Day 29: The Dream Or Foresight?
It was far passed midnight and Elphaba found herself awake. She was used to not sleeping many hours, but she was only awake now because she had just awoken from a dream a few minutes ago.
This dream wasn't pleasant by any means. Her dream had been about her and Glinda seeing the Wizard. She didn't remember much of it, but she did remember the Gale Force chasing after her and Glinda. She remembered their loud shouts, and how they echoed down a dark unfamiliar hallway. She remembered the fear she felt as well as a new feeling of determination and realization. Elphaba wasn't exactly sure what had happened, but just the thought of the meeting with the Wizard going poorly, for any reason, caused a shiver of stress to descend down her back.
Elphaba gave a sigh and looked down at Glinda. The beautiful blonde was fast asleep. Her head resting against the green woman's shoulder. Elphaba couldn't help but think just how much Glinda looked like some sort of noble princess. Her princess. The green woman then leaned down, and gently placed a kiss on the blonde's head. She stirred a little but didn't wake.
"If you only knew how frightened I am about seeing the Wizard," Elphaba whispered, even though she knew Glinda couldn't hear her.
The dream she just had only elevated her worry and stress levels. Elphaba knew it wouldn't be until tomorrow until they finally met the Wizard of Oz, but the anxiety had already built up far more quickly and intensely then she could ever had imagined.
"I wonder what the Wizard is like?" Elphaba whispered to herself. "I know he's wonderful, but I wonder what other traits he has. Is he soft spoken? Is he stubborn? Hot tempered? Outgoing? Pompous? Humble?" A hundred other words filled Elphaba's mind as she stared at the ceiling, and listened to the light breathing of her girlfriend.
She already knew she looked up to the Wizard. She even saw him as one of her most important role models. She would even go as far as seeing him as a father figure. The Unnamed God knows Frex wasn't exactly fatherly to her. He was too busy fussing over Nessarose, to even give her a second glace, or a kind word. Not to mention he despised her for her green color, but here was the Wizard of Oz calling upon her to meet him. The Wizard, unlike Frex, clearly had no problem with her green exterior.
As Elphaba's mind was consumed by thought, her hands kept busy by gently stroking the golden curls of the sleeping blonde woman. She couldn't help but wonder if the dream she just had was really foresight. Would things with the Wizard turn out so badly that the Gale Force was chasing her and Glinda?
Elphaba willed her mind to stop thinking these negative thoughts. She then assured herself that everything would be alright. If for some strange reason the meeting with the Wizard didn't go as planned, Elphaba knew that at least Glinda would always be by her side. With Glinda with her Elphaba knew she would never have to fly solo.
Author's Note: The next chapter will be the last.
