I walked into my room and threw my bag on my bed. I looked over to the other side of my bed to see a green rectangular box.
When did this get here? That wasn't there when I left. I thought to myself.
I curiously moved the box to the middle of the bed and examined it.
I turned the box around in my hands and ran my fingers over the polished cover. I cautiously pulled the top off to see two silk ribbons folded over one another with tassels hanging off the ends. I placed my hands carefully on the smooth fabric and slowly peeled them away to reveal a long wooden stick with various vine designs carved into it. The stick was sitting in a soft shiny green velvet casing. I put the stick tentatively around my fingertips and brought it close to my face to observe it. As I enclosed my hand around the stick a strange sort of energy flowed through me.
"Whoa" I said aloud to no one in particular.
What is this? I thought carefully inspecting the stick.
Should I? I cautioned myself.
I looked at it one more time feeling the energy coursing through me as I traced my fingers over the wooden designs.
Yes, yes I should. I decided.
I waved the stick around slowly pretending as if it was a wand.
"Acio!" I shouted pointing my "wand" straight in front of me.
I could feel a laugh bubbling in my throat; it rose to my mouth as I began to laugh.
Wow, I haven't had this much fun in a long time. I thought to myself
I then pointed the "wand" to the ceiling and yelled "lumos!"
This "spell" of course was meant to cast light from the wand. But I didn't expect it to work. Suddenly light burst from the tip of the wooden stick and the force blasted me backwards against the wall. I threw the stick out off my hand as if it were fire. I leaned my head back against the wall and attempted to catch my breath. My mind was racing with thoughts and explanations about how all off this was possible and where it all came from. I guess my mind couldn't handle that. I began to feel faint and then my world turned black.
JUST OUTSIDE THE WINDOW
"Elphie look!" Glinda said nudging her green friend on the shoulder.
"W-What?" said a rather startled Elphaba who was just rudely awakened by her blonde friend.
The two friends had been watching the girl all night outside leaning against her windowsill, waiting for her to discover the wand they kept trying to put in obvious places. Though it wasn't clear to Glinda what obvious meant.
"Oh! Thank Oz she finally found it" Elphaba said peering in through the window to get a glimpse of the girl.
"What took her so long?" She mused.
"I don't know." Glinda replied " I was putting it in obvious places like you said."
Elphaba smirked. "Glin?" she asked. "What do you think obvious even means?" She said leaning against the wall waiting to be entertained by the bubbly blonde.
"Umm" Glinda thought for a moment.
"Well, I should think it means unaware of because obvious has a root like oblivious" Glinda said surely.
Elphaba chuckled. "Glin" she laughed taking her hands in hers. "That's the exact opposite of obvious. Obvious means to be self-evident or apparent. Why would you think we wouldn't want her to see the wand?"
"Oh! well, uh, I don't know" Glinda said rather flustered.
"How did you get through grade school?" Elphaba asked snidely.
"You know, I don't really know" Glinda said honestly.
"Apparently" Elphaba muttered under breath.
"What was that?" Glinda said sharply, crossing her arms while staring daggers at Elphaba.
"Nothing" Elphaba said trying to avoid an argument with her sensitive friend.
"That's what I thought." Glinda said turning away from her friend and than proceed to toss her golden locks effortlessly over her shoulder. She than placed her hands on the window and looked in again at the girl unconscious on the floor.
"Elphie!" She gasped placing her hand over her mouth. She used the other to point at the window, a look of concern evident on her face.
"What's wrong?" Elphaba asked sensing Glinda's concern.
" Why. Is. She. Passed. Out. On. The. Floor." Glinda said turning pale.
"Glin, stop overeact- OH MY OZ WE KILLED HER!" Elphaba panicked
"What do we do?" Glinda asked worriedly
"Let's just quietly enter through the window and see what's wrong." Elphaba said calmly.
" WHAT IF IT'S ALREADY TOO LATE? WHAT IF SHE'S DEAD AND IT'S ALL OUR FAULT?" Glinda cried.
"It's ok Glinda everything will be fine" Elphaba assured her.
"FINE, FINE? EVERYTHING'S NOT FINE! WHAT IF HER SPIRIT COMES BACK TO HAUNT US FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES?" Glinda said while taking her friend's shoulders and taking them vigorously.
" I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!" She screeched gripping her friend as if she were a lifeline.
"FOR OZ SAKES CALM DOWN!" Elphaba shouted.
"I need you to think about this for a minute ok?" she said looking Glinda in the eye.
"Let's just asses the situation. And figure it out as we go Ok?" Elphaba said placing a gentle green hand on her shoulder.
"Ok" Glinda sniffed.
"Good girl" Elphaba said patting Glinda on the head.
"I know" Glinda confirmed tossing her hair once more.
"Now" Elphaba said. "Are you ready and ok?" she asked.
"Yes" Glinda replied.
"Alright then" Elphaba said clasping her hands together
"Let's do this" she said as she smiled and grabbed Glinda's hand.
Elphaba opened the window and held it there and allowed Glinda to crawl through onto the girl's bed. She then turned to do the same for Elphaba. Glinda sat on the bed biting her nails nervously while Elphaba examined the girl on floor to see what was wrong with her. After a while Glinda couldn't take it anymore.
"Elphie?" she asked timidly.
"Yes?" Elphaba said looking up from her patient.
"How is she?" she said squeezing her hands into fist, bracing herself for the worst.
"Oh she's fine. It appears she just fainted from shock." Elphaba said.
Glinda's tensions released.
"Oh well that's good I guess" She said smiling slightly.
"Indeed" Elphaba said pulling herself up from the floor and proceeded to grab the girl's feet.
"Now help me will you?" She asked Glinda.
"Certainly" Glinda answered sliding herself daintily off the bed.
"What exactly are we doing with her?" She asked sliding her hands under the girl's back and neck to support her.
"Were just putting her in bed, tomorrow we can put this whole thing into action when the others get here." Elphaba answered.
"Oh, what if she wakes up?" Glinda asked stopping for a moment.
"You don't need to worry about that" Elphaba said grunting under the younger girl's weight. "I put a spell on the household so no one can hear us."
"Oh, cool!" Glinda said.
"Now let's get some shut eye" Elphaba said opening the window for Glinda once more.
"Yes let's" Glinda said looking back at the girl one last time.