Disclaimer, you get it by now. Anyways has anyone guessed where I got the name Ellie from yet?
After Dorothy returned to her room she went and grabbed her blue dress and her shirt which were now perfectly dry. She then walked into the bathroom changed out of the swimsuit and into her normal clothes. As soon as she came back out of the bathroom she heard a knock on her door.
Dorothy, you in there?" came the voice of the Lion.
"Yes Lion, the doors open come in." Dorothy said taking the red hair ribbons from her pocket and tying her hair into pigtails.
The lion then came into the room. Followed by Ellie who was now wearing a light blue dress, her hair was now tied into a ponytail, she was also wearing black dress shoes with white frilly socks. The look of them made Dorothy giggle a bit.
"Dorothy, Glinda is requesting your presence in the wizard's chamber." The lion said turning around and walking out of the room.
Dorothy walked over to Ellie and grabbed her hand, pulling her along. As soon as they got to the Chamber they walked in and found the scarecrow, Glinda, The tin man, Marshal Mallow, the china Princess, and the lion all seated at a large round table. Wiser was the only one absent from this group, but she assumed he was probably in the kitchens or something.
"What's all this about?" Dorothy asked walking over to one of the open chairs.
"It's nothing bad Dorothy, in fact it's some good news" the Tin man said.
"Well what is it?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"When wiser returns in few minutes, you'll see kiddo" Scarecrow said starting to smile then going back to his little note pad.
"Must you always be writing stuff down? What happened to doing things in your head?" the lion asked looking over to the scarecrow.
"I never want to forget the things I think up. So I write it down" the scarecrow said looking up from the pad again causing everyone to chuckle.
"I'm back!" Wiser's voice came from outside of the chamber.
"Okay so what is it that I'm needed for?" Dorothy asked looking behind her at the door to the chamber.
"Well I managed to get the rainbow mover working temporarily, so Glinda managed to contact your aunt and uncle again and though we couldn't transport them safely, we managed to get someone else." The scarecrow said smiling.
"What?" Dorothy asked a bit confused.
From behind the doors there came a loud barking, which made Dorothy gasp and get out of the chair and run to the doors. They opened revealing Wiser, and to Dorothy's surprise, Toto. Dorothy smiled and picked up Toto who licked her on the face causing her to giggle.
"Oh, Toto" Dorothy said hugging her noble companion.
"Glinda thought it would be a good idea to bring Toto here, luckily the rainbow mover dropped him relative close to the emerald city." The Scarecrow said smiling.
"Oh thank you Glinda, thank you so much!" Dorothy said looking at Ellie, who had looked like she was trying to suppress a giggle.
"I can't take all the credit for this my dear, Ellie came up with the idea of bringing Toto here to make you happy." Glinda said gesturing to Ellie.
"But I can't take all the credit either, it was the Princess who said you seemed out of place without your dog." Ellie said sitting down in the chair next to the one Dorothy had been sitting in.
"Well she did though didn't she? I mean when have any of us ever seen Dorothy here in Oz without her dog?" the Princess asked as Dorothy sat back down at the table
"Well, this was really sweet of you guys to do this for me" Dorothy said smiling setting Toto down on her lap.
"You're welcome Dorothy," they all said in unison.
Just then the clock struck half past six and the scarecrow said it was time for breakfast.
They all went to the small banquet hall this time, it wasn't that far from the wizard's chamber. The Tin man and the Scarecrow stood by the door since they didn't eat, nor did they need to. Glinda sat at the head of the table, the china Princess and Marshall Mallow sat at the first two chairs to Glinda's left, followed by Wiser, then the lion, and then Ellie and Dorothy at the foot of the table. Soon after the chefs from the kitchen came out with several different plates of food. One had a large variety of muffins, while another had a large variety of toast, the list goes on.
Dorothy had decided on a nice muffin, a two pieces of toast and an apple from a bowl of fruit that had been brought out. That's when she felt something brush against her legs. She looked under the table and saw Toto looking relatively bored because he wasn't being included in was going, so Dorothy took a few sausages and put one on the floor for Toto who started eating it.
