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Dorothy walked up the castle slowly, she looked at the ceiling of the cavern as well, and there were holes in the roof of it that were allowing sunlight to light up the outside of the castle. She blinked a few times and walked up to the door. She knocked once and listened as it echoed through the cavern. The door slowly creaked open and Dorothy looked in.
"Well Dorothy what are you going to do now?" she asked herself.
"Why are you asking yourself a rhetorical question?" came the voice of the jester.
"I don't think it was rhetorical, I have no plan what so ever" Dorothy said walking in.
"Oh that's good, for me that is, for you its most likely going to lead to your demise, now WALK FORWARD!" he shouted laughing wickedly.
Dorothy sighed and walked in the direction that the hallway went. As she walked she saw many paintings of landscapes, but none of people. She liked to subtlety it had to it, but at the same time she felt afraid of it. Soon she found herself in the main hall. Sitting in the middle of it was the chess board she walked over to it and saw the configuration of the pieces and moved her queen.
"Check." She said placing it near the king.
"Good move, but I shall be the one who has checkmate in the end." He said moving his king out of harm's way.
The jester then took out the wand and flicked it. Dorothy felt her hands being tied behind her back in a very complicated knot. She dropped the scepter which clattered to the floor and rolled off.
"Well, you have me where you want me, torture me, kill me, and do whatever you want just let all my friends go." Dorothy said and found herself being guided to a chair by a flying monkey.
"No no, first I want to show you something that I myself am finding depressing." He said jogging over and snatching her away from the monkey.
"Like what?" Dorothy asked him concerned.
"You'll see." He replied in a depressed voice.
Soon they got to the room the jester was keeping Glinda in, he was surprised to find it closed. He flicked the wand and the door unlocked and opened. The jester pushed Dorothy into the doorway but she was immediately pulled into a crushing embrace by Ellie.
"Oh Dorothy, I was hoping you'd turn up soon." Ellie said, Toto barked in happiness.
"Ellie, I've let myself get captured." Dorothy said but then she looked over Ellie's should and gasped, "Glinda! What's happened to her?" she asked as Ellie broke from the embrace.
The jester untied Dorothy's wrist with a flick of his wand and Dorothy ran over to the bed.
"She's sick." The jester said sadly.
Dorothy put a hand on Glinda's forehead and drew it back instantly. She was cold.
"Glinda?" Dorothy asked quietly.
Glinda moved her head and opened her eyes. She smiled weakly when she saw Dorothy.
"Dorothy, my dear child." She said weakly.
"Glinda, what's caused this?" Dorothy asked.
"The anklet, it protected you two from the jester's power by draining mine, there is a small chance I might not recover." Glinda said weakly.
"You sacrificed your power for us?" Dorothy asked concerned beginning to tear up.
"Dorothy, please." Glinda said before she closed her eyes.
Dorothy checked for Glinda's pulse, finding it she sighed in relief. She got up and found herself crying. She then walked over to the anklet, picking it up her opened it up and put on Glinda's wrist. Her color returned a bit. Dorothy put a hand on her forehead. It was rising a bit and it was an improvement. She then looked over to Ellie and the jester.
"Ellie take care of your sister." Dorothy said walking over, "and if I don't make it out of this, do me a favor." She said.
"Anything Dorothy." Ellie said.
"If I don't make it out of this, tell my story, to anyone who asks." Dorothy said, "I'm ready." Dorothy said turning around.
The jester flicked the wand and the rope wrapped its self around Dorothy's wrists. He then led Dorothy back to the main hall. He flicked the wand again and all the statues, and her friends and aunt and uncle appeared. The scarecrow, the tin man and the lion looked at Dorothy sadly. The jester then flicked the wand again and the statues instantaneously turned back into her friends, and her aunt and uncle.
"Dorothy!" came the voices of her aunt and uncle.
"Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, I'm so sorry." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy, please tell me you aren't about to do what we all think you're about to do." Came the voice of the china princess.
