2nd Entry
Both good news and bad. Good news first. When we arrived at Shiz, the Headmistress, Madame Morrible, insisted that she take care of Nessa personally. I didn't exactly trust the woman—I was sure the only reason she was paying special attention to Nessa was because Father is the governor of Munchkinland—so I became upset. No, that's a bit of an understatement. I blew up—and Nessa's wheelchair wrenched itself out of Morrible's hands and wheeled itself back to me, to Nessa's embarrassment and my horror. I'm not sure who was more shocked, me or the rest of the student body, but Morrible was absolutely thrilled. She told me that I had a talent. Can you believe it? A talent. After all of these years I've discovered that this freakish trait I have could be the key to getting a career in sorcery. Madame Morrible (who seemed much more likeable after this piece of news, but I guess that's my fickle human side for you) said that because of this "gift" I might have a chance at meeting the Wizard! Even become his right-hand woman! Maybe, if this dream comes true, if I meet him, he'll be able to de-greenify me. Of course, the letter M.M. sent to the Emerald City will take awhile to be answered, for the Wizard is a "very busy man," but once it is…who knows!
However, there is still the bad news:
I'm not rooming with Nessa. Though I know she wants to be independent of me, I'm not sure if it's the best arrangement. I mean, like I said, my main "purpose" for going here was to take care of Nessa…but I guess after the whole "sorcery talent" thing Father couldn't pull me out of Shiz. And even so, I'm not that much of a disgrace to the family name. So never mind.
My new roommate is Galinda Upland. Of the Upper Uplands, as she reminds everyone. I can't stand her. She's petite, beautiful, blonde, rich, has friends who fawn over her, and is possibly the most imperious little snob I've ever met. She thinks that the world revolves around her, and her little posse, Shen Shen and Pfanne (also pretty and rich), seem to believe it. She regards rooming with me as some kind of sacrifice that will raise her to martyr status. It seems like she has the entire school fooled with the innocent blonde act. Am I the only one who can see right through her?
Like I said, she has the entire school fooled and everyone follows her, which means I didn't exactly receive a warm welcome from my fellow students. Quite the contrary. All of my attempts to be friendly were met with glares of contempt. Everyone just seems to want to get as far away from me as possible, and I'm afraid my awkward little display of tactlessness didn't exactly help (I said something along the lines of "What! What are you looking at? Oh, do I have something in my teeth? Okay, let's get this over with. No, I'm not seasick, yes, I've always been green, no, I didn't chew grass as a child…"). I've already been the subject of a few crude puns and such. I guess college will be more of the same. But when I'm with the Wizard…they'll see. They'll all see.
Just something interesting to note—before Father left Nessa and me he presented Nessa with a pair of beautiful jeweled shoes. He didn't give me anything, and even though I don't really want those shoes—a bit too gaudy for my tastes—I wish he would have given me something. That sounds selfish, I know, but I want Father to realize that he has two real daughters who need him and not just one. If he knew that, his parting words to me might not have been, "Elphaba, take care of your sister. And try not to talk so much!" But I can't worry about it now.
Miss Galinda is insisting that I turn out the light so she can get her precious beauty sleep. I should leave it on just to spite her, but…no, I guess not. More later,
Elphaba