Gamer4 in. Oh, I fail, leaving a story alone for this long. But I'm back now. So, let's get started.
Disclaimer: I have yet to own either the Wizard of Oz or Super Smash Bros.
Chapter III
Arrival
Samus let her eyes open a little. The storm had passed, for what it was worth, sunlight was filtering in through the window. She looked over to where Pikachu was, under her bed. He was coming out, though he still looked unnerved by what had just happened. "What's going on?" she asked.
"We were sucked up in that tornado," Pikachu said. (I'll just translate from now on.) "It just dropped us."
"Why is the room intact?" Samus wondered.
"Couldn't tell you."
"What was the book that hit me?" Samus asked, sitting up for the first time.
"Oh, here it is," Pikachu said, holding it up for her. The Wizard of Oz.
"Well, this one's a classic," she said. "Still, he who says that books never hurt anyone has never been hit by a great classic flying across a room at 95 miles an hour. But, you never know how far you are from home. I might as well take it."
"Take whatever you want," Pikachu said. "We have no clue whatsoever where we are. How can we possibly get back when we don't even know where we're starting from? For all we know, we could be on Mars!"
"Mars?" Samus asked skeptically.
"Why is it so hard to believe, when we're smashers?"
For the second time that day, Samus found herself with no reply. "Well, the longer we stay here, the longer it will take to work out where we are," Samus said, standing up. "Let's get started, shall we?" She opened the door and made a mock gesture out of it. Pikachu came and they both stepped out of the room.
Wherever they were, they definitely weren't in the mansion. It seemed the room had come off of the side of the mansion, though Samus was still baffled as to how the room had survived intact. They seemed to have been dropped at the edge of a forest of some kind. "Well," Samus said, "this might sound like a bit of a corny line, but... oh, I can't even bring myself to say it."
"Say what?" Pikachu asked.
"Well, Pikachu, I've a feeling we're not at the Smash Bros. any more."
"Samus, how could you?"
"I know. Let's take a look around."
They had only gone a few steps before Pikachu saw something. "Samus, I think we hit someone."
Samus turned to see an unmoving pair of legs sticking out from under the room. "Oh, no," she said, not sure if she was panicking more about accidentally killing someone or about how similar to the book in her hand this was going.
"Hey, don't those legs look kind of like Red's?"
Samus noticed that Pikachu was right. However, she didn't get to say anything, because at that moment, a voice said something behind them. "So, are you a good witch, or a bad one, punk?"
Samus turned to see a man with green skin and red hair. "I said, are you a good witch or a bad one?"
"Well, I'm not a witch, period. Why?"
"You just fell out of the sky. That means you're a witch. We don't like the bad witches around here, so are you a good one or a bad one?"
"Neither. The room got picked up by a twister, and just dropped us. Don't ask me," she said, noticing the skeptical expression, "I got knocked out part way into the ride."
"Well," the man said, "I guess I'll have to take you on your word... that you're not a bad one, at least. You took out the Stupid Warlock of the East, and that will do everyone a favor."
"The 'Stupid Warlock of the East?'" Samus asked. "What exactly did he do?"
"He used to be a pokemon trainer, but he wasn't smart. At all. He started trying to catch the toads here." He made a motion, and four little mushroom-men came out of nowhere. "It's all right, I only want you to check the warlock's body. And you, mayor," he said, pointing to one of the men, who looked old, and was indeed carrying a cane, "If he's dead, greet her."
"Who is that guy?" Samus asked, looking at the man.
"Oh," the old toad said, "that's the Good-Yet-Slightly-Evil-But-Overall-Neutral Sorcerer of the North. I'm the mayor of this city of toads. Toadsworth, at your service," he said, bowing slightly.
"Well, thanks for the welcome," Samus said, raising an eyebrow at how random everything was going, "but you wouldn't mind telling me where we are, would you?"
"Of course not," Toadsworth said. "You're in Toadtown, a small county in the land of," here he took a deep breath, "Hgftuspdhsaroidaskgjlksdfgio;dfhg;;jlranhgiufdhgiuahfdiufgha;sdfhglasdfghiuarsdgtoi;sdfhg;aiorsdghi;lral;kjgh;=asdueuheuysdfauiyofgepiuga;;tnu.t,,?;sdakljgtaoethias;ldkhgte;ajgtldaskhnvcmeakhtr;elahkrfeio;ahwjgfklcnhi;tglkHey,?;jsdhHey, are you actually taking the time to read all this alk;dsjf[asioegto;iascg'oi[s o;aisytdhg;alsudf'o ura'osidfhgt'asru '[u'[idofagj/;ahig'iodgh;j?ntg;iasrhno'idfha;lskdhni;'g;laskhgo;iahgt;ioi;ahgi;lsahdgoui;hdrsr;hao;ihjhjo;idafhjsdlkfhnj;lgnjvfnckluomjnsfklzdungvm,c;zxohpjiodf;sdfhjudfsuira;rgukhadf;uidfh;ghklvjc;iouafdsgkbjai;edhsvndukcjfdjdjkafhs;dkl/FJCvn;xjk."
