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Dorothy hadn't gotten to get back to sleep after she had been transformed back. But she did know for sure that for the most part she was back to normal, well normal except for her nails and teeth just like Glinda had said. Glinda had also produced a hand mirror for Dorothy to look at herself in. she knew that smiling would now be a bit of a chore since she pretty much had fangs. Her nails looked relatively normal except they were pointed towards the ends, a bit like claws. Glinda preformed a quick spell to make sure that she was completely unharmed besides the inability to walk. And then had Doctor Maxwell give her a quick physical examination. It was nearly midnight by the time they finished and luckily it seemed Dorothy was completely unharmed.
"Well, may I finally go to bed now, I do have to get back to the hospital in the morning." He said wiping his brow.
"Yes, you may, see you in the morning." Glinda said warmly.
Doctor Maxwell sighed and walked out. Alex then walked back into the room now that everything was done and walked over to Dorothy. Their eyes met for a brief second before he looked away.
"So, how does it feel to be you again?" he asked curiously.
"Better." She said patting the cushion next to her.
He smiled and sat down next to her. Toto looked at Glinda and barked tiredly, he then walked out of the parlor to find some place to sleep comfortably.
"Dorothy, later I'll be taking you guys back to Oz, I'll have a wheel chair ready for you when you arrive, but now I must be off." Glinda said vanishing, leaving Dorothy and Alex by themselves.
Dorothy yawned and stretched her arms. She then looked down at her boots. They were still there, they hadn't been affected at all by spell. She then looked at Alex.
"Would you mind helping me with my boots?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Not at all." He said getting up and kneeling down at her feet.
"Thanks, it just feels weird I can feel them, it's not like I'm paralyzed or anything but I can't move them, it's like they're asleep, but without that strange tingly feeling." Dorothy said as Alex pulled off her boots.
"There better?" He asked picking them up and setting them to the side.
"Much, thanks." She said looking at the scepter and raising her hand.
The scepter glowed a bit and flew into her hand. It then dimmed.
"Neat, are you going to explain to me what that is?" Alex asked curiously.
"Well, it's a long story." Dorothy said.
"I've got time, well as long as you don't mind staying up past midnight." Alex said looking at the clock.
Dorothy smiled and told him her story. About how she originally ended up in Oz, and the story behind the scepter. After condensing the story a bit so that they weren't going to be up till next week. It was about one in the morning by the time she had given him the full explanation. When this was done she smiled as he yawned and looked at the clock.
"Wow that was a long story." He said reclining back on the couch.
Dorothy yawned herself and stretched. Setting the scepter down against the arm of the couch and leaned her head on Alex's shoulder.
"Yeah, that's why I tell it to the children in the library little bits at a time." Dorothy said closing her eyes.
"Tired?" he asked teasingly.
"Yea, very at this point, I got a cat nap before I was changed back, but it wasn't much." Dorothy said sighing as Alex got up and set her head gently down on the couch.
"I'll get you a blanket if you'd like." He offered.
"No thanks alex, I'm fine" Dorothy said sighing.
"Fair enough." He said shutting off the light and walking out of the parlor.
Dorothy sighed in content and soon she was once again asleep. She was awakened hours later by Annabella crawling on top of her giggling.
"Good morning Annabella." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy normal again!" Annabella said giggling.
"Yep, I just can't walk at the moment." She said smiling.
"Alecks told me that." She said giggling as she climb off of Dorothy.
Dorothy giggled and Ellie ran into the room followed by Aislynn and Alex.
"Dorothy, thank goodness you're you again." Ellie said running over and hugging her extremely tight.
"Thanks, Ellie, could you please let go of me though, I can't breathe." She gasped out.
"Oh, sorry." She said letting go of her.
"thanks." She said catching her breath and then grabbing the arm of the couch she pulled herself up into a sitting position.
"So, you definitely can't walk then." Ellie said, her voice taking on a sad tone.
"Yep, I can still feel my legs, I just can't move them." Dorothy said as the scepter flew over to her hand.
