Do I still need to put the disclaimer here?
After Dorothy had passed out on the floors of the chambers Glinda moved her to her bedroom in the emerald city. She had Ellie and Aislynn drag Alex to the sick bay because he had ran back into the chambers to try and calm Dorothy down just as she released the energy. As they loaded him onto one of the beds of the sickbay Ellie looked at Aislynn and sighed.
"Nothing gets by her now does it?" Ellie asked curiously.
"Not at all, but we have time to sort this out don't we?" Aislynn asked curiously.
"Sadly not really, the time here and the time in your world don't have much time left of running in parallel, soon time will once more run differently in Oz than it does in your world." Ellie said.
"Isn't there anything you can do about that" Aislynn asked curiously.
"No, neither I nor my sister have a solution, and I really don't think there is one." Ellie said.
"Oh come now, there's always a solution." Came the voice of the Nome king from behind them.
"Your majesty!" Ellie said giving a bow.
"Oh get up, please." He said.
Ellie nodded and stood up.
"What brings you here your majesty?" Ellie asked curiously.
"I think I have a solution to your time problem, but I think it'd be best to wait for Glinda before I reveal it." He replied walking over to Alex and placing a hand over him.
He muttered a few things and Alex began to glow. An odd golden haze began to leave him and go into the Nome King's hand. Then all of a sudden the glow subsided and Alex's eyes snapped open.
"Ugh, what happened?" Alex asked sitting up and placing a hand on his head.
"You took full force of the energy Dorothy released, Glinda was able to put up a shield for me and ace, but you ran in unexpectedly, the Nome king has just revived you it seems." Ellie said.
Alex looked up at the Nome king. Alex smiled and carefully got out of the bed. He felt as if someone had just punched him in gut really hard. He bowed towards the Nome king then leaned against the bedpost just as Glinda walked in.
"Oh Roquat, what brings you here?" Glinda said.
"Well two things, one I've just sped up your friends recovery, and two, I think I have a solution to your time problem." He said lighting his pipe.
"Roquat, you know we can't." Glinda said walking up to him.
"And why not?" He asked chuckling.
"Can't what?" Ellie asked curiously.
"Go to the hall of time, I'm sure father time is really busy anyways." Glinda said.
"Busy doing what? I have tea and cakes with him and Mother Nature every other weekend." Roquat replied.
"I always thought Father Time was a myth." Ellie replied.
"No, he controls time to every world, including ours and Dorothy's." Glinda said sighing.
"So if he wanted to he could keep time here running in parallel with our world?" Aislynn said.
"Of course he could, the question is, will he." Roquat said.
Before anyone could make any remark, it seemed as if every clock in Oz decided to stop. The large grandfather clock in the corner of the room stopped ticking and the pendulum stopped swinging. The Nome king looked over to the clock and chuckled.
"What's so funny, can't you tell he's been listening?" Glinda said looking towards the clock.
"I know." He said as they immediately found themselves in a large room filled with clocks.
In the middle of the room was a man. Dressed in a cloak white as snow. His face looked old but at the same time it looked young. He wore a warm smile on his face. His eyes were as green as the emeralds in the emerald city.
"Father Time!" Glinda said bowing really low.
"Arise." The man said in a loud booming voice.
"Yes sir." Glinda said getting up.
"Good everything father time." Roquat said.
"Everything?" Alex and Ellie asked in unison.
"I think I get it." Aislynn said looking at them.
"Then explain child." Father time said chuckling.
"You control all time, there for you live in every part of the day, morning, afternoon, evening and night, there is no distinction as to what time of day it is for you." Aislynn replied.
"Nicely spoken." He replied.
"Thank you." Aislynn said.
"Now down to business." Father Time said walking towards them.
"Yes, I would guess so." Roquat replied.
"I know what you want me to do, the question is why should I do it?" He asked them chuckling.
"Father Time, please if I may?" Alex said stepping forward.
