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Dorothy awoke to the sound of the clock striking midnight. Her eyes snapped open and she looked around the room. She saw that the scepter was still floating in front of her bed and that her door was still bolted shut. She sighed and got up, sliding into her flats which were now on the floor she walked over to the scepter and picked it up. She then walked over to the door and quietly unbolted and opened it. She walked out of the room quietly and over to the new bathroom. She walked in and tried the sink, surprisingly it worked. She leaned the scepter against the door and splashed the cold water onto her face. She was feeling regret for what she had done, and being irresponsible the way she had been. When she finished she grabbed the scepter and walked out of the bathroom and into the living room. She found Aislynn sleeping peacefully on the couch with Toto curled up in a ball next to her. Ellie was nowhere to be seen but she assumed that Ellie had either gone with her parents or that she returned to Oz with Glinda. She walked over to the front door and quietly opened it. She was immediately met with a fake cough which made her jump.
"Not sneaking away now are we?" Came the voice of Alyssa.
Dorothy looked around and eventually spotted Alyssa sitting on the far left side of the porch on a rocking chair. She was fiddling with a pocket knife she had found and was using it to carve a shape into a small block of wood. Dorothy didn't say anything she just looked at Alyssa and shut the door quietly.
"We had a feeling you might actually try to sneak out and run off since you already tried that tactic once, but you should know that won't solve your problems." Alyssa said folding up her knife and putting it in her pocket.
"I don't have any problems outside of the jester and the ones he made me cause today, where did Ellie run off to?" Dorothy asked.
"She went with Glinda back to Oz, from what I know she locked herself in her room, it seems that snapping at her the way you did really upset her." Alyssa said.
Dorothy felt tears welling up in her eyes, why was it when things got bad she ended up upsetting her friends she felt Alyssa put a hand on her cheek and. She then took out something her pocket and slipped it into Dorothy's hand. Dorothy looked at it, it was a small bottle of bubbling green liquid that Dorothy recognized immediately.
"Elena gave this to you to keep me from completely flipping out didn't she?" Dorothy asked in monotone.
"If you start feeling nervous or feel like you're about to flip out or throw a fit Elena instructs that I make you drink the calming tonic as soon as possible." Alyssa said sighing.
Dorothy nodded and wiped some tears from her eyes. She then uncorked the bottle with her thumb and downed the contents. She gagged a bit at the foul tasting green liquid, in her life time she only had it administered to her twice, she never thought she'd end up taking it willingly. She immediately began to feel calm and tranquil, but she also began to feel drowsy again just like she always did when she got a mouth full of the stuff. Alyssa led her inside back to her room and helped her back onto her bed. She began to feel even drowsier and eventually fell back to sleep.
She awoke a few hours later to find herself not in her bed in Kansas but her bed in the emerald city. The scepter was floating a few feet in front of her. She looked around the room to find it completely empty of any living soul besides hers. She got out of the bed to find that she was now in a white cotton nightdress similar to the ones she had in Kansas. She also found that her flats were set down right next to the bed. She sighed and walked to the closet where she found her dress waiting for her hung up nicely in front of the mirror. She emerged from the closet having changed a few moments later only to realize that her pendant, which she knew she hadn't taken off, was missing, and her pockets were also empty, including the one she kept her keys in. she ran to the door and tried to open it only to find it locked. She didn't even struggle to get it open she just walked over to her bed and sat down on it.
"Well Dorothy, now you've really done it, you've been locked in your room most likely as a punishment." She said to herself sliding on her flats.
She knew she deserved this, she had broken her promise and ran after the jester without the scepter in hand. She grabbed the scepter out of the air and squeezed it tightly in her grasp. It glowed for a minute and then went dark. She took the orb off of the top and threw it angrily across the room. It bounced off the wall but surprisingly didn't shatter when it hit the floor. She shrugged this off and lied back down on the bed. She then heard the lock in her door click and got up to see it open. She watched as Glinda walked into the room and snapped her fingers and the orb flew into her hands, as well as the broomstick. She looked at Dorothy sadly and placed the scepter back together.
"Dorothy, your punishment is being decided not by us but by your aunt and uncle are discussing it with the others." Glinda said in a sad tone.
"I think that sounds fair enough, can I go talk to Ellie? I want to apologize to her for snapping the way I did, I didn't mean to upset her." Dorothy said getting up and walking over.