The scepter began to glow brightly. Alex walked over and looked at it. Ellie then grabbed his wrist and placed his hand on the scepter. She then grabbed Annabella's and grasped it tightly. Then for the first time in a while Dorothy felt herself lurch forward. She held onto the scepter tightly as she saw the colors whizzing by her. She then began to feel dizzy and sick as she always did. She then felt herself landing in a chair. She looked around and saw Alex, Annabella, and Ellie.
"Where's Aislynn?" Dorothy asked looking around.
"She's still at her manor, she didn't grab the scepter." Ellie said.
"But that shouldn't affect it." Dorothy said.
"the transport was meant just for you while you were holding the scepter, when I had alex, grab the scepter and grabbed on to Annabella's hand I knew well enough that we would get brought here, you may have noticed you are now in wheel chair." Ellie said.
Dorothy looked around her, she was indeed in a wheel chair, it was rather plain looking but it would serve its purpose till she could walk again. She sighed and tested out the wheels they worked and it didn't seem that hard to use. She looked around some more and saw Glinda, scarecrow and China Princess walking towards them.
"Ah, I see you brought some friends." Scarecrow said.
"Not intentionally." Dorothy said
"Oh, well it's good to have you back to normal." He said walking over and ruffling her hair.
"Thanks, um can you send these guys home so they can get changed and then bring them back?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Sure." Glinda said waving her wand causing Ellie, Alex and Annabella to vanish.
"Thanks, Glinda do you have a pair of nail clippers with you?" Dorothy asked referring to her claw like nails.
"I have a nail file that I borrowed from Alyssa." She said pulling it out and handing it to Dorothy.
"Is there anything you can do with your magic to restore my nails?" Dorothy asked.
"I think so, let me try." Glinda said waving her wand over Dorothy's hands.
Dorothy watched as her hands began to glow. The nails began to shrink down until they were back to their normal length. Glinda chuckled and set her wand down. She then placed a hand under Dorothy's chin and gave it a light squeeze making her mouth open.
"Glinda what are you doing?" The china princess asked walking over curiously.
"Look." She said referring to Dorothy's open mouth.
The china princess did this and gasped when she saw the sharp teeth that had been left over from the transformation.
"It's like she has fangs, thank goodness they're only temporary though." She said sighing.
Dorothy was about to say something when her stomach growled. She stuck her hand out again and the scepter flew right into it. She then wheeled over to the door of the chambers.
"Where are you going Dorothy?" scarecrow asked curiously.
"To the kitchens, to get something to eat." Dorothy said.
Glinda flicked her wand and a plate of eggs, with toast and an apple appeared in her hand. She walked it over to Dorothy and handed it to her.
"Thanks." Dorothy said.
"You're welcome." Glinda said smiling warmly and pushing Dorothy back to the middle of room so she eat.
"Well, we'll leave you to eat, we'll be back in a few minutes." Glinda said leading scarecrow and the china princess out of the room.
As soon as they were gone Dorothy quickly devoured the toast and eggs. She was extremely hungry living on a diet of milk and tuna for the last week had made her extremely hungry. Soon her hunger was appeased leaving the apple as the only thing she hadn't eaten. It was then that Alex reappeared in front of her.
"Where's Annabella?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"She's still at the Diggs residence as is Ellie, and Aislynn, Donna and Kelly just woke up so they'll all be here later, but can you give me a tour?" Alex asked curiously.
"Sure, follow me." Dorothy said wheeling the wheel chair back over to the door.
Alex followed and pushed the door open. He then followed her as they went on their way. Dorothy would first show Alex the library. When they got there she signaled for him to open the doors. He pushed the open and looked in he gasped at the size of the place. Dorothy smiled and looked up at him. She then wheeled herself inside. She wasn't surprised to find the scarecrow walking around with a large pile of books in hand. The scare felt that he wasn't alone and set the books down on a nearby table. His eyes then caught Dorothy and Alex in his range of vision and he chuckled.
"Ah I see Glinda brought you back, Alex was it?" scarecrow asked curiously.
"Yes your majesty." He said making scarecrow give an annoyed face.
