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Out of Thin Air chapter 2
In a dark secluded area of the Great Gillikin forest two figures sat huddled around a small fire.
"How are you holding up Elphaba?" Fiyero asked the woman beside him.
"Alright, still a bit sore." She answered looking at her burned arms.
"You want me to put some oil on?" he asked. Elphaba nodded as Fiyero began rubbing oil on her arms.
That girl, Dorothy was the one who had done this to her. Elphaba's eyes narrowed she remembered the incident that almost claimed her life. She would have burned to death if she hadn't slipped beneath the trapdoor. Shortly after she "melted" the person she thought to be the scarecrow came and rapped on the trapdoor. Elphaba froze with fear of being discovered in such a vulnerable condition.
"Fae? Fae darling it's me Fiyero. You can come out I'm the only one here." A familiar voice drifted through the floor.
Elphaba couldn't believe it, after all this time. It couldn't be true this was all her wishful imagination. Fiyero was dead, he wasn't in disguise he was gone. Her heart pounded as she thought this. It just seemed so real, she wanted to spring from her hiding place and kiss the man she thought to be dead. But fear and uncertainty held her in place.
"Fae, I know you're in here why won't you come out?" he called.
Suddenly the space beneath the floor became flooded with light as the door was lifted. Elphaba gasped when as she stared into the deep blue eyes of her lover.
"Oh, Fae" Fiyero breathed as he saw her severely burnt skin. Elphaba merely looked at him as though he wasn't really there. Fiyero reached for her but she backed away from him.
"Elphaba it's ok, I'm here." He said bending down and picking her up.
"Fiyero, is it really you?" she whispered placing her burnt hand on his diamond streaked cheek. He answered her question by kissing her passionately.
"Oh, Fiyero I thought I'd lost you." She said burying her face in his shirt.
"Come on let's get you cleaned up." He said as he laid her down on the bed and began applying oil all over her body.
All the while Fiyero told her of his imprisonment by the Wizard and how he had disguised himself as the Scarecrow to find her. Neither of the two were aware that they were being watched.
"I missed you so much." Fiyero said as he kissed her. Elphaba suddenly pulled away from him.
"What is it?" he asked confused.
"I thought I heard something."
He looked around the room before his keen eyes spotted something out of place.
"Wait here", he said to her as he walked over to the trunk in the corner.
Fiyero flung the lid off and roughly pulled out their intruder.
"Liir? What in the name of Oz are you doing here?" Elphaba said glaring at him.
"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be dead!" the boy shrieked.
"My aren't we the observant one?" she hissed.
"Hey, do you mind pulling that blanket up. I really didn't need to see that." Liir sneered.
Elphaba blushed as she realized that the blanket that was covering her had dropped off her shoulders.
"Does somebody mind filling me in on how you two know each other?" Fiyero interrupted.
"This is Liir, he's my…um" Elphaba struggled to think of what to say.
"I'm one of her many victims." Liir answered.
"Why is it that you choose to be brave in the oddest moments?"
"Alright before you two begin world war three, who is this kid?" Fiyero asked.
"To tell you the truth, I'm not sure who Liir is. He's been with me since I left the mauntery. I think he may be…….your son." Elphaba whispered.
Fiyero and Liir looked at her dumbfounded.
"But wait, Elphie did you? Your were pregnant and you didn't tell me!" he said sounding hurt.
"Fiyero, I don't remember a thing if I was. The maunts found me in a trance like state, I was in a coma for months. So it is possible that I could have given birth but I don't remember any of it." She explained.
"Wait that would make you my mom?" Liir asked stupidly.
"Yes, that is what one calls the person who gave them life." Elphaba replied rolling her eyes.
"Then that would make this guy my dad?"
"Then that would make this kid my son?" both Fiyero and Liir said together.
After that shocking little meeting the three of them set off to find some answers. And the only place that could tell them if Liir was Elphaba's son was the mauntery. Traveling had been getting better for Elphaba, but every once in a while her burns would throb again like tonight. Fiyero finished oiling her arms and was now kissing her neck lovingly.
"Hey, guys I got the…..whoa get a room you two, seriously." Liir said as he returned with the firewood.
"You know if you announced yourself before barging in somewhere we wouldn't have this problem." Elphaba said.
"Well, if you two weren't going at it every second I wouldn't be scared for life."
"I happen to find your mother very attractive Liir and I'm proud to admit that I enjoy being with her." Fiyero answered.
"She's not my mother." Liir replied stomping off to the far side of the clearing.
Elphaba sighed, "He's right you know. I never was a very caring mother."
"You will be." Fiyero whispered as he kissed her lightly.
"Don't worry he'll come around."
Meanwhile, Midori had made her way out of the forest and stared longingly at a nice warm home. The family that lived there was picture perfect, loving and happy. How she longed for a family to care for her. Midori shook the thought out of her mind and crept inside that barn nearby the farmhouse. The horses nickered when she entered; the animals held no prejudice against her skin color. Their warm chocolate eyes watched her as she climbed on the hay pile out of site. She slung of her cloak and snuggled into the soft straw. Tomorrow she would journey to the Emerald city to find a certain Mother Yackle.
Sorry if this chapter was extremely slow, next chapter things will pick up.
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