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Dorothy waited till night fall before left her room again, she pulled on her boots, she knew her flats would get ruined if she wore them on this journey, she then picked up the scepter and opened the window. Climbing out of it she sighed. Was she making the right choice? She didn't know, what she did know was that if she didn't try to make a deal with the jester she would be putting not just her friends and family at risk but both her world and the land of Oz at risk. As she walked away from the farm house she sighed as she got to the end of the walk way a truck pulled up to her. As it slowed down the window rolled down and Dorothy saw the sheriff in the light that the scepter was generating.
"You're out pretty late Dorothy." the sheriff said.
"I know, but there's something I have to do." Dorothy said.
"I know that's why I came here, I got a call from one of the maids at the Diggs residence Aislynn wants you to stay the night." The sheriff said.
"what about Ellie?" Dorothy asked sounding concerned.
"the maid said that Ellie is fine, but for some reason Aislynn wants you." The sheriff said
"Dorothy!" came the voice of her aunt Toto barking in her wake.
When her aunt got up to her she was about to scold her when she saw the sheriff.
"Oh, good evening officer." Auntie Em said.
"Evening Mrs. Gale, I was just telling Dorothy that she was being summoned by Aislynn." The sheriff said.
"Oh, that's okay then, Dorothy why did you try to run away though?" Her aunt asked.
"I want to go find the jester before he causes any damage that's irreversible." Dorothy said looking at her aunt.
"Dorothy you could get yourself killed." Em said.
"I know auntie Em but it's that or wait, but now I should probably go and see Aislynn." Dorothy said bending over and picking Toto.
"That's fine dear, just tell us if you're going somewhere." Her aunt said kissing her on the forehead.
Dorothy smiled and walked around the other side of the truck. Opening the door she put Toto and the scepter in the back seat. After shutting the door she opened the passenger door and got into the seat. As she shut the door the sheriff began to drive off, the truck was illuminated by the glow of the scepter. It was then she realized that the orb wasn't a blue one that the jester had replaced it with but another emerald green one. She didn't think about this much before, she wasn't going to question it now either. She looked at the sheriff who smiled, he opened the glove compartment and pulled out a paper bag full of toffee. He took one and then offered the bag to Dorothy. She took one and ate it.
"thanks." She said smiling.
"No problem, these are my secret horde, my wife doesn't really approve of me eating sweets." He replied chuckling.
Dorothy giggled at this, but didn't say any more about it for fear of offending him. Toto barked a few times looking out window. Dorothy looked out the window and was met with the sight of Fireflies of multiple colors.
"Wow, that's really neat." The sheriff said looking at them.
Dorothy thought it was pretty as well but then she realized she had seen this before, she looked at the sheriff worriedly, he seemed to be getting distracted by the fireflies. She snapped her fingers a few times in front of his face to gain his attention.
"Drive faster, it's a trap, this is the jester's work." Dorothy said.
The sheriff nodded and sped up the truck. Dorothy looked through the rearview mirror at the fire flies, they were being pursued. Dorothy got up from the seat and reached behind her. Toto nudged the scepter so she could reach it.
"Dorothy? What are you doing?" the sheriff asked looking at her curiously.
Dorothy didn't say anything she grabbed the scepter and opened the window.
"Stop the truck." Dorothy said sternly
The sheriff nodded and stopped the truck. Dorothy leaned out the window and watched the fireflies approach, when they were close enough Dorothy opened the truck door and jumped out. She raised the scepter and brought it down in a quick motion. The fireflies glowed a bit and then vanished with tiny pops. Dorothy then got back in the truck and shut the door. The sheriff started driving again. They traveled in silence until they got to the house. Dorothy got out of the truck and opened the back door, picking up Toto. She thanked the sheriff, he tipped his hat and drove off. Dorothy walked up to the house and the door opened and Jenny greeted her. Dorothy walked in, as she did Jenny pulled up a chair for her. Dorothy sat down setting the scepter and Toto she pulled off her boots and handed them to Jenny. She then got up and picked up the scepter and walked to the stairs with Toto following at her heels.
"Dorothy?" came Jenny's voice.
"Yes?" Dorothy asked turning around.
