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Red Herring | ONC 2025

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Reads 39
Votes 4
Parts 12
Time 1h 15m

Mature

61). " The silence in the room is deafening, as though it has a life of its own. It's time to rewrite the fairy tale, but this time, the ending will be yours, and it won't be happy."

Open Novella Contest 2025 entry

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Dorothy Glynth yearned for nothing more than to return home. Was this selfish? Perhaps. But it wasn't her fault she was swept away by a tornado into the strange world of Oz. She did everything in her power to find a way back, never straying from the yellow brick road despite her strong desire to do so. She even defeated the Wicked Witch of the West, though she questioned why someone would melt from water; still, she wasn't one to judge.

But it was all a deception-a grand scheme designed to make her the so-called wizard's apprentice. Refusing this fate, Dorothy goes into hiding. Now, with a mysterious masked figure lurking and everyone casting her as the villain, she is determined to forge her own path home.

Former allies have turned into enemies, and Dorothy won't hesitate to do whatever it takes-anything-to get back where she truly belongs

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