Disclaimer, you know 32 chapters in I should probably stop adding these but you know, the usual
Early the next morning Dorothy woke up and stretched. She then noticed Alex was sleeping on the couch across from her. She was surprised by this and jumped up the couch and was immediately met with Toto.
"He's been lying there all night, keeping an eye on you." He said.
"Really?" she whispered curiously.
"Really." He said.
"That's nice of him." She said impressed with Alex's new behavior.
"Yes, and Dorothy." Toto said.
"Yes boy?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"When you do become human again can you do me a favor?" he asked curiously.
"Sure, what is it?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Invest in a baseball bat, I've always wanted to chase something launched like a baseball." Toto said.
Dorothy giggled at this and nodded.
"Sure thing boy, but right now, you should probably go see if someone will let you out to run around outside." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy, I don't want to be outside if I can't be with you." Toto said whimpering a bit.
"Toto, don't do that because of me, you need to exercise" Dorothy said concerned.
"But I miss playing with you, I can't do that with you as a cat." Toto said whimpering more.
"Toto please don't whimper like that, it makes me upset." Dorothy said rubbing her head against Toto's.
"Dorothy I'm serious, I want you to be you again, and I just can't take this anymore." He said as a tear dripped down his long nose.
"Toto please, don't cry." Dorothy said.
"What's wrong with Toto?" Alex asked sitting up on the couch.
"He's upset that I'm still not changed back yet, and it's making him lonely that I can't play with him personally." Dorothy said looking over to Alex.
"Oh, is that why he's reluctant to come outside with us?" Alex asked curiously.
"WHAT!?" Dorothy exclaimed.
"Toto doesn't ever want to come outside with us, he constantly refuses to even be led." Alex said getting up and walking over.
"Toto!" Dorothy said scolding him.
Toto whimpered and put on a pout.
"Dorothy, don't scold him, you have to understand, you're his owner, he needs YOU, he may trust us some times, and he may trust Ellie and Aislynn with his life but they're still not you." Alex said picking up Dorothy and looking into her eyes.
"Alex, I…" Dorothy said hanging her head in defeat, he was right she had no right to scold Toto.
She knew that Toto loved her a lot. She also knew that he did get uncomfortable when she was gone for long periods of time which is why she brought him everywhere. She remembered the first time she went on a long trip with her uncle to visit her parent's grave to lie flowers there. It was the last time she went till she took Aislynn there. Toto had hidden himself underneath Dorothy's bed and not even auntie Em was able to get him out until Dorothy had gotten home.
"Dorothy, you're thinking about something right?" Alex asked curiously.
"How could you tell?" Dorothy asked as Alex set him back down on the floor.
"Because you still get a strange face." Alex said chuckling.
"Thanks dear, I'm sure she loves you for that." Came the voice of Jenny as she walked in with a bowl of tuna and a saucer of milk.
"Oh good morning jenny." Alex said.
"I'm not insulted, I do tend to make a strange face when I'm thinking hard about something." Dorothy said as the bowl and saucer were set in front of her.
"Oh." Jenny said as Dorothy began to hungrily eat the tuna.
Alex was about to say something when a knock came from the door. Jenny was about to go get it when Alex stopped her.
"I'll get it jenny, you keep Dorothy and Toto company." Alex said as he walked out of the parlor.
Dorothy perked up her ears and listened as Alex opened the door.
"oh Mr. and Mrs. Gale, what brings you here?" Alex asked curiously.
"It's been quiet around the house we just wanted to stop by and checkup." henry said as Dorothy heard them walking to the parlor.
"Auntie Em, Uncle Henry!" Dorothy said as they walked into the parlor.
"Dorothy, we've been missing you around the farm." Em said picking up Dorothy and kissing her on her head.
"Auntie Em, please don't do that." Dorothy said.
"Sorry dear." Em said setting her down.
Dorothy giggled and went back to eating. Em and henry chuckled at this. Dorothy looked up and her aunt and uncle and then went to lapping up the milk.
