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Dorothy awoke at around five that morning. She sat up to find that her bedroom door was open, Ellie then walked in, she had changed into the blue dress that she often wore. She then tossed Dorothy an apple and smiled. She then walked out shutting the door behind her. Dorothy then got up and placed the apple on her dresser. She opened her dresser and pulled out her usual outfit. After she changed into it she picked up the apple and took a bite. She looked at the clock. It would be a while before the sheriff got here, and at least another hour before her aunt and uncle were awake. She smiled as she looked out the window and saw the silhouette of Ellie playing with Toto. She went to her dresser and pulled out a pair of light blue dress socks, putting them on she slid into her flats and left her room. Walking out of the farm house she continued to eat the apple. When she got to Ellie Toto saw her and barked, Ellie turned around and smiled.
"Good morning Dorothy." Ellie said as Toto dropped a ball at her feet.
"Good morning Ellie." Dorothy said picking up the ball and throwing it.
They both laughed as they watched Toto chasing after it. Dorothy walked over to the house and grabbed two small wooden crates. She then walked back to Ellie, she then set the crates down and sat down on one. She motioned for Ellie to sit on the other, as she did Toto returned with the ball he set down in front of them and walked up to Ellie.
"Toto, we're out in a field, I'm not surrendering my shoes while we're in a field." Ellie said giggling.
"Toto, No." Dorothy said sternly to her dog and finishing off her apple.
Toto whimpered and shrunk back a bit. Dorothy smiled and picked up her dog, he licked her on the face in return. Dorothy giggled at this and they all sat there to watch the sunrise. They sat there in silence for a few minutes until Auntie Em came up to them.
"Beautiful morning isn't it?" Em said walking over to them.
"Yes it is auntie Em." Dorothy said as the sky became a nice reddish color as the sun rose.
"Dorothy the sheriff will be here in an hour or so, would you or Ellie like something to eat?" she asked.
"No thanks Mrs. Gale, I had an apple from the fruit bowl, but thank you for offering." Ellie said watching the sunrise.
"Same here auntie Em, anyways is Uncle Henry up yet?" Dorothy asked looking at her aunt.
"Of course, Dorothy have you thought about who this Oscar Diggs person might be?" Her aunt asked curiously.
"No auntie Em, I know I've heard the name somewhere before though." Dorothy said getting up, and setting down Toto.
Ellie got up as well and picked up the wooden box she had been sitting on. She then walked it over to the porch and put it down on it. Dorothy did the same with hers and then sat down on the porch as her aunt went back into the house. Ellie sat down next to Dorothy and looked at Toto who followed now carrying the ball in his mouth. He placed it down just out of reach and walked up to Ellie. Ellie sighed and took off one of her dress shoes and handed it to Toto. When he realized at this point that this was the best that he was going to get and took it gently in his mouth. He then walked up the porch steps and began to toy with it.
"I did say that I wouldn't let him have them while we were in the field." Ellie said shrugging.
"true." Dorothy said giggling at her dog.
"I like your shoes by the way Dorothy." Ellie said looking at Dorothy's flats.
"So do I, I think they're cute." Dorothy said dusting them off.
They chatted about various things for a while until they saw the Sheriff's truck pull up their driveway. The sheriff honked the horn and Dorothy's aunt and uncle emerged from the house. Toto walked up to Ellie and dropped her dress shoe in front of her. She smiled and pulled it on. Dorothy picked up her dog and walked to the sheriff's truck.
"Ready?" he asked.
"Yes sir, can Ellie join us?" Dorothy asked.
"I don't see why not, she can ride with us, or she can follow us with your aunt and uncle." The sheriff said nodding.
Dorothy waved Ellie over, when she got over they got into the sheriff's truck. Dorothy say in the front passenger seat while Ellie and Toto sat on the back seat. When Dorothy's aunt and uncle had gotten into their truck and started up the departed from the farm house.
"So, have you seen the house this guy lives in?" Dorothy asked looking at the sheriff.
