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Dorothy saw, standing before her, Glinda, Ellie, and Alyssa. Dorothy got up and ran over to them. She was immediately pulled into a hug by Ellie, she had grown a bit as well, she was still shorter than Dorothy, but none the less she had grown, her hair was tied up in a ponytail as Dorothy was accustom to seeing. But still she was the same girl she had been when Dorothy last saw her. As they broke from the embrace Dorothy turned to Alyssa, she had gotten taller since they last met, but all in all she was quite the same in all descriptions. They hugged for a minute before Dorothy turned to Glinda. Glinda in her usual way, took Dorothy's chin in her and.
"Dorothy, you've grown up a bit since your last visit to Oz." Glinda said smiling her usual warm smile.
Dorothy and Glinda hugged for a minute before Dorothy decided to question something.
"How did you guys get here, and more importantly how are you going to get back?" Dorothy asked them quite concerned.
Glinda gestured towards the table and they all walked over and sat down.
"Dorothy, as you know, time between Oz and this world used to move in different parallels until recently." Glinda said.
"Yes, I was meaning to ask about that." Dorothy said looking at her.
"Yes, well stuff like this only happens a every few thousand years in Oz, in another year the time difference between our worlds will start to restore itself, and things will progress differently." Glinda said looking at her.
Dorothy nodded not wanted to interrupt as Auntie Em served dinner.
"So we thought, while there was still time in the coming year, that we'd come and visit before you birthday." Ellie said finishing her sister's sentence.
"Thank you Ellie, but I'm perfectly capable of finishing my own sentences." Glinda said.
This made Ellie giggle a bit, Dorothy looked at her and smiled. As they ate Dorothy told her friends about how the last year had gone, and how she was still telling stories about her adventures in Oz to the kids at the local library.
"Sounds like you've had a busy year." Alyssa said chuckling and taking a sip of tea.
"It was, but it was fun." Dorothy said picking up Toto and giving him a piece of meatloaf.
"I see Toto hasn't changed much." Ellie said as Toto jumped off of Dorothy's lap and walked over to Ellie.
Ellie giggled and took off the dress shoes she had been wearing and surrendered them to Toto. They all laughed about this for a minute before returning to the conversation. Soon after they had finished Dinner, Dorothy got up to help clean off the table but Alyssa stopped her.
"Dorothy, allow me, you and Ellie should go and catch up." Alyssa said shooing Dorothy away.
Dorothy wasn't going to fight with Alyssa mostly because she know she'd lose. Dorothy walked back to the living room and found Ellie sitting on the sofa. She smiling, Toto walked over and gave Ellie back her dress shoes. She smiled and pulled them on and got up. Dorothy looked out the window and out at the sky, there was still a shred of sunlight in the sky as the sun was setting. Dorothy motioned for Ellie to come with her, she got up and they both walked out of the farm house.
"I always love the sunset." Dorothy said pointing at the pinkish colored sky as the sun set.
"It's really pretty isn't it?" Ellie asked.
Dorothy looked at her friend and nodded.
"So, how's life in Oz?" Dorothy asked.
"Pretty good, we've all been missing you, the scarecrow, the tin man and the lion wanted me to say hi for them since they couldn't come themselves." Ellie said.
"Well, when you get back, let them know I say hi, I think about you guys often." Dorothy said walking to the fields.
Ellie followed and smiled, she took Dorothy's hand, not wanting to get lost as the sun set and darkness descended over the land.
"Dorothy, you are once again the most popular person in Oz, Glinda had to have the scarecrow bar the doors to the palace area so that people wouldn't barge in and try to ask us questions." Ellie said giggling.
"Sounds like I'm not the only one who's had an interesting year." Dorothy said.
"Nope." Ellie said.
"Dorothy! Ellie! Come inside, it's too dark out now." Came Aunt Em's voice from the farm house.
Dorothy chuckled and they both walked back to the farmhouse, when they got there and walked in Dorothy was surprised to find that Glinda and Alyssa were both gone, she looked at Ellie who didn't seem at all concerned.
"Auntie Em? Where's Glinda and Alyssa?" Dorothy asked a bit concerned.
"There time here was up, they said they needed to return and that they were sorry they didn't get to say goodbye." Henry said walking in.
"But what about Ellie?" Dorothy asked referring to her little friend.
"Dorothy, I'm staying for a few days." Ellie said as she managed to stop giggling.
"Surprised?" Auntie Em asked going over to her niece.
"Quite, Ellie, why didn't you guys tell me at dinner?" Dorothy asked.
"Because we wanted to keep it a surprise, we've been planning this for a few weeks now." Ellie said referring to the mirror.
