Elphaba returned to Witch's Haven a little later than she had expected. She had only been able to find a few nuts, fruits, and vegetables. The Gale Force might not have found the cave, but they had found most of the vegetation that had been growing around the flat parts of the mountain. When she first lived there, Elphaba had enchantedthe flatparts of the rock scattered around the mountain to become rich soil and seeds to grow quickly.
The scattered gardens had been her food supply, but now most of it was gone. All but the two smallest ones had been discovered.She was worried. She estimated that they would only have enough for a few weeks. But she chose to think about that later and for now share some breakfast (or brunch rather) with her husband.
"Yero?" she called softly, laying the basket of food down near the cualdron "Yero, I have some food." She walked over towards the bedroll "Would you perfer it cooked or would you like it..." her eyebrows knitted in confusion.The bedroll was there, but Fiyero and Chistery weren't. "Fiyero? Chistery?" she called loudly.
"Mistress!" She looked towards the entrance to see Chistery fly in. "Mistress, Chistery is sorry! Christery promised to take good care of Fiyero and Chistery lost Fiyero!"
"Lost!" Elphaba said "What do you mean 'lost'?"
"When Chistery fell asleep, Fiyero there. When Chistery wake up, Fiyero gone! Chistery look for Fiyero and saw men carry him to Emerald City! Chistery came back to tell Mistress!" Elphaba's eyes widened and her hands clenched the broom tightly.
"Chistery...where did they take him?"
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Fiyero groaned as he opened his eyes. He was shocked to find himself bound and in a dirty old house. He saw the profiles of two men talking near a table. Both clearly human, one was tall and skinny andother was short and stubby.
"When are we gonna give it to her, Boss?" the taller one asked the shorter one.
"Tonight at the party." the shorter one answered "It's still amazing that we were able to findan actual Wildm..." The shorter one caught sight that he was awake and turned to look at him, smiling. "It's awake." The shorter one looked at him as well.
"Who are you and where am I?" Fiyero demanded "What do you want?"
"It talks!" the tall one said. The short one rolled his eyes.
"Of course it talks, Fresbin! The witches could talk, too!" Fiyero's eyes widened slightly.
"Witches?" he said "What witches?"
"All of them." Fresbin said "They were all your type of Animal."
"Animal?"
"A Wildman. Or I suppose Wildwomen in the witches' cases." The shorter one slapped the tall one's (Fresbin's) head.
"You idiot!It knows what it is!" he looked at Fiyero again "But to answer your questions: I am Bongar Bountier and this is my brother Fresbin. We are the greatest slavers to ever live in Oz. Right now, you are at our home, but soon you are to be the birthday gift for Lady Rheysilva dan Verge."
"I'm to be what?!" Fiyero said " There must be some sort of mistake! I'm a human like you two not an Animal called a Wildman! And the witches weren't Animals either!There is no such thing as a Wildman! Or Wildwoman!"
"Well, since you can talk I guess you can lie as well." Bongar said "There's no use tryin to deny what you are.So you might as well get used to the idea of being a slave. And to tell you the truth, your very lucky that your gonna have Lady Rheysilva as a mistress. She is one of the prettiest gals in all Oz."
"I DON'T CARE HOW DAMN PRETTY SHE IS! I AM NOT GOING TO BE A SLAVE TO ANYONE!"
"Thats what you think." Bongar said "We're givin you to her tonight and she doesn't take kindly to disobedient slaves. So, you had better cooperate for own good!"
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"Here Mistress!" Chistery whispered "They bring Fiyero here!" Elphaba snuck up to the window and looked inside. She saw two men talking to a bound Fiyero. Elphaba burned with anger at the two men, but she knew she couldn't reveal herself. She heard them talking about how they were going to give Fiyero to a Lady Rheysilva and decided that she would beat the party before they were. She had heard of Lady Rheysilva. She was a rich, beautiful woman who was known for her petitions to make slavery legal. Just another thing a rich woman wants and usually gets. Finding where she lived wasn't hard. Her mansion was the forth largest building in the Emerald City and very well known. She hid in the horse stables (Should be called Horse stables she thought bitterly, as the stables were full of silent Horses) and waited until night came, in which she knew the party would begin...
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The Wizard was standing over her, holding a knife to her throat.
"I know you know where they are" he hissed "Now tell me or you die!"
"N-never!" she stuttered "I-I'll never tell you where they are! They don't belong to you! Even if they are your 'flesh and blood'! Why can't you just leave us all alone!" She felt the cold metal pierce a bit of her neck and she whimpered in pain.
"They are MINE! MINE!" he said "NOW TELL ME WHERE THEY ARE OR ELSE!" She kept her moth clamped close. "Very well." he said "So be it then." He raised the blade up, ready to strike.
"NNNNNOOOOOOOO!" she heard a male voice shout...
Glinda woke up panting heavily. Her face was covered in sweat and her heart was racing. The dream had been terrifying, but also a little confusing. She guessed that one of the 'they' was Elphie, but who was the other person (or poeple)? "Elphie, who are you with?" she said to herself "Who else could the Wizard want?"