Disclaimer, I don't own the movies, franchises, etc. also as an opening remark, Welcome to the ozverse
Dorothy awoke to the sound of the clock striking seven. She got up and stretched and looked around the room. The scepter was floating a few feet off the foot of the bed, she looked around but found that Aislynn was gone. She did however find a small note written on a piece of sketching paper. Dorothy jumped out of the bed and walked over to the note and picked it up. On it was writing that she recognized as Glinda's.
"Aislynn is safe, at library, didn't want to wake you, Love Glinda." Dorothy read aloud to herself smiling.
She then walked to the scepter and plucked it from the air. After which she walked into the close and changed into her dress, which was now quite dry, or at least drier than it was earlier this morning. She changed into it and sighed. Her birthday was now only a day away and she wondered what she was going to do for it. But she shrugged this off and decided she'd figure it out later. As she emerged from the closet she was surprised to find not just Ellie, but Glinda sitting on her bed with Toto in her lap.
"Good Morning my dear, I assume you slept well?" Glinda asked giggling.
"If by that you mean no nightmares, then yes." Dorothy said giggling.
"Dorothy?" Ellie asked nervously.
"Yes Ellie?" Dorothy replied.
"Can you promise me something?" Ellie asked.
"That depends Ellie." Dorothy said sighing.
"Promise me, that no matter what happens to any of us, you will keep going on." Ellie said in sad tone.
Dorothy gasped, she then walked over to her friend and hugged her tightly.
"Ellie, I won't let anything happen to you guys, I…" Dorothy started to say.
"Promise!" Ellie shouted.
Dorothy was taken aback she had never heard Ellie shout before. She felt herself tearing up.
"I, I promise Ellie." She finally managed to stutter out.
"Thank you Dorothy." Ellie said.
Dorothy broke from the embrace and saw that Ellie was tearing up. Dorothy ran a hand through Ellie's hair. She began to tear up again and got up. She then sat down on the bed between Glinda and Ellie. She then looked at Glinda who looked at her sadly.
"Dorothy, this is going to lead to all-out war, we're ready to take the risk to bring down the jester, and we are willing to throw ourselves into the middle of danger for you." Glinda said.
"Glinda, I couldn't ask any of you do that, I don't want any of you risking your lives for me, and…" Dorothy started to say before felt Glinda clasped her hand over her mouth.
"Dorothy, you and I both know that this is too dangerous, even for you, and we will not let you risk your life alone." Glinda said removing her hand.
Dorothy sighed in defeat. She then took Toto into her lap and looked at Glinda.
"Go to the library, check on Aislynn, and let her know I'm awake." Dorothy said sighing.
Glinda nodded and picked up her wand. She then waved it and an apple appeared in Dorothy's lap next to Toto. Dorothy smiled and picked it up. She then took it and broke it in half between her hands. She chuckled and handed half of it to Ellie who smiled and took it. Dorothy took a bite out of her half and smiled as Glinda walked out of the room.
"Thank you Dorothy." Ellie said taking a bite from her half.
"No problem." Dorothy said giggling.
They sat there in silence for a few minutes before Aislynn came in followed by the scarecrow.
"Morning Dorothy." The scarecrow said cheerfully.
"Good morning scarecrow, good morning Aislynn." Dorothy said looking at them smiling.
"Dorothy, Glinda says that we will be returning to Kansas soon, just let her know when you're ready." Aislynn said smiling.
"Tell Glinda I'll be ready in a minute just let me get my boots on." Dorothy said smiling.
"Okay." Aislynn said running off down the hallway.
The scarecrow watched and chuckled, then he turned back to Dorothy and Ellie.
"Sweet kid, she's been giving me a run for my money recently though" he said walking over to them.
Dorothy got up and handed Toto to Ellie, she then got up and picked up her boots. She then sat back down on the bed and pulled them on.
"How so?" Ellie asked curiously.
"Though she is not smart enough to match me she is pretty knowledgeable." The Scarecrow said grinning.
Dorothy giggled at this and picked up Toto from Ellie's lap. She then picked up the scepter and set Toto down on the floor. She then helped Ellie up and they all walked together to the chambers.
"So kiddo, it's your birthday tomorrow, what do you plan to do?" the scarecrow asked curiously.
"Not sure, I'm sure I'll think of something." Dorothy said looking at them.
"But aren't you going to do something with your aunt and uncle?" Ellie asked.
"Maybe get permission to help work on the farmhouse." Dorothy replied.
"Dorothy that's boring, you can't do heavy work, not on your birthday of all days." The scarecrow said.
"Why not? Nothing in town is really open because of that tornado, and really I can't think of anything better to do." Dorothy said sighing.
"Dorothy, doing something dangerous like construction work is practically asking for trouble." Ellie said.
"Not really, I've done it before." Dorothy said giggling.
No one really decided to argue this at this point, they soon made it to the chambers and walked in. they found Aislynn and Glinda waiting for them, surprisingly Mr. and Mrs. Upland were waiting as well.
"Dorothy, How wonderful to see you again." Mr. Upland said walking over and shaking her hand.
Dorothy couldn't help but giggle at Mr. Upland's outfit, this time he was wearing a coat that looked like a patchwork quilt made out of bright and colorful patches. He was wearing a light Green Beret and pinstriped shirt and pants.