"So not long now till the wedding, I can't wait." Dorothy said excitedly.
"Me neither, I've been waiting a long time for this" the china Princess said causing marshal Mallow to blush.
This of course made everyone laugh.
Dorothy then took a bit out of the muffin and within a few minutes of eating slowly so that she didn't choke while laughing, she eventually finished the muffin. Soon after she had eaten the toast she pocketed the apple for later and looked down at Toto handing him another sausage and sat back up. She then looked over at Ellie who seemed a bit uncomfortable.
"What's the matter Ellie?" Dorothy whispered to her friend.
"It's these dress shoes, they were nice at first but now they feel uncomfortable." Ellie whispered back.
"That's how I feel about not having my boots with me, why don't you just take them off?" Dorothy replied whispering.
"Because that would look embarrassing." Came Ellie's response after a few seconds.
"Well it's just a suggestion, or you could ask to be excused in order to get another pair." Dorothy said.
"I think I'll just sit and deal with it then Dorothy, I don't want to be a bother to anyone." Ellie replied
"Fair enough" Dorothy said back as she brought her attention back to friends, helping herself to another muffin.
This went on for a while until the clock struck seven and everyone dismissed themselves from the room. Dorothy decided to first head back to her room, she took the key from around her neck and unlocked the door, Toto ran in and jumped up on the bed barking, causing dorothy to giggle. She looked out the window and saw that it was a nice day out and decided to go outside.
After doing her normal routine of locking the door behind her, she and Toto went for a walk in the city garden where they found Ellie and the china Princess sitting on a bench Dorothy walked over to them. Ellie had changed out of the dress shoes she was wearing and put on some sensible looking shiny light blue dress shoes.
"Hello Dorothy, isn't the garden beautiful?" The Princess asked
"I think it's extremely beautiful." Dorothy said Toto barking in agreement.
"It's relaxing," Ellie said sighing gesturing for Dorothy to sit down.
Dorothy took a seat between Ellie and the China Princess, Toto Jumping on to her lap and barking again. Ellie reached over and scratching Toto behind the ear.
"I think he likes you Ellie." Dorothy said as Toto turned around and licked the China Princess making them all laugh.
"He definitely likes me." The princess said laughing
"That's for sure" Ellie said suppressing a giggle.
Toto then walked off of Dorothy's lap and onto Ellie's. Dorothy then got up and sat on the ground facing them, she then crossed her legs in front of her, and then picking a flower and putting it in her hair.
"Oh that flower is very pretty Dorothy." Ellie said petting Toto.
"It gives you a bit of flare." The Princess said getting up and walking along the bench to Ellie and scratching Toto behind the ear.
Dorothy then picked another flower and handed it to Ellie who strung it on Toto's collar. Toto then sniffed the flower and sneezed rather loudly making them all laugh. Ellie then crossed her feet in front of her and the Princess gestured for Dorothy to help her off the bench. Dorothy then picked up the Princess and set her on the ground next to her.
"Dorothy, help me pick some flowers I want to teach you two how to make a flower chain." The princess said.
"Where did you learn how to make a flower chain?" Ellie asked curiously as Toto got off her lap and sat on the bench looking at the Princess with his head tilted slightly.
"After Dorothy left, well I asked my hand maiden what I could do to keep myself amused whilst we weren't planning the wedding, she suggested learning how to make a flower chain, at first I thought it was a terrible idea and sent her off to go be more useful, but then I got bored and asked marshal mallow if he knew how to." The princess said.
"And did he?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"No, so I went to Glinda, who did, she showed me how, I have several preserved in a glass box in my room." The princess replied.
Dorothy picked a few flowers and set them on the ground next to her, and the china princess picked maybe a dozen or so more. Then began to do a pattern with the flowers that Dorothy had only seen her Aunt Em do before. About ten minutes later the flowers had been made into a small wreath.
"And that's how you do it." The Princess said picking up the wreath and handing it to Dorothy.
Dorothy looked at it then put it on Toto's head, which instantly slipped down and covered his eyes causing them all to laugh.