"Please don't call me that, it's just scarecrow or straw man, but preferably scarecrow." Scarecrow said chuckling for some strange reason.
"Yes sir!" Alex replied saluting.
"Close enough." Scarecrow replied shrugging.
"Right, Dorothy is giving me the grand tour." Alex said smiling.
"Ah showing around her friend, that is great, why don't you bring him to the business district?" Scarecrow asked curiously.
"Because there's so much to see." Dorothy said.
"Right, well you can show him the palace later, why don't you head to the business district, since you last left, Brianna's shop has grown in popularity, I'm sure she'd love to see you." Scarecrow said.
"Ooh that's a good idea, I'll head to Brianna's does she know about my condition?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"I do now, what the heck happened to you!" Brianna said running over.
"Didn't Glinda tell you?" Dorothy asked.
"I knew you were transformed, but I was busy, my shop as you just heard has grown really popular, oh hello, who are you?" Brianna asked curiously.
"I'm Alex, I'm one of Dorothy's, um, and friend I guess would be the word for It." he said chuckling.
"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, any friend of Dorothy's is a friend of mine." Brianna said offering a hand for him to shake.
He obliged and Brianna went to get a good look at Dorothy.
"It's a pleasure to meet you as well, you're a friend of Dorothy's?" Alex asked.
"Yes, Dorothy why aren't you wearing any shoes?" Brianna asked curiously.
"Didn't have any time to put any on I was brought here rather abruptly." She said.
"Ah that's Glinda for you, come on you two." Brianna said walking around the chair, turning it around and pushing it towards the door.
"Where are we going?" Alex asked hurrying after them.
"My shop." Brianna said.
"Brianna slow down so I don't drop the scepter." Dorothy said.
"Whoops sorry." Brianna said.
"Anyways I know we're almost in the business district." Dorothy said.
"I know, um Alex don't dawdle." Brianna said looking back as they went under the arch that lead into the business district.
"Oh sorry." He said running to catch up.
"Yea, emerald city is a bit much to take in, did the same thing the first time I came here with my parents." Brianna said as they came up to her shop.
"So this is your place?" he asked.
"yep." Both Dorothy and Brianna said in unison.
"It's an ice cream parlor?" Alex asked looking in side.
"yep." They replied again.
"Glad my little sister isn't here, she would explode with excitement." Alex said as Brianna unlocked the door and let them all in.
"How large is your flavors list now?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"In the last month I've made about three volumes of the menu." Brianna said pushing Dorothy to the counter.
"Three volumes? How many pages?" Alex asked in astonishment.
"50 pages each, needed to keep them light weight." She said pulling out the menus.
"Do you still do peach?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"That's one of the most popular since someone let slip that it was one of your favorites." Brianna said going behind the large counter and getting out a large bowl.
"I think I'll share the peach with Dorothy." He said.
Brianna smiled and in a flash scooped out several large scoops of peach, produced two ice cream spoons and handed the bowl to Alex. She then emerged from behind the counter and pushed Dorothy over to a table.
"Thanks, Brianna and I'm assuming by someone let slip, you mean Ellie right?" Dorothy asked.
"yep." Brianna replied.
As soon as the wheel chair was square at the table Alex handed Dorothy a spoon. Dorothy thanked him and took a spoonful of ice cream. She smiled and sighed.
"So Brianna where's Chrissy and Caitlyn?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"They're out and about, haven't seen them in a few days actually, and Caitlyn is training to be a hair dresser in her free time." Brianna said watching them as they ate.
Dorothy swallowed some ice cream and looked at Brianna.
"I thought you were supposed to be the busy body?" Dorothy asked taking another spoonful of ice cream.
"I don't like the idea of being a hair dresser." She said
"Fair enough." Dorothy said as she swallowed another spoonful.
"Anyways, how long have you two known each other?" Brianna asked curiously.
"What?" They both asked in unison.
"Come on you think I don't see it?" she asked teasingly
"What?" Dorothy asked confused.
"You know, you two." She said in a suggesting tone.
It was then that it struck Dorothy, she and Alex were pretty much on a date weren't they?
