Disclaimer, I don't own the movies, franchises, etc. also as a quick note i would like you to know that in order to keep this from going to too long, i've decided to split this into two parts, the first session, and the second session.
That morning Dorothy awoke to the sound of the clock striking seven. She got up and rubbed her eyes smelled the air. It was full of the smell of one of her favorite breakfasts. Pancakes made from scratch, she got up and stretched. She found that the scepter was now floating a few feet away from her. She smiled and sat down on the chair. She then pulled on her boots and plucked the scepter out of the air. She then walked out of the room. The scent had gotten stronger, the cooking was still being done. She arrived to the kitchen to find her aunt, Aislynn, Ellie, and even Toto covered in a bit of flower. Dorothy now smelt some bacon being cooked as well. Toto then turned around and saw Dorothy, and he barked Ellie turned around and ran over to Dorothy hugging her tightly.
"Happy birthday Dorothy." Ellie said.
"Thanks Ellie, where's Uncle Henry?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"He's already at the farmhouse ready to continue building, after I finish with your breakfast I'm heading down there as well." Em said looking back and smiling.
"Thanks auntie Em." Dorothy said as Donna walked into the room carrying a box tied together with actual ribbon.
"Happy birthday Dorothy, it's from Kelly and me." She said handing her the box.
"Donna you guys didn't have to get me anything." Dorothy said taking the box and walking over to the kitchen table.
Ellie and Aislynn both followed her over to the table and watched as she began to untie the ribbon. When she lifted the lid from the box and looked in she smiled and pulled out a nice wrist watch with a blue strap that matched her dress. She had Ellie help her put it on and then walked over to Donna and hugged her.
"Thanks Donna." Dorothy said happily.
"Think nothing of it, I got one similar to that on my birthday." She replied pulling out a similar watch with a strap that looked like it had been decorated during an art class.
"Dorothy, breakfast is ready, help yourself, I'm going to head to the house." Em said dusting herself off.
"Okay auntie Em, maybe I'll drop by later to help." Dorothy said.
"No thank you Dorothy, not on your birthday." Em said.
"Anyways where would I go? A building site is no place for me." Aislynn said.
"Dorothy, Aislynn does bring up a good point, you may be fit for construction but Aislynn and I are still younger than you." Ellie said.
Dorothy sighed in defeat, she didn't want fight with her friends not at this point. Dorothy then walked over to the stove and got herself some of the pancakes. She then took a piece of bacon and dropped it on the floor for Toto. She offered some to her friends but they declined.
"We've already eaten, this is specifically for you." They said in unison.
Dorothy sighed and smiled weakly taking a forkful. She loved the taste of pancakes made from scratch, it always had a slightly better taste than the premade batters you could buy in stores. She could taste buttermilk in it as well as a small hint of cinnamon. She sighed in delight, she knew the recipe well and it brought back an old memory.
Dorothy, could you get me two eggs from the bowl?" Dorothy's mother asked.
"Yes momma, but why?" Dorothy asked walking over to a large bowl of brown chicken eggs.
"I'm making pancakes from scratch." She said.
"Oh momma those are my favorite, can I help?" Dorothy asked curiously walking over.
"Yes, you can get me some butter to grease the pan with." She said taking the eggs from Dorothy.
Dorothy smiled and ran over to a large box, opening it she pulled a bowl of butter out of it and brought it over to her mother who smiled and took it from her. Her mother then bent over and kissed her on the cheek.
"You know, I really thing we should try pigtails again my dear, you got some butter in your hair." She said giggling.
"But momma." Dorothy said.
"No buts, I promise you'll love them, I wore them when I was your age, and in fact that's what attracted your father to me." She replied smiling.
"Momma that makes me not want to have them even more, boys are icky." Dorothy said shuddering.
"I know one day you'll think differently, come on let's get you washed up before I start making the rest of the batter." She said leading Dorothy to the sink.
"Dorothy?" Ellie asked walking back into the room.
Dorothy was immediately snapped out of thought.
"You were thinking really hard again." Ellie said sighing.
"I wasn't thinking, I was remembering, the first time I got to help my mom make pancakes from scratch, and it was also the day I started wearing pigtails, which reminds me, have you seen my hair ribbon?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Not recently no, I can see if Donna has any if you'd like?" Ellie offered.
"No thanks Ellie, you know I don't like borrowing stuff." Dorothy said.
"Right, well you could check your satchel, its hanging from the hat stand by the door." Ellie said walking out of the room.
