Sandy's Adventure in the Land of Oz

[ukulady]

Just something me and a buddy are working on. Inspired by anniemae04.deviantart.com/art/Wizard-of-Bikini-Bottom-14820432

Ch1: Sandy’s journey begins

Ah, once again we journey into Bikini Bottom. Today we visit Spongebob Squarepants and Sandy Cheeks at a bus stop.

“Aw Sandy, why do you have to leave?” Spongebob said crying. His snail Gary was next to him getting rained on by his owners tears. He went back into his shell and came back out with an umbrella. “I told you Spongebob,” said Sandy. “I’m going home to Texas to visit my folks. I’ll be back in a week.” “But Sandy, I’m gonna miss you so much.” said Spongebob. “Oh Spongebob,” Sandy said as she put he hand on his shoulder. “I’ll miss you too. But want to see my family.” “But I think of you as family.” said Spongebob blinking back tears. “I know that buddy.” she said. “But I meant my real family. You know, the people actually related to me.” “But Sandy-” Spongebob said but then he looked down so the ground in sorrow. “I said, I’ll be back in a week.” said Sandy. Spongebob looked up at his friend. “I don’t think I could make it by then.” he said. “I--” Then an approaching bus came to a stop. “That’s my ride.” Sandy said. Then the two shared a hug as a farewell but stopped after hearing the bus horn. “Come on!” shouted the driver. “Let’s get a move on!” “I’ll see you next week Spongebob.” said Sandy taking a step onto the bus. Spongebob sniffled and waved at Sandy. “Every time…” the driver muttered to himself. The doors closed and the bus drove off. “But any amount of time when you’re gone; feels like an eternity to me.” Spongebob said softly. He looked down but noticed something was wrong. “Hey where did Gary go?”

Sandy was the only person on the bus aside from the driver. She took a seat and looked out the window. She was so happy that she was on her way back to her hometown in Texas. She then turned to see her suitcase was wiggling a bit. “What in tarnation?” she said then opened the bag. The cause of the moving suitcase was Gary. He had found a way into Sandy’s luggage and was munching on some peanut butter cookies she had packed. “Meow.” he said. “Hey,” exclaimed Sandy. “how’d you get in there?” Gary belched. “I’d better get you back home Gary.” she said. “Excuse me, driver? I need to…huh?” Sandy paused and noticed that the driver had vanished. She looked out her window and saw the driver running away. “What the-” Sandy looked out front and saw a terrifying whirlpool headed her way. “Uh-oh…” she said. The whirlpool was so fast, before Sandy and Gary could get out, it had lifted the entire bus in to the air. Around and around the bus span in the whirlpool. Sandy was tumbling inside holding Gary close to protect him. The whirlpool was very intense. Before Sandy knew it, she and Gary were knocked out and soon plummeted back to the ground.

When Sandy came to, she first saw Gary on top of her. He meowed. Sandy sat up. “Oh boy….” she said shaking her head. “That ride was crazier than riding a bull with a bad itch.” Gary rolled his eyes. Sandy checked her air helmet for any cracks. She was lucky that there was no damage. Except to the bus. She stood up and took a good look around to see where she and Gary had landed. She and the snail were in awe, Where they were was not what either had seen before in their lives. This place was filled with many miniature houses of different colors, almost storybook like. Flowers and other plants all lined the houses. A lovely fountain was placed in the center of all this. And the prettiest hills could be seen in the distance. Gary meowed as if to say, “Wow” “Umm…Gary?” Sandy began. “I’ve got a feeling that we’re not in Bikini Bottom anymore.”

