If four worlds are too many i apologize... but my beloved land of Oz needs a Renaissance, in a matter of words. So, welcome, traveler from beyond the rainbow, welcome, to Oz...
(Oh, yeah, and read from the first post)

The Awakening of The Waltz- Finale

Jill hesitantly opened her eyes. She was in front of Jack Pumpkinhead's house. It looked like someone had set fire to it a day or so ago. She turned her gaze to the Waltz.
"Why did you save me?" she asked him.
". . . I don't know," the Waltz's eyes were downcast. She noticed that on his wing, there was a bloody crust where a wound was made long before.
"Your wing," she said, concerned."I-is it alright?"
He considered it as if he had only just now noticed it. "It's OK," he said.
"Are you sure?" Jill looked into his eyes. The sun was setting by now. "I-I could..."
The Black Waltz took her hands in his. She could feel the warmth sneak in under her skin. He gazed into her green eyes.
"For you," he started." For you, my love... I'm fine."

The Awakening of The Waltz- Interlude

Illua walked into the small dungeon roomand looked at the prisoners. Lita had added to the collection a man-sized praying mantis (Dr. T.E. Wogglebug, H.M.), a wind-up soldier (Tik-Toc), and a young woman wearing a rainbow dress (Polychrome, daughter of the Rainbow). She looked over to the original prisoners and was slightly miffed at what the Skeleton Princess was doing. She was whispering, too low for her to hear, and the black Waltz seemed to be mesmerized by what she had to say.
"Waltz," Illua commanded. "Why don't you kill the three in that cage?"
The Waltz stiffened. "No," he said, low and thoughtful.
"Kill them. It's not a request, it's an order."
The Waltz fingered the keyring at his side, and unlocked Jill's cage. he held her close to his body. "No," he repeated.
Illua drew her sword and advanced. "If you don't then i shall take both of your lives!"
The Waltz teleported out as Illua swung. The cage door swung back in place. Illua locked it as Kakashi woke up.
"Hunh?" he looked out from under his hat. "Dammit! Where is that princess???"

The Awakening of the Waltz:Prelude

Jill woke up with a slightly fuzzy feeling. She heard Kakashi yelling.
"YOU IDIOT VEGETABLE!" he was shouting. " Jill's one of the undead! Only a Death spell can wake her up!!! Not Life!"
"S-sorry..." Jack was cowering. Darnit... Jill thought. He's a red mage... how can i marry him like that?
"It won't matter what spell you cast," a viera rattling a keychain told Jill that she was in a cage."in a while, you'll all be resting the enternal slumber, real or not..."
"What do you mean 'real'?" Kakashi demanded.
"Well, I see that undead lass," The viera's eyes glinted."And the jack-o-Lantern as mere shadows, storybook characters. Mages like you-" she tilted her head to a winged mage near the back of the room-"And him as the simple puppets you were manufactured to be. But then again, everyone's someone else's puppet- until they cut the strings."
She walked out again, and Jill got up to observe the Black Waltz.

Enter:???

A Viera Assassin, With distinctive feather earrings, watched as the odd creature, that looked like a hume black mage-albeit with wings- look around at the sudden forest settings. I, Lita, master of my class, reduced to a petty slave-doll, she thought bitterly. But this is my lot, until I can reach Illua, that is... Lita looked at her partner.
"Marionette," She barked. The Waltz robotically turned to face her."Don't go wandering off," Lita instructed."From what I've read, Oz can be a dangerous place, at times..."
The Waltz stared with blank comprehension.