"I didn't think you liked tuna." Henry said smiling.
"I didn't but as a cat I've come to like it." Dorothy said giggling.
After a few seconds they all heard the sounds of footsteps coming from upstairs and soon Aislynn and Ellie were in the parlor.
"Mr. and Mrs. Gale, what are you doing here!?" Ellie asked completely surprised.
"Things got too quiet around the farm." Henry said as Aislynn hugged both of them.
"Hello ace, how have you both been?" Em asked curiously.
"We've been fine Mrs. Gale." Aislynn said, Ellie nodded in agreement.
Toto wanting to be part of this as well barked.
"Oh Toto, it's definitely been quiet without you around." Em said picking him up.
Toto barked a few times and everybody but Em and henry looked at Dorothy.
"He says 'thanks, it makes me feel loved more now.' "She said.
"You can understand him now?" Henry asked curiously.
"Yea, kind of messed up with magic a bit, now I can communicate with him at least." Dorothy said thinking that as a practical upside.
"Dorothy, what if it's permanent!?" Em said now quite concerned.
"Glinda said there's a fifty-fifty shot that when I get transformed back I could either lose the ability or be stuck with it." Dorothy said sighing.
"Those are some nice odds though." Came Glinda's voice from the mirror behind them
They all looked at the mirror and saw Glinda's face. It was evident that she had been crying at some point during the night for her face was stained with tears.
"Glinda, what's wrong, you were crying." Ellie said walking up to the mirror.
"Oh, yes, one second." Glinda said vanishing from the mirror and then appearing in the room in front of them, she then tossed a package to jenny.
"What's this miss?" she asked curiously.
"Its tea, wake the others and start the tea, I'm afraid I have discovered something recently, something that will affect Dorothy most of all." Glinda said walking over to Dorothy and picking her up.
"Glinda, please put me down." Dorothy said as Glinda walked over to the couch and sat down on it, setting Dorothy down on her own lap she began to scratch her behind the ear causing Dorothy to purr a bit.
"What is it Glinda?" They all asked in unison sounding now really concerned.
"I want to tell all of you at once, that way it is of no surprise to anyone when it inevitably happens." Glinda said sadly.
After a few minutes Jenny returned with a silver tray carrying a pot of tea, several cups and a pitcher of milk. She was followed by donna, who was carrying Annabella, Kelly, who was carrying a bowl of sugar, and Jessica, who was at this point extremely concerned to see this many people in the parlor once more. Soon the tea was served and almost everyone was seated except for Annabella and Alex, who was now holding Annabella in his arms because she had been woken up so early. Glinda moved to the side on the couch and made room for him to sit. He obliged and sat down, Annabella's eyes then met with Dorothy's and she began to giggle. She struggled out of Alex's grasp and picked up Dorothy. Alex and Glinda moved over to give her room so that Annabella could sit comfortably with Dorothy in her grasp. She then realized that no one else was laughing and immediately stopped and gave a blank stare,
"Now, to what I discovered." Glinda said taking a sip of tea.
"Yes, that upset you in some way." Em said.
"Yes, well, I found the book that I'm pretty sure I found the book that the jester is using for his spells, and with the transformation he used, I found that with the transformation, there are some… side effects…" Glinda said trailing off.
Everyone gasped, Ellie looked like was about to burst into tears.
"What's side affect?" Annabella asked curiously.
"It's like an after effect dear, sometimes they can be good, but side Effects can mostly be bad." Glinda said.
"What are the side effects Glinda?" Alex asked now sounding very concerned.
"Well, which ones would you like to hear first? Good or bad?" Glinda said.
"Personally, I want to hear the good first." Dorothy said.
"I agree." Henry said.
"Same." The rest of them said getting impatient.
"Well, there is a possibility that she will keep the ability to see in the dark, and she'll most likely still have really, really good hearing, and she'll have an improved sense of smell." Glinda said happily.
