Chapter 10:

Elphaba was silent the whole walk to their room. Glinda was slightly shocked at how Elphaba had changed so quickly from one moment's light-hearted air to that of a blank face of stone. They walked into their room where immediately Elphaba sat on her bed waiting for Glinda to sit opposite her.

As soon as Glinda sat opposite her Elphaba asked harshly, "Glinda tell me why you're here and tell me the truth."

Glinda looked at Elphaba in the eye seriously with confusion, "I don't know and that is the truth."

Elphaba asked softly, "So you promise me that you've never killed someone before."

Glinda answered stonily, "Not once. I would never harm someone if I could help it."

Elphaba looked at Glinda for a long while deciding what to think and weighed up her choices. In the end she played back the last events of the past days in her head. Not once did Glinda display anything like that of a cold blooded killer. She was so sincerely scared when she saw the violence; it almost hurt Elphaba to look at how it affected the girl. No she was no killer.

Elphaba gave a breath of relief, "Well then, that solves it. Glinda you were sent here for a murder. Do you know what happened just before you left, anything that could have claimed that you did something wrong?"

Glinda replied hesitantly, "Before here I was at a university called Shiz. There had recently been a murder to a teacher, an Animal that was openly doing research for Animal rights. It was very controversial and many people didn't agree with it. Me, well I wasn't exactly supportive of it either nor did I like the teacher. It was said he was murdered eventually after a few years of research. Well the night after these people broke into my room and, well, seized me. I remember a voice yell 'That's her, that's the girl'. I travelled for about awhile by train in a cage and eventually came here."

Elphaba nodded, "That explains it. You were obviously set up."

Glinda looked away, "I thought that it might have been the reason but I didn't say anything, I wasn't even sure. I thought it might have been a mistake."

Before any other words were said Elphaba noticed Glinda crying barely able to contain herself. Elphaba moved forward and held the girl. She then realised that it had been a hope for Glinda, that it had all been a mistake; that she would have been let out. Now that was destroyed and Glinda lost all hope, the thing that had left to go on, no matter how small it was.

Glinda whimpered, "I bet my family thinks I'm monster, that I killed someone. I wonder if anyone even misses me."

Elphaba moved forward immediately to hold the poor girl to her. She gently stroked her hair as Glinda cried into her breast. Glinda found that as soon as the other girl held her, any control she had over emotions were completely lost and she cried loudly onto the other girl clinging to her possessively. Elphaba held the girl close letting her cry it all out.

Elphaba whispered softly, "You're not a monster. You're just put in a horrible situation. Glinda you're not alone and as long as you know the truth then we can always explain it to others."

Glinda cried, "No one will believe me. No one will love me, I don't even know if my parents know where I am or if they still love me."

Elphaba blinked, "Glinda you'll be fine. I promise. I'll do whatever it takes to take care of you. Now calm, you must look to the future because that's where we push forward to, my sweet that is where we pushed to."

Glinda nodded slowly holding the other girl closer, wishing and hoping that what she said was true. That everything would be fine. After all didn't they all have to push to the future in a horrible place like this?