[howsimplylovely]

Awesome! I like the whole , "That ride was crazier that riding a bull with a bad itch!." part. Nice. Can't wait to read more! (if you'll be writing more...) =]

[ukulady]

Oh I will

Ch2: Munchkin land

“Meep.”
Sandy turned her head behind her to try to locate the source of the strange sound, but looking, could not see anything or anyone that could have made it. “Meep?” “Huh? Who’s there?” Sandy said trying to find whoever was making the odd noise. Nobody answered. “Meow.” Gary said. “What is it Gary? Sandy asked. He pointed his eyeball to a certain direction and Sandy followed it. They both saw a strange object floating in the air. It was almost bubble like but prickly. “What is that?” Sandy asked. Gary meowed as to say “I don’t know.”
Suddenly the object began to zoom around the air like a deflating balloon. Sandy and Gary kept their eyes on it. And they both would have sworn that they heard it screaming. It zoomed all around until it went over Sandy’s head and crashed onto a tree trunk. Sandy now knew that this was a person and a lady at that so she ran over to help her, Gary following . “Oh my.” The woman said. “That’s a road we don’t want to go back on.” She got back on her feet. Sandy became wide eyed. This person looked familiar. “Mrs. Puff?” said Sandy. The woman turned to face Sandy.
She did bear a strong resemblence to Spongebob’s boating school teacher. But she wore a sparkling pink dress and a witches hat of some sort but it sparkled as well. She also carried a silver wand. “What? Oh no dear.” the woman said. “I am Puffina. The good witch of the north.” “Well that’s darn right funny, I’ve never heard of a beautiful witch before.” said Sandy. “Except in a movie I saw.” “Well my dear, that’s because I’m a good witch. Only bad witches are ugly” said Puffina. “ I assume that you are a good witch and not bad. After all you dropped a bus on the Wicked warlock’s robot lacky and you have freed the Munchkins.” “Wait a sec,” Sandy said “I ain’t no witch. And what do you mean by munchkins and a robot? And where the heck am I?” “Well you my dear are in the magical land of Oz. There is the bus and you’re here too and that’s what’s left of the warlock’s robot.” Puffina said and pointed to the bus that had crash landed from the whirlpool. Sandy and Gary saw that below the bus was a pair of robotic legs. And on them were two rubies. Gary meowed. “Huh. Well that’s somethin’ you don’t see everyday.” said Sandy. “You dear, are the heroine of Munchkin Land.” said Puffina. “It’s alright little ones you may come out and thank her.”
One by one, small fish that looked like anchovies in funny colorful outfits came out with smiles. Surrounding Sandy, Gary and Puffina all making that “Meep, meep..” noise that was heard before. “So these guys are the munchkins?” Sandy asked almost not believing it. “Meep. Yes indeed we are.” said a young munchkin. “Would you like a lollipop?” he offered. “Um, no thank you. I’m good” said Sandy. Gary slithered up to the boy and meowed, asking for the lollipop. The munckin gave it to Gary. He took it with his mouth and smiled in content. “Well, what is your name?” asked Puffina. “I’m Sandy Cheeks from Bikini Bottom or Texas is where I’m originally from. And this is Gary.” Gary spat out the remainder of the lollipop and the stick landed in a trash bin. “Well we want to thank you Sandy Cheeks and Gary for freeing us from the wicked robot.” said a stout munchkin who appeared to be the mayor of the town. “Wait!” shouted a female munchkin in the back of the crowed. “How do we know if that robot is really destroyed?” “Don’t worry.” said a munchkin who appeared to be a scientist. “I took a good look at him and he is no longer able to function.” “Then let us celebrate that the terrible robot has been destroyed at last!!” shouted the mayor. Every one cheered and chanted Sandy’s name. Sandy was enjoying the the fact that she was a hero to them. But then a dark cloud of smoke began to rise from the ground.

[ukulady]

