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It had been almost three months since Dorothy's last adventure in oz. she had done her job in helping clean up the damage that had been done and school was starting that day. Dorothy was already awake and had grabbed herself a pear from the fruit bowl on the table. Her uncle was already up and working in the fields and her aunt was working on fixing the tractor. Toto was the only one keeping Dorothy company at the time. As soon as she finished she went into her room and pulled on her boots, and picked up her new satchel which had all the school supplies that she need for her first day. She looked out the window, it was pretty cloudy outside.
"Might rain today Toto." Dorothy said, her dog barked in agreement.
She then grabbed the locket she had received from the scarecrow so long ago. Dorothy recently celebrated her birthday, she had received some emerald green hair ribbon from her aunt and uncle as a gift. Which she used to tie her hair up into her usual pigtails. She then walked out of the house.
"Take care of the house while I'm away Toto." Dorothy said smiling at her dog.
Dorothy walked down the driveway of her house waving to her aunt and uncle as she walked by. She couldn't wait to get home to let them know how the day had gone. The clouds looked like they were ready to start down pouring again. Rain had been happening a lot since her last trip to oz. she thought about her friends often. She even wondered how they were doing. Dorothy walked for a half hour before she found herself at the school building.
"Ah Miss gale, Pleasure to see you again." Came the voice of the principle.
"Thanks Mr. Alastair." Dorothy said as he handed her a piece of paper with the room assignment.
"Your normal teacher is out today, so though it's not the best way to start the year you'll have a substitute, his name is Mr. U. strange man actually." Mr. Alastair said in an odd tone.
Dorothy nodded and walked into the school, she found herself thinking about Mr. Upland. He was a strange funny man. Bit eccentric and loved colorful clothing. She laughed at the thought of this, she soon arrived at the classroom she would be in for the rest of the year. When she got in she found the kids she had been in classes with for the last 3 years sitting the desks, the only desk that was still open was one in the middle of the front row. Dorothy took this seat and sat down. Immediately gossiping started around her.
"So Dorothy, what do you think the substitute will be like?" said a girl next to Dorothy.
"I don't know Donna, Mr. Alistair said that his name was Mr. U, and that he was strange." Dorothy said looking at the girl who was now chuckling.
"Why can't you be just like the rest of us and spread rumors instead of being a goody two-shoes?" Donna asked in a frustrated tone.
"Because, it's not nice, and you guys do it so often, that you do it for sport now." Dorothy replied rummaging through the satchel and pulling out a pencil.
"Dear lord you're dull." Donna said turning her attention back to the other girls.
Donna was a girl that constantly tried to get Dorothy to follow along with all the pranks that the class pulled on their teachers every year. Dorothy wouldn't have anything to do with it, instead she would normally go to the back of the room and read a book.
Donna was about the same height as Dorothy, she had red hair and blue-green colored eyes. She was one of the oddest girls dorothy had ever met outside of oz. she didn't have time to contemplate this because then the school bell rang, and Mr. Alastair entered the room.
"Now, I know you are all aware that Mrs. Terry is out today and your instructor today is new, but I would like you to give a warm welcome to your substitute Mr. U." he said gesturing to the door.
Dorothy gasped at the sight that she was met with. The entire class burst into laughter. Mr. Alistair then blew into a small whistle he kept in his pocket which silenced the whole class instantly.
"Thank you dorothy, for being the only one grown up enough to not laugh at someone else's clothing." Mr. Alistair said as Dorothy sunk low into her chair.
The man who was Mr. U had a very uncanny resemblance to Mr. Upland, except this time he was wearing a bright green shirt, a light candy colored vest, Yellow slacks and light violet dress coat. In his hand he carried an emerald green top hat.
"Thank you, for the introduction, but I don't mind the laughing I try purposely to be funny." Mr. U said in a high fluty voice that sounded exactly like Mr. Upland.
"Well then, here's the Role. Time for you to call the role." Mr. Alistair said handing a list to Mr. U
Mr. U read off the list, everyone who had been in Dorothy's classes the previous years were once again in her class. And as usual a mess up put her at the bottom of the list instead of in the proper alphabetical order. Dorothy sighed, as Mr. U gave a story about how he came from Canada, and the rest of his life story. This went on until it was time for lunch. That's when the rain started pouring. As the lunch bell rang and everyone got up Mr. U called for Dorothy.
"Excuse me, Miss Gale. Could you please stay behind for a minute?" Mr. U said as everyone gasped.
No one stayed for long because Mr. U shooed them away and shut the door.
"What do you need Mr. U?" Dorothy asked.
"Dorothy, I wanted to talk to you about your behavior." Mr. U said.
"What about it? I didn't do anything wrong did I?" Dorothy asked.
"No, it's just that your behavior, it's just not you." Mr. U said smiling a bit.
"How do you know that?" Dorothy said, her mind trying to wrap itself around this.
"Dorothy, you know who I am right." Mr. U said taking his hat from the desk and putting it on Dorothy head. Patting the top down it went over her eyes.
"I had a feeling, but Mr. Upland what are you doing here?" Dorothy asked taking the hat off her head and setting it on the desk.
"Glinda asked us to keep an eye on you, the jester is definitely back, we just don't know where." Mr. Upland said.
"Wait, us?" Dorothy asked.
"Yes, Doris, Ellie and I." Mr. Upland said.
This made Dorothy smile. She hadn't seen Ellie in a long time. She thought about her often though.
"Where is Ellie?" Dorothy asked.
"She, as far as I know is supposed to be at your farm. Doris is subbing in for the Office Secretary. And I actually am a teacher back in Oz." Mr. Upland said taking a plastic bag with a sandwich in it out of his coat pocket. He then opened it and took a bite
Dorothy rummaged through her satchel and pulled out a ham sandwich and ate as well.
"But how did you guys get here? And how long" Dorothy asked concerned.
"Our daughter sent us, she used her magic to send us here. To keep an eye out for the jester and keep an eye on you." Mr. Upland said smiling.
Dorothy was confused, but she didn't want to question it. She asked Mr. Upland if she would excuse her for a minute. He nodded and she walked towards the office. When she got there the door opened quickly and hit her really hard on the head, knocking her unconscious.
Yes three months, dorothy is now older, and slightly more confused given the recent events.
