Chapter Thirty
(Hey, y'all!
Fun Fact:
The ruby slippers that Dorothy wore in The Wizard of Oz were originally going to be silver, as they were in the original book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. But due to the film having color in most parts, the silver slippers were replaced with the iconic ruby slippers.
Much, much later, the ruby slippers became really popular and one of the most popular movie props.
Cool, huh?
*sigh* I hate to say this but I'm getting really close to ending this story. Yes, I know that I've been saying that a lot whenever I'm almost to the point of ending a story but I say that because I just want to give y'all a heads up. Up next in The Birchwood Twin(s) series is The Birchwood Twin(s): Peaches and Powers!
Anyway, enjoy the story and life as it goes!
-imaginarytoon1)
Beatrice:
TW was about to swing his axe so that he can open the door but he stopped when we all heard the Witch's high-pitched cackling.
Scarecrow, TW, Toto, Lion, and I looked up at the Witch, who was standing in on a balcony with Nikko and the hourglass, with looks of horror on our faces.
"Going somewhere? Going so soon?" The Witch cackled. "I wouldn't hear of it. Why, my little party's just beginning."
"Trapped!" Lion exclaimed softly. "Trapped like mice! Rats!"
The Witch cackled madly with his red eyes glowing a brighter red and several Wickersham Monkey guards coming towards me, TW, Scarecrow, Lion, and Toto. They stopped for a second and pointed their spears at us. The guards began to advance slowly. I even noticed that the guards' eyes were glowing a red color like the Witch.
"That's right!" The Witch said to the guards. "Don't hurt them right away. Let them think about it a little first."
Then, the Witch cackled madly again and I heard Head Number Two whisper to TW,
"Can we borrow your axe?"
"What for?" TW asked back.
At that moment, the Witch screamed for a second and threw the hourglass. It landed in between me and my friends and the guards and the hourglass explodes into flames.
Immediately, Scarecrow grabbed TW's axe and swings it at a rope. After the rope breaks apart, a chandelier drops from the ceiling and it lands on most of the guards.
"COME ON, LET'S GO!" Head Numbers One and Two exclaimed in unison.
TW, Lion, Toto (who I was carrying), and I followed Scarecrow. They led us to a door on our rights and we entered a hallway while the Witch was commanding orders to his guards. Then, Scarecrow led me, Toto, Lion, and TW to another hall and after running through it, we made it back to the room where the chandelier was dropped. I saw that the Witch and the guards were running the other way as I ran up a staircase with TW, Scarecrow, Lion, and Toto.
I realized that we were in more trouble when I heard the Witch shout orders and directions to the guards but I didn't hear everything after I walked down a deep staircase and on to a stone corridor with TW, Scarecrow, Lion, and Toto.
We ran towards a parapet and entered inside. Then, we had trouble deciding on which way to go.
"Where do we go now?!" Lion and TW exclaimed.
Head Numbers One and Two look at a direction that was in front of us and they told us to follow them. We ran to that exit and it led us to another corridor and staircase.
We almost ran up to the staircase when we saw the guards running towards us.
"Go back! Go back!" Head Number Two exclaimed.
We ran back to the parapet and we tried to exit the way we entered but more guards came in. Then, my friends and I tried another exit and another…but more guards came in and blocked them. TW, Lion, Scarecrow, Toto, and I backed up into a stone ledge with a bucket and a loose stone. We were surrounded by guards who are now pointing their spears at me and my friends.
The Witch, while cackling, entered from one the exits with Nikko and they both walked toward us.
"Well!" The Witch exclaimed. "Ring around the rosie! A pocket full of spears! There is absolutely no escape! All six of you are surrounded!"
"Ugh, obviously!" Toto and I exclaimed nervously in unsion.
"Thought you'd be pretty foxy, didn't you?"
The Witch walks to his right and stops at a wall with a hanging burning torch on one part.
