A/n: enter, chapter 5, where it ain't Lions and Tigers and Bears.

Disclaimer: if i owned it all, i wouldn't need to be writing this, well would it?

So the trio continued down the path, off to see the Wizard. Scarecrow-Peter was unsuccessfully skipping and humming some copyrighted tune, while Tin Man–Sirius and James talked about the adventure so far.

"…And then the most beautiful girl I ever met came, dressed as the Good Witch of the North and – "

"Who? Good Witch Lily? I know her. Me and her had it off a couple of times."

James was stunned. "What? No, you couldn't…but in my world – "

"Just kidding. Although I've always wondered what it would be like to…you know…with her."

"You pick up a lot of girls…like that?"

"What? As a Tin Man? 'Course. The ladies love the way I shine in the sunlight. The only problem is if they kiss me in winter, they can get stuck. I don't mind, but it seems to ruin the mood."

James was relieved. "Oh. Ok."

Tin Man suddenly pulled out a bottle firewhiskey from nowhere and started drinking.

"Where'd you get that?" asked James.

"Don't know. But things always seem to appear when I need them. It's quite useful."

"And you have no idea why?"

"Well, actually, I'm sleeping with the writer."

"Oh. Makes sense. Do you have another of those firewhiskeys?"

"Well, I was going to save it to throw at the scarecrow, but…you can have it."

"Cheers."

Suddenly, a growl came from the forest, where they were suddenly walking through.

"Oh crap," said Sirius.

"What the hell was that?" asked James.

"I dunno, but this forest it full of dangerous creatures," said Peter, with shifty eyes, "Werewolves, and Dragons and Pixies…Werewolves and Dragons and Pixies…Werewolves and –"

"Shut up Scarecrow," said Sirius.

James and Sirius stood, frozen, listening to the wild growl. James' broom, which had been flying behind them the whole time, bumped into James causing him to jump, only now remembering that he still had it.

"Oh, Nimbo. I completely forgot about you." The broom continued to hover. "Ok, now, go into the forest and find out what's growling." The broom didn't move. "Go on."

So the broomstick flew off into the forest, in the direction of the mysterious growling.

"Somewhere, over the rainbow –" sang the Scarecrow.

"For the love of Merlin, shut your trap before I do it for you!" shouted a frustrated Tin Man.

"I was only trying to lighten the mood," said Scarecrow.

Tin Man shook his head in disappointment.

The growling got closer and Nimbo zoomed out of the forest and hid behind James.

"What did you see Nimbo? Was it a dragon? Or a Pixie? Or a – "

"Werewolf!" cried Scarecrow, and a large, brown, furry wolf stepped on the Yellow Brick Road.

"Ah!" cried Tin Man, also hiding behind James. Scarecrow squealed and curled up in the foetal position.

"What are you people screaming about?" asked the Werewolf.

"Ah…you. Why are you not attacking us?" James asked.

"I'm not really into the whole 'attacking random people' thing. It's too much a hassle and leaves too much mess," he replied.

"I knew that," said Tin Man, stepping out from behind James, "I was just…demonstrating what to do if we really were confronted by a dangerous creature."

"Right…anyway, what do you want?" asked James.

"I was going to go see the Wizard. The Enchanted Forest Library has been broken into five times this month alone. Something needs to be done. That and I need a map. One to help me find the secret cave where I hid my stash of chocolate. I forgot where it is."

"Oh, fair enough. We're going to the Wizard too. Want to come with us?" asked James.

The Werewolf looked at the trio; the black-haired boy in a dress and red heels, the drunken Tin Man, and a scarecrow with no shoes, still curled up in a ball. Werewolf shrugged. He could be travelling with worse company.

"I guess." The Werewolf said hesitantly, "But don't you think of doing anything unlawful."

James was immediately reminded of his friend Remus. Strange how he didn't pick up on that with the whole 'being a werewolf' thing.

"Is he gone?" asked Scarecrow, still in a ball.

"Lets just leave before anything else happens. I want to get back in time for dinner," said James.

And so the group continued down the Yellow Brick Road, with the ever-faithful Nimbo trailing behind.

"I could really use some sort of device in which to create a distraction with AND cause people to run away screaming at the same time," said Tin Man.

"Maybe the Wizard will have something like that," suggested James.

"I hope he has shoes. I like shoes. Did you know that there are over – "

"I hope you're not planning on using the device to break any rules, because that is wrong," scolded Werewolf.

"And the largest collection of shoes belongs to –"

"What was that?" asked James.

And that is chapter 5. I wrote this one! ;D i hope you are already familier with The Wizard of Oz, becasue this fic may be confusing if you're not. But the Wizard of Oz is such a classic, i havn't met anyone who hasn't seen it.

I hope you people are enjoying the fic. and weither you do ro not it is kind of irrelevent becasue my bud and i are having too much fun writing it that we'll keep posting until the very end.

And now it's discombobulated.shoe.'s turn. Lets see how you deal with the cliffhanger!

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