AN: HEYA GUYS! Sorry for the rather slow update. I've had tests flying everywhere and everything is coming at once so thank you for the patience and finally here is chapter 2. Yes I always imagined Feline Elphie to be rather feisty because hey it is Elphaba after all xD enjoy. Thank you for the reviews, views, faves etc, I highly appreciate it as always. Let's hope I do not get sucked into a black hole for weeks on end again *sighs and whacks head with revision notes* enjoy x!

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"Surely!? Surely not!" Elphaba yelled to herself as she convulsed in her chair. The contractions becoming too vast she yelped in pain and fell to the floor. Before it could go on any longer, with much strain she crawled to her bottle and looked inside it.

"Sweet Oz!" The Liquid in her bottle had separated into two immiscible layers. She knew what was coming next and for the first time in what seemed liked forever and a day she felt her nerves tinge with unease.

"I have no time for this, for Oz's sake I am going to kill them!" She argued with herself and suddenly she screamed out of character as she felt her eyes stinging. Her pupils began to shrink, the brown orbs beginning to gleam into a vivid lime green. The colour leaked out from the irises and dispersed into the rest of her eyes. What once were pupils were now stretched oval illusions of geometric shape. That was the least of the metamorphosis. As she tried getting up on her feet. She fell back to the floor as she became paralysed. Elphaba felt like a spirit; a spirit present within an empty vessel. Her body shook violently and clouds of black smoke surrounded her before she knew it she was pushed into the air and landed on hind legs and balanced with the ones in front. She was no longer human...

Galinda linked arms with Shenshen as they strode down to the harbour, opposite the peach and kidneys. The other socialites strode in front, possibly plotting their next expression of hostility. The heat colliding with the spraying water at the waterfront melded harmoniously for Galinda, who happily watched the passing time of her surroundings.

"Why is it that you were so desperate for me to come out Shenshen?" The girl looked at her fellow blonde friend and gave her a quick smile.

"Well why not you silly thing. We can't go without you!" She nuzzled closer and squeezed their interlinked arms with her bicep. Galinda was rather taken aback. Shenshen had never showed such familiarisation. To be exact, never has she encountered her in doing so. She shrugged it off in her head

"Oh well that seemingly goes without questions doesn't it." Shenshen patted her hand gently.

"Indeed it does Miss Galinda." The Frottican gave her a halfhearted smile. There was something about her sudden intimate enthusiasm that unsteadied her. Was Shenshen taking a liking? She dared no to find out. To enthuse any subtle hints of curiosity the blonde would only be putting herself within a perpetuated situation. So indeed she thrust it under the carpet.

"Are you sure you do not mind Elphaba coming?" Shenshen went silent and then spoke.

"Oh...of course not Galinda. You seem rather fond of her after all." The blonde could feel Shenshen's bicep tense, clenching the linked arms closer together.

"Sweet Oz Shen!"

"Oh, sorry... I went a bit stiff." She cleared her throat and let go of the blonde's arm.

"Oh look who it is Ladies!" Pfanee called to the whole as a group. It is Avaric and his gentlemen!" The blonde looked relieved from the proposing distraction. The young ladies smiled and waved to them before they approached the Peach and Kidneys. The young men waved back and straightened their jackets. Shenshen and Galinda looked on displeased, yet covered it with great superior looks of opulence and grace. The men were none the wiser.

"Good evening ladies. I hope you all have had a pleasant day so far and are all of good health." Avaric said, a smarmy smile on his face.

"Yes quite good of health," Galinda mumbled as she walked straight passed him with a quick curtsy . She dragged Shenshen with her. The men gave their eyes a good helping of viewing the sweet assets. The eye candy being all too rich that very moment.

"Well that was quite a blatant failure of trying to show obliviousness."

"Quite," Galinda agreed," I am not really into the idea of being visually molested by Avaric you see." Shenshen found herself laughing at that

"Me either Galinda, me either." She patted the comfy seat next to her, ushering the blonde over lightly. " come," Shenshen said in an openly provocative voice. Quite frankly Galinda did not know what to make of it. She sat next to the brunette nevertheless. The brunette watched her with such intensity that the Frottican could not seem to draw her eyes away from the alluring orbs. She swallows before trying to distract herself by changing the subject.