"Speak Alex." Father time replied.
"Time in Oz and our world are soon going to be running in different Parallels, with this happening fighting the jester will be more of a chore because the damage he does to Oz could become greater and greater as a day for us becomes years for them. As you know our worlds became linked together in this mess through Dorothy's actions, all we ask of you is to allow the times to run in parallel until the jester is defeated." Alex said giving a low bow and backing away.
"I know of your troubles with the jester, I to have problems with him." He said.
"So you'll grant the request?" Roquat asked.
"Yes, but first I would like to meet Dorothy gale." He replied going into a pocket on his cloak and pulling out a small hourglass on a chain of pure gold.
"We can arrange that, just not at this moment." Glinda replied.
"I can wait, as you know I have all the time in the world." Father time said chuckling.
"That is true sir." Glinda said giving a weak chuckle.
"Glinda upland, do you fear my presence?" father time asked curiously.
"Sort of sir." Glinda said as a chair appeared behind her.
"And why is that?" He asked motioning for Glinda to sit down.
"Last time we saw you, you aged the witch of the west to the point where she looked like an old crone, I've been afraid that I one day may suffer the same punishment." Glinda said sitting in the chair.
"Glinda, I did that to her as punishment, where as you did nothing wrong, she stole that cursed hourglass, which she shattered upon Dorothy escaping her trap. The pieces were eventually returned to me, you have no need to fear my powers unless you plan on touching that hourglass without my permission." Father time said walking up to her.
This put Glinda's mind at ease. Years ago Roquat had brought her, and the women who were to become the wicked witches of the east and west, to see father time. The cursed hour glass could be used to speed up someone's life cycle and kill them as the sands ran out. The witch of the west feeling this could be used to her own advantage stole it. Glinda had no idea that had happened all she saw was Father Time punishing the witch of the west. It had scared her to fear him all those years ago, and it frightened her until her mind was finally at ease with it.
"Thank you sir." She said.
"If you guys do not mind, I'll make a quick run to the emerald city, check on Ms. Gale." The Nome king replied.
"How about we all go." Father time said as they all reappeared in the chambers of the emerald city.
Glinda nodded and got up from the chair, as she did this it vanished. She then led them all to Dorothy's bedroom where her aunt and uncle were sitting at her bedside. They left the room as soon as they saw Glinda with Dorothy's friends feeling that they wanted to be alone.
"Mrs. Gale is a really lucky woman." Father time said as he approached Dorothy's bed.
"Yes she is." Glinda said.
"So, there are her weapons of choice, the slippers of the witch of the east and the broom stick of the witch of the west, which has now been converted into, a scepter." He said looking at them.
"Yes." Glinda said.
Before anyone could say anything else Dorothy let out a groan and shifted in the bed. Her eyes slowly opened. She slowly sat up and blinked a few times. Her gaze first fell upon Glinda who walked around the bed and hugged her.
"Dorothy, how are you feeling?" Glinda asked.
"Better, thanks." Dorothy said weakly.
"Dorothy, remind me to stay away from you next time you get angry." Alex said.
"Why?" Dorothy asked.
"He ran in to try and calm you down just before you released that burst of energy, he took full force of the blast." Ellie said as Glinda released Dorothy from the embrace.
"Oh my, Alex are you alright!?" Dorothy asked.
"I'm fine, it's you we're all worried about." Alex replied.
Dorothy nodded and her gaze fell upon Father Time, to her, he was a complete stranger. They had never met before, but at the same time he looked vaguely familiar.
"Ms. Dorothy gale, it is a pleasure to meet you at last." Father time said.
"Thank you sir." Dorothy replied.
"I am father time, I control the passage of time in all the worlds, your friends here have asked me to keep time here running in parallel with your world until the jester is defeated, I will grant the request, but I wanted to meet you first." He said walking over to the other side of the bed and offering a hand to Dorothy.
