(The Riches of Content)

*Author's Note: This chapter marks the end of the second story arc and once again, thank you to everyone who's read my interpretation and spin on this wonderful series*

*December 21st, 1900*

*Emerald City*

Ozma was chasing Mombi throughout the skies of the Emerald City with the help of Sawhorse as the heated battle between them was nearing its end.

"Mombi! Surrender now! Escaping is useless! You shall be jailed for your crimes!" Ozma had cried out to the evil witch; however, Mombi only cackled as she only began to fly much faster which prompted Sawhorse to pick up speed as well.

"I won't let her get away! I refuse to allow this evil witch to continue terrorizing innocent people!" Ozma had thought to herself as she continued to chase Mombi across the land of Oz until the pair found themselves above a desert; however, this wasn't no ordinary desert given Ozma's rather perplexed reaction.

"The Deadly Desert? Does Mombi intend to trick me by making me fall to my death? I do recall the old witch telling me during my life as Tip and how that nobody besides Glinda isn't strong enough to survive the desert.." Ozma had thought to herself before looking up to see Mombi's terrible smile as she began to speak.

"It finally ends here, Ozma. I should had killed you when I had the chance but now I shall blow you away completely until there's not a single trace left of you!" Mombi had spat out in a tone of hatred while using her hands to create a giant black ball of energy which shocked Ozma as her eyes had widened in shock.

"What do you intend to do?! Just give up! You are no match for me and Glinda!" Ozma had asked Mombi while preparing herself for whatever was coming her way as this was to avail as Mombi laughed.

"Simple, This baby right here has the power to destroy you and the entire Emerald City! I'll simply rebuild from scratch anyways but anywho, SAY GOODBYE TO THAT WRETCHED CITY! Mombi had roared in anger and confidence as she finally motioned her hands for the huge energy ball to descend towards Ozma and Sawhorse.

"That witch! She's truly a coward to the bitter end, eh? What shall we do?!" Sawhorse had spoken out in a worried tone of voice while Ozma had carefully gotten off him with a serious look on her face.

"I'll try to hold it off while you head back to Emerald City, okay? I don't want you getting hurt, okay? You've always been such a good help to me and my friends and once this is done, I shall reward you with the highest medal, does that sound good?" Ozma had spoken back to Sawhorse before giving him a warm hug as the sawhorse nodded his wooden head in understandment.

"Sure thing and you've been a good kid as well. Don't die on us, okay?!" Sawhorse had spoken back to his creator before turning the other direction as he began to fly back to the Emerald City.

"Now, there's one more thing I gotta take care of.." Ozma had spoken out to herself as she quickly turned her direction to face the huge black ball of energy as she used her hands to push it back; however, she was struggling which caused Mombi to speak out.

"Tell me? Why do you still continue with this utterly pointless battle? Do you truly think you had a chance against me? Once I'm done with you, I shall head back to the Emerald City" Mombi had asked Ozma in a curious tone of voice while trying to push her attack towards Ozma as the young girl remained fearless as she began to answer Mombi's question.

"Because I have friends to protect! I refuse to give up against a monster like you! You've stolen my life! My time with my father and now you are manipulating Jinjur and her friends while also trying to kill everyone else as well! I fight because I have those precious people to protect!" Ozma had responded back in a fierce tone of voice while trying to push back Mombi's attack as the old hag bursted out in laughter once more.

"It's that girl, Dorothy, isn't it?! She had filled your mind with such trivial thoughts! That's why you wanted to know about your past and that's why you wanted to become a girl once more, right? No matter! I shall find Dorothy once I'm done with you!" Mombi had spat out in annoyance while pushing her hands forward as the black energy ball had further descended towards Ozma as this made the young girl struggle to destroy it completely.

"No! My thoughts are my own! I always wanted to find out who I was and even if Dorothy did inspire me to find my true calling! She'll always be a better person than you'll ever be! So I can't lose!" Ozma had spoken out in a fierce tone of voice as she suddenly felt the presence of Queen Lurline wrapping her arms around her which gave her comfort.

"My child, you must use your power to destroy Mombi. She can;t be reasoned with and by that, she must be killed for the sake of the Emerald City…" Queen Lurline had spoken out to Ozma in a gentle yet authoritative tone of voice while Ozma nodded her head in understandment as she knew what to do.

"Mombi! It's over! Your reign of terror ends TODAY!" Ozma had roared in righteous fury as she let out battle cry as she finally had gotten serious which gave her the strength to finally push back Mombi's attack with such ease as the attack was coming towards the evil witch which had shocked her.