"Pleasure to see you too Mr. Upland." Dorothy replied.
"Mom, Dad, what are you doing here?" Ellie asked curiously yet at the same time sounding rather excited.
"Well dear, that's the good news, Mr. Alistair is looking for teachers and…" Mrs. Upland started to say before her husband cut her off.
"And I've accepted the teaching job." Mr. Upland said with a large grin on his face.
Ellie walked up to her dad and hugged him tightly. She approved of her parent's decision one hundred percent, and this way she wouldn't have to leave Dorothy's side after she began school again. Dorothy smiled and looked Glinda who was now walking over with Aislynn.
"Well my dear, are you ready to return to Kansas?" Glinda asked smiling.
"Yes, I think I am Glinda." Dorothy said bending down and picking up Toto.
"Well then my dear, hand Toto to Ellie and hold on." Glinda said chuckling.
Dorothy nodded and obeyed. She then immediately felt herself lurch forward. Colors began whizzing by her once more, and soon she was beginning to feel dizzy and sick. She closed her eyes and braced herself for the stop by tightening her grip on the scepter. She then felt her feet hit hardwood floor. She jammed the end of the scepter against the ground which stopped her from falling over. She quickly surveyed her surroundings. She saw her aunt and uncle running over to her, and she realized she was in the ruins of the farm house.
"Dorothy!" They both shouted in unison.
Dorothy staggered a bit and caught her breath. She then looked up again and saw Ellie, Aislynn and Mr. and Upland now running up to her as well.
"Dorothy! Oh hello Mr. and Mrs. Upland." Auntie Em said turning to face them.
"Hello again Mrs. Gale, and Mr. Gale, it's a pleasure to see you two again." Mr. Upland said smiling.
"So, teaching job, sounds familiar." Uncle Henry said chuckling.
Dorothy giggled at this and looked at Aislynn, she noticed that she was going through the wreckage.
"Aislynn, please get away from the house it's far too dangerous." Dorothy said.
Aislynn turned around and pulled something out of the wreckage. She then ran over to Dorothy and handed it to her. Dorothy gasped at what she was handed. It was a photograph of her with her parents, the last one she had taken with her parents. She began to tear up, this brought back memories to her.
"Dorothy? Oh, oh my." Auntie Em said gasping.
"I remember this picture." Dorothy said as a tear dripped down it.
"Dorothy, please, I'm sorry if I…" Aislynn started to say before Dorothy cut her off.
"No ace, it's okay." Dorothy said putting the picture in her dress pocket.
Aislynn hugged Dorothy tightly, she in turn ran her hand through Aislynn's hair. Aislynn really did remind her of herself when she was younger. Dorothy smiled and giggled. Toto then ran up to them and barked a few times. Dorothy giggled and broke from the embrace to pick him up. As she did he licked her on the face like he usually did, making her giggle. Ellie then walked over to the ruins and went to a wall.
"So that's where my sword ended up." She said picking it and strapping it to her belt.
Dorothy smiled at Ellie, who walked over and took Aislynn's hand, leading her away from the wreckage of the house. Dorothy then walked over to her aunt and uncle who smiled at her.
"So what do you want to do for your birthday tomorrow?" Uncle Henry asked chuckling.
"I want you guys to work on the house, I think I've caused enough stress as it is" Dorothy said sighing and setting Toto back down on the ground.
Her aunt and uncle looked at her strangely, her aunt then came over and knelt down so she could be at eye level with her niece.
"Dorothy, surely there's something else you want to do tomorrow, I mean it is your birthday." Auntie Em said sounding surprised.
"Not really auntie Em, for once, just this once on my birthday I want you guys to continue on like any other day." Dorothy said smiling.
"Are you sure?" Uncle Henry asked.
Dorothy nodded, her aunt and uncle looked at each other and sighed, they weren't going to argue with her not this time.
"Dorothy, why don't you take Ellie and Aislynn to the park in town or something?" Auntie Em suggested
Dorothy nodded and walked over to her friends. As she led them away auntie Em sighed and motioned for Mr. and Mrs. Upland to come back over. When they rejoined them Mr. Upland looked at her curiously.
"Do you two need any help?" Mr. Upland asked.
"Well yes, and no, Dorothy seems to not want to do anything for her birthday, she wants us to continue trying to fix the house." Em said sadly.
"What's so bad about that? Our Glinda was the same way around her age." Mrs. Upland said.
"Quite right dear, and I remember it like it was almost yesterday." Mr. Upland replied.
"Well I don't like it, there's got to be something we can do." Em said sighing.
"Well you could surprise her in some way." Mr. Upland suggested.
"Yea, sure, but how?" uncle henry asked.
"Well you could get a lot of help and try to finish the house." Mrs. Upland suggested.
"In a day!?" Both Em and Henry asked in unison.
"Hey your niece with the help of a ton of other people built a boat in a matter of hours, so why not?" Mr. Upland asked chuckling.
Henry looked at his wife and shrugged.
"But where would find that much help?" auntie Em asked curiously.
"Ask around, I'm sure that girl has a lot of friends." Mrs. Upland replied.
"Well, there isn't a person in this town that doesn't love her, well give or take a few fellow students." Uncle Henry responded after thinking about it for a second.