Dorothy sighed and took another forkful of pancakes. She ate in silence for a few minutes and finished eating. She then got up and placed the plate in the sink. She then sighed, grabbed the scepter, walked into the living room, she found Aislynn reading a book on the floor. She walked over, knelt down, and lifted it up.
"Fairy Tales? Why would you read that?" Dorothy asked.
"Everyone needs something fun to read every now and again." Aislynn said giggling.
"Fair enough." Dorothy replied.
"Anyways Dorothy, we have the entire day planned out." Ellie said smiling.
"What?" Dorothy asked.
"We're going on a picnic." Aislynn said smiling.
"At the park I assume?" Dorothy asked smiling.
"Nope, but you'll see." Aislynn said.
"Oh I hate surprises." Dorothy said giggling.
"Well I should be off, you guys have fun, don't break anything." Donna said grabbing a coat and walking out.
"She seems in a bit of a hurry." Dorothy said.
"I didn't think so." Ellie said staring at the door for a minute.
Dorothy giggled and walked over to the door. She found her satchel hanging on the hat rack and took it off of it. She then began to rummage through it. She found her flats, which she took out and dropped on the floor. She then pulled out two emerald green hair ribbons.
"Ah-ha, here they are, give me a few minutes I'm going to go tie my hair up." Dorothy said running out of the room Toto barking and following at her heels.
"So ace, ready to surprise her?" Ellie asked.
"As soon as Jessica gets here, but do you think your sister will be ready?" Aislynn asked.
"Of course, Glinda is always ready for something." Ellie said giggling.
"Well we still have two hours." Aislynn said looking at the clock.
"But we need to keep Dorothy here until then, if we can't get the basket then that ruins everything." Ellie said.
"Psst, Ellie." Glinda said from the mirror softly.
"Yes sis?" Ellie asked.
"When do you want me to bring you guys here?" she whispered.
"Just keep an eye on us, oh Dorothy's coming." Ellie said.
Glinda's image faded from the mirror, Dorothy then walked into the room and looked around.
"I thought I heard you talking to someone." Dorothy said finishing tying up her hair.
"Just to ace." Ellie responded happily.
"Oh, well anyways, I'm going to clean up the kitchen you guys want to help? I mean you did a number with the flour." Dorothy said giggling.
"Dorothy, ace and I will take care of it, you just sit down and relax." Ellie said getting up and dragging Dorothy over to the couch.
Dorothy pulled back and walked back towards the kitchen.
"Ellie, please, I'll get bored if I'm not doing something." Dorothy said
"Dorothy, you shouldn't have to do any work on your birthday." Aislynn said.
"But I want to." Dorothy responded.
"Dorothy, I won't argue with you, not today." Ellie said sighing in defeat.
Dorothy smiled and walked over to Aislynn and helped her up. Dorothy then led Aislynn and Ellie into the kitchen and threw them both a towel. She then walked over to the sink and wet a washcloth. She walked over to the stove and started wiping it down. She began to think as she did this.
"Dorothy, use a wet towel, you're getting flour everywhere." Dorothy heard her mom say.
Dorothy looked down and saw that she was now covered in flour. She giggled then sighed.
"Sorry Momma, when will Poppa be home?" Dorothy asked as her mother wiped off the stove with a damp towel.
"I assume in another hour or so, Dorothy go get changed you're a mess." She said trying to suppress a laugh.
"Yes momma." Dorothy said running out of the kitchen.
"Dorothy get me the broom and dust pan once you've changed." She yelled.
Dorothy went into her room and changed into her favorite light blue day dress. She then walked out of her room and over to the closet, pulling it open her then pulled out the broom and metal dustpan. She then ran back into the kitchen.
"Here you are momma." Dorothy said cheerfully.
"Thanks dear, would you hold the dustpan for me?" she asked taking the broom.
Dorothy nodded and knelt down holding the dustpan at a slight angle so that her mom could sweep stuff into it.
"Dorothy? Dorothy!?" Ellie shouted trying to get Dorothy's attention.
"Huh? Oh, I did it again didn't I?" Dorothy asked sighing.
"Dorothy, you need to try not to get lost in thought, we've been trying to snap you out of it for the last hour." Ellie said.
"Hour!?" Dorothy asked quite concerned.
"Yea, what were you remembering?" Ellie asked.
"Helping my mother clean up the kitchen after making pancakes." Dorothy said smiling.
"Oh, well anyways, we're finished. We just need to put the dishes and pans away." Ellie said walking over to Dorothy and hugging her tightly.
