(Miss Cuttenclip's Kingdom)
*July 14th, 1906*
*Cuttenclip Village*
Dorothy and the others arrived at Miss Cuttenclip's home, and the home was quite beautiful as it resembled a typical house, but it was still beautiful nonetheless.
"Alright, this should be her home. Miss Cuttenclip has been living here for quite some time so that she could use the company." Omby Amby spoke to everyone while Dorothy walked up toward the door along with everyone else.
"Alright, here goes.." Dorothy spoke to herself before gently knocking on the door and after a few seconds, the door opened to reveal Miss Cuttenclip.
Miss Cuttenclip was dainty, pretty, and roughly the same age as Dorothy. She had golden blonde hair, turquoise blue eyes, rosy cheeks, and lovely white teeth, and she wore a simple white lawn dress with a pink and white checked apron.
"Dorothy! It's nice to meet you. I'm Miss Cuttenclip, please come in. I have much to show you and everyone else." Miss Cuttenclip greeted Dorothy joyfully before allowing her guests to enter her home.
The home was quite beautiful; however, it was filled with many paper dolls, crafts, supplies, and other such things that helped her create her projects.
"Woow, there's so much stuff. I wish I had stuff like that, but my name is Polychrome, nice to meet you." Polychrome spoke to Miss Cuttenclip with awestruckness while the young girl smiled back.
"It's nice to meet you as well and pardon my untidiness. This is usually my workshop as well, so expect some messes here and then." Miss Cuttenclip responded with a slight chuckle while Polychrome smiled back.
"I see that Glinda had provided you a haven but I recall you lived in Quadling Country six years ago, right?" Omby Amby asked the young girl which sparked interest in Dorothy.
"Wait, you used to live in Quadling Country? What caused you to relocate to a different area?" Dorothy asked Miss Cuttenclip curiously as well, waiting for her answer.
After hearing this, Miss Cuttenclip would walk over to where her paper dolls were and proceeded to show them her work.
"Well, I make paper dolls such as these, right? Then I would paint the faces and costumes, but one day. Glinda visited me and saw how much I loved playing with paper dolls, so she brought me a magic paper. This magic paper made the paper dolls come to life; however, any breeze would startle and scatter them dreadfully. So Glinda found this lonely place and built a wall around it, protecting my paper dolls from any breeze or threats.." Miss Cuttenclip explained to Omby Amby and Dorothy as this astonished everyone.
"How marvelous! This Glinda person sounds quite wonderful. I always hear Dorothy talking about her whenever she returns from Oz" Uncle Henry spoke with amazement while Aunt Em nodded in agreement.
"Glinda is wonderful. I've managed to create my own Paper Kingdom as well. Isn't that wonderful or what?" Miss Cuttenclip responded joyfully while everyone else smiled back as Polychrome began to speak.
"Could we visit the Paper Kingdom? I would love to see what it looks like?" Polychrome asked Miss Cuttenclip and to her surprise, the young girl nodded quite excitedly.
"Of course, but PLEASE make sure to not make a breeze or any sort of noise, okay? It would disrupt them greatly and I would have to craft them again.." Miss Cuttenclip responded while also advising everyone else to be careful.
"Don't worry, we will make sure that your kingdom is safe and sound from any breeze." Dorothy responded with a smile and thumbs up which made Miss Cuttenclip smile once more.
The gang started to exit the house and walk their way toward the Paper Kingdom, a vibrant place that was built entirely on paper and crafts. In one place a large group of especially nice paper dolls assembled to greet their Queen, whom it was easy to see they loved dearly.
These dolls marched and danced before the visitors, and then they all waved their paper handkerchiefs and sang in a sweet chorus a song called "The Flag of Our Native Land."
"It's amazing. This place looks beautiful. You did a great job, Miss Cuttenclip." Polychrome spoke in awestruck while Dorothy nodded in agreement as she looked around to take in the beauty of the village.
"I agree. The citizens seem peaceful and even their anthem is wonderful. Miss Cuttenclip truly has done a great job" Dorothy responded to the compliment while Aunt Em and Uncle Henry nodded in agreement.
"Thank you so much. It means a lot. I feel like this is the only place where my friends can live and peace without any threats. I will always cherish Glinda for that.." Miss Cuttenclip responded kindly while Dorothy smiled back.
