Note: this is going to be the last one of the Nor POV for a bit... shes coming back don't worry... not telling whos next hehee I love the end of this chap though and if you do too review kk hehehe readddddd

Oh and thank you dear sweet editor of mine for continuing to stick by me through thick and thin... lol and woo i have a beta now lol thank you Daydreamer731 for being my beta... lol even though it was your idea... and you saying you wanted it and me just going with it but yea funnnn lol here it issss:

Chapter 6

Dorothy and Liir jumped up and hugged each other in laughter and they kissed in a secret happiness. Dorothy couldn't stop smiling and laughing and looking at the money, neither could Liir. They just laughed together... smiling... hugging... kissing... in each other's arms... looking at the money... laughing... smiling... hugging...

Meanwhile Nor was very confused, "Umm not to be intruding or anything," Nor said during another kiss between the two, "but what exactly do you have enough for?" She hadn't meant to plan her words so they intruded on their moment, but now that they did she was happy.

Dorothy gazed into Liir's eyes a second longer then turned around to face Nor. "Well, ever since our escapade we knew that this wasn't going to be big enough for three people." Nor looked around the room and knew that Dorothy was right. "We also thought that we would all freeze to death when the winter came. It's coming close too, less then a month away." Nor knew she was right, even she couldn't deny feeling the chill that had creped in sometime during her slumber. "So Liir decided to do some research and find out how much the average room in the Emerald City went for. So we started to save up that much money, so that we could hopefully rent an apartment for the winter and we finally have enough." Dorothy and Liir looked so excited, Nor couldn't help but be excited too.

"So when are you... we going to do this?" Nor needed to know, she was so excited!

"Tomorrow." Answered Liir after he finished kissing Dorothy. "Tomorrow we will go out and find somewhere."

That night everyone could barely go to sleep. Not because of the uncomfortably of three people sleeping in the same, cramped room, but because everyone was too excited to even close their eyes. Waiting impatiently for tomorrow to roll around and with it, bring the possibility of a new home. The anxiety was so strong you could almost reach out and know you are going to touch something. Eventually, though, they all feel asleep, one by one. Liir, Dorothy, then Nor. Right before Nor closed her eyes to welcome sleep she could have sworn she saw the figure of a white cat standing in the doorway.

The next morning all Nor could think about was what was going to happen that afternoon. That's all anyone could think about. Liir wasn't going to work today, because it was a Sunday and he didn't work on Sundays. After they all shared a quiet breakfast with an air of unspoken excitement they began to pack what little possession they had. They were planning on leaving no matter what.

Packing didn't take long; all they really had that they were taking with them was a bag full of books and the clothes on their back. They had everything set to leave, but it was still early so they decided to wait an hour before leaving. All three sat down at the now bare table and just stared at each other.

Dorothy was the first to break the silence. "Nor, let me check how that gash you have is doing before we go." Nor nodded and turned around on her seat, having the back of her head face Dorothy.

Nor could hear the sound of Dorothy's chair as she got up and walked over to her. Out of the corner of her eye she could see the silent Toto who had given up on trying to bark and was dozing off under the table. Nor looked to where Liir was sitting and saw that he had gotten up as well and was pacing the room anxiously.

Nor felt the bandage loosen as Dorothy untied it. After fiddling with the knot for what seemed like minutes Dorothy let the piece of her dress fall on the table. Nor felt Dorothy's fingers move her hair out of the way so she could have access to the wound. Sure enough after enough hair was moved out of the way Dorothy's fingers rested just around the place where Nor had hit her head.

"Well, here's the good news, its not any worse." Dorothy said while she moved more hair out of the way.

"And the bad news?" Nor interrupted.

"Well, there really isn't bad news at all, except that it's not any better." Nor suddenly felt all her muscles relax and a breath she didn't know she had held she let out. She hadn't realized she had tensed up either, she really didn't think she had been that nervous about her "wound". She just supposed it was natural for somebody to be worried about something like this, which in truth, she knew it was.

Dorothy went to tie the bandage back on her head when Nor heard her mumble about it being too dirty. Nor could hear Dorothy move her hands and start to rip her dress when Nor had to stop her. "No Dorothy, really, let me." And with that Nor ripped her clothes into a bandage to use for her head. She handed it to Dorothy and she tied it on without a protest.

The hour passed slowly, very slowly. At one point it seemed like time had stopped, but then Nor realized that it was just Liir's pacing that had stopped. Liir turned around and stared at the two girls, both of which were near falling back asleep. "Well, its time to go now..." Liir said with not much enthusiasm.

Dorothy looked at him with a stare of disbelief and happiness all mixed together. She got up and went to go pick up the sack of her magic writing but Liir got to the bag first. He picked it up and put it over his shoulder, making It look effortless. Dorothy mumbled her thanks and she went to wake up Toto and they went off.

Before they left the room though Liir stopped them and pointed to the dog. "They'll notice when he's not barking, you have to undo the spell Dorothy." Nor let out a soft moan but decided that it would be for the better. Dorothy mumbled a few words and the dog didn't bark all at once. Nor hoped that it hadn't noticed the lifting of the spell and that it still thought it couldn't make a sound. Then she realized that she had looked at the annoying ball of raggedy fur and it started to yip at her. She rolled her eyes and took off out of the room with Dorothy and Liir and that spawn-of- evil dog.