Dorothy returned the embrace. She then walked over to the scepter and picked it up. Toto barked at her curiously.
"I think I'm going to go sit on the bench outside." Dorothy said.
"Aislynn go keep Dorothy company, make sure she doesn't do anything crazy." Ellie said.
"Why would I do that?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Because this is you we're talking about, not average Joe from three miles down the block." Ellie said giggling.
"Fair point come on ace, you can bring your book if you'd like." Dorothy said leading Aislynn out of the room.
Ellie sighed and picked up the plate and the pans and put them in a cabinet that looked like it would store them. She then picked up the utensils and the mixing bowl and put them in the cabinet she saw Mrs. Gale get them from. She then sat down and sighed.
"Ellie, what are you going to do now?" She asked herself sadly.
She sighed and got up, she then walked back into the living room and looked out the window. She saw Dorothy sitting on the bench outside while Aislynn was reading her book. She smiled and giggled, she then looked around the room. She noticed Dorothy's flats still on the floor next to the door, she walked over and picked them up. She then opened the door and walked out of the house. Toto ran up to her and barks a few times. Ellie sighed and sat down on the porch. She then handed the flats to Toto.
"Bring these over to Dorothy." she said giggling.
Toto took the flats gently in his mouth and walked over to his mistress setting them on the ground in front of her. Dorothy smiled and turned around to see Ellie sitting on the porch. She motioned for her to come over. Ellie smiled and got up from her spot, she then walked over to Dorothy and sat down on the bench next to her.
"So, have anymore memories?" Ellie asked curiously.
"No, and to be severely honest I don't like remembering, sometimes it just makes me feel upset." Dorothy responded her voice starting to trail off.
Ellie didn't say anything, she just wrapped her arms around Dorothy and hugged her tightly. Dorothy sighed and returned the embrace.
"Dorothy, I'm sorry, I didn't want to try and make you feel bad." Ellie said.
"It's alright Ellie." Dorothy said giggling a little.
They broke from the embrace after a few minutes and Dorothy then tilted her head up to look at the sky. It was a beautiful blue color this morning. Hardly any clouds could be seen. It was peaceful, serene, and most off all it was a beautiful day. But Dorothy knew in the back of her mind that the weather might not stay nice, since the weather in Kansas had a strange habit of sending a downpour on you without a moment's notice. She smiled at this and giggled. She then bent down and picked up her flats from where Toto had set them down. The then sighed and pulled off her boots and slid the flats on. She then thought about the jester, would he of all people have the nerve to attack her on her birthday? She didn't know, and she wasn't really sure if she cared. She then picked up the scepter which she had leaned against the arm of the bench and tightened her grip on it. She then, after all this time, thought about the lives she was endangering. This to her was a depressing thought, even on her birthday. She started to get lost in thought when she felt Ellie tap her on the shoulder.
"Dorothy?" She asked curiously.
"Yea?" Dorothy asked.
"What were you thinking about?" she asked.
"I was thinking about the people I'm endangering because I made a deadly enemy out of the jester." Dorothy replied.
"Dorothy, it's your birthday, you shouldn't be worrying about that kind of stuff today of all days." Ellie said.
"I know Ellie, but it's really hard not to think about it, you guys seem ready for it to become just about all out war." Dorothy replied sighing.
"Dorothy, you and I both know that it may come down to that, but anyways let's change the subject." Ellie said smiling.
"Dorothy?" Aislynn asked curiously.
"Yes Aislynn?" Dorothy responded.
"What was the best thing you ever got for your birthday?" Aislynn asked curiously.
Dorothy thought about this for a moment, her birthdays were, for the most part the same. But thinking about it in the end, she realized that she always liked what she got for her birthday no matter what it was.
"I don't know ace, to be severely honest I've never thought of anything as the best or the worst things that I've received over the years, but I think all in all, the best present I ever got was Toto." Dorothy said smiling.
"Which birthday did you get him for?" Ellie asked curiously.
"I didn't, I got him maybe two or three years after I came to live with my aunt and uncle, he's been by my side for the most part ever since." Dorothy said smiling at her dog who was now sitting in the grass watching some birds fly by.
"Wow." Aislynn responded
"Yep, anyways… hey isn't that Jessica's car?" Dorothy asked turning her attention to the street.
