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Ellie shut the door behind her sister as she walked out and smiled. She knew her sister had a plan of some sort or else she would not have left them at this point. She wanted to close her eyes and spy on her sister but she knew this would make everyone including Dorothy very curious. She turned around and walked back over to Dorothy and hugged her. She took this time to close her eyes briefly and concentrated. But she found her sister's eyes were closed as well. She opened them again and broke from the embrace.
"Why don't you open some of your gifts now?" Ellie asked.
"I think that sounds like a great idea." Wiser said getting up and fixing his spectacles.
"Yea Dorothy." Aislynn said dragging over a chair.
"Okay, okay I get the point, I'll open some presents, who's should I open first?" Dorothy asked sitting down in the chair and setting down the scepter next to her.
"I don't think the first one we all agree you should be presented with doesn't need to be opened." The china princess said walking over to her along with the scarecrow, "Close your eyes." She whispered into her ear.
Dorothy smiled and obeyed. She waited for a minute before she felt the scarecrows gloved hands wrap around her neck. She then felt a small amount of weight fall around her neck and against her collar. She opened her eyes and looked down. She gasped when she saw the pendant the scarecrow had made for her. She marveled at the colors of the crystals in the shape of a heart. She began to tear up a bit in delight. She looked at the scarecrow, speechless.
"I, I don't know what to say other than it's beautiful." She finally managed to say.
"That's all I wanted to hear." He said smiling.
"Here Dorothy, open these next." The china princess said taking both presents from her husband and handing them to Dorothy.
"Thanks china princess." Dorothy said taking them and opening the first box.
Inside it was an arrangement of chocolates and candies. She smiled and nodded in the direction of Marshal Mallow who saluted and chuckled. She then took a piece out and offered the box around to those who could actually eat sweets. Everybody shook their heads, even wiser who Dorothy knew was really hungry. She shrugged and put the top back on the box and set it to the side. She then opened the other box. Inside she found a large brown paper bag with the strong scent of peppermint coming from it. She knew for sure that it was that tea all of them liked. She reached further into the box and found a dart board and some darts sitting at the bottom. She then pulled then out and chuckled remembering that dart game with the china princess so long ago now.
"Ready for round two princess?" she asked teasingly.
"That's why I had it crafted with Glinda's help." She replied giggling.
"Oh my dear, you tease." Her husband said placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Thank you dear, that's what I was aiming for." The princess said kissing him on the cheek making both of them blush when she looked up.
"Sheesh, lay off the love please, or at least no kissing its gross." Aislynn said in a tone of disgust.
Everyone laughed at this for a few minutes. Aislynn was a cute kid, though incredibly smart, she still acted like a normal young girl.
"Sorry Aislynn." The princess said.
"It's okay." She replied giggling.
Dorothy smiled and was then handed the presents by Lion and tin man. She thanks them and opened the one that was from tin man. It was wrapped in a metallic looking paper. She was however, able to open it with ease. She opened the box and gasped. Inside were small metal statues of her and her friends. She pulled them out one by one, she loved how they captured the likeness of her friends. There was one for each of the friends she had made in the emerald city, and surprisingly one of Aislynn. When she pulled out the one of herself and looked at it. It captured her likeness well, it included her with Toto on the stand next to her and she was holding the scepter.
"Oh tin man they're beautiful, how did you make them?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"I had help, the scarecrow and Glinda helped me with them, I made them entirely out of steel and tin mixed together, Glinda helped me get the likeness's right and the scarecrow helped me craft the metal." He said.
Dorothy smiled and placed all the statues back in the box, she then set it on the floor and pulled up the box that the lion gave her. Opening it she gasped and pulled out a book. Flipping through it she found all the sketches she made that weren't dress designs. She smiled and closed the book.
"Thank you lion." Dorothy said smiling.
"Don't just thank me, straw man here gave me the idea and let me into your room and got the drawings, you are a really beautiful artist by the way." He said
"You really helped a lot didn't you scarecrow?" Dorothy asked teasingly.
"I can't help it, I need to keep by brain going or I get bored." He said chuckling.