"Oh you think? No don't be ridiculous, we're friends." Alex said before Dorothy could open her mouth.
"Oh, I see, Friends I get it you don't want people to know." Brianna said.
"No Brianna, it's not like that, Oi, shut up." Dorothy said making Brianna laugh.
"Suit yourselves." Brianna said teasingly.
Dorothy looked at Brianna who walked away laughing. She then looked at Alex questioningly.
"You don't think we could really be a couple do you?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"No, no of course not, it's just silly to even suggest such a thing." He said laughing nervously.
"Yea, silly." Dorothy said picking up the scepter and grasping it tightly.
"So…" Alex said taking one last spoonful of ice cream then pushing the rest of the bowl at Dorothy.
Dorothy smiled and took one last spoonful as well. She then looked at Alex and smiled.
"Crazy huh?" Dorothy asked.
"Ah-huh, definitely" he said chuckling and grabbing a napkin and wiping his face.
Dorothy did the same, she sighed and giggled. She then motioned for him to push her along.
"See you later Brianna!" Dorothy shouted.
They were greeted with the sound of loud joyous laughter. Dorothy sighed and shook her head smiling.
"Come on alex." She said.
As soon Dorothy and Alex were out of the parlor it soon became evident that they had been in there for at least half an hour because the streets had become full of people. It was then that someone spotted her and gasped. She signaled for Alex to run and they did all the way back to the palace. The doors to the palace then shut quickly behind them and barred themselves.
"We saw what happened, I give it five minutes before people start trying to break down the doors." Glinda said walking over with Ellie.
"Are, you, serious!?" Alex asked panting
"Maybe less." Ellie said walking over and taking Dorothy's chair.
"Where are the others?" Dorothy asked worriedly
"Everybody is in the chambers." Glinda said walking over to Alex and leading him over.
"I think I need to sit down." He said coughing.
"You can sit when we get to the throne room!" Ellie shouted.
"Ellie!" Dorothy gasped in surprise.
Glinda sighed in frustration she waved her wand and they all appeared in the chambers. Glinda walked over to the throne and pushed Alex down into it. Dorothy then saw her aunt and uncle and wheeled over to them. They gasped and ran to meet their niece in the middle, they knelt down so that they could embrace her. Dorothy wrapped her arms around them and cried a bit, she had missed being able to hug. She then felt Toto jump onto her lap.
"Feeling better?" Toto asked curiously.
Dorothy gasped in delight.
"Yes Toto much better." Dorothy said.
"You can still understand him?" Glinda asked in concern.
"I don't see why you're concerned." Ellie said.
"Because, it's not just Toto she understands, she hasn't come into contact with other animals in her world, she'll be able to understand all of them, and it will drive you mad." Glinda said.
"Glinda, don't worry, I'll be fine, oh there you are Annabella." Dorothy said as Annabella ran over.
Toto barked and jumped off of Dorothy's lap. Annabella then climbed up on Dorothy's lap in turn and soon a loud bang resonated throughout the city.
"Oh dear." The scarecrow said worriedly.
"What's wrong?" Donna asked curiously.
"That's the entire population of the city trying to break into the palace to see Dorothy." Glinda replied.
"Oh, um how many people live in the city at the moment?" Kelly asked before her sister could respond.
"Hundreds of people." Scarecrow said as tin man, lion, wiser and marshal mallow ran in.
"They're breaking the door again!" Lion yelled.
"Oh dear not again, how long do you think we have?" Scarecrow said.
"Not long now." Wiser managed to pant out.
"I'll take Aislynn, Donna and Kelly out of here, Alex take Annabella out of here." Ellie said as they heard more banging and then a loud cracking sound.
"Too late." The tin man said in a worried tone.
"Glinda could you send us back to Kansas?" Dorothy asked concerned.
"Yes, but they would get here and tear the place apart looking for you." Glinda said sighing.
"Am I really that popular here?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Yes." Glinda, Ellie and scarecrow said in unison.
Just then a bunch of people came pouring into the chambers.