All of them looked out at the street. It was indeed Jessica's car and Aislynn knew this. The car pulled up to the end of the walk and Aislynn got up and ran over to it. Jessica came out of the car carrying a large picnic basket. She handed this to Aislynn and then waved at Dorothy. Dorothy waved back in response and watched as Jessica got back into her car and drove off. Ellie then got up and walked over to Aislynn she then peeked into the picnic basket. Dorothy heard her say the word "perfect" and she then got up, picked up her boots, and walked over to them.
"So, where are we going for the picnic?" Dorothy asked as she watched Ellie pick up Toto.
"You'll see." Ellie said giggling.
Dorothy then realized that the scepter was now glowing. She smiled and braced herself for what she knew was about to happen. She then felt herself lurch forward. She saw the colors whizzing by her, she then closed her eyes and braced herself as she began to feel dizzy. She then felt her feet make contact with the floor. She fell forward directly into the arms of Glinda.
"Happy birthday Dorothy." she said smiling.
"Happy birthday Dorothy." came the voice of Finley as flew down from the shelf he was on.
"Thanks Glinda, thank you Finley." Dorothy said trying to catch her breath.
Ellie and Aislynn then walked over to her with Toto following at their heels. Aislynn was still carrying the picnic basket with her. Dorothy smiled at her friends.
"So this is the surprise?" Dorothy asked.
"Yep, and we're taking you on a picnic, is Tugg ready?" Ellie asked looking over at her sister.
"Yep, you girls have fun." Glinda said smiling.
Dorothy smiled as she felt Ellie take her hand and lead her along with both Finley and Toto following closely behind. But she began to wonder, what was the jester up to?
Meanwhile at the jester's hideout.
The jester was walking around his crystal ball. He was twirling the wand between his fingers like a baton. He was watching the girls with a sad look on his face.
"What am I supposed to do, it's extremely tempting to send an army of flying monkeys after the girl, but I don't feel like it would be the right thing to do to her on her birthday." He said to himself.
He sighed and flicked the wand, he then walked out of room and walked down the hallway. He found his unicycle leaning against the wall not far from the room. He got on it and rode it around back and forth along the hallway. After a few minutes he returned to the room and jumped off the unicycle. He flipped in the air a few times before successfully landing on the floor successfully. He then flicked the wand again and the crystal ball showed Dorothy and her friends drifting along the river in that boat of theirs.
"Dorothy gale, sometimes you just amaze me." He said chuckling.
Meanwhile on the river.
"Finley please be careful we don't want you to fall out of the boat." Aislynn said watching Finley balance himself on the small ledge of the boat.
"Don't worry, I can fly remember?" he asked the girl curiously.
"Finley please be nice to ace, she's just worried for your safety, as am I." Dorothy said watching as the scepter began to glow a dull green.
"Sorry Dorothy." he said jumping off the ledge and flying over.
"It's alright Finley, we just don't want to see you get hurt that's all." Dorothy said giggling.
"I won't get hurt, in fact I'm going to try to avoid it as much as possible." Finley said.
"Fair enough, hey Ellie, what's in that picnic basket anyways?" Dorothy asked looking at her friend who seemed to be sorting through the baskets contents.
"You're going to hate me for saying this but, it's a surprise." Ellie said giggling.
Toto then walked over to Dorothy and barked loudly causing Finley to jump. They all laughed at this for a minute before Tugg piped up.
"We're approaching the clearing." He said happily.
"Thanks Tugg." Ellie said as they disembarked.
"No problem, I'll be waiting just down river when you're ready to return." Tugg said
Dorothy smiled as they disembarked off of Tugg and walked into the clearing that she so often came to during times of sorrow. They walked directly to the middle of the clearing where Ellie and Finley worked together to set out a picnic blanket. Dorothy giggled and leaned the scepter down against the closest tree to the middle of the clearing and walked over to the blanket. She sat down and helped Ellie and Aislynn get food from the picnic basket. The first thing that was pulled out was a large bowl of strawberries. Dorothy smiled and giggled as she set them down. After a minute or so they had pulled a box of sandwiches, a large thermos of soup and a large bowl of fruit salad. At the other end of the picnic basket however unknown to Dorothy, was a small white box tied up with a green ribbon. Dorothy then grabbed herself a sandwich. Taking a bite out of it she found that it was a pastrami sandwich.
"Have some soup Dorothy." Aislynn said handing her the thermos.
Dorothy nodded and unscrewed the cap, pouring some soup into it she took a sip. It was delicious, the broth was good and had a nice flavor to it. She looked over and saw Finley having a small plateful of fruit salad that Ellie had made up for him. They ate in silence for a few minutes before Ellie grabbed the bowl of strawberries. She handed it to Dorothy who took one and took a bite from it. It was extremely sweet and had just the right amount of sour to it. She smiled and sighed.