Ch3: The Warlock of the West

Every one ran off and hid in fright. Sandy and Gary too became scared. At least until the dark cloud cleared to reveal that this “threat” was very small. He looked a lot like Plankton but with dark clothing. He walked over to where the bus had crashed. Sandy laughed. “Ha! This little fella?” she said. "This is what y'all are afraid of? He's just a little shrimp." She laughed hysterically. “Be careful.” Puffina warned. “That is the Wicked Warlock of the West. He created the robot that you destroyed.” The Warlock turned around. “So it was you who destroyed my robot!!” he shouted and pointed at Sandy. “Well it was an accident!” Sandy said and chuckled. “I don’t see why everyone is afraid of you anyway. Heck, I could just step on you right now.” Sandy raised her foot. “No use trying to step on me.” said the Warlock. Sandy put her foot back down. “You see I have incredible powers. I can do whatever I wish.” Sandy crossed her arms. The Warlock chuckled. “I can blow up things.” He looked tree where Puffin had crashed into earlier. He waved his stubby little arms and the tree had exploded. The Warlock chuckled. “I can turn people into monsters.” The Warlock spotted an elderly munchkin walking along. He waved his stubby arms again and the munchkin was instantly changed into a huge rockfish-like creature. Seeing this, Gary became afraid and jumped into Sandy‘s arms. “I have also created a invisible sheild around me so I can’t be stepped on.” said the Warlock And now I’m going to make you pay for destroying my robot!” “Wait,” Puffina interjected. “Aren’t you forgetting about the rubies?” “Why yes of course!” said the Warlock. “The rubies.” he walked over to the bus once again to claim the rubies attached to the robot‘s ankles. But before he could grab them, the rubies had vanished and the robot’s legs curled up and disappeared underneath the bus. “Huh? They’re gone!” he exclaimed. “My rubies! What did you do to them!? You’d better give them to me or--” “Well we did nothing to your rubies.” Puffina said. “Stay out of this Puffina, or I‘ll fix you too!” warned the Warlock “Oh Poppythingy, you’ve no power here to control us. So you must leave at once!” “Very well. I’ll bide my time.” said the Warlock. “But as for you missy,” he looked at Sandy. “You’ve made yourself my public enemy number one.. If you know what’s good for you, you’d better stay out of my way.” he chuckled. “I will get you my pretty and your little snail too!” Gary and Sandy both gave the Warlock a glare as they watched him leave. Laughing menacingly, the Warlock disappeared as he appeared, into a billow of dark smoke.

[Muffin]

AWESOME!! It's really good, except that it would be easier to read if you made another paragraph each time someone talks. I love the Gary being the dog thing XD

[Erin]

O-M-G! I love this! XD Wizard of Oz, Spongebob parody! YAY! ;D

[ukulady]

Ch4: Follow the Golden Shell Road

The warlock had vanished, and with the evil robot destroyed, Munchkin Land was at peace once again. “Don’t worry,” Puffina proclaimed. “You can come back out. He’s gone!” The Munchkins all sighed with deep relief as they emerged from hiding. "Oh my, breathing in that surely isn't good for the respiratory system." Puffina said. “I afraid you’ve become a real enemy to the Warlock of the West.” she said to Sandy. “The sooner you get out of Oz safely, the sooner you get home.” “I would like to get back home to Bikini Bottom safely to get Gary home. Then get to Texas.” Sandy said. “But that’s just impossible, I can’t just go the way I came.” “That is true my dear, only one person who may know.” said Puffina. “And who would that be?” Sandy asked with a hint of sarcasm. “Why that would be the Wizard of Oz himself.” Puffina said. The Munchkins all nodded at this. “Wait, Wizard? Is this guy good or bad?” asked Sandy. “He is good but mysterious as well.” Puffina said. “He lives in the Coral City. And it‘s very far away.” “So y’all expect me just to walk there?” Sandy said a little annoyed. Puffina chuckled. “Well it’s the only way. You must simply follow the Golden Shell Road.” “Well beggars can’t be choosers I guess.” said Sandy. “C’mon Gary, we’re off to see the Wizard!” “Now you hold on for a minute.” Puffina stated. “You don’t think that you’re going to see the Wizard looking like that? No my dear, you need better traveling clothes.” "What's wrong with what I got on?" Sandy said. “Well for one thing,” a munchkin said. “You look like an astronaut. You’re not in outer space you know. “Well, I need this suit so I can breath in the water.” said Sandy. “No you don’t.” said another munchkin giggling. “That’s right. In this magical land any creature that swims, walks, or flies can breath here.” Puffina. “Right….” Sandy said with skepticism. “I still ain’t taking any chances.” Sandy was in a pouting position now. Without any warning, Sandy's suit vanished before her eyes, along with her helmet. Her purple bikini remained. She was at first hesitant; but Sandy took a breath to find it was the same as breathing air. “Wow!” Sandy exclaimed. “Well now, about those clothes..” Puffina said. She gave it some thought and waved her wand. Soon, a magical cloud surrounded the young squirrel. When clouds had disappeared, Sandy found herself wearing a, “A hippie outfit!?” Sandy was infuriated. “Nope, that won’t work.” said Puffina. She waved her wand once again. Now Sandy was in a gothic teen outfit. Shaking her head, Puffina tried again. The clothes that were tried out included:
Victorian style,
Kimono,
Punk rocker (Mohawk included)
And even a clown suit. Gary snickered at that one. “Ok this is gettin’ old.” Sandy said. “I’ve got it!” Puffina said. “How about, ’Kansas Girl‘?” She wave her wand one more time. Now Sandy was wearing clothes that had a strong resemblance to the little girl in L. Frank Baum‘s children’s stories. Basket included. “Eh I suppose this’ll do.” Sandy said looking at her new dress. “Now can we go?” “Well there is one more thing.” Puffina said. She then, waved her wand to reveal the rubies that had disappeared before. “Hey I thought you said you didn’t do anything to them.” Sandy said. “Well ‘to them and ‘with them’ are entirely different.” Puffina explained. “Now you must keep these with you. They will let you pass the guard in Coral City so you can enter.” Puffina then zapped the jewels and they were now with Sandy. As beautiful red ruby slippers that had been placed on her feet. Gary meowed as to say “Wow, that’s pretty.” “Now my dear, you are ready to go. But you must avoid the west and not take off your slippers.” Puffina warned. “Otherwise you will be at the mercy of the warlock.” Sandy nodded and her and Gary started off on the Golden Shell Road. All the munchkins and Puffina cheered her and Gary off as they left. Sandy waved at the crowed and thanked them for their help. When she was finally gone the rockfish creature that was once an old munchkin asked Puffina. “Can you change me back now? Oooh and can you make me more buff?”

