The Wizard of Ooze
Chapter 1 – Cyclone
The Duke of Bedford was beloved as a dead man rather than alive, except for her daughter, Kimberly, a sweet ten years old girl whose mother, the Duchess of
Bedford, had died when giving birth. Her stepmother, a woman that only cared for the Duke´s fortune, was the first in line of all the crows hovering around her
father´s grave.
The day after the services the widow ordered to get all Kimberly´s belongings packed and sent her to live with her uncle at Angle Grove Farm
Born as a Duchess, Kimberly grew up in the farm collecting eggs, feeding the cattle and baking pumpkin pies, according to her uncle, the best he had ever tasted.
Ernie was a middle aged farmer and the only blood´s family the girl had left.
Kimberly`s life was jubilantly in the farm, although she knew that eventually one day she would have to return and claim her title in accordance with the law. And
when she became sixteen years old she did. But her stepmother got her locked up in a mental asylum.
Dressed in white Kimberly laid onto a no so comfortable bed, tied up by hands and feet surrounded by grey walls and always staring at the white ceiling. She heard
some steps approaching and then the door opened, a second later a male nurse stood by her side and leaned onto her. He untied her wrists first and then her ankles.
She was dragged out of the room and through a long dark corridor until they got to a crossroad, they turned left and walked towards a wooden door at the end.
The man knocked three times before the door was opened. A red haired middle aged woman let them inside; the room was warm and with bright colors contrasting
with the rest of the building. The male nurse ordered Kimberly to lie down on a couch and then tied her wrists and ankles. He said goodbye to the woman and left.
The woman locked the door and then she sat down in the chair next to the couch. She took a notebook and a pen from a small table and put her glasses on.
"So tell me what´s your name?" The woman asked after clearing her throat
"I´m Kimberly Ann Hart" The young lady answered
"Hi Kimberly, how are you doing?" The woman asked, it was the first time in a long time that someone questioned her about it.
"Glad you ask, because I´m mad, really mad" She answered
"I´m your therapist and we´re going to see each other every day for a while" The woman introduced herself "Now tell me, who are you mad at?" She asked
"The ones who locked up me here" Kim answered
"Who are they?" The therapist asked
"My stepmother and the court, whose members she extorted one by one" Kim answered
"Are you saying that your stepmother bribed the court?" The therapist asked as she wrote in the notebook
"She had no choice, she has no right to be Duchess as long as I live, that´s why she made everyone believe that I lost my head" Kim explained
"According to this report you´ve been under the care of your uncle, but escaped" The therapist pointed out
"I didn´t escape" Kimberly stated in anger
"But it says you´ve been missing for a long time and when your returned you couldn´t explain clearly where you had been" the therapist remarked
"Yes, but that´s not what happened" Kimberly cleared up
"Well, would you like to tell me what happened? Were you happy at the farm with your uncle?" She asked
"Of course I was happy, I helped my uncle with his work every morning and in the afternoon I went to the lake or sat under the trees to read a book" Kimberly
explained
"What kind of books?" The therapist asked
"Fairy tales" Kim answered, the therapist wrote down on her notebook again
"Did you feel lonely in the farm?" she asked
"No actually, but my uncle thought I did" Kimberly answered, she was starting to open up
"Why do you think so?" The therapist asked
"One day uncle Ernie came back from town with a special surprise for me . . ." Kimberly began the story
"Welcome back Uncle Ernie" I greeted him stepping out of the cottage
"Hi sweet pea!" He sighed, that was the special nickname he gave me "There is a present for you in the cart" he informed me
"Really? What is it?" I said excited and ran towards the cart. I had to stand on my toes to reach it; I glanced into the cart and saw a basket with a little white cat
huddled inside.
"Oh uncle it is so beautiful!" I sighed taking the animal into my arms
"She was wandering around the town and when I realized she had climbed into the cart, I think she is homeless" Ernie explained
"Not anymore" I said "Thank you uncle I think I´m going to name her PC" I added
"The wind is blowing hard we´d better go inside" my uncle suggested so we walked inside the house
"Do you think a cyclone is coming?" I asked worried
"I don´t know but we have to be prepare" He answered "Listen to me very carefully Kimberly" He said ". . . if the cyclone reaches us we have to rush downstairs to
the basement and remain there until the cyclone is gone" He explained me and showed me a trap door in the floor of the cottage.
The following morning the wind hadn´t ceased and I had to take a hold of my pink skirt to go out to do my tasks. I was worried for my uncle who had left to town
early that day and hadn´t come back by the time. I was carrying a heavy bucket with water when I saw it in the horizon approaching fast towards the house.
I threw the bucket away and hurried inside, "PC! PC!" I called out, the cat jumped from the bed and ran towards me; I caught it in my arms and knelt down to open
the trap door. I heard the pounding of the doors and windows, it was terrifying. Suddenly a bunch of leaves flew inside the house and PC jumped to catch them. I had
started to go down to the basement.
"PC come back!" I called out; as the cat didn´t obey I decided to go up and catch it, but PC didn´t stop running after the dancing leaves.
