Good News and Bad News
Anthony rose from the debris of the house and after another hour of calling out for Natalee with no success, just gave up and slowly let out tears. He was worried sick about where she could be. He had just gone through a terrible tornado which destroyed the house almost completely, he worried that she died. Just then, bubbles rained down from the ceiling. Each one grew bigger than the last, until an enormous five ft tall bright, pink bubble came down slowly, and manoevered to be right infront of him. Then the bubble gently dissappeared and reveald just who he expected. Anthony smiled before it popped and knew precisely who was coming. A blond woman in a beautiful blue and diamond studded gown, and with a snowflake wand appeared. I bowed from the neck as she walked slowly to greet me.
"An honor to meet your Goodness," Anthony did not offer his hand, that would not have been proper. Propriety being something that Glinda the Good greatly admired.
"The pleasure is mine, it's good to see you. You have come in the most critical of times." Glinda returned the kindness. Everything about her glisteneed. Her attire obviously because they had gems on them. But even her skin, hair, wand, and snowflake crown gleamed. It made her appear almost heavenly. He smiled from ear to ear meeting his favorite heroine. They shook hands and then he opened his mouth as if to speak but stopped him self, thinking of other things to ask her.
"I originally was not alone in this house, my girlfriend was with me. I don't know where she is, or even why only I am here." He lowered his head in sadness of not knowing where Natalee was, and Glinda put her hand on his chin, attempting to lift him up. He suddenly spurted out all the questions he had.
"I am sure you have concerns, please ask me anything and I will do my best to clarify." Glinda waited patintly for me to think of the most useful questions to ask.
"Well, I know where I am, but I don't know when, and I don't know where my girlfriend is, and why didn't she come with me, and who is ruling Oz now and why-" Glinda cut me off.
"I am sorry, I must tell you my news first. It will help. Natalee is safe, in her home. She didn't make it to Oz like you did, she's still in California." Anthony let out a sigh of relief hearing his love was still safe.
"So how can I get back to her?" He asked. Glinda's hand started fidgeting.
"Well, that is the bad news. As you know, the Wizard has unexpectedly left Oz, leaving me as Queen, but Elphaba's brother Shell overthrew me. What's worse, Elphaba has returned to Kiamo Ko. Don't ask me how, but she has and she is terrible. She wants revenge on the whole country now for how the Wizard treated her. She won't listen to rationality or reason anymore, she's too hurt. So now, with two people trying to destroy Oz from the inside out, I needed help and you are the one with the strongest heart, and the most knowledge about our history."
"What is your point?" Anthony was confused. Glinda took a deep breath, then spoke again.
"My point, is that if I bring Natalee here, she will never be in more danger of losing her life than if she were here right now, but honestly, she should be here. The Wicked Witch has killed hundreds and will kill again. She must be stopped. The Emperor is craving more power than our old pal the Wizard. He uses Dragons to strike fear in the people so they will be afraid of disobeying him, but they don't know that they will be killed anyway. You must help me Anthony, if we don't try to do something, she will take control of Oz, and you know what that means."
"I see. Well, Glinda, I'm glad to help, but I really must be going now-" Anthony got very stressed out, and wanted to avoid this whole situation, thinking like Dorothy that he could go back home whenever he wanted. Reality had other plans though.
"Going where? Do you think this is some playground that you can leave whenever you want? I'm sorry but this is reality now. From the moment you landed here your life has been in serious danger. The Wicked Witch is on your doorstep. Now, sit down and listen to all I have to tell you." Anthony sighed and braced him self for the rest of the bad news. "You remember when Dorothy left, not even Liir could tell where the Ruby Slippers could have gone? Well, I was walking in Kumbrica's Pass on my way to see the Conference of The Birds last month, and on the side of the road, I saw something sparkle, as if at me; trying to get my attention. I immediately recognized them and so in order to keep them in a place only you and I would know about, they are on Natalee's feet." As Anthony began to put two and two together he realized of course she was talking about the Ruby Slippers. His muscles tensed; this was not in any way going to keep Natalee safe. The last thing that made Elphaba mentally incapacitated were those shoes, and now, my girlfriend had them.
"WHAT? Elphaba will... Natalee could... Glinda! How could you do that? The Wicked Witch of the West kills for those Ruby Slippers, and has been killing or otherwise terrorizing people for them! If she finds out, there is no telling what will happen! You have got to bring her here!" he demanded.
"Oh very well, but if this doesn't work, don't blame me, this wand never works when I want it to. And, you should know, as long as she is wearing those shoes, even though she has the power to go back whenever she wants, we can't tell her, it won't work," Glinda explained.
"So you're saying unless she figures it out on her own based on what other things the Ruby Slippers will do for her, and if she comes here, we can't go back unless she finds out they have the ability to do that?" Anthony asked for clarification.
"Yes, now do you see how serious this really is? What's more, if we delay any longer, she'll come after you next. There's no way she doesn't know what I'm up to. And she really doesn't like it. I feel terrible, but I keep telling my self it's not the same person I used to know, Elphaba would have never done this. We are now dealing with the Wicked Witch of the West." She reiterated. At the end of her sentence she broke contact with Anthony and looked out the window up at the black skies.
"Good will always conquer evil. You just need faith," Glinda turned around and nodded in agreement to his statement.
"Yes of course, precisely. Now then, time for Miss Natalee to join us." She waved her wand three times and all of a sudden, Natalee popped out of one of Glinda's bubbles.
"I apologise for the short visit, but I really must go, there is some business in Munchkinland I must attend to." In her own signature pink bubble, Glinda went away. Natalee and Anthony watched her impressive exit, and then sat down on her bed. There was a lot she needed to know. The shoes glowed in the shadows, and Anthony tried not to look at them. He stood up, and gathered his thoughts to break the news about Natalee's risk in Oz.