"Ms. Gale would you be willing to share with the emerald city gazette, what led you to be in a wheel chair?" One of the men asked.
"The jester." Dorothy said.
"Are you worried that he may cause you more physical harm?" Another man asked taking out a pad and pencil.
"This is only temporary, so no." Dorothy said.
"Good, now what brings you back to Oz and who was that boy that was with you?" The man asked.
"That's Alex, he's one of my friends." Dorothy said.
"And who's that child you have with you?" Another man asked.
"This is Annabella, she's Alex's little sister." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy can you confirm or deny any relationship with that boy who was with you?" both the men asked.
"I deny it." Dorothy said "for now" she added under her breath.
"Dorothy, do you mind if we question your aunt and uncle?" A women asked.
"Yes" both Em and henry said in unison.
"My faithful subjects, if you don't mind it is rather early, would you please leave so that we can repair the door you guys broke." The scarecrow shouted.
Everyone looked at each other, the citizens grumbled and walked out followed by the scarecrow and lion. Soon they came back and looked at Glinda who sighed and walked out. Annabella had buried her face into Dorothy's chest. Dorothy sighed and stroked Annabella's hair.
"Annabella, they're gone." Dorothy said calmly.
"All of those people must have frightened her." Donna said.
"Yea." Dorothy said as Annabella looked out from her not so effective hiding spot, she looked around and sighed with relief.
"Dorothy, I'll take Annabella, you should go find some place to relax." Glinda said walking back in.
"Thanks Glinda, would you mind watching these guys?" Dorothy asked as she wheeled herself to the door and handed Annabella off to Glinda.
"Sure, but where are you going?" Glinda asked curiously.
"The clearing." Dorothy said calmly.
"Take the back way out, it will avoid you having to go through your usual way." Scarecrow said.
Dorothy smiled and nodded, she then wheeled her way out of the chambers and too the closet exit she could find. She then made her way around the city until she saw the docks and wheeled over towards them. She had gotten really close when she heard Alex calling for her loudly. She looked back to see him running towards carrying something in one of his hands. She waited and allowed for him to catch up. When he got to her, she saw that he was carrying a pair of flats in his hands.
"Glinda told me to bring you these and hope that you hadn't already embarked." Alex said kneeling down and putting the flats on her feet.
"That's not all though if I know Glinda and my friends well enough they asked you to keep an eye on me." Dorothy said as Alex stood up and walked behind the wheelchair to push it along.
"Yea, pretty much." Alex said as they came up to the docks.
"You know sometimes I think they worry about me too much, Good morning Tugg." Dorothy said as they came up to Tugg.
"Good morning Dorothy, sweet Oz what happened?" He asked turning an eye to look at the wheelchair.
"The jester, bring us to the clearing Tugg." Dorothy said as she signaled for Alex to push her onto the boat.
"So you built a boat." Alex said admiring it.
"Oh not this part, scarecrow redid it after our first encounter with the jester." Dorothy said
"Ah, nice, and your name is Tugg apparently?" Alex asked walking over to Tugg's head.
"Correct." He said in his usual cheery tone.
"Ah, and what is this clearing that we're heading to?" He asked looking back and forth between Tugg's head and Dorothy.
"It's a place where I like to go and relax, and if worse comes to worse, where I go to cry." Dorothy said her voice trailing off.
"oh." He replied walking over to Dorothy.
They then floated along in silence for few minutes before Alex walked over to the wheel and sat next to it under the overhang and sighed. Dorothy turned the chair around and wheeled it over to him.
"Not sulking are we?" Dorothy asked teasingly.
"No, it's just that, well, I don't know." He said.
"You seem a bit confused my dear boy." Tugg said.
"I am, I think." He said.
"oh." Both Tugg and Dorothy said in unison.
"How long till we reach the clearing Tugg?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Not long now." Tugg said.
"That's good." Dorothy said tightening her grasp on the scepter.
"This has been a rather interesting morning so far hasn't it?" Alex said getting up.
"It's almost afternoon now." Tugg said.
"Okay it's been a really interesting day then." Alex said getting up.