"Splendid!" Mr. Upland shouted.
"Yes, that's good and all but how would we get everyone's attention?" Auntie Em asked.
"Attention for what?" came the voice of the sheriff from behind them.
"Oh hello officer Grey." Auntie Em said.
"Morning Em, morning Henry, and Hello Mr. and Mrs. Upland, Dorothy told me you two were back." He said.
"Hello officer." They both said in unison.
"What were you guys talking about?" Officer Grey asked curiously.
Auntie Em explained the situation to him and he nodded at their predicament.
"Well, we could call a town meeting." He suggested.
"But Dorothy always comes with us to them, you know that." Em said sighing.
"But it was always her and Toto, now she's got some friends to watch, and that child to take care of, and the town meetings have never really been kid's stuff." He said.
"Good point, but what about Ellie? Shouldn't we let her in on the plan?" Henry asked curiously.
"We can tell Ellie about it tonight." Mr. Upland said chuckling.
"Fair enough, the one thing I'm worried about though is that jester coming to ruin it." Henry said sounding concerned.
Meanwhile at the jester's hide out.
The jester was looking at the scene in a crystal ball he had made up. He wasn't grinning wickedly as one would expect but he was frowning.
"So, it's the farm girl's birthday tomorrow, that's just great, even me with my sense of morality would never hurt someone on their birthday." He said sighing.
He took out the wand and flicked it. The crystal then switched to the image of Dorothy who was walking along the road with her friends. He smiled and whistled loudly. The door to the room then burst open and a flying monkey with a light purple Mohawk ran in and saluted.
"Take at least twenty of your soldiers and that weird one of yours to Kansas, give them a good scare, and just get rid of that weird one of yours." He said sternly.
The monkey saluted and flew off out of the room. A few moments later he was seen with several flying monkeys. They were carrying a noticeable struggling burlap sack along with them. The jester smiled wickedly as the monkeys disappeared into the sky.
"So Miss Gale, you're in for quite an attack." He said Cackling wickedly.
Meanwhile back in Kansas.
When they got to the park Dorothy immediately lied down on the grass underneath one of the trees. She was joined by Toto who sat down on her lap and watched as some birds flew by. Ellie then walked over and rested against the looking at the view while Aislynn sat down on the ground and rested her head on Dorothy's legs.
"I like this park, we should come here more often." Aislynn said sighing.
"I love it as well Dorothy I agree with Aislynn." Ellie said giggling.
"You know, on days when it snows, it seems as if the entire school splits itself into two teams and has a large snowball fight." Dorothy said chuckling.
"Sounds like fun." Aislynn said.
"I don't know, I've never participated." Dorothy said making Ellie and Aislynn gasp in surprise.
"You've never participated in a snowball fight?" they both asked in unison.
"No, I have however made several snowman." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy, snowball fights are fun, I had one with the rest of the girls once, didn't last long granted the fact that I'm the youngest." Ellie said giggling.
"And I had one with my grandfather and the maids once, it was fun." Aislynn said giggling as well.
Toto then got up and walked over to Ellie and barked a few times.
"I thought you had gotten over that habit." Ellie said sighing.
Ellie the sat down next to Dorothy and pulled of her shoes, surrendering them to Toto. She then leaned her head against the tree and looked up at the sky.
"You know, it's really relaxing here." Dorothy said sighing and lying the scepter down on the ground next to her.
"Yes it is, but you see that hill over there?" Dorothy asked pointing into the distance.
"Yea, you said you had gone there several times." Aislynn reminded Dorothy.
"I did? Okay I forgot I did, well yea it's relaxing." Dorothy said smiling.
Ellie giggled at this for a bit and then squinted at the sky. Dorothy looked at her worriedly.
"Ellie is something wrong?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Yes, don't you think those birds flying in the distance look eerily familiar?" Ellie asked worriedly.
Dorothy looked out and squinted, in the distance she saw several things flying in their general direction. She gasped when they got close enough to be seen. Dorothy then heard a scream she looked and saw a women pointing at the sky in fright. Aislynn shot up and looked at the sky and screamed as well. Dorothy picked up the scepter and got up. Ellie stood up as well and drew her sword.
"Ace stay behind me and Ellie!" Dorothy Shouted at her.
One the monkeys spotted them and shrieked, it then swooped down at them and quickly rose back up knocking them off balance. Dorothy swung the scepter out at them and hit one in mid swoop. It shook its head in a daze then lunged at Dorothy catching her arm causing her to drop the scepter.
"Let her go!" Ellie screamed swinging her sword at the monkey.
This caused him the screech and fly away quickly scratching Dorothy's wrist in the process. Dorothy winced in pain but lunged for the scepter. Getting it in her grasp she shot several balls of light shooting out of it at them. She then heard a gunshot and all the monkey's screeched and disappeared into the sky. Dorothy sighed in relief and slumped back against the tree. She saw the sheriff and her aunt and uncle running towards her.
"Dorothy! Oh sweet Jesus one of them scratched her." Auntie Em said gasping.
"Hey look over there, those things dropped a sack, let's see what's inside!" came the voice of Alex from the across the park.
Dorothy looked up and saw Alex running towards a burlap sack with some his cronies. She quickly got up and ran after them as they were untying the sack and started kicking it.
