I'm soooo sorry that I haven't updated in over a month. I feel sooo bad that I did. It's just life has got got really busy for me. Then when I was ready to write again...I was going to FL for a week. So, now I am ready to write again. Hopefully I will get to do regular updates but I'm starting to go back to college in 6 days. So here we go the 11th chapter of Hope's Destiny. Just look over the other chapters to remember what has happened. I hope you guys still enjoy this story. Again I'm sorry for not updating for a month. So read and enjoy. :) And sorry for the typos...I wanted to get this to you guys ASAP because I haven't update in so long.
Elphaba's face was stern as she examined the empty potion bottle in the light. She couldn't believe that one of her daughter's friends had slipped her something. Whatever it was made Hope loose all control of her magic. The green witch was mentally going over what kinds of potions did that. This was serious because Hope with no control over her powers could destroy almost all of Oz. Elphaba stopped thinking and moved her eyes over to the bed where her daughter was being taken cared off by Glinda and Althenea. Her brown eyes teared up slightly at seeing Hope's still body.
She felt helpless at the moment and she hated that feeling when it concerned her family. Elphaba was just glad that Althenea reacted so quickly to this or it could have been so much worse. They could have lost Hope to the magic inside of her. Glinda sensed her wife's eyes on them and turned her neck towards Elphaba.
"Did you come up with anything yet?" Glinda asked quietly as her blue eyes moved back and forth in thought as she too tried to come up with an answer. Elphaba sighed softly as she took herself out of the seat she was in and made her way over to the Good witch. She handed Glinda the empty bottle and took a seat next to her wife. Elphaba then turned her sights on Hope, who's face was getting gently dabbed by a wet cloth by Althenea.
"You said that a black aura surrounded Hope, right?" Elphaba asked again as she leaned on a hand with her eyes trained on the blonde in front of her. She just wanted to be sure before getting this right. The hand stilled as Althenea turned her sight to her girlfriend's mom.
"I'm sure. It was something I have never seen in my life." The blonde whispered before quickly going back to tending to her lover again. Elphaba bit her bottom lip in worry at this. This wasn't going to be good at all. There was only one potion that could produce this kind of aura. Glinda looked slightly pale after hearing and from that indication Elphaba knew that they were on the same page.
"This is not good at all. There is only one potion in all of Oz that could do something like that." Glinda said out loud as she got up from the bed and started to walk towards the window. She place her thumbnail between her teeth as she stared out to the grounds below. Why would somebody do this to her daughter? Her pale hand gripped the bottle tighter at that thought. It made her blood boil and she personally wanted to teach them a lesson. Elphaba sensed it and quickly went to her wife. They both needed to be calm headed at the moment and not let their emotions get ahead of themselves.
"It's all right my sweet." Elphaba whispered soothingly into the Good witch's ear as her strong arms wrapped around Glinda's waist. Glinda melted into her wife's body and let her presence calm her down. With a soft sigh Glinda put her hands on Elphaba's green ones and stared straight ahead.
"Elphie, we might have to bind her powers because of this. It's too dangerous now." Glinda thought out loud as she turned in Elphaba's arms. Dark, brown eyes shimmered into the crystal blue ones. This was bringing up an argument that has never stopped ever since Glinda came back from the dead. Glinda wanted to bind Hope's powers until she was old enough to handle them on her own while Elphaba was the opposite. She knew Hope could handle it if she was giving the correct teachings. Elphaba's chest heaved a lot as she leaned her head down and rested on the blonde's shoulder.
"I know. It is too dangerous now. Hope wouldn't forgive herself if something happened." Elphaba whispered thickly as she turned her head in and nuzzled Glinda's neck. The Good witch put a hand to the back of her wife's head and gently kissed a green temple. Althenea was listening to this and now wanted answers. She folded the damp cloth and carefully placed it on Hope's forehead. The blonde gave a light kiss to the unmoving green lips before sliding off the bed.