"That's so cute" Ellie said giggling.
Dorothy then looked at Ellie and at Toto who had finally managed to get the flower wreath of from around his eyes. Causing it to fly off his head and around the princess who laughed.
"Oh Toto." Dorothy said as Toto jumped off the bench and onto Dorothy's lap and turned around so he could look up and face Ellie and barked.
"What does he want?" Ellie asked looking down at Dorothy.
"I don't know, do you have a ball on you or something?" Dorothy asked looking up at Ellie and then flicking a fly that had landed on one of Ellie's dress shoes.
"I have a small red one that I toss against a wall sometimes if I get extremely bored." Ellie said pulling it out of her pocket.
"Ah he must have felt it in your pocket while he was on your lap, he wants to play a game." Dorothy said picking up the China princess and setting her on the bench.
"Oh, so I should throw it and he'll fetch it?" Ellie asked.
"I guess, I haven't played fetch with him in a long time." Dorothy said thinking about it.
Ellie took the ball and threw it, it then bounced off the ground a few times as Toto jumped off of Dorothy's lap and went after it making them laugh. Toto then returned with the ball and dropped it in Dorothy's lap.
"Thanks boy." Dorothy said throwing the ball in the other direction.
"Wow, he is really energetic." Ellie said uncrossing her legs so she could turn around and look behind the bench to see Toto running back at them and under the bench. Toying with the ball for a bit. Then letting it roll away he walked over to Dorothy and laid down in her lap. Dorothy then picked up the ball and handed it to Ellie.
"Thanks Dorothy." Ellie said taking the ball and wiping it off on her dress then placing it back in her pocket.
"No, thank you, that was fun." Dorothy said smiling.
"Dorothy, do me a favor, since we have about 4 days left until the wedding could you design me a few more dresses?" the Princess asked.
"Sure, I guess." Dorothy said lying down and looking at the sky.
"It's pretty beautiful today." The Princess said lying down of the bench and looking at the sky like Dorothy was on the ground.
"Yea." Ellie said sighing and stretching out and looking up at the sky.
Toto then got up and walked over to Ellie. Pawing at one of her blue dress shoes.
"What do you want Toto?" Ellie asked now looking down at the dog.
"What's he doing?" Dorothy asked now sitting up.
"I don't know, he's just pawing at my dress shoes." Ellie said giggling thinking that this was funny.
"That's kind of cute." The princess said looking at the sight and giggling.
"Yea, but why is he doing it?" Ellie asked as Toto kept pawing at her shoes
"I don't know, to be honest that's the first time I've seen him do something like that, I mean he's a dog, when we first got him all he would do was chew up slippers but he hasn't done that in years. Maybe he just likes that they have a shine to them." Dorothy said sitting up and grabbing one of Ellie's shoes and pulling it off.
"Hey, you could have asked." Ellie said as she watched Dorothy offer Toto her shoe.
Toto looked at it then played with it similar to a cat would a ball of yarn, he looked as though he was having the time of his life, making them all laugh.
"Okay that's funny, but when can I have my shoe back?" Ellie asked now fiddling with the frills on her sock.
"When he gets bored I guess." The china Princess said looking at Toto.
Dorothy looked at her dog, she didn't have the heart to take a plaything away from him, decided she'd let him have his fun and hopefully he would get bored.
"Ellie, just let him have his fun, hopefully he'll get bored." Dorothy said scratching Toto behind the ear.
"Hopefully, I don't like having only one shoe, but its keeping him amused." Ellie said getting off the bench sitting on the ground in front of Dorothy, spreading her legs out in front of her like a child.
Ellie then took the ball out of her pocket and rolled it to Dorothy who picked up the ball and rolled it back so that Toto could see it roll by. He looked at the ball and went after it. Dorothy took this advantage to grab Ellie's shoe and gave it back to her.
"Thanks Dorothy." Ellie said putting her shoe back on and getting up.
Toto shortly returned with the ball and placed it down in Dorothy's lap. Kind of upset that he didn't have Ellie's shoe anymore.
