OK. This is my first real story just for fun. Please go easy on me, since I have NO idea what I am doing. I love any feedback – of any kind. Please be honest, I need all the help I can get!
This is basically me ranting. It has nothing to do with the movie, just a little AU thing that popped into my head. Do not read this if you like Ahamo!
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Absolutely nothing!
There. She finally said it to them. "I'm in, uh um, love. With Cain, I mean Wyatt" DG said, monotonously.
The look of shock on her fathers face made poor little DG shiver in fear, and hide behind her protector – her love – her Mr. Cain.
The Queen was ecstatic. Her youngest daughter was happy. That was all she ever wanted. She began to mentally figure out what to do next – messages hade to be sent out telling the people of the OZ about this. She was sure that everyone would be thrilled, a princess marrying a now famous war hero – now wait, she couldn't get ahead of herself.
DG was scared. Her father was fuming. Her mother was absently staring out the window, with an unreadable expression on her face. Cain was trying to hold still – in response to her shaking up against him.
"You will do no such thing" said King Ahamo, "He is not suitable for you. The people of the OZ will not respect the royal family if you dare to be with that… that… low life."
Cain was furious at Ahamo. He did not deserve that. "I helped save the OZ, your OZ that you ran from and left to the witch to destroy. I love your daughter, and if we want to be together – it's up to us! You can't control her anymore, DG is an adult and will make her own decisions."
"DG is still a little girl. She needs someone to tell her what to do. She is not old enough to make these kinds of decisions." Ahamo screamed – only inches from Cain's now stony face.
DG was hiding in Cain's back, her hands wrapped tight around his middle and silently sobbing on his light green shirt – ironically her favorite of all 15 of them. There were no thoughts running through her head, except the fact that her now hysterical father had turned and was yelling at her now. She felt violently sick – how could her father be turning on her. All she could hear was the blood pounding in her ears – like a swarm of bees around her head.
From the corner of the room came a strong, confident voice. "Enough of this" said the Queen. "There will be no more yelling. We will discuss this like royalty, not children."
"There will be no discussion, this is not happening" exclaimed Ahamo. His mind set in stone.
DG jumped at the sound of her father's voice. It was all too familiar. She had been in the OZ for three months, and had gotten all of her memories back. Or so she had thought. She nearly collapsed as the last of her memory came, being shoved into her mind –flashing before her eyes:
A year before she was sent away, a five annual old DG was crying. Her father had taken her to an unused research room and was lecturing her – as punishment for her disobedience. She had been looking at the big books in the library, and while taking one down – an entire shelf had fallen on top of her. Her father came rushing in at the sound, as well as her mother. After her mother had made sure she was ok, she went back to their sitting room to finish entertaining their guests. Her father took her for a walk and ended up on the other side of the house in the research room. Ahamo started talking about not going where she was not allowed, and how to behave and was talking very low. DG had always been a sensitive kid, and sensed the rage boiling up inside her father. As she started sobbing in response to him, Ahamo got upset she was not listening and began to get furious. He was talking louder only inches from her face – which made young DG cry even harder, although she tried as hard as she could to not show weakness. Unfortunately they were on the other side of the very large house and no one could hear her becoming hysterical. After what seemed like thirty minutes later, and her father repeating his lecture twice because she refused to answer his questions, she was left alone to find her way back to her room.
DG fell onto the floor, and stared – shocked at her father. She also remembered that this lecturing – also known as screaming - had happened an unaccountable number of times when she was little, over every little thing. As she comprehended what she remembered, she got even more shocked. Who in their right mind would lecture a child until they cried – for being nothing but a child.
Staring up at Ahamo, the Queen looked disappointed at her husband. "That has been quite enough. Now I have the proof that you are a cruel cruel man." She then turned to DG, "I am so sorry my angel, that I did not believe you as a child when you told me all of this. I see what you mean about your father now."
DG, shocked for the umpteenth time today stuttered, "Wwwhhat?"
"Yes," said her mother sadly, " you told me this when you were a child, but I did not realize how bad it was – I'm sorry, but I had to look into your memories to make sure you were not being harmed just now."
Ahamo looked stunned. " You could not possibly be taking her side? I am your husband you must obey me."
The Queen of the OZ looked straight at her husband, " How dare you do this to your own child. I am ordering to leave the OZ at once, and while you are at it sign these divorce papers. They are the same ones that you would have gotten, had you not been forced to flee of so many annuals ago. This is my home and my OZ, you just married into it. You were never ready for this kind of power. Leave now. Go back to the otherside, for if you are seen here again, you will be caught by my army and put in jail, all on my order. I have put up with you for far too long."
Ahamo looked around the room, staring intensely at Cain – who had been looking very confused at DG this entire time. "This is your fault Cain, and you will pay for it dearly" said the former King of the OZ as he left never to come back on his threat, like all cowards.
Cain was utterly shocked at this crazy turn of events. He would not have believed it, had he not seen it for himself. The queen had thrown away her husband. There would be a celebration all over the OZ when word got out. The King was not liked by the people of the OZ, and they would be glad to be rid of him.
The Queen, now visibly relaxed spoke to her youngest daughter " Now you and Mr. Cain can be happy. That was all I ever wanted for you. If you want to tell Azkadellia the news, I am sure she will be happy, about everything." She smiled warmly at her daughter and Cain, happy no one else will stand in their way of happiness.
DG and Cain slowly nodded, still stunned, and said thank you to the Queen and gave her a hug. They left to find Azkadellia, who was in her room.
"She did what??" Azkadellia yelled. Unbeknownst to both DG and Cain she was happy for her mother. Azkadellia had known her mother had been unhappy for a very long time with her over-controlling husband.
DG and Cain were shocked to find, only a millisecond later, that they were being bear hugged by Azkadellia. Finally she let go and asked, "Now that that mess is over, what else did you want to tell me?" She looked quizzically at her little sister.
"Well…" DG started, "me and Wyatt here are sort of together."
After a long pause, Cain answered Azkadellia's unasked question, "and yes, we are in love."
Both sisters laughed at Cain, and knew that eventually he would fit into their crazy family just perfectly.