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Dorothy found herself in the middle of a night mare. One she thought she'd never have again. She was unable to move, the jester appeared in front of her, cackling in his usual way. He took out the wand and flicked it, appearing in front of her, were all her friends and family being tortured in various ways, nothing to harmful or fatal but stuff that would be torture to them nonetheless. Dorothy found herself unable to scream. She then felt a warm embrace wrap around her. She woke up drenched in sweat, rushing into the embraces of Aislynn and Ellie. Jessica ran into the room carrying an ice pack.
"What happened?" Jessica asked.
"A nightmare, and I think I know which one." Ellie said letting go of Dorothy, Aislynn looked at Ellie with a look of concern.
"You mean this has happened before?" she asked.
"Several times to be honest." Ellie said going into Dorothy's pockets and taking out the bottle she had placed in there the day before.
Dorothy looked out the window, it was sunrise now, which was good in terms of timing but she still probably woke everyone up with her nightmare. Jenny came in and saw Dorothy was drenched in sweat and gasped.
"Jessica go draw a cool bath for Dorothy, and find her something to wear, we should get her into something dry." Jenny said.
"Sure thing." Jessica said running out.
"Dorothy, what did you see?" Ellie asked.
"You know what I saw." Dorothy said
"Jenny, does the bathroom have a mirror in it?" Ellie asked.
"Yes, but why?" she asked curiously.
"That's between Dorothy and me." Ellie said
"Fair enough Miss Ellie." Jenny said.
"What about me?" Aislynn said.
Dorothy looked at Ellie as Toto barked at her. She nodded and broke the embrace with Aislynn.
"Aislynn, because we won't be able to keep this from you forever, you can see while we're doing this." Ellie said.
Aislynn nodded and Jessica came back in. they helped Dorothy off the couch and led her to the bathroom. Ellie asked if they could be left alone for a few minutes. Jessica nodded, looking at Aislynn oddly. Ellie shut the door as she walked away, she then took the small bottle and splashed its contents onto the mirror. Aislynn looked at the mirror curiously as the liquid dripped down the mirror then vanished. Ellie looked at her and smiled, looking back at the mirror she heard Aislynn gasp as it began to ripple like a pond when you throw a stone in it. She was then surprised to see it fade way into the chambers of the emerald city. Glinda ran into the scene. When she saw Dorothy she sighed.
"Do I need to ask?" Glinda asked sighing.
"Not really Glinda." Ellie said, causing Aislynn to gasp again.
Glinda looked closer to the mirror and looked at Aislynn.
"Who's that little flower over there?" Glinda asked.
"Oh, this is Aislynn, Glinda she's the wizard's granddaughter." Ellie said gesturing for Aislynn to come closer.
She reluctantly walked forward, she waved and smiled weakly.
"Hello Aislynn, it's a pleasure to meet you at last." Glinda said sighing, "Dorothy, don't worry, we are working hard to try and locate the jester, but it seems somehow power is being drained from Oz." she added worriedly.
The image began to ripple Ellie sighed as Glinda's image faded from the mirror and the scene was returned to normal. Aislynn was a bit shocked, but having seen the jester, she wasn't really surprised by anything at this point. Ellie then got up and led Aislynn out of the bathroom so that Dorothy could bathe in peace.
They went back to the parlor where Jenny and Jessica were amused to see the scepter floating in midair, glowing. Ellie sighed and plucked it from the air. Toto barked at her for taking away his form of amusement. The scepter went dark as Ellie closed her fingers around it, she knew its power would only truly answer to Dorothy at this point.
"Jessica, you should probably find something for Dorothy to wear for when she gets out of the bath." Jenny said.
"What can I have her wear though? I don't even know what her dress size is, the fact that my old nightgown fit her was a bit of a miracle." Jessica said
Everybody looked at Ellie, even Toto. It took Ellie a minute to realize everyone's eyes were on her.
"What? I don't know her dress size." Ellie said surprised.
"Well what size was the nightgown?" Aislynn asked looking at her maid.
"I don't really know, what I do know is that it's the only one I have of that size." Jessica said.
"You only wore it once didn't you?" jenny asked.
"yep." Was the reply.
"Terrific." Ellie said sarcastically.
A few minutes later Dorothy came in wrapped tightly in a towel she was drying her hair off with another towel. Carrying her dress in one hand she handed it to Jenny as she got up. Dorothy then grabbed the scepter from Ellie, it glowed a bit and returned to its normal state.
"Feeling better?" Jenny asked looking at her.
"Much." Dorothy said
Jessica then got up and walked out the room again, she walked up the stairs and returned a few moments later carrying the nightgown. She handed it to Dorothy who walked out and changed into it, a few minutes she walked back in drying her hair some more. Toto barked a few times and Dorothy walked over and picked him up in her free arm. He then licked her face making them laugh.
