Chapter 6: Elphie's Whisper
Glinda squeezed her eyes shut and held back her tears. She realized that Elphie would have wanted her to try and set things straight. Elphaba was never afraid to take risks, she thought to herself, and she always thought of others before herself.. If he really wants this, then I should stop being selfish and try to help him. She yelled after him, "Boq, please come back."
He turned his tin head around and let out a squeak that made Glinda's teeth grind together.
"Sorry about that, Miss Glinda. Being made of tin isn't very easy."
Glinda ignored his statement and instead was staring intensely at the book that was laying open in her lap. "If you're sure you want me to help you, then I'll try something."
"Oh, madame, I would love that more than anything!"
Glinda squinted as she looked at the words scribbled on the book's page. She took a deep breath and started chanting, "Aven atum nahmen tatey. Eleka nahmen aven tatey." After she finished the first line, she felt more confidence growing within herself. She went through the rest of the spell fluently, and in the back of the mind wondered how she became so talented at reading the Grimmerie. After she finished the spell, she smiled to herself because she realized that it was because of Elphaba she understood the words and their meaning. If she hadn't heard her pronounce the words before, she wouldn't know how to say them now. As Glinda liked to think of it, it was almost as if Elphaba was standing right next to her, whispering the word's delicate pronunciation into her ear.
Glinda slowly closed the book, then, and stared at its worn leather binding. She was too scared to take her eyes off the old book. She was too afraid at what she may find if she tore her sight away from the Grimmerie.