Ok guys, since I've have a lot of time on my hands I've decided to start the third story of the trilogy of 'Fate's Little Twist' and 'A New Hope'. This one is called 'Hope's Destiny'. Well, we see Hope all grown up and getting ready to go to Shiz. You guys will see her go through life at Shiz, facing advisaries, and falling love with someone. It's going to be a bumpy ride and I welcome you to join the ride as well as you read this story. It would be best if you read the first two stories since this is a trilogy you might get lost if you haven't read the first two. I don't own Wicked and never will. So read, review, and enjoy. :) I totally forgot to credit Gelphie44 for the character Althenea. Thank you Gelphie44 for her.
A figure was lying eagle spread on a bed with one arm hanging over the edge and their foot just peeking over but not enough to be like the arm. Sun light barely peeked through the shades, that cover the windows, and landed on the exposed skin that wasn't covered either by the clothing or the covers that are over their body. It showed off the person's skin color and with what light has shone reveal deep, emerald colored skin. But don't confuse her with her mother, Elphaba the Lionheart, just because of the skin color for Hope Thropp is a person all her own she just inherited her mother's skin tone and hair. Hope gave a groan as she shifted her head on the bed while jumbled up words escaped her lips. Now if she was awake at the moment she would have heard a boy laughing while slowly creeping up to her bed with emerald eyes glittering in mischievous.
Glinda has told him to wake up Hope to get her up and ready to begin her big day. Hope was sleeping soundly totally unaware of what was happening in her room. The boy was ten years old and his blonde hair was short enough that his hair won't be in his eyes. The sunlight shining in the room showed off he had olive skin. He was Hope's younger brother named Shell and was about to do the duty his mom sent him here for. He got right up into Hope's face and open his mouth while raising his hands up to attack the green woman's back.
"BOO!" Shell shouted loudly while snapping his hands on to his sister's back. Hope eyes snapped open at once at the loud noise and gave a shout of surprise while quickly sitting up. While she recovered from her wake up call Shell was laughing up a storm.
"Squirt you are going to pay for that." Hope threatened as she threw off the sheets and put her bare feet on the ground while her blue eyes were lit with irritation. She hated it when Shell would do that to her while she was sleeping peacefully. The blonde stopped laughing at hearing this and gulped hard at seeing the raven haired beauty stand up revealing at 5' 8" height. She had a huge growth spurt while she was in her teen's and finally was able to reach the counter without the use of a stool or somebody else had to reach it for her.
"You better run." Hope warned him while she adjusted her black tank top so it wouldn't look so askew. Shell gave a nervous laugh before giving a shout and started to run away from her. The green woman had a smile on her face and thought about how she loved her little brother before giving chase.
Elphaba was walking down the hallway to see if Shell has awoken Hope yet. She has been notorious for sleeping in when she needed to be ready for something important. The green witch tucked some of her still long, dark locks behind her green hair while she stood in front of the door that was Hope's room.
"Gah!" Elphaba shouted in shock when the door suddenly opened and Shell bolted down the hallway screaming 'She's going to get me.' The green witch looked back to the open doorway to see what was going on when a pillow slammed right into her face. Hope had her mouth open and her eyes wide as saucers as she watched her mom groan and hit the ground with the pillow she threw resting on her face. Elphaba picked up one of her hands and pulled the pillow off her face with the look that said 'you better explain before I lose my temper.'
"Shell and I were playing around and you just got in the way." Hope explained with a sheepish tone as she held out her hand to help her mom to her feet. Brown eyes watched a the ring that was hidden underneath Hope's tank top come tumbling out with a green glint. Hope has been wearing that necklace for thirteen years and never has Elphaba seen her take it off.
"Yeah, well next time look before you throw." The green witch lectured as she grabbed the out stretched hand and let her daughter pull her up to her feet. Hope nodded her head while brushing off the dust that has come onto her mom's clothing. As she did that a tall, blonde woman walked behind Elphaba and her dark, blue eyes just happened to glance to see Hope was standing in her doorway with a smile on her green lips. She stopped walking and turned around to walk back towards Hope.
"Sleeping in again Hope." She teased gently as she stood next to Elphaba with a smirk on her face. Hope looked from her mom to the blonde and felt butterflies swirling around her stomach at the sight of this picture off a goddess. The green woman licked her dry lips as she tried to think of something to say. Elphaba's right eyebrow slowly began to rise up the long Hope continued to fight to find words to speak while her eyes shown what she was truly feeling. In all her life she has never seen Hope so quiet or lost for words.
