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Dorothy awoke a few hours later. She looked around and noticed she was in her usual bed room. She looked at the dresser next to her and found that her key was on it, as well as the two keys that she had gotten from Mr. Diggs. She picked them up and strung them onto the ribbon that her room key was on. She then realized she was in a nightgown again. She looked around and then noticed that her dress was hanging off the bedpost, she also noticed that scepter was now floating in front of it. She also found that her boots were nowhere to be seen. She smiled a bit, and walked over to the scepter. Plucking it out of the air she walked to the closet. She noticed her boots were sitting at the back of the closet next to the pink crystal orb, as was the backpack she had used during her last visit. She smiled and went to change into her dress. When she had accomplished this she grabbed the keys and walked out of her room. Locking the door behind her she went to the chambers, where she found Aislynn lying on the floor reading a book. Dorothy giggled at this, causing Aislynn to turn to her.
"Dorothy, you're awake, good, we are currently alone in the city right now." Aislynn said.
"How do you know that?" Dorothy asked.
"Because Glinda and the others went off on an odd looking book heading westwards." Aislynn said.
"Why would they leave you here though?" Dorothy asked.
"Because they wanted me to stay safe." Aislynn said.
"But leaving you alone with me unconscious?" Dorothy asked.
"Well Ellie is still here, I go to Glinda's room every now and then to check on her, she's moved around a lot, and has been saying your name a lot." Aislynn said.
This made Dorothy smile, she walked over to Aislynn and helped her up, and she then led her out of the chambers and back to Glinda's room. When they got there they found Ellie shifting around.
"I don't like seeing her in this state." Dorothy said tearing up a bit.
"Dorothy, why are you barefoot?" Aislynn asked looking at Dorothy's feet.
"Because, well it's a rather a long story." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy, please, help." Ellie said weakly.
The scepter began to glow dimly. Dorothy didn't know what to do. She walked over to Ellie and placed a hand on her shoulder. The scepter began to glow brighter, Dorothy looked at it in surprise, and she then took her hand off Ellie and waved the scepter over her.
"The scepter seems to have a better idea of what I want it to do than I do." Dorothy said.
"You mean it's sentient?" Aislynn asked.
"What?" Dorothy asked.
"It can think for itself?" Aislynn asked.
"I don't know, I hardly know how to use this thing already." Dorothy said.
"Oh." Was her response.
The scepter's orb began to fill with a pink smoke, Ellie's body was beginning the get an obvious glow to it. Dorothy looked at her and smiled.
"Ellie? Can you hear me?" Dorothy asked.
Ellie didn't respond, soon the scepters glow subsided and returned to normal, Ellie shifted her position a few more times. Then, as a surprise to both Aislynn and Dorothy, Ellie's eyes opened. She looked around and smiled when she saw Dorothy.
"Hello." Ellie said weakly, she then changed her position to sitting up.
Dorothy didn't say anything, she embraced Ellie tightly.
"Ellie, I missed you so much." Dorothy said.
"Thank you Dorothy, where's my sister by the way?" Ellie asked.
"The entire team took Tugg to the west, why I don't know." Dorothy said as Ellie got up and walked over to the crystal ball.
She touched it and closed her eyes. The crystal ball immediately lit up, the image of Glinda and their friends looking around the witch's castle for some sort of clue appeared in the crystal. Glinda immediately stopped dead in her tracks, she knew that Ellie was talking to her, and this time it was real the scarecrow came up to Glinda and looked at her.
"Glinda? What's wrong?" he asked.
"Ellie's awake." She replied with a sigh of relief.
"That's good news." Came the voice of the tin man.
"Did you guys find any hints as to what the jester might be trying to do?" came the voice of Elena.
"Nope, but there is some good news." Came the voice of the china princess.
"What?" Came the voice of Alyssa.
"Ellie's awake." Glinda said.
"That's good, we should head back though, if there's nothing here." Came the voice of Chrissy who sounded like she was trying to multi task.
"What about Dorothy?" Came the voice of Caitlyn.
"What about her? She's in the emerald city, she should be safe." Glinda said.
"Well that's good, what about Aislynn we left her there alone with to pretty much unconscious people." Elena asked concerned.
"Dorothy should be awake by now, if Ellie's awake that is one assumption I can make that would make sense at this point." the scarecrow said.
"Isn't that right Ellie?" Glinda asked.
Ellie opened her eyes and gasped.
"You know it's very impolite to spy on people." Glinda added waving her wand.
The scepter began to glow and Ellie vanished. Her image soon appeared in the crystal ball next to Glinda.
"Sis, you know I hate it when you do that." Ellie said trying to catch her breath.
"I know, but you shouldn't be spying on us." Glinda said waving her wand again.
This time Glinda and Ellie disappeared and reappeared right next to them. Aislynn jumped a bit then hid behind Dorothy.
"Aislynn why are you hiding it's just magic." Dorothy said giggling.