"And the bad news?" Ellie asked curiously.
"The down side is that with her transformation, when she gets changed back, and you guys may be want to put your tea down." Glinda said.
Everyone nodded and obeyed.
"Now, Dorothy, I don't want you to worry too much, but when you get changed back you will not be able to walk, and sadly for up to three months" Glinda said.
Annabella was surprised by this and let go of Dorothy. She then looked at Glinda.
"Dorothy won't be able to walk?" Annabella asked sounding sad.
"Yes my child." Glinda said sadly.
"Oh." She said hugging Dorothy tightly.
"Yes, I should also mention that there is the possibility that she'll still have the sharp teeth, but those will also be temporary, the one thing that won't be is the fact that she might still have the sharp nails, but those can still be filed down or something." Glinda said sadly.
"Well… this is a bit depressing." Dorothy said.
"I agree, Glinda, can we change the subject." Alex and Ellie in unison both sounding a bit like they were going to cry.
Every one sat there in silence for a few minutes then went back to their tea, henry was the first to break the silence with a question, wiping some tears from his own eye.
"Is there anything you can do?" Henry asked placing a hand on his wife's
"I'm sorry, but like I said it will last for I believe at the most three months, I can provide a wheelchair if you'd like." Glinda said, her face taking on a sad expression.
"But, what about the scepter? It's helped her before." Ellie asked sounding a bit hopeful.
"Ellie you know magic has its limitations, physical disabilities is one of the things magic cannot repair without delving into the darker parts of it." Glinda said meeting her sister's gaze.
"Oh great." Dorothy said sarcastically.
"Dorothy I'm sorry but you're going to have to figure out a way to cope." Glinda said.
"What about the eyes?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Come again?" Glinda asked curiously
"The eyes, what about them?" Dorothy asked
"Oh, well the book didn't mention them on any of its pages." Glinda said thinking about it.
"Great, so it's just the luck of the draw then?" Alex and Dorothy both asked.
"You better believe it!" came the voice of jester echoing throughout the room, in turn making Annabella hug Dorothy tightly.
"What, do, you want, now!" Dorothy said as Annabella continued to hug her tightly
"Oh just to say, I'm sorry, I didn't know about the side effects." He said sadly.
"Yea well, apology accepted, could someone stop Annabella please!" Dorothy said as Annabella continued to hug her tighter in fright.
"Sorry" Annabella said realizing what she was doing.
"No problem, just don't do it again please Annabella I like being able to breath." Dorothy said catching her breath.
"Well, I'll leave you guys to your conversation, I'm so sorry." He said.
Dorothy shook her head and looked around. She jumped off of Annabella and walked over to her aunt and uncle. She then jumped onto her aunt's lap and looked up at them.
"Dorothy, your uncle and I will need to think of a plan, we'll need to talk with your teacher, Mr. Pryce, Mr. Alistair, Officer grey, and doctor Maxwell." Em said.
"Auntie Em, please don't tell doctor Maxwell, I mean if I come in there with sharp teeth, green eyes and sharp claws, what do you think is going to happen?" Dorothy asked sounding concerned.
"Dorothy, your aunt is right, you should at least inform one doctor, and I'll help them explain it." Glinda said going back to her cheery tone.
"But will he believe you? No probably not." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy, if the Teak's will believe it so will him." Glinda said smiling.
"But how can you be sure?" Dorothy asked sounding concerned.
"I'll go to call on him personally, no need for any of you guys to do anything, just sit there and relax when the time comes." Glinda said sighing as if trying to find a way to win this battle.
"Thanks Glinda." Em said rolling her eyes.
"But why can't we just keep it a secret from Doctor Maxwell?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Because Elena won't be able to help us at the moment, she's currently in the south with her sister meeting up with Locasta, did I ever mention that I could have been ruler of the south?" Glinda asked curiously.
"No, no sis you did not mention it." Ellie said.
