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Knock, knock, knock.

The door was opened by a rather beautiful young woman on the other side. "You must be Rose!" she said, cheerfully. "Please, come in. I'm sure you have much to ask, and little time to ask it!"

"Thank you." Rose and Elphaba walked in quickly. "Madame Mombi, isn't it?"

"Please, darling, call me Mombi. All my students do!" she laughed.

"Mombi, then." Rose amended. Elphaba seemed curious and quickly wandered around the place. "Queen Cerulla said this was one of the most competent academy's of magic that there was. If you don't mind me asking, what about your other aspects of education?"

"Well, magic is our focus, naturally," Mombi started. "But all of our teachers are highly skilled in what they do, though we do only employ those gifted in sorcery. For the safety of the students, I assure you. It wouldn't be good if we had a magical disaster in class and the teacher wasn't able to fix it."

Rose nodded, taking mental notes. "And you?"

"I take a personal interest in the sorcery aspect of the school." Mombi said. "All sorcery classes are personally taught by me, no exceptions. There's much to learn, but if one starts early," She nodded towards Elphaba. "One is able to control, and focus, individual power in no time."

"Yes, I'm sure." she said. "Are you used to someone with as much magic as Elphaba?"

"Someone so young? Not really. But we've had students with as much raw power in their teens as I predict Elphaba will have in hers, and they learned to control their magic and become very successful people. Take Nessalee, for example." She pointed to a picture of what looked like a valedictorian. "Last I heard, she'd become a sorcery professor at a very prestigious university in Munchkinland."

Rose whistled.

"And she's only one of many success stories. Our graduates have become politicians, professors, doctors, and the occasional law enforcer. Your daughter will be well cared for here."

"I should hope so." Rose said. "She is my daughter."

"Mama!" Elphaba ran into the room. "Mama, head in cubby!" She held fast to her mother's legs.

"I can see your daughter is very creative!" Mombi said quickly. "Well, if there are no further questions, I'm afraid I have lots to do before school starts." She pushed them towards the door.

"But we haven't registe-" Rose started.

"Oh, don't worry. We'll take the doctors note as an enrollment. Class for her age-group starts in September and is on Mondays and Wednesdays from nine to eleven. See you then!" Mombi pushed them out the door.

"But-"

Slam!

Rose looked at her daughter. "What was that about?"

"Her head in cubby, mama!" Elphaba said.

"Don't be silly. Her head was on her neck." Rose laughed. "It's not like she can take it off!"

"Other head in cubby, mama!"

Rose picked her up. "You really are a silly little girl." she said as Elphaba pouted. "Come on, let's go home. Don't you want to tell daddy all about your new school?"

Elphaba brightened. "School! School! School!"

Enjoy this while you can, Rose. A small voice in the back of her head said. It sounded an awful lot like mothers.

Mother . . .

"Mama? You ok?" Elphaba suddenly said. "You look sad."

Rose shook her head. "I'm fine, Elphaba." She walked faster. "Let's just get home."