"It's a pleasure to meet you sir." Dorothy said shaking his hand.
"Now, I must return to my domain, time shall remain the same between the worlds until the jester is defeated, and Roquat, see you Saturday." He said vanishing.
"So you're joining him for tea this weekend?" Glinda asked looking to Roquat.
"Correct." He replied.
Well, have fun." Glinda said.
"Oh I always do." The Nome king replied before vanishing as well.
"Dorothy, your aunt has agreed to stay in the emerald city under my protection until she gives birth, Doctor Maxwell has been informed of this, as has Mr. Alistair." Glinda said as Em and Henry returned to room.
"Dorothy, I know you're worried about our safety and that's very nice of you but you needn't worry." Em said walking up to her niece.
"Auntie Em, I just don't want you guys to get hurt, I don't want to lose any of you, you guys mean more to me than I could ever mean to any of you." Dorothy said climbing out of the bed and walking over to her things.
"Dorothy, we know you care about all of us a lot but if you keep up like this you're going to do more damage to yourself." Alex said walking over to her.
"Alex, you wouldn't understand." Dorothy said.
"By the way, are you two going to the school dance together?" Ellie asked curiously.
Everyone looked at Ellie in surprise for a moment. She looked around the room for a minute just to be sure that all eyes were on her.
"What it's an honest question?" Ellie said shrinking back.
"I don't think I'm going to the school dance, I never do." Dorothy said.
"Why don't we talk about this later, I've got to send you guys back to the hospital, we left Toto there remember?" Glinda said chuckling.
"Why in heavens name did you do that?" Dorothy asked curiously and she put on the slippers.
"Doctor Maxwell asked if we could leave Toto, I'm under the impression he wants you to allow the hospital use of him as a therapy dog?" Glinda said.
"Well yes, but I haven't signed any formal contracts yet." Dorothy said plucking the scepter out of the air.
"He finally has one made up, Mr. Greene met us in the hospital room only to find that you had left." Henry said.
"Well let's go then." Dorothy said.
Without a word Dorothy felt herself lurch forward. The usual sensations ensued and she came to a stop right in the middle of the hospital lobby where Mr. Greene, Mr. Foreman, and Doctor Maxwell were waiting for her as was Toto. The rest of her friends appeared and her uncle appeared around her shortly after.
"Ah Dorothy there you are, I've taken the liberty of reading the contract they made up for you." Mr. Foreman said getting up and walking over to her.
"And?" Dorothy asked.
"I think it would be in your best interest to accept the offer." Mr. Foreman said.
"Then I'll sign, but I want my uncle to read the contract first." Dorothy said.
Mr. Foreman nodded and motioned to Mr. Greene who got up and walked over handing the contract to henry. He took it and sat down in the chair and read through it. The contract was only three pages long but henry reread through it three or four times. After an hour of wasting time doing this he handed the contract to his niece.
"Everything seems to check out, but I would like a copy of this when we're through." Henry said.
"Sure thing." Mr. Greene said taking out a pen and handing it to Dorothy.
Dorothy took the pen and signed where she had to. She then handed the contract and the pen to Mr. Greene. Dorothy walked over to Toto and picked him up he licked her on the face making her giggle a bit.
"Well Toto, this is our first job." Dorothy said.
"Alex, if you'd like I'll drive you home." Mr. Foreman said.
"Thanks." Alex said as he and Mr. Foreman walked out.
"He's really changed hasn't he?" Dr. Maxwell asked.
"Yes, indeed he has." Dorothy said smiling.
Before anyone could say anything the reception phone rang. Dr. Maxwell picked it up.
"Hello, this is Doctor Maxwell speaking, yes, no Mr. Foreman is bringing him home, sure you can talk to her, Dorothy it's Mrs. Teak, she wants to talk to you." He said.
Dorothy nodded and walked over setting Toto on the ground and the scepter to the side, she took the phone from him and brought it to her ear.