"Thank you two for doing this for me." Dorothy said wiping her mount on the back of her arm.
"Thank Glinda as well, it was her idea to bring you here for the picnic." Aislynn said giggling.
"I wonder what Glinda is doing now? I mean outside of keeping an eye on us." Dorothy asked.
"Why would she need to keep an eye on us?" Finley asked sounding concerned.
"In the event that the jester decides to ambush us." Ellie said.
"Y-y-you r-really think h-he would d-d-do that?" Finley asked nervously.
"Possibly." Dorothy said grabbing another strawberry
"Great that makes me feel so much better." Finley said sarcastically.
"If it makes you feel any better you could fly down the river and back to the emerald city, you'd be safer there than anywhere else at the moment." Dorothy said giggling.
"No thanks, I think I'd rather stay here than go alone." He said.
The girls laughed about this for a few minutes then went back to eating. After about an hour when they had finished all the regular food Ellie pulled the small box out of the basket and handed it to Dorothy. She smiled and untied the ribbon. She then pulled open the box and found a cupcake with light green frosting and a small card that read, 'Happy birthday, Dorothy gale'. Dorothy smiled and took a little frosting on her finger. She then licked it and sighed. It was real buttercream frosting made from scratch. She picked up the cupcake and took a bite out of it. It was a chocolate cupcake with a strawberry filling in the center. She wondered when any of them, even ace's maids, would have had time to even make this. As she at the cupcake she smiled and remembered once helping her mother and father make icing for her birthday cake.
"Dorothy, save some icing for your cake." Her father said chuckling and moving the bowl of icing.
"But it's sweet." Dorothy complained.
"So are you my little flower." Came the voice of Dorothy's mother as she walked into the kitchen and wiped Dorothy's face with a wet cloth.
"Momma!" Dorothy said in a complaining tone.
"Dorothy, you got icing all over your face." She replied giggling.
"Did I get any in my pigtails?" Dorothy asked.
"No, see I told you they would help." She replied.
"I still think they look silly." Dorothy said pouting.
"I think they look cute." Her father replied walking back in.
"Thank you frank, that's what I've been trying to convince her about since yesterday." She replied.
Dorothy's father chuckled and walked over to her. He then kissed her on the cheek.
"Poppa!" Dorothy said wiping her cheek on her sleeve.
"Dorothy? Dorothy!?" Ellie shouted.
Dorothy snapped out of thought again. She looked at Ellie and Aislynn who were looking at her quite concerned.
"What were you remembering?" Ellie asked.
"The last birthday cake my parent's ever made for me, the year that they died, I got to help ice it." Dorothy said smiling and tearing up.
"Well at least it's a relatively happy memory." Finley said, everybody looked at him, "I'll go back to my fruit." He added turning around.
Dorothy giggled at this, then Ellie leaned forward and wiped a tear from Dorothy's face.
"Dorothy, please try not to get too upset, it's your birthday." Ellie said.
"I know Ellie, I try." Dorothy said smiling.
Meanwhile in the emerald city.
Glinda was watching them enjoying themselves, she smiled and walked over to the scarecrow who had just walked into the room.
"Did you finish your gift for her?" Glinda asked smiling.
"Yep, and I think she'll love it." He said pulling out a heart shaped pendant with a rainbow of stones set it in with a nice emerald set in the middle.
"Scarecrow it's beautiful, I'm sure she'll love it, how did you make that rainbow layering effect though?" Glinda asked curiously.
"Very carefully." He replied chuckling.
Glinda chuckled and walked back over to the crystal ball. She watched the girls smiling.
Meanwhile back at the clearing
"Dorothy?" Aislynn asked curiously.
"Yes ace?" Dorothy asked getting up and walking over to the scepter.
"What are you going to do about the scepter during the school year?" she asked.
"Glinda said she was trying to work that out, but to be honest, I may just end up having to carry it around." Dorothy said sighing.
"What's wrong with that?" Finley asked curiously.
"in my world, the one that me and Aislynn come from, magic isn't a really common place thing like it is here in Oz, to be honest I'd look pretty silly carrying this thing around all day." Dorothy said looking at him.
"oh." Was the only response he could come up with.
"Come on guys, we should head back to the emerald city." Dorothy said walking back over to them.
Ellie looked up at the sky, the sun was past its midpoint in the sky.
