Dorothy and The Wizard of Oz

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Photo above is Emelia Clarke also known as Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones. portraying as Glinda in my story

"I've been expecting you Dorothy Gail-Smith, granddaughter of the legendary Dorothy Gail. The prophecy has spoken, you're going to save the cold war of Oz."

"Hold on, before we continue, you can't be the same Glinda that helped out my Nana on her journey, right? I mean, you just can't be!" Wait, I sound rude! Holy smokes! This person standing right next to me is the person who might be able to help me go back to Kansas, but here I am insulting her. Just shut up already, Dorothy! "I'm sorry if I sound rude, but I assumed that this world and my world have the same time line. Look, what I'm trying to say is my Nana was really old, Terry here said his grandmother used to tell stories about my grandmothers' adventure, so you cant be the same Gilda. Gilda should probably be in her 80's now, and you're probably the same age as me."

"Oh darling, I never knew you have humour. If you're asking about my age, well I'm very old, I'm four centuries older than you." She giggled.

"So you're 400 years old?!" I know I sound very rude but i just got to ask. "But how?"

"I think your forgetting that I'm the Good Witch Glinda."

Oh right, like in movies. "So you just wave your wand (swoosh), and then your young again?"

"Something like that," I just nod with a quirk on my lip, showing some agreement. "Back to where I was saying, the Land of Oz is in great danger. No one has ever seen the new wizard ever since your grandmother had her mission here. As you know, during her adventure, the wizard flee the land to return to his world. After that, there has been a rumor that the new wizard is one of the former Wizard's closest friend and probably his henchman when he was staying here. After the mission that your grandmother successfully complete, everybody felt grateful and secured. The Land of Oz is back to safety, and no one worried about the wicked witches. Fifty years later, as I was doing my regular tarot card reading it happens to show me that the new wizard died, it is either killed or by natural disaster. However, no one really knows the truth because the new wizard never went out to public nor let anyone see him. But after that day, everything crashed down. I heard news that the Land of Oz is in an overwhelming debt with neighbouring countries, and the emeralds were being used into something bad. The emeralds of Emerald city has a power to provide lights through-out the land, but if broken apart it can have a massive power that can erase a continent and everything in it. Now, the Emerald city is living in poverty, and to pay off some debts the other countries are forcefully taking some people in the land of Oz to become their slaves."

"So how am I involve in this?" I heard a tea pot whistled in the background.

"Do you care for some tea?" Glinda asked.

"Yes, please." Terry answered, and I just went along. We entered the house from the back door, and what welcomed us is a very antique and beautiful round table filled with  plated goodies. Some foods I recognized are cookies and cakes, and then there were weird looking fruits.

"Those are cakes and cookies, I specially made them today." Glinda put  down the tea-set between me and Terry. She give us each a teacup and poured us some freshly brewed tea. Then she sat down across me and Terry. Terry started to gobble up like he had never eaten in days. Well me, I just sipped my tea like a proper lady.

"So back to my question." I said, interrupting the short silence.

"Ah, yes. I have seen the prophecy, and according to it: Dorothy is going to come back, to save the Land of Oz once again. But I knew your grandmother is deceased so I thought that it was impossible at first. And then you came, the same blood line, the same name, you must be the one that the prophecy has spoken." Glinda sipped her tea in silence.

"You know, I gave your grandmother that book. That book is a portal into this world. She don't visit that often, but when she does she always have great stories to tell. She also taught me how to make those cakes and cookies, and some other pastries from your world. She was a good woman." I felt a grieve in her voice, the same grieve that I still feel from losing a very important person in my life.

"Okay, so what do I need to do?" I asked with a very serious tone.

Glinda puts down her cup on the table and she stared at me in an intimidating look. "I want you to prove it to me that the Wizard is in safe condition, as well as the emeralds, that they're not being used into something unexplainable."

"Is that all?" I reassured.

"And if you don't know yet, your grandmother never told me how she goes back to Kansas everytime she visits, so the only one who can bring you back to Kansas is the Wizard himself. So take this mission very seriously because you and the whole country is at stake."

"I understand."

I suddenly went to a flashback where when I was five and Nana used to tell me stories about The Wizard of Oz. We will sit on my bed with our backs on the headboard. She would use my stuffed toys while telling the story, it's like a small puppet-show, maybe that's why I always loved it. "The fairy gave the girl a ruby red slippers that would help her in her journey," then my Nana would put my grown-out-sock to my favourite teddy bear, portraying as the main character to the story.

"Is there anything that I could use to help me for my journey?" I remembered the ruby red slippers that she gave to my grandmother.

"Just follow your heart, and it will be the greatest weapon of all."

Terry, on the other hand, just keeps on eating. I have a feeling that he already knows what's going on and whats going to happen. I wish I knew what's going to happen.

I just watched Terry munched everything the whole time while plotting all the things that could happen to me during this risky mission. I felt butterflies on my stomach, a mixed of excitement and fear.

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A/N

It's my birthday! I'm officially and legally adult now. Yup, I'm 19 now. As a gift, I give you this chapter. I hope you guys enjoy my gift.

I also notice that my chapters are like really short. I swear to make it longer next time.
Another thing I notice is that more people are adding my book into their reading list and more people are giving me stars ⭐. Thank you so much, it really helps to motivate and inspire myself. YOU PEOPLE ARE AMAZING!

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Q; Will Dorothy succeed in her journey?