"Hey!" she screamed running at them.
"Oh no, now what do you want, and who messed up your wrist?" he asked chuckling.
She glared at him and he shrunk back, she then approached the sack and opened it the rest of the way. In it was a flying monkey, smaller than any she had ever seen. It was crying and wearing what looked like a tattered butler's outfit. He winced when he saw the light and tried to go further back into the sack.
"Hey, come here little guy, I won't hurt you." She said sweetly.
She carefully held her hand out to him, he looked and saw that her wrist was injured.
"P-promise?" he asked, making everyone gasp.
Dorothy smiled and gestured for Aislynn and Ellie to come over.
"I promise I won't hurt you, oh my, your wings." She said gasping at them.
They were in quite a state, they bent in an odd shape.
"Yes, they'll mend, they always do." He said now knowing that this new person would not hurt him.
"I'm Dorothy, and these are my friends, Ellie and Aislynn, and these guys that were just kicking the bag are leaving!" she said sternly.
"I'm Finley." The monkey said coming out of the bag.
Alex turned and ran away at this point followed by his cronies. The sheriff then slowly approached with his pistol raised. Finley noticed this and shrunk back.
"Officer Grey, put the gun down, this one won't hurt us." She said setting down the scepter.
Toto then ran over and saw the monkey, he started to growl but stopped when he noticed it was injured. Dorothy lifted Finley out of the sack and held him in her arms like a mother would a child.
"You're a cute little one aren't you?" she asked.
"What?" he asked looking at her.
"I think you're cute." She repeated.
"Well that's a first." He said.
"What do you mean?" Dorothy asked looking at the creature curiously.
"I've always been referred to as a freak, or if you're him, the weird one." He said shuddering.
"Who's him?" Aislynn asked curiously.
"I think he means the jester, since they just dropped him here during their ambush." Ellie said.
"Dorothy, we should really take you to the hospital, who knows what those things might have been carrying." The sheriff said regarding her wrist.
"Oh, don't worry, I think it is my duty to tell you one hundred percent that none of us, are rabid." He said looking up at him.
"So it just needs to be bound?" Ellie asked.
"They've done it to tons of people, so yes, maybe disinfected now that you've been handling the sack and have been on the ground but you really shouldn't have to worry, I mean at least they didn't bite you that would be a whole other problem." He said shuddering again.
Dorothy nodded and smiled.
"Ellie can you hold Finley for me?" Dorothy asked.
"Sure Dorothy." Ellie said putting her sword back on her belt.
Dorothy smiled and handed Finley off to Ellie, he shuddered nervously a bit and looked at Dorothy as she picked up the scepter.
"Auntie Em, see if you can splint Finley's wings, I'm going to head to the hospital and see if they can dress this for me." Dorothy said smiling.
"No please I'll be fine, they've mended perfectly fine in the past, just please don't touch them I can't stand pain." Finley said in a frightened tone.
"Okay then, Ellie, have your sister bring you to Oz, see if she can help him with her magic." Dorothy said starting to walk away.
As Dorothy walked in the direction of the hospital a few minutes later she walked right into doctor Maxwell himself.
"Ah Dorothy, the receptionist heard a gunshot and I was wondering if you would turn up… Oh dear." He said regarding her wrist.
"Long story, can you disinfect it and wrap it up for me?" she asked hoping he wouldn't ask anything more.
Meanwhile back at the jester's hideout
The jester was chuckling at the crystal ball and watching as Dorothy and Doctor Maxwell walked to the hospital.
"Well that gave her a good shaking up I think, and now that weird talking monkey is with them and out of my hair, was a terrible servant anyway." He said as one of the monkeys walked up to him and tapped the crystal ball.
"Hey, no, no touching." He said pushing the monkey away, "Anyways putting him in the sack means there's no way he can tell them where to go to find me." He said laughing wickedly.
"And soon he will be in Oz, probably get questioned and die, but I can't get our hopes up." he added now cackling, "And anyways it's not like that, goody goody Glinda will ever find me." He added.
Meanwhile about an hour later in Oz.
Glinda had brought Ellie and Finley to Oz, she was about to repair his wings when he jumped out of Ellie's arms and climbed up to a shelf. Ellie had now been spending most of the hour trying to get him down while Glinda went to find a ladder.
"Finley please come down from there!" Ellie said
"No thanks, I think I like it up here on this shelf, now please go away before I get aggressive." Finley said.
Ellie sighed as her sister walked into the room.
"Any luck getting him down?" Glinda asked curiously.
"What do you think?" Ellie asked referring to a shelf
"I couldn't find a ladder, the window washers and the painters are all busy to day it seems." Glinda said sighing.
"Well then, can you bring Dorothy here?" Ellie asked sighing.
Ellie had hardly finished sighing before Dorothy fell into her arms panting and heaving. She looked as if she was about to vomit this time.
"You know sis I really hate you sometimes." Ellie said giggling.
"I know, but you're my sister so I have to tease you every now and again." Glinda said giggling.
"You guys need to give me more warning before you bring me here so suddenly." Dorothy finally said looking at Ellie.
"Dorothy can you please try and get Finley down?" Ellie asked pointing at the shelf.
Dorothy looked at the shelf and saw Finley somewhat cowering in the corner of the shelf. She carefully set down the scepter and walked over so that she was standing still within his sights but just under the shelf.
