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"Dorothy?" came the voice of auntie Em.
Dorothy tried to open her eyes and her head began pounding again. She tried to sit up but found herself being pushed back down.
"Easy kiddo, you need to relax." The scarecrow said.
"What happened?" Dorothy asked opening her eyes a bit and squinted.
"The scepter released a large burst of energy, we don't know why though." Alison said.
"What!?" Dorothy yelled sitting up abruptly and her head began to pound again.
"I told you she'd take it well." The china Princess said as the scarecrow pushed Dorothy back down.
"Dorothy, you need to calm down, drink this." Elena said tipping Dorothy's head back and holding a glass to her lips.
Dorothy drank for a bit, it tasted terrible but familiar. She then began to feel drowsy, she eventually fell asleep again. When this was done and everyone knew she was sound asleep the scarecrow got off the bed and approached Dorothy's aunt.
"Mrs. Gale, you should probably go and check on the girls, see if they're alright, according to Glinda being closest to the release of energy makes them most likely to be damaged." The scarecrow said.
"Yes your majesty, also could you have Glinda contact Henry." Em asked curiously.
"Yes Mrs. Gale, sure thing." The scarecrow said saluting.
Aunt Em saluted back and smiled, she then ran out of the room. The scarecrow then looked at the china princess worriedly.
"What do you think happened to her?" she asked.
"According to Glinda, she got angry, and she lost control, the scepters magic couldn't contain it and well you see the results." Alison said.
"Mrs. Gale mentioned something about a stranger apparently bringing her to the hospital, I'd like to shake his hand." The scarecrow said.
Sitting back down on the bed he stroked his gloved hand through her hair. He sighed.
"What would make her do something so reckless?" Elena asked getting up and walking towards the door.
"Who knows? I think she's just trying to find a way to get to the jester." the princess said.
"So, she's just getting desperate?" The scarecrow asked.
"Yea, I think so." Alison said getting up and walking out with Elena.
"That's nice, she's losing control, terrific." The china princess said sarcastically.
"Don't say that." The scarecrow said.
"And why not, it's true isn't it?" the princess asked.
"I know, but we can't have her getting worked up like this." The scarecrow said referring to the scepter which was hovering next to the door.
"Scarecrow you know you can't always protect her." The princess said.
"I know, but I, I feel obligated I guess, she saved me from that pole so many years ago, and I feel obligated to try and return the favor." The scarecrow said sighing.
"Ah, I see, you feel guilty, but what about helping save her from the witch?" The princess asked.
"I had help with that though." The scarecrow said
"Ah, you want a chance to protect her and keep her safe by yourself, I see you have a crush on her." The princess said teasingly.
"NO!" the scarecrow yelled.
"Aha, so you admit it then?" The princess said.
"No, no, and no, completely out of the question." The scarecrow said.
"Oh, why not?" The princess asked reaching into her pocket and pulling out the pendant.
Putting it on she immediately began to grow, when she was large enough she jumped off the table with a nice clinking sound. She then walked towards the door smiling. The scarecrow got up and followed, walking out of the room he sighed and shut the door behind him.
"Your majesty." Came Aislynn's voice.
"Aislynn you should be resting!" the princess said.
"I'm sorry princess but I couldn't I got bored, I…" she started to say before the princess walked over her and placed a hand over her mouth.
"Please don't argue." The princess said removing her hand.
"But I need something to read." Aislynn said.
"Is that all you want?" The princess asked looking at the scarecrow.
She nodded, she then sidestepped around the princess.
"I'll take her to the library." the scarecrow said taking her hand.
Aislynn smiled, she felt a sense of security with him, and she blushed slightly.
"Thank you your majesty." Aislynn said weakly.
"Aislynn, you're friends with Dorothy, and any friend of Dorothy's is a friend of ours, please call me scarecrow." The scarecrow said.
"Yes your… oops, I mean, oh dear." Aislynn said getting all confused and flustered.
The scarecrow chuckled and ruffled her hair making her giggle. It took them a few minutes but they got to the library. The scarecrow pushed open the doors and allowed Aislynn to walk in. she ran in and grabbed several books, as many as should could carry.
"You do have a thirst for knowledge don't you?" the scarecrow said chuckling.
"I love reading, my grandfather promised me that he would get me books whenever he could." Aislynn said.
"I think then… wait did you know your grandfather, the great man that he was gave me my brain?" the scarecrow said walking over to her and taking some books off the stack.
"No, did he really?" Aislynn asked curiously.
"And he gave me a heart." Came the voice of the tin man walking in.
"And me my courage." The lion said following behind and roaring.
