The Wizard of Oz
Retold by Mutitoon
Chapter Two
Dorothy was flipping and turning around as she flew inside the cyclone, while Toto hid in the arms of his owner. The winds blew off the flip-flops from the girl's feet. The flip-flops were new, but Dorothy did not care, due to being in a spiral of wind.
Then, as quickly as it came, the cyclone started to die. Dorothy was surprised by the sudden change of events, but her surprise turned to fear, when she realized that the winds were dying too fast. Dorothy fell to the ground, but she felt a hard bump to the left side of her back before landing somewhat hard in the ground on her back. Toto, in the girl's arms, was safe and unharmed.
"OW!" The girl exclaimed in pain as she recovered from the tumbling fall. Then, a rumble came from the ground and lasted for a moemnt. Toto barked out from the safety of Dorothy's arms and hopped from his owner. Dorothy sat up and saw a group of strange creatures, who were looking at her and Toto. The dog returned to Dorothy's arms.
The creatures were about a fourth of Dorothy's height, but there were small enough to be picked up by Dorothy. They looked like yellow mice with black, pointed ears and black tails that were shaped like flags from a mailbox. Their eyes were like shiny black buttons. Their attire was completely random, but the color of the clothes was mainly blue.
Dorothy noticed that the mice-like creatures were either frightened or cautious of her, until one of the smaller members of the group came to her. The girl saw the small 'mouse' dressed like a mayor, completed with a blue, tall hat and a golden pocket-watch in its waist-pocket.
"What's your name?" The creature asked the girl.
Dorothy was confused, but she was still able to answer the question.
"Dorothy Gale."
The creature nodded its head to the girl, turned to its fellow 'mice' and made an announcement.
"THREE CHEERS FOR DOROTHY GALE, THE SAVIOR OF MUNCHKINLAND!"
"HIP HIP HOORAY! HIP HIP HOORAY! HIP HIP HOORAY!" The 'mice' cheered in pure joy.
"The savior of Munchkinland?" Dorothy asked the announcer.
The possible leader of the 'mice' creatures turned to the confused girl and said, "Yes, you've saved us from the cruel dictator, Beryl."
"Beryl?" The girl asked, still confused and holding on to Toto.
"Yeah," answered the 'mouse', "The Queen-Witch of the East."
"I'm sorry, but I'm a little confused." The girl admitted, "I don't know who Beryl is."
"You don't know who Beryl is?" The residents of Munchkinland yelled in shocked unison.
"Yeah." Dorothy asked meekly, "Is that a bad thing?"
"No!" The small one announced, "You're now the most envied person in Munchkinland. Every munchkin will be jealous of you."
"Munchkins?" Dorothy looked at the leader in confusion.
"That's the name of our kind." The 'mouse' answered, "I'm the mayor of the capital of Munchkinland, Munchkin City.
"Oh!" The human girl said, mentally laughing at herself.
"And now I know you're a little confused, I think I better show you who Beryl was." The mayor said. He motioned Dorothy to follow him as the girl allowed Toto to walk around.
Dorothy obeyed and was led to what she bumped into during her fall: a statue that was destoryed after falling onto the ground. She also saw a pair of feet sticking out of underneath the crumbled statue, and on the feet, there was the most beautiful pair of silver slippers that Dorothy had ever seen in her life. The girl's thoughts, however, were on the former wearer of the slippers.
"I can't believe it!" The girl exclaimed in pure shock, "I've killed someone!"
Toto sensed his owner's shock and went to Dorothy's side.
"If you knew Beryl, you wouldn't feeling any remorse for her." A munchkin female announced.
Then, a cold, yet comforting, wind blew at the people of Munchkin City. The citizens of the capital turned to the wind's direction and smiled.
"Zeniba!" The munchkins cheered as they ran into the wind, leaving a very confused Dorothy behind with her dog.
The wind picked up strength as a small tornado appeared only a few feet away from Dorothy and Toto.
"What's going on?" Dorothy asked her silent dog.
The small tornado dispersed and revealed an old woman, who was wearing a simple blue dress. The woman had gray hair in a bun, an enlarged head with a long nose, which had a single wart and a pair of kind, brown eyes that belongs to a grandmother.
"Oh!" The woman exclaimed happily, "It's so good to see you little ones finally free from that horrible Beryl."
The munchkins were joyfully dancing around and hopping up and down the woman. The mayor was the only one that was not dancing around.
"It is an honor to see you after Beryl's demise, Zeniba, the Grandmother-Witch of the North." The mayor greeted the woman before removing his hat and bowing to her.
The good witch gave a curtsy to the mayor and said, "Likewise to you and your people."
Then, the woman looked at Dorothy and Toto and went to them. Once she was a few inches away from the girl, Zeniba asked as she eyed Dorothy, "So, you're the one who killed Beryl?"
