(The Heads of Langwidere)

*October 21st, 1905*

*Land of Ev*

Dorothy was shocked at Princess Langwidere's strange request as she quickly stood up and began to question the young woman on this matter.

"Why do you want my head?! I refuse to give it to you!" Dorothy had spoken out in a tone of defiance while Billina nodded their head in agreement.

"She's right! Why should she give you her head and she'll die by the way!" Billina had spoken out to Langwidere as well as this made the princess laugh as she began to speak once more.

"Die? Oh no! She'll simply be added with my other collection of heads that also came from beautiful women so consider that a privilege" Langwidere had responded back as this made Dorothy's eyes widen in surprise while Billina was pacing back and forth in a frenzy before she finally spoke up.

"NO! I refuse to give you my head! I just want you to tell us the way to get to Oz or find a way for me and Billina to get back home and why do you have a bunch of heads anyways?!" Dorothy had spoken out to Langwidere in a more stern tone of voice in hopes of making the princess answer her question; however, this only made Langwidere more angry as she made a scowl.

"Y-YOU RUDE PUNDIT LITTLE GIRL! HOW DARE YOU DEFY ME!" Langwidere had spat out in annoyance and anger as she quickly grabbed Dorothy's army rather tighly which made her wince in pain.

"Q-Quit it! Let me go!" Dorothy had uttered out while struggling to break free from Langwidere's tight grip; however, it was no use as she remained stuck in place.

"T-Tik-Tok! Do something or else Dorothy is gonna be killed by Princess Langwidere!" Billina had commanded the mechanical man in a tone of panic as they had seen Tik-Tok attempting to move; however, Langwidere snapped her fingers in a certain way and manner which made Tik-Tok freeze into place.

"Silly hen, My uncle created this piece of garbage and he told me all of the tricks to shut him down but I'll deal with you later!" Langwidere had spoken out in a rather cold tone of voice as she quickly found a small cage and locked up Billina which made Dorothy worried yet angry.

"Let go of my friends right now! They don't deserve this type of treatment!" Dorothy had spoken out to Langwidere as she felt herself being pulled towards a small door which was followed by the princess chuckling to herself.

"Than surrender your head and if you do, then I shall free your friends but until then, I shall lock you in the dungeons for the time being.." Langwidere had spoken back to Dorothy while pressing the lightswitch to reveal a room filled with a row of roughly thirty heads which shocked Dorothy.

There were heads with golden hair, brown hair, rich auburn hair and black hair; but none with gray hair. The heads had eyes of blue, of gray, of hazel, of brown and of black; but there were no red eyes among them, and all were bright and handsome.

"A-Are these heads real or fake.." Dorothy had asked Langwidere while trying to hide her shock as her question was met with Langwidere nodding her head with a smile.

"Of course, some came from those who questioned my father's rule while some came from the other world which is separated by the Deadly Desert" Langwidere had answered back while continuing to walk across the row of heads before stumbling on the rich auburn head which was rather pretty.

"O-Other world? Perhaps it's where I came from but I could be wrong.." Dorothy had spoken out while still remaining cautious after Langwidere's outburst as she waited on a response from the princess.

"Perhaps, I'm not entirely sure but I do recall reading it in some textbooks but all I know is that some heads were found in that desert such as this one.." Langwidere had answered back as she suddenly took her head off which shocked Dorothy as the young princess placed it on the stand before grabbing the rich auburn head and putting it on herself.

"I-I see but how do you control them and w-why do you keep those heads.." Dorothy had asked once more while still trying to mask her fear as Langwidere began to speak.

"It's quite simple, I've used the technology of Evna to manipulate the already dead brains of the head and force them to become secondary to my original head so in other words, the heads BECOME me.." Langwidere had answered back before pulling Dorothy rather roughly towards her as she stared at her in the eyes.

"I'll give you one final chance, You have a certain style of prettiness that is different from most of my heads and by that, I shall take your head.." Langwidere had spoken to Dorothy in regards to the head situation once more in hopes of convincing Dorothy to submit; however, it's clear that Dorothy wasn't gonna give up that easily.

"Well, I believe you won't! It's my head and you won't be taking it! Free my friends and tell us the way to Oz or find a way to get my and Billina home!" Dorothy had spoken back in a tone of defiance as she showed little to no fear to Langwidere as this only made the princess angry despite her calmness.