"Oh, must have slipped my mind, well Locasta is our cousin Ellie, you already know that, but she was ruler of the south before our aunt died and I ascended the throne of the north, she could have taken over for our aunt and I would have gone to the south." Glinda said trying not to make eye contact at this point.
"Why didn't she?" Donna asked curiously.
"Because she didn't want to, I think, she never actually explained that, nor have I ever really asked." Glinda said thinking about it.
"Well then, fair enough." Donna said finishing off her tea.
"I assume that the jester is most likely thinking of changing Dorothy back soon." Ellie said.
"What makes you say that?" Alex asked curiously.
"Because he apologized, he wouldn't need to, and as far as I know really doesn't unless he's about to do something like that." Ellie said.
"Fair enough, I think." Alex said slightly confused.
"May I be excused? I'm going to go for a bit of a walk." Dorothy said jumping off her aunt's lap.
"Sure, we'll come up with a plan while you're gone." Em said.
"Thanks." Dorothy said walking out of the parlor.
Toto barked and followed after her. Dorothy walked far enough away from the parlor so that she could drown out what was being said. She then turned around to see to her surprise that Toto had been following her.
"So, when you do get changed back you won't be able to run around the farm with me then." Toto said in a sad tone.
"Guess not boy, but I could always get a wheel chair and roll around the farm." Dorothy said trying to stay optimistic about it, and failing.
"But there's no fun in that." Toto said whimper
"I'm sorry Toto it's just the way it has to be, I have no say in the matter, and neither do you." Dorothy said.
Toto was about to say something when he perked up his ears Dorothy did the same with hers and listened. She heard Glinda, and not to her surprise, doctor Maxwell.
"But I still don't see how we got here so fast." Doctor Maxwell said now extremely confused
"Doctor Maxwell, I told you, magic." Glinda said trying to explain.
Dorothy tuned it out again and looked at Toto.
"Should we go back?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Probably, by the way, that reminds me, what's a therapy dog?" he asked curiously.
"Oh, a therapy dog? Well I guess it, it's like a dog, that helps people feel better, psychologically and somewhat physically I assume, I've never really needed one so I don't really know that much." Dorothy said thinking about it.
"Dorothy, can I be one? I know they want me to be one there, I mean Doctor Maxwell and company." Toto asked curiously.
"Well, I need to get us a contract first." Dorothy said chuckling.
"I can wait." Toto said as they started walking back to the parlor.
"Dorothy!" came the voice of Alex.
"Coming Alex!" Dorothy said as he ran up to them.
"Dorothy, Glinda brought Doctor Maxwell here." Alex said picking her up.
Dorothy sighed and purred. For some reason she still felt comfortable in Alex's arms then she did in anyone else's. She purred a little louder, making Alex chuckled.
"Comfy?" He asked teasingly.
"Yep" she said sounding content
"Good, because we're back at the parlor, ready to face Doctor Maxwell?" Alex asked curiously.
"If I said no you'd bring me in there anyways, so I'm ready as I'll ever be."
"Good point." he said chuckling and walking in.
"OH, what a strange looking cat." Doctor Maxwell said taking a sip of tea from the cup he had been given.
Toto barked and Doctor Maxwell looked down at him.
"Oh is Dorothy here?" Doctor Maxwell asked curiously.
"I'm right in front of you." Dorothy said looking at Doctor Maxwell.
Doctor Maxwell went white as a sheet. Alex chuckled as Doctor Maxwell took out a handkerchief and wiped his brow. Toto then walked over and jumped up onto his lap. Doctor Maxwell chuckled and pet Toto for a bit before looking at the cat.
"Tell me that cat didn't just talk." He requested nervously.
"Sorry doctor Maxwell, but if we told you that it would be dishonest." Em said sighing.
"B-bu-bu-but, how?" He asked going pale.
It took Glinda nearly an hour to explain what had happened. Doctor Maxwell, still extremely confused eventually fainted and had to be brought to a guest room.
