Chapter 26
"Yero, please. Your mother can't be any worse than your father and he already tried to kill me," Elphaba gave him a look.
"I had my men escort her to your father's room first. It should buy you some time," Asli offered.
"Fae, sweetheart…" he started while she glared at him. She hated it when he called her sweetheart.
"Fiyero Tiggular! I have seen you ride into battle with nothing but straw for a body and yet you behave like your mother is the devil! Get a hold of yourself!" Elphaba's words shook him from his funk.
"In all fairness Miss Elphaba, I have to say that the Queen is very intimidating," Asli said.
"You too?" Glinda turned to her beloved.
"You did not see the murder in her eyes," Asli protested. The blonde turned to her best friend to which she only received an exasperated sigh.
"Adalet Tiggular is not one for games. There is a reason her name means 'justice'," Fiyero explained. Again Elphaba shook her head. She then stood from the table and carefully put the paperwork that Glinda had given her to look over back into the portfolio that it had come from. Then she stalked over to Fiyero and grabbed his ear, pulling it close to her lips.
"Sweetheart, pull yourself together!" She shouted and then let go. Fiyero winced and then rubbed his ear to calm the sting left by his better half. They didn't get much more time as they heard footsteps out in the hallway, coming at a quickened pace. The main doors to the room were flung open by two Gale Force soldiers who quickly got out of the way.
"The Royal Highnesses of the Vinkus to see you Lady Glinda!" One announced. Glinda stood quickly as both the King and Queen walked into the room. Well the Queen walked, her head held high, her husband sulked, more like a dog with his tail between his legs.
"Lady Glinda, I…" Adalet started but immediately stopped as she recognized the man standing near the blonde. Elphaba could swear that she could see Fiyero turn beet red.
"Yero…" the name dropped just above a whisper and before anyone knew it the former Captain of the Guard was enveloped in a massive hug from his mother. She stood at almost six feet tall, her tanned skin contrasted with the white dress that she wore and her jet black hair.
"Mother," again her name just above a whisper.
"I thought I had lost you forever," Adalet said.
"You almost did if it had not been for Fae," Fiyero told her. It was then that the Queen pulled back from him and looked him up and down. He did indeed seem to be the son she had last seen some time ago. She then turned her head to the green woman who was continually eyeing the King.
"So you are the one that Fiyero has told me about," the words hit the air and Elphaba's head swiveled toward the Queen, eyes wide.
"He told you about me?" The words barely left her mouth loud enough to be heard yet the surprise on her face was evident. Her endless disbelief surprised Fiyero. As she had pointed out, he had headed into battle with a body of straw and he hadn't thought twice. More than once she battled the Gale Force in an effort to protect the innocent but whenever it came to people believing in her, she could not handle it. He knew that Frex must have been very brutal to her as a child; the scars on her body and mind were not all battle wounds.
"Of course he did. Then the conversation switched to Lady Glinda and though I confronted him about my confusion, he did not set me straight," Adalet turned back to her son, eyebrow raised.
"It's a long story," Elphaba admitted.
"I've got the time," Adalet told her.
To Be Continued…
See that wasn't so bad... mwahahahahahaha!