Phoebe could do to prevent it. Suddenly Phoebe looked over at Darryl. He stood with the others waving goodbye to the warlock.
"Darryl," said Phoebe, "you have to stop him. We can't let him get away."
"How can I stop him?" asked Darryl. "I'm just a tin woodsman.
"Your axe," said Phoebe. "Throw it and puncture the balloon. It won't float with a hole in it."
"But Dorothy," said Cole, "he's the wizard."
"Trust me," said Phoebe. "We can't let him get away."
Darryl needed no more prodding. He took aim at the balloon and let the axe fly. The axe struck the balloon tearing a large gash in it. Almost immediately the balloon reversed direction and began to descend into the poppy field.
"No," screamed the warlock. "What have you done?"
Phoebe watched as the warlock and the balloon floated away from the city and steadily down into the poppy field. Soon, the cries of the warlock were lost in the distance as the balloon disappeared into the field.
"Dorothy," said Cole, "now you can't go home."
"Oh, I think I know how to do that," said Phoebe.
She took hold of Prue and Piper's hands.
"Everyone hold hands," said Phoebe. "If I'm right this will get us all out of here together."
Everyone looked around confused. But just like the characters they portrayed they trusted Dorothy. They all held hands and waited for Phoebe.
"Now," said Phoebe. "Dorothy got out of Oz by clicking her heels three times and repeating 'there's no place like home'. No reason it shouldn't work for us."
"That's right," said Piper. "The slippers magic will take you home."
Phoebe smiled at the others. Then she closed her eyes and clicked here heels together three times.
"There's no place like home," she said. "There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like..."
Phoebe stopped in mid-sentence and looked around at the others.
"This isn't going to work," she said suddenly.
"No!" screamed Phoebe, throwing the bucked over the wall of the castle. "I won't kill my sister."
Phoebe grabbed the tablecloth inside the basket on her arm. She let the basket fall to the floor as she quickly wrapped the cloth around the Cole's arm smothering the flames.
"You lose this one," Phoebe screamed into the air. "Neither of them is going to die."
Suddenly the scene changed again. Phoebe and everyone including Prue were standing on the launch platform for the wizards balloon. Phoebe looked up as the warlock floated away in the balloon, already too high for any of them to reach.
"As I said," said the warlock gloating at his victory, "it doesn't make any difference. The movie ends in a few minutes. And I'm going to be well out of it before it does. You and your friends, however, will still be stuck in it when it does. Farewell, Charmed One. Rest assured your power will be put to good use killing many other witches. Say hello to oblivion for me."
The warlock continued to laugh as the balloon rose higher in the air over the poppy field that surrounded Emerald City. Phoebe cursed herself. Once the wizard left that scene in the movie, he was no longer in the film. The actor playing his role went back to the previous role he had played.
But the wizard was no longer in the film. As the wizard, the warlock would leave the movie. That had been his escape. And there was nothing Phoebe could do to prevent it. Suddenly Phoebe looked over at Darryl. He stood with the others waving goodbye to the warlock.
"Darryl," said Phoebe, "you have to stop him. We can't let him get away."
"How can I stop him?" asked Darryl. "I'm just a tin woodsman.
"Your axe," said Phoebe. "Throw it and puncture the balloon. It won't float with a hole in it."
"But Dorothy," said Cole, "he's the wizard."
"Trust me," said Phoebe. "We can't let him get away."
Darryl needed no more prodding. He took aim at the balloon and let the axe fly. The axe struck the balloon tearing a large gash in it. Almost immediately the balloon reversed direction and began to descend into the poppy field.
"No," screamed the warlock. "What have you done?"
Phoebe watched as the warlock and the balloon floated away from the city and steadily down into the poppy field. Soon, the cries of the warlock were lost in the distance as the balloon disappeared into the field.
"Dorothy," said Cole, "now you can't go home."
"Oh, I think I know how to do that," said Phoebe.
She took hold of Prue and Piper's hands.
"Everyone hold hands," said Phoebe. "If I'm right this will get us all out of here together."
Everyone looked around confused. But just like the characters they portrayed they trusted Dorothy. They all held hands and waited for Phoebe.
"Now," said Phoebe. "Dorothy got out of Oz by clicking her heels three times and repeating 'there's no place like home'. No reason it shouldn't work for us."
"That's right," said Piper. "The slippers magic will take you home."
Phoebe smiled at the others. Then she closed her eyes and clicked here heels together three times.
"There's no place like home," she said. "There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like..."
Phoebe stopped in mid-sentence and looked around at the others.
"This isn't going to work," she said suddenly.