"I'm not quite sure when Miss Elphaba is meant to be getting here."

"Oh she is an independent soul Galinda she will come in her own time," the brunette waved it off as she said it.

'She may well be Shenshen but I would rather be stuck in her company instead of with you and that protruding and rather peculiar behaviour' the blonde summoned in her head. Shenshen noticed the distance in Galinda's eyes. Hoping to bring the distance back into proximity she placed a small hand on the blonde's thigh. She felt Galinda's quadricep lift slightly, tension being discerned. She acted oblivious as the blond faced her.

"Are you quite alright Galinda."

"W-why yes of course, why ever not!"

"Oooh," she paused as she moved her nimble fingers on Galinda's thigh," it seems as if you have been captured within a silent trance."

A scorching heat rose and blemished her cheeks, leaving her throat dry in the process as she felt those fingers glide along the covered and bare part of her thigh.

"I am quite alright, I was just thinking."

"About?"

"Elphaba."

'Oh you daft dolly why did you say that!

Shenshen looked rather baffled and dissapointed. Her gliding hand drifting away from Galinda's thigh showing so.

"Oh. What about Elphaba?" She posed the question softly. Just above a whsiper, her voice still smouldered with a sickly smooth accent; like freshly oiled cogs in their vital condition. It worked cleverly in sounding hauntingly playful. The blonde made a mental note of that.

"well-she should be here should she not?"

"like I said a minute ago Galinda she will come in her own time. It is only early. However. I am rather enjoying your company." She leaned forward. Galinda met her eyes with a surprised look.

The black cat shook its body before it walked across the floor casually, it's slink figure pondering swiftly like a drifting lump of soot with a body. As it went to head for the door it realised how vast the door was to it's small frame in comparison.

'Sweet Oz the actual bloody potion worked!'

in complete shock she went to reveal the revelation for herself. In her now cat body, she leaped using its hind legs as a push onto Galinda's vanity. Jumping directly into the air at the sight it fell back retracting its claws into the wooden surface to preserve its balance. Elphaba stared back at her reflection that was no longer herself.

'I wonder if I can speak'

Elphaba tried but no luck was of use. She was an animal and indeed not an Animal. Perhaps this is what Doctor Dillamond and the other Animal professors meant by a soul. Animals are the transcendence of animals; animals being the ultimate and utter simplification of a soul and only spirit. No other implications to it than a silent soul that has the ability to think, to be prey, to be a predator, to flight or to fight. All animals had vast minds that no other could understand yet we are all descendants that have evolved from their simplistic arrangements. How odd.

Elphaba hissed at herself in the mirror as she thought with much vexation. Maybe a hiss was the only imperative way she could now expressed her vexation. How delightful this was going to be.

She scanned the room for a way out. It became evident that the only escape was the window and indeed she leaped from the desk and jumped onto the ceil moving her black front paws she climbed out of the window and jumped onto the draining to follow it all the way down to the lower sights of the building. She smelt the air and instantly got drifted away with the smell of freshly creamed scones, still warm from the oven she could sense. Being a cat had its perks she supposed. The senses being greatly augmented, a body built for precision and athletically accustomed.

Although this being well and good, Elphaba had no idea how she was going to explain this to Galinda. She would have to think of a code, something only the blonde would know. She headed towards The Peach and Kidneys down the High street across from the campus..

Galinda leaned backwards as she saw The brunette leaning in towards her. Sensing that the blonde was not fond the idea, she drew back.

"Did I act upon the wrong signals Miss Galinda?" The blonde's eyes widened.

"I beg your pardon!" Shenshen frowned at Galinda's hysterical

"Well I-" before she could finish she felt a rather sharp scratch on her leg.

"Sweet Oz AH!" She jumped from her spot forcing Galinda to jump and scrawl into the corner of the seat.

"What in Oz is wrong!"

