Chapter Summaries

Aurora killed the Eastern Witch and freed the Munchkins, then sought their help finding her teacher and the injured Maleficent. The Northern Witch arrived to assist, and the Munchkins discovered that a girl named Dorothy and her dog had been inside the house that fell on the dragon.

• A house fell from the sky onto the wounded Eastern Witch, and Aurora killed her with a sword strike.
• The Munchkins celebrated their freedom and thanked Aurora, who explained that she wanted to find her teacher and stop Maleficent before she recovered.
• The Munchkins said they had sent a runner to summon the Northern Witch, who might use divination to locate Aurora's teacher and Maleficent.
• The Northern Witch arrived, thanked Aurora for freeing the Munchkins, and asked whether she had caused the house to fall.
• A girl and her little dog stepped out of the house, and the Munchkins gathered around the girl to thank her and ask her name.

Aurora helped Dorothy understand how she had arrived in the Land of Oz and promised the girl a way home. After learning that Rhine was in Emerald City, Aurora and Dorothy set out together to find him and Oz, while Aurora also hoped to track down Maleficent.

• Dorothy learned that her house had killed the Eastern Witch and that she was stranded in the isolated Land of Oz, far from her home in the Sass Kingdom.
• Aurora reassured Dorothy that she could help her return home with the Eastern Witch’s magical shoes and told her that Rhine had the other shoe.
• The Northern Witch’s divination revealed that Rhine was in Emerald City, but she could not locate Maleficent.
• The Northern Witch praised Oz as perhaps the world’s most powerful magician, and Aurora bet that her teacher was stronger than him.
• Aurora, Dorothy, and Toto set off for Emerald City to find Rhine and Oz.

Rhine arrived in Emerald City, confirmed Aurora and Pinocchio were safe, and headed to the palace to seek Oz’s help finding Maleficent. The city guards arrested him for breaking its rules, then revealed that Emerald City believed Rhine was Oz’s former teacher.

• Rhine used the Crystal Ball to confirm that the Eastern Witch had died and that Aurora and Pinocchio were safe.
• Rhine saw Aurora and Dorothy traveling toward Emerald City and decided to wait there for them.
• Rhine headed for Oz’s palace, hoping the king would help him find Maleficent.
• Emerald City guards stopped Rhine for going without Green Glasses and for being a magician without Oz’s permission, then took him to a holding room.
• Rhine told the guards his name and that he came from the Rose Kingdom, and they laughed before explaining that Emerald City knew him as Oz’s teacher.

Rhine tried to convince Emerald City’s soldiers that he was the legendary magician, but Oz’s extravagant stories about his many forms made them dismiss him as an ordinary boy. As Rhine sent Oz a letter, Oz worried that Magridore had discovered his fraud and then found a dove carrying a message at his window.

• Rhine told the soldiers he was the magician Oz had described, but they rejected his claim because Oz’s stories portrayed Rhine in fantastical forms.
• The soldiers locked Rhine in a room and went to get him a new pair of green glasses.
• Rhine tied a letter to a Little White Dove, which flew toward Oz’s palace in Emerald City.
• Oz recalled seeing Rhine perform real magic and feared that Magridore had uncovered his inability to use magic.
• Oz heard a dove pecking at his window and found a letter tied to its leg.

Oz learned that Rhine had arrived in the Land of Oz and panicked because he had falsely claimed to be Rhine’s disciple. After Rhine explained that he was seeking help against Maleficent, Oz invited him to the palace.

• Oz received a letter reporting Rhine’s arrival and realized his guards had arrested him.
• Oz panicked that Rhine would discover he had pretended to be his disciple.
• A commanding officer gave Rhine emerald-lensed glasses and asked why he had come to Emerald City.
• Rhine told the officer that he needed Oz’s help finding the powerful Black Witch Maleficent.
• Soldiers arrived and told Rhine that Oz had invited him to the palace.

Rhine reassured Oz that he forgave him for pretending to be a magician and accepted him as his disciple. Oz planned to leave Emerald City for the Rose Kingdom, but he explained that a magician named Magridore had recently threatened to expose his identity.