"Jester, send them all home, with the exception of Ellie, Glinda and Toto." Dorothy said looking at Mr. and Mrs. Upland sadly.
"As you wish, but don't you want them to see this?" the jester asked teasingly.
Dorothy shot the jester a look of pure venom. The jester was scared by this he waved the wand in a large flourish and they all vanished.
"Emerald city?" Dorothy asked.
"Yep." The jester said tonelessly.
"So, are we going to fight or are you just going to turn me into a statue instead?" Dorothy asked.
"Right now neither, reason, I'm hungry at the moment, oh and the two girls that came with you, I sent them back too." The jester said doing a few backflips.
"Have a sandwich." Dorothy said looking at the lunch pouch.
"Don't mind if I do." He said flicking the wand.
A sandwich flew out and he caught it. He unwrapped it and devoured it hungrily. He then flicked the wand again and Dorothy found herself tied to a chair she couldn't move her upper body but her legs were not tied now. The jester was standing in front of her now, he bent down and looked at her boots.
"What are you doing?" Dorothy asked concerned.
"Dorothy you said you were ticklish, lacked in flexibility and a bunch of other stuff." The jester said looking at the notepad and flipping through it.
"That is correct." Dorothy said crossing her legs in front of her.
"I was watching you in the crystal ball in the tower, and I saw that you were barefoot, am I to assume you are really ticklish on the soles of your feet?" the jester asked looking at her smiling.
"Yes, that is once again, correct." Dorothy said as the jester flicked the wand again.
Dorothy felt what felt like invisible hands pulling at her boots, the jester stood up and laughed wickedly. Dorothy didn't even fight back, she gave the jester the list in all fairness, she was going to let him have his fun if he so wanted. The boots began to slide off of her feet revealing the light blue socks, the jester took care of these himself, pulling them off her feet and throwing them behind his back.
"You know what I'm going to do I'm assuming?" the jester asked.
"I assume if I had to that you are going to use magic to tickle me and my feet, till I either run out of energy or pass out, while you run on that conveyer belt contraption over there." Dorothy said looking at it.
"Wow, you have an eye for detail don't you" the jester said annoyed.
He flicked the wand again and Dorothy felt as though she felt as though her feet were being tickled by invisible hands. She did her best to hold back giggling but she knew it was a matter of time, she looked around and found the jester running rather quickly on his machine.
"S-s-so, how d-d-do you think this is going to go?" Dorothy asked trying hard not to giggle or laugh.
"I, hope, that, I can defeat you." He said through breaths.
"o-oh" she said.
The scepter then flew into the room and tried to beat the jester off the conveyer. This is what broke Dorothy, she started laughing. The jester took out the wand and whipped it towards the scepter which fell and rolled towards Dorothy.
"Keep your weapon, from attacking me before, we fight." He said gasping, he wasn't going to be able to keep this up for long, and he hoped Dorothy wouldn't be able to either.
Dorothy nodded, she was out of breath from laughing, but the tickling continued. Soon she began to feel dizzy and the tickling stopped, the chair and the bindings disappeared and she was panting, she was tired at this point she reached for the scepter and used it to help her gain her balance, the jester was also on the ground panting. Dorothy felt the cold marble on the soles of her feet, it made her shiver a bit but at this point anything was better than being tortured. She flicked the scepter in the jester's direction, a bolt of light came out of it and hit him in the middle of the face. He flew back a few inches and got up.
"So, what's your defense then?" The jester asked her.
Dorothy heard a familiar voice whisper in her ear 'west', Dorothy shrugged this off and ran at the jester. He sent a spell at her that missed and turned a plant behind her into a marble statue. He laughed at this and did a backflip towards his tower. Dorothy ran after him, the voice continuing to whisper in her ear. 'Protection is best from the east and west.' It repeated.
When they got up to the tower Dorothy was surprised to find that they were now on what looked like a large chess board with oversized chess pieces.
"Last move, Dorothy gale!" the jester called from on top of his king.
