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When Dorothy's feet made contact which hard wooden floor she immediately put out her arms to keep herself from getting injured. She immediately felt dizzy and sick however.
"Dorothy!" came the voice of Donna from behind her.
Dorothy looked over her shoulder and found Donna running up to her. She turned back around and she found herself being lifted off the floor. She let go of the scepter and it rolled off. She felt a bucket being forced into her hands and a light embrace wrapping around her. She immediately vomited into the bucket. This lasted for a few minutes and left her panting for breath. She then looked at Donna, who smiled and giggled a bit.
"Thanks." Dorothy said weakly.
"No problem." Donna said taking the bucket and walking out.
Dorothy walked over and picked up the scepter she then walked out of the room. She was greeted by her aunt, uncle, Ellie, Aislynn and Toto.
"How is it that I always seem to be greatly affected by these journeys?" she asked them.
"I don't know, my sister didn't explain that to me." Ellie said giggling
Auntie Em then got up and handed Dorothy her boots.
"You're due at the library in less than an hour Dorothy." Auntie Em said hugging her.
Dorothy nodded and quickly pulled out her boots. She then walked over to Aislynn and helped her up. Ellie then got up and they walked out of the house followed by Toto. Dorothy led Aislynn to the library where they found Jessica and Jenny waiting on a bench for her to show up it seemed.
"Jessica! Jenny!" Aislynn said running over to them and hugging them tightly.
"Hello dear, how have you been?" they both asked in unison.
"I've been fine." She replied.
Dorothy walked into the library followed by Toto. Not wanting to spoil the reunion. She was greeted by Mrs. T.
"Hello Dorothy dear, it's good to see you again, the children have been asking when you would return, and what's this that you're carrying with you?" she asked referring to the scepter.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." Dorothy said.
"Fair enough, your usual stool is set up in its usual spot." Mrs. T said.
Dorothy nodded, she walked over to the children's section. Setting the scepter against the stool she sat down and waited for the large group of kids to show up and gather around the stool so she could tell them of her adventures from where she left off. Toto barked once and walked into the children's section. Immediately Dorothy heard kids taking notice that Dorothy was back, they began to swarm like vultures. This made her smile, she knew she would be happy telling the children more of the stories they enjoyed hearing.
"Dorothy?" came the voice of Aislynn from the back.
Everyone turned to face her, making her blush.
"Yes Aislynn?" Dorothy asked.
"Can I sit in and listen?" she asked.
"Aislynn you don't even need to ask you can just sit in like the rest of the kids." Dorothy said chuckling.
"Oh." Aislynn said walking to the front row and sitting down.
Dorothy chuckled and began to tell her story where she left off before she fainted. As she got to her second day in the emerald city, she began to notice the kids were distracted by the scepter which was now glowing.
"What?" Dorothy asked looking at it.
"What is that?" one of the kids asked curiously.
"It's not important, yet." Dorothy said trying not to admit it was the scepter from her story.
The kids, luckily this time didn't ask anything more and allowed her to get back to her story. After about a half hour about talking about her second day into her second night in the emerald city, the children began to get bored and started walking off. Aislynn even got up and left to find an interesting book somewhere. Dorothy got up and stretched. Ellie then walked up to her and picked up the scepter. She then handed it to Dorothy. Dorothy thanked her and Toto walked over to Ellie pawed at her shoes. Ellie giggled and sighed, she then sat down and took them off, surrendering them to Toto. Dorothy laughed at this and then walked off to go find Aislynn. She eventually found her in the upstairs section of the library reading through an encyclopedia. Dorothy walked over to her and then a ball of paper fly past her and hit Aislynn.
"Hey!" Dorothy said looking in the direction the ball of paper came from.
"Sorry miss gale, I didn't know she was your friend." Said a familiar sounding voice.
Dorothy walked in the direction of the voice and found a boy that was in her class in school. His name was Alex, and he was a boy that tended to make fun of people who were smarter than him. He was also however, slightly intimidated by the girl standing in front of him. He got up and ran.
"Dorothy?" Aislynn asked.
"Yes ace?" Dorothy asked
"People have been making fun of me since I picked up the encyclopedia a few minutes ago." Aislynn said starting to tear up.
"Aislynn, don't worry about that, it's just people being complete jerks, you should be glad that you enjoy reading." Dorothy said ruffing aislynn's hair.
"Miss Gale!?" came a voice from behind her.
Dorothy turned around and saw Mrs. T running over to her.
"Yes, is something wrong?" Dorothy asked.
"Dorothy, your aunt is in the hospital." Mrs. T said panting.
Dorothy was shocked she immediately sat down.
"What? How?" Dorothy asked quite concerned
"Your aunt and uncle returned to the farmhouse to see if they could salvage anything, your aunt was struck very hard in the head with a support beam." Mrs. T said.
Dorothy started to tear up, how could her aunt have gotten injured of all things? Why would they return to the house? It was too dangerous and they knew it. Aislynn got up and ran off to find Ellie.
"Dorothy, I know this may be hard for you, but…" Mrs. T started to say before Dorothy cut her off.
Dorothy then got up and ran, she didn't know where she was going this time, she just ran as fast as she could. She felt really upset, she needed a place to cry again. She didn't know where though.
"Dorothy? Miss Gale?" came a familiar sounding voice.
Dorothy looked back and saw Mr. Alistair. She stopped and looked where she was. She had ended up in the school yard. Mr. Alistair was there, waiting for her, along with Donna and Kelly.