• After soldiers brought Rhine to the palace, Oz feared Rhine would expose or punish him for pretending to be his disciple and a Great Magician.
• Rhine told Oz that he had accepted the claim that Oz was his disciple, and Oz confessed how he had used tricks and Green Glasses to maintain his image and deceive Emerald City.
• Rhine reassured Oz that the people's respect for him was real and said he could remain king of the Land of Oz.
• Rhine told Oz that the Rose Kingdom's king was not hunting him and that Oz's older brother had tampered with the golden plate.
• When Rhine asked why he expected his identity to be exposed, Oz revealed that a magician named Magridore had come to Emerald City a few months earlier.

Rhine offered to teach Oz magic so Magridore could not expose him, in exchange for Oz searching the Land of Oz for Maleficent. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Aurora continued toward Emerald City with a growing band of companions, including Pinocchio.

• Oz told Rhine how Magridore had threatened to expose him as a fraud and claim his throne.
• Rhine warned Oz that Magridore could uncover his past and offered to teach him magic in return for help finding Maleficent.
• Oz agreed to search the Land of Oz and used a hidden fireball to deliver his command to a subordinate.
• Dorothy and Aurora traveled toward Emerald City with the Tin Woodman, Scarecrow, Pinocchio, and the timid Lion.
• Aurora sensed that one of their companions seemed out of place and glanced at Pinocchio.

Aurora, Dorothy, and their companions continued toward the Emerald City with Pinocchio, who hoped Oz would make him a real boy. Magridore appeared and claimed Oz was a powerless fraud, leaving the group uncertain until Aurora confronted him.

• Aurora recounted how she and Dorothy found Pinocchio after his wooden feet burned, and how a Munchkin carpenter made him new ones.
• Pinocchio joined the travelers and decided to ask Oz to send him home and make him a real boy.
• Magridore blocked the group's path and warned that Oz could not grant their wishes because he was a fraud.
• Magridore explained that Oz had been a circus magician and balloon pilot whose tricks fooled the people of Oz, and urged the travelers to expose him publicly.
• Dorothy and the others began to believe Magridore, but Aurora called his claims nonsense and drew her sword.

Aurora defeated Magridore’s attempt to confront her, then reassured Dorothy and her companions that Rhine might grant their wishes if Oz proved to be a fraud. After the group continued toward Emerald City, Magridore revealed his plot to expose Oz and seize the Land of Oz with the Engeland Emperor’s support.

• Aurora charged Magridore, who escaped by using the genie in his ring.
• Dorothy and her companions worried that Oz might be an ordinary person who could not fulfill their wishes.
• Aurora encouraged the group by promising to ask her teacher Rhine for help if Oz was a fraud.
• Dorothy and her companions resumed their journey to Emerald City while wondering whether Oz could use magic.
• Magridore contacted the Engeland Emperor and vowed to expose Oz, become king, and hand the Land of Oz to the empire.
• The Engeland Emperor gave Magridore one month to find the Magic Lamp and complete his mission.

Rhine taught Oz real magic, helping him fulfill his childhood dream and considering Aurora as a future successor. When Aurora and Dorothy’s group reached Emerald City, Oz agreed to meet them together, and Aurora learned that Rhine was there as Oz’s teacher.

• Rhine tested Oz’s aptitude and began teaching him magic with the Book of Transformation and Summoning.
• Oz rapidly learned spells, animated furniture, and proudly declared himself a real magician; Rhine recognized him as his disciple.
• Rhine considered teaching Aurora magic and making her his successor if he eventually returned to Earth.
• Aurora, Dorothy, and their companions explored Emerald City, admired its green splendor, and were invited to meet Oz together.
• Aurora asked a soldier whether Rhine had appeared in the city, and the soldier identified him as Oz’s teacher and an even greater magician.

Aurora learned that Rhine was Oz’s teacher as well as her own, and Rhine took her to meet Oz and explain their connection. Hours later, Dorothy and the others were summoned to an audience with Oz, whose true nature remained a mystery to the court.

