title: Off to See the Wizard

author: lisa roquin

rating:

pairing/characters: Willow

disclaimer: not mine. no harm intended no money made. just having fun.

spoilers: none

challenge: livejournal first line's meme written for houses first lines.

wordcount: 143

Willow shifted her pack and glanced down at the map in her hands, turning it the right way around.

Okay, she could do this. Follow the booby trapped dirt path to find the wizard. Cranky nasty, greasy haired wizard by all accounts. *snort* Movies always got it wrong. This was so much more realistic than yellow bricks, even with the flying monkeys.

If only the potion didn't require wand-magic, she could brew it. No such luck though. It seemed the only Wizard capable of brewing the potion this side of 160 years old and senile was on sabbatical in this goddess forsaken forest after the defeat of the Wizarding World's big bad that sounded like the average three times a year mini-appocalypse type on the hellmouth.

"Alright, Mister Snape, here I come," Willow said determinedly and started warily down the barely visible path.