"Ah here we are, ready to disembark?" Tugg asked as they came to a halt.
"Yep, also Tugg could you do me a favor?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"That depends." Tugg said knowing what was most likely going to be asked of him.
"Could you head back to the docks, I'm sure someone will be waiting there." Dorothy said.
Tugg sighed and looked back at her.
"Sure thing." He said.
"Thanks." She replied.
Alex then grabbed the back of the wheelchair and pushed it along the deck and off of the boat. Tugg rang his bell and turned around. Dorothy picked up the scepter and tossed it forward. It flew to the middle of the clearing and floated there, glowing brightly. Alex walked over to it and flicked it. It didn't shock him, it did however take on a light red mist in the center.
"Dorothy?" Alex said curiously.
"Yes alex?" Dorothy said wheeling the wheelchair over.
"There's a red mist in the middle of the orb now." Alex said referring to it.
"That's strange." Dorothy said.
"So completely new?" Alex asked.
"What did you do?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Just flicked it." Alex said.
"Hmm, I'll have to ask Glinda if it doesn't fade by the time we get back." Dorothy said.
"Why, did you want to come here?" Alex asked curiously.
"It's a good place to relax, although the other times I was here it was just me and my thoughts most of the time." Dorothy said.
"Ah, so you like to be here alone then." Alex said.
"Yep, now if you wouldn't mind, help me out of this chair." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy you can't walk, the best you can do is sit on the ground." Alex said sounding concerned.
"Yep." Dorothy said holing out her hand.
Alex sighed and took her hand, he then pulled her out of the chair and set her gently on the ground in a sitting position. Dorothy sighed and rubbed her legs hoping it would help. It did not. She then thought about it, what if this turned out to be permanent instead of lasting at the most, three months.
"Dorothy?" Alex asked snapping her from her thoughts.
"Yes alex?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"What were you thinking about?" Alex asked sounding concerned.
"Oh, just worrying about nothing really." Dorothy said sighing.
"Which means you're worrying about something." Alex said.
Dorothy was about to say something when they heard Tugg's bell ring. Dorothy knew that he most likely had someone with him. Dorothy pulled herself back into the wheelchair. Tugg then floated up to the edge of the clearing. Glinda, scarecrow and Aislynn then disembarked and walked over to them.
"I knew someone would be waiting for him." Dorothy said under her breath.
"Dorothy, it will be time for you to go back home soon." Glinda said placing a hand under Dorothy's chin.
"Can't I just stay the night?" Dorothy asked sounding hopeful.
"I'm sorry Dorothy, but at the moment you need to return home, maybe some other time." Glinda said sadly.
"Fine." Dorothy said sighing.
"Glinda we have a question about the scepter by the way." Alex said.
"What about it." Glinda said taking her hand out from under Dorothy's chin and walking over to it.
"It's got a bit of a red haze in the center of it, we were wondering if you knew what it was?" Alex asked curiously.
Glinda examined the orb, her eye fell on the now noticeable red haze, and she chuckled and laughed for a bit.
"What is it Glinda?" Scarecrow asked curiously.
"Nothing important, but it doesn't really mean anything either, that's normal." She said taking a quick glance over to Alex and smiling.
"So, just don't worry about then?" Aislynn asked now extremely confused on what was going on.
"Exactly." Glinda said signaling to Tugg.
Tugg rang his bell twice and turned around. Glinda then plucked the scepter from the air and handed it back to Dorothy. She then waved her wand and next thing they all knew they were back in the chambers. Dorothy was immediately pounced upon by Annabella. Toto walked up to her and then barked a few times.
"Glinda, will the wheel chair actually be able to be transported with her?" Donna asked curiously.
"Yes, the problem is that she might get thrown from it when you guys arrive, kind of like how she collapses and falls forward every time she arrives normally." Glinda said.
"Could we send the wheel chair ahead of her so that way should could land in it the way she did when you brought her here this morning?" Ellie asked curiously.
"Yes, but one of you would have to be holding onto it, and even then we would still need to consistently bring the wheelchair here and back every time we need to bring her here." Glinda said sighing.