Dorothy giggled and put the book down on top of the other boxes. She then got up and walked over to her three friends. She then pulled them all into a group hug as best as she could with the lion being at least twice her size around. Marshall Mallow, the princess and Ellie joined in the hug while Aislynn just slowly backed away from the group. Ellie noticed this and giggled.
"What's wrong ace?" Ellie asked.
"All the love, It burns." She said playfully.
They all laughed at this this for a moment then they all broke from the embrace. Dorothy they realized something was missing, or some people.
"Hey Ellie?" Dorothy asked curiously yet slightly and noticeably concerned.
"Yes Dorothy?" Ellie asked nervously.
"Where are your comrades?" Dorothy asked.
Ellie's jaw dropped, she shut it quickly, she hadn't actually noticed their absence she didn't know how to answer this. She shrugged and walked over to Dorothy.
"Not a clue, till you mentioned it I didn't even notice they weren't here." Ellie said.
"Well then, anyways, Glinda said she'd be back in a few hours to send you home after she took care of business, so Dorothy why don't you go to your room and change into a bathing suit and go for a swim?" the princess asked.
"Sure why not, but what about Aislynn?" Dorothy asked.
"What about me?" Aislynn asked curiously.
"Won't you feel left out?" Dorothy asked
"Dorothy, we meant just you alone, you need some time to relax, Ellie was telling us about your memories." The princess said.
"When exactly did I tell you guys?" Ellie asked curiously.
"Not directly dear, but we've all been keeping an eye on you guys through the crystal ball and your sister has been explaining things as they go along." The princess said smiling.
"Oh, okay I was a bit confused there for a minute. I thought I might be suffering from amnesia." Ellie said giggling.
"Yea Dorothy, don't worry, we can take care of ourselves" Aislynn said walking over with the scepter.
Dorothy took the scepter from Aislynn and smiled. She then walked around her friends and to the door. She then turned around.
'I'll go change, but, um china princess, can I talk to you in private later" Dorothy asked.
"Sure, just name the place and the time." The princess responded.
"While I'm in the pool, just give me about ten minutes." Dorothy said opening the door and running out.
Dorothy ran straight to her room and into her closet, she emerged a few minutes later wearing a light blue swimsuit and a towel to match. She looked at herself in the full mirror on the other side of the room and sighed. She then picked up the scepter and walked out of her room. After a few minutes she found herself at the doors to the pool. She pushed them open and walked in. she placed the towel and the scepter down on a nearby table and slid out of her flats. She then took a running jump down the stairs and into the pool. She swam around for a bit before the china princess walked in and coughed.
"Dorothy, you wanted to talk?" the china princess asked walking over to the edge of the pool.
"Yea, thanks." Dorothy said swimming over to her.
"What did you want to talk about dear?" she asked curiously.
"You guys know that I've been remembering things, but I've been remembering my parents most of all, and it's really painful to think about sometimes" Dorothy said sadly.
"Ah, well when did you start thinking about it?" the princess asked curiously.
Dorothy thought about this for a minute, she remembered the graveyard was the first time she had thought about her parents in a long time.
"When I took Aislynn to see my parents grave, to show her she's not the only one who lost her parents." Dorothy said starting to tear up, "Would you mind helping me out of the pool?" she
The princess sat down on the edge of the pool and helped Dorothy out of the water.
"So in order to prove a point you brought back memories that you thought were long since gone?" the princess asked curiously'
Dorothy sniffed and nodded.
"Dorothy, please don't cry, not on you…" the china princess started saying before she saw the pain in Dorothy's eyes.
"You hadn't thought about them for a really long time did you?" the princess asked sighing.
"Why would I think about them, it hurt too much!?" Dorothy shouted.
"Dorothy, please calm down, do you want to talk about it later?" The princess asked.
"Please." Dorothy said wiping her eyes.
"Would you like me to stay?" the princess asked in a sweet tone.
Dorothy nodded and pushed herself back into the pool and did a few laps. She began to think about her parents again, she also began to wonder why she stopped thinking about them. She began to float on her back and took some deep breaths. She began to wonder what plan the jester was coming up with.
