Basically this is my first attempt at a chapterfic... The pairing is Fiyeraba eventually... If everything goes by my original plan at least, which almost never happens. Fiyeraba will be somewhere though!
So yeah, reviews are loved, as usual, critique is very loved...
Thanks to RememberDecember71121, Beautifully Tragic Girl, Merina 2, xFroggyFernyCabbagex, and deeplyshallow for reviewing my past one-shots!
Chapter One- the Beginning
"Oh Elphie look!" squealed the bouncing ball of pink that if you dug through many layers of pink material, was a human being, beside me, "A masquerade ball! How Ozmopolitan!"
"It just sounds like a stupid way to try and get the students of Shiz distracted from their actual work," I grumbled. I somehow ended up being dragged around Shiz by the pink ball who was my roommate, "And with finals coming up soon, it has to be one of Morrible's stupidest ideas yet."
"Oh come on Elphie!" said the pink fluffball, "Finals aren't for another month! And who studies for those things anyway? I think you're the only one who does, no offense meant. Come on we have to go to it!"
"No Glinda," I sad sternly, "You aren't going to drag me to any stupid ball."
"Elphiieee don't be such a spoil-sport," whined Glinda, "Come on! We can go with Fifi and everyone… or we can just go and get swept off by some masked stranger into a night of romance and dancing!"
"For the last time Glinda, there is no way you are going to get me to go to some idiotic ball where you'll probably just try to humiliate me," I said, "Remember the last time you convinced me to go to a party? That worked out just great, didn't it?"
Glinda blushed, probably remembering that night. Oh yeah, just that night when she completely humiliated me in front of all Shiz, oh yeah, that, "I didn't know you back then. But that was also the night we became friends!"
I sighed, taking a history book out of my bag and sitting down on a nearby bench to read it. I was waiting for Glinda to either finally run out of energy, which was never going to happen, or for Glinda to leave me alone. Actually, neither of those options was ever going to happen until the day the world ends, so I don't even know why I tried.
"Miss Elphaba!" said Glinda as sternly as she could manage, grabbing the book out of my hands, "You will go to the ball. What if I told you Fiyero would be going too?"
Fiyero?
…
Maybe I could consider going. But just wait a clock tick... Am I seriously having feelings for that shallow, self-absorbed, egotistical, narcissistic, arrogant, idiotic… the list goes on and on of words to describe that boy. Oh, and he has a brain the size of a monkey's. Not a Monkey mind you, but a monkey. No, smaller than a monkey. Maybe about the size of the brain of a mouse. Smaller than a mouse. Maybe the size of a fly's brain?
"Please Elphaba? Please?" pleaded Glinda, looking at me with her famous puppy-dog eyes and pout, "Please? I'll do anything!"
Ugh, the things that girl could do to me sometimes! And the idea of Fiyero… and a masquerade ball at that. If anything it was my best chance to get… wait, why would I want that boy's attention? I don't understand my own thoughts sometimes. I looked at Glinda's face once and sighed, "Fine."
"Yay Elphie!" squealed Glinda, "You won't regret it! Now we'll just have to get you a dress and… oh the possibilities are endless Elphie! I'll figure out something to do with your hair and your makeup… and accessories! And not that hideoteous hat this time… maybe something..."
"Why do I have a bad feeling I'm going to regret this horribly Glinda?" I said, grabbing my book back and putting it back in my bag.
"You won't!" said Glinda, "Now we just have to go sign up and also sign up the gang… then we need to go shopping for you!"
"I never said I'd go shopping!" I said, horrified at the very thought of being dragged to go shopping with Glinda. Nothing could be worse than that. The makeover was bad enough, but shopping? Not in a million years!
"Oh come on Elphaba you already said you're going, and you are not going in anything you own, no offense," said Glinda, "Something new, maybe pink... or blue! Yeah blue would look nice too..."
I sighed, supposing there was absolutely no way out of this one, no matter how hard I tried. I was promptly dragged over to the booth, where the few students running it began gossiping away when Glinda signed up herself, me, and a certain scandalacious prince for the ball.
"Hey Glinda," called a man approaching, smiling, "Elphaba."
"Fifi!" said Glinda excitedly, jumping up and hugging him on the spot, almost knocking Fiyero over in the process, "I've signed us all up for that Masquerade Ball next week!"
"Um… you did?" said Fiyero, looking confused. Then again, that boy always looks confused, not much of a change.
"Yes! Isn't it just so romantic?" said Glinda, smiling widely, "I even convinced Elphaba to come."
"She did," I said moodily, "By giving me absolutely no rest until I agreed to go to the ridiculous thing."
"I know exactly what you mean Elphaba," said Fiyero, "She drags me to stupid things all the time. Glinda, you didn't ask me why? What if I had plans? I mean I don't... but what if I had?"
"Oh I knew you'd just want to come Fiyero," said Glinda with a mischievous smile, "And it was one of the things I used against Elphaba to try and get her to come."
I tried to hide the rush of heat that rose to her face at that, but I noticed Fiyero grin as he looked over at me. Drat. Figures, now he thinks I actually like him! I loathe him with every fiber in my being! Right? I do, I've loathed him ever since he almost ran me over that one day.
"You did?" he said, smiling, not taking his eyes off me. It was somewhat unnerving.
"Yeah! And now we're going to find her a good outfit…" said Glinda, smiling from ear to ear, "Wanna come with us Fiyero?"
"No he does not want to come Glinda," I said furiously. The last thing I needed was for that airheaded prince to come along.
"Actually I think it would be interesting," said Fiyero, grinning at the my frustration. How like that jerk!
I gave him a death glare before shrugging, "Alright if you really want to be subjected to that torture…"
"Great!" said Glinda, "Come on you guys!"
Glinda began to drag me and Fiyero behind her towards the nearest stores.
How did I always end up in the worst messes because of that girl?