"Apology accepted." Ellie said pushing past her sister and running over to Dorothy.
Dorothy ran to Ellie and they embraced for a few minutes. Dorothy then broke from the embrace and looked at Glinda.
"I think the plan is a good one, I'll accept my punishment like an adult if I must." Dorothy said taking Ellie's hand and walking over to Glinda.
"I think that's the responsible thing to do." Glinda said handing the scepter back to Dorothy.
Dorothy nodded and followed Glinda as they walked to the chambers. When they got there Ellie let go of Dorothy's hand and Dorothy walked into the chambers, she found a large table set up and everyone was sitting around it looking at her sadly, Dorothy stood there for a second then walked over to table at sat down, a large box was slid down to her, she opened it and found the stuff she normally kept in her pockets, as well as the pendant, her locket and her keys. She took these and hung them from her neck. She then pocketed the rest of her stuff. She then looked around the table and waited for someone to speak.
"Dorothy, you broke your promises and put yourself in danger." The scarecrow finally said after a few minutes.
Dorothy said nothing but nodded. She knew that her aunt and uncle had come up with some sort of punishment and knowing them it wouldn't be that bad.
"Dorothy, we are all here to discuss which punishment to use for you, and we that is your aunt and I have made a decision." Henry said sternly.
"I understand." Dorothy said.
"Good, because your punishment Is that you won't be allowed to leave the farm for three months for anything but school, no going to the library, no wandering around town, your aunt or I will drive you to and Aislynn to school every day and pick you up at the end of every day is that understood?" he asked.
"Yes sir." Dorothy responded.
"Also, if you do leave the farm on your own, without proper permission, your friends here will take care of the next punishments." Auntie Em added.
"Yes auntie Em." Dorothy said hanging her head in shame.
"Dorothy, please realize, that we are just doing this to keep you safe, we can't have you consistently running off the way you do." The scarecrow said.
"Any ways kid, what if you got hurt, there would be no way for us to help you." Lion said trying to be sympathetic about this entire thing.
"I understand that, and I'm sorry, I just got angry." Dorothy said.
"Well your being very mature in being prepared to take your punishment like an adult." Auntie Em said.
"Thanks auntie Em." Dorothy said smiling.
"Also while you're on the farm you will have chores to do, your aunt and I will decide those as time goes along, also a note from Mr. Alistair, school will be starting in two days come Monday, you have one of the new teachers." Henry said taking out a piece of paper.
"Who?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"He goes by the name of Mr. Pryce, are as we know him, the appraiser, turns out he's still a certified teacher." Em said sighing.
"Great, at least he started his new lease on life." Dorothy said happily.
"We know, Glinda send us home, and by us I mean Aislynn, Dorothy, and us, Toto must be bored at this point." Em said
Glinda nodded and waved her wand.
"See you at school Dorothy." Ellie said in a sad tone.
Dorothy then felt herself lurch forward she began to feel dizzy and sick as she usually did. She closed her eyes knowing she was about to come to an abrupt halt. She then felt her feet make contact with the wood floor of the living she threw her arms forward and caught herself before she hit the ground. The scepter fell out of her grasp and rolled away. She caught her breath for a minute and then stood up. She knew this was going to be a long three months.
Meanwhile at the jester's hideout
The jester was doing cartwheels around his crystal ball watching Dorothy just about sulking over her punishment. He laughed and pulled out a book.
"Now why don't I add a punishment of my own, something to help her friends help her realize that sooner or later she could be in a helpless situation, hm, turn her into a puppet? No that failed, um, let's see I've already done marble statue, what else is here in transformations?" he asked flipping through the book.
He flipped for a few pages and stopped when he saw something that caught his eye.
"Oooo, spells that can only be broken by the caster themselves, I could turn her into a cat with fur that matches the colors of the dress she's wearing, and no one will be able to do anything about it, and just to make matters worse, she has a dog, HA! But I don't want her to get hurt that would take the fun out of going to war, so I'll let her keep her vocal chords so she can communicate with them with a this variation." He said putting his finger on the words and memorizing them.
"Miss Dorothy gale, in a weeks' time I shall turn you into a cat, maybe that will be punishment enough for you." He said cackling.
Sorry this chapter is so short but I had to put this one out there, also credit for the transformation idea comes from one of the oz books, and from WTalespinner. Thank you for your contribution