The Emerald City seemed a little bit brighter now that Dorothy had returned and had called it home. Yes, it was true that it could never replace what she had in Kansas. Dorothy had a lifetime there, memories that she held in her heart, and that she would forever hold and carry. But it was useless to believe that mourning in blackness any longer would heal the wounds, only more wounds would be soon to follow if she fell down that path. It would destroy her, and she knew it was time to begin anew.
Her friends warmly welcomed her back! Lion practically knocked her down as he hugged her. Angelina slowly walked into the room, Dorothy sensed something was wrong.
Something was different, something had changed.
"Hello Dorothy, welcome back." Angelina said.
Even though she put a smile on, Dorothy saw right through it.
"Angelina, are you all right? You look pale."
Dorothy saw her eye twitch and then she ran away without another word spoken.
"What was that all about?" asked the Wizard.
"I don't know," said Dorothy. "But she didn't seem like herself."
Dorothy's friends exchanged worried looks.
That night, Dorothy tossed and turned in her sleep. Faces and voices passed quickly through her dreams which turned just as quickly to nightmares.
...The blood dripped to the floor, wounds on the heart that held such pain were only meant for death....
...Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion didn't know how to tell her. Dorothy had gone through so much, and then to get such a message, it was heart breaking. They would tell her, they had to.
Scarecrow knocked on her bedroom door. A while passed with no answer. He opened the door slowly, she was asleep. Should he awaken her? Yes, this couldn't wait. Scarecrow walked in the room, Lion and Tin Man followed slowly behind him. None of them were sure of what her reaction would be.
As she slept, a voice whispered into Dorothy's ear,
'I promise never to let any harm come to you.'
Dorothy sat up and screamed just as Scarecrow was about to awaken her. She rambled about a little girl, but they calmed her, figuring it was a nightmare.
When she had settled, Dorothy wiped her eyes of their sleepiness and looked over at the clock on her wall. It was eleven o' clock at night.
"What's going on? Is everything all right?"
"Dorothy," said Tin Man. "Something has happened to Angelina."
Dorothy closed her eyes.
"Oh God," she said. "Not again, please!"
The tears swam into her eyes when she saw Scarecrow nod.
"How did this happen?"
"We don't know." Scarecrow said. "They found her in an alley. There were no witnesses."
"It was really strange Dorothy," said Lion. "No one knows what happened."
It didn't sit right with Dorothy. What would a murderer want with an Emerald City maid?
"I suppose," Dorothy said, trying to take control of her tears. "I suppose it will figure itself out. We'll get to the bottom of it."
"Dorothy," said Tin Man firmly. "Don't go getting yourself into trouble."
"Don't worry about me." she sighed. "I don't think I'll get back to sleep."
"Try to rest Dorothy, you need your strength." said Lion.
...The night seemed like an eternity. The hours were passing so slowly, Dorothy thought she might go mad. But finally the sun arose from the East and brought with it a new day.
During the day, the hustle and bustle of the Emerald City seemed so much slower than usual. Yes, the amount of people was the same, but everything to Dorothy was in riddles. Why did they do what they did every day? Why did someone want a servant of the Emerald City dead? The killer could be amongst the crowds right now and Dorothy wouldn't even know.
A guard entered the royal dining hall as Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion and the Wizard were eating dinner. Dorothy stayed cheerful despite the tragedy that had struck her heart so hard. When the guard entered, they were chatting and laughing as if nothing had happened at all.
"There is a young girl here to see you miss Dorothy."
"Me?"
The guard nodded.
Dorothy looked around at her friends for a moment, then said,
"Please show her in."
The guard bowed respectfully, then walked to the door and said,
"You may go in now miss."
Alyssa walked in the room. She looked shaken, she had been crying.
"Oh Alyssa!" said Dorothy as she ran and embraced her friend. "What's the matter? What's happened?"
"I've come to say goodbye." Alyssa let the tears fall.
"Goodbye?"
"I'm afraid, I cannot return to school with you after all. Something terrible has happened."
"But you've worked so hard, what could be so terrible to take that all away from you?"
"My little sister, Carrie...she...she's dying!" Alyssa cried into Dorothy's dress.
"No," Dorothy whispered. "Alyssa, she will live, you must believe that!"
Alyssa shook her head.
"She's always had something wrong with her heart. There's nothing they can do, they said this time next week, she'll be gone! They can't do anything to help her!"
Dorothy's mind went a million miles a minute! There had to be a way, auntie Em told her there was always a way! She closed her eyes...Kristen! Dorothy remembered the words that Kristen spoke of the Kvon Altar.
..."It's way down south, but people travel far and wide to drink of the water there. It is said that it can heal any illness. It's a place of miracles."...
"Alyssa, we are going to the Kvon Altar. Come with me!" Dorothy led Alyssa to her bedroom, leaving her friends at the table.
"Here Alyssa," said Dorothy. "Put this cloak on, I hear it's extremely cold in the South. I'll bring a blanket for Carrie. Here, put this sweater on too, you can never be too warm. Allow me to change, we'll get your sister, and we'll be off!"
