The four friends excitedly continued on unaware that Queen Wasp was watching them through her crystal ball from her castle.

"Ah-ha, so you won't take warning? All the worse for you." She laughed. "Well I know just how to take care of you, Gamer!"

"Yes your wickedness?" Her minion asked.

"Hand me my spell book." He gave her the book and she began reading through it til she found a spell. "Ah perfect." She grabbed a bottle and began mixing it with red dust. "When I obtain those slippers my power will be the greatest in Miracula, no one will dare challenge me. And now my pretty something with poison in it but attractive to the eye and soothing to the smell."

A red mist began to brew up and she used it to cast spell which made a field of poppies grow around where the emerald city was. They were pretty and sweet smelling but if someone smelt them they would fall asleep for good. As the group came closer, Tikki began to sense evil magic nearby so she bolted from the earrings and flew off to find Bridgette.

"There it is." Marinette pointed out. "We're almost there."

"We just need to get through these flowers." Etain said.

They walked through the poppies, Marinette couldn't help but admire their beauty and smell their sweetness.

"These flowers sure are pretty and they smell wonderful."

"I can't smell a thing." Cat Noir said.

"Me either." Etain said.

"Too bad because they smell good." Carapace said.

As soon as the girl, kitten, and turtle inhaled their scent, the poppies began to work their magic over them however Cat Noir and Etain not being made of flesh were immune.

"Oh...Oh..." She said dizzily.

"What is it?" Cat Noir asked.

"I...I...I'm so sleepy." She said.

"Well we can you pull you along."

"No please, I have to rest for a minute. Where's Plagg?" She laid down in the poppies and fell asleep next to her kitten.

"You can't rest now." Cat Noir protested.

Etain began to tear up.

"Don't cry!" Cat Noir told him annoyed. "You'll rust yourself again!"

"Come to think of it." Carapace yawned. "Forty weeks wouldn't be bad."

"Don't you start it too!" Cat Noir demanded as he Etain tried to stop his body from laying down.

"Whoa! he's heavy!" Etain said.

"My god! What have you been eating man!?" Cat Noir grunted.

They dropped him

"You think we could carry Marinette?" Etain suggested.

"I don't know but it's worth a try."

They tried to lift her up though she wasn't nearly as heavy as Carapace was, they lacked muscle due to not being flesh and blood so they couldn't really lift anything heavy.

"I can't budge her an inch." Cat Noir said.

"What do we do?"

"What are you asking me for? I don't have a brain. You think of something."

"Well I do have one option we can try."

"What?"

"Help!" He shouted. "Help!"

"It's no use screaming at a time like this! And besides who can hear us? And who would help?"

Luckily someone willing to help did hear them. After Tikki told Bridgette about the dark magic she had sensed, the good witch quickly checked on them. Seeing their problem she only smiled and sent a light snow fall to kill the poppies.

"Snow." Cat Noir said as the light cold snowflakes fell on his head. "We're in the middle of August, Where did this come from? Maybe it can help, Oh what am I saying? What can snow do?"

"Oh..." Marinette said waking up. "Oh my...What happened?"

"Marinette you're awake." He cried happily.

"What's going on?"

"Huh...Unusual weather we're having." Carapace said waking up as well.

"Look! He's rusted again!" Marinette gasped when they saw Etain standing stiff and frozen. "Oh give me the oil can quick."

Cat Noir handed to her from her basket and she began to oil her tin friend.

"Curses! Curses! Somebody always helps that girl!" Queen Wasp hissed as she watched them. "Snow in the summer, Bridgette's handy work no doubt. That meddling little goody-goody!"

"Do you really think it's healthy to carry around all this anger?" Gamer asked.

"Quiet you trained monkey!" She shouted. "I'll deal with Bridgette later! As for that girl, the minute I get those slippers off her the first thing I'm going to tear her apart with my bare hands!"

"Wouldn't it be easier and less...messy to just take the slippers and forget the girl?"

"Forget her? You mean show mercy? I'm the wicked witch of the west! I show mercy to no one especially to those ones I hate! I hate her! You incompetent baboon!"

"If I may ask, why do you hate her so much? She never really did anything to you."

"I don't know! Because she's beautiful! Because she's sweet! Because she's innocent! Because she has the slippers that are rightfully mine and with them she could rule all of Miracula! But shoes or no shoes I'm still brave enough to conquer her! And woe to those who try to stop me!"

She grabbed her broom stick and headed to the window of her castle.

"To the Emerald City as fast as lighting!" She commanded. Then she took off flying on her broomstick.

...

"Come on let's get out of here." Marinette said.

They quickly hurried down the road til they reached the door to the Emerald City. Marinette grabbed the string attached to the bell and rang it. The port hole on top opened and a man stuck his head out.

"Who rang that bell?!" He asked angrily.

"We did!" The group answered.

"Can't you read?"

"Read what?" Cat Noir asked.

"The notice!"

"What notice?" Carapace asked.

"It's on the door, plain as the nose on my face." But then he noticed there wasn't one so he placed a sign on the door and went back inside.

"Bell out of order." They read. "Please knock."

Marinette grabbed the knocker and knocked, the man came back out.

"Now state your business." He said.

"We came to see the wizard." They said.

"The wizard? Nobody's ever seen the great one! Even I've never seen him."

"Then how do you know there is one?" Marinette asked.

"Because...well...you see...huh...You're wasting my time."

"Oh please sir I've got to see him. The good witch of the North sent me." Marinette said.

"Prove it!"

"Well she said to give these to a girl named Rena Rogue." Marinette said taking her earrings out.

"Did she now? Rena Rogue!"

A woman in an orange dress with reddish-brown hair and glasses hurried to the port hole. When she saw the earrings she opened the door.

"Welcome, I am Rena Rogue  the good witch of the South, Bridgette told me of your arrival do come in." She led them into the building. "I will gladly take you to see the wizard but first let me take you somewhere to tidy up."

Two boys named Ivan and Ali filled Cat Noir up with new straw and stitched him together with stronger, newer thread. Etain was oiled and polished by a man Jagged Stone til his tin body shined like new. Rena Rogue along with two girls named Rose and Mylene did Marinette's make up and styled her hair into wavy dark blue curls with a new satin pink ribbon tied in it. Carapace got his shell waxed and brushed by a woman name Alix til it was nice and smooth. Once they were all freshened up they got ready to leave when they saw Queen Wasp flying on her broom writing something in black smoke.

"Who's her? Who's her?" Carapace asked while shaking.

"It's the witch." Marinette said clutching Plagg. "She's followed us here."

The black smoke formed into words that said: SURRENDER MARINETTE.

"Who's Marinette?" A woman asked.

"The wizard will explain it." A man said.

It sent everyone into a big panic.

"What do we do?" Marinette asked.

"Well for starters let's get out of here before these people trample us." Cat Noir said.