Meanwhile at the jesters hideout.
The jester was now riding around the crystal ball and juggling anything that was small enough to juggle. He was thinking of some harmless little prank he could pull on Dorothy on her birthday, but he found that she was upset. He then dismounted from the unicycle and called for the head of his flying monkey army and his second.
"Nikko! Basil!" he yelled.
Two monkeys came into the room and one was carrying a business card. The jester took it and read it aloud.
"I would like you two know that my name is pronounced Baz-il and not Bays-il?" he read.
He looked at the card then back at the monkey, and then back at the crystal ball for good measure.
"Where did you even get a chance to write up a business card, where did you even learn to make business cards? Never mind, prepare my dinner for eight, I'm going on a trip." He said looking at them.
The monkeys saluted and ran out. He then looked at the crystal ball with a wicked glare. He then smiled and licked his top row of teeth maliciously.
"Oh miss Dorothy do I have a surprise for you." He said cackling wickedly.
Meanwhile in the emerald city.
Ellie was sitting on her bed watching Toto toy around with her shoes. Aislynn was on the floor with her nose in a book as usual. Ellie closed her eyes and hoped to see what her sister was seeing. At first she saw that her sister was back at her palace in the north but then she was surrounded by colors and then a large group of people which she started pushing her way through. Ellie smiled and opened her eyes, she was pretty sure she knew where her sister was and what she was doing.
"Ellie?" Aislynn asked.
"Yes ace?" Ellie responded.
"When do you think Dorothy's aunt and uncle will be ready for us to come back?" Aislynn asked.
"Some time after nightfall I assume." Ellie responded.
"Oh." Aislynn said.
"Right, anyways come on, I'm sure Dorothy will be done with her swim soon." Ellie said getting up and getting her shoes from Toto.
"Alright, just let me finish this page." Aislynn said folding in the corner of one of the pages.
Aislynn shut the book and picked up Toto she then got up and walked over to the door followed by Ellie. They walked along towards Dorothy's room. They found the china princess waiting outside the door which was new closed.
"Is something wrong China Princess?" Ellie asked curiously.
"No, Dorothy just doesn't want to be bothered at the moment, she's changing." The princess replied.
Ellie smiled and rummaged through her pockets she pulled out a key that the scarecrow had given her. She unlocked the door and walked in quietly, followed by Aislynn, Toto and the china princess. She then quietly sat down on the bed and looked at the scepter which was now glowing dimly.
"Ellie?" Dorothy asked walking out of the closet now dressed in her normal dress.
"Yes Dorothy?" Ellie responded.
"Would you mind closing your eyes and finding out where your sister is?" Dorothy asked.
Ellie nodded and closed her eyes, she saw that her sister was reading through a book that she couldn't really make out the text for. She frowned, she didn't know where her sister was.
"Not sure Dorothy, she appears to be reading something." Ellie said shrugging.
"Oh well, she must be trying to find the right spells again, we're trying to combat the jester's magic, which I might add is really difficult when you don't know what kind of magic is being used against you." The princess said walking over to Dorothy and tapping her lightly on the nose.
"Yea, I guess that could be an issue." Dorothy said giggling as the china princess's finger made contact with her nose.
"Actually I don't think it's an issue." Aislynn said.
"Really?" Dorothy, Ellie and The princess asked in unison.
"Yea, I think it is a very big problem!" she shouted making them all laugh.
"Aislynn, you are one cute kid." The princess said.
Aislynn giggled and blushed, she smiled and sat down on the bed next to Ellie.
"You know, I love you guys, and before you say it princess, no my birthday hasn't been that bad." Dorothy said putting up a hand to stop the china princess from making a remark.
The china princess opened her mouth to say something and then shut it again unable to think of anything to say.
"Wow, that…" Ellie said unable to make a remark.
The china princess finally thought of something to say, she went to Dorothy and placed a hand on her shoulder, she then broke into a small fit of laughter.
"Dorothy gale, you know me far too well." She said laughing
"Thank you princess.' Dorothy said.
