Title: Oz
Chapter: Part 3 - "I'll get you my pretty. And your little dog too!"
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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Author's Note: I took out a small chunk in this chapter because it made me cringe a little when I read it. hee :)

Addison whipped around to find the source of the explosion and stared, open mouthed, as the huge, red fireball subsided into a cloud of smoke. She heard coughing and gagging and then Callie stumbled out of the smoke cloud. She looked up, saw Addison, Bailey, and Christina staring at her in shock, and tried her damndest to look like suddenly appearing out of thin air happened every day.

"Did you see that?" Callie asked, her voice scratchy from the smoke she'd inhaled. "Best entrance ever."

Addison blinked.

"So," Callie sing-songed as she made her way over to her friends, "what have I missed?"

"Uh," Bailey stuttered.

"Bailey was just about to tell me why I can't click my ruby-red slippers and go home," Addison said, having finally snapped out of her stupor.

"Because you haven't learned anything yet," Callie said simply. "What?"

Bailey glared at her. "Did she ask you?"

Callie blinked and shot Christina a 'can you believe her' look. Christina just shrugged.

"Anyway," Bailey said, returning her attention to Addison. "When you have a near death experience-"

"Whoa, whoa." Addison held up her hands, confused. "I got hit in the head with a door." She shot Callie a glare. "I don't think that's quite so life-threatening."

"And it's not," Bailey said. "Usually. But when the impact of falling to the floor cracks open your skull and then your brain begins to swell and that sets off a seizure…"

"Eh." Callie shrugged.

Addison blinked and turned back to Bailey. "So I'm dying?"

"Kind of," Bailey told her. "It all depends on whether you really want to live or not."

"Uh." Addison looked at her incredulously. "Yeah I want to live."

"Then you need to come to some realizations," Bailey said. "You can't just expect to have a near death experience and not come out of it without really looking into yourself."

Addison rolled her eyes and muttered, "Why couldn't my life have just flashed before my eyes like normal people?"

"Because," Christina piped up, grinning maliciously. "You're so not normal."

"You know Yang," Addison said hotly. "You're bedside manners suck. You have the emotional capacity of a… Of a…"

"A munchkin?" Christina asked, raising her eyebrows.

"Yes," Addison snarled. "You have the emotional capacity of a munchkin."

"And just like that," Bailey said mystically, "lesson one learned."

Addison eyed her warily. "I don't get it."

"You will." Bailey winked, actually winked, at her. "Now, let's get those shoes on your feet."

"They're hot," Callie said to Addison.

"How do you know?" Addison asked, surprised.

"Erica's the Wicked Witch of the East." Callie smirked slyly. "She wore them for me last night."

"That's nasty," Bailey muttered. "Why does everyone feel the need to tell me about their sex lives? Do I look like I give a damn?"

Addison rolled her eyes. "Let's just get this over with."

And just like that, the gorgeous leather pumps suddenly appeared on Addison's feet. Addison gave them a look of upmost approval and took a deep breath. "So this is it huh?" She asked. "Just follow The Yellow Brick Road?"

"You got it," Bailey told her with a small smile. "And remember, this is a learning experience. Everything here reflects you and how you feel somehow. It's up to you to figure out what and how."

Addison waved Bailey off, called for Meredith, and began the long trek to The Emerald City.