Dorothy landed hard on the yellow brick road. It was raining in Oz, Dorothy's braids had fallen out and her thigh-length, brown, straight hair cascaded around her.
"This will be my home now." she said.
Dorothy walked through the wetness of the night toward the Emerald City. She entered the front gates and requested an immediate audience with the Wizard.
Meanwhile, the Wizard talked with Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion. They told him what they saw when they had followed the ruby slippers.
"Well," he said. "I must say I share your worry, but what of her family? Did you see any of them?"
They shook their heads.
"I don't know what happened to Dorothy's Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, all I know is I saw her being pulled away."
Suddenly there came a knock at the door.
"Enter." said the Wizard.
A soldier entered the room.
"A young girl wishes to see all of you. Shall I allow her in?"
"It's probably Dorothy, Wizard." said Tin Man.
"Yes, let her in!" said the Wizard.
A wet, blood stained, and shivering Dorothy walked in the large doors.
"Dorothy!" Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion ran to her, but she put a hand out to stop them.
"I'm very wet, I wouldn't want to cause damage to Tin Man. How are you my friends, I've missed you so!" said Dorothy.
She put on a fake smile, but they saw through it and she knew.
"I know you were there..." tears began to fill her eyes as they began to sting.
"Oh, Wizard! I'm so glad to see you! How are things now that you're back in the Emerald City?"
They knew what Dorothy was doing, she was doing anything to stay away from the subject that needed to be discussed.
"Things are fine my dear." replied the Wizard. "But what I want to know is how things are for you."
Dorothy put her head down. Her shoulders began to shake and a sparkling tear fell to the marble floor. Dorothy's friends waited until she got her tears under control and they sat with her at the royal table.
"Dorothy?" asked Lion. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Yes, Lion?"
"Tell us what happened."
Her smile vanished and she took a long, deep breath. As Dorothy explained the situation, she fought to hold back the waterfall of tears threatening to spill over.
"And so," Dorothy painfully concluded. "Toto, Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, are...well, they are...gone." She looked away.
The Wizard of Oz gave a heavy sigh at the end of Dorothy's tragic tale.
"Is there anything we can do?" he asked.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, that's why I came." Dorothy replied. "I have a favor to ask of you my friends. Now that my family is gone, I have nothing left in Kansas but painful memories that will surely haunt me forever if I stay. I wanted to know...if I...could live in Oz...that is, if you'll have me of course!"
"Of course Dorothy!" said Scarecrow. "You're always welcome here!"
"You're going to live here with us?" asked Lion.
"I guess so Lion." replied Dorothy with a warm smile, the first one they'd seen all day that she hadn't struggled to hold.
And so, Dorothy lived in the Emerald City. Weeks passed, and she'd almost completely healed from her terrible experience, both physically and mentally. Dorothy stopped trying to make herself believe that it was her fault. One night, there was a knock at her bedroom door.
"Come in!" she said.
In walked her best friend Angelina, a servant in the Emerald City.
"Dorothy, dinner is ready."
"Oh, thank you Angelina."
Dorothy stood and walked out of her tidy bedroom. Angelina took a good look at her and smiled. Even though Dorothy had only been there a month, things had clearly changed in the atmosphere of the city, and even in Dorothy herself. Angelina was two years older than her, but she felt so close to her, and the reason was obvious to only Angelina...
Dorothy's hair was pulled back in a low ponytail held by a velvet bow this evening. Changing her appearance was another way to ease the pain of the past. She was wearing a beautiful red velvet dress that she'd sewn out of the fabric Angelina had given her.
'My goodness,' Angelina thought. 'Dorothy has got quite the future ahead of her. If only she knew...oh, but I could never tell her...could I?' Angelina shook her head and closed Dorothy's door behind her.
At the dinner table sat the whole lot of them, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, Dorothy, and the Wizard. Occasionally Angelina would join them, but she was not feeling well that night...or so she claimed.
"Dorothy," said Scarecrow. "Did you have schools in Kansas?"
Dorothy nodded.
"Yes, of course. Why do you ask Scarecrow?"
Scarecrow handed her an envelope.
Dorothy looked at it for a moment reproachfully and a little taken back.
'A letter?' she thought. 'Who would write to me? I don't have many friends outside the Emerald City, not that know I'm here anyway.'
Dorothy turned it to the front and read the return address which said: THE JOSEPH MANNINO SCHOOL FOR SORCERY. Dorothy's eyes widened in anticipation, she opened the letter as her friends watched.
She took a minute to read.
"What does it say Dorothy?" asked Tin Man.
She looked around the table.
"I got in to this school! It says they accept my aplication...but...I never applied! And they called me...Dorothy Castine. What in the world is going on?"
"Hmm....Castine." the Wizard thought out loud.
"Do you know something that I don't about this?"
"No dear, I'm afraid not." replied the Wizard.
Angelina stood outside the door of the dining hall...listening...
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Oki...that's it for now. Give me lots of feedback and reviews! For the Oz fans out there...I LOVE YOU! And for those of you who aren't...you're ok too! I hope you all get a chance to see the cartoon. ^_^ Hang on, more's coming!