"I know, it's just that, it kind of frightens me." Aislynn said.
"Oh." Dorothy said.
"I'll be right back." Glinda said waving her wand again.
She vanished and the crystal went dark. Ellie shut her eyes tightly.
"Glinda's informing the guys that they should take tugg back to the emerald city." Ellie said as Glinda reappeared right next to her.
"Ellie dear, you should probably get changed into something more comfortable." Glinda said.
Ellie nodded and left the room. Glinda then walked up to Dorothy and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Dorothy what exactly did you do?" she asked her.
"I didn't, the scepter did." Dorothy said.
Dorothy then went on to explain what happened, Glinda sighed and smiled.
"Dorothy, how much do you love Ellie?" Glinda asked.
"Ellie is like a sister to me, you know that Glinda." Dorothy said.
"Yes, and the scepter saw your concern for her wellbeing, it broke the jesters hold on her, which also shows that this is really her, because the magic would not have worked otherwise and the figure would have just vanished." Glinda said.
This made Dorothy smile, Glinda then walked over to Aislynn and took her hand, leading her out of the room Dorothy followed. She was relieved that Ellie was alright. She didn't have much time to dwell on this though before she was pulled into Ellie's crushing embrace.
"Thank you Dorothy." Ellie whispered into her ear
Dorothy smiled and returned them embrace, she and Ellie walked to the chambers hand in hand where they found Glinda watching Aislynn reading on the floor again.
"She's a really nice kid." Ellie said walking over to her and looking at the book.
"Thank you Ellie." Aislynn said switching her position so that she could lie down on her back.
Aislynn proceeded to cross her legs in front of her. Her light green dress shoes shined in the setting sun coming through the window. Ellie grabbed one of them and pulled it off holding just out of reach similar to how Dorothy did it to her.
"Hey give that back." Aislynn said setting down the book and giggling.
Ellie giggled and continued to hold it just out of her reach. Dorothy smiled and walked over to Ellie and watched as she was tackled over by Aislynn. Dorothy and Glinda both laughed rather loudly at this. Aislynn eventually got her dress shoe back. She the then got off of Ellie and put it back on.
"That was fun." Ellie said, "Dorothy used to do that to me a lot." She added.
"Dorothy, you can be a really bad influence sometimes." Came the voice of the scarecrow from behind them.
"I know." She replied giggling, "where are tin man and the lion?" she asked
"They are in the gardens reorganizing the flowers before the princess has a fit in her boredom." The scarecrow said, "Having fun?" he asked Aislynn.
She blushed and nodded making them all laugh.
"I think she likes you scarecrow." Ellie said.
"Well one intellectual to another I think she is a really bright child." He said.
Aislynn blushed more and giggled slightly. She then got up and closed her book.
"What room will I be sleeping in by the way?" She asked.
"Well, we can make you one for yourself here in the city or you can sleep in Dorothy's room with her." The scarecrow said.
Aislynn thought about this for a minute she then looked at Dorothy and walked over to her.
"I think I'll stay with Dorothy, I feel safe around her." Aislynn said hugging Dorothy.
Dorothy smiled, just then the scepter began to glow brightly again. Aislynn let go of Dorothy to shield her eyes this time. Dorothy felt herself lurch forward. Colors were swirling around her again, she began to get that sick feeling that she knew sooner or later she would have to get used to. She then felt bare feet hit solid ground. She fell over and dropped the scepter. She found herself in the hall at castle grey. She got up and looked for the scepter, she couldn't find it. She then heard a voice.
"Looking for something my little barefoot pretty?" came the voice of the jester from behind her.
He was holding the scepter, which had now gone completely dark. She hoped that Glinda watching and would soon show up to help her.
"Don't worry about your friends, they can't help you now." He said throwing the scepter to the side.
"What do you want with me?" Dorothy asked catching her breath.
"Oh like I said, nothing much, just revenge, but I won't be exacting my revenge now, I just wanted to tell you that the new game has officially begun." He said laughing wickedly.
He then flicked the wand in his hand and Dorothy was forced to her feet. As soon as she was up she ran for the scepter. When she got to it and picked it up it glowed weakly. She then felt herself lurch forward again. The feeling of dizziness and being sick once again fell upon her. She braced herself for impact and eventually she found herself landing on her bed in the emerald city. Aislynn was sleeping peacefully in a small bed that Dorothy knew Glinda probably set up. She sighed and blacked out.
"Dorothy! Wake up!" came the mixed voices of Ellie and Aislynn.
Dorothy opened her eyes and sat up. Only to be immediately pulled into a crushing embrace by Ellie. Dorothy returned the embrace and sighed.
"What time is it?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Eight o'clock." Aislynn replied pointing to the clock.
"I'm assuming I missed breakfast then?" Dorothy asked.
"Yes, but we brought you some fruit." Ellie replied breaking from the embrace.