"Yes," Dorothy confirmed quickly, "but it was an accident!"
"An accident?" The older woman asked the girl, who answered by nodding her head. When she saw the answer, the witch asked another question.
"Where are you from?"
"Kansas." The girl answered bluntly.
Zeniba became interested and asked, "What's your name?"
"Dorothy Gale."
After Dorothy answered, a dark portal appeared behind Zeniba, who turned around and saw someone come out of the portal.
The person that came out of the dark portal was a woman, who looked like she was in her late teens to her early twenties, wearing white, sleeveless dress, a golden crown with a black opal on the front, a glass orb as a necklace and holding a white lace umbrella. She had long pink hair, which two thick strands flowed in the front, crimson-red eyes, which was filled with mischief, and an evil curve of a smile on her lips.
The munchkins saw the woman and screamed out, "IT'S ELDA, THE VAMPIRE-WITCH OF THE WEST!" before running off to hide.
"Oh!" Elda exclaimed mockingly, "Now, my feelings are hurt."
"What feelings?" Zeniba 'asked' the younger-looking woman.
Elda let out a cocky laugh before saying, "You're right. Why should I lie about something I don't have?" She laughed again, showing her fangs to the witch of the north.
Zeniba glared at vampire and asked, "Why are you here?"
Elda smiled at Zeniba and replied, "I'm here for something." The pink haired witch went to the flattened corpse and the silver slippers. As Elda reached for the slippers, the silver footwear vanished from Beryl's feet.
"WHAT!" The vampire screeched at the sight of the slippers disappearing. Then, she turned to Zeniba with fury in her red eyes. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE SILVER SLIPPERS!" Elda demanded from the northern witch.
"What?" Zeniba 'exclaimed', "You didn't know about the slippers ability to go to their next owner?"
Elda was shocked for a moment, but then she saw Dorothy's feet and the silver slippers. Dorothy looked at her own feet and saw the footwear, and she was stunned at her discovery. Seeing the slippers on the human girl's feet, the vampire yelled out of pure fury, "YOU THIEF!"
Dorothy hid behind the good witch for some protection from the wicked witch, while holding Toto in her arms.
"So, what are you going to do about that?" Zeniba grinned, "You have no power here, and since I was the first witch here after Beryl's death, Munchkinland is my domain now."
Elda bared her teeth in anger, and growled, "Fine." Then, she turned to Dorothy and Toto and made an announcement.
"You lucked out this time, but watch your step, because I'll take every chance to get those slippers!"
Then, Elda summoned a portal of darkness and entered it. Once the western witch disappeared into the portal, the magical pathway vanished. The munchkins appeared from their hiding places and looked at Dorothy. Zeniba turned to the girl and said, "I'm sorry you had to get caught up in this mess."
"I just wanna home." Dorothy sighed deeply and sadly.
The Grandmother-Witch of the North thought about the situation for a moment, and then she had an idea.
"Miss Dorothy, do you have something that is small?"
Dorothy grabbed her braided hair to help her think, when she saw the white hair-tie on the tip of her braid and asked, "What about this?"
"That'll work." Zeniba announced to the girl. Then, the good witch pointed at the hair-tie, which change from white to purple. Dorothy saw this and was amazed at the feat.
"You don't have to worry about Elda hurting you anymore." Zeniba said, "Just don't remove the hair-tie from yourself."
"All right," Dorothy said, "but I wanna get home before the wicked witch tries somethin' to get the slippers."
Zeniba had an idea and presented it to Dorothy.
"Why don't you see the Wizard of Oz?"
"The Wizard of Oz?" Dorothy repeated, confused about the idea.
"Yes," The northern witch replied, "he's a mystious being of great power. He lives in the Emerald City, which lies in the middle of Oz. He could probably get you home."
"How do I get there?" The human asked the witch, who replied, "Follow the road of yellow bricks."
"A yellow brick road?" Dorothy asked.
"You can call it that." Zeniba said.
Dorothy looked around for a yellow brick road, but she could not see it. She turned to the Grandmother-Witch of the North and asked, "Where is it?"
"You'll have to find it." Zeniba sadly replied.
Dorothy sighed loudly and put Toto on the ground. Then, the girl realized that she still has Toto's leash around her waist. She removed and attached it to Toto's collar.
Zeniba asked, "Dorothy, are you sure you can find it?"
"If I want to get back home, I better start now." The girl replied as she walked out of the capital city of Munchkinland and into the sunset.
Many hours later, Dorothy realized that it was too dark to search for the yellow brick road.
"I think we should rest here for the night, Toto." The girl announced to her dog, looking at the cornfield.
Toto yawned as she unleashed him. The dog scampered to the cornfield, and Dorothy followed behind. Both dog and girl were unaware of someone, who was watching them.