• A soldier told Aurora and her companions that Rhine had come to Emerald City to visit his student, Oz, and described Rhine as a silver-haired boy.
• Dorothy worked out that Oz and Aurora were fellow apprentices, and the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion hoped Oz could grant their wishes.
• Aurora wondered whether Rhine had taken Oz as an apprentice before she was born, and Rhine appeared beside her and took her to meet Oz.
• Hours later, a soldier summoned Dorothy’s group to Oz’s court, where courtiers said few had ever seen him and that he appeared in different forms.
• A bell rang, and the guide told Dorothy’s group that Oz was ready to receive them.

Dorothy and her companions met Oz, who appeared as a kind old man and promised to send Dorothy to the Great Magician Rhine. Oz agreed to consider the Scarecrow’s request for a wise brain and listened sympathetically to the Tin Woodman’s story, but the Tin Woodman’s request for a heart remained unanswered.

• Dorothy and her companions entered Oz’s chamber and discovered that Oz was a kindly old man, not a terrifying figure.
• Oz told Dorothy he would send soldiers to take her to Rhine, his teacher, who could help her return home.
• The Scarecrow asked Oz for a brain, and Oz asked him to return the next day while he tried to make him a wise one.
• The Tin Woodman asked Oz for a heart and explained how a curse had transformed him into tin.
• Oz sympathized with the Tin Woodman’s misfortune, and Dorothy’s good opinion of Oz grew.

Rhine used the Silver Shoes to return Dorothy to her family, then went back to the Land of Oz intent on finding Maleficent and learning how to contact the Witch Council Founder. Oz and Rhine also planned how to fulfill the companions’ wishes the next day.

• Oz heard the Lion and Pinocchio’s wishes and asked them to return the next day, while Aurora said she had no wish of her own.
• Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion left Oz believing he was a kind and genuine magician.
• Rhine told Oz that the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman already possessed the qualities they sought, then promised to help fulfill the companions’ wishes.
• Rhine put on the Silver Shoes and used them to take Dorothy to the Great Plains, where she reunited with Aunt Em, Uncle, and Toto.
• Dorothy told Aunt Em about her journey and asked to hear Rhine’s story, while Rhine returned to Oz and resolved to capture Maleficent.

Rhine helped Oz fulfill the Scarecrow's, Tin Woodman's, and Lion's wishes, then asked Pinocchio to reconsider whether becoming a real boy was truly what he wanted. Pinocchio grew uncertain as Rhine explained that becoming human would mean losing the qualities that made him special.

• Magridore learned that Dorothy and her companions had gone to visit Oz and planned to expose Oz as a fraud.
• Oz introduced his teacher Rhine to the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, Lion, and Pinocchio.
• Rhine and Oz gave the Scarecrow a brain of nails and needles, the Tin Woodman a woven heart, and the Lion a potion for courage.
• Pinocchio asked Rhine to turn him into a real boy, and Rhine confirmed that he could do so.
• Rhine asked Pinocchio why he wanted to become human and described the abilities and opportunities he would lose; Pinocchio began to doubt his wish.

Rhine helped Pinocchio accept being a puppet, then revealed that he had become a Legendary Magician and planned to capture Maleficent’s conspirator, Magridore. Oz prepared to reveal his true appearance to Emerald City, while Magridore plotted to expose him as a fraud.

• Pinocchio decided he was happy as a puppet, and Rhine sent him back to the White Kingdom.
• Rhine told Aurora that he could have transformed Pinocchio into a human, then discussed how nonhumans sought to become human and Aurora vowed to change that view as queen.
• Rhine sensed the wishes’ power had made him a Legendary Magician, and he and Aurora agreed they could defeat Maleficent while Rhine planned another safeguard.
• The Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion praised Oz after their wishes were fulfilled, raising his standing among Emerald City’s citizens.
• Magridore learned that Oz would give a public speech and planned to challenge him, but Oz began by revealing himself to the crowd as a kindly old man.

Oz revealed his true appearance and demonstrated real magic to the people of Emerald City, then credited Rhine as his teacher. Rhine captured Magridore and planned to question him about Maleficent, while Maleficent summoned a powerful Witch Council member to attack the Land of Oz.

