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Rather early in the morning, both Dorothy and Alex found themselves in the medical wing with Annabella so that Elena could do another application of the thick paste to Annabella's black eye. She had decided to not wake their parents and went to Dorothy and Alex instead, Dorothy had dressed herself in some emerald green formal wear that she had found in the closet and the slippers, while Alex had put himself in a full suit. Wearing the purple velvety jacket, he had worn during their last trip to candy county together. Annabella was also already dressed in a formal outfit, neither Dorothy or Alex recalled seeing it before so they assumed Annabella had chosen it herself. It was a violet colored formal dress that Dorothy could have seen herself wearing to church when she was Annabella's age.

"How does it feel?" Alex asked watching as Elena dabbed some more of the paste on the bruising.

"it's still sore." Annabella said sighing,

"it looks better than it did yesterday." Alex said turning back to his sister, "so, at least there's an improvement."

"that should do it, I'll apply some more when we get back from the university, Annabella." Elena said backing up from her.

make her own preparations for heading to the university, they ran almost immediately into Mr. and Mrs. teak. They had been looking for them and had decided the medical wing was the best place to check. After assuring them they were fine, the three of them went to the chambers to wait while Mr. and Mrs. teak went to get into some formal wear of their own. When they got to the chambers however, they found Ozma seated on the floor, watching the triplets who were playing silently in their usual way. the scepter, deciding it was once again too quiet, let out a few pings. This only accomplished getting Ozma's attention, the triplets seemed unmoved. Dorothy walked over to them and crouched down. They looked at her for a moment and returned their attention to each other.

"your aunt asked if the Wizard and I could keep an eye on them while She and your uncle changed into some formalwear" Ozma said turning her attention back to the triplets

"so what's the wizard doing then?" Dorothy asked looking over at the workshop where the wizard's room was situated,

"he went to go get some fruit from the kitchen." Ozma said sighing, "these three really don't do much." She added

"they're perfect angels." Dorothy said nodding.

Annabella walked over and crouched down to look at the triplets now. Like they did with dorothy, they looked her then immediately turned their attentions back to each other.

"they have a mental link." Came Emma's voice from the doorway followed by Polly, "its rather jarring for someone who can read thoughts."

"yes, we became very much aware of that." Alex said, "they have powers as well Emma."

"that was a rather jarring discovery." Dorothy said nodding, "not a very surprising one, just jarring."

"I heard they blasted you backwards a good couple of feet." Emma said looking down at the triplets.

"like I said" dorothy nodded, "jarring"

Aislynn was next in the room. She was wearing a pale blue dress suit. dorothy had seen her aunt wear one before. Under her arm was a clipboard. Dorothy assumed this was to take notes of everything she wanted to memorize before next year.

"is my grandfather awake?" Aislynn asked curiously.

"went to the kitchens to grab a bowl of fruit." Ozma said nodding.

"Ace is there a reason you're dressed like a math teacher?" Eliza asked coming into the chambers.

"I thought it would be fitting." Aislynn said with a giggle

"I'd say you look smart in that, but you look smart in anything." Scarecrow said coming into the chambers with ace's grandfather.

"I'm not sure whether to groan or be flattered." Aislynn said still giggling, using her clipboard to hide a blush

The wizard had a large bowl of fruit in his hands, from which he offered around the contents. Alex walked over and grabbed and apple which he tossed to dorothy. Em and henry came in next and walked over to their kids, zeb followed quickly behind, he seemed to be struggling with a bowtie, but otherwise looked good in a light grey suit.

"Alex, you wouldn't happen to know how to tie this thing would you?" Zeb asked curiously, "I really don't want to ask my dad or uncle for help."

Alex nodded and helped him with the bowtie, it didn't take him very long.

"if you want my advice for the future, unless its required I'd advise against the bowtie." Alex said making an effort to get it straight, "they're stupidly high maintenance for something so small."

"I know, that didn't stop auntie Melinda from getting me one." Zeb said sighing.

Elena came in next followed by Chrissy, Caitlyn, Alison, and Brianna. The five of them were in matching outfits. A rather tacky looking pink formal wear.

"I assume this is just standard for Glinda's army?" Alex asked curiously

Ellie coming in wearing the same outfit seemed to confirm the answer to that question. Alyssa and Terrance followed, both were dressed formally but in navy blue as opposed to pink. Betsy and trot followed quickly behind, Both were dressed similarly to Aislynn but in Scarlet and pea green respectively.

It didn't take long for Donna and Kelly to follow. Much to Alex's surprise, they were actually in matching outfits. Formal, but still rather casual looking they were both dressed in what alex believed to be a tacky shade of beige. Mr. and Mrs. Teak eventually came in wearing, what everyone agreed after the fact was their casual day clothes. although alex would admit he wasn't exactly sure his father owned anything other than suit, maybe a couple of t-shirts, but otherwise their wardrobes consisted of suits. Mr. and Mrs. Bobbin, and Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths came next. They were followed by aunt Melinda who, like Aislynn had a clipboard tucked under her arm.

