Its chapter 12 if i still need to put a disclaimer here, then someones messed up. but just for safety, i claim no ownership of any of the characters, the franchises, ect. well you get the picture
Dorothy awoke an hour or so later, finding herself back in her room. Now in a white satin nightgown. Toto was on the end of her bed playing with a pair of silver colored dress shoes. She looked over to her side and saw Ellie who was applying a cloth ice pack to her head. Dorothy then felt a stinging pain in her head.
"Dorothy please go back to sleep. You hit your head pretty hard against the floor when you passed out. Don't worry the scepter is safe. Its hidden in Glinda's room until you're ready to become its true owner." Ellie said.
"What!?" Dorothy said bolting up, her vision then going blurry with pain.
"Dorothy, please lie down, Glinda will explain later." Ellie said as Alyssa entered the room the room followed by five other girls.
"So she's finally come to?" Alyssa said walking over.
"Yes Alyssa but I have my orders to make sure she gets rest." Ellie said gesturing for her to leave.
"Yes well I don't take orders from a crybaby who can't even stand a thunder storm." Alyssa said
"Oi, why are you always so mean to her?" a brown haired girl said walking over to Alyssa.
"Alison you stay out of this." Alyssa said.
Alison backed away obviously intimidated by her.
"You have no reason to be mean to either of them." Said a red haired girl.
"You stay out of this too Caitlyn. And that goes for you three, as well, understood?" Alyssa yelled at the other three girls.
"Alison, Caitlyn, get Elena, Chrissy and Brianna out of here." Ellie said.
"Elena is supposed to stay here to help you." Alyssa said.
"Fine, understandable as she is a nurse, as well as a soldier, Elena come over here." Ellie said getting up.
Dorothy hadn't said anything, she didn't feel like sitting up and feeling the pain in her head. But then Alyssa walked over to Ellie.
"Don't think that because you found her first that it makes you better than the rest of us you're only a little girl still." Alyssa said shoving Ellie back into the bedside table.
This made Dorothy slightly angry, she sat up and looked at Alyssa.
"Hey stop, pushing her around, she's my friend, leave her alone." Dorothy said.
Alyssa looked at Dorothy, she backed away from Ellie.
"Why do you push her around?" Dorothy asked the pain surging through her head.
"She's our captain, she's the oldest, and one of the strictest in Glinda's army" Elena said walking over to the other side of the bed.
Elena was blond, like Ellie, but unlike Ellie her hair was more of yellow color.
"So? That doesn't mean she should push around people who are smaller than her, or younger than her." Dorothy said lying back down as Elena set the ice pack back on the bruise.
"Alyssa I think you've caused enough damaged." Came the voice of the china princess.
"China princess! Your majesty!" Alyssa said bowing. Then the rest of the girls bowed.
"So, you think that you can be bossy to everyone just because your Older, Bigger and higher in rank?, let me tell you something, I used to be like that, then I met dorothy and my fiancé and I realized you can't get anywhere by being a big bully, Marshall is already reporting to Glinda. We heard everything started with you calling Ellie a crybaby." The princess said walking over to Ellie who picked her up.
"So, you've made friends with two of the most popular people of Oz?" Elena said placing a hand on Dorothy's forehead.
"Yes, I think." Ellie said having never actually thought about this subject.
"Neat, dorothy eat this." Elena said taking a small capsule from a pouch slung around her hip and shoving it in Dorothy's mouth.
It tasted terrible but she swallowed it, she instantly felt drowsy.
"Essence of poppies?" Ellie asked setting the china princess down on the bedside table.
"Only thing I've got in terms on a sedative." Elena said.
"How long will she be out?" the China Princess asked looking at Dorothy who had now fallen back to sleep.
"A few hours, she'll miss dinner but she need the rest." Elena said.
"Alyssa, please leave take your 'friends' with you." The princess said.
Alyssa bowed and led the other girls out of the room, slamming the door behind them knocking over a picture that was hung on the wall.
"So the scepter's back in Oz now and the jester may be alive." Ellie said getting up and walking over to Toto and scratching him behind the ears.
"I know, that's a scary thought." Elena said placing her hand on Dorothy's forehead again.
"Is she alright?" The Princess asked.
"She'll be fine, she just need rest and some time to recover, Ellie just one question." Elena said looking at her.
"Yes Elena?" Ellie asked.
"Why is Dorothy's dog playing with your shoes?" Elena asked looking at Toto.
