Hello again. Thank you to all who reviewed! I appreciate it greatly! Here is another chapter for y'all. I'll try and write another one as fast as I can and get it up tomorrow. I'll be out of town from the afternoon of the 24th to the afternoon of the 25th. I know, so long. Anyway... Sorry is Elphaba seemed a bit... OOC. It's just hard to explain stuff and be sarcastic at the same time. Ok, maybe it isn't. Lets just say she's not as hard-shelled as she is in the book. For the first 8 years of her life, she was pretty much loved. If not by her parents, than by Fiyero and his family. Maybe they love her to death... now I'm rambling. Onto the show!
Chapter 1
Teenagers
"The boys and girls in the clique
The awful names that they stick
You're never gonna fit in much, kid
But if you're troubled and hurt
What you got under your shirt
Will make them pay for the things that they did"
Teenagers by My Chemical Romance
I stood in front of the building. It loomed over me, the red bricks glaring. High School. Ozymandias Shiz High School, to be exact. Named after the great Ozymandias Shiz, the founder of our country, Oz. It was a small country in Europe, a little east of England. Oz is divided into three parts and has a colony in India. The school is a bit north of central Oz, where the capitol, Emerald City, is. Munchkinland is to the east, Gillikin to the north and Quaddling Country to the south. The west is pretty much forest.
You ready for a little background history? No? Too bad. I used to live in the Vinkus, the colony in India. Many in Oz just refer to it as "Winkie Country". They discriminate and the people and the country. I happen to think it's beautiful.
My childhood was spent there with my mother, Frexpar (my step-father), my half-sister Nessarose and Nanny. Mom had me before she was married to Frex, through an affair. And somehow I came out green.
We moved from the Vinkus when I was about eight. Mother was pregnant again and Frex made us travel everywhere. He was the pastor or minister for something or other. I'm not that huge into religion so I never really bothered to find out. That and he pretty much hates me. About a year after we moved, we were traveling in northern Japan and mother had Shell. When he was born, he was whole and had a slightly tanned skin tone. In other words, he was perfect. And he was a boy; mother always wanted a boy.
Anyway, enough of my family history.
I could see little groups of people all over the lawn. Every so often a person or two would look at me and gawk at my skin, before turning back and whispering to their friends. Sometimes I felt like holding up a sign that said: "Yes, I'm green, get over it".
There was one group over by a tree that caught my eye. A group of about four girls surrounding one short blonde girl. I grimaced, figuring they were popular. The blonde girl looked up, glanced at me and said something to her friends. They all laughed loudly, looking at me. Way to be conspicuous.
"Hey, asparagus, watch out!" A guy called. He kicked a ball and I dodged out of the way just in time. The boy was generically handsome, in the cocky, over arrogant way. He was tall and blond; I hated him already.
I rolled my eyes and headed into the building. After seventeen years, I was used to all the remarks.
Nessa and Nanny were waiting for me in the office, since I had insisted on driving myself. Frex wasn't too happy about that.
"Ah, hello Dearie." Nanny smiled pleasantly. I grimaced and took my schedule from the secretary.
"A girl will be coming to help Ms. Nessarose with her classes and things." The secretary, Mrs. Staples, said. As soon as the words were out of her mouth a timid looking freshman appeared at the door and stepped into the room.
"Nessarose Thropp?" The girl asked tentatively. Nessa smiled coyly and nodded. Though Nessa was without arms, she was somehow eerily beautiful. Or tragically beautiful, whatever suits your fancy. I was just beautifully tragic. I mean, really, green skin?
"I'm Chelsea, It's very nice to meet you."
Nessa closed her eyes and bowed her head. "The Unnamed God thanks you for all you are doing." she said softly. Chelsea looked slightly alarmed.
"Um… It's a pleasure? Well, we better be getting to class." Chelsea lead Nessage off and Nanny kissed my cheek before hurrying to her car. I was alone again. I studied my schedule and the map of the school before heading off into the crowd of students that swarmed all over the building. It was worse than I thought. I was jostled and pushed through the noisy throng, hitting a metal locker once or twice. My shoulder throbbed painfully. I kept glancing down at my map over and over. It seemed as if Life Sciences was on the other side of the building.
As I fought my way through the horde of students, A tall boy caught my eye. He had gorgeous dark skin, laced with blue diamonds in familiar tribal patterns. I blinked, stopping in my tracks. A few students yelled at me, but I ignored them. No, it couldn't be.
My lips formed the word, and I barely spoke it. "Yero…?" Somehow, the boy heard me and turned around. His eyes meet mine and my body filled with electric energy. I suddenly had an odd anxious feeling in my gut. Oh yes, that was definitely Fiyero. He had certainly… grown. No, don't even go there, Elphaba.
His mouth formed the word "Fae" and he looked shocked. I smiled sarcastically and wiggled my fingers at him. He stopped what he was doing and immediately sauntered over to me. He had been talking to a short boy, who strode over. I was swept up into a bone crunching hug.
"Yero… Can't breathe." I choked, gasping for air.
"Oh, right, sorry." His voice was much deeper, and his gaze was intense. I couldn't look away.
"Oh, right." He cleared his throat. "Fae, this is Boq. Boq, this is my childhood friend, Elphaba." He introduced me to the short boy and I nodded.
"Sweet Oz, I can't believe you're here." Fiyero breathed, grinning.
"I know. I haven't seen you since…" I couldn't bring myself to say it. Since the day you kissed me.
"What happened to you? You just kind of… disappeared off the face of the earth."
We walked in the direction of what I assumed was Life Sciences.
"Frex decided that we had to travel. Him being the religious nut that he is, he had to go convince the world to fallow his ways." I rolled my eyes and Fiyero laughed.
"Sounds just like him."
"Yep."
There was an awkward silence as we walked. I felt a little uncomfortable in this new school and I crossed my arms over my chest, glaring at any kid who dared to look at me. Well besides Fiyero, who chuckled at my expression.
"Hey, Asparagus, I didn't know you hung out with Shitface." The blond boy came up to us and smirked. I rolled my eyes at him.
"Do I look like I'm hanging out with you?" I asked coldly. The boy laughed.
"You could be." I noticed how Fiyero glared darkly at the boy at that comment.
"Do I look like I want to hang out with you? Besides, you wouldn't want to 'taint' your reputation, would you?" I asked snidely. He was probably dating that blonde girl from earlier.
"My reputation could never be tainted." He smiled arrogantly at me and I snorted.
"Right. Don't you have a hobby? Can you stop annoying me?"
"Oh, I have many hobbies." The boy grinned suggestively and I made a face.
"I don't want to know." I muttered.
"Oh I'm sure you do." He didn't give up, did he?
"I think I'll pass." I said, heading into a classroom labeled Life Sciences, Room 204. Fiyero led me to a table in the back. Luckily, the arrogant boy didn't sit with us.
"Sorry about that. Avarick is an ass." Fiyero smiled apologetically.
"Yeah, I can tell." I said dryly, setting my book bag down and taking out notebook paper for notes. Boq sat near Avarick, but I noticed how Boq was staring at the blonde girl. He looked like he was about to drool.
"Does Boq always look like that?" I asked Fiyero.
"Only when he's around Galinda." He told me. Galinda, that must be the blonde girl's name. I smirked. Boq's crush on her was a bit pathetic, but I was in no place to judge. Half the school already hated me because I was green. That was pathetic too, was it not? That and I was most likely head over heels for Fiyero, my best friend. High School just doesn't get any better than this.
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