"I-I guess, umm...yeah…uh." Hope stuttered badly as her blue eyes shifted away from the blonde and her skin started to turn a darker green. Elphaba was thoroughly enjoying her daughter's lost for words. That was one thing Hope didn't lose very often but when Althenea was around her the words just disappeared in a second. Althenea was the daughter of Hunter and Athropos. She inherited her golden locks from her mother while she got her father's eyes and height. She was about the same height as Hope but give or take an inch. Althenea though seemed to have gotten Athropos quiet demeanor but Hunter's love for practical jokes especially when she helps out her father getting Glinda a couple of times.
Glinda didn't appreciate the gang up all the times and would always say with a huff, 'Like father, like daughter.' One thing that has made Althenea unique was she had 'Fate's' blood flowing through her and with it had a consequence. One day while she was seven years old she suddenly started to age at a rapid pace until she was at Hope's age of fifteen. Everybody was alarmed at this and looked to Athropos and her sisters to see why this has happened. Athropos explained that Althenea carries some very powerful magic in her and her little seven year old body couldn't handle. So with that the magic in Althenea's body made it so that she could handle it. It also seemed to have made her mind grow as well so she wouldn't have a mind of a seven year old in a fifteen year old's body.
It was a little weird at first at having Althenea so young and the next moment the same age as Hope. It took some time to get use to but eventually the event went away and Althenea started to live life normally like nothing ever happened. Though when Hope got her first glimpse at the older Althenea she felt something stirring in her stomach and it just grew on from there. Though Hope has hidden her affections for the blonde the two have become close friends and were sometimes glued at the hip. Making some people wonder if they were just more then friends.
Althenea giggled at Hope's stuttering she took it that Hope just got up and was still kind of in the bed not knowing that Hope has taken a liking to her a lot. She just didn't want to get her hopes up that Hope might not like her as more of a friend. She has kept her hidden desire to be with the raven haired beauty a secret, not even her parents know about that.
"Well, now that you are awake we won't be late for the carriage and in turn late for orientation at Shiz." Althenea replied as she patted Hope on the shoulder before walking away to finish with her packing of her stuff. Crystal blue eyes continued to watch the blonde walk away until she turned a corner and disappeared from sight. The green woman gave a very soft sigh, if only she wasn't so caught up in Althenea maybe she could get the courage to ask her out, and turned her eyes back on her highly amused mom. Elphaba had this look on her face that said 'I know what's going on.' and her arms were crossed at her chest. Not wanting to deal with the twenty questions that Hope knew that Elphaba was going to burn her with the raven haired beauty stepped back into her room and closed the door. Elphaba would have none of that. She opened the door and went right it while closing the door behind her. Hope looked out from the bathroom to see her mom sitting on her bed with that goofy look on her face still.
"What?" Hope asked with exasperation she didn't want an inquisition just after she has gotten up from sleep. Elphaba uncrossed her arms and placed her hands on the bed as she watched her daughter walk over to the closet and open it while disappearing from her sight.
"So you and Althenea are…" Elphaba started off right away with questioning whether Hope and Althenea have crossed that line into a relationship that more then just friendly. The two share a very close bond and she wouldn't be surprise if the two have crossed that line. It's not like that she didn't mind the two being together. Elphaba thought they would make a cute couple.
"Just friends mom. That's it. So you guys can stop placing bets on us to see when we first started going out." Hope finished for her as she grabbed of pair of her black pants and slipped them on. She heard her mom cackling as she buttoned up the pants and reached for her shirt that she was going to wear for today.
"Right, you know Hope, this is reminding me so much of how your mother and I started out except you and Althenea don't loath each other. Which is a good thing I might add. Why don't you just tell her how you feel? It's obvious, well to only to your family, that you are smitten with her." Elphaba replied as she watched the door to the closet close and Hope fixing the collar of her white blouse. The green woman glanced to her mom with a raised eyebrow. She didn't like that her mom compared her and Althenea's friendship to her's and Glinda's relationship. This was totally different. They were just friends and Hope knew that Althenea didn't like her in that. Hope grunted and stalked away from her mom.
"We are not like you two. Just drop this all right. I don't appreciate that you stick your nose into something that doesn't belong." Hope shot back with slight anger in her voice just as her mirror suddenly cracked. Hope gritted her teeth in frustration at letting her emotions get out of whack which leads to her magic being out of her control for a couple of seconds. Now she will have to get another mirror. It just that when ever somebody brings up or she overhears a conversation of them talking about her and Althenea and what they do in private made her blood boil. She has heard people say they 've caught her and Althenea kissing in the gardens at one point.
