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When Dorothy awoke she found herself lying in on the floor of a room she didn't quite recognize, she knew she had seen it before but she couldn't put her finger on it. As she got up and dusted herself off she felt the cold floor touch her bare feet. She looked around and then noticed the scepter a few feet in front of her, hovering like it often did. As she went to grab it she found her wrist being grabbed, when she looked in the direction of the person who apprehended her and gasped when she noticed who it was.
"Oh no, you're not getting away so easily this time you little brat!" the jester said tightening his grip.
"What do you want now!? I know you're draining power from Oz, but you're also causing problems for the people I love." Dorothy said.
"What do I want? Well it's quite simple, I want CONTROL, POWER, and EVERYTHING ELSE that I've been denied because of you." The jester yelled, his voice echoing through the room.
"But why are you draining power, or energy from Oz in order to get back at me?" Dorothy asked slightly curious.
"All in good time my dear, all in good time." He said finally releasing her wrist.
"Well?" Dorothy asked not even moving from her spot.
"Well what?" Came the reply from the jester.
"You're just letting me go?" she asked.
"No of course not, that would be too easily, I needed a hostage, and this time I think I struck gold with It." he said taking out the wand and flicking it.
The room lit up and Dorothy gasped. He had Ellie, she was looking at her with a distressed look on her face.
"Please, I know you won't let her go but please just, don't hurt her!" Dorothy said running over to her.
"Oh I won't, I'll keep her as is, and I just won't keep her here." The jester said flicking the wand again.
Ellie then vanished, Dorothy looked at the jester with tears in her eyes.
"Oh is the little farm girl about to cry?" he asked teasingly.
Dorothy didn't respond, she walked over to the scepter and plucked it out of the air, it was then that she thought about something.
"Why is it that when you seem to have me cornered, and destroying me being the most sensible thing to do, you never do?" Dorothy asked wiping some tears from her eyes.
"I'll explain that to you when I think you should know." The jester said chuckling.
Dorothy then felt herself lurch forward she heard a voice.
"You will not harm her." Came the voice of Aislynn from the scepter.
As she felt herself leave the cold floor of the room she then immediately falling down into the wizard's chambers, directly this time into the arms of the scarecrow. She began to feel sick again, he rubbed her back a few times as she gasped and cough.
"I, really need, to get, used to that." She said through gasps.
"Sorry Kiddo but we had to, who knows what he would have done." The scarecrow replied.
"He has Ellie." Dorothy said starting to tear up.
"We know." Came the voice of Glinda.
Dorothy pushed herself away from the scarecrow, she ran over to Glinda and embraced her, Aislynn came up from behind Glinda.
"Aislynn what are you doing here?" Dorothy asked concerned.
"Miss Glinda brought me here, well Ellie did technically before the jester, took her." Aislynn said starting to cry.
"She reminds me a bit of you kiddo." The scarecrow said walking over and ruffling Dorothy's hair making her giggle.
"Dorothy, it is important that you understand this, what the jester is doing this time could lead to the end of Oz itself, what he's doing is dangerous, placing in Oz are already beginning to its beauty." Glinda said wiping some tears from Aislynn's eyes.
A clap of thunder then shook the palace.
"It hasn't stopped thundering since the jester returned." The scarecrow said looking outside worriedly.
This worried Dorothy, what was he doing? And more importantly why did he keep letting her go? She didn't know, but she wanted to. Ellie was once again gone, captured by the jester, and who knew what he could be doing to her. She shuddered at what he could have done, turning her to stone, or even a marionette. She couldn't bare the picture Ellie in these scenarios she felt sick again. Walking away from them Dorothy tightened her grasp around the scepter then she realized something.
"Wait what about Toto?" Dorothy asked.
"He's still at the manor." Aislynn said.
Dorothy sighed with relief and the scepter started to glow again.
"You two must go back, we will try to find the jester." Glinda said looking down at Aislynn who was pretty much attached to her.
