"The world looks a lot different around us." said Bianca, leaving the Lotus Casino.
"It's as if we went forward in time." said Nico.
They both started laughing together.
"Time travel!" laughed Bianca. "Ha!"
"Up for another round of Mythomagic?" asked Nico.
"Uhh... not right now, we need to find a new place to stay."
"Why couldn't we have stayed there? The games are sick!"
"Something just doesn't feel right in there, remember what our mission is?"
"To find our parents."
"Right. Let's get going."
They called a taxi (which looked a lot different than they normally did) and they asked to take them as far as they could.
"Darling if I could take you as far as I could with this money, we'd be spinning around the globe forever." said the taxi driver, looking at the card.
Nico and Bianca had no idea what he meant by that but they kept it to themselves.
"So what place do you wish to go?" asked the taxi driver.
"Any recommendations?" asked Nico.
"I could take you to Kansas, it's a lovely place to visit."
"Sounds nice." said Bianca. "Let's go."
The taxi then took them all the way from Las Vegas to Kansas and he dropped them off there and they got settled in.
"We need a place to stay." said Bianca. "Then we can try to find our parents."
"Yeah, there should be somewhere around here." said Nico.
They went looking around but no one let them in so they just sat on a field watching the sunset.
"It's going to be a cold night." said Bianca.
"Pity." said Nico. "We could've stayed at that casino."
"Same, Nico."
Suddenly a large wind came towards them and a green tornado began to form.
"Oh no."
"Nico, we need to run!"
The two children of Hades went as far as their legs could take them but it was no use, this weird tornado caught up with them and pulled them in and the two of them passed out. As they began to regain consciousness, it was as if they were in another world - which they were.
"We're not in Kansas anymore." said Bianca.
"I knew Kansas had tornadoes but I never knew they would be green." said Nico.
"Let's go find somewhere to stay."
The two of them walked around and then they saw a house with an old man inside.
"Excuse me," asked Bianca. "Is it alright if we can stay here for a while. A tornado just came here and luckily we aren't hurt but we don't want to risk our lives again."
"Ha!" said the man. "That was no tornado, that was a cyclone."
"No it was a torndao-"
"Be quiet! I'm not letting you in, my wife found a little baby a long time ago and we adopted her but she was crazy, she had magic."
"Magic's not real." said Nico.
"You bet your butt it is! Magic is not joke."
"Please, sir, we really need somewhere to stay." said Bianca.
"Not with me, if you wish for something, you need to ask the wizard."
"Wizard?"
"The Wizard of Oz! He knows all and he might have mercy on you and let you stay in his palace."
"Which way to this palace?"
"You can't miss it, just follow the Yellow Brick Road."
Nico and Bianca left the man's home and they noticed a yellow brick road.
"That was weird." said Bianca.
"But having magic, that would be cool!" said Nico.
"Don't be ridiculous Nico, he's old and crazy. Thinks this is all just a fairy tale-"
"Bianca..."
"What?"
"I think he may be right..."
Nico pointed to a large palace made of pure emeralds and the green light illuminated from it.
"I think we really are in Oz." said Nico.
"I hate to say this but you're right." replied Bianca.
Guards surrounded them and asked what they have come for and when Bianca said that they had come to meet the wizard, they took them to his chamber.
"I am Oz!" screamed a giant man's shadow came on the curtain whilst fire surrounded him. "Great and Terrible! Ask me a question, I see it all!"
"We've come trying to find our family." said Nico. "Can you help us?"
"Family?" asked the man and suddenly the giant shadow of a man disappeared and behind the certain, a green woman with ginger hair whom wore black witch's clothes came.
"Where's the Wizard?" asked Nico.
"Nico, haven't you read the book? The wizard is just a normal man." said Bianca.
"You are smart," said the woman. "You could be quite valuable."
"Thanks for the compliment but I also know who you are, you're the Wicked Witch of the West!"
"But how?" asked Nico. "I thought she died due to water."
"Oh, the story isn't as it seemed. It was kind of an easy trick to be honest, tricking Dorothy into going back to Kansas so that no one can defeat me." said the witch.
"Someone will, witch!" said Bianca.
"Like who? The all-powerful wizard is now a flying monkey, Dorothy is back in Oz, I banished Glinda to the North of the Dark Forest."
"No..."
"Yes! But I have an offer, you stay with me in Oz and become my servants and after a while, I'll give you to your parents."
"Why should we trust you? You're evil."
"I prefer the term wicked but I'm your only hope."
"Don't trust her Bianca." said Nico.
"I'm sorry Nico, I have to." said Bianca.