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the rest of the day saw alex trying to take his mind off what Cassandra had discussed with him. However, returning home with his father while dorothy and Madeline tended to Glinda. He was able to ignore it for a while he was slumped on the couch in the living room, his father sitting in his armchair opening some letters. Eliza and Annabella were sitting on the floor, where Eliza was humoring Annabella by playing with her stuffed animals. Mrs. Teak was in the kitchen working on dinner but occasionally popping in. ignoring it worked or a while but it didn't help when his father asked.

"so, what was it that Cassandra discussed with you anyways? I know I was unconscious but she said she wanted to talk to you once Glinda was done." Mr. teak asked from his chair.

"Lady Cassandra talked to you, without some sort of witty remark?" Eliza asked curiously.

"it probably isn't that important if he hasn't told us by now" Annabella added.

"for once, I have to agree with my sister, it really isn't that important." Alex said

"I'm sure if dorothy were here, and she asked, he'd tell her though." Eliza said.

"Eliza, shush, I don't want dorothy worrying about it either, and you never know, she could be watching us." Alex said.

"I thought she was attending to Glinda?" Eliza asked.

"she is, but Glinda still has that small crystal ball on her bookshelf, and even if she didn't use that, Madeline is sure to have some of those potion bottles so they could be watching through, well from what I've worked out to be any reflective surface." Alex said.

"any idea when Glinda will be alright again?" Annabella asked curiously.

"no idea, she must have burned all her energy to temporarily restore dad's sight, Cassandra said he'll be fine for a while." Alex replied.

"I didn't even get a chance to say anything or object." Mr. teak said.

"Neither did we, she and lady Cassandra shooed us out of the chambers." Alex replied sighing.

"probably didn't want you two to get in the way" Eliza suggested.

"most likely, but still I was rather anxious and worried during the whole thing." Alex said turning to her.

"we all were, we didn't know when you guys were coming back, or what the results would be for that matter." Mrs. Teak said coming into the living room.

"okay maybe it would have been a good idea to contact you, but I didn't really think about that, I was more worried about dad." Alex said

"did dorothy try to keep you calm?" Eliza asked

"she did her best to comfort me, but I had no idea what was going on in the chambers, Glinda put several spells on it to keep us from listening in, even shut ellie out so she couldn't see what was going on." Alex said.

"oh." Was all Eliza could say.

"what do you think dorothy is doing now?" Annabella asked curiously.

Meanwhile in emerald city

Dorothy was presently sitting at Glinda's desk; all the while Madeline and Elena took care of Glinda. She was worried, not just because Glinda nearly burned herself out trying to help Alex's father. Although that was a huge contributing factor, what she was worried about she wasn't prepared to talk about with anyone other than Madeline just yet.

"dorothy?" Elena asked

"Yes?" she replied looking over at them.

"Could you get me that pink bottle on the shelf behind you?" she asked in response

Dorothy nodded and looked behind her, on the shelf was a bottle of pink liquid, at about the height Glinda is typically able to reach. Standing on top of the chair and carefully turning to face the shelf so she could grab the bottle. It was half drained of its contents, and seemed to her as if it had been used recently. Carefully climbing from the chair, she brought it over to her.

"what is it?" dorothy asked curiously.

Elena said nothing, she simply took the bottle from dorothy, measured a small amount into a cup, and carefully, with Madeline's help, tipped the contents into Glinda's mouth. Within a few moments, Glinda's color returned but she was still asleep.

"I still can't believe she did what she did." Madeline said conjuring up an extra pillow and placing it under Glinda's head,

"I can't believe she's already used half of this bottle, didn't she just have you make this?" Elena asked handing the bottle to Madeline.

"but what is it?" dorothy asked.

"It's basically your world's equivalent to coffee, it gives you energy." Elena said.

"made it a few days ago, but it really shouldn't be used on such a frequent basis, there are, well, let's just say undesirable consequences." Madeline added.

Before dorothy could say anything, Glinda let out a groan. She tossed and turned for a bit before falling silent again.

"look, you two keep an eye on Glinda, I'm going to go get a kettle of tea going." Elena said quickly running out before either of them could get a word out.

"she didn't have to go off like that, I didn't have a chance to tell her there's a kettle in my room staying warm." Madeline said sighing.

"Elena has always been serious about her work, but why does she need tea?" dorothy asked.

"she doesn't, and really neither does Glinda, it just helps." Madeline said.

Dorothy shook her head and rolled her eyes.

"Don't, roll your eyes, it's impolite." Glinda moaned out turning to face her.

"Glinda, go back to sleep, you need to rest." Madeline said.

Glinda groaned at Madeline before turning her attention back to dorothy.

"did, did I give him, his sight back?" Glinda asked.

