"All the precious stones in the world are made here in my underground dominions," The Nome King's voice told the kids as they floated down through a spacious realm, almost like falling down the rabbit hole with Alice to Wonderland. "All made for me by my Nomes."

The kids looked over and soon took their respective Pokemon and pets to safety as they floated down.

"So, imagine how we feel when someone from the world above digs down and steals my treasures," The Nome King's voice continued before they ended up in a green area that was made out of emerald gemstones. "All those emeralds in the Emerald City really belong to me. I was just taking back what was mine to begin with."

"You have so much." Dorothy told him.

"I think I've seen less green in Vincent's bedroom." Akito remarked.

"Beg your pardon?" The Nome King's voice asked.

"You have so much!" Dorothy repeated herself, a bit louder that time.

"That is not the point," The Nome King's voice told her before she and the other soon slid into another room. "I am not the thief."

The group soon saw who Dorothy bumped into after they stopped sliding into the room.

They then saw a familiar face from Dorothy's past. "Dorothy!"

"Scarecrow!" Dorothy gasped.

"We're so happy you're alright." Emily Elizabeth smiled.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning made Scarecrow disappear which startled the kids.

"Augh! What was that?!" Felicity gasped.

"Your friend is the thief." The Nome King smirked as his face soon appeared with the kids and their pets and Pokemon.

"That's a lie!" Akito told the Nome King.

"Is it?" The Nome King mocked.

"What have you done with the Scarecrow?" Felicity glared as she tried to be brave and assertive like her mother.

"Where is he?" Dorothy added.

"Oh, I transformed him into an ornament," The Nome King replied with a sadistic smile. "Into an amusing and beautiful ornament for my palace. I had been planning to do it for some time, and your coming here reminded me. Thank you."

"For what?" Estelle asked.

"Dorothy made it easy for me to get to the Scarecrow, you all should be proud of your friend." The Nome King smirked before his face began to disappear within the rock wall.

"What do you mean?" Akito asked.

"You have the ruby slippers, don't you?" Emily Elizabeth asked the Nome King, without looking for his face.

"Ruby slippers..." The Nome King scoffed. "What do you know of the ruby slippers?"

"I know more than you would think," Emily Elizabeth glared as she tried to stay strong. "We aren't in trouble and neither is Dorothy!"

"Yeah!" Mike added.

"Oh..." The Nome King said before he came out in a physical body with a sparkling pair of shoes. "You mean these ruby slippers!"

"I'd kill to find shoes like that at the Mall." Jetta commented.

"Not the time." Akito scolded Jetta.

"My ruby slippers!" Dorothy gasped as she went to get the shoes.

"No. No. No. My ruby slippers," The Nome King told her. "They just fell out of the sky one day. You were so anxious to get home. They're very powerful."

"They must have slipped off." Emily Elizabeth said.

"Well, they are slippers." Felicity remarked dryly.

"Why are you even wearing them?" Akito asked with a laugh to the Nome King. "You look silly in girls' shoes."

"They made it possible for me to conquer the Emerald City," The Nome King replied as he hid his feet away before nodding his head at Dorothy. "Thank you."

Dorothy still looked very emotional.

The others frowned softly for Dorothy as this was a bit of a sad moment for her.

"You won't get away with this," Toto glared at the Nome King. "The Good Witch of the North gave Dorothy those slippers so we could stop The Wicked Witch of the West."

"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid they belong to me now." The Nome King smirked.

"There must be some way to bring back the Scarecrow." Vaz frowned.

"We can't give up." Charley added.

"It's hopeless," Dorothy frowned. "I can't do anything."

"Dorothy, don't talk like that," Emily Elizabeth said. "You defeated the Wicked Witch of the West and you felt scared even then, you can do anything."

"I wish that Jack, Gump, and Tik-Tok were here." Jetta said to herself.

"That's not a bad idea." The Nome King said as he heard Jetta.

Jetta then cupped her mouth as the others glared at her a bit, even Emily Elizabeth who rarely got angry.

"They're gonna be here any minute now." Scruffy said to the other pets.

"That's usually how it works." Dot nodded at her brother.

Jack, Tik-Tok, and Gump were soon heard sliding in.