Aislynn nodded, she released Glinda and walked over to Dorothy. Taking her hand she held on tightly, Dorothy then felt them lurch forward, she braced herself for the sick feeling was about to have. She then felt her feet touch the floor of the manor. She leaned against the scepter like a crutch, Aislynn went and threw up in the nearest trash bin. Jessica ran up to then and rubbed Aislynn's back, Dorothy's aunt and uncle ran up to her, Toto barking in their wake.
"Dorothy! What happened? Where's Ellie?" they both asked in concern
Dorothy regained her composure and her breath, she then turned to her aunt and uncle.
"She… she was captured, the jester is using her as hostage." Dorothy said beginning to tear up.
Aunt Em went and embraced her niece tightly.
"Dorothy, did he do anything to her?" Henry asked.
Dorothy was about to respond when they heard the doorbell ring. Jenny ran to out and Jessica led Aislynn to the kitchen table. She then walked over to a cabinet and pulled out a small bottle, Aislynn groaned.
"Do I still need to take the vitamin tablets?" She asked.
"Aislynn your grandfather wanted you to take them, your father wanted you to take them." Jessica replied walking over to her with a tablet.
Jenny then ran back in followed by the sheriff. Jenny was covering her mouth with a handkerchief.
"Jenny what's wrong?" Jessica asked.
The sheriff looked at Dorothy for a moment with a sad look on his face, then he turned to Aislynn who was swallowing the vitamin tablet. He then sighed.
"I'm afraid there's been, an incident." He said.
"What kind of incident?" Dorothy asked.
"There was a break in at the morgue, five bodies and one of the workers were stolen, one of them being your grandfather Aislynn." He replied looking a bit sick.
There was a sound of glass shattering, Aislynn had dropped the cup she used to take the tablet, and she got up with tears in her eyes and ran out of the room.
"Ace!" Jessica cried running after her.
Dorothy broke from her aunt and ran after Aislynn, Toto following after her. Dorothy felt tears welling up in her eyes. She knew this was the jester's work, but why would he need bodies? She didn't care at this point, she needed to comfort Aislynn. When she got to Aislynn's room she found Jessica waiting outside it, crying.
"She's locked herself in?" Dorothy asked picking up Toto.
"Yes, and she said the she hates me for following her." Jessica said wiping some tears from her eyes.
Dorothy nodded and embraced Jessica, she then knocked on Aislynn's door and leaned against it.
"Go away, I want to be alone!" came Aislynn's voice from the other side.
"Ace, please come out and talk about this." Jessica said.
"Jessica please, just go, she's really upset." Dorothy said
Jessica nodded and walked off, when Dorothy was sure she was alone she knocked on the door again.
"Aislynn, please, I'm not going to make you come out, I know I can't force you, but please if you want to talk about it and you won't talk to Jessica, please talk to me." Dorothy said.
"Go away and come back tomorrow, maybe by then I'll feel better." She replied through her tears.
Dorothy sighed, her aunt and uncle came up the stairs and walked over to her. She found herself still leaning against the door, she could hear her crying.
"Dorothy?" Came the voice of the sheriff who came from behind them
"She won't come out, she said come back tomorrow." Dorothy said chuckling a bit and leaning against the door, "You know Ace, your grandfather told me that once." She added.
There was silence for a minute, she then heard the door unlock and Aislynn running away from it.
"Dorothy, enter alone." Aislynn cried.
Dorothy looked at her aunt and uncle who nodded. She sighed and opened the door just enough so she could slide through. When she got in she shut the door and walked over to the bed, the neat piles of books were now strewn all about the room. She knew Aislynn had thrown a small fit. She leaned the scepter against the wall and sat on the bed next to Aislynn who was lying face down crying again.
"Aislynn I know that you've been through a lot, but believe me, you can't shut people out when you're suffering from loss, that's something I learned a long time ago." Dorothy said looking at her.
Aislynn looked up at her, tears still cascading from her eyes.
