Later, I came out of my room and merely announced, "Iggy, Gazzy, I'm leaving."
They stared at me and asked, "Why?"
I said, "I wanna find my parents."
"OK," Iggy said.
"Good luck, Emerald," Gazzy added.
"Don't tell Max. By the way, I think it's a good thing that Max left the two of you here. Just in case. Like, what if the Erasers come? Who better to protect our home than the pyro-techs," I grinned.
Gazzy and Iggy looked at me and then they looked at each other. "You're right, Emerald," Gazzy said, looking at me.
I returned to the dining room—Max had left the files and I dug through them, searching for my name.
I gasped when I found it. "Emerald—Elphaba Thropp—subject 16—one of two Ozian experiments," I read rapidly—I immediately knew that Yero had been the other Ozian experiment at the School. "Parents—Melena Thropp Second Descending and Frexspar Thropp—does not share the title with wife. Father's occupation—traveling Minister—works mostly in Quadling Country. Mother is heir to the Eminency or Governorship in Munchkinland."
I scanned searching for an address and finally found one—hopefully, someone I was related to was there and was waiting for me to come home—at last.
Packing some stuff, including the files, I yelled, "Guys, I'm leaving. Don't cause too much trouble." They nodded, agreeably.
I flew quickly and quietly to Munchkinland—to the address I'd found.
I landed and watched a girl in wheelchair come out, accompanied by a man. I stared at them, in awe—could these people be my family—my biological family?
"What's wrong, Nessa?" the man asked.
"I wanna say goodbye to Elphaba for a while, Father," the girl in the wheelchair, murmured, looking like she was about to cry.
"Well, Elphaba, I'm going to Shiz soon. I wish you were here to come with me. I miss you so much. Father always says that you died before I was born, but I think you're alive somewhere. Please, give me a sign. Anything. But more than anything, please, come home. I miss you, sister mine." The girl in the wheelchair said, sadly.
I bit my lip. Do I come out and greet them and tell them I'm here or leave?
Then Ari showed up and I fought him, and after winning, but before I left, I watched sadly as the girl in the wheelchair and her father left. "Goodbye," I said, weakly, tears streaming down my face. With that, I went to Lake Mead, where I met up with Fang, Iggy, Nudge, and Gazzy, as well as Max.
The others all reported what happened and Max asked, "How about you, Emerald?"
"Like Nudge, I tried to find my parents. I may have found my father—and I think the girl I saw with him, is my baby sister. He called her Nessa. I think Mother is dead. The sad part is, they think I'm dead. After we rescue Angel, I want to return to Munchkinland. But this time, can we use the front door?" I babbled.
The others looked at me and Fang said, "I think we're getting some of our old Emerald back."
I shook my head. "No, she died when he died." I whispered, sadly, before flying on ahead of the others.
The others looked at Max and she shook her head. "Let her go, guys," she said, wisely. "Emerald needs a little alone time."
After Fang, Max, and Nudge were captured, I growled and said, "Iggy, Gazzy, we gotta do something. Now."
They nodded and we quickly led the hawks on an attack against the School—against our common enemy—the whitecoats and the Erasers.