"You had him leave his assistant in charge right?" Em asked Glinda as they set him on the bed.
"He said he put his best doctors and nurses in charge before we left abruptly." She said smiling warmly
"Oh, well why did you bring him here?" Em asked curiously.
"Because, well one if we told him the story after Dorothy had been changed back he wouldn't have believed us, two when she is changed back I want to make sure she is completely unharmed and without Elena around this was my best option." Glinda said looking down at the doctor.
"How long do you think it will be before he wakes?" Em asked curiously as they walked out of the room.
"I'd give it an hour or so, if not well maybe till tonight, anyways let's get back downstairs, Jessica did say she would keep an eye on him for us." Glinda said as Jessica walked past them.
Soon they were back down stairs and in the parlor with everyone else. Dorothy was now lying down comfortably on the couch next to where Alex was sitting, Donna had taken Annabella upstairs for a nap so that she could get some more energy. Aislynn and Ellie were talking with henry about what they would do why they got back to the farm, Toto was sitting on Ellie's lap, and Jenny, it seemed had been spending some of the time dusting.
"So, how long do you think it will take him to wake up?" Ellie asked now turning to face her sister.
"I'd give it a few hours at most." Glinda said sighing.
Ellie sighed and went back to talking with henry. Then it hit her, something they had all neglected to ask.
"Glinda?" Ellie asked curiously.
"Yes Ellie?" Glinda responded.
"Did you tell the gang in Oz? I mean did you inform the scarecrow or even the china princess?" Ellie asked curiously.
"Yes dear, anyways even if I hadn't the china princess is probably keeping an eye on us in the crystal ball." Glinda said sighing.
"Oh." Ellie said looking over to the scepter.
It was still dark, it hadn't glowed since the day Dorothy had been transformed. This kind of depressed her. She took Toto off her lap and got up and walked over to it. She then picked it up and held it tightly in her grasp. It didn't feel the way it normally did, it felt odd, but she couldn't tell why. She then took it over to the couch Dorothy was on and set it against the couch. Dorothy looked up at it and sighed.
"That hasn't glowed since I was changed into a cat." Dorothy said rubbing her head up against it.
To everyone's surprise, for the first time a small glow appeared in the orb. It refilled with the smoke that it normally had. Ellie gasped and picked it up, but dropped it shortly after with a wince.
"What happened?" Dorothy asked sounding concerned.
"It shocked me!" Ellie said shaking her hand in pain.
"Until Dorothy is restored back to her relatively normal self the scepter will allow you to touch it." Glinda said walking over and picking it up.
"Why are you able to touch it then?" Alex asked curiously.
"I can't really, I just have a high tolerance to pain." Glinda said pointing out the scepter was indeed shocking her.
"Glinda please put it down." Dorothy said now worried for her friend's health.
Glinda nodded and put it down on the couch she then walked over to the mirror on the other side of the room. It began to ripple and immediately the chambers appeared in it. The mirror in the chambers had been moved next to the rainbow mover, they could see the scarecrow fiddling around with it.
"Scarecrow." Glinda said into the mirror.
The scarecrow turned around in surprise. He dropped whatever it was he was holding which they heard clatter to the floor. He ran over to the mirror and signaled for someone to come over. After a few seconds the china princess came into view.
"Glinda, did you tell them?" China princess asked.
"Yes, they are all aware of the side effects now." Glinda said sighing.
"Well then, now all we have to do is wait for the jester to change her back." China princess said.
"Yep." Glinda replied.
Meanwhile at the jester's hideout
The jester was looking at the crystal ball, once more lounging. He flicked the wand and the crystal went dark. He then got up and sighed. He walked over to the book he had used for the spell and shut it.
"In a few hours I shall make the return journey to Kansas to change her back." He said in a sad tone.
He then walked back over to the crystal and set his hand down on it. It glowed but it didn't show anything, it just glowed. He then flicked the wand again and the scene of the parlor reappeared.
