Morrible's Revenge
By
18lzytwner
Chapter 1
"Why Elphie! You're positively soaked!" Glinda was surprised by her friend's appearance at the door, which led out onto her balcony. Letting Elphaba in, she called for a servant to fetch some towels and some hot tea.
"You could catch a cold going out into weather like this. What was so urgent you decided to leave the safety of your castle?" Glinda asked.
"We have a problem. Hopefully I'm overreacting but on the off chance I'm not, I need your help," Elphaba explained as her friend rifled through her closet looking for dry clothing she could change into.
"Well take these towels and go get dry. The tea will keep while you put this on," the White Witch handed her friend a pastel blue dress. Surprisingly, Elphaba didn't argue as she headed to Glinda's private bathroom. About ten minutes later, when she exited the bathroom, she found Glinda absentmindedly placing her hand on her barely showing pregnancy bump as she looked out the window.
"Figured out what to do yet?" Elphaba asked as she took a seat in one of the comfortable chairs that were placed around a small table brought in by the servants.
"We're working on it. Akki tells me that I am Queen and could make my own rules. It sounds very inviting but it then sets a bad precedent," Glinda heaved a sigh and joined her friend.
"Back to your problems. What brings you here so urgently?" She asked. Quickly Elphaba explained the recent attempt on she and her son's lives. Then she pulled out of her bag the evidence she brought with her.
"A dragon scale? Really Elphie, I don't know…" Glinda trailed off as Elphaba handed her the shoe with scale still attached.
"I'm open for any suggestions," Elphaba said as her friend took in the scale.
"Well the Wizard is dead thanks to you, Iffix is dead thanks to us, and Morrible has been a rabbit for quite some time now. If he is a new creation we have a bigger problem than I thought," Glinda told her.
"My thoughts exactly. The creature has vanished but I have to admit something. It isn't easy for me to do so but I think Morrible may be having the last laugh," her friend explained.
"How so?" The White Witch was confused.
"Well, that feeling of being watched. I swear that just before the creature attacked I felt that same feeling that I had had a Kiamo Ko. I swept the palace and never found anyone. I even involved the winged monkeys in attempt to keep it empty of intruders but I still felt as though someone was watching me," Elphaba said.
"People were chasing you. It stands to reason that your paranoia level was a little high. It doesn't prove much," Glinda shrugged it off.
"That's not it. I know that feeling. They are two distinctive feelings. I know someone was watching me and I know that whoever it was attacked Liir and I in the Emerald City," her friend shook her head.
"If it was around when you were hiding in Kiamo Ko, then why didn't it kill you then? Why wait until now to try something like that?" The blonde asked.
"Because now it would be a huge spectacle. As Queen getting killed would make people stand up and notice. If I had died a quiet death at Kiamo Ko, my body would never have been discovered. Everyone thought I was already dead, so killing me would get no notice. Who do we know that likes to flash their accomplishments in front of everyone? Who would be seeking revenge for all that has happened since their fall from power?" Elphaba wondered.
"Morrible," Glinda answered without hesitation.
"Exactly. I think it's time we went to visit our rabbit," the green skinned one said.
To Be Continued...