"Dorothy gale speaking." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy, thank goodness, we need you at the house immediately, but be on your guard, he's here." Mrs. Teak said as quickly as she could.
"Mrs. Teak, stay calm, keep Annabella close to you, I'll have my uncle bring me there right away." Dorothy said as the phone hung up.
"What's wrong?" Ellie asked curiously.
"The jester is at the Teak's residence, Uncle Henry we need to get there fast." Dorothy said.
"No time to lose then." Henry said as they ran out of the hospital and to Mr. Gale's truck.
"Ellie, I need you and Aislynn to stay in the truck when we get there, it's too risky, and he could attack all of us if I bring you." Dorothy said picking up Toto and getting into the truck.
"Yes Dorothy." Ellie said reluctantly.
Soon they were speeding towards the teak residence. Mr. Foreman's truck was stopped outside by a block created by Officer Grey. Dorothy quickly got out of the truck and saw Alex trying to get past them. She ran over to him and stopped him.
"Alex, please, I'll deal with it, it's the jester." Dorothy said as she walked up to officer grey.
He said nothing, he just let her pass. Dorothy ran around the house and too the back yard. Front door was too obvious he would probably be waiting at the top of the steps inside. Surprisingly however this was not the case. He had somehow anticipated her actions and was waiting at the sliding glass of the back door. Dorothy could see Mr. and Mrs. Teak with their backs to the wall. Annabella crying in her mother's arms. He opened the door and allowed Dorothy passage.
"Leave them alone, what have they ever done to you?" Dorothy asked running over to Mrs. Teak and taking Annabella from her.
"Oh nothing really, I just find this fun." He said taking out the wand.
"Leave our house then, we have done nothing to harm you or prevent you from doing anything!" Mrs. Teak shouted causing Dorothy, and Mr. Teak to jump.
"Don't lose your temper with me!" He said pointing his wand at her.
"Or what you're going to cast a spell on me?" Mrs. Teak asked.
"Yes." The jester replied
"Then do it!" Mrs. Teak said stepping forward.
"What?" the jester asked sounding confused.
"What are you doing!?" Mr. Teak asked going pale as a ghost.
"Shut up dear, I said do it, threats are nothing if you don't deliver on them." Mrs. Teak said stepping forward.
The jester stood there, speechless, this was not a situation he was prepared to deal with. Dorothy looked around the kitchen for something to use to her advantage, but with Annabella in her arms as well as the scepter in her hands she was pretty much powerless to do anything. But then she saw Alex slowly approaching the kitchen door. She looked at him and mouthed out the words for him to stand still. He saw this and stopped just as he reached the open door.
"Well?" Mrs. Teak asked.
"You're trying my patience aren't you?" The jester asked.
"Either you attack, or we won't believe any threats you make from here on out." Mrs. Teak said.
Dorothy looked out the door at Alex. He looked worried but also as if he was about to make a move. Dorothy then looked back at Mrs. Teak who seemed to be inching closer to the jester.
"Don't try my patience lady." He said tightening his grip on the wand.
"You see, he can't do it, he's nothing but a coward who doesn't build up on his own threats." She said looking back at her husband.
"That's it!" he said waving the wand a few times over his head building up a ball of light.
Mrs. Teak looked at the jester. Then at Dorothy. She closed her eyes waiting for the spell to be sent at her. Just as the jester was bringing the wand down to send the spell at her Alex ran in front of the jester blocking the path of the spell.
"NO!" he shouted as the spell struck him full force.
Alex was sent sprawling to the ground. The jester got a look of panic on his face and vanished. Mrs. Teak ran up to her son and knelt down next to him. The next thing they heard was the sound of the front door opening and Glinda ran into the kitchen. She saw Alex on the floor and waved her wand over him. She sighed in relief and looked at them.
"He'll be fine, the spell was harmless." She said.
"You shouldn't have provoked him." Dorothy said looking at Mrs. Teak.