"Cassandra said it was temporary…" but that was as far as dorothy got before Madeline cupped a hand over her mouth.

"dorothy don't encourage her, she could suffer some serious damage if she doesn't get more rest." Madeline said

"hatter, I'm fine." Glinda said moaned.

Madeline sighed and took out her wand, pointing it at Glinda.

"Glinda, you need to rest, I hate doing this but it's necessary." Madeline said as her wand began glowing.

Glinda opened her mouth to protest but her eyes closed and she fell still before she could say anything. Dorothy finally took Madeline's hand from her mouth and sighed.

"I'm not going to contest that was probably necessary, but did you need to get in a bit of a huff about it?" dorothy asked.

"dorothy, I'm not joking around, burning all of one's energy like that in one go just for a healing spell is dangerous, I'm not sure how much of the potion Glinda drank before doing it, I've seen it do damage to novice sorcerers and sorceresses in the past, the ones who don't know any better." Madeline said sternly.

At that moment Elena returned with a kettle of tea and four mugs. She took a look at Glinda and then at Madeline before sighing.

"Dreamless sleep?" Elena asked setting the kettle and cups on Glinda's desk.

"had to, she was being stubborn." Madeline said.

"it's just because of the state she's in, Alison did that once, trying a healing spell, she ended up incredibly hyper though, so I guess the affects vary between people." Elena said

"well, burning energy like that, isn't healthy in general." Madeline said flicking her wand, causing the kettle to pour out equal portions of hot tea.

"Brianna had already put the kettle on when she heard what had happened." Elena said.

"so, she's resting now, is there anything left to do?" dorothy asked.

"wait, that's all we can do, I mean, let's face it, Glinda really does need the rest, anyways, one of us should probably go find ellie, she is technically in charge while her sister is incapacitated." Elena said.

"last I saw her she was heading to Brianna's ice cream parlor, I imagine she tipped Brianna off on what happened." Dorothy said thinking about it for a moment.

"she must still be there, or at least I hope she is, I'm not in the mood for a while goose chase." Elena said

"I don't think any of us are, I still can't get over the fact that Glinda would do something this dumb though, and I'm having a hard time contemplating as to why." Madeline said walking over to the desk and taking a cup of tea in hand.

"I know, she basically went from the dining hall to the chambers, and shut everyone out." Elena said.

"she even blocked the connection between herself and ellie so that she couldn't look in." dorothy said.

"Okay that I can understand, ellie doesn't really approve of her sister's methods, we all know that, it's not exactly a secret, I mean she made us swear not to tell ellie that she was really her sister for years, just to protect her and her family." Elena said sighing.

"doesn't she have notes for that somewhere?" Madeline asked.

"yes, in the big book at her castle, no one but ellie and Glinda can open it, let alone read it, we've all tried at least once." Elena replied.

"Glinda hasn't always been honest, there are some secrets that she won't tell us, she trusts us with her life, but there's always something she's hiding from us." Dorothy said.

"everyone has secrets they keep, whether it be for their own protection or because they're insecure, among other things, I'm sure even you have secrets that I can't see." Madeline said turning to dorothy.

"even Alyssa and I keep secrets from each other." Elena said.

"well, to bring this conversation full circle, I have to wonder, does ellie keep any secrets from Glinda?" Madeline asked looking at both of them.

Dorothy thought about that for a moment, Elena did as well. Ellie wasn't a really secretive person, at least not as far as any of them knew. Glinda seemed to know everything, even without being told about it, so it always seemed as though it was impossible to keep anything private from her.

"You know, I'm not sure, I was always under the impression that ellie and Glinda told each other everything but thinking about it doesn't make me so sure." Elena said.

"anyways, I'm going to go find ellie, since it seems we've gotten off track." Dorothy said.

"why do I need to be found? I had to contact mom and dad to let them know what Glinda did, they aren't happy." Ellie said walking into the room.

"I can only imagine." Elena said.

"dorothy, hatter, can you two leave me and Elena for a bit? I need to talk to her, soldier to soldier." Ellie asked.

Both dorothy and Madeline nodded and got up, dorothy grabbed the scepter and left the room followed by Madeline who shut the door behind them.

"you know, you should probably go back to kansas, you know to check on alex, make sure everything is alright with everyone, you know what i mean." Madeline said.

"you're trying to take my mind off of what im worried about, and, you know, i think i should go check on Ace, make sure she, betsy and trot are alright" dorothy replied.

"alright, well, you know where her room is, im sure they're back there by now, im going to go work on a hat, that tends to take my mind off things." madeline said sighing.

dorothy nodded and started down the hall, however she stopped and turned to see madeline watching her before she herself turned and started down the hall.