"Why's everybody mad at me all of a sudden?" Jetta asked as she saw the angry stares.

"You're just lucky that Skullmaster isn't here," Max told Jetta. "Luckily though, I've beaten him a bunch of times, especially back home."

"Yeah, yeah, you're so special, we get it." Mike rolled his eyes.

"So, back to the matter of getting Scarecrow back." Estelle told the Nome King.

"If you really want him, you'll have to check my ornament collection." The Nome King replied.

"How's about we play a game?" Emily Elizabeth requested to the Nome King from her knowledge of the movie.

"A game?" The Nome King asked.

"What is she doing?" Felicity wondered.

"We don't know." Akito and Estelle shrugged.

"We'll play a little guessing game." Emily Elizabeth suggested.

"Hmm... Okay then," The Nome King said. "Each of you will get a turn with three tries."

Emily Elizabeth nodded from that.

"Emily Elizabeth, are you sure about that?" Jetta asked.

"Just trust me, Jetta," Emily Elizabeth told her. "I know what I'm doing."

"What happens if we don't wanna play?" Jetta then asked.

"Perhaps you'd like to visit my fiery furnace?" The Nome King suggested as he snapped his fingers as a roar of flames shot out to answer her question.

"You know what? I think it'll be fun." Jetta smiled nervously.

"That's a good girl." The Nome King approved.

"Let's just get it over with." Jetta sighed to herself.

"It's the only thing we can really do right now." Emily Elizabeth told her.

"So then what happens when we can't find the Scarecrow after three tries?" Akito asked.

"I could always use more additions to my stone ornament collection." The Nome King smirked.

"Well, this game sounds fair." Akito said dryly.

"Does it though?!" Jetta yelped.

"Come on, Jetta," Akito replied. "If I know Emily Elizabeth, she wouldn't put us in danger if she didn't suggest this game to the Nome King."

"I dunno about that..." Jetta mumbled.

Akito gave her a bit of a firm look since Emily Elizabeth was very nice and sweet. "Ya know, at least Emily Elizabeth is nice and sweet... While you're sometimes a bit of a bossy boots." he then spoke up to her.

"He's not wrong." Charley said.

"BOSSY?!" Jetta glared. "I am not bossy!"

"QUIET!" The Nome King shouted, startling them all. "Are you playing or are you stalling?"

"We're playing," Dorothy replied as bravely as she could. "Oh, I just hope this goes alright." she then whispered to herself.

"I should've quit when I was ahead." The Gump mumbled to himself.

"Who goes first?" Clifford asked.

"I might as well go to get it over with." The Gump decided as he walked off, away from the group.

"Good luck, Mr. Gump." Jack told him.

The Gump began to make his way into the ornament room. Dorothy did her best to hide her own fear.

"Shall we have some refreshments while we wait?" The Nome King suggested.

"...I wanna say no, but I'm actually a little hungry right now." Felicity replied.

"Something good to eat sounds good." Mismagius said.

"Do we get to eat?" Charley asked Emily Elizabeth. "I sure could use my dad's hot dogs right about now."

"I'm afraid it won't be anything like that, but yes," Emily Elizabeth replied. "It's time to eat."

"It better be something good, unlike school cafeteria food." Jetta groaned.

"I'm sure it will be good." Akito said.

They soon had some snacks which looked decent enough, probably a lot unlike the food they were used to, but it would have to do for now as they were with the Nome King, so it might be best not to disagree with his decisions.

"How is it?" Tik-Tok asked Dorothy as she began to eat.

"Good." Dorothy nodded.

"So, what are we drinking?" Charley asked.

"Oh, it's just a very special tea that's only brewed in the Land of Oz." The Nome King replied calmly.

Akito soon gave the drink a small sniff. Some steam seemed to come out from the drink.

"Hmm..." Akito paused thoughtfully.

"It's not like Mrs. Potts's tea." Felicity frowned.

"It sure smells interesting." Estelle said.

"Maybe it's poison." Max replied.

Emily Elizabeth gasped from that.

"Don't scare Emily Elizabeth like that!" Mike glared at Max, sounding very firm.

"...Sorry..." Max shrugged, not sure why he reacted like that.

