A/N: okay I'm getting close to ending this story,and I decided to do things a little differently about how Stephanie is going to be going home in the next chapter. Hopefully everyone will like these last two chapters.
Getting ready to go home
Now that the wicked witch was long gone and Stephanie was back upon her feet,flying monkee#3 handed her the pull cord and smiled while doing so. Stephanie thanked them for everything,and prepared to leave until she suddenly realized that she couldn't leave the flying monkees behind after everything they had done.
"I know that this is a little strange but,would the four of you like to come to the wizard's castle with us?"asked Stephanie
"We've got nothing else to do,so why not."said monkee #1
"Looks like we've got a small army now,doesn't it?"said scarecrow Mike with a slight sigh
"Who are you talking to?"asked Micky the lion
"Hey,we should get back to the wizard's castle so Steph can go back home."said Peter the tin man
"We'll never make it back in time,if we walked."Stephanie sighed
"We could give you guys a ride since,we're all headed to the same place now."said monkee #2
"I hope we're not flying again because,I get air sick."Peter the tin man groaned
"That's interesting,the same thing happens to me."said monkee#4
"If we're not going to fly,then how do we get to the Emerald city?"asked monkee#3
"There's only one way I could think of."said monkee#1 as he hit a button on the wall
Suddenly feeling a rumble underneath all of their feet,everyone moved as soon as the floor opened and revealed a red convertable. While time was growing shorter, everyone piled into the car as monkee#1 drove as quickly as possible to the emerald city.
Holding on for dear life,Stephanie began praying that she'd make it home in one piece,especially after a car ride like this one. Reaching the gates of the Emerald city,they were once again met by the gate keeper,who this time followed everyone into the wizard's castle.
With her head held high Stephanie,led the way to the wizard's throne room and approached the podium. Just like the last time,there was the roaring flames,which yet again scared the lion who tried to run,but was stopped by the flying monkees,scarecrow,tin man and gate keeper.
Clearing her throat,Stephanie called to the wizard to let him know,that they had completed their task.
"Great wizard,I stand before you with the pull cord that once belonged to the wicked witch."said Stephanie
"Why isn't he talking?"Micky the lion whispered
"I don't know,but something's not right about this."said scarecrow Mike
Becoming disappointed,everyone looked at the gate keeper who had no idea what was going on either.
"Do you know what's going on here?"asked monkee#1
"Not really."gatekeeper Davy sighed "I rarely come in here you see."
"But as the gate keeper,isn't it your job to keep an eye on things around the castle?"asked Micky the lion
"I'm not just the gatekeeper,I'm also the mayor of munchkin land,so I sort of have to travel back and forth between places you see."said gatekeeper
"So you're just a jack of all trades then aren't you?"asked scarecrow Mike
"I guess you could say that."said gatekeeper Davy
Completely off subject,it wasn't until tin man Peter cleared his throat that everyone started paying attention to the situation that was at hand.
"Does everyone think that maybe,Steph should try talking to him again?"asked peter the tin man
"Hey,maybe one of us ought to fly up there and see what's going on."said monkee#1
"I'll do it."said monkee#3
Flying up to where the wizard's face should have been,monkee#3 noticed velvet curtains,behind the podium and returned with a ventriloquist dummy wearing a suit.
Seeing that its pull cord was broken,monkee#3 placed the dummy on the ground and then stood among the others.
"Do you mean to tell me,that we went on a quest to find a string for some dummy?"asked scarecrow Mike
"I'm never going to get home."Stephanie sighed "I might as well just stay here."
"Maybe if we try fixing it,then it could work again and tell Steph how to get home."said Micky the lion
"Allow me to fix him."said monkee#2 "I do have fingers afterall."
"Why should you fix him? I could do it too."said Micky the lion
"Hey guys,you might want to be careful not to break him,or else Steph can't go home."said tin man Peter
"I said I can fix him."said Micky the lion
"And I said that I'll do it because,I actually have fingers."said monkee#2 as he pulled on the dummy
With monkee #2 pulling on the dummy along with the lion everybody could hear as the dummy began to give way. During their game of tug of war,the scarecrow,tin man,gatekeeper and remaining flying monkees shouted at the two of them to stop.
It wasn't until the dummy broke apart that Stephanie who tried getting out of the way, got blinded by the burst of magic dust,stumbled backward and hit her head on the hard floor.
"Now look what y'all had gone and done."said scarecrow Mike
"Oops."both Micky the lion and monkee#2 said at the same time