"I, I know, and now, he threw himself in front of me so I wouldn't be harmed." She said tearing up.
"Alex okay?" Annabella asked as she stopped crying
"Yes Annabella." Dorothy said setting Annabella down on the floor.
"Mr. Teak are you alright?" Glinda asked looking at him
Everyone turned to face him. His mouth was hanging open. He was surprised at what his son had just done. He couldn't believe what his own eyes had just witnessed. Annabella walked over to her father and hugged his legs which got his attention. He blinked and picked Annabella up. He then walked over to his son and knelt down next to him. Dorothy did the same. Alex groaned and his eyes opened, the first thing he noticed that his father was actually knelt down next to him.
"That was a very brave thing you did there Alex." Dorothy said.
"It was also very foolish, what if he had been killed?" Mr. Teak asked quickly getting up.
"The jester wouldn't have killed you guys, he's doing this to frighten you." Glinda said picking Alex up off the floor.
"Where are you taking him?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Back to the hospital, he suffered a nice blow to the head when he fell." Glinda said.
"I'll be fine." Alex said weakly.
"I want to be sure." Glinda said as she vanished.
"You guys go make sure, tell my uncle I'll stay here with Annabella till you guys get back." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy babysit?" Annabella asked as Toto ran in through the back door.
"Yes Annabella." Dorothy replied.
"Yay!" Annabella said as her father set her down.
"Yes, we'll go meet Glinda at the hospital, help yourself to whatever's in the fridge." Mrs. Teak said getting up and leading her husband out of the house.
The next thing Dorothy and Annabella heard was the sound of the front door opening and shutting again. Toto barked a few times and Annabella walked over to him and tried to pick him up. She didn't succeed. Dorothy chuckled and walked over to the back door and slid it shut. She then walked over to Annabella and picked her up. She then brought her into the living room. As she entered she was surprised to find Father Time sitting on the couch. She said nothing she just walked over to the play pen and set Annabella down in it. She then turned to him and sat down.
"Aren't you going to ask why I'm here?" He asked chuckling.
"At this point I've given up asking." Dorothy said setting down the scepter.
"You have really loyal friends." He said.
"Yes I do." She replied.
"Your cause is a loyal one, but remember things may not always be as they seem." He said vanishing.
"Who was that?" Annabella asked curiously.
"That was father time, I'll explain later." Dorothy said.
"Oh." Annabella said picking up her stuffed bear and hugged it.
"Right, so, what do you want to do Annabella?" Dorothy asked
"Play with Freddy." She said sitting down in her play pen.
"Sounds like fun." Dorothy said sarcastically
"Why are you being sarcastic?" Annabella asked.
Dorothy looked at Annabella and sighed. She wished she hadn't taught her the meaning of that word.
"I don't know Annabella" Dorothy said getting up and walking over to the play pen.
"Is alex going to be okay?" Annabella asked curiously.
"Glinda says he will be so I believe he will be." Dorothy said stroking Annabella's hair.
"Okay." Annabella said going back to playing with her stuffed bear.
Dorothy smiled and was about to say something when she heard the phone ring. She picked Annabella up and walked back to the kitchen and picked it up.
"Teak residence, Dorothy gale speaking." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy, Alex is fine, but Mr. and Mrs. Teak will be staying overnight at the hospital with him, he'll be released in the morning, but you are going to have to stay overnight at the Teak's with Annabella." Came the voice of her uncle from the phone.
"Okay uncle henry, what about school though?" Dorothy asked.
"Tomorrow's Friday right?" He asked.
"yes." Dorothy said.
"Then you may stay home tomorrow." Henry said.
"Take care of Ellie and ace while I'm not there." Dorothy said.
"Right, which reminds me is Toto with you?" henry asked.
"Yes uncle henry." Dorothy said.
"Okay good." He said.
"Uncle Henry, is Glinda there with you?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Yes, would you like to talk to her?" He asked.