"Can either one of you tell me what the hell is going on?" Althenea asked with much irritation as she walked over to where Hope's parents were standing. Elphaba broke free from Glinda and turned on her heels. The green witch looked to the slightly angered blonde with a grim expression.
"That potion is bad news. It makes the drinker unable to control any magic they have in them but it's not a fast working potion so we got time to make a binding spell to stop it from happening." Elphaba explained to Althenea while her hands started to turn into tight fist. She now wished to she didn't let her daughter come to Shiz. She knew something like this was going to happen. Althenea's blue eyes widen a lot at hearing this and sharply turned her head towards her girlfriend. Tears stung at her eyes as her feet started to move back to Hope again. Everybody froze when a soft groan came from the bed. Eyes watched as Hope slowly sat up while clutching her head.
"What happened?" The green witch asked hoarsely as she pulled off the wet cloth and stared at it with confusion. A dark eyebrow rose a bit while Hope continued to look at the cloth in her hand. She didn't remember much and was wondering why there was a wash cloth on her head. She didn't feel sick at all.
"Hope." Althenea called out as she ran to her girlfriend's side. Hope grunted softly when Althenea crashed into her body and hugged her very tightly. The green witch wrapped her arms around the blonde and held her close when her green ears picked up quiet crying from Althenea. Hope looked to her parents and silently questioned what was going on. Elphaba looked away for she didn't have the heart to tell Hope what was going on. Glinda saw this and stepped up to the plate.
"Hope, you were slipped a potion by Artemis and it makes you lose control of your magic and there is nothing you can do about. Unless you are willingly to take a binding potion until we can figure all this out." Glinda informed her daughter of what she couldn't remember. Hope gripped Althenea tighter as the memories flooded her. The green witch looked down to the blonde.
"You fool, I could have hurt you." Hope whispered as she cupped Althenea's face and pushed it up so that their eyes would meet. The blonde sniffed as the green thumbs gently wiped the tears that have fallen on her face.
"I couldn't leave you Hope. I had to do something." Althenea replied in a shaky voice as she took comfort in Hope's moving thumbs. Hope's blue eyes soften at this before she leaned over and pressed her lips to the pale flesh. Then after the kiss to the forehead the green witch hugged her girlfriend tightly. She didn't know where she would be if Althenea wasn't in her life.
"Thank you." Hope whispered as she felt Althenea put her arms around her own body and started to rub her back in a loving way.
"I'm your girlfriend. I'd do anything for you." Althenea replied back with a smile and it grew more when she felt Hope kiss her neck. The blonde kissed Hope's head as she started to rock the green witch. She wanted Hope to feel safe, protected and most importantly loved. Hope gave a sigh and turned her eyes to her parents.
"A binding potion." She mumbled as she disengaged from her lover and put her legs over the bed side. Hope griped the edges as her eyes moved back and forth in thought. Glinda and Elphaba started to her as they let her thought about. They knew Hope would make the right decision in the end. Her love for the people she cares for would make her do the right thing for she didn't want anybody to get her if her magic gets control of her. Hope stood up and looked straight into her parents' eyes.
"Do it. It makes me sick to think that I could lose all control of my magic and hurt somebody I love." Hope replied confidently and with a smile. Relief settled in the room at hearing that. Now that was settled they could focus on wondering why this potion was given to Hope. Glinda put a finger to her chin.
"Just why thou…" Glinda's thinking out loud was cut off when Hope gave a shout of pain and clutched her stomach. Everybody grew alarmed as the green witch went to her knees then started to tremble.
"No." Hope said out loud as she felt her magic getting loose again. It was starting again and both her parents and Althenea were with her. She gave another shout of pain as the potion's affects started to intensify. Glinda's and Elphaba's eyes widen into saucers when the black aura started to appear around Hope's body. It was paralyzing at actually seeing this happening to their daughter.
"Hope!" Althenea cried out as she jumped off the bed and started to go to her suffering girlfriend. Hope wouldn't let the blonde touch her though. She ripped herself from Althenea's arms and stumbled to the opposite side of the room away from them. Hope crashed into a wall, making everybody wince at the sickening sound, before starting to slowly slide down as the black aura grew stronger around her.
