The Wizard of Oz
Retold by Mutitoon
Chapter Fourteen
At the western gate of the Emerald City, Blaze stood to protect the city and watching for the group, who left the City two days earlier.
"Blaze?" Amy Rose asked as she went to the guard, who heard her and turned around to see the pink hedgehog.
"Amy Rose, you're here?" The purple cat asked.
"I'm wondered around them too." Amy Rose announced, causing the cat to blush.
The two females went into silence as the pink hedgehog noticed something in the air.
"Look!"
Blaze turned around and saw eight colored spheres in the sky. Taking a more careful look at the flying orbs, the guard saw in four of the balls had someone in them.
"It's them!" Blaze yelled out.
Amy Rose looked closely at the spheres and saw the people in the sphere and knew who they were.
"It's Dorothy, Tenchi, Jigen, Cerberus, and Toto!"
Blaze quickly went to the ground, which allowed her to press a button on the ground. The gate moved to the side, welcoming the flying group, who went to the ground. The spheres dispersed and freed the group, but this time the landing was less painful.
"Ow!" Dorothy exclaimed, although it was not needed.
Then, the other four orbs transformed into the sisters.
"You guys all right?" Pallas asked the friends.
"We'll live." Cerberus smiled.
"Guys!" Amy Rose's voice called out to Dorothy and her friends, both old and new. The human girl turned around and saw Amy Rose and Blaze waiting for them.
"Good to see you again." Blaze smiled at the group, "I see you've made new friends."
"Yeah." Dorothy laughed.
"Hey, you guys are filthly!" The pink hedgehog exclaimed, "Before you guys go see the Wizard of Oz again, you have to get cleaned up!"
The friends looked at themselves and saw their clothes were dirty and torn. Ceres shrugged her shoulders and said, "She's right."
At the hotel, the sisters, Toto, and Dorothy took one room and the others took another to rest and wash up. Dorothy found her clothes that she wore when she entered Oz were cleaned and pressed. The girl took a well-desevred bath, changed clothes, and went out the room to wait for the sisters to bath themselves and ready to see the Wizard.
"Dorothy." Jigen saw the girl from Kansas leave the room.
"Oh!" Dorothy exclaimed in fright. Then, she saw the tin man and sighed in relief, saying, "It's you. Don't startle me like that."
"Sorry." Jigen said with sheepish grin on his face, "You ready?"
"I am," the girl replied, "but I can't say the same for the sisters."
"Oh, yeah?' Jigen laughed.
"And are you ready?" The girl asked.
"Tenchi and myself are, but Cerberus wants to clean out his fur." The metal man answered, "Must be cat thing."
"Yeah." Giggled the human female.
"I heard that." Cerberus's muffled voice came from the room.
Shocked at the announcement of the winged lion, Dorothy and Jigen looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders, when the door to the girls' room swung open.
"Hi!" Pallas greeted the two. Then she noticed the duo, winked an eye, and asked, "Aren't you two being friendly?"
Dorothy blushed, and Jigen pulled his hat over his human eyes, when Ceres came out and agreed with her blue-dressed sister.
"Yeah."
"Hey!" Vesta intervened, while Juno said, "Leave alone."
"Aw! Come on!" Pallas 'begged', "It's fun to tease Daisuke."
Dorothy and Pallas's three sisters looked confused, but Jigen kept his composure.
"Daisuke?" Dorothy asked the sisters. Vesta answered the short, yet simple, question.
"That's our older brother's name. Why would Pallas...?"
Vesta noticed Jigen's ferdora, which answered her question.
"Sorry, Jigen. Pallas must've thought that you were our brother, due to your hat."
"What are you talking about!" Pallas protested to her sister, "That is our brother, Daisuke!"
"Stop!" Ceres yelled, "Let's see the Wizard of Oz and see which one is right."
The blue and red sisters glared at each other and said, "Fine!"
"This is not goin' to be a pretty battle." Dorothy said to Jigen, who replied, "Just be thankful the battle's not gonna last long."
"I hope you're right." The young lady said with concern on her face.
After everyone was ready, the group of nine left the hotel and went to the palace of the Wizard of Oz. There, the group encountered the guardian of the palace, Knuckles.
"So, it is true!" The echinda gasped as he saw the group, "You did defeat the Vampire-Witch of the West."
Dorothy casted her eyes to the silver slippers in shame, because she had killed two people within the same week. Tenchi saw this and spoke out for the sad girl.
"She did defeat Elda."
Knuckles smiled and said, "The Wizard of Oz wishes to meet with all of you this time."
"Really?" The sisters asked from behind the four friends.
Confused at the four girls, the guard replied, "Yes."
Hearing the answer, Pallas, Ceres, Vesta, and Juno became excited.
"Can you open the gate?" Cerberus asked the echidna, who replied, "I will."
Knuckles went to the gate and yelled, "OPEN!" The gate slid upwards.
"Dorothy," Jigen said to the sad girl, "it's time to go."
The girl looked up and into the tin man's brown, human eyes. The eyes were filled with the familiar shine that was like her uncle Herny's eyes. Dorothy smiled and said, "Right."
Seeing the girl's bright smile returning to Dorothy's face, Jigen could not help himself from smiling. Then, the metal man said the others, "Time to go."
"Yeah!" Tenchi agreed, "Let's go!"
"We can't wait!" Pallas yelled out.
"I'm comin'!" Dorothy said, entering the palace.
Toto followed close behind the girl. The others followed the dog's example and entered the palace to see the Wizard of Oz.