"He's obsessed with them, he likes playing with them, he's a dog, I don't know ask Wiser." Ellie said shrugging.
Ellie then got up and walked over to the window, closing the curtains the room got considerably darker. Just then Glinda showed up. Followed by the scarecrow.
"How's the patient Elena?" Glinda asked tapping Dorothy on the forehead with her wand.
"What spell did you put on her?" Elena asked.
"She put her into a dreamless sleep, I'll explain later." Ellie said looking at Elena.
"Fair enough, Dorothy will be fine, I gave her a Poppy Essence capsule, she'll be asleep for a few hours, she'll miss dinner but we can get her a tray I assume, we'll just need someone to stay here to make sure she doesn't move around too much." Elena said.
"That's a relief, we thought she might be severely concussed." The Scarecrow said.
"She's concussed just not severely, like I said she'll be fine in a few hours." Elena said Getting up, "if that's all I'm needed for I'll be off, see you at dinner Ellie." Elena said walking to the door.
"Actually I think I'll stay here, and keep an eye on Dorothy, anyways I don't think I want to be anywhere near Alyssa at the time being." Ellie said shuddering.
"Alyssa has been taken care of, it turns out that she's been bossing you all around for a while, why didn't you tell Glinda?" the scarecrow asked.
"Because we are all intimidated by her." Elena said as she walked out of the room.
"Elena is my second oldest soldier, she's incredibly honest, and she decided to become a nurse instead of the captain that's why Alyssa got the job." Glinda said smiling as Elena shut the door behind her.
"But Alyssa bosses her around just as much as she bossed us around, and Elena's her sister." Ellie said getting up and picking up the china princess.
"Sisters shouldn't boss each other around no matter if one is in some higher position." The Princess said as Ellie set her down on the floor.
"At least they have a bond as sisters, as I'm sure you already know, my sister left home and disappeared before I was born." Ellie said pulling the picture that she had shown Dorothy from her pocket.
"She looks pretty, but the eyes, they have an air of sadness to them" The scarecrow said coming over to look at the picture.
"No one knows what happened to her, she left and practically vanished." Ellie said putting the picture away.
"Anyways, Ellie do you think you can handle this on your own?" the scarecrow asked.
"I'm sure I can your majesty, just send Elena with a tray for Dorothy after dinner, I'll just go to the kitchens and get something." Ellie said looking at Dorothy.
"Well take care then." The scarecrow said picking up the China Princess and leaving Ellie and Glinda alone with Dorothy.
"Ellie, don't work yourself ragged child, if you begin to feel tired call for Elena or me and we'll relieve you of your charge so you can get some sleep." Glinda said walking over to Ellie and kissing her on the forehead, then walking out of the room leaving Ellie pretty much alone.
Ellie got up and sat in the chair next to Dorothy's bed, she took the red ball off the side table and threw it against the wall like she often did. She then looked over to Dorothy.
"I will always be there for you" Dorothy said still asleep.
"I thought she was unconscious?" Alison asked standing in the doorway.
"She is, and she's got a dreamless sleep spell on her." Ellie said.
"But how could she talk then, that's a double whammy she won't be up again till at least 9 o'clock." Alison said worried.
"How should I know, you're the one practicing sorcery, you should go find it in a book." Ellie said shooing her away.
"I'll ask Glinda, then I'll research it" Alison said turning around and leaving.
Ellie sigh and got up walking over to the door and shutting it. Picking up Dorothy's key and locking the door. She then set the key on the table next to the door. She then walked back to the chair she was sitting on and sat back on it. She then heard a small thud as one of her dress shoes fell off the bed. Toto looked at it and knocked the other one off as well. He then jumped off the bed and began fiddling around with them again. This caused Ellie to chuckle as she brought her legs up onto the chair and tucked them underneath her dress.
"Well it looks like it's just you and me Toto." Ellie said throwing her ball at the floor, watching it bounce of the floor and against the wall and back to her.
She repeated throwing the ball like this for maybe an hour before she got bored. She then got up and sat next to Toto on the floor. She began to think it was funny how a dog was attracted to the shiny dress shoes she wore, yet at the same time was relieved that the dog didn't ruin them like a normal one probably would. She then stood up and checked the ice pack on Dorothy's forehead, it had for the most part melted but it was still cold. She wasn't supposed to remove it until it was at least room temperature. That's when a knock came on the door.
Ellie got up and grabbed the key off the table, unlocking the door she opened it and found Glinda and Alison standing in the door way.