"You're welcome, come on, get your shoes on if you'd like and let's go back to the chambers." The princess said .
"Why wouldn't she wear her flats?" Aislynn asked curiously.
"Because sometimes she just goes barefoot, she came to Oz barefoot the year I got married." The princess said smiling.
"oh." Aislynn said slightly confused.
Dorothy giggled and walked over to the scepter, picking it up she walked over to where she had put down her flats. Toto barked a few times and ran over. Dorothy slid into the flats and picked him up. He in their licked her on the face as he usual. Dorothy then walked out of the room, Aislynn and the china princess followed, Ellie stayed behind however and closed her eyes. She saw that her sister was looking around her castle, she was in a room that Ellie knew well, and that was her sister's chambers, she was looking for something and she found it, she then realized her sister was traveling, she then found her sister was now in front of Mr. and Mrs. Gale. She smiled and opened her eyes. She then ran out of the room to catch up with the others.
"Ah Ellie there you we worried you somehow got lost." Came the voice of the china princess.
"No china princess, but I think my sister finally found what she was looking for." Ellie said as the clock struck seven.
Dorothy gasped and walked over to the window, she looked outside at the now almost completely set sun. The full moon was rising high into the sky. She smiled and looked out at it smiling.
"Full moon tonight, oh I love the full moon, it's just so majestic and beautiful." Dorothy said sighing.
"I'll admit the silver full moon is one of the prettiest things I ever get to see, I used to have my servants set me up a small throne outside on nights where there was a full moon." The princess said walking over and sighing.
They all walked over to the window and looked out at the moon, Finley then flew into the room carrying a large book seeming to struggle under the weight.
"The scarecrow told me to bring you this book." He said flying over to Aislynn.
Aislynn took the book from Finley and smiled.
"Thanks Finley, tell the scarecrow thanks for me." Aislynn said.
Finley nodded and flew out of the room. Dorothy then looked at the scepter which was now glowing brightly. She walked over to the large box that her presents had been put in and Ellie came over and picked up the box and Aislynn goes and picks up Toto.
"I think it's time to head back to Kansas it seems." Ellie said looking at the scepter.
"I guess so, either that or the jester is going to jump out from behind the throne." Dorothy said chuckling.
Aislynn quickly looked behind the throne just to be sure. She smiled and turned around.
"Nope, just a lot of dust and air." She said making everyone chuckle.
"Ace, I was kidding." Dorothy said smiling and walking over.
Dorothy didn't get to many steps closer to Aislynn before she felt herself lurch forward. She saw colors whizzing by her in a beautiful sunset pattern. She closed her eyes as she began to feel dizzy and sick. She braced herself for the abrupt stop that she knew was going to come shortly afterwards. She began to wish they could find an easier, less nauseating way to bring her between her home and Oz, but she knew that the only other options were a twister or the rainbow mover, which at the same time were not really options at all. She then felt her feet make contact with hardwood floor, she feel forward directly into Glinda's arms.
"Take it easy now Dorothy, I know that was rough for you, it always is." She said rubbing Dorothy's back in a circular motion.
Dorothy looked up into Glinda's smiling face and smiled back.
"Any explanation as to why it seems to affect me more than the others yet?" Dorothy said managing to catch her breath.
"Afraid not, but I'll look into it if it makes you feel any better." Glinda said chuckling.
"Actually what would make feel better is an explanation as to why you're here in Kansas." Dorothy questioned.
"I'd tell you but that would ruin the surprise." Glinda said giggling.
"Oh, Dorothy there you are." Came the voice of Alyssa.
"Alyssa? What are you doing here?" Dorothy breaking away from Glinda and walking over.
"It's all part of the surprise." Ellie said walking into the room followed by Aislynn and Toto.
Dorothy looked around the room, she found that they were back in the Alistair residence. She smiled, at least she was someplace familiar.
"What surprise?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Like she said, if we told you, it would ruin the surprise." Came the voices of Caitlyn, Chrissy, Elena, Brianna, and Alison all in unison.
"So, this is where you guys disappeared to?" Ellie asked curiously.