"Thank you for coming." She replied.
Dorothy smiled and walked up the stairs. When she got to Aislynn's room she found Aislynn sitting at a desk reading a book. Ellie was behind her reading over her shoulder, both of them were in white night gowns. Dorothy coughed a few times and they turned around. Ellie smiled and ran over to Dorothy, Aislynn did the same thing.
"Thanks for coming back Dorothy." Aislynn said hugging her.
Dorothy smiled and returned the embrace. Toto barked and Ellie walked over and picked him up. Toto in turn barked again and licked her on the cheek. They all giggled at this for a minute before Dorothy tried to engage in a proper conversation.
"So, why did you want me to come back?" Dorothy asked looking at her.
"It's my first night without my grandfather in over a year, I wanted to have someone in the house that I feel safe with." Aislynn said not breaking from the embrace.
"And you don't feel comfortable with just Ellie?" Dorothy asked.
"Correct." She replied.
"I think it's a fair enough argument Dorothy." Ellie said setting Toto down on the bed.
Dorothy smiled and ran a hand through Aislynn's hair. Ellie smiled and walked over to Dorothy, placing a hand on her shoulder she nodded and walked out. Aislynn broke from the embrace and walked over to her bed, climbing into it she gestured for Dorothy to come over. Dorothy nodded and walked over setting down the scepter next to the bed. She then knelt down next to the bed as Aislynn lie down and pulled the blanket over her. She smiled and got up, she sat down on the bed and hugged her.
"You know, your grandfather was a really great man." Dorothy said, "greater than you could ever imagine." She added.
Aislynn smiled, but she then got a confused look on her face.
"That reminds me, how did you meet my grandfather?" she asked curiously.
"It's a long story, remind me to tell you about it at some point, because it would take more than one night to tell you the entire story." Dorothy said smiling.
"Okay then, I can't wait to hear the story, or you could write it down in a book for me to read, that would be much more fun." She replied giggling.
Dorothy giggled and got up, grabbing the scepter she walked out of the room, waving the scepter a bit the light in the room dimmed. Dorothy looked behind her one last time before shutting the door, leaving it open just a crack. She waited there until she was sure that Aislynn was asleep, when she was completely positive of this she looked in to the room. She smiled and walked down stairs and into the parlor. When she entered she found Ellie laughing about something with Jessica and Jenny. She walked in and sat down silently.
"So, is she asleep?" Ellie asked.
"I think so, I waited for a while, either that or she waited for me to be gone before she snuck out of bed to read a book." Dorothy set setting down the scepter and giggled a bit.
"That does happen some times." Jessica said.
They all laughed at this for a few minutes before Jessica got up and walked over to Dorothy.
"Would you like to sleep in the room that you were in earlier?" Jessica asked her.
"It depends, whose room is it?" Dorothy asked.
"It's mine but you're free to use it if you'd like." She replied.
"Oh, no, I couldn't I would feel bad about it." Dorothy said.
"But I insist." Jessica said.
Dorothy shook head, Jessica nodded, she then walked out of the room. they all heard her walk up the steps, when her footsteps faded jenny spoke up.
"you really shouldn't upset Jessica, she's easily upset and distressed, you saw how she reacted when she saw me at the library." Jenny said sighing.
"Should I go apologize?" Dorothy asked.
"Knowing her, I'd wait till morning." Jenny said.
Dorothy nodded as jenny got up and walked out of the parlor, she returned a few minutes later carrying some blankets. She handed one to Dorothy and one to Ellie. They thanked her and she walked out. Ellie got up and walked to an armchair and sat in it. Dorothy set herself up on the couch. Ellie reached out and switched off the light. Toto jumped up on Dorothy's legs and curled up into a ball. It wasn't long before either of them were asleep.
at this point i would like to point out that most of my chapters only go out when the chapter that is to come after them is done or almost finished, however recent chapters that i have been uploading have been sitting in my PC since i finished Return of an old enemy. also at this point i have my back to the wall. i obviously cant do both a ScarecrowXAislynn and a scarecrowXreader slash in the same fic without making a side story. there is however the one member that has asked for a DorothyxScarecrow fic, so i want your guys opinion, do you think that those are over done?