"I assure you it's not poison." The Nome King assured them.

"So what is it then?" Akito asked.

"You ask so many questions." The Nome King said to him.

"Well, I am the son of an ace detective." Akito smirked proudly.

"Yep." Pupitar nodded.

"What is that?" Jack asked about the treats.

"Limestone pie," The Nome King replied before muttering the last part. "And hot, melted silver."

Akito then slammed down his cup with a glare as he heard that.

"Melted silver?" Jetta gulped.

The Nome King chuckled from that.

"Yeah, yeah, very funny," Akito glared. "I knew this wasn't tea!"

"I wonder what's taking Gump so long?" Vaz said.

"Maybe he was doomed as soon as he entered." Jetta frowned.

"Ugh, I am sick of your whining." Mike groaned.

"Mike!" Emily Elizabeth scolded.

"Well, it's annoying!" Mike glared in defense.

"The King mentioned a risk," Tik-Tok remarked. "What is it we are risking?"

There was then suddenly a bolt of lightning which startled them all from the table.

"I'm guessing that's how we know when one of us has ran out of tries." Vincent said.

"Next!" The Nome King soon called.

"Pick me up." Tik-Tok demanded.

"Are you sure, Tik-Tok?" Felicity asked.

"Yes, I must help you all and Dorothy." Tik-Tok replied.

Felicity soon helped up Tik-Tok.

"Thank you." Tik-Tok said to the girl.

"De rein." Felicity replied.

"So, where's the Gump?" Akito demanded. "You wanna be a little less cryptic."

"I believe he's turned into an ornament." The Nome King stated shamelessly.

"Oh, no..." Estelle frowned.

"What do you mean?" Dorothy asked.

"An ornament," The Nome King told her simply. "A knickknack."

"So now you see," Emily Elizabeth told Jetta. "Guessing incorrectly leads to a dangerous fate worse than death."

Jetta gulped as she now understood what was at stake if each of them guessed wrong.

"Oh, no!" Jack and Tik-Tok gasped.

"But that's not fair!" Jetta cried out.

"You said you were willing to take a risk," The Nome King replied. "It sounds fair to me, and what I think is all that matters. And you already know the alternative." he then reminded about his fiery furnace.

"Oh, right." Jetta said.

"Next!" The Nome King soon called. "Pumpkin Head and Spoiled Girl."

"Me?" Jack asked.

"Who does he mean by spoiled girl?" Jetta asked the others.

Mike looked a bit deadpan from that question.

"Omigosh! You don't think he means me, do you?!" Jetta panicked.

"Of course I mean you." The Nome King told her.

This felt like quite the overwhelming situation.

"Being an ornament will probably be hardest on you, Dorothy," Jack said to Dorothy as he decided to sacrifice himself while Jetta looked scared to death. "Since you're used to eating and sleeping and other such activities. Since I never eat or sleep, I won't miss them."

Jetta gulped as she knew she would probably get some guesses wrong.

"Don't talk that way, Jack," Dorothy told the pumpkin head. "We won't become ornaments."

"Tik-Tok's not even alive." Jack reminded.

"I have always valued my lifelessness." Tik-Tok replied calmly.

"Oh, that's reassuring." Jetta sighed, but she still felt nervous about being forced into this.

"Be careful, Jack," Dorothy whispered emotionally as she hugged Jack before looking over a bit. "You too, Billina and Jetta."

"We will." Jetta gulped.

"We're a long way from Kansas, Dorothy." Billina whispered from Jack's eye socket.

Dorothy nodded softly from that, but this had to be done too.

Meanwhile, Princess Mombi was on her way over with a chariot led by her Wheelers who she cracked her whip at to make them go faster as she was fuming with intense anger. "Faster! Faster! Faster! Faster, faster! You hear me? Faster! Faster! You miserable, slow wretches!"

Back with the others...

"I do not hold out much hope for Jack," Tik-Tok then spoke up as Jack and Jetta went to get going. "He has many excellent qualities, but thinking is not one of them. I'm not sure about this Jetta girl though."

"Maybe they'll be lucky." Dorothy said.

There was then a sound heard which worried the group.

