AN: Here is the first OZ encounter. For those who want to see what clues we had left behind as to who was going to be who, re-read chapter 2. All the clues are there.

Disclaimer: Again...we don't OWN ANYTHING!

New Orleans

Everyone in Moseby's suite just turned and stared at Cody. For his part, Cody was staring back at Mr. Moseby.

"If you're going to Kettlecorn to find London to bring her back, then I'm going with you to bring Bailey back!"

Moseby sighed. "Cody, I know you're worried, but..."

"But nothing...If you leave, we have no chaperone. And the ship has been closed off for the week for maintenance. You know how much trouble we can get into; do you really want to leave us all by ourselves in New Orleans?"

Moseby paused. Cody had a point. And something told him that if he tried to go without Cody, Cody would try to make his own way to Kettlecorn. "Alright, you seem to have caught me in a bind here. Since I am your chaperone this week, I guess you all will be coming along with me. But...once we get to Kansas, you all will be staying in a hotel there and staying out of the way. This could be a serious situation that I don't think a bunch of hooligans need to be in the middle of. Now, I'm supposed to be chartering a plane per Mr. Tipton's orders. Everyone go and pack their bags and be ready to head out of here in thirty minutes."

Everyone turned to see what Cody would say, but he only nodded and headed out of the door back to his room. Zack turned to Maya.

"Didn't see that coming..."

Maya paused. "If Cody is anything like you, I don't see him going quietly into the night..."

Zack nodded. "You may be right. Let's go get our bags packed, and I'll see what I can find out from him..."

Maya kissed Zack on the cheek. "Good luck..."

Everyone else filed out and Zack and Woody followed Cody back to their room. Once inside, Zack saw that Cody was packing all of his stuff as quickly as possible. Zack grabbed his own bag and began to do the same.

"So, Cody...I didn't expect you to go along with Moseby on that..."

Cody looked up. Zack saw a look of determination on his brother's face that he had seldom seen before. "Who says I am?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa...Remember, I'm the rule breaking twin, and you're the law abiding one..."

Cody resumed packing. "Sometimes you have to do what you have to do..."

"What are you going to do?"

"You don't want to know..."

"Yes, I do...If something happens, someone should at least know what you were planning!"

Cody paused to think about that. "Maybe..."

"Come on, Cody...I won't say anything and Woody won't say anything, right Woodchuck?"

Woody nodded. "Right..."

Cody looked at them both. "Even to Maya and Addison?"

Zack sighed. "Yes, even to them."

Cody nodded. "Moseby may get us to Kansas, but from there, I'll find my own way to Kettlecorn if I have to..."

"How?"

Cody paused. "I'm not sure yet...but I'll think of something..."

Zack just shook his head. "Codes, I admire your intentions..."

"You aren't going to talk me out of this, Zack!"

Zack smiled. "I wouldn't dream of it. But, I do have more experience with being sneaky. Here's what you need to do..."

Zack wrapped his arm around his brother's shoulder and began to go into detail the new plan for Cody.

Thirty minutes later, everyone was in a van on their way to a private airstrip just outside of New Orleans. They pulled almost right up next to the plane, and workers came out to immediately load all of their bags while everyone boarded and took their seats. Zack sat next to Maya and Woody sat next to Addison. In the back row, Cody sat by himself. As the plane began to take off, Cody pulled out his wallet and pulled out a picture of Bailey he had hidden in there. He looked at it and sighed.

"I'm on my way, Bailey..."

Meanwhile

Bailey and Porkers made their way down the yellow brick road.

"Porkers, I don't know about you, but I would just as well find an interstate and a lift home as this supposed wizard."

They continued to walk along the road until they came upon a fork in the road. Bailey turned to Porkers.

"Let me see if I remember what comes next...The fork in the road is where I bet we will encounter..."

"Get off me you stupid crows!"

Bailey turned and saw an individual with his back to her swatting away at several seagulls that were attacking him. He had on a straw hat and tattered clothes with straw sticking out. She rolled her eyes and looked down at Porkers. "The Scarecrow...This should be interesting..."

Bailey walked over to the individual and proceeded to swat at the pigeons until they flew off. The scarecrow spoke as he dusted himself off. "Thanks...Those darn crows just won't leave me alone..."

Bailey shook her head. "Ummm...Those were seagulls..."

The scarecrow turned to glare at her. "No, Miss Smartypants...Those were Ozian crows..."

Bailey was taken aback though. She was looking right into those blue eyes that she had so many times before. The same blue eyes that with one look could cause her legs to go weak and her heart to flutter.

"Why would seagulls be so far away from the ocean?" muttered the scarecrow as he turned away.

"Cody? You're the Scarecrow?"

