Absolute bonkers au idea to throw out at you,
My only baseline is that the “circus” is where the red brick road leads in this au
Series: Wicked x The Amazing Digital Circus
AU Criteria: It is time to see what circus of madness the red brick road leads to.
AU title (optional): Bricking It
After the accidental death of Elphaba at her hands, Dorothy is despondent and horrified. Unable to face her friends, nor the son of Elphaba, Liir, she escapes into the night with Toto. Finding the yellow brick road, she follows it back towards Munchkinville, and then sees the red brick road she had never paid mind to before.
Slipping past the village in the night while everyone celebrates her horrible crime, her mind reflects on how even her Auntie Em and Uncle Henry could never forgive her, never look at her the same again. Toto tries to comfort the inconsolable girl, but for some reason still not speaking.
Both are surprised when they hear faint music coming from further down the path. It was… familiar and disjointed, something that they couldn't help but want to experience and drew them further towards its source despite the pain and loathing. She's a kid, give her a break on the attention span.
She makes a silent wish to herself that she might be able to forget about herself for a while just before the trees part and a giant red and yellow striped tent with three peaks.
Some magic takes hold of her and Toto, and they forget their names, Theodore the scottie and Dodo the human go to the circus and are welcomed in by the ring leader… a strange creature that looked like eyes between teeth.
They meet and talk with various members of the circus, including a jester named Pomni, a human turned into a giant sentient rag-doll called Ragatha, a frog named Ribbit, his rabbit boyfriend Jax, and many more!
Letting herself have fun, she is found to be adapt at using magical items to their fullest potential, and gets the chance to do so much more, at the cost of her memories and mission fading… something the other circus members notice and try to help her hold onto her memories…
Sadly, the circus holds a secret cost. It lets you have any joy you can wish for, but it takes your memories with it, leaving you reliant on the circus. It is a trap everyone else has fallen for. Can Dodo and Theodore escape before it's too late? And can they save the others from their cursed fate?
