The Wizard of Sunset Beach
Chapter 1
Meg is sitting in the living room of her and Ben's house, watching The Wizard of Oz. She had rented it for Benjy, but after he threw a fit because he'd have to watch it with her, he'd went out with his mother for ice cream.Ben was at work ant Tess wasn't home, so Meg, depressed, decided to watch her old favorite.
About half way into the movie, though, Meg notices a huge storm brewing outside of the hose. "That's weird," she murmurs. "We never have storms here."
She walks over to the window and gasps."Oh-my-God," she whispers...there was a tornado not a mile away, on the beach! "I thought when I left Kansas I was through with tornadoes!" she yells, startling Franklin, Benji's cat.
Meg hurries over and picks up Franklin and starts to head to the bathroom, where there are no windows. But when she passes a window, it breaks, hitting her on the head, and she collapses to the ground...
An hour or so later, Meg wakes up and looks around. There's something strange going on. When she had been knocked out, it had been dead black outside. But now there was...sunshine filtering through the broken window?
Meg picks up the dazed Franklin and walks out of the house and gasps. "Franklin, I don't think we're in Sunset Beach any more," she tells him shakily as she looks at her surroundings. There are little houses and everything is blue. Meg glances down and notices her own clothes. She is no longer dressed in her cute little red dress; now she is wearing a blut checked dress.
Meg hears a crackling noise and looks up and gasps. Someone in walking over to her. It's Sara, wearing a bright pink dress and waving a wand!
"Sara, what are you doing here? What's going on?" Meg asks.
"Sara? Who's Sara?" asks the Good Witch. "I am Glinda, the Good Witch of the North."
Meg shakes her head. "Now I know we're not in Sunset Beach, Franklin," she tells the cat.
"Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?" Sara the Good Witch asks.
"I'm not a witch. I'm Meg. This is my cat. Neither of us are witches. We just got caught in a tornade in Sunset Beach, California."
"Well, you've done us all a favor," the Good Witch tells her. "You've dropped your house on the Wicked Witch on the East. She's finally dead!"
Meg looks over and sees a pair of legs sticking out. "I'd know those legs anywhere, with those horrid yellow stockings against the ruby red slippers," she says in disgust. "Annie!"
"Well, call her whatever you like, dear." The Good Witch raises her wand. "Munchkins! Munchkins, come out, please."
All at once many little people come running out! Meg gasps.
"These are the Munchkins," the Good Witch tell Meg.
"You are a national hero to them. You saved them from the Wicked Witch of the East.""She's not a hero to ME!" yells out a little voice. Meg looks over and sees Benji!
"Benji! You're a Munchkin?!" she asks, stunned.
"I don't like you alreday! I hate you, Meg! I'll hate you forever!"
Meg sighs and turns back to the good witch. "We sort of have a history," she tells her.
Just then, a loud, witchy cackle erupts through the place. All the Munchkins drop to the ground, terrified.
All the sudden, Tess, dressed like witch and with a green face, comes tearing out into Munckinland.
"Where's my sister!" She demands.
"Look under the house," directs the good witch.
Tess the Wicked Witch stept over to the house and suddenly screams. "Who dropped a house on my sister?!?!" she screams.
"I'm sorry...I didn't mean to..."Meg stammers.
"Well, my dear, you've done me a service. Now I can finally get my hands on those ruby slippers!" But when the wicked witch turns back to her sister, she screams again. "The ruby slippers! They're gone!" she yells.
"Step forward, Meg," the good witch tells her.
Meg does so and gasps. The ruby slippers are now on her feet.
"The ruby slippers" GIVE THEM BACK!" the wicked witch yells at Meg.
"Don't, Meg," the good witch advises. "She's up to something."
"You stay out of this, Glinda!" the wicked witch hisses.
"Oh, fiddle-faddle!" the good witch scoffs. "You have no power while I am here. BE gone!"
"Alright, Glinda. You've won this time. But as for you, my fine lady...I'll be back for you. And your little cat.too!"
The wicked witch storms back out, and all the Munchkins get back up and look at the good witch and Meg, except for the Benji Munchkin, who is watching the wicked witch leave with an adoring smile.
"I'm afraid you've made a rather bad enemy in the wicked witch of the West," the good witch tell Meg sadly. "She's always up to something and making up lies about babies in order to get her way. You should leave Oz immediately. You'll have to go see the Wizard of Oz. Did you bring your broomstick?"
"I'm afraid I didn't," Meg replies.
"Then you'll have to walk. Just follow the yellow brick road until you reach the emerald city, and the Ozians will direct you to the Wizard. I'll see you some other time, my dear." Sara the Good Witch departs.
Meg walks over to the edge of the yellow brick road. "Follow the yellow brick road," she muses.
An older Trey walks over to Meg. "Follow the yellow brign road," he advises, pointing down the road.
Benji walks up too. "Follow the yellow brick road and go away, Meg!" he tells her.
"You're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz. We hear he is a wiz of a wiz if ever a wiz there was! If ever a wiz, oh, wiz, there was the Wizard of Oz is one because, because, because, because, becasue, because...beause of the wonderful things he does! You're off to see the wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz!"
Meg skipps off down the yellow brick road. All the Munckins yell out, "Goodbye, goodbye!" except for Benji, who sits and sulks.