"According to Alison Dorothy spoke while she was asleep, about an hour ago?" Glinda said looking at Ellie.
"Yes mam, she hasn't said anything else since." Ellie said letting them in.
"But I thought you put her in a dreamless sleep along with the Poppy Essence?" Alison questioned.
"I did but that won't completely stop her from thinking, there is no spell in the world that can do that." Glinda said, "What exactly did she say?" Glinda asked curiously.
"She said 'I will always be there for you.' And she hasn't said anything since." Ellie said placing a hand on Dorothy's forehead.
"She was thinking about how she defended you from Alyssa earlier, or that's what I assume." Alison said as she turned around and left the room.
"Ellie my child, don't let anything that Alyssa says get to you." Glinda said turning around and walking out.
Ellie then got up again and was pushing the door shut when Elena stopped her, bringing in a new ice pack.
"I would assume the ice pack that she currently has is almost room temperature by now, I just wanted to come by and drop this off." Elena said handing Ellie the ice pack and walking off.
Ellie sighed, pushing the door shut and locking it. Then setting the key down on the table again she walked over to Dorothy. Elena had been right, the ice pack was now room temperature. She switched the ice packs and brought the used one into the bathroom. Walking over to the sink she opened the cap on the icepack and dumped out the water. She then left the bathroom and set the empty icepack on the side table and went back over to where Toto was.
"Well, now it's just you and me Toto." Ellie said sitting down leaning her back against the bed.
Toto looked at Ellie for a second, then went back to toying around with her shoes. This made Ellie giggle a little as she looked at her feet. She had changed out of the pair that had gotten wet from the rain, directly into a pair that were exactly the same up to the frills which Ellie sometimes fiddled with. She started up at the ceiling and sighed when she felt a small tug on her dress. Looking over she saw Toto had the ball in his mouth and was pawing at her dress. When he realized he had her attention she dropped the ball next to her.
"You want to play with the ball? sure why not" Ellie said picking up the ball and rolling it across the carpeted floor.
Toto ran after it and Ellie decided to grab her dress shoes and put them back on. Toto then returned with the ball and dropped it in front of Ellie. She repeated the process of rolling the ball, Toto retrieving it, and returning it, for at least 2 hours before Toto stopped going after the ball and returned his interest to Ellie's dress shoes. She sighed pulling them off and putting them in front of him. Toto was cute, but he seemed to have an odd habit of changing his mind on what he wanted to do after a while.
Ellie then looked back up at the ceiling then stood up and sat back in the chair. She looked over at Dorothy and smiled. But she then felt Toto Pawing at her socks.
"Yes Toto?" Ellie said looking down at him.
Toto barked panting a bit.
"Oh you're thirsty." Ellie said, Toto barked as if to say she got it.
Ellie got up, put her shoes on, and then walked over to the door, grabbing the key she unlocked it and ran to Glinda's room. She was surprised to find Glinda waiting for her.
"Glinda can you watch Dorothy for a few minutes I'm going to the kitchen with Toto to get him a drink." Ellie said.
"Of course my dear take your time." Glinda said walking around Ellie.
Ellie sight and walked to the kitchens, when she walked in she and Toto were greeted by wiser who was sampling everything the cooks were making. Then Brianna walked up to Ellie and saluted wiping her hands off on the Apron she was wearing.
Brianna was about two years older than Ellie, she was definitely taller at any rate, she had light green eyes, and she had long dark hair.
"What do you need Ellie?" Brianna asked looking at her curiously.
"Toto's thirsty, you wouldn't happen to have a dog bowl lying around would you?" Ellie asked looking around.
"Actually His majesty asked us to find one just in case Dorothy came around asking." Brianna said walking away for a second and coming back with two metal dog bowls handing them to Ellie.
"Thanks Brianna," Ellie said Saluting then leaving the kitchen.
It took Ellie a few minutes but she finally managed to make it back to Dorothy's room she let herself in using the key she was borrowing and she and Toto reentered the room. Glinda was there sitting in a chair she had conjured up next to Dorothy's bed.
"Glinda, thank you for watching over Dorothy for me." Ellie said walking over to Glinda.
"It was my pleasure, we all need to look after her." Glinda said tapping one of the empty dog bowls with her wand.
The bowl glowed for a second of two and then water appeared in the bowl. Ellie set it down for Toto and placed the other one on the floor by the bed.
"Thanks Glinda, I'll take it from here." Ellie said saluting.
