A/N: Hey guys! I have a new story for you! Not sure about this though but hey what's new. I just want to thank everyone who reviewed my two one-shots Yero's Secret Obsession and What is love?Elphabas Girl I'm glad you like Taylin and thank you for the fan club. Again thank Exoticpeachblossom for this for I would not post without her. Thank you so much and you are amazifying. Ok this is my first attempt at a multi-chap, I hope you like it!
Fiyero Tiggular strutted proudly, head held high, onto the campus of Shiz University with an air of carelessness about him.
Well yet another school. What is this the third or fourth school I think? Oh well I won't be here for long so there's no use in getting familiar with the campus he thought as he looked around. Although... there's nothing wrong with getting to know those babes over there.
He winked at them and gave them his trademark smile that always made girls swoon over him. They all began to giggle and wave flirtatiously at him. Well that was easy he thought as he continued to walk to the main office.
When he got there he was greeted by a kind elderly lady behind the reception desk.
"Hi, I'm Miss Grey! And who might you be?"
"I am Fiyero Tiggular," he said smugly. Ms. Grey didn't seem to appreciate his smugness, although her smile soon returned to her face.
"We've been expecting you Mr. Tiggular. I'll let Madame Morrible know that you have arrived." She swiftly got up and left the room, leaving Fiyero alone with his thoughts. Frowning, he turned and sat in one of the chairs, and crossing his legs, waited impatiently for this…Madame Morrible woman to make her grand entrance.
Finally he heard footsteps approaching. "Madame Morrible will see you now," Ms. Grey said kindly. "Just go down the hall" pausing, Madame Grey frowned, seeing the Prince stare back at her, a blank expression on his face. "And it's the last door on your left."
"Thanks!" Fiyero said jumping up from the chair. As he walked down the hall he passed another person. He didn't take any notice until a flash of emerald caught his eye. He turned around to find a green woman walking away from him. Stunned he continued to stare after her until he was called back to reality by a deep, overly polite voice.
"Mr. Tiggular! It's a pleasure to finally meet you. I am Madame Morrible," she said extending out her hand to shake. He took it, disgusted at the feel of her skin against his.
"Hi," he said hoping his face wasn't showing what he thought of her. Honestly she looked kind of like the fish his little sister, Illira, had at home. He suppressed his laughter at that thought not wanting to explain himself. No use getting on her bad side already.
"Why don't we go into my office and have a seat," said the fish-woman thing.
"Sure." When he entered the room his jaw dropped in shock for upon her walls was various heads of animals... Or was it Animals? And even though the room seemed big it became dwarfed with junk.
"Now Mr. Tiggular, we have a private suite ready for you and here's your class schedule. You will be required to attend at least 95% of classes and we have rules here Mr. Tiggular. Rules we expect every student to follow no matter how important the family is." Madame Morrible quirks a hairy eyebrow up at the Prince, a hint of warning danced at the edge of her fat, cracked lips.
"Yes ma'am." Came Fiyero's robotic and slightly bored response.
"Ok then well here's a map of the campus, your room key and your class schedule. I hope you enjoy studying with us Mr. Tiggular!" exclaims Madame Morrible, in an overdramatic tone, which to Fiyero, seemed way to rehearsed.
"Thank you Madame." He said politely. 'I wouldn't count on it,' he mumbled under his breath as soon as he left her office.
He found his room and looked over his schedule. Oz there was so many classes. How in Oz name was he supposed to get through all of them? He threw the schedule to the floor as he checked out the room.
The room appeared big, much bigger than Madam Head's; though that could be due to the less than crippling junk plastered all over the walls, but hey, who was he to judge?
It was spacious, quite luxurious if he said so himself. The walls were made from the finest of quoxwood trees, stained with a dark finish, small crystal accents accentuated the pristine gold finishes.