"I-I got this! T-there's no way I shall be defeated by a MERE BRAT!" Mombi had spat out in annoyance while trying to deflect her very own attack so she could push it back to Ozma; however, she found herself struggling as she tried her hardest to push it back.

"I-I Refuse to be killed by this! I-Refuse! I'm Mombi! The Wicked Witch of the North! The most POWERFUL.." Mombi had cried out for the final time as her very own attack consumed her which caused her body to be utterly decimated thus destroying the evil witch for good.

"I-It's over, Mombi, you should have given up when you had the chance…" Ozma had spoken out in a tone of sympathy before falling from the sky as her body was heading towards the Deadly Desert; however, Sawhorse had quickly dashed towards where his creator was falling and successfully catched her as the young girl fell unconscious.

"Ozma, you did it. You've defeated Mombi.." Sawhorse had uttered out to himself while letting out a smile as he quickly flew Ozma back to the Emerald City.

*Emerald City*

Mombi's death had caused Jinjur, Flora, Rosy, and the rest of their army to return back to normal as the brainwashing disappeared.

"W-What's going on? The last thing I remembered was Mombi telling us about some lost princess or something.." Jinjur had spoken out in confusion while Kiki and the rest of Glinda's army had let out chuckles as Kiki began to explain everything to Jinjur.

"Well, Mombi had used her magic to brainwash you and the rest of your army to do her bidding but it seems that Mombi has been defeated by Ozma, the true ruler of Oz" Kiki had explained to Jinjur as this left her even more confused; however, she slowly began to accept things as she also looked over to see Glinda approaching them alongside with Tin Woodman and Rosy.

"Sawhorse shall be arriving with Ozma in just a few minutes and she shall be crowned as the true ruler across Oz but let's all shake hands and ensure that we become stronger people" Glinda had advised to everyone as she had seen Jinjur's army shaking hands with her army while Rosy and Flora made up with Scarecrow, Woggle Bug, and Tin Woodman.

"Hey, where's Jack Pumpkinhead at? I've haven't seen him around.." Scarecrow had asked in a tone of curiosity, sadly, he was met with Rosy's sad expression as she began to explain the situation to him.

"I'm terribly sorry but your friend has given his life to ensure that everyone would be safe and It's all my fault, I should have listened to him.." Rosy had responded back as she was met with a gentle hand of comfort by Scarecrow who had a warm smile on his face.

"Don't beat yourself up, You were controlled and manipulated by Mombi so it's truly the old witch's fault but it seems that she's defeated now so all is well" Scarecrow had responded back as this made Rosy smile.

"Thank you, I truly appreciate it.." Rosy had spoken back with a smile on her face while looking up to see Sawhorse arrive with Ozma as this caused everyone including the Emerald City residents to erupt and cheers of praise.

"It's Our Majesty, she's finally here to establish peace and security to the city" Woggle Bug had spoken out in joy while he also saw Glinda walking towards Ozma who was resting on Sawhorse.

"My child, you've done great. I'm truly proud of you..: Glinda had spoken to Ozma as she used her magic to fully hear Ozma's small injuries as this caused her to awaken as she slowly opened her eyes to see all of her friends and allies.

"G-Glinda! Did I defeat Mombi or did she escape?! I hope it's the former!" Ozma had spoken out in confusion as this caused everyone to laugh including Glinda as she began to answer the question.

"Ozma, you've used your power to defeat Old Mombi for good and now, you shall be crowned as Princess Ozma, the true ruler of Oz for all of eternity!" Glinda had responded back while gently using her staff to restore Ozma's battle worn outfit back into her usual, beautiful and royal outfit.

"So, what's the first order of business, your majesty?" Woggle Bug had asked Ozma in a polite tone of voice while Ozma chuckled at him before speaking.

"Please don't call me that, you're my friend so simply call me Ozma if you must and my first order is to abolish any type of money and currency, the Emerald City shall be a system where people freely trade and only if it's an equal and just trade! And also, the men, boys, women, and girls should all work together to ensure a brighter future where everyone is equal.." Ozma had responded back to Woggle Bug while the intelligent creature nodded his head in understandment as Ozma had walked towards the palace with everyone following her.

"Secondly! I shall allow ZERO tolerance for discrimination based on someone's well being! My people shall be free to be or do whatever they please as long as it's not harmful to others!" Ozma had spoken out once more in a confident tone of voice while more cheers from the residents could be heard.

"My child, you can't rule over the people with a messy palace and city so allow me to fix the issue for you.." Glinda had spoken out as she used her magic to restore the Emerald City and palace to it's former glory while Jinjur and the others were questioned on what to do next, luckily, this seemed to have caught Ozma's attention.