"The last to go will see the FIRST THREE GO BEFORE HER!" The Witch exclaimed while cackling and grinning evilly. "And her ugly little dog, too!"
"Okay! You say one more about me and I'll show you who the real ugly person is!" Toto exclaimed.
The Witch's red eyes glowed brighter and the spirals spun at an extremely fast speed. The guards' eyes, even Nikko's eyes, did the same thing. The Witch aimed his eyes at the torch that was above him and he brings the bottom of his broom (he was carrying it the whole time) up to the green and yellow flames.
TW, Scarecrow, Lion, Toto, and I watched in horror as the Witch brought down the burning end of the broom.
"How 'bout a little fire, Two-Headed Scarecrow?" The Witch taunted.
OH, NO! I thought.
The Witch jabs the burning end of his broom on to Scarecrow and immediately, their left arm and shoulder began to burn up.
While Head Numbers One and Two exclaimed that they needed help and that they're burning, the Witch and the guards laughed madly.
I looked at the ledge and I grabbed the bucket. I shook it a little bit and the sound of sloshing water immediately made me toss the water on to Scarecrow. The flame stops burning and it turns into steam and I heard another splash. That splash landed on the Witch's outfit and face.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The Witch screamed.
I gasped and I saw that his eyes stopped glowing and the spirals stopped spinning. His eyes were regular toon eyes with red irises and black pupils. The eyes from the guards and Nikko did the same.
"YOU CURSED BRAT! LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME!" The Witch screamed as the green on his skin began to run down his body like mascara being exposed to water and steam coming off of his skin and outfit. "I'M MELTING! MELTING!" Everyone watched in horror as we saw the Witch getting smaller and smaller. "OH, WHAT A WORLD! WHAT A WORLD! AHHHHHHHH!" The Witch was close to his abdomen as he continued to scream like Judge Doom getting melted by his own evil creation, the Dip. "WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT A GOOD LITTLE GIRL COULD DESTROY MY HANDSOME WICKEDNESS?! AHHH! OH NO!" The Witch was up to his neck and his screaming grew louder as he continued to melt. "LOOK OUT! LOOK OUT! AAAAHHHH-OHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…" The Witch's screaming, then, grew softer…and softer…and he was up to his hat as he melted. Then, the screams grew to whisper and a final exhale of his last breath.
After that, all that was left was a pile of black clothing, a wilted hat, and steam.
I was breathing hard after what I have seen.
Nikko touches the cloth with his feet and he gasped. One of the guards, possibly the captain, poked at the Witch's outfit and wilted hat with his end of his spear.
He looked at me with a stunned look on his face.
"He-He's dead." He said. "You killed him."
I shook my head.
"I didn't mean to kill him." I replied. "Honest. It was because Scarecrow was on fire."
"Yeah." TW and Lion said nervously.
Then, the captain looked at every guard and smiles.
"HAIL TO BEATRICE! THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD!" He exclaimed and bends down on one knee.
"HAIL, HAIL TO BEATRICE! THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD!" The other guards and Nikko exclaimed.
"Thanks to you, Beatrice, we are freed from the Witch's spell!"
"He captured us and we got under his control! Now, we're free!" Nikko exclaimed.
I smiled.
"HAIL TO BEATRICE! THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD!" Everyone exclaimed.
Then, I looked at the broomstick, which most of the straw part was burnt but the rest was in good condition.
"May we have the broomstick?" I asked the captain.
"Yeah, sure. Go ahead and take it." He replied and handed it to me.
"Thank you so much!"
I looked at TW, Scarecrow, Lion, and Toto.
"Now we can go back to the Wizard and tell him that the Witch is dead." I said. Then, I cried out, kind of imitating Glinda, "LET THE JOYOUS BE SPREAD: 'THE WICKED WITCH, AT LAST, IS DEAD!"
"THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD!" Everyone, including I, exclaimed, almost repeating every word from the last part of my last sentence.
Houston, Texas, here I come! I thought with a smile.