"Why do you care!? You have a family! I have No one!" she screamed at her.
"Aislynn don't say that, you know that's not true." Dorothy said.
"But it is, I've lost everyone I loved, my mom died when I was really young, then my father died, and now my grandfather, I have no other living kin, and just because my grandfather wanted you to take care of me doesn't make you family." Aislynn said looking at her with anger.
"Aislynn, I know but…" Dorothy started to say before Aislynn slapped her across the face.
"No! You don't know, you could never know what I'm going through!" She said getting up and running out of the room.
Dorothy heard her aunt and uncle calling after her, even the sheriff. Dorothy then heard the front door slamming. She knew Aislynn was trying to run away from her problems, just like she had so long ago. She ran out of the house after her, as did Toto. Dorothy chased Aislynn to the backyard where she leaned up against the giant barn and began to cry very hard. Dorothy just stood there, and she found herself thinking about something that she hadn't dwelled upon for a very long time. Jessica then came up behind her. Dorothy held out the scepter to block her path so that she could say something to her.
"Jessica have my aunt and uncle help you set up a picnic lunch, and have them call the library, let them know I won't be coming, were going on a little trip." Dorothy said.
Jessica nodded and began to turn around, Dorothy then stopped her again.
"Tell them, that I want to take Aislynn to the place." Dorothy added.
Dorothy began to tear up, she walked over to Aislynn and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Leave me be." She said trying to push her away.
"Aislynn, please talk to me." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy, please!" She shouted.
"Aislynn, I, I want to show you something later." Dorothy finally managed to say.
"What is it?" she asked through her tears.
"I'll show you later, but please come back inside, you need to get dressed." Dorothy said as Aislynn turned around and faced her.
Dorothy wiped the tears from aislynn's face. She then embraced her tightly.
"I'm so sorry." Aislynn said returning the embrace
Dorothy didn't say anything she just broke from the embrace and took Aislynn's hand. Leading her back into the house she was met with jenny. Aislynn ran over and hugged her tightly trying to apologize. Jenny then led Aislynn up to her room to change into some day clothes. Jessica then entered the room carrying Dorothy's dress and shirt.
"They're still a bit damp but I'm sure you want to be out that." She said handing them to Dorothy.
Jessica was right they were a bit damp, but she knew she could manage. She nodded and walked to the bathroom where she changed out of the nightgown and into her normal clothes. When she emerged she found Aislynn talking to Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. Dorothy tightened her grip round the scepter again. Aislynn looked at her and ran up to her, embracing her tightly. Toto barked and tried to join them.
"Dorothy, the stuff for the picnic lunch should be done soon, are you sure you want to show her this?" Henry asked looking at her.
"Yes, I am." Dorothy said walking over to the rack and grabbing her boots.
"Well, I'll go ask Miss Jessica to arrange something for us quick." Em said running off towards the kitchen.
Dorothy pulled on her boots, she then grabbed a pair of light green dress shoes from the rack and handed them to Aislynn. She took them and pulled them on. Jenny and Aunt Em then came back in. aunt Em was carrying a picnic basket and a small blue bag, she looked at Dorothy and smiled weakly. She then handed the picnic basket to Dorothy who took it and looked inside. She smiled when she saw the contents. She then shut it as Toto barked at her. Dorothy handed the scepter to her aunt.
"Please carry that." Dorothy said to her aunt who nodded.
Dorothy then grabbed Aislynn's hand and led them out of the house. The sheriff ran out after them.
"Dorothy, are you sure, I was there for…" He said trailing off when he saw her face, "Well allow me to take you two." He added.
Dorothy's aunt and uncle nodded at her, she then looked at the sheriff and nodded. Tightening her grip on Aislynn's hand she led her to the sheriff's truck and helped her get in the back seat, she handed the picnic basket to the sheriff and then picked up Toto. She handed him to Aislynn who set him down on the seat next to her. She then ran over to her aunt and grabbed the scepter. She then ran back to the truck and got in.