Sighing, Fiyero turned and stalked off to the bathroom. Stumbling towards the door, his hands reached out, and pressed hard against the wooden panels. Darkness greeted him the small flickers of light made by the sun pouring in through the windows did little to wash away the shadows, dancing within the unlit room.
Growling in frustration, Fiyero blindly searched for the switch. Feeling his fingers brush against something, he flicked it. A flicker of light and the whole bathroom is illuminated.
A short gasp, slipped past Fiyero's lips, as he beheld the splendor that surrounded him. The walls were made of crystal marble, glistening and shimmering in the light; small splashes of gold, reflected off the shimmery surface.
His eyes rolled over every gleaming surface, his mind, reeling, scrambling to process the elegance which surrounded him. I mean my Oz! His bathroom in the Vinkus wasn't half as splendiferous as this one was! And that said a lot!
His eyes wandered to the left, a choked gasp breezed past his lips. Startled, he stumbled back and crashed into the counter. His hands immediately flew behind him, and grasping the edge of the marble countertop, steadied himself.
"My Oz! Even the bathtub is made of solid marble!" His eyes widened. Slowly, he pushed himself away from the counter. Mechanically, he stepped on rigid toes towards the bathtub. "Crystal marble! My Oz! What in the name of Lurline do they charge students here to afford such luxury!?"
An ache, split across his head. Unable to take the beauty of a simple bathroom, Fiyero turned, and clenching his eyes, stumbled out of the bathroom, not even bothering to click off the light.
A groan and Fiyero eyed the bed. My Oz! Even the bed is luxurious!
The bed was queen sized, empty, save for a mattress and two pillows. Grunting, Fiyero shut his eyes and allowed his body to fall onto the mattress. He was way too tired to even bother with fixing his bed at the moment.
As he flopped down on the bed he mulled over the day, from arriving at Shiz, to meeting the kind receptionist, to seeing that strange green woman, to...wait what! He bolted upright eyes wide mouth open. The woman in the hallway was actually green.
He shook his head. This had to be a mistake. It was probably the light playing tricks on him. He needed to clear his mind...well of what little there was. So, in true Fiyero form, he went to find the nearest bar.
Elphaba Thropp had been called into her employer's office. It was the start of the year so this didn't seem strange; yet. She was probably just going to get the same speech as she did every year since she had been here. She had been a teacher at Shiz for two years now, although she was only just twenty-one. She had graduated two years earlier which gave her a head start on everyone else her age.
As she made her way to her boss's door she smoothed out her black dress. It was a simple black gown but as it was picked out by her best friend, roommate and fellow colleague, Miss Galinda Upland, it hugged her figure nicely. It wasn't too tight but it wasn't shapeless either, which to Elphaba's satisfaction, pleased her immensely.
She reached the door and straightened her glasses before she lifted her hand up to knock. No matter how many times she had been here, whether as a student or a teacher she always got a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach. Sighing, she straightened herself before gently rapping on the door and waited patiently for a response.
"Enter." Smoothly she opened the door, and stepping through plastered a huge, fake smile before closing it. "Ahh Miss Thropp, have a seat."
"Thank you Madame Morrible," came her response as she sat down very gracefully.
"Miss Thropp we are very grateful to have you on our staff again this year. You are a talented teacher."
"Thank you Madame."
"But I must remind you again Miss Thropp to try and continue to keep control of your powers. Last year there were considerably less incidents, and those that did happen were away from students so I must commend you Miss Thropp on your efforts. Though" stopping, Morrible eyed the raven haired beauty, sitting rigid before her, a sickeningly sweet smile, plastered on her thick lips. "I would happy be more than happy to help you learn more control."
"Thank you Madame but Miss Upland and I have gotten that under control." Replied Elphaba, her voice strong, leaving no room for arguing.
"Very well then Miss Thropp I'm glad. I hope this year is more enjoyable for you and all your students."
"Thank you Madame I hope so-" she was cut off by a knock on the door. "Enter. Oh Miss Grey what is it?"