"Finley please come down." Dorothy asked in a sweet tone.
"No, she'll hurt me." He said sounding a bit like a scared child.
"Finley I promise she won't hurt you, I trust Glinda with my life." Dorothy said sweetly.
This made Finley look up over the shelf at Glinda.
"So, you're Glinda? He talked about you a lot, I think he was attracted to you somehow." He said.
"I'm flattered but the jester is not our friend, he is more or less a deadly enemy." She said frowning.
"So, let me get this straight, you guys don't like the jester either?" he asked.
"No, of course not, what is there to like?" Ellie asked.
"His power? The fact that he has allies out of the flying monkeys?" he started to list.
"Finley please just come down, I promise we'll get you fixed up, and even out of that butlers outfit if you'd like." Dorothy said.
Finley thought about this for a moment then climbed down from the shelf and jumped into Dorothy's arms. Dorothy looked at Glinda and nodded. Glinda then took her wand and waved it over his wings. Both her wand and his wings began to glow slightly, the wings were beginning to go back to their normal shape and stature. When they had stopped glowing Dorothy looked down at Finley and giggled. He was now cowering in fear and had buried his face into Dorothy's dress.
"H-has she s-started?" Finley asked stammering.
"She's just finished." Dorothy said giggling.
Finley looked up and then turned his head to look at his wings which were now completely mended. He smiled and patted them a few times.
"Um… do you mind if I, um?" he said taking his hand and gesturing around the room.
"Not at all" Dorothy said.
Finley laughed and flew out of Dorothy's arms, he did a few laps around the room he then came down in front of them and bowed. They clapped for a bit then Glinda walked over.
"Would you like me to get you some fresh clothes?" she asked giggling.
"Yes please madam, actually if it's all the same to you I'd like to get a new uniform." He said.
"Well, Dorothy, you and Ellie find something to do, I'll take Finley around to see if there's anything he likes." Glinda said smiling at them.
"Have fun sis." Ellie said walking over to the scepter and picking it up.
"Ellie, please be careful with that, I hardly know how to use it." Dorothy said nervously.
"What about those balls of light?" Ellie asked
"Harmless, just disorienting, it's the only thing I'm really able to do with that thing, during the last battle with the jester the scepter more or less took on a mind of its own." Dorothy said sighing.
"Oh." Ellie said setting it down.
"Right, anyways what do you want to do? Wait a minute, are Aislynn and Toto here?" Dorothy asked concerned.
"No they're at the Alistair's residence with your aunt for now, but she's going back to her house with her maids for dinner." Ellie replied.
Dorothy sighed in relief and sat down on the floor. She then gestured for Ellie to do the same. As she did she put her hands on one of Dorothy's boots and began to tug on it.
"Hey, why are you doing?" Dorothy asked giggling as she let her friend pull her boots off.
"You didn't look comfortable." Ellie said giggling.
"Thanks Ellie, I guess you're right, but my wrist is still sore from the scratch from earlier." Dorothy said referring to the gauze wrapped around her wrist.
"Does it hurt?" Ellie asked.
"Not really, like I said it's just sore." Dorothy said lying back on the floor.
Ellie playfully poked at Dorothy's foot making her giggle. She then sat up and picked up the scepter, and squeezed it tightly. The scepter then began to glow and Dorothy felt the soreness in her wrist leave. She looked at it and unwrapped the gauze. She gasped as she saw the scratch fading away.
"That's one trick I forgotten that this thing could do." Dorothy said chuckling.
Glinda then walked in smiling.
"That was fast sis, has Finley chosen a new outfit?" Ellie asked.
"Well, may I introduce, the newly dressed Finley." Glinda said stepping to the side.
Finley was now wearing a dark blue bellhop's outfit. He bowed and walked over to Dorothy.
"Huh, not what I was expecting, don't you think people will mistake you a servant?" Dorothy asked.
"No? That's exactly what I want, I've been a servant my entire life and because you rescued me I shall serve you loyally." He said.
Dorothy looked at Finley curiously, she couldn't deny him, not after what she had done for him. He was such a sweet animal but she didn't think she could bring him home could she? No of course not a talking flying primate would attract a lot attention. She frowned and look at Glinda sadly.
"Glinda, would you mind letting Finley stay in the palace?" Dorothy asked.
"Sure dear, where do you want him?" Glinda asked.
"Let him roam around I guess, just let the others know that he's here and tell them that he's friendly, and, oh my I feel dizzy." Dorothy said placing a hand on her forehead.
Glinda's wand had started glowing dimly, the clock then struck one o'clock and Dorothy passed out into Ellie's arms.
"Sis what did you do that for?" Ellie asked now concerned.
"because she used the scepter to heal herself, this is the second time she's had that happen, the first time the scepter did it on its own, the second time she pretty much willed it to, she just used her own energy to heal herself, didn't you notice that she began to grow pale?" Glinda asked as Finley walked over to Dorothy and placed a hand on her forehead.
"She's cold now." He said.
"Yes, well that happens when someone expels their own energy to perform a task such as that." Glinda said.
"Glinda, we should take her to her room, or at least you should, I'll go have Brianna make Dorothy a thermos of soup." Ellie said gently setting Dorothy down on the floor and then getting up and running off.