"That's a bit of a name," Samus said. "I think I'll just call this place," she thought and her mind landed on the book in her hand, "Odd. Do you mind?"
"We don't really care what we're called. We just like having a name."
"Well, no offence, but-"
She was cut off by a roaring sound. Out of nowhere, a gigantic turtle with spikes in his shell appeared and stood glowering over all of them. "What... the ****... is this?" he asked, glaring down at them all. "I come here to check on my brother, the Stupid Warlock of the East, and I find you seven talking things over. What's happened to the moron this time? Has a house fallen on him?" He laughed at his own joke.
"Well, you're not far off," the Sorcerer said. "He's there. Just one room, though. He probably saw it coming and just stood, watching it. I bet this happened: 'Hey, mind that house.' 'What house?' Splat."
Looking over, the turtle growled when he saw that they were telling the truth. "Who's room was it?"
"That would be mine," Samus said.
"YOURS?" the turtle turned on her, growling. "WHY, I OUGHTA-"
He cut himself off when he saw Samus. "Well, hello, beautiful," he said, wiping his hair over his head. "Hows about you and me go over to my castle and get together, if you know what I mean?"
"Is he serious?" Samus asked the Sorcerer.
"Well, I'm afraid he might be," the Sorcerer said.
"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS, BRO!" the turtle shouted, flaring back up again and putting emphasis on the word. Calming down, he turned to Samus. "So, is it a date?"
"No, I don't think it will work. You can get together with your flying monkeys."
"WHAT?" the turtle shouted. "NOBODY SAYS NO TO ME!"
He lumbered towards her, but the Sorcerer said something, and the turtle was pushed back by an invisible force. "You won't touch her while I'm here," the Sorcerer said. "And besides, before you hook up with anyone else, don't you think you should break up with our princess?"
"Well, you're right about that one," the turtle said. "I'm going to go away now," he said, turning his attention to Samus. "But don't think I've forgotten about you. I'm just going now to let my princess know that the wedding's off. But make no mistake: I'll get you, my hottie, and your little mouse, too!" With this, there was a flash of light, and the turtle was gone.
"What was that?" Samus asked the Sorcerer.
"Well, that was the Wicked Sorcerer of the West. He's always looking for a new wife, because the old ones are always staying away from him after the first date. How he managed to keep our princess for so long is beyond my understanding. Anyways, he'll be back soon, so I suggest that you head out now."
"How do I find a way home?"
"Well, I don't know. In fact, I think there's only one who would."
"Who?"
"The wizard of... well, Odd. I refuse to use our world's real name at every opportunity, it's one of the best ways to stay sane. He lives in Odd's capital, the Shining City. The only way there is to follow that road there." he pointed to a spiral in the ground.
"Well, will you come with me?" Samus asked, looking at him. "I don't usually ask for help, but you and me would make a good team against the Western Sorcerer."
"Oh, no, I can't come," the Sorcerer said. "If I did that, the Western Sorcerer would never be able to attack you, and there wouldn't be a plot."
"What are you talking about?"
"Well, if there is some being, in some other world, looking at our every move, they'll know what I mean. Oh, and remember, readers, to look out for foreshadowing, your key to quality literature!"
"Okay, I don't want someone this insane with us," Pikachu said.
"What did the mouse say?"
"Oh, I don't know, something about metal, I think," Samus said. "Well, we'll go off." She started at the beginning of the spiral. The Sorcerer went up and tapped her.
"Uh, the road leads that way," he said, pointing. "You don't necessarily have to start at the beginning of the spiral. It would save us all some time." With this, he suddenly vanished, too.
"Is everything so random here?" Samus asked Toadsworth.
"Oh, wait 'til you see the rest of the world," he said. Samus, not altogether reassured, started on her trek to the Shining City, with Pikachu at her side. They were off to see the Wizard.
Well, that's all for now. Please R&R, constructive criticism is fine, flames are bad, Gamer4 out.