"Hope, let us help." Elphaba said as she, Glinda, and Althenea cautiously walked towards the struggling green witch. Hope looked to them while breathing rapidly and shallowly.
"No…I-I can't let you. You guys could get hurt." Hope struggled to say as the pain ripped through her already weakening body. Nobody could stand watching this horrible scene but Hope was being stubborn. The green witch was now hunched over, sweat dripping down her face as she tried to fight the potions affects.
"Hope, please let us help." Althenea begged her girlfriend with own blue eyes filled with sorrow at seeing Hope suffer before her eyes. Hope just shook her head no with a groan. Nobody noticed that one of the windows was bending inwards to the room because of the magic in the room. It was about to break at any moment. Another scream of pain escaped the parched green lips for the magic was getting too strong. At that moment the glass shatter and its sharp shards headed straight towards the trio watching Hope. Elphaba heard it first and looked to the noise. Her heart stopped beating at what she saw coming towards them
"Look out!" The green witch shouted she pulled Glinda into her body and turned her back to the shards, effectively protecting her wife. Althenea was left unprotected and she knew that she won't be quick enough to put up a spell. So the blonde closed her eyes and waited for the inevitable pain. Her blonde eyebrows drew together when she didn't feel anything then she heard a grunt of pain right in front of her. Althenea opened one eye then the next to see what happened. The blonde gave a shaky gasp when she saw Hope standing in front of her and her arms wrapped around her body. The green witch gave a groan and fell to her knees before going to her side. There she saw the shards of glass sticking out of Hope's back.
"Elphie!" Glinda shouted as she went to her knees to be by her fallen wife's side. The green witch was in the same condition as her daughter. Elphaba's hand scraped the ground as she coughed a bit. Glinda held back her tears as she tucked some raven locks behind a green ear.
"I had to protect you." Elphaba whispered as she took a deep breath of air. She weakly lifted a pale, green hand and wiped away the tears off of the pale cheeks. Glinda put a hand over the green one and pressed her lips against the green palm. Elphaba smiled and cupped the cheek.
"How is Hope?" Elphaba questioned next. Glinda turned her head around and lost her breath at what laid before her. Hope looked exactly like her mother. This was not happening at all to her. The Good witch looked back to her wife and Elphaba knew that it was bad. She felt the tears rolling down her face at this.
"Help me up." Hope whispered to Althenea as she tried to do it herself. The blonde was hesitant at first but the pleading look was what made her cave in. She carefully helped the green witch up and was forced to watch her crawl over to her parents.
"Let me help you." Hope whispered to Elphaba when she got close enough to her. Elphaba shook her head know. She knew Hope was in no mood do to anything to help her out. They needed to get to a hospital. Hope started to cry silently because she hurt her mom and blamed herself entirely for this mess. She place her hands over her mom's wounds.
"Hope, don't!" Elphaba shouted as she tried to get away but Hope had already started the spell she learned while studying in the library. Hope ignored those words as she started to glow green and put what remaining strength left into the spell. Glinda was too awe struck to stop this as was Althenea. The glass disappeared and the deep wounds started to heal by themselves while Hope's injuries started to bleed more and her body was shaking even more. It wasn't a long process before Elphaba's back showed no more signs of any wounds. Elphaba quickly sat up and turned to her daughter with her eyes burning. She didn't want Hope to use any magic because her body was so weak from that potion and now from the wounds she has sustained. Hope gave a weak, happy smile at seeing her mom being better now before her eyes closed and she started to fall backwards. Her wounds finally won the battle
"Hope!" The three people shouted in unison. Elphaba reacted quickly and shot out her hand. She grunted softly as she pulled her now unconscious daughter to her body.
"We need to go now." The green witch stated as she picked up Hope and held her bridal style. Time was not on their sides and they needed to get Hope some help now before they would lose her.