[Erin]

YAY! I like where this is going! MORE PLEASE! ;D

[ukulady]

Ch5: The Scarecrow

So Sandy and Gary departed to see the Wizard. They followed the Road for a ways until they came upon a pineapple tree grove and a fork with three paths leading off from it. Sandy was dumbfounded. “Ok, which way are we supposed to go now?” she said. Then a voice was heard. “Excuse me,” the voice said. “The path on the left is a good way to go.” Sandy looked around. Nobody there. “Who said that?” she said. Gary meowed, and pointed his eyeball to a nearby square shaped scarecrow that had his arm pointed to the left. “Now Gary, don’t be ridiculous.” said Sandy. “Everyone know that scarecrows can’t talk.” “Then again the other two ways are nice too.” the voice said again. Sandy looked back up to the Scarecrow to see that he was pointing to the right. “Ok, that’s weird.” Sandy said. “I thought that he was…” “Still there have been cases where you could go all three ways.” said the voice again.
Now, the Scarecrow had both of his arms raised. “Wait a sec, y’all did say something did you?” said Sandy. The Scarecrow shook his head and then nodded. “Are you doing that to annoy me,” Sandy asked. “Or can’t make up your mind?” “Well, that’s the problem.” said the Scarecrow. “I can’t make up my mind because I don’t have a brain. Just straw.” "But if you have no brain, how can you talk?" She asked, before she remembered where she was. “You know, I don’t know.” said the Scarecrow. “I don’t even know why I’m a scarecrow. I’m supposed to scare nematodes, not crows.” “Well, scarecrow does sounds better than ‘scare-nematode.’ ” said Sandy giggling. “Good point. So what’s your name?” asked the Scarecrow. “I’m Sandy Cheeks, and this is Gary.” she said picking up Gary.
“And your name?” “Just call me Scarecrow.” he said. “After all, that is what I am. But I’d rather be anything or anywhere else than on this stupid pole.” “Well, let me get you down then." Sandy said. "Thanks, that’s awfully kind of you. Just take that nail in the back out.” Sandy pried the nail with all her might until it came out, followed by the scarecrow collapsing in a heap on the ground. “You ok?” Sandy asked. “Oh yeah,” said Scarecrow. “I’m ok. Wow it feels good to be free!” Gary slithered over to the Scarecrow and started purring. “What’s up with your snail?” he asked. “Oh he isn’t mine.” said Sandy. “He belongs to a very good friend of mine. You do kind of look like him.” Sandy then noticed that some of his straw had fallen out. "Goodness, your straw!" She gasped. "Oh don't worry about that. It falls out all the time." He said. "I can just put it all back in." Sandy smiled as the Scarecrow
re-stuffed himself. Suddenly a swarm of nematodes surrounded a pineapple tree and started eating the fruit. The Scarecrow stood up and said, “Boo! Scat! Shoo! Get out of here!” No good. He tried again. Still nothing. The nematodes finished their feast and moved on.
The Scarecrow sighed. “You see that?” he said. “I can’t scare off nematodes. Oh, I’m no good at this job. I’m nothing but a big failure because I don’t have a brain.” Sandy felt sorry for the poor guy. “Well I’m on my way to Coral City to see this wizard fella.” she said. “Oooh a wizard.” said the Scarecrow. “Hey do you think that he could give me a brain?” “Hmm…I’m not sure.” said Sandy. “But you’d be no worse off than now if he didn’t.” The Scarecrow sighed. “But you’d better not. I’ve got this pesky warlock mad at me and I don’t want you in any trouble.” “What? I’m not afraid of anything.” said the Scarecrow. “Well, except anything with fire.” “Can’ t say that I blame ya.” said Sandy. “But I would face torches, lighters and even matches for the chance of getting a brain.” he said. “But I promise I won’t be any trouble. Please take me with you, please?” “Oh, all right you can tag along.” Sandy said. “Yahoo!!! We're going to see the wizard!” The Scarecrow shouted while jumping. He landed funny though, and some more straw popped out of his legs. “Oops.” he said then laughed while fixing his legs. "You're just bursting at the seams, aren't ya?" she asked. The Scarecrow laughed. “Well let’s go!” he said. Then Sandy, Gary and the Scarecrow continued on the Golden Shell Road, laughing happily as they went.

