Elphaba and Galinda both found themselves walking into the same class at the same time. The two tried their best to avoid each other, but unfortunately failed during dinner.
Galinda took her seat, her history book in her bag and her spiral wide open, her pink pen prepared to jot down notes. The blonde, however dumb, had only the most stylish supplies. Elphaba's, on the other hand, were much less stylish but far more reliable. She'd stuck a pencil behind her ear, and her glasses were a "fashion disgrace" but sure helped her work. The two sat as far away from each other as they could.
"Today, we're going to have a debate discussing animal rights. Now, Glinda and Elphaba, I told you both last class that you'd be doing this debate, so I expect you to have evidence for your case," their teacher, who was a goat, said.
"Um, Dr. Dillamond?" Galinda raised her hand.
"Yes, Glinda?"
"It's Galinda, with a ga. And I don't recall being notified of this debate."
"Glinda, I'm sure I told you. Nevertheless, you will debate. Here's a list of evidence for both sides," he handed Glinda a paper. "Now, we'll flip a coin to decide who is pro and who is con. Pro will go first." He took a coin from his desk. "Boq, if you may."
Boq took the coin from Dillamond. It was a silver coin, one side with a picture of the Wizard, and the other with a picture of the Emerald City. "Elphaba, you've got heads, and uh, Ga-galinda, you've g-got tails." The munchkin flipped the coin, which landed on heads.
"Great," Elphaba smiled, cracking her knuckles. "The animal rights in Oz are highly debated. Some think that animals deserve none at all. Others believe that they should be slaves. Regarding this matter, I believe that animals should have the same amount of rights as humans."
"Elphaba, may I intrude?" Dr. Dillamond said, "try to sound less like an essay." Elphaba nodded.
"Animals can talk, they're just as intelligent as humans. They may not look or act the same as us, but they do think the same," Elphaba said, firmly stating the point.
"Well, um…" Galinda searched through the negative information. "Animals, back in the other world, are unable to speak and aren't included in the… con-stu-tion, but are protected."
"That may be true, but this other world, as said by the Wizard himself, is without magic and is gray and boring," Elphaba said, "do we really want to eliminate the beauty of Oz? And, also, my opponent needs to learn how to speak."
"No, I don't!" Galinda blurted out, "I can speak perfectly fine. Better than you can, at the very least!"
"Galinda, its pronounced con-sti-tu-tion! And you're calling me stupid?" Elphaba shot back.
"I did-"
"Girls, break it up!" the goat said, loudly. "You've barely debated, but I'm afraid I have to end this and give you both detention."
Galinda gave Elphaba a dirty look as the students cleared out. Galinda had never been in detention before, and now she was, thanks to that darn green… witch! To Elphaba, detention was no stranger. She'd always be put in it, partially about her green skin but mostly thanks to her short temper.
Elphaba pulled out a paper, and Galinda pulled out her diary full of letters home, and started to write. Dearlinglest darlingest mumsy and popsicle…
I hope you enjoyed! This is just a quick oneshot I wrote down during math. I'll probably be writing more like this, I might even start another oneshot collection. Anyhoo, please review! Criticism is appreciated.