"But Glinda, why can't we just keep her in Oz when she is changed back?" came the voice of the china princess.
"Because I care about her education and the school should be reopening in another week or two." Glinda said as the clock struck three in the afternoon.
"Oh Glinda, sweet Glinda, you worry too much." The jester said chuckling.
"Glinda, do you have any idea when you'll be back? I'm not sure Alison can keep your spell bound for much longer." The scarecrow said sounding quite concerned
"ah yes, the spell that's supposed to keep mine from spreading, though I have not willed my spell to spread they still fear it will." He said chuckling a bit more.
"Hopefully soon, whenever Dorothy's been changed back really, which I hope is soon, but I don't think the jester would ever come back to Kansas during broad daylight." Glinda said sighing.
"Well at least she knows me well enough to know I won't come out during the day," He said sitting back down in his chair.
"Well I guess we'll just have to wait." The princess said sounding frustrated.
"Donna you should probably go get Annabella up from her nap." Alex said.
"Ah yes, the child I seem to scare so much." He said flicking the wand again and getting up.
He cackled wickedly and walked out of the room. He walked for a while before he found himself at the quarters he was keeping the monkeys in once more and barged in. the monkeys jumped up to attention in fright.
"Seriously, don't do that!" he said yelling at them causing them to scatter.
"Now, I am heading to Kansas again soon, I want my dinner to be prepared for me when I return just like last time, is that clear!?" he asked glaring down at the captain.
The monkey nodded quickly and saluted. The jester nodded and walked out of the room slamming the door behind him. He then walked towards the kitchens and walked in. he then grabbed himself and apple and took a large bit out of it, he then abruptly spit it out into the nearest trashcan.
"Nope, still hate apples." He said tossing the half eaten apple behind him.
He then laughed wickedly again and flicked the wand, vanishing from the place entirely.
That evening, in Kansas.
It had taken a few hours but Doctor Maxwell had finally awoken. It was now ten minutes to seven in the evening and he still hadn't come to terms with what was going on. It seemed to him that the stress of being a doctor had finally gotten to him and he had finally snapped. It took Glinda a long time over dinner to explain that he was definitely still sane and that this was all actually happening. As soon somewhat began to understand what was going on but he wasn't really sure anymore. He wanted to believe it, but at the same time he felt that he couldn't.
"Doctor Maxwell?" Dorothy asked walking into the dining room.
"Yes Dorothy?" He asked not even looking at her.
"Don't worry, it does take people a while to come to terms with this, but I promise you that eventually it will seem completely not out of the ordinary when I'm around." Dorothy said walking over.
"But I refuse to believe this, it can't be physically possible." He said trying to convince himself.
"Ha! You don't recognize things that don't seem normal to you as possible, you see Doctor Maxwell I know impossible, and I've seen it since I came into Dorothy's custody." Aislynn said sternly.
Doctor Maxwell hung his head in defeat, sadly the child was right, who was he really to say what was truly impossible. In the medical profession you see a lot and the lives of others are in your hands, but this really took the biscuit. He didn't know what to truly believe anymore, not at this point. The clock then struck half past seven and Donna brought Annabella up to bed. Dorothy followed closely behind her. Soon they were in the guest room which Donna, Kelly and Annabella were staying in. Donna placed Annabella in the crib that had been set up in there and then looked down at Dorothy.
"So hopefully you'll be back to normal by morning." Donna said smiling.
"I hope so." Dorothy said sighing.
"Goodnight Dorothy." Annabella said leaning against the bars of the crib and looking at Dorothy.
"Night Annabella, hopefully I'll be my old self again when you awaken." She said walking over to the crib.
Annabella giggled and scratched Dorothy behind the ears for a bit making her purr. Dorothy then giggled and walked out of the room and found her way back to the parlor. When she got there she found her aunt and uncle, Glinda, Doctor Maxwell, and Alex waiting for her, Glinda was trying her best to keep eye contact with Doctor Maxwell.
