#but she's never taken the time to really know him beyond friendly acquaintances bc she's so determined to leave kansas and fly all over the

[marsalimackimmie]

Wizard of Oz Fusion AU

18 year-old Claire Beauchamp is a bored Kansas girl who wants more than anything to explore the world with her Uncle Lamb, but her parents insist she’s needed on the family farm. She spends her days dreaming of the far-off places her uncle describes in his letters, wishing she had the courage to run away.

The final straw is the day Frank Randall, neighbor and one of her only friends, proposes to her. As he describes the life they could lead together-- him, history teacher at the high school, her gardening and raising their kids at home, Claire sees her dream disappear before her very eyes. She turns Frank down, but he’s insistent. And worse, her parents support the match!

Claire runs away, heedless of the tornado warnings on the radio, aiming to catch a train to the coast, where she’ll get on a plane somehow and join her uncle on his archaeological dig.

Only, Claire never gets that far. She meets a fortune teller on the road named Geillis who convinces her that she’s needed at home, urgently. The wind picks up as Claire runs back to the farm, and the house is picked up by a tornado with Claire inside!

The land she finds herself in when the storm is over contains all the freedom and adventure Claire could ever wish for-- but through her journey she realizes that maybe there’s magic to be found everywhere, even places as mundane as rinky-dink old Kansas-- as long as she’s willing to look for it.

#outlander #in this au it wasn't that she was afraid of settling down and becoming boring #she was just afraid of being put into one role for the rest of her life and losing her choice #also she doesn't want to be stuck with the wrong man aka frank #Jamie is a boy back in kansas who claire vaguely knows because he helps out on her farm #but she's never taken the time to really know him beyond friendly acquaintances bc she's so determined to leave kansas and fly all over the #world #which when she gets back home she'll still be able to do! but in oz she learns she doesn't HAVE to choose #you can have adventure and a home too #i don't think 'there s no place like home' is a good fit for her character but it's one part of it #so the characters are claire is dorothy #jamie is the scarecrow but obvs its more romantic bc i ship j&c #frank is the wicked witch #geillis is the wizard of oz #the tin man is murtagh #that just fits so well #the cowardly lion(s) are angus and rupert #or maybe willie #adso is toto #and i want fergus to be a munchikin! #the wizard of oz au #outlander au #my writing #jamie x claire #mine