Making Good

It was early morning in the Emerald City and Galinda was already awake. She was thinking, remembering that day when Elphaba had given her only child to her so she could raise her as her own but she was worried because Mari was now five years old but she had concealed the child's green skin by magic so she looked like any normal Ozian child but the others could tell she was different.

Mari now had fair skin like Galinda's but had Elphaba's long black hair and her dark eyes as well as magic.

Other Ozian children teased her and ran from her because their parents had warned them about her but she didn't have her mother's problem with water.

Galinda hated seeing the young girl so upset when others teased or made fun of her and tried to comfort her but the hurt remained in the girl's heart but she also had love and compassion.

She never knew about her real mother but sometimes had dreams about her which Galinda often heard about and was worried.

"Galinda..... can you hear me?

I'm right in front of you." she heard a familiar voice say as Elphaba appeared before her old friend. Galinda was happy to see her but also sad. She began to remember the days they'd spent at Shiz.

"H-How can you be here?

Won't the Witch Hunters find you?" Galinda asked worriedly.

"Don't worry Galinda. They won't find me.

I can project myself astrally.

I see Mari has grown well.

I knew you would be the right one to trust with her and nobody knows her secret, that she is my child.

As long as nobody knows, she is safe." she replied smiling as she vanished.

Galinda heard a soft voice.

It was Mari in her room. The five year old hid her sad face behind her long dark hair. The other children had been mean to her again and she hated it but didn't understand why they were so mean to her.

She'd only wanted to be their friend but was distracted when she heard a soft voice as she went into the cellar.

She heard soft crying as she entered.

"H-Hello is anybody in here?" she called out softly.

"I'm here." a voice replied. A figure came out of the shadows. It was a strange looking boy with a tail, fangs, eye slits and wings growing from his back.

They were powerful and dragon like.

Fire burst forth from his mouth.

"I'm sorry if I scared you. Nobody has been here for a long while.

You have magic in you, no?" he replied.

She nodded in reply.

"Who're you?" she asked him.

"I'm Kali. I'm a dragon but my mother was lost when the Wizard lived here. He was very bad to my mother and I. He locked us in a cellar to starve." he answered her.

"I'm Mari.

My mother's gone too but somebody takes care of me." she replied to him. He smiled hearing that.

"Somebody who understands how I feel." he thought as he followed her out of the cellar.

He was playing with him in her room but Galinda walked in while they were asleep and smiled.

"Whereever you came from, you've seemed to make her happy which only happens when I'm with her." she thought leaving the room closing the door softly but she was worried about Mari's future.

The spell would conceal her appearance but as she grew older, others would be able to see her and realise that she was Elphaba's daughter and hate her but shook the thoughts out of her mind.

"I will not let it happen to her.

I promised Elphie that things would be different." she thought looking out over all of Oz.....