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Title: 5 Easy Steps to Becoming Queen of the OZ

Character/Pairings : DG/Cain, pretty much the cast of Tinman plus some characters of my own.

Rating: R to be safe.

Warning/Spoilers: All three parts of Tinman.

Summary: DG has two months to learn how to be a Queen with a little help from her friends.

Disclaimer: Sadly I own nothing.

 

Sorry it took so long to update and I hope it’s worth the wait. Thanks for all the reviews and comments!! All that is left after this is an epilogue just because I love a good happily ever after.

 

 

Chapter 6: Step 5- Loving

 

"Life sucks." I say to myself.

It’s the night before my coronation and I am in a bad mood. I’m supposed to become the Queen tomorrow morning but I am not at all prepared. Just like in high school, I am the ultimate procrastinator. I haven’t written a speech for my address to the people. I haven’t figured out who my Head of the Military is going to be. I had thought to approach Cain even though our friendship has been strained lately but I haven’t seen him for the past week. No one can even tell me where he is. I asked Colter but he said all he knew was that Cain asked for a leave of absence. I don’t know if I’ll ever see him again. I’ve been nervous and depressed and it has affected my magic. I haven’t been able to create a good rainbow all week.

I don’t know what to do. I wish Cain was here. I close my eyes and let the tears fall down my face. Suddenly two strong hands grip my shoulders. Since I thought I was alone my first reaction is to fight. I grab one of the hands and use my hip to unbalance the intruder and flip him over my shoulder to fall with a loud thump on the floor.

"Ow! Damn it DG!"

I’ve never heard a more welcome voice.

"Cain! You’re here! And oh! I’m sorry I threw you on the floor!"

I kneel beside him on the floor and put my hands on his shoulders just because I need to touch him.

"Of course I’m here Princess. You didn’t think I’d miss the big day , did you?"

"Well... maybe. You haven’t been around and I thought maybe you had left."

"I wouldn’t leave without saying goodbye DG."

I help Cain up off the floor and continue to hold his hands so that he won’t just disappear.

"Where the hell did you learn that move DG!?"

"Oh, I asked my dad and Colter to teach me some self defense after the whole second attempted murder."

"What! Why didn’t you come to me?"

"I would have Cain, but you were too busy trying to beat the crap out of Colter for saving my life."

"If I had been there It never would have happened in the first place!"

"Well you weren’t there Cain! You were trying so hard to keep your distance, well you succeeded!"

I push away from him to stare out my window.

"I’m sorry DG, that I haven’t been here for you."

"You said you would help me." My voice is barely audible because of the tears clogging my throat.

"You were supposed to help me be ready to become Queen. Glitch taught me to dance. Raw showed me how to heal. Tutor helped me get control of my magic. My father taught me to fight and Colter has been a good friend to me through it all. What have you done Cain, except break my heart!?" The tears are gone and now I am angry.

Cain’s hands grab my shoulders again. He spins me around to face him and forces my chin up.

"How about this?" He brings his lips to mine and crushes my mouth under his. I resist at first but I can’t help the way my body still seeks out his. His mouth is hard on mine with all the pent up frustration of the last two months. His hands are on my back pushing me into his body but it’s unnecessary because I am practically trying to climb into him. Eventually the kiss softens and our hands stop grabbing and gently stroke. When our lips pull apart I let out a sigh. My eyes are still closed and I don’t want to open them.

"If I open my eyes will you still be here?"

"I’m not going anywhere Princess."

I open my eyes and he is smiling. I didn’t think he could possibly get any more gorgeous but I was wrong.

"Cain..."He stops me with a finger to my lips.

" I have to tell you, I’m so sorry sweetheart. I never meant to hurt you. I thought that we would both be better off apart but I can’t seem to live without you."

"Neither can I. I’ve been miserable. I can’t do anything right without you."

"Sure you can Deege."

"No. I really can’t. My rainbow is horrible! It doesn’t even reach across the lake anymore. The people will think I’m a failure."

"No way. They’ll think you’re great. Everyone can see how wonderful you but you."

He kisses me again. His lips brush gently over mine, back and forth, until I part my lips and his tongue touches mine. He is the sweetest thing I’ve ever tasted. We kiss for what seems like hours but is only a few minutes.