"I've been scratched!" Shenshen showed Galinda the scratch on her thigh and with great force she grabbed The black cat; of which both were oblivious to it actually being Elphaba in spirit and not of normal physicality with a fist.

"Do you mind!" Shenshen squealed at Elphaba who started to hiss and bat her paws at Shenshens's hand. She knew exactly what Shenshen was up to and she could sense that Galinda was not comfortable with the situation. Believing that it was her duty to intervene for the blonde she did so and with much force Shenshen threw Elphaba Galinda's way. Getting used to the slink body Elphaba landed on all fours of course.

"Shenshen you did not have to do that!"

"Are you blind, it most utterly tried to maul me!" Galinda giggled and looked at a rather feline Elphaba. She smiled at the cat and Elphaba could sense, as well as see from her body language that she was thankful.

"oh don't exaggerate the Cat scratched you." Elphaba jumped from the table and around Galinda's legs and begun meowing at her.

"It cannot speak! It's and animal not an Animal. Utterly useless this is, no wonder it acted in such a foul behaviour. Basic animal instinct at its best that is!" Elphaba's pupils narrowed into mini pin slits of charcoal coloured slate. She grew angry at the comment and went trotting to Shenshen ready to attack. Galinda picked Elphaba up as if she knew the cat was going to launch and placed her on the other side of the table adjacent to theirs.

'How dare she utter such ignorance. Who is she to discriminate and discuss such constitutions on their behalf without relevantly existing as one of their own.' Elphaba mused as she licked her paw and scratched her ear. Watching Shenshen with a vice visual grip of her eye. Galinda glared at Shenshen, her perked lips opened slightly.

"I suggest we go and leave the Animal be," she spoke through her teeth, her eyes never leaving Shenshen's.

"It isn't an Animal though, it would have spoke!"

"Maybe it does not want to speak to someone who has such ignorance towards them." Shenshen jolted her head back in slight surprise.

"Well...if it makes you better in spirit, I shall take your suggestion." Galinda looked at her briefly and began gathering her possessions. Having collected all items she walked passed Shenshen expecting the brunette to follow her. She was not left crestfallen as she could hear the girl's heels clicking behind her. Elphaba watched them walk away, a smile creeping on her feline features.

'Seems the blonde isn't as feather headed as I thought'

Galinda set her items back down on a table in the very far corner, Shenshen frowned.

"I thought we were leaving?" Galinda sighed, her chest rising ever so slightly in exasperation.

"I belive you misinterpreted what I said, I said to leave the Animal be." Shenshen's frown deepened.

"Let's just go," she said in an explosive whisper as she collected the blonde's items in her grasp.

"Do you mind, why I say!"

"Oh Galinda hush love, come on," Shenshen ushered her out and yanked her head to the left as to say 'this way'.

Obeying with much reluctance, the Frottican proceeded.

the cat ran out to the side the two women went and followed them from the lower rooftops of the high street and listened to their conversation. Her ears flicked forward like tuned in satellites.

"Sorry Shenshen I did not mean to snap, I just believe Animals...and animals, well..have their own place in this world and are beings such as ourselves. They deserve respect. On mother hand though, I am suppose to be waiting for Elphaba in there!"

"Galinda please, we will come back, just wait for the pest-" Galinda stopped mid tracks and glared at the brunette. For a beautiful women with such grace it was applaudable how sharp she could contort her face to look.

"wait for the CAT to leave or what have you." Elphaba grumbled to herself as she watched them from the rooftops.

"Shenshen look I am going to go back to my dorms and have a quick check." The brunette sighed.

"Fine, do not be long."

"The green bean would have coherently battled me out of the room, too swiftly for clock ticks to have gone by. Tally ho!" Galinda rushed through to the first floor leaving a miss Shenshen faintly annoyed. She wanted the blonde to herself.

Galinda opened the door to her and Elphaba's dorm room.

"Miss Elphaba?" She peered around the door, the green girl out of sight.