"Ellie, Aislynn and Kelly are helping jenny and Jessica set up some more guest rooms." Glinda said not even looking at her.
"Oh." Dorothy said walking over to Alex and jumping up onto his lap.
Alex chuckled and scratched Dorothy behind the ears. She purred loudly and looked up at him.
"You know, I can't wait for you to be changed back." Alex said sighing.
"I can't either." Dorothy said giggling.
"But you still won't be able to walk." Em said concerned.
"I know, but at least I'll be me again." Dorothy said jumping off Alex's lap and walking over to the other couch.
Glinda finally broke eye contact with Doctor Maxwell and blinked.
"There, now you have the full story." Glinda said snapping her fingers causing him to blink and shake his head.
"I see, and, um what exactly did you do?" doctor Maxwell asked curiously.
"To put it bluntly I just used magic to tell you the entire story of what's been going on." Glinda said.
"Ah, that explains the scenes that happened in my head, speaking of that does anyone have a pain killer? my head is pounding from that." He said rubbing his temples.
"That will fade in a minute, it's just your brain coming to terms with the information." Glinda said looking over to Dorothy.
"Would you guys mind leaving I think I'm going to go to sleep now?" Dorothy said jumping up onto the other couch and then onto the window sill.
"The guest rooms are ready, would you like us to lead you to them." Jenny said walking in with Jessica, Aislynn and Ellie.
"Sure, we were just about to come find you guys anyways." Glinda said as they all got up and left.
Dorothy sight and jumped down on the now empty couch and lied down. She purred and looked at the scepter. The glow was beginning to return to it. It was as if it knew she would soon be back to normal. And it couldn't wait. It was then that Dorothy heard Toto walk into the room.
"So you should be back to normal soon?" Toto asked curiously as he jumped up on to the couch.
"I hope so, I hope I don't lose the ability to be able to communicate with you." Dorothy said looking at him.
"Dorothy, if you do lose the ability, there's just something I want to say to you personally." Toto said.
"What's that boy?" Dorothy asked.
"Thank you for being such a good owner over the years, and I'm glad we finally got to communicate with each other for once." Toto said happily.
"You're welcome Toto, and maybe I'll get lucky, I don't know, but if the jester does show up to change me back I want you to be waiting outside the door to stand guard." Dorothy said.
Toto nodded and jumped off the couch. Dorothy then rested her head down and fell asleep. Soon the clock struck nine and Alex walked into the parlor. Shutting off the lights he lied down on the couch across from Dorothy and soon fell asleep. As the clock struck the last chime of the hour the jester appeared in the room. The scepter began to glow a bit brighter. He took out the wand and looked at Alex, then faced Dorothy who was now sleeping peacefully. He then whispered something and a small golden ball of light floated out of both the scepter and the wand and combined in the air. Flying directly into Dorothy she began to glow brightly. Glinda then ran into the room with Toto and Doctor Maxwell. The jester looked at them with a face that showed he was truly sorry for what he had done. Glinda turned the lights back on and both Dorothy and Alex were snapped awake. The first thing Alex saw was the jester. He then gasped when he saw Dorothy glowing.
"He's changing her back." Glinda whispered as to not disturb anyone.
The jester smiled and stepped out of the way. Dorothy herself now realizing what was happening immediately jumped off the couch. The change was almost instantaneous but when she found herself still on the floor. She could feel her legs but she couldn't move them, it was as if she had forgotten she sighed and looked at the jester.
"Thank you." She said fixing her hair which had now fallen into her eyes.
The jester said nothing, he just vanished. Alex got up from the couch and helped Dorothy up onto the couch she had just jumped off of. He sat her down and got a good look at her.
"Well the eyes are definitely back to normal." He said smiling.
Well that was really a long chapter. I still haven't decided whether or not I should allow Dorothy to keep the ability to communicate with Toto and the expand it to other animals