"I'm glad you can be at peace with the things you love…" Dorothy responded with a warm smile while Aunt Em watched everything.
"Dorothy has a kind soul, just like her mother.." Aunt Em quietly whispered to herself which was heard by Omby Amby.
"I can tell she was quite the nice person, right?" Omby Amby asked the woman while she nodded in agreement.
"She was. Both of them were strong, kind, and loving. Tragically, she passed away.." Aunt Em responded with a hint of sadness in her voice.
"Don't worry, I'm sure the spirit of Dorothy's mother lives inside of her in a sense that her personality is quite similar.." Omby Amby responded while Aunt Em smiled at this.
"You're right. Dorothy helps people. That is what makes her a good person. If it wasn't for her then Toto would have been a stray dog and Me and Henry wouldn't have been strong people. It's all thanks to Dorothy that we're all here today.." Aunt Em responded warmly, smiling at Omby Amby as the both of them slowly found themselves becoming good friends throughout this ongoing outing.
*Dominion of the Growlywogs*
Guph and the Nome Army arrived at the Growlywog Dominion which was located inside of a huge tree trunk.
"G-Greetings. I'm General Guph. I'm sure you've heard of me and the Nome King, y-you've given us your s-special project.." Guph introduced himself to the Growleywog leader while gulping in nervousness.
The Growleywogs were gray, tall, lanky, and had different colored hair and beards.
"Why do you intrude upon our territory without notice? Did you come here to tell us about our gifted project?" The Growleywog Leader asked Guph curiously; however, Guph only chuckled as he got up.
"I'm afraid not, it's still in development; however, Roquat the Red wishes for your help in conquering Oz.." Guph responded politely; however, despite this, he felt himself being picked up by the leader much to his displeasure.
"Go on.." The Growleywog Leader responded curiously.
"W-Well, The Land of Oz is ruled by Ozma. The former kitchen boy was restored to a namby-pamby girl by Glinda. Her people are happy and content.." Guph responded with a slight nervousness in his voice.
"Interesting...Go on.." The Growleywog Leader responded once more while adjusting his glasses.
"W-Well, Ozma marched right into our kingdom, liberated our slaves, took the Silver Shoes, and now we need the mighty aid of the Growelywogs. The strongest group of people in the world.." Guph responded once more while sweating profusely in nervousness.
The Growleywog Leader thought of this for a moment before adjusting his glasses once more to give out his thoughts.
"Intriguing; however, how would we get to the Emerald City? The Deadly Desert is in our way.." The Growleywog Leader responded once more in an intrigued voice as Guph began to speak.
"The Nome King is building a tunnel that can easily cross through the Deadly Desert and into the Emerald City…" Guph responded yet again with a little more confidence while waiting for an answer.
"We'll join; however, it's pointless since the secret weapon that we've given you is enough, but we'll still join nonetheless, BUT Roquat shall give us twenty-thousand slaves for our own deal, and by the way, you can call me Winkle.." Winkle negotiated with Guph in hopes of having the proposal accepted, and to his luck, it passed.
"All right, twenty-thousand slaves shall do, and don't worry, the secret weapon shall lead us into victory…I hope.." Guph responded while quietly saying the final part to himself.
Winkle heard the final part and quickly brought the little Nome to his face before speaking once more.
"I hope? I heard that. What exactly did you mean by that, hm?" Winkle asked Guph curiously with a hint of annoyance as he waited for an answer.
"W-Well, what are the chances he or she decides to go rogue and…well.." Guph answered nervously before being thrown across the room.
"So you have no faith, hm? Well, think about it in the dungeons! You can tell that to Roquat!" Winkle angrily spoke to Guph before turning around to walk away from him.
During this, Guph would remain on the floor, dazed after the throw as he and the other Nomes were being carried into the dungeons.
"This is why I warned Nome King about the Growelywogs.." Guph thought to himself while groaning to himself before passing out completely.
Winkle heard the guards taking Guph and the Nomes away which brought a grin on his face.
"If Guph thinks I'll be joining Roquat, he's wrong!; however, I'll entertain the idea for a bit. Once Oz is successfully conquered. I'll have Roquat shine my shoes every day, and not just that, I shall rule Oz under my command.." Winkle thought to himself, smiling even more evilly as he thought of his possible victory.
However, could Guph's warning come true? Could this mysterious creature that's currently digging through the caverns of Oz spell doom for the heroes and villains?!