• Oz revealed himself as a kindly old man and won the citizens’ admiration by explaining that fear could not rule a nation for long.
• Magridore challenged Oz to perform magic, but Oz’s spells baffled him and thrilled the crowd.
• Oz named Rhine as his teacher, and Rhine appeared behind Magridore to confront him.
• Magridore’s Ring Elf fled from Rhine, and Rhine subdued Magridore before soldiers took him away.
• Rhine said he wanted to question Magridore about Maleficent’s whereabouts.
• Maleficent learned that Rhine had appeared in Emerald City and summoned a powerful Witch Council member to unleash magic on the Land of Oz.

Rhine killed Magridore after learning that Aladdin could open the vault containing the Magic Lamp, then joined Aurora in searching for Maleficent. A mysterious upheaval erased Emerald City and left King Oz beside a lake filled with four-colored fish, which Rhine began investigating with his Crystal Ball.

• Magridore begged Rhine to spare him and revealed that the Magic Lamp lay in a cursed vault that could be opened by Aladdin, the son of Mustafa.
• Rhine deduced Magridore had planned to disguise himself as Aladdin's uncle, then asked whether he knew where Maleficent was; Magridore denied knowing and Rhine killed him.
• Rhine decided to find Aladdin and obtain the Magic Lamp, while Aurora said they still needed to find Maleficent and lift the curse on the Rose Kingdom.
• The ground trembled, and Aurora and Rhine emerged to find Emerald City gone, replaced by a green wilderness and a lake full of four-colored fish.
• King Oz told Rhine and Aurora that he had awakened in the wilderness, and Rhine used his Crystal Ball to investigate the lake and the fish.

Rhine discovered that the Middle Eastern Witch had transformed the entire Land of Oz and its people into a wilderness, lake, and colored fish, with no way to lift the curse by killing her. Maleficent held the Witch’s life hostage to force Aurora into a one-on-one duel, and Rhine encouraged Aurora to accept as the chapter ended with her uncertain.

• Rhine recognized the curse as the transformation from “The Four-Colored Fish” and told Oz that the whole Land of Oz had been transformed.
• Rhine identified the Middle Eastern Witch of the Witch Council as the likely caster and wondered where she was and whether she could defend herself.
• Maleficent arrived as a giant dragon, then revealed she had made the Middle Eastern Witch cast the curse through a mirror and threatened to kill her if Aurora refused a duel.
• Maleficent challenged Aurora to fight her alone and said the duel would give Aurora a chance to kill her and lift the Rose Kingdom’s curse.
• Oz urged Aurora not to accept, but Rhine told her to consider the duel, leaving Aurora hesitant about facing Maleficent without help.

Rhine used the Silver Shoes to gather the 12 Good Witches and the Queen’s help before Aurora’s Fated Duel with Maleficent. Aurora received their blessings and began fighting Maleficent behind the Great Mountain, while Rhine set out to find the Middle Eastern Witch.

• Rhine agreed to Maleficent’s demand to hold Aurora’s duel within minutes, then explained his plan to Aurora.
• Rhine brought Aurora to the Rose Kingdom, where the 12 Good Witches blessed her with magic to strengthen her for the duel.
• Rhine took the Queen and the Magic Mirror to the Middle Eastern Country, where his divination magic helped locate the Middle Eastern Witch of the Witch Council.
• Rhine returned Aurora to the Rose Kingdom, and Grandma Rosa gave her one final blessing before Rhine took her to the dueling ground.
• Aurora charged at Maleficent in her Black Dragon form after Rhine promised not to interfere and left the battlefield.

Rhine traveled to the Alamaide Kingdom to find the Middle Eastern Witch and make her lift the curse on the Land of Oz. He replaced her lover with himself and waited for her to arrive, leaving the Witch believing Rhine was her master.

• Rhine used the Magic Mirror’s information to reach the Alamaide Kingdom, where he learned the Witch’s curse had not yet transformed its people into Four-Colored Fish.
• Rhine followed the disguised Middle Eastern Witch to a ruined castle where her Black Slave lover was sleeping.
• Rhine summoned the Ring Elf to move the Black Slave elsewhere and keep him asleep.
• Rhine used Mistaken Love perfume on himself and lay on the Black Slave’s straw mat to impersonate him.
• The Middle Eastern Witch entered the castle, mistook Rhine for her lover, and called herself his humble servant.