"When will she awaken again?" Finley asked curiously.
"Not sure, I don't know what the extent of the scratch was that she had, but when I noticed it wasn't there I immediately cast a spell on her so that she could regain all of her energy back completely." Glinda replied.
"Well, that was foolish of her." he said.
"She doesn't really know how to use the scepter though that's the thing, she's not a sorceress like me or one of the other girls from my army, and she's just an average girl who's had some really bad experiences in her life." Glinda said walking over to Dorothy and taking her in her arms.
"Should I grab these things?" Finley asked curiously referring to Dorothy's boots and the scepter.
"If you would Finley, grab them and follow me." Glinda said walking out of the room.
Within a few minutes they had made it to Dorothy's room, Glinda pushed open the door and walked over to Dorothy's bed and rested her gently on it. She then walked over to the closet and went in, she emerged a few seconds later carrying a lavender color nightgown. She then took her wand and flicked it. The nightgown and the dress that Dorothy was wearing were immediately exchanged with each other. Glinda chuckled and set the dress down on the dresser.
"Finley, lean the scepter against the foot of the bed please." Glinda said.
Finley nodded and obeyed, the scepter then began to glow again and started floating up to its usual position.
"Why did it do that?" Finley asked taking off the hat and scratching the top of his head.
"It's protecting her, and it always does that." Glinda said snapping her fingers and causing the dresser to open.
Glinda withdrew the book from the dresser and opened it, she flipped through the pages until she got to one that she could read.
"What's that?" Finley asked curiously.
"It's a magical book that tells you the whole truth about people, it's really painful to read though because it reveals all the lies, all the truths, and even the history of the person you're searching for answers about." Glinda said.
"Sounds dangerous." He said.
Glinda nodded and sighed, she then got up and replaced the book.
"What did you read?" he asked.
"Nothing relatively important, oh there you are Ellie." Glinda said smiling.
"Glinda, Brianna will have some soup ready for her in maybe an hour or two, and I contacted Mr. and Mrs. Gale as well, they want to talk to me and you about something." Ellie said.
Glinda nodded and looked at Finley. She then nodded again, got up and walked over to her sister. Finley nodded and flew over to the window. Soon Glinda and Ellie were no longer in sight and Finley was staring out the window.
"I've always heard about the Land of Oz from the jester's rants, but I never imagined it would be this beautiful." He said to himself.
Meanwhile in Kansas.
Aislynn had been brought to her manor for her safety, she was now in the yard throwing a ball and watching as Toto chased it. She giggled when Toto came back and rested the ball on the ground her feet.
"Toto, I wish there was something we could do for Dorothy for her birthday tomorrow." Aislynn said kneeling down and petting Toto who now looked at her curiously.
"What? I'm just a kid, what can I do?" Aislynn asked looking at Toto.
Toto barked and walked around to the back of the house, Aislynn being curious followed her. Toto walked all the way to the large shed where her grandfather kept his hot air balloon.
"Toto I can't get in there, Dorothy has the only key." Aislynn said.
Toto barked and walked over to a small window that was a few feet away from the door. Aislynn sighed and walked over to Toto.
"I love your enthusiasm but there is no way we can get in." Aislynn said picking him up.
Toto licked Aislynn on the face and barked. She giggled and rubbed her sleeve against her face and cheek. Just then they heard Jessica's voice coming from the house.
"Aislynn, come inside, dinner will be ready in a few minutes!" she called.
"Coming!" Aislynn yelled setting down Toto and running back towards the front of the house.
When she got there she found Jessica waiting for her on the porch. She noticed the looked on aislynn's face and sighed.
"What's wrong now?" Jessica asked curiously.
"It's about Dorothy, it's her birthday tomorrow and I want to do something for her, but what can I do? I'm just a kid." Aislynn said.
"Ace, don't be like that, you know you're a brilliant child and you can do a lot of things, why don't you draw a picture or something?" Jessica asked.
"Because, I want to give her something that she'll love, but I don't know what." Aislynn said walking into the house followed by Toto.
"Ace, please, think hard about it, what would you want most of all on your birthday?" Jessica asked.
"Well I'd want something that shows my friends really care about me, but hear me out, Dorothy doesn't seem to want to do anything for her birthday at all, she wants her aunt and uncle to continue to build the house instead of doing something nice like going out to lunch or going on a day trip." Aislynn said.
"I know ace, I've already talked to Mr. and Mrs. Gale on the phone, and they called about a half hour ago to tell me about a very special plan for tomorrow." Jessica said excitedly.
"Can I hear about it?" Aislynn asked.
"Ace, you're going to be a diversion." Jessica said giggling.
"So I'm supposed to distract her while her aunt and uncle do whatever it is they plan on doing?" Aislynn asked for clarification.
"Exactly, you and Ellie are going to keep her distracted for most of the day." Jessica said smiling.
"I can do that, hey I just had an idea." Aislynn said making a popping noise with her tongue.
"Oh I love it when you do that, it means you've thought of something and you think it's a cunning plan." Jessica said chuckling.
"I want to take her on a picnic, call Mr. and Mrs. Gale again and ask them what Dorothy likes in terms of picnic food." Aislynn said.