The scarecrow just stared back at her. "I'm a scarecrow, but the name's not Cody...it's...ummm...wait...don't tell me... I should know this..."

Bailey just laughed. "You've got to me kidding me..."

The scarecrow just glared at her again. "It's not funny! You try living without having a brain. It sucks!"

Bailey stopped laughing. "I'm sorry. I wasn't laughing at the idea of you not having a brain. It's just this is so ironic..."

"Ironic? You're making fun of me again?"

Bailey took a step back. "No, not at all. Its just you remind me of someone I know from...my real life. He's actually the smartest person I know...And you two are very similar, but you can't think because you don't have a brain and he over thinks because he has such a big one..."

The scarecrow huffs, "Well, I hope you aren't as rude to him as you have been to me..."

Bailey was taken aback. "I was not being rude..."

The scarecrow rolled his eyes. "Oh please. You acted like you were so smart and tried to correct me when you didn't know what you were talking about. Then you laughed at my attempts to think about something...To me, that's being rude..."

Bailey just stood there staring at the scarecrow. It was eerily similar to Cody himself saying those things to her. And acting like she knew something when she really didn't...Why was that so familiar? Bailey paused to think. Because it was just like when she thought Cody had cheated on her. Also, the part about laughing at his attempt to do something. That one hit a little close to home too.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to come off as rude..."

"Well, I hope you don't treat this Cody person the same way you just treated me..."

Bailey shook her head and sadly answered. "I never meant to..."

"Who is he anyways?"

Bailey always hated calling Cody by this term. "He's my ex-boyfriend..."

The scarecrow smirked. "He must have gotten tired of the attitude too..."

Bailey frowned and then glared back at him. "He most certainly did not..." But she paused. "Well, I hope he didn't...I mean, he loved me..."

The scarecrow just shook his head. "More power to him..."

"Hey! He wasn't always the easiest person to put up with either! I mean, he always tried to overdo things. The word restrained isn't in his vocabulary..."

"Then why did you put up with him?"

"Because...because he was my little egghead. He understood me. He encouraged me to be me. I was a farm girl from Kansas and he embraced that. He liked the fact that I was smart and wanted to do something big with my life. And he was very romantic. And because...because...I loved him..." Bailey sighed. "I still do..."

The scarecrow just stared at her. "I know I don't have a brain, but if he loved you and you loved him, what was the problem?"

Bailey sat down on log by the side of the road. "We had a major fight and broke up..."

The scarecrow sat down next to her. "What happened?"

Bailey proceeded to tell him about the disaster of their first anniversary in Paris. "And we broke up..."

The scarecrow just looked at her. "Wow..."

"Sad, huh?"

"No, I was just thinking I'm the one who doesn't have a brain. What's your excuse for being stupid?"

Bailey was aghast. "Excuse me?"

"Look, Toots...He did a practice date. So what? From what you've told me about him, that shouldn't have been a big surprise to you..."

Bailey paused. "Well..."

"And it's not like he had any interest in that London girl. You said yourself that they had been friends for years..."

Bailey sighed. "I know that...I never thought he did..."

"Seems to me you immediately thought the worst of him..."

"What was I supposed to think?"

The scarecrow rolled his eyes. "Gee...I don't know. Maybe you should have confronted him and found out the truth?"

Bailey paused. "Maybe..."

The scarecrow paused. "I mean, that's what most people would do, right?"

Suddenly, a flashback popped in Bailey's mind.

"From now on, if you're upset, just tell me..."
Bailey sighed. "Yeah, I guess after Home Ec, Cody had every right to expect that..."

"You're right..."

The scarecrow turned to her in confusion. "Huh?"

Bailey proceeded to explain the whole Home Ec incident to him. The scarecrow just stared at her again.

"Wow...You promise to tell him if you're upset about something and you don't AND you think he cheated on you after he told you that you we're the only girl he noticed?"

Bailey just sat there trying to think of what to say back to him, but she couldn't. "I guess I should have done things differently..."

The scarecrow stood up. "Well, this Cody guys sounds like he's better off now..."

"But I'm the best thing to ever happen to him!"

The scarecrow rolled his eyes again. "There you go again...After the way you treated him, if you're the best thing to ever happen to him, maybe I am better off without a brain than he is with one..." The scarecrow shrugged. "Oh well, I gots to go..."

"Where are you going?"

"I'm meeting my brother in a bit to go check out the farmer's daughters..."

Bailey grimaced. Even though the scarecrow wasn't Cody, the thought that they were so much alike and he said he was going to look at other girls upset her. "Are you heading towards the Emerald City?"

"Yeah..."

"Mind if Porkers and I tag along for a while then?"

The scarecrow shrugged. "Suit yourself..."