"Mr. Tiggular is here to see you ma'am," she said politely.
"Very well. Send him in."
"Yes ma'am. Miss Thropp," she smiled as she looked at the young woman. Elphaba smiled back for to her, this woman, had become the mother she had always yearned for.
"Well Miss Thropp, have a great year and good luck tomorrow," Madame Morrible said returning her attention to her guest.
"Thank you Madame. You too," she said as she stood and smoothed out her dress. Gracefully and silently she left the room.
As she walked down the hallway she passed a male student. He wore a white shirt with a red vest over the top of it, and very, very tight off-white pants. She watched from the corner of her eye as he turned around and watched her. She was used to this reaction she'd gotten it her whole life after all.
Walking across the grounds of Shiz brought back memories of her time as a student. The time when she and Galinda had met and instantly loathed each other, and the time when they became best friends, the time when they both graduated from Shiz.
It was nice to think that they went through all that together. She was sure she would have never made it through Shiz without Glin by her side. Galinda was the first person to look beyond the green and see the real woman hidden within. Elphaba would be forever grateful to Galinda for her friendship.
When she reached her room Galinda was there. Or was she? All Elphaba could see was a pinkified behind sticking out of her friend's oversized closet.
"Glin?"
A squeal and a loud bump followed by a very pink beauty popped out of the closet rubbing the top of her head with her petite hand.
"Elphie you scared me half to death!" She admonished.
"Sorry Glin," she said with a small chuckle. "What are you doing anyway?"
"Oh I'm looking for something to wear tonight," Galinda said jumping up and down.
Elphaba went over and put her hands on her friend's shoulders to stop the bouncing blonde.
"Why? What's happening tonight?"
"Oh why Elphie don't you remember me telling you right before you left to go see Morrible- ooh by the way how did that go?-that we were going out for drinks tonight to celebrate our last free day of the year."
Elphaba rolled her eyes at her friend. "It was fine and no I don't remember. Glin tomorrow's the first day of school! Do you really think it's smart to be drinking tonight?"
"Oh come on Elphie stop being such a Betty-buzz-kill and come with me and enjoy our last night of freedom before we get sucked in to the whirlwind of work and crazy student drama," She gave her friend her best puppy dog eyes that she knew her friend couldn't resist.
"Fine, I'll come, but I must say that you are one wicked woman using those silly puppy dog eyes on me every time you want me to do something." Scolds Elphaba playfully.
"Thank you thank you thank you!" bows Galinda dramatically. Her golden curls fell in cascading waves over her bare shoulders. "I'm gonna go get ready. And you young lady…are going to wear that because you look absolutely amazifying!" Galinda said as she skipped into the bathroom and closed the door behind her.
"That's not a word Galinda!" With a sigh Elphaba sunk down onto her bed. Oz what was she thinking agreeing to this. She knew she'd be waiting for at least a half an hour or more if she was lucky, for her friend to get ready. So deciding to kill some time, cracked open her new book and soon became lost in its pages.
She became so engrossed in it that she never heard her friend come out of the bathroom or realize how much time had gone by until the bubbly blonde jumped on the bed beside her.
"Ready?" She said to her green friend.
Now it was her turn to jump. "Oz Galinda what are trying to do give me a heart attack or something?"
"Sorry Elphie but now I guess we're even." She giggled. "Anyway are you ready?"
Gently marking her page and putting her book down, she nodded then turned to her friend. "Glin you look stunning!"
Her friend was dressed in a candy floss pink dress that slowly faded into a soft lavender color near the bottom. It came just above her knees and her hair was in soft curls that ended at her shoulders.
Giggling she thanked her friend and began to drag her; reluctantly out of the room. Suddenly she stops, causing Elphaba to bump into her. "Glin?"
Gently the blonde reached up and grabbed her friend's glasses and pulled them off her face.