"PC come here please, we have no time!" I yelled in desperation, when she finally came to me I turned to walked back to the trap door, however I felt my skirt was
being pulled back, It had got stuck in a nail of the wall. I pulled hard to get free with no success. Suddenly I heard a big noise and the whole house trembled making
me fall. It was like if the house was being lifted and started spinning around. The furniture broke into pieces that flew from one side to another; I tried to take a hold
on everything I could as I grabbed PC tightly against my chest, until a wood hit me on the head and felt unconscious.
The next thing I felt was a wet and warm feeling in my cheek that woke me up, when I opened my eyes I saw PC licking my face. ¿Am I alive? I thought.
There was a knock on the door, but I couldn´t move "Uncle Ernie?" I asked in a weak voice raising slightly the head
The knock on the door persisted, but no one answered. So I gathered strength, got on my feet and staggered towards the door followed by PC. As I opened the door
I found myself in front of a petite man dressed in blue that was wearing a cone-shaped hat.
"Hello madam" the weird little man greeted
"Hello" I said stepping back
"The citizens of Munchkins want to thank you madam" He said and walked to one side
When I went out of the house I saw a crowd of little people watching at me.
"Excuse me, how did you say was the name of the little men?" The therapist queried
"Munchkins" Kimberly repeated
"Could you spell it for me?" The therapist asked
"Is it really necessary?" Kim asked scowling at the therapist, who nodded no and just made a note.
"Welcome to Munchkin Country great witch" The petite man said
"I´ve never heard of it, is it far from Angel Grove?" I asked
"But they had no idea what Angel Grove was" Kim explained
"Kimberly had you seen this weird little men before the cyclone episode?" the therapist asked
"I´d never seen them before in my whole life" Kim answered
"So these weird visions started after you hit your head" the therapist concluded
"Not visions, I´m not making these up, I´m aware that the whole place seemed to have been taken out from my books, I didn´t believe it myself at first, but trust
me it is as real as you and me" Kim explained.
"Interesting" The therapist sighed and wrote down on her notebook
"Angel Grove Farm is where I live and I´m not a witch" I informed the Munchkins
"But if you are not a witch how did you got to kill the Wicked Witch of the East?" Another man asked
Suddenly a blast of white energy glowed in front of me; the light was so shiny that I had to narrow my eyes and raised one arm in front of me. When the light faded
a woman dressed in a white tunic that covered her from the mouth to the feet, showed up. But the weirdest thing was that her feet didn´t touch the earth.
"Who are you?" I asked
"I´m the good witch of the North, Kimberly" She answered
"How do you know my name?" I asked stupidly, because she had already told me that she was a witch.
"Because I´m a witch" The woman answered
"It is not possible witches only exist in the books!" I yelled and rushed inside the house slamming the door behind.
I thought I was dreaming so I kept my eyes closed tightly and curled up on the floor. The woman in white showed up inside the house without bothering in opening
the door.
"This is a dream, I´m dreaming that I am in one of my books, but it´s not real, I´m going to wake up in Angel Grove at any minute" I muttered to myself
"No, you`re not" the witch whispered
"You`ll learn Kimberly that Witches not only live in your books we also live here, in the Land of Ooze" she said
"The land of . . ." The therapist interrupted again
"Ooze" Kim said
"The land of Ooze? But I thought It was Munchkin Country" The therapist asked
"Munchkin Country belongs to The land of Ooze, apparently the cyclone dragged my house there and it landed onto the wicked witch of the East, the evil ruler of the
Munchkins, releasing them forever, so they were very grateful and believed I was a witch as well" Kim explained
"And what power did you have as a witch Kimberly?" The therapist queried
"But I´m not a witch, I had no intention to kill her, it was just a coincidence" Kim sighed
"I walked outside again and saw two legs beneath the farmhouse" Kimberly continued.
"She was the wicked witch of the East and thanks to you she will never oppress munchkins again" The first little man sighed
"Kimberly, stretch out your arm" The good witch said ". . . and receive the Power Bow, which used to belong to the evil witch, now is in good hands" she said, I did as
she said and a white bow appeared in my hand. "Thank you" I sighed "But how is it suppose to work if I don´t see any arrows?" I asked
"The arrows will magically appear whenever you need help" The witch explained
"Magic weapons" The therapist wrote down
"Good witch you are very nice with me, but . . ." I sighed
"You can call me Dimitria" The witch said
"But there is only one thing that I really want" I continued
"What is it?" Dimitria asked
"I want to go back to Angel Grove with my uncle Ernie" I answered
"Oh Kimberly, I`m afraid I can`t help you with that" Dimitria said, so I winced
"But there is someone who can" Dimitria uttered later, I raised my head and my eyes filled with hope "Who?" I asked
"The Great Wizard of Ooze, he is the most powerful wizard in this land" Dimitria informed
"Where can I find him?" I asked
"In Eltar City, you´ll find his palace there" Dimitria answered
"How I get there?" I asked
"Just follow the yellow brick road" the witch said and turned her head towards the yellow road that laid in front of us and got lost into the horizon.
As I embarked on my journey, the Good Witch kissed me on my forehead
"Go Kimberly and may the power protect you" she whispered and faded away
"Wow pretty interesting" The therapist sighed taking out her glasses, she glanced at her watched
"Well Kimberly I´ll see you tomorrow" She said then
The male nurse came in and took Kimberly back to her room where he tied her up to the bed.
When Kimberly closed her eyes all she could see was the yellow brick road.
To be continued . . .
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