Ch.6: Wuya of the West

Spike, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle shuddered in fear as a woman emerged from the smoke. She has dark skin, long blood-red hair, and a long, black dress. She also has a frightening black-red-and-white mask on her face with a curved nose and demonic yellow eyes. The woman then removed her mask to reveal a dark-skinned face with menacing green eyes, lips darker than her hair, and black makeup to make her more frightening. The four youngsters couldn't even help but shiver as the woman went over to the crumbling cottage to look down at the feet sticking out.

"I thought you said she was dead," Scootaloo hissed to Misty, praying that she isn't really the Witch.

"That was her sister the Wicked Witch of the East," Misty explained as she tried to comfort the little ones. "That's Wuya, the Wicket Heylin Witch of the West. And I'm afraid she's far worse than the other one was."

"Now ya tell us," Apple Bloom whimpered as the woman Wuya turned to them and walked up to them.

"Who killed my sister?" she demanded softly. "Who killed the Witch of the East?" She then looked down at the little ones with a glare. "Was it you?"

"No, please," Sweetie Belle begged. "We didn't mean to. It was an accident!"

"Well, my dear," Wuya purred with an evil smile, "I can cause accidents too."

"Ha…sure, you can," Spike replied sarcastically. Wuya would've struck him down had Misty not spoken up.

"Wuya, had you not forgotten the Gem-Bands?" The other Witch's eyes lit up with delight at the question.

"The Bands…yes…" She then turned to the feet again and slowly walked up them. "The Gem-Bands…" But before she could take her fifth step, the bands on the boots suddenly vanished, and the boots rolled up from the toes, across the feet, and up the ankles to disappear under the house.

"They're gone!" Wuya cried with shock before turning to Misty threatening. "What have you done with them? Give them back to me, or I'll—"

"Too late," the mermaid said to her, holding her hand to the CMCs. "There they are, and there they'll stay." Spike and the girls then saw that each of the Ponies is now wearing a pair of the Gem-Bands, which has become one choker around her neck: ruby/emerald for Apple Bloom; amber/sapphire for Scootaloo; and topaz/amethyst for Sweetie Belle. They snapped out of their thoughts when Wuya spoke to them threateningly.

"You better give them back to me, you little brats. I'm the only one who knows how to use them; they're of no use to you. Give them back to me…Give them—ACH!" She jumped back with a cry when Spike blew a large tongue of fire at her to protect the girls.

"You keep back, you old hag," he growled, "or I'll make you uglier than you already are!"

"Well said, Spike," Misty said as she then turned to the girls. "And keep those bands good and secured around your necks. Their magic must be very special; otherwise, she wouldn't want them so badly."

"You stay out of this, Misty," Wuya snapped angrily, "or I'll fix you as well!" Misty only laughed lightly.

"Rubbish! You don't even have any power here."

"Yeah," Scootaloo yelled, "so get lost, or we'll drop a house on you too!" Wuya glanced up at the sky with a fearful wince before glaring down at the Ponies and dragon again.

"Very well…I'll buy my time. True, I cannot get back my Gem-Bands, but just try to stay away from me. Just try…I'll get you, my pretties, and your little dragon too." With an evil laugh, she rushed to the center of the square and put her mask back on. Then with a glow of its eyes, red-violet smoke consumed her. And she vanished with an explosion of fire, making the Pokemon cry out in fear.

"It's alright," Misty called out to them. "She's gone. You can get up now." They obeyed her and got up. The mermaid then waved her hand in front of her face with a disgusted sigh.

"Ugh, the smell of sulfur…" She then turned to Spike and the Ponies sadly. "I'm afraid you've made yourself an enemy through Wuya, little ones, and she'll do everything in her power to get you. The sooner leave Oz and return to your land, the sooner you will rest easy."

"Oh, we'd give anything to return to Ponyville all together," Apple Bloom replied, "but how can we?"

"Apple Bloom's right," Spike stated. "We can't go back the way we came."

"That's true," Misty replied with a nod, "but there is one who's powerful enough to help you: the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz himself." The Pokemon bowed their heads at the mention of his name, agreeing that he's great and powerful indeed.

"Wizard of Oz?" the Ponies replied in awe.

"But…is he good like you," Spike asked Misty, "or wicked like Wuya?"

"How, he's very good," the mermaid answered with a nod, "but very mysterious too. He lives in the Prime Color City." She then turned to Scootaloo. "Can you fly over, Scootaloo?"

"Afraid not," the little Pegasus answered, turning to her small wings. "My wings aren't as strong as Rainbow Dash's yet."

"And I can't teleport like Twilight can," Sweetie Belle added, "so I guess we'll have to walk there."

"Is it far?" asked Apple Bloom.

"It is quite far," Misty answered, "but the quickest way to get there won't take you more than an hour or two on foot. But whatever happens, do not take those Gem-Bands of—not even for a second—or you will be at Wuya's mercy."

"Don't worry," Sweetie Belle replied with a smile. "We won't." Returning her smile, Misty then gave each of the four a kiss on the forehead and told them how to get to the Prime Color City:

"It is always best to start at the beginning, and you start by following the Yellow Brick Road." She then showed them the center of the square where the two different roads start, and the four little ones step onto it. But then a thought came to Spike, and he turned to Misty, who is now floating upon the pond's surface.

"But…but what if we—"

"Don't worry," the mermaid said to them with a kind smile. "While I shall remain here to watch and protect the Pokemon, I'll watch over you until you've reached the Prime Color City. Just follow the Yellow Brick Road." The Pokemon said their goodbyes to Misty as ribbons of water flew up from the pond and circled around her. When they returned to the pond, she was gone.

"Wow," Apple Bloom said in awe, "they sure know how to travel fast here." The Pokemon giggled in agreement as the four youngsters slowly started their journey down their chosen path.

Spike & Sweetie Belle: Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Scootaloo & Apple Bloom: Follow the Yellow Brick Road

The Pokemon helped them, guiding them and filling their hearts with hope.

Elekid: Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Squirtle: Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Marill: Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Psyduck: Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Pokemon: Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Follow, follow, follow, follow

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Follow the Yellow Brick, follow the Yellow Brick

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Filled with renewed courage and confidence, Spike and the CMCs head out of Poke-Town and down the road, the Pokemon seeing them off.

Pokemon: You're off to see the Wizard

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

You'll find that he's a whiz of a Wiz

If ever a Wiz there was

If ever, oh ever, a Wiz there was

The Wizard of Oz is one because

Because, because, because, because

Because of the wonder things he does

You're off to see the Wizard

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Pokemon cheered as Spike and the CMCs waved goodbye to them. Then they set off to get to the Prime Color City and ask the Wizard to help them get home.