"Two guesses left." The Nome King then told the remaining group.

"You need winding?" Dorothy soon asked Tik-Tok.

"My think-works could be tighter." Tik-Tok replied.

Dorothy frowned as she soon wound him up a bit. "It's too bad they didn't make you so you could wind yourself up," she then told him. "Half the trouble you get into comes from winding down."

"That would be nice." Max agreed.

"It would." Clifford nodded.

"Faster! Faster! Faster!" Princess Mombi commanded as she was almost to her designated location.

Lightning and thunder flashed as Clifford hid behind Emily Elizabeth a bit nervously.

"Next, the Army of Oz!" The Nome King soon announced.

"Do not worry, everyone; I will guess correctly." Tik-Tok told the others.

"I hope for your sake, you're right," Max replied. "Because I think I ought to go with you."

"Max!" Emily Elizabeth gasped.

"It should be okay, Emily," Max smiled at her. "I trust Tik-Tok and I've faced worse than this."

"Well, okay." Emily Elizabeth said.

"Don't worry," Max smiled at her. "I'm sure it'll be alright."

Emily Elizabeth gave a sad smile back to him before she hugged him. Mike watched that and bowed his head as he was still angry with Max and began to feel broken that Emily Elizabeth looked happier with him. Max and Tik-Tok soon walked off together once that was that.

"They'll get it right." Akito said.

"Oh, I hope nothing happens to Max," Emily Elizabeth hoped. "He means a lot to me."

Mike shook his fists as he began to feel more sad than angry right now though, so he kept quiet. Dorothy and Emily Elizabeth began to feel very emotional. Akito and the others began to comfort Emily Elizabeth.

"Why did you come here?" The Nome King soon asked as he began to smoke a pipe.

"We told you why." Dorothy replied, a bit firmly.

"You came all this way for a scarecrow?" The Nome King then asked.

"Yes, and we came to help her, with or without those ruby slippers." Emily Elizabeth replied as bravely as she could.

"That's right." Mike added.

"Even though Dorothy was so anxious to get home." The Nome King replied.

A new face soon appeared beneath the rocks to speak with the Nome King. "The Army of Oz has stopped guessing and is standing perfectly still in the middle of the room." it then whispered to its superior.

The Nome King nodded at that before repeating to the others so they could hear the news, though Akito was still able to hear it with his special hearing. "Your army has stopped guessing and is standing perfectly still in the middle of the room."

"His action must have worn down." Estelle said.

"Oh, great." Akito pouted.

"I thought you wound him up!" Vaz cried out to Dorothy.

"I wound up his thought, but I forgot to do his action." Dorothy realized.

"Why don't you go in and wind him up?" The Nome King suggested before showing a doorway open for them to take their turn. "Then you can stay in and guess for yourself."

"Can all of us go in?" Mike asked.

"If you feel brave enough..." The Nome King replied. "Especially you..." he then pointed at Mike.

"M-Me?" Mike replied.

"You seem close with your blonde friend..." The Nome King then said as he pointed at Emily Elizabeth. "She who tries to be brave for her friends and what she believes is right."

"Well, he does love her." Akito said.

Mike looked bashful from that.

"Very well," The Nome King told the kids. "If you believe you're all brave enough, perhaps you could go with Dorothy."

Toto gave a firm nod as he did his best to protect his girl as Clifford did the same for Emily Elizabeth. Dorothy soon walked in first with Toto before the others began to follow her while the Nome King watched them. Dorothy and the others looked down the hall, leading to the other room. They saw emeralds with some fire as it looked like a display room of what they had seen so far.

"Children," The Nome King called which got their attention. "You don't have to go down there."

"We don't?" Charley and Vaz asked.

"I can use the ruby slippers and send you all home," The Nome King then told them as he showed the ruby slippers again. "And when you get back, you will never think of Oz again."

"But what about our friends?" Clifford asked.

"Forget about them," The Nome King replied. "You can't help them now. There's no place like home."

The pets and Pokemon felt a bit concerned before they looked at each other and then to their humans.

"...We're going." Dorothy told them as bravely as she could before walking onwards.

Akito and the others soon joined her. As they left, the door closed up behind them.