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The jester was quite literally scared awake by the arrival of Alex, Glinda, ace, Ellie and Mr. Foreman. He snorted and fell out of his chair warranting a chuckle from Glinda.
"Did all of you fall for my trap?" the jester asked curiously
"Trap." Dorothy found herself repeating.
Alex found himself being held back by Ellie and Mr. Foreman. He wanted to run to the trophy case.
"We didn't, they came along." Alex said holding up the orb.
"I told you it was a trap." Ellie said.
"Strange, I expected the boy or Glinda to find It." the jester said.
"It." Dorothy said.
"Why is she repeating?" Alex asked trying to struggle out of his friends grasp.
"Oh let him go, I had no plans for more than one of you coming here, so I have to devise another plan." the jester said.
"Plan." Dorothy found herself repeating.
Ellie and Mr. Foreman immediately let go of Alex. He ran forward and over to the cabinet. Immediately several more cabinets appeared. Tin man, lion, Alyssa, Brianna, Elena, Chrissy, Donna, Kelly, officer grey, the china princess, marshal mallow, and Eliza, all now appeared before them as puppets.
"All hail the jester conqueror of Oz." the recently summoned puppets said in unison.
Alex closed his eyes and placed his hands on the glass. Immediately the door to the cabinet swung open, knocking him over as the puppets came out and surrounded them. Alex opened his eyes, got up and dusted himself off. Dorothy was half standing, half floating in front of him.
"Alex. Back away from her, Oz knows what will happen if she touches you." Glinda said.
"Nothing should happen as far as I know." The jester said.
"Know." Dorothy said.
"Dorothy, stop that." Alex said as tears formed in his eyes.
"Alex don't touch her." Ellie said taking her wand out.
Alex turned to look at her for a moment before turning back to Dorothy and wrapping his arms around her. Nothing happened. Glinda however seemed to notice something but she wasn't sure what she was noticing.
"Something's wrong." Mr. Foreman said taking a defensive stance."
"I know, it's not sitting right." Glinda said
Immediately the puppets began moving their heads to face Glinda and company. It made something even worse and not sit right. Aislynn however walked closer to Dorothy and Alex.
"Glinda, I just realized something." Aislynn said/
"And what's that girlie?" the jester asked curiously.
"Girlie." Dorothy found herself replying.
"Who's the only one not moving?" Aislynn asked curiously.
Glinda looked around the room. All eyes, including those of the puppet's seemed to follow her. Mr. Foreman looked around as well. Dorothy however having not done anything was just glad to have Alex embracing her. It was then that she decided to try and say something of her own.
"Promise." Dorothy said.
Everyone turned to the jester, everyone but Alex and Dorothy.
"I didn't say that." The jester said worriedly.
"No, but someone else did." Ellie said.
"Who? You?" The jester asked curiously.
"You?" Dorothy repeated.
"No, and stop her from repeating." Ellie said as she pointed her wand at the jester.
The jester sighed and waved the scepter at Dorothy.
"There, happy?" The jester asked.
Dorothy didn't feel compelled to repeat what the jester said. She let out a light sigh causing everyone gasp. It was then that Glinda and Mr. Foreman realized what was wrong. Slowly Dorothy raised her arms and wrapped them around Alex. Alex gasped and looked up at Dorothy whose eyes were now fixed on him.
"Love is a promise." Alex said
"And Dorothy never breaks a promise." Glinda said aiming her wand at the jester.
"Ah come on, I did see you move! Now I feel guilty about putting you through that." the jester said.
Immediately out spite Glinda shot a spell at the jester. The spell however swerved away from the jester and into the multicolored crystal.
"How!?" Ellie asked worriedly
"Remember when I was draining power from Oz?" the jester asked.
"How could we forget, I had to use the Grimmerie." Glinda said.
"I know, and this is how I did it, the magical energy that resulted from that and from you breaking the barrier, at least what Dorothy didn't absorb, powered this thing, and now that it's active I can stop any magic that comes for me." The jester said.
"You fiend." Ellie said.
"Which is why I had to wait for today to try and trap you, now tell me all why did she survive?" The jester asked aiming the scepter at Dorothy.
Glinda thought about it for a moment and then consulted her sister. Then at Aislynn and Mr. Foreman. She then snapped her fingers and smiled.
"She sacrificed herself willingly, that selfless act gave her just enough protection to keep her consciousness still in the puppet, sweet Oz, change her back now!" Glinda said realizing what Dorothy must be going through.
"Fine, with pleasure." The jester said waving the scepter at Dorothy
Immediately Alex felt Dorothy fall on top of him sending him to the floor. Immediately the room was filled with mist as citizens of Oz were witnessing the scene.
"Now, I've given her back to you, how about you return the dragon?" The jester asked curiously.
"Your magic can't counteract Yookoohoo magic, even if you get it out of the jar you won't be able to make it large again." Glinda said as Mr. Foreman ran over to Dorothy and Alex/
"That kinda hurt." Alex said as Dorothy rolled off of him and laughed.
"It was supposed to, and I course I know, but something that can tear things apart and breath small jets of fire is better than nothing." The jester said.
"What about Mr. and Mrs. Yoop?" Dorothy asked.
"I'm glad you asked, transforming them was hard enough, Yookoohoo magic is hard to counteract, and if I change them back they'll squish me like a bug." The jester said.
Immediately the mist cleared the room. The jar with the dragon in it rolled out of the satchel and opened. Alex turned to look to see Glinda pointing her wand at the satchel. Immediately the bell jar opened and the dragon crawled out. Alex then looked over to Dorothy who seemed to be having something whispered to her by Jon she whispered something that sounded like "No I have an idea" and looked at the jester. Dorothy smiled and finally got up and then helped Alex up. Immediately they hugged each other. When they broke from the embrace Dorothy took the orb from Alex and held it up.
"There's something I want to know jester." Dorothy said watching as the jester put the dragon his shoulder.
"What's that?" the jester said.
Dorothy walked up to the jester and looked him dead in the eye.
"Who was she? Rose?" Dorothy asked curiously.
Upon hearing that name the jester fell to his knees. Dropping the scepter he put his hands over his face.
"Where did you find that name?" the jester asked.
"You said it in your sleep, who was she." Dorothy said inching towards the scepter.
"She was, a friend, that's all I can say, she was a friend." The jester said looking up at her.
"Is she still around?" Dorothy asked continuing to move.
"She wouldn't want to talk to me." The jester said covering his face again.
"How would you know? Is she the cause of your morality issues?" Dorothy asked looking at Alex and winking.
"Shut up!" the jester shouted looking at her.
Upon this Dorothy picked up the scepter and removed the blue orb throwing it at the ground. As it smashed dark clouds rose from the shards and started for Dorothy. Alex gasped and tossed the green orb at Dorothy. Immediately the orb changed its course and flew smack onto the scepter. As the dark clouds swirled around Dorothy her throat began to feel as if it were burning. She winced in pain and then looked at Alex.
"Take me and my friends to somewhere safe from the jester's wrath!" Dorothy shouted through her pain as she clicked her heels together.
The jester let out a loud and audible chuckle as Dorothy and her friends vanished. But at the same time. He wasn't happy. She knew his secret, about his love, and he began to think about it. He stared at the puppets surrounding him and sighed. She now knew about rose, and nothing could change it. He had to tell them. He just didn't know how.
Well Dorothy is now a major character again. Will she learn who rose is? Will rose be introduced in this story?