To Oz

*To Oz* is the first episode of season one of *Oz: Journey Through Magic.* It is the first episode of the series overall.

## Plot

The episode begins in the principal's office of a Kansas high school. Inside is young Dorothy Gale getting yelled at by the principal of the school. With her is her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. The principal reveals that she'll be suspended from school for a week because she punched Randy Gulch earlier. Dorothy says that she had done it because Randy was bullying her friend Lyman but the principal doesn't want to hear it.

They walk out and Uncle Henry tells Dorothy that while he thought Randy deserved it, he believes that it could've been handled much better. When they get home, Dorothy runs inside and goes to her room where she cries. The hunting dog, Toto, comes in and licks her hand to make her feel better.

Dorothy cheers up a little and begins drawing. She draws her and Toto going to a far off land and her drawing is interrupted by Lyman, who comes to her window. He makes some small talk with her and Dorothy says that she wishes she didn't have such "bad anger management issues." Lyman assures her that it's alright and that her poor anger management issues stopped him from getting a black eye.

The town's storm siren begins to ring, signaling an oncoming storm. Lyman runs home immediately and Uncle Henry runs in, grabbing Dorothy. They get to the storm shelter and Dorothy realizes that Toto isn't with them. Against her aunt and uncle's wishes, she runs back inside to go get him but the storm is right on them.

Dorothy grabs Toto and stays in her bedroom as the storm picks up the house. They spin up in the air for a good few minutes before dropping back down to the ground. The force knocks Dorothy unconscious. A while later, Toto licks her face to get her to wake up. She wakes up and finds that the side of her bedroom has been blasted away, allowing them to get outside.

She and Toto walk out and find that they're in a strange forest with a path made of yellow bricks. A dwarf life man walks out of the bushes and walks up to her. He points to her house and she sees a pair of legs sticking out from under it. Dorothy is horrified but the man is ecstatic and says that they must tell "Glinda." Dorothy follows him but Toto stays behind for a bit.

He walks up to the legs and sniffs them, discovering a pair of silver slippers. The silver slippers disappear and he runs back to Dorothy. Dorothy asks the name of the little man and he claims that he's Otho, the mayor of the Munchkin village. Dorothy thinks that she's dreaming. Otho takes her to the Munchkin village, a place full of small houses, and Otho walks into his house. Dorothy waits outside for a bit and the other Munchkins come out to look at her.

Otho comes back out and brings her inside to talk to Glinda. Glinda reveals herself to be a Witch and that the woman Dorothy crushed with her house was her sister. Dorothy feels bad but Glinda tells her not to be, saying that her sister was "too far gone." Glinda then reveals that Dorothy has the silver slippers and that Theodora, her other sister, will be coming after her.

Glinda tells her to go see the Wizard of Oz, a mysterious miracle man and mage, who is experienced in the art of inter dimensional travel magic. Otho quickly packs Dorothy a bag of food and gives it to her. He takes her to the border outside of the Munchkin village and wishes her good luck.

Dorothy and Toto start out on their journey, following the yellow brick road. Meanwhile, at Theodora's castle, she angrily yells about the death of her sister. She tells Nikko, the king of the Winged Monkeys, to gather her an army and find the girl who killed her sister.