"I came here from the house, just so that I had a way of knowing how to get there, his house is a pretty big one, it's like a manor just not as fancy." He said, "It's also got an odd color scheme on the outside." He added.
"Why what color is it?" Ellie asked.
"You'll see when we get there." The sheriff said looking at Ellie through the rearview mirror.
Ellie nodded and took off her dress shoes, handing them off to Toto who was looking incredibly bored at this point. The sheriff looked at Toto through the rearview mirror and chuckled.
"For some reason he likes Ellie's shoes, don't ask me why." Dorothy said turning around and giggling.
They all laughed at this for a few minutes, Dorothy looked out the window as the large open fields of crops passed them by. They drove in silence for about twenty before the sheriff then broke the silence.
"You aren't the only one to be summoned to the residence as an audience you know, when I was leaving his maid led a guy who looked extremely embarrassed to be out in public into the house." The sheriff said.
"Did you see what he looked like?" Dorothy asked.
"not really he was wearing a large trench coat and a wide brimmed hat, what I saw of his face looked nervous, the kind of whole, let me in quick I don't want to be seen by the public sort of look." He said, "but then I drove off and now, oh here it is, see I told you that it had an odd color scheme." He added.
Dorothy looked at the house, half of it was emerald green whilst the other half, was for some strange reason, a light blue. Sure the colors contrasted a bit but still it was odd to see that on such a large house. They pulled up to the front walk and Dorothy got out of the truck. She opened the door to the back seat and picked up Toto. Ellie was pulling her dress shoes back, after a minute she jumped out of the truck. Dorothy's aunt and uncle soon pulled up behind them.
Dorothy walked up the front walk and knocked on the door, it opened and a woman in a green maids outfit opened the door as the man in the over coat pushed by her. Dorothy didn't get a chance to his face, he did however speak.
"Pardon me." He said quietly before running speed walking down the walk.
"Dorothy Gale? and dog Toto?" the maid asked.
"That would be us." Dorothy said.
The maid looked over Dorothy's shoulder, she saw Ellie and her aunt and uncle and gestured for them to come over.
"Your friend and family may wait in the parlor for you to return but Mr. Diggs has requested presence with you alone." The maid said.
Dorothy nodded as the maid let her through the door. She looked and saw a small girl, she was probably about Ellie's age maybe a year or two younger. She was light skinned, she had light blue eyes similar to Dorothy's. Her hair was a brownish color similar to Dorothy's as well, except that the girls hair was tied up in a ponytail, she was wearing a light purple colored dress. She stood up and offered a hand to Dorothy, Dorothy shook it, the girl then quickly pulled back and walked back over to where she was sitting.
"She seems a bit shy." Dorothy said as the maid stopped her from walking any further.
"Shoes in the rack please, Mr. Diggs is rather strict about keeping his house clean in always possible." The maid said gesturing towards a rack.
On the rack there was a pair of black polished dress shoes, a pair of light green children's shoes and several sets of dress shoes. Dorothy nodded and slid out of her flats. The maid picked them up and set them on the rack.
"I will alert Mr. Diggs of your arrival, you are too wait here for now." The maid said.
Dorothy nodded as the maid walked up the stairs. Dorothy walked over to where the girl was sitting. She slowly got up and approached. She smoothed out her dress and set out her hand for Toto to sniff. Toto sniffed it for a few minutes, looked at the girl strangely and sniffed it again as if trying to be sure about something. He then barked and licked the girl's hand causing her to giggle.
"Funny, I've never seen Toto do that before." Dorothy said looking at her dog curiously.
The girl giggled a bit more as another maid came in and escorted the girl into the parlor where Dorothy's aunt, uncle and best friend were waiting. Just then the other maid came down the stairs and coughed.
"Mr. Diggs will see you and your dog now." The maid said.
Dorothy nodded and walked over to the stairs. She followed the maid holding Toto Tightly in her arms. As they walked along Dorothy noticed the odd décor around the house. It had several little statues made of what looked like emerald green stones. Suspended from the walls were several emerald ornament. However they stopped at a door which had a painting of a large hot air balloon next to it. Dorothy smiled at this as the door opened and she was let it into the room.
