[Here we are with the tenth chapter! I actually have a lot of free time now, since my exams are finished, and I'm on half-term, so updates will be coming fairly regularly now. Thank you for all of your responses to the last chapter, I love you all dearly. Onwards with the story!]
"Come here, little sparrow," Elphaba coaxed, her hands outstretched to the tiny bird, "come and be my faithful servant." Cocking its head curiously, the sparrow hopped into Elphaba's hands, and tipped its beak towards her, as if it were listening.
"Take this message to the Lord at Penllyn, called Fiyero, and tell him and only him of what I tell you," the little brown bird nodded and chirped it's understanding, making Elphaba smile.
"Tell him to forge a spear made of iron and poison, and do nothing to it but bless it on Sundays. It must take a full year to forge it, and once a year has gone he must come to the hill yonder, and meet me there," the sparrow hopped faster with excitement at its important task, "Listen to me, bird! Go, hurry so that no one may see you, and take this ring as a sign."
Elphaba worked the silver band off of her finger, and the sparrow clutched it in his small talons. It was not her wedding ring, but a second one that Boq had gifted to her the day of her birth.
The bird chirped again, and bounced on her hand a few times before launching itself into the air, flying around the window before heading over to Fiyero's abode at Penllyn.
Elphaba watched the sparrow flit into the trees and disappear from sight, and imagined being able to fly.
"What I wouldn't give for wings, so that I may leave this place." she whispered wistfully.
[This is possibly the shortest chapter I have ever updated to this site, and I'm sorry, but it is necessary, and the next one's gonna be a bitch to get the logistics of it right. It's also going to be very long, so this chapter will have to do for now. By the way, the sparrow's name is Lord Peep, because my sister called him as such. As always, review please!]