Next Chapter Yeah it's up quick because I wrote it yesterday before I posted the story. Hope you like it okay. The entrance of the Prince. In this story though it is more based on the book I made it him somewhat an idiot and obnoxious.
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All around her was dirt. Dirt, dirt and more dirt. The road and what surrounded it. After a few hours of walking her feet hurt and she could barely see in front of her anymore. It had gotten so dark.
"I'll never get there. I can't even see my hand in front of my face. And I should be able to." She pulled her veil back from her face and allowed her hair to unfurl down her back. It fell slightly in her face but it was dark enough for her not to notice.
A sound behind her caused her to turn quickly on her heel to look behind her. She felt something brush lightly against her leg and jumped back in surprise. Her green hand fumbled for something in her bag and she managed to grab a match and light it against her bag.
Looking down she saw a large black dog tall as her own knees at her feet. His bushy tail wagged behind him as he saw who he was next to. Smiling in relief she bent down to his level and scratched behind his ear gently.
"Where are you from, boy? You can't be all alone." The green girl said to the animal now panting in excitement as she continued to scratch behind his ear. He froze in a pose pointing out in front of him. He understood her.
"Can you show me?" The dog unfroze from his stance and looked up at her seeming to smile. He then ran at a slower pace then usual with her at his heels barking every so often to make sure she was still behind him.
The pair soon reached what looked like a huge castle by its outline in the shadows. The dog gently pushed open the iron gates with his nose and allowed her to walk in front of him through the gate.
It was a huge castle. In fact a massive castle which could've held most of the people in Quadling country. The dog walked in closing the gate behind him and then ran off into what seemed like a courtyard.
"Wait." She called after it running slowly after it. The green girl stopped abruptly when she saw more than the figure of a dog in the courtyard. There was a flickering of light like a fire, which out did her small flame greatly in giving off light. She saw the dim outline of another dog besides her newfound friend and a boy about her age and height as well.
"Hey, you! Where were you Roan? Wondering around again?" The boy's voice greeted the dog happily and the other dog stood and growled sensing her presence. The boy looked up curiously and then stood quickly straightening himself as he saw her form.
"What are you doing here?" He said in a completely different tone than he had spoken to the dog. "Who are you?" The other dog walked forward growling deeply at her.
Frightened by the animal before her she stepped back and behind the fence. "I could ask you the same question, but I need another one answered. Is this Kiamo Ko?" She asked stepped up on stones to grip the bars of the fence as the dog stalked around the gate.
Elphaba flattened herself against the iron bars and inched further away from the gate. "Yes, it is. Who wants to know?" She heard him just behind her as she moved over towards a tree.
"Elphaba Thropp. I've come to stay for awhile." She glanced back at him and saw his curious look. The dog growled louder and she moved further away and closer to the tree.
"Really? What makes you think you will be welcome?" The boy jumped up onto stone behind the bars to be right behind her. To her immense surprise he was slightly taller than she was. The dog barked fiercely making her jump back even further and causing him to laugh.
She reached into her bag over her shoulder and pulled out the letter her father had given her. "Yeah I can really read in the dark." He said rolling his blue eyes at her though taking it from her hand. The young girl held up the match she was holding over the paper so that he could read.
His gaze lingered slightly on her green hand before lowering to read the letter she had handed him. His eyes scanned the page before him quickly and then looked back up at her. The dog behind her barked and she turned sharply to find it closer.
"Will you call off your dog please?" She begged looking at him pleadingly with her own dark eyes. A smirk spread across his face at her words and he shook his head. Her mouth fell open and the dog growled behind her baring its teeth.
Then it lunged at her tearing the end of her skirt. She screamed in fear and gripped the fence tightly within her hands. With all her strength she pulled herself up feeling the dog rip more of her dress off. She swung her legs over the fence and sat on top of it breathing in relief of being out of reach.
She looked down to find him staring at her, but not her eyes. Looking down she saw that she was now missing more than half of her dress skirt. Quickly she jumped down and flattened it out while moving into the corner glaring at the boy. "You know who I am, who are you?"
The boy smirked at her wickedly and then met her gaze. "I'm Fiyero Tiggular. Otherwise known as the prince of the Arjikis." Her eyes went wide and she quickly bowed her head low.
"I'm sorry Master Tiggular."
"Yes, I'm sure you are." He said sitting himself down on a bench behind him. The friendlier dog came up to her and rubbed against her leg warming it. She sat down on the rocks and pet the dog gently smiling now that the meaner one couldn't reach her.
"What is his name?" She asked the prince looking up. He was once again looking at her and watching her and the dog curiously. He sat up from his position of leaning back against the wall of the castle and sat forward.
"Roan and he usually is afraid of strangers." Elphaba smiled and slid onto the ground to allow the large dog to sit in her lap. Fiyero laughed and stood up to walk over and sit beside them petting the dog as well.
"Roan. That's a beautiful name." She lowered her head next to the dog and allowed him to lick her face making her giggle softly. Fiyero laughed beside her and her head came up.
