A/N: okay I kind of switched things around a bit in this chapter, instead of Stephanie meeting the tin man first like Dorothy does in the real story, I decided that Stephanie meets the cowardly lion first.

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Lions and tigers and drummers? Oh my!

Now that she had met the scarecrow,Stephanie started to think it might not be such a bad adventure afterall. Walking along the yellow brick road,they came upon the forest.

Remembering this in the story as when Dorothy meets the cowardly lion,Stephanie prepared herself for the meeting with the lion. While not even halfway through the forest which was pitch dark,a bright light turned on and out came a lion with the same curly hair as Micky.

Staring strangely at the lion,Stephanie and Mike the scarecrow soon saw a microphone appear in front of the lion who began doing impressions. Shaking their heads as they got ready to walk away,the two of them were grabbed by the lion,who sat them down at a table which appeared out of nowhere.

"Oh good,an audience."Micky the lion said excitedly

"A lion who does impressions?"said Stephanie"I thought you were supposed to be a coward."

"Why be a coward,when I can be funny?"asked Micky the lion

"If you're funny,then why not make us laugh?"said scarecrow Mike

"Laughter? Right..right."said Micky the lion

Clearing his throat,the lion stood infront of the microphone and was about to tell a joke,when he suddenly froze. Wondering what made him suddenly freeze,Stephanie and scarecrow Mike turned around and saw the wicked witch.

Just like she mistook the mayor of the munchkins,scarecrow,and lion for her friends,Stephanie noticed how eerily the witch looked like their landlord .

"Alright lion,how many times do I have to tell you not to do anymore comedy acts?"asked wicked witch Babbit

"Well,you see..."Micky the lion stammered"I have an actual audience so.."

"I warned you about doing this,now you'll have to pay."said the witch raising his wand

"Now wait a minute."said scarecrow Mike "What right do you have coming here,and wavin that wand around here like that?"

"Stay out of it you pile of hay."shouted wicked witch Babbit

"I may be a pile of hay,but if I were you I'd get out of here before someone turns you into a frog with your own wand"said scarecrow Mike

"Alright,you win this round for now,but I'm warning you lion,if I catch you doing comedy again it's going to be lights out."wicked witch Babbit said disappearing in a puff of smoke

Coughing from the smoke after the witch left,Stephanie and scarecrow Mike turned towards the lion,who now had a goofy grin upon his face.

"Golly you guys are sure groovy,for helping me."said Micky the lion

"Don't mention it."said scarecrow Mike "Come on kid,lets get you to that there wizard."

"Hold on scarecrow,lets take the lion with us."said Stephanie"We can't just leave him here alone."

"Okay."scarecrow Mike sighed "But if he makes that witch come back,it's back to the forest he goes."

"Thanks scarecrow old buddy,old pal."Micky the lion said as he hugged the scarecrow

Laughing at how the two of them were behaving,sort of reminded her of how Micky and Mike usually acted. Now that the lion had joined their little group,the three of them began to walk down the yellow brick road,heading for the castle where the wizard lives.