Dorothy looked at the position of her pieces, she had the king in check only moments ago, so all she needed to do was move the right piece and she'd have him in check mate. She looked around and her eyes fell up her rook, the jester noticed this as well and panicked. Dorothy pointed the scepter at the rook and it moved to the exact place she needed it.
"Check Mate." Dorothy said with a smiled.
"No! I will not be defeated this time!" he yelled sending a spell at her.
It missed and hit a pawn behind her. The voice continued whispering in her ear. Dorothy nodded and hit the end of the scepter against the ground hoping this would work.
"For the protection that I know is best, summon the spirits of the EAST and WEST!" she yelled.
The orb glowed a bright emerald green. Thunder could be heard from above them, then the entire castle shook. A large puff of smoke appeared, this caused Dorothy to cough. When the smoke cleared the jester gasped.
"Oh no!" he said as she heard an explosion.
Dorothy looked up and was met with a sight that made her want to run. The witch of the west and someone whom she could only assume was the witch of the east were standing right in front of her. They turned around and looked at her.
"Thank you." They both said.
"Anytime, you two should go find the room that Ellie and Glinda are in, help Glinda she may be dying, I'll take care of the jester." Dorothy said.
The witch of the east looked at her sister and nodded, she then ran off down the stairs of the tower. The witch of the west looked at Dorothy and smiled. Dorothy then noticed something different about the witch. Yes she was still green, but she didn't look old or ugly, she looked young and beautiful. She placed a hand on Dorothy's shoulder.
"Good luck" she said running after her sister.
Dorothy nodded and ran in the direction that the jester had gone in. she didn't go far before she felt the ground shake.
"How dare you bring my sisters into this!" came his voice from every direction.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know." Dorothy said tripping and falling over.
A spell then struck the orb which shatter in a small explosion. Dorothy threw the scepter to the side and got up and ran. She had to find the jester, but she tripped again and looked up to find the jester standing over her with the scepter, a new blue glass orb attached to it. He held it up and was about to bring it down on top of Dorothy who closed her eyes and braced herself. But instead of being hit she heard the sound of metal clashing against the scepter. She opened her eyes and found Ellie holding back the jester with her sword.
"Dorothy, run!" Ellie screamed struggling.
Dorothy got up and moved out of the way she then ran at the jester. Tackling him he let go of the scepter which Ellie caught. Both Dorothy and the jester tumbled to the ground. Dorothy looked and saw the jester's wand lying on the ground, sadly so had the jester, Dorothy however was closer and grabbed it, throwing it away. Ellie ran over and tossed the scepter to Dorothy who caught it she got up and stood over the jester and held it up about to strike.
"Well played, Dorothy gale, strike me down." He said.
Dorothy looked at the jester, if she complied and killed him she would be as bad as him, or his sisters. She put down the scepter.
"No." she said.
"What?" both Ellie and the jester asked in unison.
"Just, no" Dorothy said taking the scepter and pointing it at the sky.
A large vortex appeared above them. The jester in the commotion scrambled for the wand, grabbing it he sent his final spell at Dorothy, this one didn't miss. Dorothy felt pain, she fought back screaming and realizing she was being turned to marble. Ellie screamed as the three witches ran up to the scene. Glinda gasped and sent a spell at the jester, he jumped out of the way and worked his way up to the vortex. Jumping in him vanished. The scepter clattered to the ground as Dorothy turned completely into a marble statue. The two witches faded as their summoner was turned to white marble. Ellie ran up to the statue and began to cry.
Glinda walked over to her sister and pulled her away, Toto walked up and whimpered.
"Glinda, please tell me there is something you can do?" Ellie asked crying.
"I'm afraid not." Glinda said crying.
Dorothy had a look of sadness on her face. Glinda waved her wand and they appeared back in the emerald city. Glinda waved her wand again and she found herself back at castle grey. She walked to the main hall and grabbed Dorothy's boots and the socks. She began to cry.
"Dorothy, I'm so sorry." Glinda said crying.
Yes I turned Dorothy to stone, but this isn't the end. Or her end.