"Brilliant, I'll do that tonight." Jessica said giggling, "anyways, come on let's get you washed up for dinner." She added taking aislynn's hand.
"Awe jess!" Aislynn said in a complaining tone.
Toto barked and Jessica giggled as well.
Later at the Alistair residence
"So do we have a plan?" Henry asked Glinda through the mirror.
"I guess so, what about Aislynn?" Glinda asked looking at him.
"That was just her maid on the phone, Aislynn wants to take Dorothy on a picnic tomorrow." Em said walking into the room.
"So that's the plan then?" Henry asked.
"I guess so" Em replied.
"I can take them here and bring them to a nice place for a picnic if you'd like." Glinda offered.
"Sure, if you want to." Henry said smiling.
"But do you really think you can finish the farm house in one day?" Ellie asked concerned.
"If Dorothy and her friends could build a boat in a matter of hours I'm sure we can fix a farm house." Em said assuredly.
"Well if you're sure, I can send the girls to help if you'd like." Glinda offered.
"I think we'll need all the help we can get Glinda, thanks." Henry said as the image began to fade from the mirror.
"So, we have a plan then henry?" Em asked smiling.
"Yep." He replied getting up.
"Well then tomorrow should be fun." Em said chuckling.
Back in Oz in Dorothy's room.
Dorothy awoke the sound of the clock striking six. She sat up and looked around the room. She found Finley sitting on the dresser looking out the window at the setting sun. She smiled and looked down to see that she was now wearing a lavender colored nightdress. She stretched and yawned a bit, she now felt revitalized and energetic. Finley noticed this and turned around to see her stretching.
"Ah good, finally you're awake, and finally I can relax" he said handing her back her dress and shirt.
Dorothy took them and smiled.
"Finley, there's one thing I want you to know, and that's that you shouldn't worry about me." Dorothy said sighing.
"And why not? You rescued me from some people, you got my wings mended, and you basically have given me a new start on life." Finley said chuckling.
"Fair enough." Dorothy said getting up and walking into the bathroom.
She emerged a few minutes later not surprised to find Ellie sitting on her bed. She was however surprised to find her carrying a tray.
"Evening Ellie." Dorothy said walking over to the bed.
"Brianna made you some soup and a few other things for dinner." Ellie said not even acknowledging the greeting.
"Tell her I say thanks." Dorothy said giggling and sitting down one the bed next to Ellie.
"Dorothy, whatever you do, don't use the scepter to heal yourself again until you know how to control it, my sister said that what you did to heal yourself drained your energy, so she cast a spell on you to put you to sleep, and she mentioned that when you woke up you would feel a lot better, energetic and whatnot." Ellie said handing the tray to Dorothy.
"Thanks Ellie, and your sister was right, I do feel better." Dorothy said taking the lid off the tray.
On the tray was a thermos which Dorothy opened and sniffed, in it was some chicken soup. She smiled and set it back down. There was also a few sandwiches, a few pieces of what looked like banana-nut bread, which she offered a piece of too Finley, an apple, and a small bowl and a spoon for the soup.
"thanks." Finley said nibbling at it.
"No problem, Dorothy said taking the thermos and emptying some of its contents into the bowl.
"Want some Ellie?" Dorothy said offering her the thermos.
"No thanks Dorothy." Ellie said picking up the apple and looking at it, "Funny thing to include with one's dinner." She added placing back down.
"Not really, I love apples." Dorothy said giggling and taking a spoonful of soup,
They giggled at this for a bit and then Ellie let Dorothy eat in silence. After about twenty minutes Dorothy had finished the soup, the apple, and one of the sandwiches before picking the tray up and offering the rest to Finley who politely declined.
"You sure? I don't think the jester ever gave you food as good as this." Dorothy said smiling.
"Food as good? No, actually giving me any type of food on a daily basis? No as well, I'm used to eating small meals when I get them." Finley said.
"I'd expect that from the jester, Finley, at least take another piece of the banana-nut bread." Dorothy said offering him a piece.
Finley sighed and took it and started nibbling at it. Dorothy sighed and handed the tray to Ellie. She then got up and walked over to the scepter, plucking it from the air. She then walked over to the door and pulled on her boots. When this was accomplished she went back over to the bed and sat down.
"Ellie, bring the tray back to Brianna with my thanks." Dorothy said.
Ellie nodded and got up, she then walked out of the room leaving Dorothy and Finley alone.
"Finley, how long were you a captive of the jester?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"I don't know really, I was more or less a captive of the rest of the flying monkeys." He said sadly.
"Why was that?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Notice that I'm smaller than most of them and more importantly I have the ability to talk." He said frustrated.
"Oh, right, didn't realize that, actually why can you talk compared to the others?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"I don't know, and if there was a reason, I don't remember." He said.
"Fair enough, you can go back to eating if you'd like." Dorothy said.
"Thanks, and thanks for rescuing me." He said.
"No problem." Dorothy said giggling.
They both sat in for the most part silence for a few minutes before Ellie came back. She walked over to Dorothy and sat down next to her.
"Glinda says she can send us to the Alistair residence if you'd like, your aunt and uncle apparently have a town meeting and they want us to watch Aislynn while it's going on." Ellie said smiling, "They said that she had a good time with her maids, and she played with Toto for a while." She added.