"Well, um, yea I'm lost, scarecrow any ideas?" Ellie asked.
"Just one, and that would be crutches, ones that she could strap to her wrists to use to keep herself upright." Scarecrow said thinking about it for a minute.
"But she'd still need to be able to hold onto the scepter so that technically takes that out as an option." Ellie said.
"That is true, never mind, forget I mentioned it." Scarecrow said pulling out a small book and reading through it.
"Scarecrow does bring up a good point though." Em said.
"I do? I mean, of course I do." He said standing there looking triumphant.
"How so auntie Em?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"He could invent something that would allow you to stand and support yourself comfortably while at the same time allowing you some sort of mobility and still being able to allow you to hold the scepter." Em said smiling, taking off her glasses and cleaning them with her shirt.
"Actually, that's not a bad idea, maybe me and wiser could come up with a design, we'll get back to you on that." Scarecrow replied running to the back of the chambers and behind a curtain.
"Oh boy, here we go again." Lion said as all of a sudden a large array of loud noises started emitting from behind the curtain.
"So this happens often then?" Alex asked walking over to Dorothy.
"It would seem so, I've only been back there once." Dorothy said.
Annabella looked up at Dorothy quizzically, having been silent the entire time this was surprising to everyone.
"What back there?" Annabella asked.
"It's scarecrow's workshop." Dorothy said.
"Ooohhh." She said making everyone laugh.
"Well, Dorothy I could transport you back to the couch you were on and then send the wheelchair with someone." Glinda said.
"I guess that could work, let me know if there's any development in scarecrow's plan, Alex would you mind taking Annabella?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Sure." He replied picking her up.
Dorothy then tightened her grasp on the scepter which now began to glow brightly again. She then felt herself lurch forward and saw the color's whizzing by her. She then began to feel dizzy and sick, she then felt herself come down on the couch. She bounced a bit and then came to a complete halt. She caught her breath and looked around. She was surprised to see Officer Grey looking at her.
"Ah Dorothy, the maids told me you got changed back, where are the others?" He asked curiously.
Alex then appeared next to Dorothy carrying the wheelchair. Dorothy set the scepter down and climbed into it. She then looked back at Officer Grey.
"They'll be coming shortly, what brings you here by the way?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Your aunt and uncle weren't at home, are they alright?" Officer grey asked.
"They're fine, what happened?" Dorothy asked sounding concerned
"Dorothy, your farm house was broken into earlier this morning, a neighbor reported someone running from the farmhouse and into the cornfield, we went to investigate and found the house ransacked." He said.
Dorothy gasped in concern, her aunt and uncle then ran into the room followed by Toto Aislynn and Ellie. Officer grey looked at them and explained to them what he had just told Dorothy.
"Did it look like anything was stolen?" Em asked really concerned.
"No, it looked like all your valuables were intact, your jewelry box, was still locked, the only thing that looked like it had really been searched was Dorothy's room." He said.
"I think I know who did it then." Dorothy said looking like she was going to cry.
"The jester?" Officer grey asked curiously.
"Yes, did you see anything odd, was anything out of the ordinary beside most likely looking like it had been blown up?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Let me think, ah yes, we noticed that there was a lot of your hair ribbons on the floor." Officer grey said.
"How many?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"That's the strange thing, thirty-five if you don't count the one that your keys are tied to." He said.
"So, I'm short one hair ribbon, what would the jester want a hair ribbon for?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Who knows?" Ellie said shrugging.
"Mr. and Mrs. Gale, I would like you to return to the farmhouse with me so that we can make sure all valuables are accounted for." Officer grey said.
Em and henry both nodded. They then walked over to Dorothy and gave her a quick hug before walking out with officer grey.
"Okay, I correct my previous statement, this has been a very interesting day." Alex said catching his breath.
So with this current plot development, why would the jester need one of Dorothy's hair ribbons? Is it for some sort of spell, or is there something more sinister in store? Nah just joking its most likely for a spell. But what kind of spell? And what is that red haze that appeared in the scepter? Not all of the questions will definitely be answered in the next chapter.