A/N: This is my first shoot at a Wicked fanfic, so some good criticism would be helpful. Thanks and enjoy.
"Glinda? Glin you in here?" Elphaba called out as she walked into her darkened dorm room. Thunder crashed out side and she thought she heard her roommate whimper. "Glinda you okay?" She walked farther into their dorm and saw Glinda was hunched over on her bed and it sounded like she was crying. "Oh Glinda! I'm so sorry that I wasn't here earlier. I came as soon as I noticed it was thundering," Elphaba said apologetically as she climbed on to her bed to comfort Glinda. "Shh it's alright, you're okay," Elphaba soothing said to her friend as she rubbed her hand in small circles on Glinda's back.
"Thanks Elphie," Glinda sniffled trying to suppress her tears. "Will you hold me?" Glinda asked feeling very weak and childish.
"Yes, of course, if it makes you feel better." Elphaba said trying to help Glinda become more comfortable. Glinda climbed into Elphaba's lap. As soon as Glinda situated herself, Elphaba felt pain in her legs and let out a low hiss.
"Elphaba are you okay?" Glinda asked, practically jumping out of Elphaba's lap.
"Yeah I'm fine." Elphaba said as Glinda applied pressure to her leg. Elphaba let out another hiss that showed, in fact, she was not okay.
"No your not. No stop being stubborn about your pain. Can I at least try and help you?" Elphaba could only nod her head. Glinda slowly lifted Elphaba's skirt so she could see the bottom part of her leg. It was covered in angry red welts and blisters. "Sweet Oz Elphie, what did you do?!"
"I knew you were going to worry about me getting back safely and the thunder was going to scare you. So I had to get back here before you had a nervous breakdown," Elphaba said looking at her friend with deep concern.
"Elphie, that's so kind. But how in Oz's name did that happen?" Glinda asked pointing at Elphaba's legs.
"I could get here fast enough while staying under the coverings; that were doing absolutely nothing to keep me dry. So I gave up and ran for it; straight across the campus."
"Elphaba that was such a stupid irresponsible thing to do. It's raining so hard out there you could have killed yourself," Glinda practically shouted at her friend.
"But Glin I used some common sense and casted a water repelling spell over my head, so I had an umbrella," Elphaba said meekly.
"But that didn't do any thing to protect your legs, now did it?"
"No it didn't," Elphaba whispered, feeling like she was being scolded by her father again.
Glinda regretted what she said almost instantly. "Oh Elphie, I didn't mean to yell at you, you just scare me when you pull stunts like this."
"I know I'm sorry."
"That's alright," Glinda said then she patted Elphaba's leg causing Elphaba to wince in pain. "Oh, I'm sorry. Here I'll go get your oils and clean you up." With that Glinda crawled out of the bed and gathered all the things she would need. She almost got back to the bed, when thunder crashed causing Glinda to jump and drop everything…
Elphaba suddenly opened her eyes. She wasn't sure what woke her. The thunder outside, Chistery making breakfast, or was it the dream its self that woke her. Not wanting to think about her dream, Elphaba pulled her legs into her chest and buried her head in her knees. She wasn't sure how long she had been in that position before Chistery came in with her breakfast.
"You dream about her agin?" Chistery asked. He was able to talk at a higher level and comprehend what he and others were saying.
"Yes, I did. That is the third one this week, and tenth this month. I don't know how long I'll be able to stand this," Elphaba said in a tone of desperation.
"Go to her."
"I can't simply get on my broom stick and fly to Glinda's estate in the Emerald City. Do you know how much trouble that would cause? Every one thinks I'm dead; Glinda probably would kill me if I ever went near her again. She probably has her own life now and doesn't even think of me," Elphaba said now out of her bed pacing around her room.
"You know that for fact?"
"No, But how can I with out actually going there?"
"Use crystal ball, you see her, she no see you. On shelf where you left it after guards came and "killed" you."
"Oh, I guess I didn't think about that, and get the crystal ball for me." Chistery put down the food he had got for Elphaba and made his way over to the shelf where it was located. He climbed up the shelf as if it was a tree. He had the ball and was on the floor before Elphaba could count to 30. "Thank you, you can go now if you wish."
"No thank you. Rather stay here."
"If you want to. Elka nuaman utuman elka matu," Elphaba chanted over the crystal ball. It filled with white clouds that turned into pink ones, they slowly faded and left a fuzzy picture of a room was dark and it seemed to be raining out side the room. It slowly became clearer and Elphaba could see a petite, blonde, from begin to stir in the bed. The blonde got out of the bed and put on a pink, fluffy, robe, and made her way over to a small wardrobe. She dug around in it for a while until she pulled out a small green, box. She then pulled something out of it that was black and looked like Elphaba's old hat. "She has kept my hat all these years," Elphaba gasped. Thunder suddenly crashed out side the room in the ball, making the person inside the room jump and then clutch Elphaba's hat tighter to her. "Oh Glinda," Elphaba sighed, oh how she wished she could be there to comfort her friend.
"Go to her," Chistery said again, pulling Elphaba out of her trance.
"I can't, I have to look after you and the …" Elphaba said trying to think of reasons not to go to her friend.
"I be fine, go."
"Thank you, now go and do what ever it is you do," Elphaba commanded. She turned back to the crystal ball. She watched Glinda for another minute before she ended the spell and started to pack. Elphaba tried to find things to pack but she soon realized that she really didn't need to pack. She had only really needed her oils and the Grimmerie. So she packed those in her bag. But before she put the Grimmerie in her bag, she put a water repellant spell on her self, her clothes, and her bag. Elphaba picked up her broom and walked to the door. When she got to it she practically though it open and ran down the stairs and ran into Chistery in the process. "I'm sorry, I didn't see you there."
"I okay."
"I have to go, be safe." With that Elphaba got on her broom. "Please open the door." When Chistery opened the door she kicked off the floor and flew out into the morning sun and the drizzle.
A/N: Please review. Anyone who does gets to go to a dance party at the Oz Dust Ballroom.