Once again sorry for the wait major writers block on this story. Anyway I apologize for the long wait.

Elphaba's breath caught in her throat as the mauntuary came into view. After all their long days of traveling they were finally here. Elphaba looked over at Liir; he had changed, maybe she was just noticing. He was taller, slimmer with a shaggy mess of charcoal hair on his head. Was he her son? The question had lingered on her mind for years, nagging her. Now it came to this she would know soon enough. Normally she would have been nervous about entering a public place, after all she was dead. But she did have an odd trust with the women of the mauntuary. And they were the only ones who could answer her questions.

Fiyero looked at Elphaba's uncharacteristic look of anxiousness, "You alright Fae?"

"Fine" she lied unconvincingly.

"Never thought I'd see this place again." Liir commented as they neared the gate.

"You remember staying here?" Elphaba asked curiously.

"Faintly" he replied quietly.

There had always been one memory that had haunted him. It must have happened when he was 3, because he was outside somewhere on his own. He recalled playing in the dirt as all little boys do when he heard something in the bushes. He toddled over to the movement. Suddenly the animal pounced on him knocking him to the grass. When young Liir came to his senses he was staring into some of the deepest green eyes he had ever seen…..and even greener skin. It was a young girl just his age except she seemed slightly more…wild. She growled at him then smiled, all Liir could do was stare, her mouth was full of dagger like teeth. Liir squealed and his care taker came running over, hearing this the girl darted back into the bushes out of his site.

He had always thought of it was a figment of his imagination but thinking back, what if he wasn't seeing things. He never told Elphaba about it, all she would probably do was laugh and tell him to get his head examined.

Liir was snapped from his reverie by a maunt escorting them in. Elphaba looked back at Liir who was in a trance like state.

"What's with you?" she asked cocking an eyebrow.

"Nothing just thinking." He mumbled.

The group all too soon found themselves in the presence of the superior maunt.

"Sister Saint Aelphaba? My what a surprising visit." The old woman said softly.

"Mother Maunt I ask that you please keep my visit a secret….."

"No need to explain dear, your secret is safe with me. And who else is it you have here?"

"This is Fiyero and you may not remember Liir."

The maunt's eyes widened at the site of Liir.

"Of, course young Liir my how you've grown…" The maunt said sounding dazed.

"Mother Maunt I have some questions that only you can answer." Elphaba said redirecting the focus of the conversation.

"Of course please sit."

As they took their seats the maunt prepared herself for what was to come.

"I need to know what took place during my illness."

The old woman sighed before replying "When you came to us Elphaba you went into a coma like state for quite some time. If it wasn't for the care of Yackle you may have died. You can imagine the even greater risk when we discovered that you were with child."

Upon hearing this Elphaba's eyes widened, Liir's mouth fell open with disbelief and Fiyero stared forward dumb struck.

"Yes, and Liir was the result of this…along with one other." The maunt added softly.

"What do you mean?" Liir stuttered, he was already mortified by the fact that Auntie Witch was his mother.

"Your sister Liir, her name is Midori."

"No... I…." Elphaba suddenly felt very clueless and out of control…a feeling she loathed.

"Twins, Elphaba you had twins?" Fiyero said amazed that this had been kept from them for years.

The Maunt nodded and continued her tale, "The child was much like you Elphaba. She was born with the same green skin and dark hair. Although she did have some other oddities. A pattern of green diamonds covers her skin much like your friend's." she added motioning to Fiyero.

"How? Why? Where did you keep her from me?" Elphaba stammered.

"She was kept in a separate wing of the building, dear." The old maunt explained.

"Was she ever outside at all?" Liir asked thinking back to his encounter with the strange green girl.

"I wouldn't know, I wasn't her caretaker. Sister Sara cared for the child; she was the only one fearless enough for the job. She could tell you more about Midori then anyone here, shall I send for her?"

"Yes please." Fiyero said answering for Elphaba who was still dumbstruck with the news.

In record time the Maunt returned with a younger maunt around Elphaba's own age. The woman smiled kindly at them as though this was routine for her.

"Hi, I'm Sister Sara and you must be Dori's parents." She said cheerfully.

"Um, Sara dear, they've just gotten the news so…."the older maunt explained.

"Oh right, so I should hold off on the 'beyond childhood' part." She said knowingly.

"Yes"

"Well, Midori what can I say about her? After being her mother all of the other children are so…..predictable." Sara explained.

"What do you mean by that?" Elphaba inquired.

"Well for one she was extremely smart…. I happen to recall this one time when she was but about 4 years old. How she always wanted to play with the other children. They'd go off and play their little game of dungeons, dragons and knights and poor Dori would be left out. Well one day she got up the courage to ask to join. Let's just say she got to play…..as the dragon. Poor thing, they called her the lizard child and threw rocks at her to slay her. Well for about 5 min. she tolerated it but then…..she had a change of heart. If they wanted her to be the dragon then she would be the best dragon ever. Before I knew it she was on all fours roaring and bearing those monstrous teeth of hers at them. She was rather convincing especially with the diamond pattern making her skin look like scales. Then she took after the head of the knights and bit his leg." Sara was now laughing thinking back on it. After she recomposed herself she continued, "Well the other sisters began screaming and trying to pry her off the boy…I just sat there and laughed. Served him right if you asked me."

Elphaba and Fiyero looked mortified.

Seeing this Sara hastily added, "But don't worry she's grown up a lot and doesn't bite…..sometimes."

"What a freak." Liir mumbled.

"As she got older she took to her work and we learned that she had a lovely voice. She became very mischievous as well. Often times she'd pull pranks on the older sisters who ordered her around. But one thing she wanted the most as she grew up was to get the heck out of here."

"Well, were here could we meet her?" Fiyero asked cautiously.

Sara fidgeted in her seat, "Um she's no longer here."

"What do you mean she's not here?" Elphaba snarled.

"She ran away just about a week ago. We're not really sure where she's gone." The Superior Maunt said softly.

"Actually I have an idea, she spoke of finding Yackle. Apparently the old crone held some of the answers to her questions. If I'm not mistaken if you find Yackle you'll find Dori." Sara explained.

"Thank you for everything." Fiyero said before lifting Elphaba out of her chair and escorting out.

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Oh the suspence!