"Mr. Alistair." Dorothy said wiping the tears from her face.
"Dorothy, your uncle wants you to come to the hospital." Mr. Alistair said.
Dorothy nodded and tightened her grip around the scepter. Mr. Alistair led Dorothy to the hospital where she was met with Ellie, Aislynn and Toto. Dorothy picked up Toto who licked her face, and she giggled. Dorothy walked in and was met with the receptionist.
"Ah, Miss Gale, your aunt is in the first room on the left." She said pointing down the hall.
Dorothy nodded and walked to the room. Upon entering she gasped. Her aunt was lying down in the hospital bed, unconscious. Dorothy ran over to the bed and knelt down at her aunt's bedside setting down Toto she looked at her uncle.
"The doctor said she may be heavily concussed, we won't know for another hour or so." Uncle Henry said sighing and getting up.
Dorothy began to tear up, she felt anger, and she knew that somehow this was the jester's fault. She got up and tried to run out and immediately ran right into Doctor Maxwell. She fell to the ground dropping the scepter.
"Miss Gale, are you okay?" Doctor Maxwell asked helping her up.
"Not really doctor Maxwell." Dorothy said trying not to cry.
"Ms. Gale. Please don't worry, I'm quite sure your aunt will be fine, but we won't know for an hour or so." He replied.
Dorothy didn't even respond, she just pushed past him and ran out. She ran for what felt like hours, having no idea where she was going to end up. She eventually stopped and looked at her surroundings. She was on the hill not far from the town, she had been there several times to admire the town, she sat down on the hill, setting the scepter down next to her she cried for a bit. She cried until she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up and saw the sheriff looking at her with a sad look.
"Dorothy? Are you ready to go back?" he asked.
"Not really, could you please bring me to my parents grave?" Dorothy asked.
"Sure, but we should tell your uncle first." He replied.
Dorothy nodded and picked up the scepter. She then took the sheriffs outstretched hand and pulled herself up. Dorothy then walked next to him in silence until they managed to make it back to the main roads of the town. It was getting dark at this point but Dorothy didn't really care, she wanted to go to the grave of her parents. As they walked back towards the hospital Dorothy was immediately ran into by Aislynn.
"Dorothy! Where did you go?" Aislynn asked.
"Aislynn, do you see that large hill over there in the distance?" Dorothy asked pushing Aislynn away from her gently and pointing the scepter in the direction that they came from.
"Yes, is that where you were?" Aislynn asked as Ellie walked up behind her.
"Yes, and if you ever find that you want a place to think or just want some solitude, you have my permission to go there, but tonight, if your maids are still in town, you are to go with them." Dorothy said sternly, yet calmly.
"Yes Dorothy, but why?" Aislynn asked curiously.
"Because you need to get a full night's sleep and I probably won't be at the Alistair residence for a while tonight, if at all." Dorothy said kissing Aislynn on the forehead.
Aislynn nodded, not wanting to argue. She turned to Ellie who led her away. Dorothy then walked into the hospital, she was met with Toto, who seemed to have been anticipating her return. She picked him up and he licked her on the nose again, and making her giggle. Dorothy started walking towards the room and immediately ran into Doctor Maxwell again. She fell to the ground dropping both Toto and the scepter.
"You are beginning to make a habit of this." He said chuckling helping her up, "Ah, Officer Gray, how's the missus?" he added referring to the sheriff who had walked in behind her.
"She's keeping me on the diet still Doctor Maxwell." He replied making Dorothy giggle.
"Well that's good, anyways Dorothy I've got some good news." Doctor Maxwell said smiling.
"Oh good, some news I actually want to here." Dorothy said smiling and picking up the scepter.
"I figured as much, anyways, I expect your aunt will make a full recovery, she just needs a lot of rest and constant monitoring." He said.
"That's fantastic, but please, I need to tell my uncle something." Dorothy said excitedly.
"Sure thing, Dorothy, oh and if you do wish to stay here tonight that is okay." He said.
"Thanks doctor Maxwell." Dorothy said smiling and walking to the room followed by Toto.
When she entered the room she found her uncle running his hand through his wife's hair, he then looked at Dorothy and smiled weakly.
"Uncle Henry?" Dorothy asked.
"Yes dear?" he replied.
"I'm going the have the sheriff take me to dad and mom's grave." She said smiling.
"At this hour? Dorothy, it will be completely dark in an hour or two." He said concerned.
"Uncle Henry, please you need to take care of auntie Em while she's in her state." She said, "Besides, I have the scepter, and I'll bring Toto with me, and like I said, the sheriff will also be with me." She added.
"Okay, but try to be back before it gets too late." He said defeated.
"Thanks uncle henry." Dorothy said turning to leave.
"Dorothy." he said quickly.
"Yes uncle henry?" Dorothy asked quickly turning around.
"Your flats are on the table behind the door, if you want to change out of your boots." He said.
Dorothy smiled and looked behind the door. She saw on a small gift table were her silver flats, and a satchel that she kept things she found interesting and useful in. she smiled and grabbed them both. Putting them in the satchel she slung it around her shoulder and picked up Toto. She then walked out followed by the sheriff. And soon she found herself in the sheriff's truck and driving towards her parent's grave.
Yes, well I finally gave the sheriff a name outside of, the sheriff, also, I am thinking about killing off a character, not sure which, but its not going to be in either main trios, or probably any ozians