"I love you Cain." I whisper against his lips.

"I love you too DG."

I hug him close with my face in his chest breathing in the scent of Cain.

"Where have you been anyway? No one could tell me where you went."

"I had a lot of thinking to do. I went to see Jeb. We had some things to talk about. He came back with me for the coronation."

"Oh, I’m so glad he could come! You two spend too much time apart."

We are interrupted by a knock on the door.

"DG? Is everything alright?" It was Colter checking up on me. I go to the door and open it.

"I’m fine Colter. You should go get some sleep, big day tomorrow."

"I should say the same to you." He looks past me at Cain and smirks. I am confused by his reaction. I look suspiciously between the two of them. If I didn’t know better I’d think Colter expected Cain to be here.

"Well, I’ll leave you alone then. Sweet dreams."

I close the door and face Cain. He doesn’t look happy.

"What?"

"I don’t like that kid."

"Ha! You assigned him to me. Colter has been a big help to me in the last two months and I want to keep him as my personal guard so you better make nice with him."

"I already have. He was the one that talked some sense into me. Made me realize that you wouldn’t wait for me forever and that I had to tell you how I really felt."

"Really? Remind me to give him a big hug the next time I see him."

"How about a friendly handshake?"

"Are you jealous Cain?"

"Of course I am. You’re the most beautiful woman in all the OZ. I’ll have to beat men off you with a stick."

"Stop Cain. At least I’ll have Colter to protect me." It feels so good to be teasing Cain again.

"Yeah well, Colter is a good guy. I have to tell you I’m stepping down as Commander of the Royal Guard. Colter would be a good replacement."

"You’re right. I’ll ask him tomorrow. I have a question for you first." I take his hands again just for the contact.

"I want you to be my Head of the Military."

"Isn’t that your father’s job?"

"Right now yes, but he told me every Queen appoints a new Head of the Military. It’s usually the Prince Consort’s job but since I’m not married I thought I would ask you."

"I’d be honored Princess." I throw myself up into him arms and he catches me around the waste. I put my legs around his waist and kiss him. He slowly lets me slide down his body until my feet are back on the floor.

"I really can’t be your guard now." He says in between kisses.

"Why?"

"Because all I’d be thinking about is kissing you."

"Well I see nothing wrong with that. You know, tomorrow you won’t be able to call me Princess anymore."

"That’s okay. I have another name to call you, my love."

"Aww Cain. That’s the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me." We kiss under the moonlight from the window until he starts to unbutton my dress.

"I know something I can teach you, love."

"Teach away."

Cain lifts me off my feet and carries me to bed. He is gentle with me, he touches me like I’m made of glass. He isn’t my first but it feels like it to me. No man has ever touched me like him and I know in my heart no one else ever will. We wake the next morning tangled in each others arms.

CORONATION DAY

All my friends are around me as I am crowned Queen of the OZ. I am escorted to the Palace balcony by Cain, who has been sworn in as Head of the Military. All my nervousness from the night before has disappeared. After we made love for the first time Cain and I talked about all my fears and concerns about becoming Queen. He assured me that I could do anything and I said I believed him as long as he was by my side. As we walk to the balcony where I am supposed to address the thousands of people that have shown up for the Coronation I am still a bit nervous about my rainbow but there isn’t much I can do about it now. As we walk out onto the balcony we are introduced.

"I present to you Queen Dorothy Gale of the OZ and her escort, Commander of the Military Wyatt Cain."

Then Cain goes to the microphone and adds. "Future Prince Consort to the Queen."

I am speechless. Cain has just proposed to me in front of thousands of people. When he comes back to my side I wrap my arms around him and kiss him not caring if it is appropriate for a Queen to do so. I then turn to face the crowd and, with my hand in Cain’s, create the brightest rainbow the OZ has ever seen.

 

Comments

[tpeej.livejournal.com]

Great story.

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er...um...*melts into a gibbering pile of fangirl goo* hehe. yeah. *goes off to reread and melts again* yeah, I think that this fic is hard on me...people aren't supposed to melt!!!

brilliant!