"Did he? My grandfather was telling me once that he used to help people." Aislynn said.
"Did he ever, if it weren't for him we wouldn't be who we are today." The scarecrow said.
Aislynn set down the stack of books on a table and walked over to a small couch that was set up in the middle of the room. She then gestured for them to come over. As they did Aislynn asked them a very important question.
"Can you tell me your stories?" Aislynn asked.
They stared at her wide eyed for a moment, then Ellie walked into the library.
"Oh thank goodness you're alright!" she said running over to Aislynn.
"Ellie I'm fine, I was just asking if I could hear their stories about how my grandfather helped them." Aislynn said as Ellie ran over and hugged her.
"Aislynn I could have told you that, everyone knows the story of how the scarecrow came to power, and how Dorothy vanquished the witch." Ellie said.
"But no one can really recount it better than the people who were there right?" Aislynn asked.
"Okay, I can't argue with you there but you should ask Dorothy." Ellie said.
"But she's asleep." Aislynn said groaning.
"Aislynn, you should learn that not everything is going to come right away." Ellie said sighing.
"I know, but, oh, oh bother." Aislynn said pouting.
"Now Ellie, even you know that wasn't a very nice thing to do." The tin man said in a scolding tone.
"I know, I'm sorry tin man." Ellie said hanging her head in shame.
"Tin man, Lion." The scarecrow said.
"Yes sir?" the lion said.
"Yes bud?" the tin man added.
"Go check on Dorothy, get Elena and Alison, if they say it's okay move her back to her normal room, her key should be around her neck, if not, well I don't know I'll think of something." The scarecrow said.
The two of them saluted, the scarecrow sat down next to Aislynn, he picked up one of the books and began to look through it. He flipped through the pages with immense speed, his eyes practically whizzed in their sockets. Aislynn gasped and her mouth fell open. Ellie laughed at this.
"What's so funny?" the scarecrow asked stopping to look away from the book.
"It's Aislynn's reaction to your 'Speed Reading' and it's funny." Ellie said stopping herself.
"Oh, heh, I just get carried away, this marvelous brain of mine allows me to read at phenomenal speeds, it's completely astounding." The scarecrow said.
"Agh, big words." Ellie said.
This made Aislynn giggle, she then got up and kissed the scarecrow on the cheek. This made him physically blush making Ellie chuckle.
"I didn't know you could blush." Ellie said giggling.
"He did when I kissed him last." Dorothy said running in and embracing them.
Tears began to well up in Dorothy's eyes, she was glad her friends weren't hurt. The scarecrow then got up and grabbed her hand.
"Dorothy! You need to rest!" He said in a scolding manner.
"I know, but, I just wanted to say, I'm sorry." Dorothy said.
Ellie got up and hugged Dorothy tightly, the scepter then flew into the room followed by Toto. Making Aislynn giggle.
"Dorothy, we know what you're feeling." Aislynn said.
"But this is the second time my home has been destroyed, and this time I'm sure it's broken beyond repair." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy dear, please, go get some rest." Came Glinda's voice from behind them all.
"Glinda! I, I-I, yes Miss Glinda." Dorothy said grabbing the scepter and walking out of the library.
"Ellie, you should got get some rest as well, and remember sister knows best." Glinda said walking over to Aislynn.
"And what about me?" Aislynn asked ready to be scolded again.
"Dear, I'm not going to scold you this time, but please listen to the china princess when she tells you to do something." Glinda said kissing Aislynn on the forehead.
"But Glinda…" Aislynn groaned.
"No buts young lady, while Dorothy is unable to watch you Ellie and I become in charge." Glinda said in a usually stern tone.
Aislynn began to tear up, she then got up again and ran out of the room running after Dorothy. Crying rather loudly.
"Now sis, what did you go and do that for?" Ellie asked.
Glinda looked at her sister and sighed.
"I'm sorry Ellie, I guess I'm a little on edge with the jester pretty much destroying both our worlds at the moment." Glinda said turning around to run after Aislynn.
"Yes well you did a good job at upsetting her." The scarecrow said in a scolding tone.
"I know, and I'm sorry about that." Glinda said running out of the library.
They stood there in silence for a few minutes. The scarecrow side and walked back to the couch. He picked up another book and began reading through it as quickly as possible. In about ten minutes he had made it through two smaller books and half way through a rather large and heavy one. Ellie giggled and sat down on the couch. She soon found herself falling asleep. The scarecrow sighed and got up, he walked out of the library to be met with the china princess.
"Glinda said she'll be sending them home again in a few hours." She said.
"Tell her no, I don't think they should return there, especially with what the jester has done to her home." The scarecrow said.
