Chapter 29
Elphaba charged down the hallway, Derya was directly behind her. Chistery saw them coming and was about to ask what was going on when he saw the look on Elphaba's face. It was a look he'd seen before – concern. So, no questions were asked as he joined them on their march toward the young teenager's bedroom. She had said she was going there after dinner.
"Izzy!" Elphaba tried the door handle but it was locked.
"Izzy!" She pounded on the door with her fist.
"You want me to break it down?" Chistery asked. The green woman shook her head.
"Izzy! Open this door or I will blast it off its hinges!" Elphaba shouted. Still nothing and that really bothered them all.
"Stand back!" She ordered. Derya and Chistery moved back as Elphaba used her magic to blast open the door. The heavy wooden entrance flew against the wall and the three entered the room. Izzy was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling. She didn't move which made Elphaba' stomach drop.
The green woman rushed to the girl's side and checked her pulse. She was breathing but she had no reaction to outside stimuli. No blinking, no flinching, nothing. Chistery came up to Elphaba and gave her a look.
"She's not responding to me. I need you to check her bathroom. See if you find any medicines," she told the Flying Monkey in a low tone from her spot, sitting on the edge of the bed.
"You think she…" Chistery started.
"I don't know. I hope not but I can't cast a healing spell if I don't know what she used," Elphaba said. Chistery nodded and ducked into the bathroom.
"Izzy…" Derya stood there, unsure of what she was looking at.
"Has she been practicing magic?" Elphaba asked her; hoping to keep the teenager distracted.
"Outside of class? As far as I know, no. Her powers are growing though. While not as powerful as I am, she has definitely reached the level of her mother," Derya admitted.
"She's as powerful as Glinda? I did not know this," Elphaba was surprised. Balfour had no magical ability and not a history of it in his family. Being half magical and half non-magical, the likelihood of her being as powerful as Glinda would have been rare. Still Glinda was the third most powerful witch in Oz, so Izzy's powers may have peaked.
"Do you think this is something she did to herself?" Derya asked.
"Her behavior suggests that she is hiding something. Something is weighing on her, enough that, whatever it was, she shut out the ones she loves. I…" Elphaba didn't want to say it. Thankfully, Chistery exited the bathroom and said,
"I don't see anything in there."
"You think she…" Derya caught on.
"I don't know but I can't rule it out. I can't perform a healing spell if I don't know what I'm dealing with," Elphaba told her. Derya felt weak at the knees and Chistery caught her, placing her in the chair near the bed.
"Why…" the teenager asked.
"We'll get to the bottom of this. Chistery, we need help. Find Zara, Doctor Brown, and Kelebek," Elphaba said. If nothing else, the Griffin's claw could offer them a solution.
"Yes Miss Elphaba," Chistery took off down the hallway. Elphaba went to Derya and pulled her into a hug.
"We will figure this out," the Princess promised.
"I can't lose her," Derya started to cry.
To Be Continued…