~*Tori*~
"This will be my home now." she said.
Dorothy walked through the wetness of the night toward the Emerald City. She entered the front gates and requested an immediate audience with the Wizard.
Meanwhile, the Wizard talked with Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion. They told him what they saw when they had followed the ruby slippers.
"Well," he said. "I must say I share your worry, but what of her family? Did you see any of them?"
They shook their heads.
"I don't know what happened to Dorothy's Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, all I know is I saw her being pulled away."
Suddenly there came a knock at the door.
"Enter." said the Wizard.
A soldier entered the room.
"A young girl wishes to see all of you. Shall I allow her in?"
"It's probably Dorothy, Wizard." said Tin Man.
"Yes, let her in!" said the Wizard.
A wet, blood stained, and shivering Dorothy walked in the large doors.
"Dorothy!" Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion ran to her, but she put a hand out to stop them.
"I'm very wet, I wouldn't want to cause damage to Tin Man. How are you my friends, I've missed you so!" said Dorothy.
She put on a fake smile, but they saw through it and she knew.
"I know you were there..." tears began to fill her eyes as they began to sting.
"Oh, Wizard! I'm so glad to see you! How are things now that you're back in the Emerald City?"
They knew what Dorothy was doing, she was doing anything to stay away from the subject that needed to be discussed.
"Things are fine my dear." replied the Wizard. "But what I want to know is how things are for you."
Dorothy put her head down. Her shoulders began to shake and a sparkling tear fell to the marble floor. Dorothy's friends waited until she got her tears under control and they sat with her at the royal table.
"Dorothy?" asked Lion. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Yes, Lion?"
"Tell us what happened."
Her smile vanished and she took a long, deep breath. As Dorothy explained the situation, she fought to hold back the waterfall of tears threatening to spill over.
"And so," Dorothy painfully concluded. "Toto, Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, are...well, they are...gone." She looked away.
The Wizard of Oz gave a heavy sigh at the end of Dorothy's tragic tale.
"Is there anything we can do?" he asked.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, that's why I came." Dorothy replied. "I have a favor to ask of you my friends. Now that my family is gone, I have nothing left in Kansas but painful memories that will surely haunt me forever if I stay. I wanted to know...if I...could live in Oz...that is, if you'll have me of course!"
"Of course Dorothy!" said Scarecrow. "You're always welcome here!"
"You're going to live here with us?" asked Lion.
"I guess so Lion." replied Dorothy with a warm smile, the first one they'd seen all day that she hadn't struggled to hold.
And so, Dorothy lived in the Emerald City. Weeks passed, and she'd almost completely healed from her terrible experience, both physically and mentally. Dorothy stopped trying to make herself believe that it was her fault. One night, there was a knock at her bedroom door.
"Come in!" she said.
In walked her best friend Angelina, a servant in the Emerald City.
"Dorothy, dinner is ready."
"Oh, thank you Angelina."
Dorothy stood and walked out of her tidy bedroom. Angelina took a good look at her and smiled. Even though Dorothy had only been there a month, things had clearly changed in the atmosphere of the city, and even in Dorothy herself. Angelina was two years older than her, but she felt so close to her, and the reason was obvious to only Angelina...
Dorothy's hair was pulled back in a low ponytail held by a velvet bow this evening. Changing her appearance was another way to ease the pain of the past. She was wearing a beautiful red velvet dress that she'd sewn out of the fabric Angelina had given her.
'My goodness,' Angelina thought. 'Dorothy has got quite the future ahead of her. If only she knew...oh, but I could never tell her...could I?' Angelina shook her head and closed Dorothy's door behind her.
At the dinner table sat the whole lot of them, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, Dorothy, and the Wizard. Occasionally Angelina would join them, but she was not feeling well that night...or so she claimed.
"Dorothy," said Scarecrow. "Did you have schools in Kansas?"
Dorothy nodded.
"Yes, of course. Why do you ask Scarecrow?"
Scarecrow handed her an envelope.
Dorothy looked at it for a moment reproachfully and a little taken back.
'A letter?' she thought. 'Who would write to me? I don't have many friends outside the Emerald City, not that know I'm here anyway.'
Dorothy turned it to the front and read the return address which said: THE JOSEPH MANNINO SCHOOL FOR SORCERY. Dorothy's eyes widened in anticipation, she opened the letter as her friends watched.
She took a minute to read.
"What does it say Dorothy?" asked Tin Man.
She looked around the table.
"I got in to this school! It says they accept my aplication...but...I never applied! And they called me...Dorothy Castine. What in the world is going on?"
"Hmm....Castine." the Wizard thought out loud.
"Do you know something that I don't about this?"
"No dear, I'm afraid not." replied the Wizard.
Angelina stood outside the door of the dining hall...listening...
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Oki...that's it for now. Give me lots of feedback and reviews! For the Oz fans out there...I LOVE YOU! And for those of you who aren't...you're ok too! I hope you all get a chance to see the cartoon. ^_^ Hang on, more's coming!
~*Tori*~