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"Scarecrow!" Mac shouted in delight, at last, at last! There he was, the Scarecrow just how he had crashed into him in the room outside. The Scarecrow all but fell off the table and threw his one arm around the boy.

"Mac! I knew it, I just knew you'd come!" the Scarecrow declared.

"Green!" Mac suddenly realised.

"Green?" the Scarecrow echoed, looking puzzled.

"You were green, a green bird! That's it, that's why you showed up in my dream saying green! Everyone from Oz, is green! It makes perfect sense! The Emerald city, and emerald is green!" it was like a dam of knowledge had burst and all the water was rushing around in Mac's head at the same time. It all made perfect sense.

The two split up immediately, looking for things of green colour. It wasn't long until Scarecrow found a green triangle of something. Cheese, he thought. Yuck, green cheese. "Mac look!" he held it out to him, "Green, just as you said."

Mac put his hand on the shape, "Oz!"

Immediately in the Scarecrows hands, Jack appeared. The sudden weight made the Scarecrow fall over, Jack landing on top of him. "WEEEEEEE!! Do it again!!" Jack shouted happily.

"Never again...!!" Billina whimpered from within his head.

~*~

Back outside, drastic changes were happening. The Gnome King looked more and more like a talking piece of rock forged into the wall. His throne was gone, his pipe was gone; he was but a face. A very old, and very angry face. His beady black eyes glared at the princess. "You... You let him ESCAPE! You HAD him in your clutches and he ESCAPED!"

"It-it's not my fault!" the Princess cried, terrified since the very mountain was beginning to shake. Terrified even more when the King let out a bellowed scream of rage she turned to run, but immediately a cage grew around her. "NO! NO NO NO!"

"I'll deal with you LATER." with that the King melted back into the rocks.

By now, the Wheelers, having sensed the vibrations through their wheels long before it happened, had fled.

~*~

Inside the ornament room, things weren't going so well. All around them, the ceiling, sky and walls began to shake. The objects not tied down began falling over, vases smashed, cupboards shook and couches fell to the side. But still the group hurried through the furniture, leaping over pieces of ceiling, until they had to come to a stop. Part of one wall was beginning to fall away, revealing what looked like the insides of a volcano beyond it, bubbling and spewing black smoke. The Scarecrow happened to look around for an escape when he saw it - a green vase was just beginning to fall off a pedestal. Seeing the colour, he suddenly snapped his one arm back and threw it out, stretching it as far as the material would allow but it was enough for his one hand to grab the vase and pull it back to them.

Throughout this, they could hear the voice of the Gnome King yelling "Stop!" every few seconds. But they ignored him as Mac touched the vase.

"Oz!"

The Gump materialised out of nowhere, almost crushing Jack.

"What's happening, what's going on?" the Gump asked just as the Gnome King rose into view. He was much larger then before. He looked as enraged as a Gnome King could look.

"I SAID STOP!" he hollered.

"W-we haven't stopped guessing yet!" Mac snapped back, as bravely as he could even if his knees were knocking together.

"I'M SICK OF GUESSING! I SHOULD HAVE FINISHED YOU ALL OFF WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE! A MISTAKE I WILL NOT BE MAKING AGAIN!" the Gnome King's large eyes looked from one party member to the other. "I THINK THE COUCH SHOULD BE FIRST."

Before they knew what was happening, the large hand of the King reached down and grabbed onto the end of the Gump's couch body. The group cried on protest, and they all grabbed onto the Gump's head in order to pull him out of the Kings grasp. But the King was too strong, and pulled the couch roughly; but luckily the ropes snapped, and the head of the Gump fell into the Scarecrows arm. The Gump, along the rest of the group, watched in horror as the Gnome King ate the couch. He was going to eat them all. What a way to go!