The Darker Side of the Rainbow
Hi! I am back with a new (hopefully better) story!! This is just the prologue, but reviews are still accepted! I have been working very hard on this, and hope to update as fast as I can. It will be summer soon, and besides being in The Wizard of Oz, I have many other things to contend with, too. But anyways, on with the story! Disclaimer-I wished I owned The Wizard of Oz. Any characters are the property of L. Frank Baum, and MGM Studios. Only the attitudes are mine.
Prologue
"When all the world is a hopeless jumble and the rain drops tumble all around, heaven opens a magic lane. When all the clouds darken up the skyway, there's a rainbow highway to be found, leading from your windowpane, to a place behind the sun, just a step beyond the rain. Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, there's a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue. And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. Someday I'll wish upon a star, and wake up where the clouds are far behind me. Where troubles melt like lemon drops, oh way above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me. Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly, birds fly over the rainbow, why then oh why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly over the rainbow, why then oh why can't I?"
The young, attractive brunette sat on her bedroom windowsill singing her favorite song. After her strong, clear voice rang out the last note, she sighed deeply. She turned to her little dog, a Bichon/Schnauzer/Chihuahua mutt. "Toto, why can't we fly over the rainbow? I know, I know," she said as her dog gave a look telling her she was crazy to even think about leaving the ground. "Some days I wish there was something more to this flat country than farms. It's always so dull and boring. And there're no cute boys, either. Well, besides Hunk" Suddenly, a shrill voice pierced the air.
"Dorothy! Dorothy Agatha Gale, so help me! If I find you not cleaning your room I'll-" The voice stopped as the elderly woman saw her niece hard at work cleaning. "Oh. Never mind then. Did you clean the chicken coop? Mop the kitchen?" She continued to rattle of some more of the chores Dorothy had already completed.
"Yes, Aunt Em. I've finished them all. I'm going to go walk around the farm now, ok?" Dorothy waited with baited breath, hoping her aunt would say yes. She needed to escape her house before she went crazy.
Aunt Em sighed in resignation. "I guess so. But be inside before supper or if any bad weather starts up. Henry thinks there's gunna be a twister."
"Yes, Aunt Em. If the wind starts to pick up even a little bit, I'll be sure to come in right away. Can I go now?"
"Yes. See you at supper." Dorothy sprinted ran out of her room as fast as she could with Toto at her heels. She hoped that Miss Gulch wouldn't show up today. Toto had run into her garden again and was chasing Ms. Gulch's cat on their way home from school. Ms. Gulch threatened to take Toto to the sheriff this time and Dorothy wasn't about to stick around to see if she would follow through on her threats. Dorothy ran to her favorite spot to think and turned around to see Uncle Henry talking to Ms. Gulch by their white picket fence he had been painting. Dorothy knew that soon she would be called inside again to explain herself. The 17 year old sighed. It was going to be one of those days.