"Dorothy," said Alyssa. "You're mad! We'll never make it in time. To travel that far will take days, Carrie cannot travel. We must let her die in peace." Dorothy saw at once that this was true.
"You're right Alyssa, to travel by foot would be crazy. She'd never make it that far, outside at night and all. That would be ludicrous! But you see, I never planned to do so."
Dorothy walked into her closet and walked out with the ruby slippers in her hands.
"Are those what I think they are?"
"Yes, and they can take us anywhere we wish to go, instantly! I only use them in emergencies, and this definitely counts. Alyssa, there is hope yet for Carrie, but we have to do this! Come, let us get her and go!"
Alyssa sat there, staring at nothing, trying to see the right thing to do.
"Alyssa, please! Give your little sister a fighting chance!"
Alyssa nodded.
"You're right Dorothy, this is the only way. Let's go!"
The two girls put their cloaks on and Dorothy put the ruby slippers upon her feet.
"I'll have to tell my friends where we are going. Go and wait in the hall, I'll be with you in a moment."
Alyssa nodded.
"Do you really think we can save her?"
Dorothy looked deeply into her friend's eyes, seeing her pain.
"I know we can!"
...The Wizard cocked an eyebrow.
"Are you sure this is a good idea Dorothy?"
"I have to do this. I will return soon!"
She hugged them goodbye.
Alyssa and Dorothy quickly went to Alyssa's home in the Emerald City. By the time they got there, it was late at night, and the city had shut its lights in preparation of another night. As they gathered up the young girl, Alyssa's older brother awoke from his slumber. He walked in to Carrie's room.
"What the hell are you doing Alyssa?"
"Be quiet Dave, you'll wake mother and father."
Dave looked at Dorothy as she tenderly wrapped Carrie in the warm blanket she'd brought.
"You be a good girl. God loves you, and we're going to make sure you're well."
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Oh, how rude of me." Dorothy walked from Carrie's side and said, "I'm Dorothy Gale."
She outstretched her hand to shake with Dave's. When they touched, a golden heart appeared on Dorothy's forehead, but quickly disappeared.
"What was that?" asked Alyssa.
"I don't...I don't know!" said Dorothy. It was forgotten when Dorothy said, "It doesn't matter. We're taking Carrie to the Kvon Altar, we'll be back by tomorrow morning, and your sister will be healed."
"I'm going with you!" said Dave. He got a coat and went back with them.
"Dave, you shouldn't come! One of us needs to be here."
"No, I'm older than you, and I'm responsible for what happens to my little sisters. Now come on!"
They stood in a circle. Dorothy clicked the heels of the ruby slippers three times, took a deep breath and said,
"Take us to the Kvon Altar!"
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Her friends warmly welcomed her back! Lion practically knocked her down as he hugged her. Angelina slowly walked into the room, Dorothy sensed something was wrong.
Something was different, something had changed.
"Hello Dorothy, welcome back." Angelina said.
Even though she put a smile on, Dorothy saw right through it.
"Angelina, are you all right? You look pale."
Dorothy saw her eye twitch and then she ran away without another word spoken.
"What was that all about?" asked the Wizard.
"I don't know," said Dorothy. "But she didn't seem like herself."
Dorothy's friends exchanged worried looks.
That night, Dorothy tossed and turned in her sleep. Faces and voices passed quickly through her dreams which turned just as quickly to nightmares.
...The blood dripped to the floor, wounds on the heart that held such pain were only meant for death....
...Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion didn't know how to tell her. Dorothy had gone through so much, and then to get such a message, it was heart breaking. They would tell her, they had to.
Scarecrow knocked on her bedroom door. A while passed with no answer. He opened the door slowly, she was asleep. Should he awaken her? Yes, this couldn't wait. Scarecrow walked in the room, Lion and Tin Man followed slowly behind him. None of them were sure of what her reaction would be.
As she slept, a voice whispered into Dorothy's ear,
'I promise never to let any harm come to you.'
Dorothy sat up and screamed just as Scarecrow was about to awaken her. She rambled about a little girl, but they calmed her, figuring it was a nightmare.
When she had settled, Dorothy wiped her eyes of their sleepiness and looked over at the clock on her wall. It was eleven o' clock at night.
"What's going on? Is everything all right?"
"Dorothy," said Tin Man. "Something has happened to Angelina."
Dorothy closed her eyes.
"Oh God," she said. "Not again, please!"
The tears swam into her eyes when she saw Scarecrow nod.
"How did this happen?"
"We don't know." Scarecrow said. "They found her in an alley. There were no witnesses."
"It was really strange Dorothy," said Lion. "No one knows what happened."
It didn't sit right with Dorothy. What would a murderer want with an Emerald City maid?
"I suppose," Dorothy said, trying to take control of her tears. "I suppose it will figure itself out. We'll get to the bottom of it."
"Dorothy," said Tin Man firmly. "Don't go getting yourself into trouble."
"Don't worry about me." she sighed. "I don't think I'll get back to sleep."
"Try to rest Dorothy, you need your strength." said Lion.
...The night seemed like an eternity. The hours were passing so slowly, Dorothy thought she might go mad. But finally the sun arose from the East and brought with it a new day.