"Yes." Dorothy said.
"Give me a second." He said.
Dorothy waited for a few seconds before she heard the phone get passed on to Glinda.
"Dorothy?" Glinda said into the phone.
"Glinda, father time was here." Dorothy said.
"I know, he's been here as well." Glinda replied.
"Did he say why?" Dorothy asked.
"He said that he was checking up, seeing if your reason to fight was one worth his time, he believes it is." Glinda said.
"That's good" Dorothy replied.
"It means he'll keep the times running in parallel with each other." Glinda said.
"That's good as well." Dorothy said.
"Well, have a good night, I'll see you in the morning." Glinda said before handing the phone back to Dorothy's uncle.
"Dorothy, we'll see you in the morning, don't leave the house, stay on your guard, you know the number of the sheriff's office if anything goes wrong, have a good night." He said before hanging up.
Dorothy sighed and placed the phone back on the receiver she then took Annabella back to the living and set her back into the play pen.
"Alex was making you something." Annabella said.
"How do you know that?" Dorothy asked looking at her.
"I watched." Annabella said.
"Oh, what was it?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"He called it a pea shooter." Annabella replied.
"Do you know what a pea shooter is Annabella?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"You take a pea, put it in your mouth, put the pea shooter in your mouth and blow real hard into the tube." She replied trying to remember what her brother told her.
Dorothy chuckled and sat down in the arm chair next to the play pen. She set the scepter down and slid off the slippers. She then brought her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around then.
"Can we look at family album?" Annabella asked.
"Sure, where is it?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"The big book on the shelf over there." Annabella said pointing to the shelf next to the mantle place.
Dorothy got up and walked over to the shelf. She pulled out the album and tucked it under her arm. She then picked up Annabella and walked back over to the arm chair she sat down and set Annabella on her lap. She then took out the album from under her arm. Opening it she looked at the first page. There were pictures of Mrs. Teak when she was younger at a fishing trip with her brother and sister. They spent almost an hour looking at the pictures and Annabella pointing out her favorites. When they were getting to the middle of the album Annabella grew tired and began to doze off on Dorothy's lap.
"That's my most favorite of all." Annabella said pointing to a large picture that took up an entire page.
Dorothy looked over to the page and gasped. It was a picture of her parents on their wedding day. The Alistair's, the Teaks, and the Maitlands were all present at the wedding as well as many people Dorothy had never seen her parents wedding photo, it was one of the many things she tried to avoid looking at. She sniffed a bit and began tear up. Annabella sighed and nuzzled against Dorothy.
"Is something wrong?" Toto asked curiously.
"It's a picture of my parents." Dorothy said.
"What's it doing in the Teak family album?" Toto asked.
"It's their wedding photo." Dorothy said.
"Oh, can I see?" Toto asked.
Dorothy nodded and got up. Taking Annabella in her arms she used one hand to set the album down on the coffee table. She then carried Annabella up to her crib. Setting Annabella in and tucking her in her kissed Annabella on the cheek and headed back downstairs. As she got to the bottom the front door opened Mrs. Teak came in followed by uncle henry.
"Sorry about barging in, but she insisted she come and check on Annabella." Henry said handing Dorothy her satchel.
"I don't mind, it's their house, I just put Annabella in her crib, we were just looking at your family album Mrs. teak." Dorothy said heading back into the living room.
Mrs. Teak smiled and walked over to the album that Toto was looking at. She chuckled and picked it up.
"I remember that day." She said.
"What picture is it?" Henry asked walking over and looking at the album.
When he laid eyes on the picture he went white as a sheet. He then looked at his niece.
"That picture didn't upset you did it?" Henry asked worriedly.
"That memory is not mine, it belongs to you guys, I do not feel pain from it, but seeing my parents so young, so happy, it does make me feel a little sad." Dorothy said.
"Your mother, before she passed on, wrote me a letter, I have to find it at some point." Mrs. Teak said closing the album.
