I was sloppy. That was my mistake. If I had kept my hood up she wouldn't have seen me. I just HAD to feel the wind in my hair while on my broom. She had been sitting in her bubble, wearing the ball gown she had worn the night I had "melted". She turned to look at me and her eyes widened.
I saw her lips form the word, "Elphie?" She blinked back tears and began to scream angry things at me.
I smiled apologetically and let my broom plummet.
What have I done? What have I done? What have I done?
Her anger will be nothing compared to what it will be when she sees him. How we betrayed her. Made her believe we were dead.
The broom stopped about fifty feet from the ground and I sped up. I knew she was following me. I swerved around obstacles, hoping it would slow her down but Sweet Oz! That bubble was fast.
I was approaching the forest where Fiyero and I were currently living. We had found an old, abandoned cottage deep in the forest and fixed it up. I wasn't used to flying so fast through these old trees, so I nearly crashed.
When I reached the clearing I touched down on the ground and yanked open the cottage door.
Fiyero and my daughter, Melena were sitting on the bed reading a book. Fiyero looked up at me, but his smile fell when he saw my face.
"Elphaba? What's wrong?" he asked, sliding my daughter off his lap and coming to put his arms around me.
"I-it's her..." I made out. "She saw me... I was careless..."
"Who?" he shook my shoulders. "Who Elphie?"
I gulped.
"Glinda."