Glinda nodded then walked out of the room the door shutting and locking behind her. The only sound that was heard in the room for a few minutes was the sound of Toto lapping water up from the bowl. Ellie sighed and sat down in the chair Glinda had conjured up. She sighed again and placed her hand on Dorothy's forehead again. Then she checked the ice pack, there was still ice in it but there was a good amount of water in it now as well. Ellie then got up and moved the chair over to the wall and went back to the chair she had been sitting in before. She crossed her legs in front of her and sat there watching Dorothy, who slept there, motionless, outside of her chest moving up and down from breathing.
After a few minutes Toto finished his drink and walked over to Ellie sitting on the ground in front of her. Ellie didn't notice till Toto had started pawing at her dress shoes again. She giggled and pulled them off dropping them in front of him as she had several times before. She watched Toto toy with them for a bit and then she went back to watching over Dorothy.
Two or three hours went by without her noticing, it wasn't until the clock struck seven that Ellie realized the room had gotten considerably darker and that she had been sitting there for several hours. Then a knock on the door snapped her out of thought.
"Ellie open up, vie brought you some food." Came Brianna's voice.
"Give me a second." Ellie said getting up and running over to the door, she picked up the key and unlocked the door. Brianna wasn't the only one standing there Elena was also with her carrying a bed tray.
"Ellie you need to go get some rest." Brianna said handing Ellie a plate with some food and an apple on it.
"Don't worry about me, I've already had to stay up all night last night because of something else." Ellie said not caring to mention Dorothy's nightmare.
"If you're sure Ellie, just remember you know where to find us if you want to get some rest." Elena said as Brianna walked off.
"Thank you but I'm sure I can manage." Ellie said as she let Elena in the room.
On the bed tray was also a new ice pack. Along with a covered food tray.
"How has she been? Glinda and Alison informed me that she talked once." Elena said walking over to Dorothy and replacing the ice pack.
"Quiet, she hasn't moved much either, but at least she's still breathing." Ellie said as she sat down in the chair that she was using, and began eating quietly.
"Is that all?" Elena asked placing her hand on Dorothy's forehead.
"Yes, how long until you think she'll wake up?" Ellie asked.
"If we're lucky she sleep peacefully till morning, that's my personal bed tray it will serve her food whenever she wakes up." Elena said.
"Have we gotten past the point where she's out of any danger of causing more damage by moving?" Ellie asked taking a bite out of the apple.
"We reached that point about an hour ago. But yes if she moves or shifts in her sleep from now on she'll be fine, her head will still hurt a bit but other than that she should be fine" Elena said.
"That's good, anyways thanks for bringing Dorothy some food." Ellie said referring to the tray.
"It's no problem. Just remember if anything happens come find me." Elena said walking over to Ellie and hugging her before she walked out of the room.
Ellie got up and locked the door again shutting it, she then walked over to the desk with the lamp on it and opened a drawer. In the drawer there was a small candle and a book of matches. Ellie took both of them out of the drawer and lit the candle placing it in the small candle holder on the desk.
Ellie then sat back down in the chair and finished eating. She got up and put a chicken leg in Toto's bowl, which he wolfed down hungrily. This made Ellie smile. She then went back to the chair and sat down. She heard the noise of Dorothy shifting around in the bed. Ellie looked at her and smiled. Dorothy had been the first person to ever stand up to Alyssa for her. And this she found encouraging. She sat there silent for a few more hours switching between watching Dorothy and watching Toto toying with her shoes. Until the clock struck midnight and the candle burnt out. Ellie was left in complete darkness. She decided to go and turn on the lamp. As she got up and did this she looked at the bed and saw Toto sleeping at the foot of the bed sleeping peacefully, her dress shoes left on the floor where Toto had been playing with them.
She picked them up but this time she didn't put them on. She sat down and pulled off the dress socks and stuffed them into the shoes and set them on the floor next the chair. She then sat down and watched Dorothy shift around in her sleep some more. This went on until sunrise when Glinda entered the room.
"Child, have you really been here all night?" Glinda asked looking at Ellie.
Ellie nodded too tired to respond.
"Child, I'll take it from here, you need to go get some rest." Glinda said looking at Ellie and then over at Dorothy.
Ellie nodded, saluting she got up, picked up her dress shoes and left.
It took Ellie longer than it should have to reach her room. But she really was tired. By the time she had gotten to her room and gone in she just dropped her dress shoes and walked over to her bed, climbing into it, and falling asleep.
I wrote this chapter as you can see mostly from Ellie's PoV.