"And as for you, Flora, Rosy, and the rest of the all girls army. I shall allow everyone to remain free; however, any future threats that you guys may want to conspire will be dealt with, okay?" Ozma had commanded Jinjur and the others as the girls nodded their heads in understandment; however, their hearts were moved and changed by Ozma as they knew that their old ways of changing things wasn't gonna work out.

"Ozma is right, we've been tricked and manipulated by Mombi which caused us to act out of line but we can't allow that mishap to define us, right? But I was also thinking of disbanding the army for the foreseeable future…" Jinjur had spoken out while this had initially shocked Flora and Rosy; however, they've slowly come into an understanding.

"You're right, I think it's best to go our separate ways for the time being but I'm sure Ozma would prove herself to be a great ruler" Flora had spoken out to Jinjur while the young woman nodded her head in agreement.

"Exactly! Now let's leave this place and go about our separate ways! Who's with me?!" Jinjur had spoken out with a huge smile on her face as this was followed by many cheers and shouts from Jinjur's army as she, Rosy, Flora, and the rest of the army all parted ways as everyone had left the Emerald City leaving Ozma and the others with smiles on their faces.

"Those girls weren't half bad.." Scarecrow had uttered out before quickly getting into panic mode as he suddenly remembered Gump.

"Oh yeah?! Gump?! What shall we do with him?!" Scarecrow had spoken out once more while Ozma raised her hands to calm Scarecrow down.

"It's okay! Gump shall be mounted in my office room. My dear friend had told me the night before we departed from Winkie Country that he wished to be dismantled and mounted once our adventures is done and of course, he's waiting outside in the gardens" Ozma had spoken back to her friend as this brought a sense of peace to Scarecrow as he sighed in relief as Glinda began to speak.

"It looks like I shall be taking my leave, I can go back to Quadling Country knowing that the Emerald City is in good hands but I must thank everyone for your courageous acts. You people have shown that friendship truly conquers all and by that, I'm very proud of everyone here and I wish everyone farewell" Glinda had spoken back to the gang for the final time as everyone waved her goodbye as they had seen the good witch leaving the palace as in the end, Glinda and her army had marched towards their destination which was the Quadling Country.

*Carriage*

"Your Majesty, why didn't you use your power to put an end to Mombi? I'm quite curious.." Kiki had asked Glinda in a tone of curiosity as she was met with a smile before her expression became more formal.

"It's a secret, my darling. The truth shall come into light when the moment comes but for now, we shall rest.." Glinda had responded back as this left Kiki rather confused but she also understood the reason as she looked out of the carriage window to see the beautiful sunset which illuminated the Emerald City.

*Emerald City*

Ozma had finally sat on her throne while taking a deep breath as she knew there was more work to do.

"Woggle Bug, would you like to be the important post of public educator? Your intelligence could truly pave the way for the residents to become more open-minded and accepting and It could also help me with my royal duties as well" Ozma had asked Woggle Bug and without any shred of doubt, Woggle Bug had accepted the offer rather graciously.

"Of course! Of course! My dream was to always spread knowledge across the Land of Oz!" Woggle Bug has answered back while tipping his hat to show respect which made Ozma smile as she looked over to Scarecrow and Tin Woodman.

"And what about you two? I know Tin Woodman rules over the Winkies so I'll send him back home but I still wanna see where your hearts lie" Ozma had asked the pair while waiting for a response until Tin Woodman began to speak.

"I shall return back to the Winkies. I'm sure they dearly miss me; however, this doesn't mean I won't visit or write to you from time to time" Tin Woodman had responded back with a smile on his face while Scarecrow nodded his head in agreement.

"He's right and as for me, I might just join Tin Woodman since I always wanted to travel and not be stuck doing royal duties" Scarecrow simply responded as this made Ozma smile as she had gotten up from her throne.

"Then it's decided! You two are free to do as you please! You guys have been such wonderful people to me and I can't repay you enough" Ozma had spoken out to her friends while walking over to one of the tables which contained the seed of Jack Pumpkinhead as this made her smile as she gently buried it in the flower pot before going back to her throne to take a seat.

"You know, I've read this story where a man was very smart; however, he lacked the heart needed to become King and thus he was overthrown so, I'm wondering if someone's heart is needed to become rich" Tin Woodman had spoken out to everyone while Scarecrow kindly objected.

"That is true; however, I feel like you need the brains necessary to become rich and content so maybe having smarts is needed to become rich" Scarecrow had objected while Ozma had begun to speak.

"Wrong, You are both rich, my friends, and your riches are the only riches worth having, the riches of content and character!" Ozma had spoken out to her friends while letting out a warm smile as the young girl was ready to rule over her the people of Oz for all eternity.

End of Story Arc 2