(The Rainbow's Daughter)
*June 15th, 1906*
*Plain fields*
Dorothy, Shaggy Man, and Button-Bright stood at the dancing woman who captivated their eyes.
The woman was in her twenties and was of average height with long rainbow-colored hair, rainbow eyes, and a beautiful rainbow-colored dress.
"Excuse me, you seem sad. Are you doing okay? You seem to be dancing yet you are still weeping." Dorothy asked the woman curiously while waiting for an answer which caught the woman's attention as she turned around to face the young girl with a surprised yet shy look on her face.
"Very! I must dance to keep myself warm but I'm also unhappy since I'm lost…" The woman responded to Dorothy rather shyly while looking down at the floor before her eyes darted back to Dorothy who appeared to look at her with a smile on her face.
"Lost? I see. Well, I was wondering if you want to join our adventure to the Emerald City. I have a good friend who can help you return to wherever it is that you came from" Dorothy advised the woman politely and this was met with the young woman grabbing her hands gently with a smile on her face.
"Really?! Can you help me? Thank you! I'm Polychrome, the daughter of the rainbow, you?" Polychrome spoke to Dorothy cheerfully while still holding onto her hand.
"Oh! I didn't know rainbows could have children but I guess everything goes in the merry old Land of Oz but I'm Dorothy Gale, It's a pleasure to meet you and I hope we can become good friends or at least good partners" Dorothy politely responded to Polychrome while Shaggy Man and Button-Bright slowly walked closer to the ongoing conversation.
"My name is Shaggy Man! Pleased to be at your service and I never thought I'd meet a child of the rainbow! Simply marvelous I must say!" Shaggy Man greeted Polychrome as he tipped his hat in respect while gently shaking her hand.
"Shaggy?! What a strange name! I never knew this world was full of such wonderful people. I think I'm going to like it here" Polychrome spoke to Shaggy Man in a joyous tone while looking over to see Button-Bright looking at her rather shyly which made her walk over to the fox-headed boy.
"And what is your name and why is your head shaped so oddly? I must know the answers" Polychrome asked Button-Bright curiously while observing the fox-headed boy with great interest.
"Button-Bright and my head was turned into a fox by an awful king.." Button-Bright responded with a frown on his face as this shocked the woman while she put her hand over her mouth.
"That's awful! I always knew foxes were tricksters! My father always warned me to avoid them at any cost but I'm sorry this happened to you" Polychrome spoke to Button-Bright once more in a tone of surprise and shock while the boy nodded in agreement and after the small talk, she looked over to see Toto staring at her which made her smile.
"And who might this cute fellow be? Could he be another enchanted person?" Polychrome spoke once more while looking at Toto who was staring at her.
"Oh no, Poly, he's just my pet dog named Toto. He came from the same place that me and Shaggy Man came from but the more important question is how you became lost in the first place. You stated that you came from the rainbow, right?" Dorothy responded with a look of curiosity on her face while waiting for an answer from the woman.
"Well, you see. My father stretched his rainbow early this morning, and I was dancing upon the pretty colorful rays, as I love to do; however, I realized I was going too far and when I did, it was too late since I'd fallen from the rainbow. When I fell, I was left alone to face this cold, lonely, and hard Earth and if it wasn't for my dancing then I would have frozen to death.." Polychrome explained to Dorothy and the others with a sad tone in her voice as more tears fell from her eyes which caused Dorothy to gently rub her shoulder in comfort.
"How awful! I can't imagine anyone being lost and alone such as yourself; however, did your father even notice you.." Dorothy responded in a shocked voice while Polychrome shook her head in denial.
"He did not, he lifted the rainbow assuming I was still with my older sisters and thus the rainbow disappeared…" Polychrome responded to Dorothy yet again with the same saddened voice and this made everyone look at her with sadness before this was broken by Dorothy speaking.
"Don't worry! If you come with us to the Emerald City then I'm sure my friend, Princess Ozma, might be able to help you get back home. I'm just sure of it" Dorothy advised the woman while Shaggy Man and Button-Bright nodded in agreement.
"She's right. We're all in search of something within Emerald City and if you come with us then surely you'll be reunited with your family" Shaggy Man chimed into the conversation while letting out a smile which in return caused Polychrome to finally smile and that smile was quite beautiful.