"Galinda what do you think you are doing?" Elphaba said as she watched her roommate run back to her side table and place them neatly beside her friend's bed.
"Elphie you look so much prettier when people can actually see your eyes. Come on let's go!" She squealed as she pulled her friend out of the room, locking the door and skipping down the hall with a groaning Elphaba in tow.
Fiyero made his way to the nearest bar and ordered himself a drink.
"Well well well… if it isn't Fiyero Tiggular," a very loud voice said. Fiyero turned around to face the person who had spoken to him, and was met with a familiar face.
"Avaric?"
"Tis I dear prince," Avaric replied with a joking tone in his voice.
"Avaric what are you do here man I thought you were still studying in the EC?"
"Well I may have been expelled," Avaric said a mischievous twinkle in his eye.
"What'd ya do?" Came Fiyero's very interested reply.
"Well let's just say the head master's hair blends in with the city." The smirk on his face was all Fiyero needed to erupt into a fit of laughter.
"Come and join me and have a drink and tell me all about it." Laughs Fiyero, before clapping his hand firmly against Avaric's back.
The two sat there talking and laughing like good friends should. They told the stories of their expulsions and of stuff that had happened since then.
"So what do you think of Shiz?" Fiyero asked before finishing his drink.
"It's fine. There are some good looking babes here so I'm happy. But there's also some pretty interesting gossip too." Smirks Avaric.
"Oh yeah what is it?" Fiyero said turning to face his friend.
"Well apparently one of the teachers here is green."
"What do you mean green?"
"Green as in green skin and everything."
Suddenly Fiyero's mind went back to the hallway he had been in a few hours before. Maybe the lights weren't playing tricks on him. Maybe the woman actually was green.
"Yeah actually I think I-" he was cut off by the door opening and a giggling blonde bounced through the door but that wasn't what caught his eye, although normally it would have. It was the girl who entered behind her. It was her! The green girl from the hallway! This time though, he looked at her properly.
His eyes drank in her appearance, and the folds of her dress, for it was tight fitting, black; which oddly enough, complimented her skin tone perfectly. It hugged her figure perfectly, drawing attention to all of her curves. The neckline was modest, for she wouldn't let her roommate dress her in anything less. Her hair had soft waves and was a beautiful raven color.
He looked at her, drinking in her beauty when he noticed her looking at him also. She looked at him weirdly but was pulled away by the blonde.
"Well I guess the rumors were true," Avaric said beginning his second drink since sitting with Fiyero.
"I'm gonna go talk to her," Fiyero said.
"Whatever man. Do you want me to come with you?"
"No thanks Av I think I'll be fine."
"Ok dude," said Avaric, taking another swig of his drink.
Fiyero carefully made his way over to the table where the blonde and the green girl were sitting. He took a deep breath and finally took the final step.
"Hi I'm Fiyero and you are?" He said to Elphaba with his normal charm.
"Probably your teacher so you might want to go back and tell your friend that you won't be getting the green girl," she said calmly and sounding rather bored.
"I...Er...um..." Fiyero stuttered scrambling to find something to say.
"Elphie look what you did to the poor boy. You've scared him." She said looking at her friend firmly. "Listen sugar students and teachers are rarely allowed to interact outside of class except for private tutoring. So I suggest you go back to your friend," she said sweetly, flashing him a dazzling smile.
Fiyero stood there as if frozen to the ground.
"Was there something else?" Elphaba said rather annoyed.
"Er...um...no no there isn't. Umm bye," he turned on his heels and walked away as quickly as he could. Oz that was torture. He had just made a complete fool of himself.
"So how'd it go?" Avaric said clearly drunk.
"Don't ask," Fiyero said flatly as he ordered another drink. "All I know is if I get a certain teacher tomorrow is going to be torture."
Thanks for reading. Tell me if I should continue. You don't count Exotic I know what you think. Thanks also to Elphaba-WWW and Faethequeen.