"you know, sometimes when I'm out I drive by my brother's house and expect him to be sitting on the doorstep, whittling away at a random block of wood, I'm glad the Johnson's are taking care of the house." Henry said.
"I ran into Barbara Johnson the other morning and you know what she told me?" Mrs. Teak said.
"What?" Dorothy and henry asked in unison.
"She asked if you guys were ever going to bring Dorothy to see her old house, they have a daughter that's probably about your age." Mrs. Teak said looking at Dorothy.
"I think I'd rather stay away from the old place." Dorothy said sitting down on the couch and taking Toto in her arms.
"Well I think you should still meet their daughter at some point." Mrs. Teak said.
"Are you going to check on Annabella?" Dorothy asked.
"Right, that's why I had your uncle drive me here, if you need any, there are blankets in the hall closet, but I have to go back to the hospital after checking on Annabella." Mrs. Teak said walking out of the living room and upstairs.
"You said my father used to whittle?" Dorothy asked looking at her uncle.
"Yes." Henry replied.
"What he any good?" Dorothy asked.
"Where do you think Mr. Teak got his start?" Henry asked chuckling.
"You mean, Mr. Teak learned about his trade from my father?" Dorothy asked.
"Your father and my husband started out working together in my father's wood shop." Mrs. Teak said walking back in.
"How come my father never stayed in the business?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"My brother never liked big business." Henry said.
"oh." Was the only thing Dorothy could manage to say.
"Well, we should be getting back to the hospital, call directly to doctor Maxwell's office if Annabella gives you any problems." Mrs. Teak said.
"Don't worry Mrs. Teak, Toto and I have everything under control." Dorothy said.
Mrs. Teak only smiled then quickly ran out of the house. Henry followed after and soon Dorothy heard the sound of the front door shutting. Soon after Dorothy heard the sound of her aunt's voice in the room. She looked around and saw her face in the large mirror.
"So, how are things at the Teak's?" Em asked as soon as she was sure Dorothy was aware of what she was seeing.
"After the scare with the jester and alex ending up in the hospital? Quite well." Dorothy said walking over to the mirror.
"Yes, Ellie informed me on the recent development." Em said.
"So Glinda sent them there then?" Dorothy asked.
"Yea, they just went to bed, Ellie gave me a few of these strange bottles that she uses on the mirror." Em said holding one up.
"Ah, auntie Em, can I asked you something?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Any thing you'd like dear, it's a bit boring here in the city to be honest." Em said.
"My parents, what were they like when they were younger?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"When we were all much younger, well where do I begin, they were always a handsome couple, willing to help people at the drop of a hat." Em said.
"Anything else?" Dorothy asked.
"The year after they got married your father spent time saving up his money so that way they could easily support you." Em said.
"So, my parents were some of the kindest people you could ever meet?" Dorothy asked sitting down.
"The kindest, your parents, henry and I used to have so much fun in the years before your father finally tied the knot with your mom." Em said.
"Like what?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"Well we would hang out with the Alistair's and Mr. Teak at the local park." Em said.
"And do what?" Dorothy asked.
"Mostly shoot at a tin can with pea shooters." Em said.
"According Annabella, alex was making me one of those." Dorothy said.
"That's cute." Em said.
"But what would be the point? The scepter is some of the best defense and offense I have." Dorothy said.
"Probably so that you could have something long range." Em said.
"How easy is it to aim a pea shooter?" Dorothy asked curiously.
"If you can see it you can aim at it." Em replied.
"Okay then." Dorothy replied.
Em was about to say something when the mirror began to ripple. Em sighed and looked at her niece.
"Dorothy, I'll talk to you again tomorrow, have a good night." Em said as her image faded from the mirror.
Dorothy smiled and walked over to the couch. She yawned and stretched. She then say down on the couch and laid down on her side. Reaching over and shutting off the lamp she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.