"Thank you! Thank you! I'll happily join everyone on their adventure! I'll even introduce myself if that's okay with everyone. I'm Polychrome as you already know. I'm millions of years old but you can consider me to be twenty-two years old physically. I'm the youngest of my 5 siblings and they're better at everything but I'm still learning and yeah, that's me!" Polychrome spoke to Dorothy and the others once more while having a smile on her face.
"Wonderful! I wish I had siblings but I'll feel like that would be a hassle trying to set a good example or not to embarrass the family but I'm glad that you have a good home life" Dorothy spoke to Polychrome once more while the rainbow-haired woman smiled as she laughed.
"You can say that again. I'm also a bit reckless and shy but don't let that fool you because apparently, my father told me that I have the power to become the strongest rainbow fairy there is but I think he was saying that to impress me" Polychrome responded once more while Dorothy smiled back.
"I see, well, I believe you might be the strongest and even the most beautiful rainbow fairy of them all but let's start walking to the Emerald City, shall we?" Dorothy responded while Polychrome nodded her head in agreement.
"T-Thank you for the comment and we should get going before someone sees us. Not everyone on Earth is good, sadly" Polychrome responded once more to Dorothy before proceeding to walk with her new friends en route to the Emerald City filled with more determination to get to their destination.
The gang continued to walk across the plain fields for another hour and for that time frame, this event was quite uneventful as things went according to plan.
As for the country, The country wasn't so pretty now. Before the travelers appeared a rocky plain covered with hills on which grew nothing green. They were nearing some low mountains, too, and the road, which before had been smooth and pleasant to walk upon, grew rough and uneven.
"Do you know if this is the right road to the Emerald City? It doesn't seem like we're going the right way" Polychrome asked Dorothy rather curiously while observing the new area she was in.
"I'm afraid not but this is the only road that leads somewhere so we must follow it until we reach our destination." Dorothy responded while walking through the rocky area while Polychrome nodded in an understanding manner.
"I see, I wish I could fly like my older sisters so that we can get to the Emerald City as quickly as possible but I'm sadly still learning my magical abilities but at least I can move some rocks.." Polychrome responded with a frown while gently moving small walks out of the walkway while Button-Bright watched everything with such curiosity.
"Is this a fairy country like Polychrome mentioned earlier?" Button-Bright asked the gang curiously while Dorothy began to speak up to answer his question.
"Well, you still have a fox head and Polychrome isn't invisible so I would say that Oz is indeed a fairy country or something like that. I don't know.." Dorothy responded politely while climbing the small steep path that was in the pathway along with the rest of her friends.
"What's that?" Button-Bright asked Dorothy curiously while the young girl looked back at him to answer his question.
"You don't seem to know anything, Button-Bright but I guess it can't be helped. Invisible is something you can't see so think of it as seeing a ghost or something like that" Dorothy responded to the question while Button-Bright nodded in an understanding way.
"We should catch up to our friends before we get lost. It would be trouble if we do" Dorothy advised Button-Bright while running over to catch up to their friends; however, the sounds of Toto barking could be heard which caught their attention.
"That must be Toto! He must be in trouble or he's trying to tell us something! Let's go follow him!" Dorothy spoke once more to Button-Bright as she and the boy quickly ran towards the sounds of where the barking was coming from and to their shock, Toto was barking at a strange creature.
"W-What is that?!.." Button-Bright cried out in fear as he got behind Dorothy while the young girl remained fearless but still cautious nonetheless.
"I don't know but it reminds me of a certain group of people.." Dorothy responded while thinking back to the time she faced the Wheelers.
The creature whom Toto was barking at was a humanoid with purple skin on one side and grayish skin on the other side with small hair on its head.
"Stay on your guard. Perhaps my love magnet might save us.." Shaggy Man advised our heroes while remaining completely still while Polychrome and Button-Bright nodded in agreement; however, Dorothy remained fearless as she stared down the creatures with a rather serious glare on her face.
"Stay away from my Toto and my friends.." Dorothy warned the creatures while walking over to where her dog was before picking it up while still staring at the creatures.
Will Dorothy and her friends escape the terrible creature's clutches!?