When Hope would walk in the same room that they've been gossiping their words died right away. The green woman didn't want Althenea subjected to ridiculous rumors no matter how much she wanted them to be true. Hope winced silently when pain shot down her left arm. Not now, not when her mom was present. Her blue eyes moved back and forth to think of something quick to get rid of her mom before she noticed that the pain has come back again.
Shock ran through Elphaba's body at hearing such emotion in her daughter's voice then the mirror cracking. Maybe she shouldn't press Hope more on this certain subject. It looks like that Hope really doesn't want to talk about it and would rather talk about something else. Elphaba got up from the bed and slowly walked over to her daughter just incase Hope might still be silently seething at the moment.
"Can you just leave? I need to get ready." Hope whispered as she walked to her bathroom without sparing a glace back to her mom. Elphaba felt hurt by this action and words. She opened her mouth to say something but the door to the bathroom was slammed shut making any words die in Elphaba's mouth. The green witch pushed back tears at this sudden cold shoulder, she has never seen Hope act this way to her before and it stung deeply. Elphaba left the room just like Hope has told her to and walked down to the kitchen where she knew her wife was going to be at.
Hope listened to the door to her bedroom closing and sighed heavily while closing her eyes. She didn't mean to sound like a bitch but it was the only thing she could think of on such short notice. Hope bit her bottom lip as the pain intensified in her left shoulder. No matter how much therapy she has been in it would only temporally stop the pain from coming back. She is too stubborn to go into surgery because she thought she is strong enough to handle it. With a grunt Hope pushed herself off the door and walked to the cabinet where the pain killers where at. She will have to sneak these into her luggage because if it was in plain sight her parents will know that the pain has come back. This was going to be a long trip to Shiz. Hope gave a long sigh before popping a white pill in her mouth. A very long trip to Shiz.
Glinda was sitting in a chair in the kitchen having an animated conversation with Hunter when Elphaba slumped into the kitchen with the hurt from Hope's words still on her face. Hunter seeing this made a slight motion of the head towards the green witch. Glinda turned her head around and the smile on her face quickly went away at seeing her wife's hurt.
"Elphie, what's wrong?" The blonde asked as she slid off the chair and started to walk towards Elphaba. Elphaba gave a huge sigh and looked to her wife with tears shimmering in her eyes. She didn't know why Hope's words affected her so much.
"Hope just snapped at me and I have no clue why I should feel so hurt by it." Elphaba answered as she let Glinda wipe away the tears that have fallen. Glinda's good eye flashed something as she intertwined her hand with a green one. She guided the green witch to one of the seats at the counter just as Hunter put down a plate of food. Elphaba's nose wrinkled at seeing and smelling the food. Her stomach didn't feeling like wanting anything heavy.
"Can I just have some coffee?" She requested as she slid the plate over to Glinda so she could have it for her. Hunter nodded his head and went to do that for her while Glinda was observing her with pursed lips. She was wondering if Elphaba still hasn't caught onto the concept that Hope has grown into a strong, beautiful woman and was not the little green girl like she once was. Elphaba murmured a thanks to Hunter as she poured in some cream and sugar into her coffee just as Althenea and Athropos came walking into the kitchen. Hunter's eyes lit up brightly at seeing his family walking in at this moment.
"Packed already?" Hunter asked with little surprise as he started to walk towards his wife and daughter. Althenea smile and nodded her head as she received a big bear hug from her father. Athropos smiled softly at hearing a squeak emitting from her daughter at the hug. Hunter always squeezed too hard. When he was done with the blonde he turned to his wife and gave her a peck on the lips for a good morning greeting.
"And what about Hope?" He asked as he backed away so to give his family a meal to eat as well. Althenea giggled at remembering how Hope looked just about fifteen minutes ago. Hope was not a morning person at all unlike she where she was up early in the morning something Hope did not like especially when she had to wake her up.
"Just got up." Hunter added as he handed out two plates of hot food onto the counter. Althenea nodded her head up and down while sitting next to Elphaba and started to eat her food while Glinda just finished pouring some hot sauce on her sausage and eggs. It was a craving she never lost after she got pregnant with Shell. Just as everybody was starting to dig into their food Hope came in with a stony face. She didn't say anything to anybody as she went straight for the coffee. The green woman poured herself of a cup of coffee and added a lot of sugar.