"Keep the ball Toto, I'd rather lose that than my shoes." Ellie said still playing with the frills.
"Dorothy there you are." Came the voice of the scarecrow followed closely behind by Glinda.
"Ellie, China Princess, it's almost lunch time Wiser suggested we all go on a picnic, His majesty thought it was a good idea, so I put together a picnic basket." Glinda said as scarecrow held up the picnic basket.
"Sounds like a good idea, where are we going to have the picnic though?" Dorothy asked.
"Well, that's the part we didn't decide on, Marshal suggested we take Tugg out on the river and find a nice place to go from there." The scarecrow said handing the basket to Dorothy.
"So Tugg's a boat again?" The china princess asked.
"That was a short term project, but yes, Wiser helped me with It." the scarecrow said.
"Dorothy, who's Tugg?" Ellie asked as she moved her feet to stop Toto from constantly pawing at her shoes.
Dorothy told her the story of Tugg's creation, when he was no longer a boat but practically a tank. And now he was a boat again, Dorothy could only assume that Tugg was currently docked in front of the city.
The both got off the ground, Ellie picked up the China Princess and they walked back into the city. Eventually they made it to the front entrance of the city. Dorothy could see the dock and could also see that Tugg was docked down at the docks, Wiser, Marshal Mallow, tin man and lion were waiting for them. Dorothy was the first one down to the docks.
"Ah Dorothy, how you been?" Tugg asked looking at her.
"I'm good Tugg, how's life?" Dorothy asked, getting on the boat followed by Toto along with everyone else.
"I've been perfectly fine, anyways, where to your majesty?" Tugg asked.
"Well, Wiser suggested a picnic so to anywhere that seems a nice place to picnic" the Scarecrow said
"Will do." Tugg said as they drifted away from the dock.
Dorothy watched as they went along their way slowly going against the current, she then went to the back of Tugg where the wheel was and sat down. She watched Ellie trying to keep Toto from going after her shoes, which everyone found pretty amusing. Eventually Ellie got a tired of running around the deck and sat next to Dorothy.
"I'm sorry Toto keeps chasing you around, I'd throw the ball but it might go overboard." Dorothy said as Toto walked over to them.
"Dorothy, I love Toto, he's cute, funny and other stuff, but he seems to like shiny objects." Ellie said as Toto sat between them looking at Dorothy and barking.
"Ellie, Dorothy, what do you think of having a picnic over there?" The Lion said.
Dorothy got up and looked and saw at the bank of the munchkin river was the start of a large Grassy Field.
"It looks alright to me." Dorothy said smiling.
"Okay then, Tugg bring us closer to the bank, Mallow drop anchor." Ellie said getting up.
Soon Tugg had gotten to a point close enough to the shore where they could disembark. Mallow dropped the new anchor into the water. Soon after they were all off the boat, Glinda waved her wand and a large picnic blanket appeared. Large amounts of food appeared and soon Dorothy, Ellie, Glinda, Lion China Princess and wiser were sitting down and enjoying themselves, Marshall Mallow, Tin man and scarecrow were sitting off to the side working on some large equation or that's what it looked like. Glinda also summoned up a bone for Toto to chew on.
"So Miss Ellie, what was Toto chasing around Tugg's deck for?" Wiser asked.
"For whatever reason Toto likes Ellie's shiny dress shoes." The China Princess said giggling.
Toto barked in agreement.
"Oh I see, typical of dogs. Some chew shoes up, others hide them, and others find ways to amuse themselves without destroying them." Wiser said before wolfing down a large amount of food.
"Do you have any shiny pairs of shoes Dorothy? You know at home?" Ellie asked.
"No actually they are quite dull and black, like the ones you were wearing to breakfast." Dorothy said as Toto walked over carrying the bone in his mouth, setting it down on the blanket he looked up at the sky and barked.
This made Dorothy look up at the sky, there were large, dark clouds rolling in from the north.
"Looks like it might rain, I think we should pack up." Dorothy said getting up and smoothing down her dress.