"Well no, we came willingly." Elena said walking over to Ellie and taking the box from her.
"Well I sort of gathered that, you guys would never let yourselves get captured, not on purpose anyways." Ellie said giggling.
"Okay, we can have a warm reunion later, but Dorothy, follow us." Alyssa said running out of the house followed by the other girls.
Dorothy looked at Glinda, who nodded. Dorothy smiled and followed the girls out of the house, she immediately found herself being blindfolded with a red bandanna. She giggled as she felt herself being led along the road.
"So you guys really want this to be a surprise don't you?" Dorothy asked through giggled.
"What was your first clue?" Alyssa said chuckling.
"The blindfold made out of a red bandanna was a rather large clue." Dorothy said as they led her along the road.
Dorothy began to wonder where they were going, and why she needed the blindfold, she tightened her grip around the scepter. She then felt a presence that made her feel calmer about this. She felt a hand take her own and knew that it was Ellie when she felt her hand get squeezed lightly.
"Don't worry Dorothy, you're going to love it." Ellie whispered into her ear.
"Thanks for that small amount of assurance." Dorothy said smiling.
Dorothy then became aware of another presence, and she didn't like this one, it felt bad. But she shrugged this off as they walked along. After a few minutes Dorothy could hear the sound of grain rustling in summer breeze, she knew that the summer was almost over and that she, Aislynn, and Ellie would be going to the school. She now had everything on her plate to deal with, she wondered what she was going to about the jester, and she also wondered how this would somehow affect her school work. But she shrugged this off when she felt Ellie squeeze her hand tightly and they all came to an abrupt halt.
"Dorothy?" came the voice of Auntie Em.
"Yes auntie Em?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Ready for your big surprise?" she asked teasingly.
"As I'll ever be." Dorothy said.
"That's good, because we know you'll be surprised." Came the voice of uncle henry.
Dorothy then heard Toto barking and Aislynn let out a gasp, she smiled as she felt the bandanna being untied in the back,
"Ready?" Alyssa asked.
"Ready." Dorothy said nodding.
The blind fold was then released from her eyes, she saw what looked like everyone in town standing in front of her. She looked up and around them and gasped in shock, happiness, and delight. The farmhouse was not completely fixed, it looked slightly bigger and it had everything restored.
"Happy Birthday!" she heard everyone say in unison.
Dorothy couldn't help but let tears of joy cascade down her face. She ran over to her aunt and uncle and hugged them tightly. Toto and Aislynn then ran up and Aislynn joined in the hug. Dorothy then looked up at her aunt and uncle and smiled.
"So this is what you guys were doing all day? But how did you manage it?" Dorothy asked happily.
"we arranged it all during the town meeting last night, everyone who knew you well enough was happy to volunteer to help, then the girls showed up to help and so did Glinda." Uncle Henry said referring to the farmhouse.
"But what about electrics?" Dorothy asked.
"I took care of that myself." Came the voice of Glinda.
Dorothy turned around and saw Glinda walking up to them. When she over to them Dorothy broke from the embrace, she ran over to the porch and sat on the steps. She was then joined by Aislynn, Ellie, and the rest of the girls.
"Dorothy, we figured if you could put together a boat in less than a day we could put together a house." Alyssa said placing a hand on Dorothy's shoulder.
"Thank you, Thank you all for helping my aunt and uncle put this together for me!" Dorothy said loudly standing up and waving to everyone.
Just then there was a clap of thunder, the wind began to pick up again? Dorothy looked up at the sky and then at the scepter which was once again glowing brightly. She ran off the steps and looked around in a panic. Everyone moved out of the way and made a path, Dorothy tightened her grip on the scepter and looked around. She then heard what sounded like Donna and Kelly screaming. She looked in the direction of the scream and saw them pointing in a diagonal direction at the farmhouse. Dorothy looked and gasped. Standing there, on the roof was the jester. Glinda angrily shot a spell at him which missed as he ducked out of the way.
"Now, now, we don't want any violence do we? Not on this special day." He said chuckling.
Dorothy was about to say something when the she saw the jester get hit in the face by what looked like a tin can.