"Dorothy, though it may surprise you while you've been at the library or wandering about, we've been here, chatting with Glinda, her parents, your friends for the most part." Uncle Henry said.
"But where will she sleep?" Dorothy asked.
"Well, we have extra a few extra mattresses in the closet, or she could sleep on the sofa." Uncle Henry said.
"Ellie?" Dorothy asked looking at her friend.
There wasn't time to talk about this before a knock came on the door. Dorothy turned around and opened it, it was the sheriff.
"Good evening Dorothy, Mr. and Mrs. Gale, um, I've seen you before haven't I?" The sheriff said looking at Ellie.
"Yes, I'm Ellie, the last time you saw me was the incident with the jester." Ellie said curtsying.
"Ah, yes nice to see you again, anyways may I come in?" he asked holding a mini manila envelope.
"Of course, you don't really have to ask you're always welcome." Auntie Em said gesturing for him to come in and sit down.
He nodded and walked in requesting they all assemble in the family room. They all did this and opened the manila envelope. He then handed it to Dorothy.
"This is a letter that was requested to be presented to you now, by a mister Oscar Diggs." The sheriff said as Dorothy took the envelope from him.
"Who?" Dorothy asked taking the letter out of the envelope.
As she removed the letter a small picture fell out. She picked it up and looked at it, it was the picture of a young girl, probably a few years younger than Ellie and herself. She then read the letter aloud.
"To miss Dorothy gale, if this message has been delivered to you it means I am either on my deathbed or that I have passed on, in the event that I am on my death bed I will have this letter delivered to you as soon as possible, enclosed with this letter is a picture of my granddaughter the only immediate family I have left. So that if the authorities do search this letter before handing it off to you, I will not reveal who I really am until you meet me at my house, yours truly Oscar Diggs." Dorothy read, then looking at the picture again, it was a black and white photo graph so she couldn't make out too many details but the girl was probably older than she was when this picture was taken.
"Oscar Diggs is currently on his death bed, he's in his house the next county over, he's oddly requested that you have audience with him and his granddaughter before he dies, he asked for you to be brought there as soon as possible." The sheriff said.
"But who is he?" Dorothy asked.
"we asked the same question, he said you'd know when you saw him, we sent a man over to his house, he seems like a nice man, without malicious intentions, his granddaughter is probably about your age or maybe a year or two younger." He responded.
"Well that's fair enough, you shouldn't go against the wishes of a dying man." Ellie said, "and if you know him in some way, then he's probably nice enough." She added.
"Fair enough Ellie, so can you escort me to the house tomorrow?" Dorothy asked the sheriff.
"Sure, what time?" He asked.
"Seven would be a relatively good time." Dorothy said looking at the clock.
"So I'll pick you up and your aunt and uncle can follow in their truck if you'd like." The sheriff said getting up and looking at them.
"I think that seems like a good idea." Uncle Henry said.
"Fair enough, well I must be going." The sheriff said nodding and walking out of the room.
"See you in the morning." Dorothy said.
The sheriff nodded as he walked out shutting the door behind him. Ellie then got up and walked over to Dorothy's aunt and uncle offering to help them get the extra mattresses out of the closet. Dorothy then got up and slid off her flats picking them up she walked over to the closet and helped them all get the extra mattresses out, they then carried them to Dorothy's room and set them down on the floor at the foot of the bed. Auntie Em then went on to tell Ellie what doors were what in the house, and helped Ellie with her suitcase which Dorothy noticed had been stashed in the closet out of sight. Dorothy then when to her dresser and pulled out a night dress. She then walked out of her room and to the bathroom and changed into it. She emerged a few minutes later taking out her pigtails. She then walked back to her room and found Ellie sitting on her bed, she too had changed into a night dress. Dorothy smiled at Ellie and walked over to her bed.
"You know I was thinking, the name Oscar Diggs, it sounds a bit familiar but I don't know where I've heard it before." Ellie said getting off the bed.
Dorothy smiled and put her dress and hair ribbons on top of the drawer, she looked in the mirror and saw that Toto was in the corner playing with Ellie's dress shoes. She laughed at this and sat down on her bed.
"I know, as I think about it more I feel like heard before." Dorothy said
"Well I guess we won't know until morning will we?" Ellie asked lying back on the mattresses that were on the floor.
"Right, anyways it is getting a bit late, eight o'clock." Dorothy said looking at the clock. She leaned over and turned off the lamp next to her bed.
"Good night Dorothy." Ellie said.
"Night Ellie." Dorothy said as she lied down and fell asleep