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A Surprise Apartment Assignment of Fate - Chapter 8
Galinda had taken the bottle. Galinda has taken Elphaba's most prized possession, ruined her library collection, and was now probably patting herself on the back while drinking tea with her conniving, frivolous fanclub.
Wand spitting sparks, the green witch turned and stalked towards the door.
Elphaba had had enough.
Galinda would pay.
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The three young ladies sitting on the couch were waiting in silent, eager anticipation for the green witch's reaction. For, of course, it had been them all along. ShenShen and Pfanne had been behind the disappearing food, and Galinda had been the one responsible for the missing oils and the cloth-eating moths. Galinda had, after all, gotten an Exceeds Expectations in Charms, and had gone on to be one of the highest in the Charms section of her N.E.W.T.s….Elphaba had, of course, gotten perfect scores on everything she took, including Charms. This little fact still vexed the blonde to no end; Charms had been the one class she occasionally did better than Elphaba in.
Not one of the three women made a sound, their breaths drawn, their hands clenched tightly in their laps to prevent them from fighting. A long hush fell over the apartment, and then there was a crash from the direction of Elphaba's room.
ShenShen giggled nervously. Pfanne shushed her, giving Galinda a gleeful look. Galinda all of a sudden felt horrible, a pit forming in her stomach, making her suddenly and inexplicably nauseous. This had not been her idea. It had been Pfanne's. Galinda had gone along at the time but now…
Why was she feeling like this? She hated her green roommate and wanted her gone!
….Or did she?
Galinda did not have long to ponder this sudden and rather traitorous thoughts as a towering green figure of pure, unadulterated fury swept out of Elphaba's room and towards them at great speed. Galinda instinctively reached for her wand, but it was flying out of her hand before she could scarcely form the beginnings of a Shield spell in her mind. There was a loud bang and Galinda was sent flying backwards, toppling head over pink pointy Muggle heels off the edge of the couch where she had perched and into the end table that held the wireless.
She heard Pfanne and ShenShen squeal like stuck pigs as the sound of metal on metal—like wire, almost—briefly filled the small room. Galinda did not have time to dwell on it though, or even glance over to see the fate of two friends, as quicker than she could blink Elphaba had crossed the room and hauled her to her feet, slamming her back into the wall and pressing her long, ebony wand into Galinda's juglar.
"I've giving you exactly five seconds to tell me what you've done with my mother's bottle before I make you wish you'd never been born," the green witch in front of her hissed. They were nose to nose; Elphaba was stronger than she appeared, or maybe she was magically augmented. Galinda did not know; all she knew was that her feet were dangling helplessly, there was a wand pressed into her neck by a very angry witch, and she had no idea what on earth Elphaba was talking about.
"B-Bottle?" the blonde stammered, hating how weak she sounded. She did not know anything about a bottle, but whatever it was, it was obviously more important to Elphaba than her books.
"Don't pretend you don't know!" Elphaba's wand dug harder into her skin and Galinda whimpered involuntarily. "It's not in my room, which you've destroyed, and I know it was you because your damn hairclip was on the floor!"
"I r-really don't know what you're talking about!" she whined, not daring to move or try to wiggle free. Elphaba's gaze darkened, and her wand dug even harder into Galinda neck.
And then Galinda was back in Elphaba's room, or rather was standing in the doorway, as she watched Pfanne and ShenShen wreck the place. She saw Pfanne turn her wand towards the circular piece of green glass hanging in the window.
"No!" Galinda heard herself say, her wand whipping out and stopping the shattering spell that was hurtled towards the glass.
"What gives, Galinda?" Pfanne hissed. "I thought you wanted her to leave!"
"We want her angry, not homicidal," Galinda heard herself reply. "She really likes that stupid piece of glass for some reason."
Pfanne huffed and stalked over the bed, where Shenshen was looking at something she had found. Galinda at the time had not been interested in what they had found, but now she watched ShenShen show Pfanne a small green bottle she had found under the pillows. Then she watched Pfanne take it and tuck it into her robes and—
Suddenly she was back in the apartment common room. Or rather, on the floor of the apartment common room. Elphaba had dropped her in favor of going over to the couch, to which she had bound Galinda's two friend with wires. She held her wand aimed directly at Pfanne's nose and said very slowly, deliberately, deathly,
"Where is it?"