"Fine, then you shall be locked away in the dungeons for your rude behavior" Langwidere said rather coldly as she had pulled Dorothy once more as she and the young girl walked towards another door which led to the dungeon.

"You don't have to lock me up in this place! I said no and that should have been it!" Dorothy had protested while being forced to walk towards the dungeon cell while Langewidere didn't care about any arguments or protests Dorothy may have had.

"You shall stay inside until you make the choice on giving up your head and that's FINAL" Langwidere had spat out in annoyance while motioning her hand for Dorothy to enter the dungeon and since Dorothy didn't want to anger Princess Langwidere any further, she decided to accept her punishment and walk inside the cell with the doors closing behind her.

"And don't worry, I'll still feed you and you shall bathe when it's appropriate and I want all of my heads to look beautiful and well checked but until then, I hope you enjoy your new life" Langwidere had spoken to Dorothy once more before laughing to herself as she walked back to where she came from with the sound of her footsteps slowly getting farther away from the cell.

"Gosh, what was her problem? She was quite nice at first but now she's acting all mean cause I didn't want to give up my head.." Dorothy had spoken out to herself while sighing to herself as she slouched back on the brick wall as she could do nothing but stare at her bleak prison room; however something had caught her attention from the small window…

*Langwidere's living room*

Princess Langwidere had returned to the living room where Tik-Tok and Billina were currently at as the red hen could do nothing but ask questions in regards to Dorothy.

"W-Where's Dorothy?! Don't tell me you've stolen her head?!" Billina had asked Langwidere in a tone of concern and fear as to the red hen's relief, Langwidere had shaken her head in denial.

"No, I've locked her up since she's being a brat right now but I shall come for her head in due time and for you! I don't know if I should keep you as my pet or cook you for breakfast tomorrow.." Langwidere had answered back while smiling as this had frightened Billina as they had begun to panic.

"E-Eat me?! You wouldn't want to do that since I may not be edible but I don't mind being your pet if we're gonna be stuck here!" Billina had spoken back while laughing nervously at the situation as this made Langwidere chuckle back before giving Billina reassurance.

"I'm only joking about eating you! Just wanted to lighten up the mood, that's all but I do want Dorothy's head and she has a special charm to her beauty and it made me want to keep her head as one of mine.." Langwidere had spoken back in a more calm and friendly tone of voice while Billina continued to laugh nervously.

"Y-Yeah! A joke! Who would have thought but why not just admire Dorothy's beauty without the need to want her head.." Billina had spoken back in hopes of talking sense into Langwidere; however, it was to no avail as Langwidere simply brushed off the comment by laughing once more.

"Nonsense! I shall get her head even if it means killing her!" Langwidere had declared to Billina while getting up from her couch to check on Tik-Tok who remained still due to being on the effects of her spell as she quickly sensed something which prompted her to turn her direction from Tik-Tok towards the door.

"Visitors, It seems I have visitors but who could it be, UNLESS.." Langwidere had spoken out in a tone of surprise as this seemed to have caught Billina's attention.

"I hope whoever it is, saves us!" Billina had thought to themself while feeling a sense of excitement and fear at the same time.

*Evna Gardens*

The town of Evna was dead silent; however, the silence was interrupted by sounds of an approaching army with a mass of rainbow colors approaching Langwidere's palace which was all led by a familiar army.

First came a magnificent golden chariot, drawn by a great Lion and an immense Tiger, who stood shoulder to shoulder and trotted along as gracefully as a well-matched team of thoroughbred horses. And standing upright within the chariot was a beautiful girl clothed in flowing robes of silver gauze and wearing a jeweled diadem upon her dainty head. She held in one hand the satin ribbons that guided her astonishing team, and in the other an ivory wand that separated at the top into two prongs, the prongs being tipped by the letters "O" and "Z", made of glistening diamonds set closely together and it was no other than Ozma and her royal court with even Dorothy's old friends joining the fray!

"Are you sure this is the residence of Princess Langwidere? I have a feeling that she might be on to us.." Lion had spoken out in a tone of curiosity while Ozma gave a nod of reassurance as she was sure that this was indeed the palace.

"Of course, I have very important things to discuss with her in regards to the Nome King.." Ozma had responded back in a serious tone of voice as she and the rest of her royal court continued to make their way towards the palace.