Title: Oz
Chapter: Part 2 - "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?"
Characters/Pairings: The whole gang!
Spoilers/Warning: R
Summary: Somewhere over the rainbow Addison is cursing her head-truama induced fantasy sequence...
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When she opened the door, Addison was nearly blinded by brightness. It wasn't that the colors were different but they were brighter, more vivid. It was as if she'd been wearing sunglasses and then had taken them off. The whites were whiter, the colors brighter. It was like the whole world had been washed over in Color-Safe Tide with Bleach.
Finally, Addison took a deep breath and stepped off the doorstep.
If she remembered the movie correctly, there were perhaps hundreds of munchkins hiding throughout the bushes and the flowers and the tiny little huts and the giant bird's nests and even the Yellow Brick Sewer. Really, it was a little unnerving to know she was being watched by hundreds of tiny, little eyes.
Something giggled in the bushes. Addison jumped.
She was just about to turn on her heel and stride back into the dark little hovel she'd landed in when she noticed a pink orb quickly floating in her direction. Within seconds the orb had expanded to the height of a short human and, very suddenly, Bailey appeared and began stalking in Addison's direction wearing a very large, very pink, and very sparkly taffeta gown.
"Nice dress Bailey," Addison called before she could stop herself and burst into giggles. "You fall in a cotton-candy machine or something?"
"I am this close," Bailey hissed as she stomped right into Addison's very personal space, "to sticking my foot up your-"
"Whoa." Addison held her hands in the air in mock surrender. "Aren't you supposed to be singing about the nice lady that fell from the sky?"
If looks could kill, Addison would be dust.
"Oh come on," Addison scoffed. "Where's your sense of humor?"
Scratch that. If looks could kill, Addison would be vapor.
Bailey sighed and started walking towards the small, floral town square. She stopped at the bridge connecting the square to the Yellow Brick Road and then turned around to find that Addison hadn't moved. Bailey literally growled, "Get your butt over here."
Before Addison could even open her mouth to respond, one of the manhole covers slid to the side and a munchkin sized Popeye appeared. He glared at Bailey, hands on his hips, and spat in a gravelly voice, "We're supposed to sing now."
"I don't have time for your song and dance routine," Bailey hissed.
"But-"
"No."
"We-"
"Uh-uh."
"I want to sing," the munchkin yelled, shaking from anger.
"I don't care," Bailey screamed back at him.
The munchkin set his jaw and disappeared back into the sewer system. Addison, who thought she was finally off the hook, smiled in relief and was just turning to tell Bailey to give her those damn ruby slippers so she could get home when she noticed Meredith streaking across the square. Addison and Bailey watched, confused, as Meredith dove face first into a bush.
They heard a yelp and a growl and a grunt and then Christina, in all her munchkin glory, stumbled out from behind the bushes. Addison and Bailey looked at each other with wide eyes, trying their damndest not to burst out laughing as Christina stalked towards them; the sunflower on the top of her head bouncing with every step.
"You!" Christina pointed at Addison as menacingly as possible. "You did this. Do I look like a munchkin to you?"
"Well…" Addison started as she pushed the sunflower on Christina's head. When the sunflower began bouncing back and forth neither Addison nor Bailey could hold it in anymore. They collapsed into each other, gasping for air as they giggled.
"This is not funny," Christina yelled. She pulled off the sunflower and threw it to the ground.
"She's so cute," Addison gasped in between giggles. "Like a little hobbit."
"Oh," Bailey sighed. "Seeing Midget Yang is totally worth the sparkles."
"We prefer the term Little People," Christina spat.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Addison giggled, placing her hand over her chest dramatically. "I didn't realize you were so PC here in La-La Land."
Christina took a deep breath through her nose and turned to Bailey. "Give her the damn shoes so we can get this over with."
Bailey 's giggles died away and she began shuffling her feet nervously. "It doesn't work that way."
"What does that mean?" Addison asked, frowning. She didn't like where this was going. Not one bit.
"It means-"
But Bailey was cut off from her explanation when an explosion rocked Munchkin Land to its core.