Pfanne showed much more courage than Galinda would have in the situation. She actually had the gal to simper up at Elphaba and sneer, "Well it appears the artichoke is steamed."
Elphaba was not in the mood. She stepped closer, towering over the bound Pfanne, her wand spitting angry sparks. "You have five seconds to tell me where it is. And Merlin or God or whomever you believe in help you if you've broken it, you imbecilic twit of a woman."
Pfanne merely smirked at her and leaned back.
"Five."
Nothing.
"Four."
Silence.
"Three."
Galinda could see the steel in Elphaba eyes. She had not been kidding. She really would curse Pfanne if she did not tell her—
"Two."
Still, Pfanee said nothing, simply sitting there with a smug, self-satisfied smirk plastered over her face.
"One."
Galinda saw the tip of Elphaba's wand start to glow with a uncast spell. No she wouldn—
"Zero."
Nothing.
Elphaba flicked her wand disdainfully at Pfanne. "Have it your way. Cru-"
"Elphaba, don't!"
The spell died on the green witch's lips and she turned to look at Galinda, her eyebrows furrowed, mouth set, anger radiating from every orifice of her being. Galinda did not know what had made her shout out for her to stop—she did not feel any sympathy for Pfanne. The girl was being stupid. She should just give Elphaba the damn bottle! No, something else made her cry out, something she did not know but it seemed to—
"Stupefy!" Elphaba jerked back around to Pfanne and narrowly missed the jet of red light that the girl had sent her way. Pfanne had taken advantage of Elphaba's distraction to wiggle her wand out of her pocket and free herself. Immediately the two witches were embroiled in a fierce duel, missed spells going everywhere and causing carnage in their path. The walls split, the windows shattered, and the floating lights in the kitchen exploded.
Galinda squealed as glass rained down on them all, and she crawled over to her fallen wand. She checked ShenShen, who was still wrapped up tightly on the couch, her eyes wide and frightened. The blonde turned her attention to the two dueling witches, brandished her wand wildly, and shouted, "Stupefy!"
The look on ShenShen's face as Galinda's stunner hit her full in the chest was priceless. Her eyes immediately rolled up into her head and she dropped to the floor, unconscious. Elphaba's wand immediately jerked towards Galinda, but the blonde tossed her wand to the floor and help up her hands.
A long, tense silence filled the destroyed common area.
"Just get your stupid bottle!" Galinda said in a rush. Elphaba kept her wand trained on Galinda for a second longer, then she dropped her wand arm and instead bent down and frisked Pfanne. The blonde let out a little sigh of relief, but another little wave of fear seized her—what if Pfanne did not have the bottle anymore? What if it was broken? What would—
Galinda's fears were unfounded, however, as Elphaba straightened a minute later, holding a small green bottle to her chest. Galinda had never seen such a look of relief on anybody, let alone her stoic, seemingly emotionless roommate. Elphaba gave the bottle a squeeze, then tucked it carefully into her robes. Then, at lightening speeds, her wand moved again, and the bounds holding ShenShen were severed.
ShenShen squeaked. Galinda's eyes widened. Elphaba scowled.
"Leave," she intoned darkly, gesturing with her wand towards the door, her tone indicating she meant business and that ShenShen would not like the consequences if she refused.
ShenShen looked over at Galinda, who nodded softly. "You'd….better go. And…um… take Pfanne."
Galinda helped ShenShen revive Pfanne, who, even after being brought about, looked worse for wear. She slung Pfanne's arm around ShenShen's shoulder and stepped back. ShenShen, grasped Pfanne's wand in one hand, hers in the other, and after giving Galinda one last, fearful look, she turned on her heel and Disapperated with a crack.
…leaving Galinda alone to deal with the aftermath of a prank gone horribly, horribly wrong.
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