"A town meeting? But I haven't missed one since that tornado that brought me here!" Dorothy exclaimed.
"Dorothy, remember Aislynn is for the most part your responsibility, anyways it's not like you're really going to miss much, according to your uncle most of the town meetings are the same, planning committee, fix the town, etcetera, etcetera." Ellie said.
"Well, I guess I'll have to miss this one, the town meetings are no place for a child like her, they're hardly a place for a child like me, anyways, tell Glinda to give me time to let my food settle before we go or it could get messy." Dorothy said giggling.
They both laughed at this for a minute for Finley cut in.
"What am I going to do while you're gone?" he asked sounding concerned.
"You could wander around the city I guess, or you could go fly around the library, I know that has a lot of room in it." Dorothy suggested.
"That's not a bad idea, maybe he could help me with these books." Came the voice of the scarecrow from the doorway.
He was carrying a large stack of books and seemed to be staggering under the weight of them. Dorothy giggled and got off the bed. She then ran over to the scarecrow and took some of the books from the pile.
"Your majesty, please tell me you're not trying to read then entire library again." Ellie said smiling
"No Ellie, I gave up on that a long time ago, it would take me at leave well over one hundred years to accomplish It." he said chuckling.
"Good evening your majesty." Finley said bowing.
The scarecrow sighing in annoyance.
"Arise and please don't bow to me, you're a friend here and I don't want my friends to bow to me, and please call me scarecrow, your majesty is just, well it's too formal." He said.
"Yes sir." He said flying over to them and holding his arms out to take the books.
Dorothy smiled and handed a few of them to him. They then all walked towards the library.
"So, Finley, I've been told that you once were captive to the jester." He said.
"That is correct, and I never want to go back again." He said
They all laughed about this for a moment before they got to the library. Dorothy smiled as they walked in and she set down the books on a nearby table. She then took the scepter out from under her arm and tightened her grip around it.
"Scarecrow, it's almost time for Ellie and me to return to Kansas, keep an eye on Finley till I return." Dorothy said smiling.
"Yes mam." The scarecrow said saluting.
Dorothy giggled and grabbed Ellie's hand. They then walked to the chambers where Glinda was waiting patiently for them.
"Ah, Dorothy, Feeling better I assume?" She asked chuckling.
"Much, thanks Glinda, anyways, I'm ready." Dorothy said bracing herself.
Glinda nodded and waved her wand. Dorothy felt herself lurch forward and saw the colors whizzing past her, she then felt dizzy and a little sick. She then felt her feet make contact with the floor. She then fell forward and threw her arms out to catch herself as she hit the floor. The end of the scepter squeaked against the floor. She struggled to her feet and began to try and catch her breath.
"I really hate when we do that." Dorothy said turning around to face Ellie.
"You've said that before, and there isn't anything I can do to stop you from getting sick." Ellie said.
Dorothy then heard the sound of footsteps running into the room. She turned around to see Aislynn, Donna, Kelly and Toto running into the room.
"Evening." Dorothy said giggling.
"Hello Dorothy." Kelly said.
"Dorothy, my uncle had some great news earlier, we think we've managed to find enough people so school can open on time." Donna said running over.
"That's good, I can't wait personally." Dorothy said.
Aislynn then ran over and pulled Dorothy into a tight hug. Dorothy returned the embrace and smiled. The clock in the living room then struck eight.
"Aislynn, I think we should get you in bed, is she staying in Kelly's room?" Dorothy asked.
"Yes, she…" Donna started to say before Aislynn cut her off.
"But I'm not sleepy." She said.
"Aislynn, please, I'll let you bring a book or two." Dorothy said teasingly.
"Dorothy, please don't tease me, alright I'll go." She said turning around and following Kelly back to the bedroom.
"Dorothy, you and Ellie will be using the guest room, my uncle had me set it up for you two earlier." Donna said smiling.
"Thanks donna, I really appreciated this." Dorothy said bending over and picking up Toto.
"It's no problem, anyways, let me show you to the guest room." Donna said taking Dorothy's hand and leading her along the way.
Dorothy followed as did Ellie. Toto barked and nuzzled his nose into Dorothy's arm. When they got there Donna pushed open the door and revealed the guest room which was set up for both her and Ellie. Donna then let go of Dorothy's wrist. Ellie walked into the room and sat down on one of the beds.
"Thanks Donna, this is really appreciated." Ellie said.
Dorothy nodded and put Toto down on the floor. He then ran over to a chair and jumped up on it. Dorothy then leaned the scepter against the wall next to the door. She then walked over to the chair and moved Toto off of it. She then sat down and pulled off her boots. She began to feel drowsy. She had a feeling that her revitalized feeling would wear off eventually.
"I think I'm going to turn in now if it's okay with you guys." Dorothy said getting up and walking over to the bed that Ellie wasn't sitting on.
"I'll go get some books from my uncle's study for Aislynn to read, night Dorothy." Donna said walking off.
"Dorothy, I'll leave for now so that you can go to sleep, goodnight." Ellie said walking over and kissing Dorothy on the forehead in a manner similar to that of her sister.
Dorothy smiled and lied back in the bed and after a few minutes she was asleep again.
Wow that was a long chapter, sorry it took so long to get it out. I hope you enjoy, the next chapter is Dorothy's birthday, what do you think will happen?