"Hey Bozo! Get off the roof, that isn't even your house." Came the voice of Alex from somewhere in the crowd.
"Alex do me a favor just this once?" Dorothy said looking into the crowd trying to find him.
The jester sighed and flicked his wand causing people to fall down out of the way of Alex.
"No, he's going to ruin our perfectly good work!" he said walking closer to the house.
Dorothy looked at the jester and watched as he raised the wand and wave it in a circle. Dorothy panicked and started running towards Alex the jester then began to say a spell he hadn't used in a while but at least he knew it worked.
"WHERE ONCE YOUR LIVING SOUL DID DWELL, NOW IS NOTHING BUT AN EMPTY SHELL!" he said bringing the wand down in a swooping motion.
A purple ball of light shot out of the wand and quickly made its way towards Alex. He stood there frozen in a panic, but he was pushed out of the way at the last second by Dorothy. They both fell to the ground with a large Oomph while the spell made contact with the dirt and exploded. Dorothy got up and dusted herself off. She then waved the scepter in the jester's direction. A ball of light shot out but it missed the jester going just over his head. He then flicked the wand he was hold and appeared behind Dorothy.
"Catch me if you can!" he said running off into the darkness.
Dorothy began to feel angry, she looked at Glinda quickly then threw the scepter to the side and ran after the jester. She saw him run into the cornfield next to the house and she followed. She soon began to realize what she had just done, she had just run after the jester without any defense at her disposal, but she didn't care, he almost cast a spell on someone that, though she didn't like at all, didn't deserve to become a marionette. She followed the sound of his laughter until they both stood in the middle of the cornfield which looked like it had been cleared out for the soul purpose of putting a scarecrow there. The jester looked at Dorothy and chuckled.
"Oh dear we are in trouble now aren't we?" he asked chuckling.
"How are you not out of breath?" Dorothy asked concerned having realized this.
"I found a spell, and now I can run for ages, but it's not me you should be worried about, it's yourself, you ran off after me without the one thing that keeps you safe, the scepter, which means, you broke two of your promises, and yes I know about those." He said chuckling.
Dorothy was astounded by this, looking at the jester who was now standing a few feet away from her. but he was right, running after him the way she did was technically breaking the promise of not going after and trying to find the jester, and she threw the scepter to the side in a fit of anger which means she had broken her promise to the scarecrow of not putting herself in danger. She looked at the jester angrily.
"You know, you do have some problems don't you?" he asked teasingly
"I don't have any problems, outside from being very upset at you!" Dorothy shouted at him.
"Yes, well that's not what I meant, and I don't just mean mental problems, you are upset that you broke your promises, which in turn you promised not to break." He said chuckling and getting closer to her.
"Don't come any closer!" Dorothy said putting out her hand to stop him.
The jester stopped in his tracks and looked at the girl. They were both being illuminated by the light of the full moon. The jester's costume now appearing a light mauve in the moonlight, the girl looking just the same as ever. He sighed and smiled wickedly.
"I mean there are things you need to come to terms with, and I don't just mean making amends for breaking your promises, I mean coming to terms with other things as well, and don't look at me with that confused look you know what I mean." He said chuckling again.
"I have nothing to come to turns with, stop it with these mind games and leave me be, and you've had your fun, now go." She said looking at him angrily.
"Well then, what would you say about this confrontation then before I go?" he asked smiling and licking his top row of teeth maliciously again.
"I have nothing to say about it, just go." She said starting to tear up.
The jester didn't say a word, he flicked the wand and was surrounded by a mist, there was another clap of thunder and he was gone. Dorothy sighed and fell to her knees crying.
"Dorothy! Dorothy!" She heard her auntie Em calling along with Glinda and Ellie.
Dorothy didn't respond, she wasn't sure at this point if she wanted to be found, she then heard the sound of Toto barking, he wasn't far away and she knew it was a matter of time before he reached the middle of the cornfield.
"I'm over here Auntie Em!" Dorothy shouted trying to hold back tears.
