Disclaimer, I do not own the Legends of Oz franchise, or just the Oz franchise in general, all ownerships belong to their proper owners. Well you get the point also a fair word of warning in between the events of the last story and this one fall the events from the book the marvelous Land of Oz so there will be some new characters.
Prologue (a little more than two years after the jester was vanquished)
Our story begins on a summer evening in Kansas. Dorothy, Ellie, Alex, Donna, her sister Kelly are all sitting at a picnic table next to the pond.
"So, Dorothy, your birthday is in two weeks, any plans yet?" Donna asked curiously.
"Donna, Ellie and I have been asking her that all morning." Alex said getting up, picking a stone up from the ground and skipping it across the pond.
"We tried asking Ozma if Dorothy told her any plans, but she and Glinda said that we'd just have to wait and see." Ellie said.
"Yea, I asked them if they had any plans on coming for a visit on my birthday, but Ozma is busy that day since it's the day before her coronation and Glinda said she had to visit Locasta for reasons she wasn't going to divulge yet." Dorothy said.
"I think Terrance proposed to Alyssa, that's probably why." Ellie said.
"You think so?" Donna and Kelly asked in unison.
"I'm positive, while else, oh dear, that means I'm not going to be here that day either, I'll have to take Glinda's place that day." Ellie said.
"Ellie it's alright, no need to feel sorry about it, I have no control over what happens in your life." Dorothy said.
"Yea, anyways I'll still be here." Alex said skipping another stone across the pond.
"Anyways, I think I'll just live my birthday like any other day, maybe I'll just go to Oz and then stay for Ozma's coronation, though it's hard to imagine that someone who can't be more than a year older than me is going to be crowned queen of Oz, I mean sure it's her birth right but it's hard to imagine someone so young taking on a role that large." Dorothy said.
"I'm sure she can manage it, and what do you mean it's hard it's hard to imagine?, I do a job like that every time my sister gets too busy and has to go somewhere." Ellie said
"Right, sorry Ellie, I wasn't thinking about that." Dorothy said.
"Speaking of thinking, how come I haven't seen ace around recently?" Donna asked curiously.
"She's been doing the summer school program, again." Dorothy said.
"You know, I know she's a smart kid, so smart that she's in our classes and she's younger than us, but she takes school work way to seriously, it's no wonder she gets made fun of by other kids." Donna said.
"Donna, I know that, but even though ace is in my custody I let her do what she thinks is best, anyways she's really helpful to me and Alex when we have problems with our homework." Dorothy said.
"What about Ellie?" Kelly asked curiously.
"I have my father help me with mine if I need it." Ellie said.
"Okay then." Kelly said turning to look at Alex.
"Alex save some skipping stones for other people." Dorothy said getting up and walking over to him.
"But it's fun skipping stones, maybe one day I'll beat my record of twenty skips in a row." Alex said whipping another stone into the water.
It skipped ten times before dropping into the water. Dorothy smiled and picked up a flat rock then whipped it into the water. It skipped twelve times before it dropped.
"Does it really matter?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"What, I have a personal record I want to beat, don't judge me for that." Alex said.
"I'm not judging, anyways we should be heading home the sun is starting to set." Dorothy said.
Well this is a short start I know but the story will get more interesting.