[Erin]

Oooh! Nice, is there gonna be some Sandy x Scarecrowness j/k But any who, GREAT so far! MORE PLEASE!

[ukulady]

Ch6: Talking Trees/The Tin Man

It was now Sandy, Gary, and the Scarecrow on the Golden Shell Road. And by now the three were getting quite tired. “I’m getting tired.” the Scarecrow said almost panting. “Me too.” said Sandy. Gary meowed with a sigh. “We should take a load off.” Sandy said sitting on a nearby tree trunk. The Scarecrow sat on a rock, and Gary crawled into Sandy’s basket. All three sighed. Sandy looked up and found that they had walk into an area where there were trees that grew many different kinds of nuts including acorns. Why, just even one tree produced walnuts, chestnuts, acorns, and other kinds of nuts on its branches. Sandy was astonished. How could one tree have all these nuts on its branches? Sandy didn’t care. She just smiled. “Well I am getting kind of hungry.” she said. Sandy approached one of the trees and plucked a nice ripe acorn from a branch, only to greeted by the tree jerking back. “What's the big idea!” The tree shouted. Sandy was shocked. The trees could talk? “What in tarnation!?” she said, nearly falling flat on her behind. “Well!?” the tree shouted. “Well, I was hungry.” Sandy replied. “Oh, so since you’re so hungry,” the tree protested. “it means that you can just walk along and pick stuff off of people?” Sandy gave the tree a look. “Well how would you like it if somebody picked something off of you!?” said the tree. “Look,” said Sandy. “I don’t know what your problem is, but y’all better stop screamin’ at me before I karate chop you into a birdhouse!” “Why I oughta!!” the tree shouted. The Scarecrow, hearing this, rushed in. “Umm…Sandy, let’s get goin’.” he said. “You wouldn’t want those nuts anyway.” “What!? What’s wrong with them?” asked the tree. “Oh nothing, It’s just that she wouldn’t like those little worms you’ll find in ‘em.” the Scarecrow said. The tree became furious. He started picking his own branches and he threw the nuts at Sandy and the Scarecrow. Sandy was able to dodge them, but the Scarecrow wasn’t so lucky. He wasn’t hurt though. “Ha!” shouted the Scarecrow. “That showed them! Now you can get the nuts that are on the ground.”
Sandy and the Scarecrow both got onto the ground and started collecting the nuts that had fallen. During this, Sandy found a nice acorn near some bushes. Near that acorn, there were what seemed to be two pairs of metal legs.
Curious, she tapped them. Moving up to see what they were connected to, she tapped on what appeared to be knees. When Sandy was fully standing, she saw something truly bizarre. It seemed to be a octopus completely made from tin. “What in tarnation?” She exclaimed. “He's made completely out of metal.” “More like tin to me” said the Scarecrow. This man of tin was standing as straight as a pole, holding a black object in his hand, which turned out to be a clarinet. Sandy and the Scarecrow were astonished. They couldn't believe what they saw. Never in their lives would they imagine a man made of tin standing in the middle of nowhere