As Ellie moved out of the way Dorothy saw that the scepter was floating in front of the bed like it had been the previous evening. She looked over at the dress and saw an apple. She picked it up and took a bite. Aislynn then climbed up on the bed and lay across Dorothy's legs.
"Glinda said that you were once again captured by the jester." Aislynn said.
"I was, he wanted to tell me that the new came has officially begun, which means we should be preparing for battle." She said getting up.
"Dorothy, Aislynn and I are to return to Kansas in an hour, you are supposed to have council with all the leaders of Oz that aren't affected by the jester's magic at the moment." Ellie said handing Dorothy a piece of paper.
Dorothy read the paper to herself, a summons to a war council? What difference would it make? How could she help Oz when she needed to protect her own home from the jester? She was completely confused by this but decided not to question it.
"Ellie, when you and Aislynn eave, go straight to my aunt and uncles, keep them safe in any way you can." Dorothy said walking over to the scepter and grabbing it.
"Will do, and Dorothy." Ellie said.
"Yes?" she replied.
"Take care of yourself." Ellie said smiling
Ellie then took Aislynn by the hand and led her out of the room. Dorothy walked over to the closet and went to grab her boots. When she had retrieved them and emerged from the closet she found that there was a small pink envelope on her bed. She walked over to the bed and sat down on it. Resting the scepter down her picked up the envelope and opened it. Taking out the small paper inside she immediately recognized it as a note from the china princess.
"War council today, after your friends depart, see you there, yours truly china princess." Dorothy read aloud to herself.
She smiled and picked up the scepter. Getting up she walked over to the dresser and knocked on it. It opened revealing the book and the pink orb, now back in there proper place instead of in the back pack. She picked up the orb and put it in her dress pocket. Then sitting on the bed she pulled on her boots and walked out of her room. Shutting and locking the door behind her as she always did, she walking in the direction of the chambers. When she got there she found an entire group of people waiting there. Including Glinda, Ellie and Aislynn. They all looked at her and smiled.
"Dorothy, I've decided to send Ellie and Aislynn back now." Glinda said.
"Aislynn and I thought it would be safer if we left as soon as possible." Ellie said as Aislynn nodded in agreement.
"That's probably a good idea." Dorothy said looking at Glinda.
She nodded and Glinda waved her wand over them and they vanished. She then waved her wand again and a large table appeared in the middle of the room. The scarecrow walked over and took the seat at the head of the table. The tin man and lion taking seats to his left and right, Glinda took a seat next to the lion. Dorothy sat in her usual place at the foot at the table. The china princess and Marshall Mallow then came into the chambers and took their seats to the left of Dorothy. Everyone else took their seats around the other chairs. Alyssa and Elena then walked in and took their seats next the princess.
"So, we all know why we are assembled here." The scarecrow said.
"It's a war council right?" Alyssa asked.
"Well sort of, it's a meeting to plan some sort of evasive action." The tin man said in a serious tone.
"Oh, that's nice, well what do we know so far?" the china princess asked.
"Well we know that he's draining energy from Oz, but we don't know why." The scarecrow said.
"we also know that Aislynn is really the true heir to the throne, and that puts her in more danger, and the jester is most likely watching us right now." Dorothy said making everyone gasp.
"What makes you say that dear?" Glinda asked looking at her with a shocked expression.
"Because he always seems to be watching me, and planning his next move." Dorothy replied to them.
"What are the odds of that actually happening though?" the china princess asked.
"Let's find out, Engaging neural synaptic simulation sequence." The scarecrow said taking out a pad of paper and quickly noting stuff down.]
His eyes darted about as if looking at entities that could only be seen by him alone. He quickly jotted down everything constantly mumbling stuff to himself until he came to a halt, he looked down at the paper, added everything up and sighed.
"Well?" Elena asked.
"Sadly, pretty likely I'm afraid." The scarecrow replied taking the piece of paper and ripping it in half.
"What do we know about the grey areas?" Marshall Mallow asked.
"Well, what I've gather so far, is that magic has no effect what so ever in these places, Munchkin mayor what say you on the subject?" Glinda asked looking at him.
"Well, I've found that more and more of my citizens are losing their color as fast as the land is, they are becoming lazy and sluggish." He said sadly.
"I wonder why he's doing something like this." The princess asked curiously.
Glinda was about to say something when Ellie's voice was heard from the other room.
They all got up and ran to the other side of the chambers. The mirror that was in there was showing Ellie in a bit of a panic, Aislynn was standing behind her they could hear sirens going off in the background.
"Oh no." Dorothy said worriedly.
"What's going on?" the princess asked.
"That's a tornado warning, Glinda I need to get home now, and you guys need to get a plan." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy, no." the scarecrow said.
"Scarecrow I have to" Dorothy said looking at Glinda.
Glinda looked at her sadly and nodded, she waved her wand. The scepter glowed brightly and Dorothy felt herself lurch forward.
During another adventure a while back I asked you guys to guess you think I got Ellie's name from. I pose that question again, take a guess in the reviews.