"Dorothy, Gale?" came a weak familiar sounding voice.
Dorothy looked at the maid who nodded. Dorothy slowly approached the bed.
"Yes, that's me." Dorothy said as Toto sniffed and barked.
"Leave us Jessica, Go get Ace." The man said weakly.
The maid nodded and walked off.
"Mr. Diggs?" Dorothy asked as she stopped at the foot of the bed.
"Approach my dear, you know you have nothing to fear." He said rising his head up.
Dorothy nodded and walked closer to the figure. She looked at the figure, he was an old man, his hair was short and white as snow, she had seen him before but she didn't recognize him. She didn't have to contemplate this much before the girl walked into the room followed by Ellie who was holding her hand tightly.
"Grandfather?" the girl asked.
"Ace, please, I feel I only have moments left of this life." He said.
"Dorothy, who is he?" Ellie asked concerned
The girl walked past Dorothy and kneeled at the head of the bed beginning to cry.
"You do not recognize me, I knew you wouldn't." the man said
"I'm sorry but I do not." Dorothy said walking over to the girl, it was then Dorothy noticed that the light in the room was not coming from the windows but from a few candles.
"I think, you should look around you." The man said.
Dorothy did this and didn't see anything out of the ordinary that is until she looked at the dresser she was standing next to. She gasped as she saw a picture, dimly illuminated by the candle light. It was a picture of the wizard of Oz himself.
"Mr. Wizard?" Dorothy asked gasping and kneeling down at the bedside.
Toto whimpered at the figure on the bed.
"The wizard of Oz himself." He replied weakly.
"Dorothy, you don't mean?" Ellie asked.
Dorothy looked at her and nodded, tears welled up in her eyes.
"How long?" Dorothy asked.
"After I returned from Oz, I found that here in Kansas I called up my son, he was fatally ill, he asked me to take care of my granddaughter if he were to die, when he did this girl came into my care, but now I am dying. No one to call on I didn't want my granddaughter to end up with someone who wouldn't, take care of her." The wizard said turning his head to face Dorothy.
Dorothy was about to speak when a man came into the room. He was wearing a light blue suit, he was about maybe the same age as Dorothy uncle, except this man had blondish colored hair. He was carrying a small stack of paper and a pen.
"Dorothy gale?" he asked looking at her.
Dorothy nodded and turned her attention back to the wizard the man nodded and walked out.
"Dorothy, I ask of you, too please take care of my granddaughter." He said weakly.
"Grandfather, please, don't die." The girl said as a tear rolled down her face.
The man reached over and wiped the tear off his granddaughters face. He then looked at Dorothy.
"Dorothy, in the past I sent you to do something that I was too frightened to do, you risked your life to destroy the witch of the west, and I'm sorry for making you risk your life like that." The wizard said.
"Apology accepted, but what about your granddaughter?" Dorothy asked looking at her.
"Her name is Aislynn, Susan diggs, or just ace for short." He said.
Dorothy looked at the girl and a tear rolled down her face.
"Dorothy Gale, crying for me, though my time is at an end, remember, nothing is forever, just remember, no one, is alone, and that I will always be with you in spirit..." he said as his head dropped, his eyes frozen staring at the ceiling.
A cold wind felt as though it had just blown through the room, the candles were snuffed out simultaneously. Aislynn had turned around and begun to cry. Dorothy looked at the man she had met so long ago now. Having died right in front of her. Dorothy set Toto down on the floor and stood up. The maid then walked in and gasped. She slowly approached the body of Oscar diggs, when she reached it she put her hands over his eyes and drew them shut. She then helped Aislynn up and led her out of the room.
"You should probably go." The maid said to Ellie who had also started to cry.
Ellie followed the maid as she led Aislynn out of the room and probably to the parlor. Dorothy stood there for a minute then picked up Toto. She rubbed her eyes and began to walk out of the room when she turned around and looked at the body.
"Thank you, for everything." Dorothy said before she walked out of the room, shutting the door behind her.