Toto then emerged from the row of corn next to her and ran over barking. She picked him up and soon saw the green glow of the scepter emitting from the cornfield, Glinda emerged carrying both a lantern and the scepter. She gently set the lantern on the ground and ran over to Dorothy.
"Dorothy, I thought I told you to keep the scepter with you!" Glinda said sternly.
"Glinda please, we can scold her later." Came the voice of auntie Em emerging from the corn carrying a flashlight and a blanket, Ellie then followed behind her.
"Dorothy, why would you run after him like that!?" Ellie asked running over to her friend and embracing her.
Dorothy didn't say a thing, she couldn't she didn't have any explanation outside of having the small fit of anger and being provoked by the jester. She didn't know what she could say, all she knew was that she couldn't make this better.
"Dorothy, did he do anything to you at all? Cast any spells or physically harm you?" Glinda asked sounding concerned but still with a bit of anger in her voice.
Dorothy shook her head, she wasn't going to talk to anyone at this point. What was she going to say? What would she do? And how was she going to make up for it?
"Dorothy, you promised that you wouldn't do anything like that again, why did you break that promise?" Ellie asked starting to tear up.
Auntie Em's watch then beeped signaling another hour had past.
"Dorothy we've been running around this cornfield for maybe two hours looking for you!" Auntie Em said.
Dorothy looked up with a shocked expression, two hours going by without them finding her made her feel sick, they all knew in two hours the jester could have done many things, turn her into a statue, turn her into a puppet, turn her into some sort of animal, and even kill her just to name a few that she was thinking.
"Dorothy, your aunt, Glinda and I have been searching, your uncle took Aislynn into the house to make her something to eat and calm her down, everyone else has returned home at my sisters orders and the girls are waiting on the porch for your return." Ellie said sternly.
"Ellie, could you do me a favor?" Glinda asked.
"What?" Ellie responded.
"Be quiet." Glinda said taking Dorothy in her arms.
Dorothy began to start crying again, on her birthday of all days, why did the jester have to show up and cause problems? Did he ruin it? No she didn't think so, but he did make one heck of a mess of her good time. Toto barked a few times as the wind began to blow again, the cold Kansas summer winds made them all shiver. Auntie took the blanket and wrapped it around Dorothy. Glinda then handed the scepter to Ellie and picked Dorothy up. She then carried her out of the cornfield back to the farmhouse, which without running in complete circles took about twenty minutes to do. Dorothy then felt herself being set down on the porch steps. She opened her eyes and say the girls looking at her with worried expressions.
"Did the jester harm her at all?" Elena asked sounding concerned.
"We don't think so, but she doesn't seem to want to talk to anyone." Em said sadly.
Dorothy felt tears rolling down her face. She looked up at the full moon and smiled weakly. She then sighed and got up. She walked into the house and ran directly to her bedroom which was open. She shut the door and locked it with the dead bolt that had been set there. She then walked over to the bed and lied down on it face down. She began to cry into a pillow. There wasn't anything she wanted to do at this point. She was now completely upset with the jester. She still had the best birthday ever but the night was turning into something hectic. She remembered the last time she had cried so hard was in clearing, when she discovered it for the first time. She looked up and over at the new dresser that had been placed there. She saw that her face was now red and stained with tears. She then heard a knock on the door.
"Dorothy?" came the voice of Glinda, who sounded like she was struggling against something.
She looked at the crack below the door and saw the green glow that belonged to the scepter, 'sweet Oz' she whispered to herself as she got up and unbolted the door. Opening it quickly watched the scepter fly by her and come to rest in front of the bed. Glinda walked in and placed a hand under Dorothy's chin. Dorothy pushed it away and Ellie came into the room.
"Dorothy, please don't shut us out, don't be like me." Ellie said.
"Why shouldn't I!? You guys are going to scold me anyways!" Dorothy said angrily choking back tears.
Ellie didn't say a word, she felt hurt by these word, and she ran away from the room. Glinda looked at Dorothy and frowned. She waved her wand and vanished. Dorothy shut the door again and bolted it. She then walked over to the bed and lied back down on it. She then began to feel drowsy and soon was once again asleep.