"Zeb, you're bowtie is crooked." Elena said looking at him

"I'm surprised he actually managed to get it tied." Melinda said giggling, "usually Bill or Ned has to help him."

"he still needed help." Alex said, the scepter letting out a ping of agreement.

Elena shook her head and sighed, and began centering it and straightening it herself. The fact that she knew how to do this came as a surprise to no one. The two of them didn't say a word until Elena had finished, the bowtie straight and centered.

"There." She said pointedly.

"I did try, it's a lot harder doing it for someone else." Alex said.

"well it would, admittedly, been simpler just to use magic, but…" Elena looked around for a moment, stumped, "actually where are Madeline and Jack?" she asked curiously.

They all looked around and realized that neither of them were indeed in the chambers.

"I thought it seemed unnaturally quiet." Scarecrow said looking around.

"which is odd because usually by now, Maddie has already appeared and caused us all to jump." Dorothy said looking around before a thought came to mind, "Morris!? Wendell!?" she called rather curiously.

"Yes boss?" The two of them said appearing before her

"Where are Maddie and Jack?" Dorothy asked curiously.

"Already at the university, Cassandra had sent a message, Glinda, Elphaba and Nessarose will have left to go there already as well"

"What for?" Dorothy asked curiously.

The answer to this question came rather quickly as all of them suddenly found themselves not in the throne room. But in what could only be described as the middle of a large lecture hall. Stood around them were Cassandra, Angela, Glinda, Locasta, Elphaba, Nessarose, Madeline, Theodora, Rose, and the Jester. All with their objects of power pointed at the group in the center, Cassandra being an exception who simply had her hand outstretched.

"Was wondering when they were going to finish the summons." Came Lily's voice from one of the desks.

"Hush Lily." Came Thomas's voice.

"I hadn't even gotten to the palace yet." Came Jude's voice.

Ellie immediately turned and pushed her way through the group towards him. Dorothy was shocked when she noticed, Toto, Pockets and her siblings and Eve sat on the desk next to Glinda.

"Pets are permitted on the premises." Madeline said in response to this, tucking her wand up her sleeve.

"and Tin man and I were brought here because?" Lion asked curiously causing everyone to turn

They had not been in the throne room with them, so this came as another shock to everyone.

"because, Cassandra thought it would be best if you two had an idea of the layout along with scarecrow." Eveline said smiling.

"And once the Druins arrive, we can begin." Cassandra said.

Dorothy watched as alex took his watch from his pocket and opened it. It was ten minutes to eight. The sound of a door opening and five people coming into the room caused them to turn and look.

"I brought the Druins." Came a voice none of them recognized, but it was a woman's and sounded nervous.

The change in energy of the room was apparent to all of them, even to those that weren't exposed to large amounts of magic on a regular basis.

"Thank you, Jean." Cassandra said smiling, "this is Mrs. Marsh, she serves as the librarian."

As the five of them walked towards the center of the hall the shift in energy became a lot stronger. Mrs. Marsh was of medium height, her skin had a sort of pinkish red tone to it, but otherwise looked just as one would envision a librarian. Hair tied back in a bun, and a rather bookish looking appearance. Dorothy assumed she couldn't be much older than her aunt and uncle, but age tended to be a relatively thing in Oz. behind her were three girls. Almost completely identical to each other. The exception being that one seemed to be much younger than the other two. Otherwise it was apparent that they were sisters.

"Professor Druin, is your math teacher." Cassandra said gesturing to him.

Professor Druin was a bit taller than his older daughters, being roughly as tall as Alyssa by the look at them. He had brownish colored hair and rather pale skin, his face had a sharpness to it that one would expect from a teacher, but had a soft relaxed expression on it. To describe one of his daughters at the moment would fit the description of all three of them. They were pale skinned, had blond hair, but the eyes seemed a little off. They didn't seem to be able to agree on a color.

"The youngest one, Nadia will be serving as a new edition to your group if you will permit, as will her sisters Alana and Ariana." Cassandra said, "Alana and Ariana will serve as your dorm advisors and Prefects." She added

"might I ask why we wouldn't permit it?" Violet chimed in from the back

"Simple" Madeline said, causing dorothy to get a really sinking feeling.

"Hatter, consider what it is you're about to say before you say it." Cassandra said sternly,

"ive already considered it." Madeline said, "and she thinks we might not permit it because we havent got a clue what they actually look like yet, they're all maintaining rather powerful Glamour spells." She said, conjuring up a cup of tea and sipping loudly from it.