Hope sighed softly before putting the mug to her lips and started to drink the stuff that might keep her awake through out the whole trip. Althenea stopped eating to observed the green woman drinking her coffee. She felt her lose her breath as the sun came in and struck the flowing dark hair to make it shine. That white shirt brought out more of the green skin and to her made Hope even more beautiful. When Hope lowered the glass the blonde made sure to look back down on her food so Hope won't know that she has been staring at her.
"You are done already? Shell just barely woke you up." Glinda exclaimed with shock because it would usually take Hope at least a half hour to be full ready for everything.
"Magic." The green woman mumbled before taking another sip of the coffee. Both Elphaba and Glinda gave a grunt of disproval at hearing that Hope used magic to pack things. She knew better then that. They have taught her not to abuse the magic flowing through her veins for she might get power hungry and use it for not so nice things. Hope rolled her blue eyes slightly at hearing this as she drained the rest of her coffee. She didn't want to hear another lecture on using her magic for menial things.
The green woman placed the empty mug on the counter before walking out of the kitchen again without saying anything to anybody. Everybody was stunned at this coldness coming off of Hope normally she would be much brighter or less grumpy but this they didn't know what that was about. Glinda gave a 'hmm' and slide off the chair. Maybe if she talked to Hope alone they could find out what was going on in her head. She knew Elphaba didn't want to send their daughter off on such a bad note and neither did she. The blonde brushed her hand against a green one to give Elphaba some calmness before she too exited the kitchen as well.
Hope was outside of the palace leaning against one of the walls with her arms crossed, one leg propped up against it for some support, and her luggage right beside her. Her blue eyes were glazed in thought as she waited for the carriage to arrive. A powerful aura has broken into her mind forcing the green witch to come to reality. She sighed softly as she looked up to the sky while cursing silently. She wanted to be alone for right now so she can actually process what was going to happen to her.
"What do you want, Mom? If you are looking for Shell he is in the library with the Lion. I don't want to talk right now." Hope said out loud before Glinda even came into her vision. Glinda couldn't help but think how much Hope as gotten Elphaba's personality. She wasn't as happy as she was when she was younger, she now has this sarcastic streak going one, and her tongue is so sharp that she has made both Althenea cry and Hunter. It eerily remind Glinda of how Elphaba was when they first met in Shiz. Hope silenced wince when her shoulder was acting up again. She might have to take another pain pill.
"I'm checking up on you, Hope. You just don't seem yourself this morning." Glinda replied with concern as she stopped right in front of her daughter. Hope looked down to her and gave another sigh. She must have been hiding everything that well because her other parent was here instead of Elphaba. The green woman gave an apologetic smile.
"I'm sorry, I'm just slightly overwhelmed. I'm going to Shiz and being far away from you, mom, and Shell. I'm going to miss you guys. Plus it doesn't help when your parents are like the second and third most important person in all of OZ either. I know people are going to put me under scrutiny and see if I live up to you two while in Shiz. That's inevitable. It's just hard to process at the moment." Hope replied while stating just a part of what was really going on in her head. Glinda's eyes soften at hearing this coming out of Hope's mouth. She didn't realize what kind of pressure Hope will be under the second her feet leave these grounds.
Both her parents not only were important figures if all of OZ they are very powerful witches to boot. Hope has inherited that magic and has mastered mostly but when her anger flares up watch out. People are going to be looking out at her waiting for her to screw up. Maybe Elphaba and her should have thought about this and do what was necessary to protect their daughter from this. Just as Glinda was going to open her mouth to say something to address Hope's concerns the carriage arrived to take the green one and Althenea away to Shiz. Hope's eyes soften as she felt her heart grow heavy. This was it. Her life was about to begin.
"Look it's too late for me to change that but do it for Shell when he gets older. He will need it more then I do" Hope whispered as she pushed off the wall and started to walk towards where the carriage will stop to flag it down. Worried, crystal blue eyes followed Hope's path as a sigh escaped pink lips. Hope has grown so much and Glinda knew that her daughter's own destiny was about to begin just as soon as her feet touched the inside of that carriage. The thing was, was Hope ready to face it head on. Only time will tell.
There it is. The beginning of a new story and a chapter in Hope's life. I will say it will be interesting to say the least. I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter. The updates might not be fast but I will try to do them often as I can. Until then.
DWK