“Mmmm.” A strained voice sounded. Sandy and the Scarecrow looked around for the voice, “Mmmm.” “Where the heck is that comin’ from?” said Sandy. when it sounded again. It seemed to be coming from the Tin Man. “Umm, did you say something?” asked the Scarecrow. The Tin Man then said something else but is came out incomprehensible. “What’d he say?” asked Sandy to the Scarecrow. “I don’t know.” he said. “It sounded something like ‘foil man.’ ” The Tin Man muttered the same thing he said before. “Soil fan?” said the Scarecrow. “He likes dirt?” Gary then slithered next to Sandy and meowed. “Oh, not soil fan, he said oilcan.” said the Scarecrow. Sandy looked around for it and saw an oilcan on a nearby tree stump. “Let’s oil his mouth first so we can hear him better.” said Sandy. She started to oil his lips and the joint used in his jaw on one side. The oilcan was handed to the Scarecrow and he did the same thing on the other side. After squeaking around a bit the Tin Man’s jaw creaked open. "At last, I can speak again." He said. “What in tarnation happened to ya?” Sandy asked. The tin man scowled. “How am I supposed to know. All I know is I'm here playing my clarinet, minding my own business, and suddenly I can't move.” “Must’ve been that rainstorm last week.” said the Scarecrow. Sandy began oiling the Tin Man’s arms and legs. With loud creaking, he kept working his arms and legs until they were fully loose. “So you play clarinet?” Sandy said. “Yes indeed.” said the Tin Man. He played a squeaky few notes of a song Sandy didn't recognize. Gary hid in his shell and Sandy and the Scarecrow covered their ears to block the noise. After he had finished the Tin Man stood and looked at his audience. “Well umm….” Sandy started. “That was really…” “It was kind of..” said the Scarecrow. Gary then popped back out of his shell and rasberried at the Tin Man. He glared at Gary. “What Gary means,” the Scarecrow began. “you need to put your heart into it more.” The Tin Man looked to the ground and gave a squeaky sigh. “I was afraid you’d say that.” he said. Sandy and the Scarecrow looked at each other. “Why do you say that?” asked the Scarecrow. “It’s none of your business.” The Tin Man said. Sandy gave him a knowing stare. “Why are you looking at me funny?” The Tin Man shouted. “So what if I don't have a heart.” He clapped his tentacle over his mouth. “You don’t have a heart?” the Scarecrow asked. The Tin man shook his head sadly. “The tin smith who made me forgot to give me one.” he said. “But I keep practicing but never got any better.” Gary meowed as to say, “Well I can see that.” “People always tell me to put my heart into it more. But that’s impossible for me.” a tear came from the Tin Man’s eye. “Is there anything we can do to help?” Sandy asked.
“Hey,” the Scarecrow interjected. “maybe you can come with us to see the Wizard and you can ask for a heart. I’m going to ask for a brain.” “Yeah, that figures.” the Tin Man said under his breath. “Besides, suppose he wouldn’t give me a heart when we got there?” “Have faith.” Sandy said. “Besides, we've got your back.” the Scarecrow said. As Sandy looked at the two characters in front of her, she began to get a feeling in her heart. She began thinking of all those back home, her friends in Bikini Bottom and family in Texas. “Sandy, is something wrong?” asked the Scarecrow. Sandy nodded. “Just... a little homesick.” “Your home back in this Texas place or where you live now?” the Scarecrow replied. “Both.” Sandy said. “But especially Bikini Bottom. Something‘s telling me that leaving to see my folks wasn‘t the best idea.” “Um, not to break this up, but shouldn't we get going?” He said. “It'll be dark soon.” Gary meowed at the site of the setting sun. Sandy sighed. “Yeah I guess you’re right.” she said. The Scarecrow whooped. The tin man covered his ears and growled. So the four now continued their journey, walking down the road and heading into the woods.