"I think so, it has to be at least one o'clock, and didn't you set that watch when you got Dorothy?" Ellie asked curiously.
"I've never owned a watch, how was I supposed to set it?" she said holding up her wrist.
"Fair argument, anyways, Finley, Aislynn, help me get this stuff packed up." Ellie said.
"I can help." Dorothy offered.
"Dorothy no, you just relax." Ellie said as she and Finley folded up the blanket.
Meanwhile back at the emerald city.
"my dear, Glinda says that Ellie, Aislynn and Dorothy will be returning soon, do you have your present for her ready yet?" Marshall Mallow asked looking over to his wife.
"Yes my dear husband, have you got yours ready?" The princess asked teasingly.
"It just arrived a few minutes ago, do you think she's partial to chocolate?" He asked worriedly.
"Depends, what kind?" she asked.
"It's a mix of many different ones, you know similar to the ones I gave Ellie on her birthday." He replied.
"What's the difference then?" she asked.
"I also had general candy apple send some normal candies from the county with It." he said.
"I'm sure she'll love it dear." The princess said happily.
"I hope you're right my love." He said walking over and picking up the gift she had just finished wrapping.
"I know I'm right, anyways, give me a minute to change my size and we can head to the chambers." She said giggling.
"Sure thing dear." He replied walking out.
Meanwhile in the throne room Glinda and the scarecrow were talking to Dorothy's aunt and uncle in the mirror.
"So Dorothy is on her way back to the city?" Em asked curiously.
"Yep, how long before you guys have your farmhouse finished?" The scarecrow asked.
"Maybe a few more hours, can we ask you guys to stall her?" Em asked curiously.
"Sure, what about the electrical work how are you going to set all that up?" the scarecrow asked remembering how hard it was to get the rainbow mover set up.
"We'll have some people help us during the week, but the house is really coming together." Henry said finally.
"That's good, we'll keep her stalled as long as we can before she forces us to send her back." Glinda said chuckling.
They then heard the sound of Tugg's bell ring. Glinda turned around quickly and looked into the crystal ball. They were back and it wouldn't be long before they got back to the chambers.
"Good luck." Em said.
"Same to you guys." Glinda said waving her hand over the mirror causing the image to fade.
"I'm going to go get the tin man and Lion, they both got something for her as well." He said running out.
Glinda smiled as she watched Dorothy come into the city through the crystal ball. She looked up and smiled as Marshall Mallow walked into the room followed by his wife.
"Good afternoon Glinda." The princess said as her husband opened his mouth to speak.
"Yes good afternoon Glinda." He said nervously.
"You guys have gifts for her I assume?" Glinda asking teasingly referring to the present's mallow was carrying.
"Yep, how's her aunt and uncle's gift coming along?" the princess asked curiously.
"According to them relatively well, they just need to get the electrical work properly set up at some point." The scarecrow said walking back in followed by Tin man and Lion who were carrying boxes of their own.
"Have you seen wiser?" The scarecrow asked looking at marshal mallow.
"I believe he's been spending the day flying around." Marshall said.
"Oh, Glinda try to find him in the crystal and bring him here." Scarecrow said.
Finley then flew into the room followed by Dorothy, Ellie and Aislynn. Finley bowed in the presence of the china princess and marshal mallow and then rose and flew up to a small shelf. Dorothy then walked up to her friends and smiled a bit.
"Good afternoon everyone." Dorothy said.
"Happy birthday Dorothy." they all said in unison.
"Thanks guys." Dorothy said smiling.
Wiser then appeared out of nowhere and hit the ground with a loud oomph. Dorothy giggled and ran over to help him up.
"Happy, birthday, Dorothy" he said through panting and gasping.
"Sorry wiser, I just didn't think you wanted to miss this, well, I wish I could stick around but I have things I need to take care of before tonight." Glinda said winking in her sister's direction.
"That's okay Glinda, thanks for bringing me here so your sister and Aislynn could take me on the picnic" Dorothy said.
"You're welcome Dorothy, I'll be back in few hours to send you guys back to Kansas… for Oz sake I really hope dad doesn't make a fool of himself during the year." Glinda said walking out of the room.
As she exited the room she sighed, waved her wand, and vanished.
Well that's part one of Dorothy's birthday, part two will bring us into the evening session of her birthday and opening presents, but where did Glinda vanish off to? Did she perhaps go to Kansas? Or maybe we'll finally get to see what her castle in the north is like? All questions will be answered in the next installment of this story.