The Genius of Oz.
Chapter 2: Crash-down in Munchkinland
When Lilo reopened her eyes, she saw that she had somehow wound up on top of the rocket engine. It was still zipping around everywhere. Stitch noticed Lilo's precarious situation and tried to pull Lilo off of it. But the engine was going too fast and Stitch was swept onto it along with Lilo. "Stitch!" cried Lilo; "Do you know how to steer this thing?" Stitch examined the engine and said, "Zo naga rata." "What do you mean there's no controls?" yelled Lilo. Stitch looked forward and yelled, "Igata!" Lilo looked where Stitch was looking and saw that they were heading towards the portable tool shed. They both screamed as the rocket engine crashed into it.
Instead of an explosion, the rocket engine went into the shed. Lilo and Stitch jumped off as the rocket engine started bouncing off the walls. Lilo ducked as the engine narrowly missed her head. "Stitch, do something!" Stitch grabbed a mallet and hit the engine into the floor. But the engine was still going so the shed was sent propelling up. The jolt sent Lilo and Stitch to the floor. When Lilo got up, she went over to the window and looked out. She saw the Earth and the moon shrink away into the distant. "Stitch, I think we have a problem." Stitch thought for a second and went over to the engine. He opened a panel and started rearranging the wires. "Oo-kanjijibay Zzz. Zzz." He put two wires together and sparks flew between them. Suddenly the engine started vibrating even more. "What's going on?" asked Lilo. "Hyperdrive," said Stitch. Then the shed blasted further into space.
As the shed zoomed through space, Lilo and Stitch tried to see things as they flew past them. They passed by a planet whose rings were doing the conga. They passed an enormous alien on an asteroid waving an equally large tennis racket. Then they passed one planet whose polar cap looked strangely like a pompadour. "What kind of a planet is that?" asked Lilo. Stitch pulled out a telescope, looked through it, and said, "Planet Presley." "What?!" cried Lilo as she put the telescope to her eyes. On the planet were several Elvis clones of different varieties. Lilo screamed like a fan girl and said excitedly, "Stitch! Can we go down there? Huh? Can we? Can we? Huh? Huh? Please?" Stitch groaned to himself and thought to himself, "I think I found out why rock stars needed bodyguards."
Eventually, they passed Planet Presley and Lilo calmed down. Suddenly a gigantic cloud of brightly colored gases loomed up. Stitch gasped and said, "Lilo! That's the Rainbow Nebula!" Lilo stared at the multitude of hues were created by the various interstellar gases and dusts and said, "Wow, it really is beautiful!" The shed flew straight into the nebula. Lilo and Stitch watched everything zoom by like a revolving kaleidoscope. Then a small but colorful planet appeared. The shed was heading straight towards it. As it went into the atmosphere Lilo said, "It looks like we're coming in for a landing.
The actual landing was surprisingly a lot smoother that what they expected. It appeared that something soft broke their fall. As soon as Lilo and Stitch made sure that they were unharmed, they went outside to see where they had landed. They had apparently landed in the middle of a town square. The houses had bright coats of paint and the flowers were of exquisite design. "It sure is colorful isn't it Stitch," said Lilo. Stitch, who was wearing sunglasses, said, "Ih."
Then a large pink bubble floated from out of the sky and landed near them. The bubble faded away leaving an old woman wearing a pink fairy outfit. Lilo squinted and asked, "Mrs. Hasagawa?" "What?" asked the old woman, "Let me turn up my hearing aid." After she turned up her hearing aid, she said, "Now then, are you a good witch or a bad witch?" "There's no such thing as witches, good or bad," said Lilo. "I beg to differ," said the old woman, "I'm Glinda, the Good Witch of the North and you have just landed on the Wicked Witch of the East." Lilo and Stitch quickly turned around and saw that sticking out from underneath the shed was a pair of legs wearing black and white striped socks and ruby sandals. "Oh, I'm sorry," said Lilo, "I didn't mean to land on anyone." "You shouldn't apologize," said Glinda, "you should be thanked! Because of her death, the Munchkins are finally free."