During the day, the hustle and bustle of the Emerald City seemed so much slower than usual. Yes, the amount of people was the same, but everything to Dorothy was in riddles. Why did they do what they did every day? Why did someone want a servant of the Emerald City dead? The killer could be amongst the crowds right now and Dorothy wouldn't even know.
A guard entered the royal dining hall as Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion and the Wizard were eating dinner. Dorothy stayed cheerful despite the tragedy that had struck her heart so hard. When the guard entered, they were chatting and laughing as if nothing had happened at all.
"There is a young girl here to see you miss Dorothy."
"Me?"
The guard nodded.
Dorothy looked around at her friends for a moment, then said,
"Please show her in."
The guard bowed respectfully, then walked to the door and said,
"You may go in now miss."
Alyssa walked in the room. She looked shaken, she had been crying.
"Oh Alyssa!" said Dorothy as she ran and embraced her friend. "What's the matter? What's happened?"
"I've come to say goodbye." Alyssa let the tears fall.
"Goodbye?"
"I'm afraid, I cannot return to school with you after all. Something terrible has happened."
"But you've worked so hard, what could be so terrible to take that all away from you?"
"My little sister, Carrie...she...she's dying!" Alyssa cried into Dorothy's dress.
"No," Dorothy whispered. "Alyssa, she will live, you must believe that!"
Alyssa shook her head.
"She's always had something wrong with her heart. There's nothing they can do, they said this time next week, she'll be gone! They can't do anything to help her!"
Dorothy's mind went a million miles a minute! There had to be a way, auntie Em told her there was always a way! She closed her eyes...Kristen! Dorothy remembered the words that Kristen spoke of the Kvon Altar.
..."It's way down south, but people travel far and wide to drink of the water there. It is said that it can heal any illness. It's a place of miracles."...
"Alyssa, we are going to the Kvon Altar. Come with me!" Dorothy led Alyssa to her bedroom, leaving her friends at the table.
"Here Alyssa," said Dorothy. "Put this cloak on, I hear it's extremely cold in the South. I'll bring a blanket for Carrie. Here, put this sweater on too, you can never be too warm. Allow me to change, we'll get your sister, and we'll be off!"
"Dorothy," said Alyssa. "You're mad! We'll never make it in time. To travel that far will take days, Carrie cannot travel. We must let her die in peace." Dorothy saw at once that this was true.
"You're right Alyssa, to travel by foot would be crazy. She'd never make it that far, outside at night and all. That would be ludicrous! But you see, I never planned to do so."
Dorothy walked into her closet and walked out with the ruby slippers in her hands.
"Are those what I think they are?"
"Yes, and they can take us anywhere we wish to go, instantly! I only use them in emergencies, and this definitely counts. Alyssa, there is hope yet for Carrie, but we have to do this! Come, let us get her and go!"
Alyssa sat there, staring at nothing, trying to see the right thing to do.
"Alyssa, please! Give your little sister a fighting chance!"
Alyssa nodded.
"You're right Dorothy, this is the only way. Let's go!"
The two girls put their cloaks on and Dorothy put the ruby slippers upon her feet.
"I'll have to tell my friends where we are going. Go and wait in the hall, I'll be with you in a moment."
Alyssa nodded.
"Do you really think we can save her?"
Dorothy looked deeply into her friend's eyes, seeing her pain.
"I know we can!"
...The Wizard cocked an eyebrow.
"Are you sure this is a good idea Dorothy?"
"I have to do this. I will return soon!"
She hugged them goodbye.
Alyssa and Dorothy quickly went to Alyssa's home in the Emerald City. By the time they got there, it was late at night, and the city had shut its lights in preparation of another night. As they gathered up the young girl, Alyssa's older brother awoke from his slumber. He walked in to Carrie's room.
"What the hell are you doing Alyssa?"
"Be quiet Dave, you'll wake mother and father."
Dave looked at Dorothy as she tenderly wrapped Carrie in the warm blanket she'd brought.
"You be a good girl. God loves you, and we're going to make sure you're well."
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Oh, how rude of me." Dorothy walked from Carrie's side and said, "I'm Dorothy Gale."
She outstretched her hand to shake with Dave's. When they touched, a golden heart appeared on Dorothy's forehead, but quickly disappeared.
"What was that?" asked Alyssa.
"I don't...I don't know!" said Dorothy. It was forgotten when Dorothy said, "It doesn't matter. We're taking Carrie to the Kvon Altar, we'll be back by tomorrow morning, and your sister will be healed."
"I'm going with you!" said Dave. He got a coat and went back with them.
"Dave, you shouldn't come! One of us needs to be here."
"No, I'm older than you, and I'm responsible for what happens to my little sisters. Now come on!"
They stood in a circle. Dorothy clicked the heels of the ruby slippers three times, took a deep breath and said,
"Take us to the Kvon Altar!"
Well, that's it for now, e-mail me at and tell me what you think so far. I hope everybody is enjoying it so far. If you haven't guessed by now, there's going to be a romance...hmm...I wonder..........Keep reading!
Tori