The afternoon progressed just as slowly as the morning. They had visited all of the apartment buildings that were in the worse shape and a room would go for the least, but the people renting the rooms were convinced that they could rip of a bunch of kids and sell it for way over the price of its value. They had progressed from the should-be-cheapest places in the Emerald City and moved on to the buildings in the Middle Class buildings. And they too thought they could rip of a bunch of children. Finally they moved into Upper Class Emerald City, a place where they knew they couldn't find anything but had no choice but to try. People in expensive clothes were lining the streets. Women with shopping bags filled to the rim and large men wearing the finest suits money could buy. There were stores lining the crowded streets with a bustle of people coming in and out. Display cases showed the most gorgeous things, the most expensive. The buildings weren't short and crumbling and old either. They were new, tall, shiny, well maintained buildings. Each a more vibrant green then the next and each shining in the afternoon sun. This was Upper Class Emerald City.

Nor though was being a little bit pessimistic. "We will never in a million years be able to rent a room anywhere in this area of the Emerald City. Especially at the rate they are increasing how much they are asking for since we are so young, they think they can just rob us blind." Nor had been through this with them already when they had first entered Upper Class Emerald City. Dorothy and Liir just ignored her though. They ignored her as fiercely as she ignored that rat dog that was trailing behind Nor, yipping its heart away. Nor had thought about picking up the dog and throwing it in front of a moving carriage several times. Although she was restraining herself from actually carrying out with her dreams of dog murder she still had to manage to ignore the thing to some degree.

As Dorothy and Liir turned a corner Nor could hear their laughter and whispering. They had been like that all day, extremely and utterly sappy. It was the main reason why she was trailing behind them so far. It was paining her to listen to everything that they said. As she turned the corner that Dorothy and Liir had seconds before Nor could see them again, Liir's arm over her shoulder and her, unreceptively close to him. Normally things like a kiss or an intimate hug didn't bother Nor. But she had soon discovered that incessant sappiness did. She really felt sick just looking at them, she turned around and there was the dog. She was trapped, "I think I'm gonna hurl." Nor said, though a little too loud.

"What was that?" Liir asked turning around, obviously hearing Nor say something.

"Oh just that I'm happy you've found a girl." Nor improvised.

Liir smiled and turned back to Dorothy. She almost said "Gag me with a spoon" but she caught herself in time, she wasn't sure she could improvise quick enough for that one.

They tried every building they came across and continuously after each one the price was steadily increasing. It was almost dark too; they had spent the entire day wandering through the Emerald City looking for something that wasn't there, a place where they could rend a room for its actual value. To top it off Nor's feet hurt, they had really been walking all day; they didn't even stop for food. And to put an emphasis on that though Nor's stomach growled loudly. "Come on guys," she whined, "We won't be able to make it back before dark and we won't be able to find a room before dark, lets just go back." She had complained and complained all day and none of it worked, she didn't expect it to work now. And it didn't

"Look," Liir said, pointing to a building with its top ending in the canopy of the tower jungle that was the Emerald City. "We will head back after that one, ok?"

"Fine." Nor agreed through clenched teeth. She looked at the building some more, it was extremely tall. It looked very expensive as well. It was, of course, the vibrant green that the majority of the buildings in the Emerald City were. When the light hit the tower, it sparkled in a million different places, giving off a green sparkle that contrasted beautifully with the purple and red sunset in the background. Nor had to squint to continue to look at the building the glare was so bright. She looked at all the surrounding buildings too, each just as tall, but very unique. They were all a sparkling green. It was all so beautiful; it looked like a giant field of emerald grass blades. And she was an ant, traveling beneath the overgrown stalks of emerald.

She was so awestruck she almost missed the building all together, but luckily she came-too before she had walked far enough to not be able to differentiate between each building. She went to go to where Dorothy and Liir were walking but her eyes caught a glimpse of white moving off to the side of the road. Nor stopped and looked at where she had thought to see it, but there was nothing there. She discarded it as her eyes malfunctioning from staring at the light too long. She walked up to Dorothy and Liir, they were standing in front of the building. "Why are you just standing there?" Nor asked, speaking her mind.

"Well, the doors are locked, I think that its past the time that they allow people in. And the windows are tinted so I can't see in to tell if there is anyone there that can open the door."

Nor sighed, "Well then I suppose we have to head back t-"

Dorothy cut her off. "Wait, someone's coming!" Dorothy exclaimed with her face up against the window with her hands to the side of her face to hope to maybe see through the tainted windows.

As soon as Dorothy spoke these words the door opened and an old lady came out. Dorothy pulled away from the window and stopped the woman before she could get fully out of the door. "Hi, we were wondering if we could maybe talk to the owner of the building, or someone that represents him, because we would like to see if we could possibly rent a room." Right when the woman opened the door Toto began to yip incessantly at the woman. But when the dog leaned over to smell the woman it let out a high pitched yip and looked away from her.

The old lady remained silent, ignoring the antics of the fool dog. She just stood in the doorway, studying Dorothy. "Why yes of course dear, yes, yes. Just go over to the man at the both, he can tell you everything." She said in a voice that Nor thought truly belonged to a witch.

"Thank you very much," Dorothy exclaimed. "You don't know how much this means." Dorothy went to go into the building but the old lady grabbed her before she could go in.

"One more thing dearie." The old lady said to Dorothy. Dorothy didn't even try to struggle from the lady's grip. "Which is..."

She pulled Dorothy closer to her, their faces almost touching. She spoke in a whisper that only the four of them could hear, a whisper of the most bone shivering voice Nor had ever heard. "Tell him that Mother Yackle sent you."