[Erin]

YAY! More please! =)

[ukulady]

Chapter 7: The Cowardly “Lion”

It was another couple of hours before they stopped to rest again. They sat down near a cluster of trees, panting from the long walk. "Tarnation, it's a long walk." Sandy said. The Scarecrow rubbed his feet, moaning. Then he took a good look around the scene. “Umm, do you think there is anything dangerous around here?” he asked. “It is a possibility.” said the Tin Man. “Like what?” asked Sandy. “Wild animals.” said the Tin Man. “Straw eaters?” the Scarecrow asked nervously. “Well actually I was thinking of Lionfish, Tiger Sharks and Sea Bears.” the Tin Man replied. Gary meowed. “You got that right Gary.” said the Scarecrow. “Lionfish, Tiger Sharks and, Sea Bears. Oh my.” “Oh, don’t you worry about a thing.” said Sandy. “I’m the strongest critter where I’m from, and I can take care of any Lionfish, Tiger Shark, or Sea Bear.” “Oh my.” said the Scarecrow. The bushes rustled again, and golden brown blur leapt out of the bushes, startling them.
"All right, put ‘em up, put ‘em up." The creature, now revealed to be a starfish dressed in like a lion. He continued to act like the ferocious animal he appeared to be. The Scarecrow hid behind the Tin Man, whimpering. The Tin Man rolled his eyes and sighed. Sandy, not about to let someone bully them, looked at the stranger with fury in her eyes. How dare he pick on defenseless folk! "Hiya!" She said, karate chopping his fists. "Leave 'em alone, ya big bully!" She shouted. The stranger looked at Sandy. He screamed in fear and ran off hiding behind a tree. “Ahh!! Please don’t hurt me.” he said. Sandy got out of her karate stance when she heard the Tin Man laugh. “Ha!!” he said. “You’re nothing but a coward.” The stranger was appalled. “I am not!” he shouted. “With these
Lion pajamas, I’m the bravest guy in the forest.” he crossed his arms. Gary soon slithered up to the stranger and meowed. “Ahhh!!” the guy in the lion PJ’s screamed, hiding in the bushes. “I rest my case.” said the Tin Man. “Tin Man!” the Scarecrow scolded. He then walked up to the strange man. “So, you got a name?” he asked. “Lion..” the guy said. “You’re name is Lion?” Sandy asked skeptically. “My mommy calls me that. She also made me these jammies so I can be brave. But it doesn’t look like it’s working.” Sandy frowned. She felt bad for scaring him. “I’m sorry for scaring you like that.” she said. “But picking on people doesn’t show courage.” The Scarecrow nodded. “Well I don’t know where else to look for courage.” said Lion. “I’ve looked under rocks, behind trees, and even in my toilet but can’t find it.” “You don't look for courage you weirdo.” said the Tin Man. “But, I think this wizard might be able to help you get some.” said the Scarecrow. “Really?” asked Lion. “It’s worth a shot.” said Sandy. “Shot!?” Lion screamed. “I hate shots!!” Sandy laughed. “Not that kind of shot.” She said. "Whaddya say, wanna come with us?” Lion nodded and the Scarecrow whooped. The Tin Man in the other had, didn’t look to pleased. “Ok…” he said. “But this had better be the last hitchhiker we pick up.” Sandy beckoned them all on. With a whoop (and a sigh from the Tin Man), they continued on their way to Coral City to see the Wizard.