"I named him. My parents thought they were weird names." He told her leaning back and staring upwards. The green girl turned her gaze back to the dog to scratch behind his ear again.
"I don't think they are weird at all. Your name isn't weird either Master Tiggular." She felt his eyes on her this time and kept her eyes locked on the dog in her lap. The other dog barked fiercely making her jump.
"Quiet Demon!" Fiyero yelled at the dog. She looked over her shoulder to see the dog sit, but never once stopped watching them.
"Demon fits him." Fiyero laughed softly at this and smiled at her glancing over his shoulder at the dog again. Roan rolled over in her lap to ask for a belly rub.
"Yes, well Miss Elphaba I didn't know it would when I gave it to him." She giggled softly at this and rubbed the dog's stomach lovingly. "He seems to have taken a liking to you. I can't blame him."
Elphaba's head shot up and she looked quickly over at him. His eyes were wide as if he knew what he had just said now. He looked at her and saw the curl of a smile on her lips.
"What?" He searched her face for an explanation for her new expression. The dog looked up for a reason why he was no longer being pet.
"You want me to rub your belly Master Tiggular?" He jumped up and stumbled away from her as she began to laugh at him.
"No. No. That's not what I meant. I...I just meant he hasn't been pet like that in awhile and it's good for him to get attention. That's why he should like you." She smiled up at him slyly and went back to petting the dog's stomach.
"All right Master Tiggular I was only joking." She pushed the dog gently off her lap and stood. Her green hands moved to smooth out her dress as she walked over to where he had moved. Roan followed her just a step behind.
"I think he has latched onto you, Miss Elphaba." She glanced down and giggled at him following her. She reached down to scratch behind his ear before turning to look at Fiyero.
"So, may I ask what the Prince is doing outside the castle in the dark?" His hand went up to rub the back of his neck at her question and he looked behind her. She glanced over and saw the fire she had seen before next to a blanket lying on the ground.
"I like to sleep outside." He mumbled not meeting her eyes when she turned back towards him. "I love to see the stars."
"So do I Master Tiggular. They're absolutely beautiful." She walked around the fire and dropped her bag down beside the blanket before sitting herself down on it. She laid back and gazed upwards at the stars.
"What are you doing?" He asked walking over and sitting beside her on the blanket. Her head came back up to look at him curiously.
"That's a stupid question." She rested her head back down keeping her gaze on the stars above her.
"I didn't think so." She laughed and turned on her side to face him. The smile she wore was sweet and happy. He found it beautiful, which was odd for him.
"Of course you wouldn't think it was stupid you said it." She said sitting up and meeting his gaze. "I would find it odd if you thought it was stupid." He laughed at her explanation and lay back himself in his usual spot on the ground.
"That makes perfect sense. Why didn't I think of that?" She lay back as well and looked at the stars again. He heard Demon growling behind the fence and glanced at Elphaba beside him to make sure she wasn't noticing. She wasn't to his great relief.
"Well probably because Master Tiggular you are too busy with running around outside the castle to think about things." His head turned sharply sideways to look at her with wide blue eyes.
"Hey! I think plenty of the time I'm out here. When hunting I think all the- umph." Roan was walking over the prince's chest to reach Elphaba's lap again and robbed him of breath. He heard her laughing beside him and glared at her as the dog reached her lap and lay down.
"You hunt? Great so you're basically never in the castle?"
"Basically never inside, no."
"Why?" She asked him curiously looking at him with what seemed to be interest. Roan growled softly in her lap as she scratched behind his ear.
"Well my father really doesn't expect much from me. He started searching for a woman for me to marry already. He would've started when I was 7, but I convinced him not to. We're not really close."
The girl only nodded as the dog in her lap rolled over begging for a belly rub as before. She surrendered and scratched his stomach as well. "My father either didn't want me there or doesn't think it good for me to keep me with him."
He turned at her reply to his family story with one of her own beginning. The obnoxious prince found himself interested in this green traveler.
"He chose to keep my sister with him though." She added scratching Roan's stomach slower as her thoughts fell back to her family.
"You have a sister? Is she green or blue?" He asked grinning as he finished his mock question. Her eyes snapped to his face in a fierce glare that startled him slightly.
"Yes, I have a sister and no she is normally colored. That's not what's wrong with her." Her eyes moved back to the dog that had looked up at them curiously when her petting stopped. He now relaxed in her lap when she started again.
"What do you mean?" He inquired looking at her curiously and seeing her somber expression. Sighing she turned to face him stopping her scratching again.
"She was born without any arms. Mother wouldn't say why, but Nanny said it was because of her attempts to keep her from being green." She said meeting his blue eyes with her own brown ones. She seemed to be staring right through him.
"Oh, I see." He sighed breaking eye contact and looking at the fire in front of him dying. Elphaba laid back down with Roan in her lap still and pet him gently.
In a few minutes Roan's head came up and looked around him curiously. "What?" Fiyero asked looking at the dog. A green hand lay on the blanket inches from his and off of the dog. His eyes moved to her face to see that she had fallen asleep. "I guess she's staying then."