"Who are the Munchkins?" asked Lilo. There was the sound of giggling. Stitch looked around for the source of the sound. "The Munchkins are the inhabitants of this part of the Planet of Oz," explained Glinda, "They've been under the rule of the Wicked Witch of the East for ever so long." Then Glinda turned towards where the giggling came from and said, "Come out, come out, where ever you are. The danger is past and the Wicked Witch is finally dead." Then many small creatures emerged from the houses. They resembled humans in some features except that they were no taller than Lilo. Then the Mayor of the Munchkins came forward and said, "Let there be a celebration for this lovely girl and her pet dog. Because of them, we are finally free!"
Suddenly there was an explosion of fire and a pillar of red sulfur appeared. The Munchkins screamed and threw themselves to the ground. As the smoke cleared, Lilo saw someone who looked awfully like Myrtle except she was wearing a witch's costume, holding a broomstick, and her skin was green. She went over to Lilo's shed to examine the legs sticking out from underneath of it. Lilo turned to Glinda and said, "I thought you said she was dead." "That's her cousin, the Wicked Witch of the West. She's twice as worse as she was." "Aloha, cousin," said Stitch. The Wicked Witch of the West marched towards Lilo and Glinda and yelled, "All right, who killed my cousin? Who killed the Wicked Witch of the East?" She looked at Lilo and demanded, "Was it you?" "It was an accident," said Lilo. "Well dearie," said the Wicked Witch rolling up her sleeves, "I can create accidents too." "Aren't you forgetting the Ruby Sandals?" asked Glinda. "Oh yeah, the Sandals!" The Wicked Witch quickly hurried over towards the legs and reached for the Sandals. But before she could, the Sandals disappeared. Then the legs curled up and faded away. The Wicked Witch turned towards Glinda and yelled, "Where are they? What have you done with them?" Glinda smiled and said, "There's no use yelling about it. There they are and there they will remain." Lilo looked down at her feet and saw that the Ruby Sandals had magically appeared on her feet. "Give them to me!" yelled the Wicked Witch, "They're no good use for you." "Don't let her have them," whispered Glinda, "She would more powerful and terrible then ever." "Stay out of this Glinda!" yelled the Wicked Witch; "This doesn't concern you. Those Sandals are rightfully mine." "Don't be silly," said Glinda, "they're hers now. Now be gone, before a shed falls on you too." The Wicked Witch looked up fearfully as if a shed were to drop on her. She growled and said, "Very well, but you haven't seen the last of me." She turned to Lilo and said, "I'll get you, my pretty, and you freaky dog too." Then laughing maniacally, the Wicked Witch of the West disappeared in another cloud of red sulfur.
Glinda turned to Lilo and said, "It seems that you have made a powerful enemy in the Wicked Witch of the West." "Yeah," said Lilo, "I think I should go back home now. But me and Stitch can't go back the way we came, can we?" "No, I'm afraid not," said Glinda, "I believe the only person who can help return home is the great Genius of Oz himself." At the sound of that name, the Munchkins bowed their heads. "The Genius of Oz?" asked Lilo, "Is he good or bad?" "Oh he's very good, but very mysterious. In order to meet him, you'll have to go to the Coral City." "How do I get there?" asked Lilo. "Just follow the Sandy Brick Road," said Glinda. Then she recreated her bubble and floated away. "Wow," said Lilo, "people sure have fancy transportation methods here." "Ih," said Stitch. Lilo looked down and saw that a brick road the color of sand started at her feet and went out the town. The Munchkins bid Lilo and Stitch farewell and they both headed down the Sandy Brick Road.
There's another chapter. Next chapter will introduce the first of Lilo's companions from Oz. I'll give you one guess to who it is. Please review.