Hello again! I'm so sorry this took so long but I was on a TOTAL block with this story. After I finished this chapter, I was once again on a total block! So although this chapter is short, I don't think I'll be updating this story for a while. Sorry!
Chapter Four: The Scarecrow
As I walked down the Stupid Brick… I mean, the Yellow Brick Road, I pinched my arms a few times, trying to wake up.
"Hey! Hey you!"
I heard a voice suddenly, and turned around. There was nobody there.
"Yo! Up here! Look up here!"
I looked up, and saw a boy attached to a post. "What are you doing?" I asked. Why the heck would this kid just be hanging there?
Oh yeah.
He's the scarecrow.
He's going to ask me to get him down, and then he'll tell me how he doesn't have a brain.
"Get me down! I have a major wedgie!" he cried, and I pulled the ropes around him looser so he could get down.
"Thanks," he grunted as he landed on the ground. As I reached a hand out to help him up, something startled me.
His face…
"Zack?" I shouted at the kid.
"Uh… yeah… my name is Zack… who are you?" he brushed himself off.
"Dorothy," a voice came out of me. "No! I mean… Max!"
"Well… thanks for helping," Zack said, and turned to walk away.
"Wait! Where are you going?" I demanded. "It's me, Max! Your best friend? Why are you walking away!"
"I need to find someone," Zack replied over his shoulder, still walking away.
"Who?"
"The Wizard of Boston."
"Boston? Isn't it the Wizard of Oz?"
"No… we're in Boston."
I looked around. I was definitely not in Boston. "Well, what do you need this 'Wizard of Boston' for?"
"Because…" Zack stopped walking for a minute. "…I need to ask him for something."
"For what?"
"A brain."
He sounded ashamed, and I almost felt sorry for him for a second. "Well, I'm going there too," I told him. "And you're going the wrong way."
Zack turned around. "Where do I go?"
I sighed, uttering the ridiculous line, "You have to follow the Yellow Brick Road."
"Since… since… since I don't know where I'm going… can I just follow you?"
"Yeah, fine," I couldn't help but smile.
We walked in silence (the right way) before Zack finally spoke.
"So why are you going to the Wizard?" he looked at me.
"I need to go home. Or wake up. I know this is all a stupid dream anyway, so it doesn't really matter. I'll wake up eventually."
"Dream?" Zack was confused. "What's that?"
I sighed and shook my head. "Never mind. It's not important."
I guess he really didn't have a brain.
A noise erupted in the sky, and we both looked up. There was a crash, and then…
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
I'm sorry for the cliffhanger, especially since I don't know what's going to happen next! Gomenasai for the lame update… hehe. But I hope you liked it! Please review!
Brenna
+The Girly Man+