"So what's for breakfast?" Aislynn asked curiously.
"Bran flakes, and pancakes." Jenny said thinking about it and getting up.
"Can I just have a thing of bran flakes?" Ellie asked, everyone stared at her/
"Plain bran flakes?" Jessica asked surprised.
"Yes please if you can." Ellie said.
No one was going to question this further, Jessica got up and said she was going to go wash Dorothy's dress. Jenny got up and walked over to Aislynn.
"I'm assuming you want your pancakes with blueberries? "She asked.
"Yes please jenny." Aislynn said.
Jenny looked at Dorothy and walked over to her.
"How about you?" jenny asked.
"Blueberry sounds good." Dorothy replied smiling.
Jenny nodded and walked out, as did Jessica, as they left Dorothy set the scepter down against the wall. Toto barked again and Dorothy put him down. He walked over to Aislynn and barked a few times, she picked him and received a lick to the face as well. As they laughed at this Aislynn set Toto down and wiped her face off with the sleeve of her gown.
"Can I show you two something?" Aislynn asked looking at them.
"Sure, where is it?" Ellie asked.
"I'll show you." Aislynn said walking out of the parlor.
Dorothy picked up the scepter and followed. Ellie followed behind her with Toto barking in their wake running to catch up with his owner. They walked for a few minutes before they got to a solid wooden door. Aislynn opened door revealing a blue carpeted staircase sloping downwards. She motioned for them to follow, as they descended Dorothy noticed that there were little devices and small machines hanging about on the walls from rope. When they got to the bottom of the stairs Aislynn walked over to a box on the wall and opened it. Inside was a large lever switch. When she threw the switch several lights lit up at once. Dorothy and Ellie both gasped in amazement. They were surrounded by gadgets and inventions, nick knacks, and even a recreation of his throne from the emerald city.
"Looks like your grandfather never stopped tinkering." Dorothy said walking over to the throne.
"What do you mean?" Aislynn asked curiously.
"I'll explain later." Dorothy said setting the scepter against it.
"My grandfather wanted to move that upstairs to the main room at some point." Aislynn said.
Dorothy was about to say something when they heard Jenny's voice from the steps.
"Aislynn, you know you're not supposed to be down there without proper footwear." Jenny said.
"Ugh! Jenny, why do you have to ruin my fun? I'm just showing Dorothy and Ellie around." Aislynn said.
"Aislynn, jenny's right, if you're not supposed to be down here unless certain conditions are met then we should go back up." Dorothy said picking the scepter and walking over to her.
Toto barked in agreement. Aislynn looked at Dorothy and sighed, she then walked back to the stairs.
"I guess so." She said.
Dorothy walked over to the box and threw the switch turning off the lights. As they ascended the steps Dorothy noticed Ellie was constantly looking behind them.
"What's wrong Ellie?" Dorothy asked looking at her friend curiously.
"I know this will sound a bit odd, but I feel like besides jenny, Jessica, and any other maid that may be in this manor, I think we're being watched by something we can't see." She said.
"I'm not technically a maid, I'm technically a nanny, or governess if you prefer." Came the voice of Jessica who now appeared behind jenny.
"What's a governess?" Ellie asked curiously.
"Basically a nanny." Both Aislynn and Jessica said in unison.
"Oh, but then why do you wear the maids outfit?" Ellie asked curiously.
"Because I am a maid, yes, but I am also a nanny." She replied.
"Oh." Ellie said again.
Dorothy hadn't said a word up to this point, she herself was slightly confused. As they got to the top of the steps Jenny led them to the kitchens. When they got to the kitchens Dorothy was in awe. It was like the emerald city kitchens, but it was just smaller in comparison.
"Wow." Ellie said.
"I know, Mr. Diggs expanded the kitchens after his first month in the manor." Jenny said.
"We've been taking care of Ace since before her father died." Jessica said.
"So you followed her when she came into custody of her grandfather?" Ellie asked.
"Exactly." They both said in unison.
"Are there any more of you?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Nope, just us, we followed Aislynn when her father died." Jenny replied.
"Because we just couldn't leave her." Jessica replied
"You mentioned that once before." Ellie replied.
Toto barked as the scepter began to brightly. They all gasped at it. The light then enveloped the room and Dorothy felt herself lurch forward. She saw colors whizzing by her, she began to feel dizzy and soon she feel unconscious.
Okay so I'll admit im not the sharpest nail in the pack, but I was a bit confused and like I said there is also one person who wants a DorothyXscarecrow pairing, what does the public think