Glinda nodded, waving her wand everything packed itself up in the basket. Wiser walked over to the group and Ellie picked up the China Princess and started heading towards Tugg. She was followed closely behind by Toto, who was carrying the bone in his mouth. Dorothy followed them as Glinda followed her with the picnic basket.
As soon as they were all on Tugg, The Tin man and Lion hoisted up the anchor and told Tugg to turn around and go back to the emerald city. Dorothy had already taken her spot next to the wheel, which was now turning itself. She was staying amused by watching Toto follow Ellie until she came and sat next to Dorothy.
"I swear, Glinda's shoes are shinier than mine, and he just really likes mine." Ellie said as Toto sat between them.
"That could very well be, Miss Ellie." Wiser said walking over to them.
"What do you mean?" Dorothy said looking at wiser.
"Some dogs can become obsessed with one person's objects, either that or he really, really likes you." Wiser said leaving the two to themselves.
"Well, your dog likes my stuff." Ellie said scratching Toto behind the ears.
"I can't help you with that, he likes a lot of things. You should see his bed at home." Dorothy said giggling
Soon after they returned to the dock at the emerald city and disembarked again, Dorothy invited Ellie to her room, so that's where she and Ellie went, Toto following at their heels. When they got to Dorothy's room, Dorothy took the key off from around her neck and unlocked the door. They went in and Dorothy went over to the table and started sketching. She took the ball out of her pocket and tossed to Ellie, who in turn started throwing it against the wall. She did this in a vain attempt to keep Toto away from her shoes.
"What are you sketching?" Ellie asked catching the ball and throwing it against the wall again.
"Actually, I'm designing, one is a dress for the China princess, and the other for you." Dorothy said looking at her and smiling.
"Oh, Dorothy you don't have to do that." Ellie said throwing the ball against the wall again and catching it.
"I know, just want too, I've already finished sketching one up for the China Princess, and now I'm working on yours" Dorothy said looking at Ellie then turning back to her work.
Ellie had gotten tired of trying to distract Toto, she also gotten bored of throwing the ball against the wall and catching it again in a repeated cycle. So she gave up. Then Dorothy got up and handed Ellie the design and sat down on the floor in front of Ellie, taking the ball she threw against the wall.
"Wow, this is beautiful Dorothy, I'll see if Glinda can get this made for me later." Ellie said catching the ball as it rebounded back.
"Your, getting bored aren't you?" Dorothy asked as Toto started pawing at Ellie's shoe again.
"No just tired of trying to keep your dog off my shoes, oh well catch." Ellie said throwing the ball at the wall again.
This time Dorothy caught it on the rebound and turned so she could face Ellie. She then looked at Toto.
"Ellie just give him your shoes, he won't leave you alone again until you do, and anyways I'll get them back for you before we leave for dinner." Dorothy said scratching Toto behind the ear.
"You're probably right Dorothy, here you go Toto." Ellie said pulling off her dress shoes and putting them on the floor in front of him.
Toto toyed with the shoes for a while, then he picked them up in his mouth and jumped up on the bed and started toying with them there. This made both Dorothy and Ellie giggle.
Just then it started pouring outside. A clap of thunder resonated through the room causing Ellie to jump. Dorothy giggled at this and looked out the window.
"It's a good thing we left when we did." Dorothy said getting up and looking out the window.
"Yes, well I'm a soldier, and I'm afraid of thunder." Ellie said
"I take it only Glinda knows this?" Dorothy asked looking at Ellie.
"No, Wiser does as well, he told me it was normal and that the name of it, was something I can't remember." Ellie said getting off the bed and sitting next to Dorothy.
Dorothy looked at Ellie, then up at Toto, who seemed unfazed by the thunderstorm while he still had his play things.
"Don't worry Ellie, there's nothing to be frightened of." Glinda said stepping into the doorway.
Yea cliffhanger. Anyways I brought Toto into the story, I mean an oz story seems so out of place without him. However I gave him some more doglike attributes I've made dorothy a sister figure to Ellie who as has been reveal had a sister she never met. Though this secret will be revealed by the end of the fic.