5Disclaimer, the usual of I do not own anything revolving around the franchise. Or franchises referenced in my story. Also, if you have not read any of the previous stories, while you do not have to read them for this to make sense, it would probably be more helpful to if you get lost at any point.
It had been only a few months since Dorothy's last adventure in Oz, she promised to go there more often, mainly on weekends. But this was not going to be one of those weekends. As she woke up Saturday morning she stretched and looked out the window at the crisp autumn morning.
"hm, guess we're both early risers." Came the voice of Madeline.
"Maddie, would you mind not giving me a heart attack?" dorothy asked checking her pulse.
"Sorry." Madeline said.
"anyways, is anyone else awake?" dorothy asked.
"your aunt, and your cousins." Madeline said going into her bag and pulling an outfit and hat that shouldn't have been able to fit in there.
"well, I shouldn't be surprised, what about ace?" she asked.
"I think she's outside, reading." Madeline said.
"you know, one of these days, I'm going to ground her." Dorothy said.
"no you won't." Madeline said holding the dress up.
It was blue and white checked, but it was in her own style, a more regal and old fashioned style. And it had a hat to match, a top hat with blue and white checkered patterns.
"I like it, but leave the hat here." Dorothy said.
"dorothy, I make the hats for fun, don't tell me to leave my hats here." Madeline said.
"of course you know what I'm thinking." Dorothy said.
"and you know that neither of us have an image problem, and you've been made fun of for a good majority of your childhood." Madeline said.
Madeline was basically Dorothy's double. Created the day Dorothy's parents died and her heart broke. A piece of her heart projected itself into Oz and created Madeline, or by her full moniker, Madeline, Madigan hatter. She was dorothy in every aspect, except she was slightly paler from normally always wearing makeup and living underground as leader of a branch of an organization known as the community. She took on the scars dorothy had gained over the years, and basically shared Dorothy's thoughts and emotions while having her own free will to do as she pleased. Unlike dorothy, she had taken up sorcery at a young age and could do wonders with it. but when she became frustrated she spent her time making hats.
"Don't rub it in Maddie." Dorothy said.
"you know it's true" Madeline said
"but still." Dorothy said as she got up and walked over her dresser.
"well, I'll leave you to change." Madeline said walking out and shutting the door
Dorothy shook her head and sighed. She quickly changed out of her nightgown and into her usual style of outfit. Her jean dress, and her blue and white checkered shirt. As she left her room she bumped into Madeline again who seemed to have changed as fast as she did.
"aren't you going to grab the scepter?" Madeline asked referring to it.
Dorothy turned and looked at it. she had taken it with her when she left oz. it was now basically her prized possession apart from her dog toto. She shook her head and sighed.
"Dorothy!" came the voice of her aunt Em.
"Yes auntie Em?" dorothy called.
"it looks like there's a new family moving in today, just down the street, why don't you, Madeline and Ace go be the welcome party." Em said.
Dorothy smiled and looked at Madeline who nodded. Dorothy pulled on her boots and went outside. Aislynn was already waiting for her with Toto. Looking up the road she saw the same moving van from the previous day and now a car parked right next to it, a family getting their things from it.
"you know, it seems strange, that anyone would want to move to the Kansas prairies." Aislynn said
"hey, where have you lived other than Kansas?" dorothy asked.
"my dad took me to Oklahoma once, he didn't like it, so we came back to Kansas, by then my grandfather was back, and you know the rest of the story." Aislynn said.
"yea, I do." Dorothy said as they walked up the street.
As they got to the property they were met with stares, by the moving company, and by the people moving in. it didn't take dorothy any time to figure out they were staring at Madeline.
"Hello, my name is dorothy gale, I live at the farm just down the road there with my aunt and uncle, this is my friend Madeline, this is Aislynn, and this little guy here is my dog toto." Dorothy said picking him up.
"I'm Jim Bobbin, howdy neighbor." Said a tall man who was pale and balding, wearing a dress suit and in a thick country accent carrying a bunch of suitcases.
"Tina Bobbin, and, Jim, where did Betsy go?" Said a woman carrying a large box
"Didn't she say she was goin' to go and look for the Griffiths? I mean, it ain't nothin' short of coincidence that we all ended up being moved into the same town because of our jobs." Mr. Bobbin said.
"that must be the other moving vans we saw yesterday." Aislynn said.
"has anyone else been movin' in, in these parts?" Mr. Bobbin asked.
"well, um, no not recently, but if you'd like, my friends, family and I can get you acquainted with the neighborhood, everyone around here is really nice." Dorothy said.
"I'm thinking we'd appreciate that, we'll swing by and have a chat with your folks around lunchtime." Mr. Bobbin said.
Dorothy smiled, she nodded to Madeline who quickly ran off.
"like I said, the people in this neighborhood are nice, ever since the group of bullies got broken up the neighborhood has been quite peaceful as well." Dorothy said
"what happened?" Mrs. Bobbin asked.
"that's a story for another day, maybe over a cup of tea." Dorothy said watching Mr. Bobbin struggle with several suitcases.
"would you like some help?" Aislynn asked.
"no, no, wouldn't want to trouble any of the new neighbors!" Mr. Bobbin quickly shouted.
"well, where are you guys coming from?" Dorothy asked.
"Oklahoma." Mrs. Bobbin said.
"well, if you two are content, we'll leave you to your work, we don't want to be any worry." Aislynn said.
"such a polite young thing, ain't she?" Mrs. Bobbin asked.
"yes." Dorothy said setting down toto and walking back towards the farm.
"why doesn't toto run ahead and inform the cats?" Aislynn asked.
"Because Maddie's already done that, I can't wait to meet Betsy, but at least she already has a friend here, honestly when I came to this town, I was a social misfit." Dorothy said.
"I know, you've told me this before." Aislynn said.
"well, being the new kid in the neighborhood isn't easy." Dorothy said.
"tell me about it." Aislynn replied.
"anyways we have a nice day ahead, get to make some new friends and such." Dorothy said.
Okay, so if you haven't guessed, I've brought the Characters of Betsy Bobbin, and Mayre Griffiths (aka Trot) into my narrative. Giving them their own parts in the story, but how will this effect Dorothy's life? How will dorothy effect their lives? Stay tuned.
