Chapter 14

The Birth.

I landed feet first on the ship and smiled. It was weird that I could do that, but it was fun. Then started laughing so hard my sides hurt. Jack came down and landed next to me. He put Alisia down.

"That was amazing! I've never seen anything like that!" he gasped.

"Says the guy who can fly himself." I replied.

He was about to say a come up with a snappy comeback, but then we heard Elsa scream. We looked at each other then ran below deck and into her room. Fabian had a cloth held to her forehead.

"Thank goodness you're back." He said as she tried to breathe slower, "I wanted to get a doctor, but I didn't want to leave her."

"Go, fetch the doctor and quick!" I commanded. He ran out and I went over to Elsa's side and tried to cool her down as Jack held her hand.

"Who is she?" asked Alisia from the door.

"Alisia, go to my cabin-it's the door on the left of this one-and stay in there until I come and get you." I ordered.

She bowed her head and left.

"Elphaba, I'm glad you're here," said Elsa, "but I don't think the doctor will get here in time."

"He or she will. You just have to hold on." I said holding her other hand.

"It'll be okay Elsa. Just breathe." Said Jack.

Ten minutes later (Don't ask me how Elsa was able to hold it, I'm guessing the contractions were still pretty far apart) Fabian showed up with a female doctor. She ran over to help Elsa.

"Miss," she said looking at me. "It's best you leave."

"No, I'm staying with my aunt." I replied.

"Elphaba," said Elsa holding hand and barely breathing. "Go. I'll be okay."

Fabian grabbed me by the waist and dragged me out, I didn't straggle though. My mind was racing with answers. My mother was dying, that's all there was to it.

When we reached the top of the deck I through my arms around Fabian and cried into his shoulder. "She's going to die, isn't she?"

"I don't know." He replied hugging me, "She strong though. She could still make it."

I nodded, but I still cried. I was scared. I tried to think back to a time I wasn't scared. Probably before I discovered my powers. I had no worries, I danced through life, and I defied gravity.

I spent who knows how long holding onto Fabian. Then I heard footsteps come up the stairs. I let go of Fabian and turned. Jack stood there. No expression on his face.

"It's a boy." He gasped.

I ran down stairs-pushing Jack out of my way, I went into her room and saw the doctor putting away her stuff. Then I looked at Elsa's bed. She lay there, holding a little blue bundle. Her smile was weak, but it was still a smile.

"Come and meet your brother, Wesley." She said as I came closer.

He had a little bit of brown hair and his eyes were half open. They were green like the ocean. I smiled and touched his face.

"He's beautiful." I breathed.

"Does Alisia know?"

"About me being your daughter or you being the queen?" I asked, "No she does not."

"Good." Elsa said looking nervous, "Elphaba, I don't think I will make it home. If that should happen Anna is to be queen and Kristoff king. I told Anna-and wrote a decree-that once her time is up then you are next in line for the throne."

"You are going to make it." I insisted, "It will not end like this!"

"Well, well." Said a voice from behind us. I turned around and saw the king, "I knew the queen had a secret. I haven't seen you since I posed as my brother."

"What?" asked Elsa.

"Well, after Anna left Hans in charge after you left Arendelle I locked him up and had been posing as him so I'd be sure that he would be king ever!" the king explained, "Now, it's time I do what I should have done a while ago."

He shot a blast of fire at Elsa. I jumped in the way and created a thick wall of ice in front of her and landed on the foot of her bed. Then I created three more thick walls of ice until we were surrounded.

"Did you know he could do that?" Elsa asked.

"No."

He kept trying to melt the walls. Then he stopped and I saw him lock the door. There would be no help from Fabian or Jack. It was just us. King Gohn gave it everything he had, but the walls were too thick.

I could see what he was grabbing from the wall, but I figured it out. A sword. He swung away at the ice and it started to chip bit by bit. I tried to make it stronger, but my magic was weak.

He broke through and held up a horn of some sorts. "Like it? It sucks magic from anyone who possess it and give it to whoever blows it."

"You stay away from us!" I shouted waking up the baby.

He pushed me off the bed and my back hit the wall. He got closer to Elsa. I slowly got up and jumped at Gohn. I grabbed him and climbed on his back, trying to get the horn away from him.

"Elphaba! Blow it!" Elsa shouted.

I got it to my lips and blew. The power Gohn had was sucked out of him and went into me. He fell to the ground with me on top of him. I couldn't get off him and he could get me off him. Someone banged down the door and came to my side.

"Princess Elphaba." gasped Fabian helping me up.

When I was one my feet I saw how weak Elsa looked.

"Elsa?" I said coming over to the bed slowly, "Mother?"

"Elphaba, take my power."

"I already have the power you have." I replied holding out my hand and a snowflake appeared in it. To see if Gohn was bluffing I held out my hand and imagined fire. A little flame flickered n it.

"I'm fading, my power must not die with me." She said with a sad smile, "You will be even more powerful."

"I don't want power. I want you to stay." I cried feeling like a child again.

"Elphaba, you would never be able to tell the kingdom you were my daughter anyway. Besides, I still got to see you grow up, even if it wasn't as a mother and just and aunt. You must take care of your brother for me, go back home." She said weakly. Jack took Wesley.

"You must wait for Anna and Kristoff. You can't leave without saying goodbye!" I insisted.

"If you can get them here quick I will try and wait." She promised.

I wiped a tear from my eye and ran out the room and to the deck. Then I jumped off the ship and still flew. I flew above the village and to the palace. I flew to my window and opened it. Once I was in I pushed aside the wardrobe and went into the tunnels. I made an ice crystal that lite up the tunnels and walked through.

As I got closer to where they were keeping Anna and Kristoff I heard voices.

"King Gohn said that we need to ship them off tonight. That Princess Elphaba could get in the way if we wait."

I went into the room where they were kept and saw twenty men around them. Anna and Kristoff were chained together and barely standing.

"Kill her!" one with a torch shouted.

They all drew swords and came at me. I moved out of the way and froze their hands holding swords to the ground and their feet to the ground. The one with the torch started to back away.

"Kill the witch! She's a monster!" he shouted.

"Don't listen to him Elphaba!" gasped Anna.

I ignored what he said and did the same to him that I did to the others. Then I went over to Anna and Kristoff and froze their chains. The chains fell and they straightened up a bit and rubbed their wrists.

Anna hugged me. "Oh Elphaba, I feared they would ship us without us seeing you again!"

Kristoff joined in on the hug. "You're not the little girl we left in Arendelle anymore."

I laughed with tears in my eyes. I pushed them away to tell them. "Elsa's dying."