"Your majesty, Dorothy technically has a job, you know that." She said.
"It's not just Dorothy I'm worried about its Aislynn, she's so young, I don't want to see her get hurt." He replied looking at his own reflection in the mirror across from him.
He saw himself, the look of concern and pity on his face. he wished there was something more he could do, but at the time being he couldn't enter Dorothy's world without a lot of help.
"I want them to remain here, until we can find the jester." the scarecrow said as the Tin man and the lion walked up behind him.
"Buddy, you know that's never going to be able to happen." The tin man said calmly.
"Metal mouth here is right, you know that we aren't going to find the jester before he finds AND captures us, and then them." The lion said.
"I know, but…" the scarecrow started to say, but he hung his head in defeat.
He looked at his friends and then back in the mirror, he straightened his hat and walked towards his private suite.
"I feel sorry for him sometimes." The lion said watching as the scarecrow walked off.
"I know, sometimes so do it, it's just, you know, depressing to see him like this." The tin man said in a sad tone.
"I mean, he locked him self in his private suite for an entire day when he found out Dorothy had gotten herself knocked unconscious and was practically comatose." The princess said.
"I know, we were all there, remember Glinda said that Ellie cried most of the time Dorothy was in the hospital." The lion said.
"I know, Ellie loves Dorothy like she loves Glinda, maybe even more." The princess replied.
"Oh." The lion said jumping as Toto came up behind them and barked.
"What is it boy?" the tin man asked.
Toto barked and led them in the direction of Dorothy's room. when they all got there the tin man tried to open the door only to find it locked, Aislynn was sitting outside it as well, and she was still crying.
"Ace? Whats wrong?" The princess asked, "I know Glinda scolded you but you're crying about something else." She added.
"Dorothy, she's locked me out, she wont let me in, keeps telling me to go away." She said through sobs.
"Ace, Dorothy has been through a lot, more than you could ever imagine." The tin man said getting down on one knee in order to make eye contact with the child.
Aislynn didn't even respond, she looked up at them and wiped the tears from her face. Toto then walked up to her and licked her on the face. this made her giggle a bit, the Ellie walked up and knelt down in front of her.
"Hey Aislynn, why don't we go get some ice cream?" Ellie said trying to sound happy.
"No thanks Ellie, im not really hungry." Aislynn said.
"Ellie Dorothy has locked everyone out of her room." The lion said.
Just then a shattering sound came from inside of the room making them all jump.
"I think she just threw something." The china princess said, "And something made out of ceramic." She added.
"How do you know that?" Ellie asked looking at her.
"I'm made of china, or porcelain if you prefer." The china princess said.
"Oh, right." Ellie said.
"Ellie do you have a key to Dorothy's room by any chance?" The tin man asked.
"No, but if you all move, I think I can get her to open the door." Ellie said.
Aislynn nodded and got up, carrying Toto in her arms. Ellie then shooed them all away and knocked on the door.
"Go away!" came Dorothy's voice.
"Dorothy, please, I know you're upset, but please open the door, and let me in and perhaps we can do this together." Ellie said in a hopeful tone.
They stood there in silence for a minute. Ellie then heard the lock click. The door opened and Dorothy grabbed her hand and pulled her in. she then tried to shut the door again but Ellie grabbed her wrist and held it tightly.
"Ellie let go." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy, you really upset Aislynn." Ellie said.
"I've been upsetting a lot of people lately." Dorothy said looking at Ellie so that she could see her face.
Dorothy had been crying, her face was stained with tears. She pulled herself out of Ellie's grasp and walked over to her bed. Sitting down on it she picked up the scepter.
"Dorothy, please, just apologize to Aislynn." Ellie said.
"Ellie, please, if you're not going to try and comfort me at the moment please just, just go." Dorothy said rummaging through her pockets and taking out the hair ribbon with the keys on it.
She untied the ribbon and took off the key to the unknown room of the emerald city. She then tossed it to Ellie who caught it with ease.
"Try to find out what room that goes to, ask the scarecrow maybe he knows." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy, the scarecrow is upset at the moment as well, I passed by him on my way here." Ellie said.
Dorothy laid back down on her bed and covered her face with a pillow, she was upsetting everyone at this point or at least it felt like it. To her she was becoming a burden to everyone, she pulled the pillow off her face and got up. she then ran out of the room as quickly as she could. This time Ellie didn't go after her. She knew Dorothy just needed to vent her anger.
it is a good idea to note at this point that anyone who has read another adventure or return of an old enemy knows where Dorothy probably is going. Anyways for those of you who leave guest reviews. If you have an account use it, don't be shy.