"That's odd," she murmured to herself. Before entering, she quickly looked from both left and the right of the corridor. She jumped as she saw the same black cat from earlier walking towards her. She surmised that it was the same since she had seen it all day, lingering past her like a silhouette in a wondering portrait. The blonde started in awe as it simply meowed at her and ran in at rapid speed as if it believed the blonde was going to shut it out.

Galinda closed the door and raised a brow at the cat as she closed the door behind them. The black cat that was elphaba sat up straight and poised on it's bed, starring at her.

"Is there anything you want?" Elphaba tilted her head to the side..

"Is it alright for me to deem that you have been stalking me all day?" Elphaba batted her eye to constitute as a scratch and meowed in annoyance.

'Ive been trying to tell you all day who i am!' Elphaba thought in her now cat version of a head. Galinda, obviously not being able to understand cat language frowned.

"are you lost,my sweet little thing?" The blonde came closer and went to stroke Elphaba on the head who retracted her claws and batted it towards the pale hand and hissed. Glinda jumped back, completely startled. She put her hands up in surrender

"Sweet Oz I was only trying to help!" Galinda looked desperately at the cat for assurance, indeed Elphaba gave her that much and retracted her claws back and slowly closed her eyes in a cat like fashion. Opening them again with a look of a superior descendant, Elphaba looked at her again.

"So are you are an animal and in fact not an Animal I take it?

Elphaba shook her head to say the blonde was incorrect. Galinda smiled in surprise.

"Lurline! So you're an Animal because you can understand human speech. I say this is quite intriguing and saddening at the same time." Listening to what Galinda said she took what she could and nodded her head to say yes. The blonde wasn't exactly correct although her theory was valid. She is just merely a human being trapped in an animal's body, still having a human mind was the reason why she could comprehend her. Pulling herself from the idea her pupils dilated slightly as she saw Galinda approach.

"I better put Elphaba's books and science notes back on her desk since she won't have time to later before our meeting." As the blonde approached she grumbled.

'You dare touch my books. I will deal with them later, how on earth does she believe she has the audacity to rich them and know how to arrange them!' Elphaba circled her own bed meowing as she stepped on all the books.

"Oi stop that, you're going to make them dirty!" Galinda leaned in to pick them up and nearly got her head ripped off again.

"For the sake of the Unnamed God. Stop being difficult," huffed a vexed Galinda who placed her porcelain arms on her hips. Elphaba meowed loudly which then riveted into a low grumble.

"May I just say you are on Elphie's bed also which is not yours might I add. I mean no ill will its just I know she hates crumbs on her bed and well cat hairs are probably one on the list too."

Elphaba tilted her head.

'I am Elphaba you half twit! And Elphie! Bloody Elphie?"

"Right if you are not going to move I am going to have to man handle you whether you like it or not." Elphaba hissed and with the bravery Galinda could muster she lunged for the cat which went to scratch her. Galinda stopped to see if the cat was actually going to but it didn't, it just retracted its claws to look threatening. With the old rusting structure that was Elphaba's heart she found Pistons still working that revived the warmness she had left. She did not have it in her to strike. Despite this she had the self dignity of not being man handled by her roommate who grew confident in catching her. She released a high meowing squeal and Galinda only exceeded, then failing right after as Elphaba riggled out and hissed.

"Stop hissing at me! You're all bloody talk and no action." As Galinda went to grab Elphaba again she saw that Elphaba had jumped on the window ledge of an open window. Seeing the blonde coming closer, Elphaba moved her hind legs backwards, her tail pointed upwards to make equal body mass ratio although that did not exceed in helping her balance.

"NO YOURE GOING TO FALL!" Crawling onto Elphaba's bed and over to the ledge it was too late for the blonde to capture the cat. Elphaba fell onto the tree positioned just outside their window but had no fundamental balance to keep her there and fell down, whacking onto each branch as she fell. Managing to drag her claws down the last pieces of bark to make her final fall softer she fell to the ground. Galinda shouted at her with reassurance that she was coming for her. She hoped the Animal was alright, for all she knew she could have damaged Elphaba in more ways than one. It could perhaps damage the emerald women's usual body state and matter forever. Who knew.