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The students headed back to their rooms almost in complete silence, as they were shocked at what they had heard from the new professor. Most of them were waiting until they reached their dormitories to discuss their theories of who exactly this new woman was, and what she was doing there.
Elphaba didn't say a word when she entered her room, until the perky blonde started a discussion. "Elphie," said Galinda, "She seems...weird."
Elphaba nodded as she finished unpacking her suitcase. "I know," she agreed. "Did you hear her? 'Prune practices that ought to be prohibited'? What does that even mean?"
Galinda shrugged, then reached for a sparkly peach-pink purse that matched her dress. "We can talk about it later with everyone else," she suggested. "Are you coming downstairs for breakfast?"
Elphaba sighed. She had wanted to catch up on her reading and arranging her side of the room, but she supposed that it could wait. "Fine," she said, following her friend out the door.
They walked to a cafe about a block away from the school building. When the girls walked in, they noticed that a table was already occupied by a few of their friends –there were Fiyero and Avaric and Pfannee and ShenShen with them.
They joined them at the table –although Elphaba was reluctant to sitting with "Galinda's obnoxious friends" –and almost immediately started to talk about the new teacher.
"Fiyero and I are going to have a lot of fun in that class," Avaric said with a smirk, bumping fists with Fiyero.
Elphaba bit her lip. "I just don't have a good feeling about her," she said.
A small red-headed waitress bounced over to them smiling. They placed their orders and quickly went back to gossiping and theorizing about Professor Umbridge.
"I've been hearing all kinds of different rumors," said ShenShen. Pfannee nodded in agreement and added, "You'll never believe what I heard about her with snakes and apple juice –"
Elphaba sighed and cut in, "But that's all just speculation. I would like to know the truth about her –"
The waitress came by and set down their plates of food in front of each of them. With a large grin, she asked, "Is there anything else I can get for you?"
In response, they shook their heads and said thank you. They seemed to forget about their conversation for a few moments, wrapped up in eating. Then, sticking a forkful of food into his mouth, Avaric said, "I wonder why Morrible can't just continue teaching sorcery?"
Fiyero pointed out, "She's probably busy."
Elphaba made a face. "Well, we have our first class with her tomorrow. Then we can see what she's really like."
Galinda chimed in, "Either way, she can't be all bad – I mean, she and I obviously share the same favorite color!"