[Erin]

YAY! =D Anymore? =/

[ukulady]

Chapter 8: The Polyp Fields

In another scene, the Warlock sat in a dreary room in his equally dreary gray coral castle, gazing deeply into a crystal ball. He chuckled at the site of our four travelers and Gary walking along. He looked closely at Sandy's feet, and saw something glimmer. It turned out to be the rubies that have been changed into shoes. He cackled. “So you do have them, eh missy?” He said. “Well, let's see you get past the polyp fields.” he chuckled and saw our heroes coming near these said polyp fields. The gang stumbled upon a strange looking field. It appeared to be thousands of red coral polyps. “Wow, I’ve never seen anything like that before.” said the Scarecrow. Sandy looked ahead and saw something truly extraordinary. “Hey!” she said. “Coral City is dead ahead!” The Tin Man gave a sigh of relief. “Finally, we made it!” “This wizard must be truly amazing to live in a city like this!” exclaimed the Scarecrow. “Well what are we standing here for?” said Sandy “Yeah let’ go! I‘ll race you!” exclaimed Lion running into the fields and tripping on his tail. Everybody ran and followed, but the Tin Man had a odd feeling about this place. But he was too excited to let this bother him. “Come on Tin Man!” the Scarecrow shouted. Sandy while running, felt a strange drowsiness come over her.
“Wait,” she said. “hold on.” the others stopped and came to her aid. “Wow, I…I can’t run anymore.” said Sandy. “I feel so sleepy.” “Well give us your hand so we can help you along.” said the Tin Man. “No please, I’ll just sit down for a second.” Sandy said. “Um, h-has anyone seen Gary?” Gary was nestled in his shell, fast asleep. Sandy then collapsed falling asleep. “Oh Sandy, you can’t sleep now.” said the Scarecrow. “We’re almost there.” The Tin Man started to shed a tear or two. “Please don’t cry.” said the Scarecrow. “You don’t want to get all rusted again.” “You know,” said Lion with a yawn. “A little nap does sound like a good idea.” “Don’t you start too.” said the Tin Man. But it was too late. Lion had collapsed and was now asleep sucking his thumb. “Oh great!” said the Tin Man. “Now what are we gonna do?” “We should try to carry them.” said the Scarecrow. They grabbed onto Sandy’s arm. But try as they might, they couldn’t lift her up. “Oh man, this is bad!” said the Scarecrow. “We can’t move her.” “I knew this place was suspicious.” said the Tin man “This has to be some kind of spell.” “The Warlock did this what are we going to do?” asked the Scarecrow.
Puffina was practicing some spell work when she looked into her crystal ball and saw what was happening.
"Oh dear." She said. "I'd better do something." She began an incantation. Back with the Scarecrow and Tin Man, they still had not been able to free Sandy, Gary, and Lion from their sleep. Suddenly out of nowhere, a bubble fell from the sky. “Huh?” said the Scarecrow and Tin Man. Both looked to the sky to see more and more bubbles coming down. “What’s going on?” the Tin Man said. “Hey maybe these bubbles could help.” said the Scarecrow. The Tin Man sighed. “Oh yeah right.” he said. “How are bubbles going to help?” A yawn was then heard. Sandy slowly began to stir as the bubbles' effect began to take hold. “Huh, they do help.” said the Tin Man. Gary and Lion too felt the effects of the bubbles and started to rise. “Sandy, are you all right?” asked the Tin Man. “Yeah,” said Sandy. “I don’t know what happened.” “I’m just glad you’re ok.” said the Scarecrow. “If anything happened to you I don’t know what I’d do.” “Wow…” Lion muttered. “Pretty bubbles.”
“Curses!!” shouted the Warlock into his crystal ball. “How could they escape my trap!?” Enraged, the Warlock slammed his fist down and mounted his broom, intent on finding them and destroying them. However, when he went to take off, the broom sputtered in midair and he crashed into the moat surrounding the castle.
“Blasted defective broom!” He roared. Back in the Polyp fields, the Warlocks spell had been broken. “C’mon guys let’s get out of here.” Sandy exclaimed. The others heartily agreed. “Let's get to the city guys.” The scarecrow said. “We have an appointment with the Wizard.” The others whooped and they took off, intent on finishing their journey.