A/N: Ok The-Good-Die-Alone I shall now use Galindaba for the pairing situation.
Oh and I forgot to mention tat this is kind of more Book related because of the school situation, whereby Shiz is a school for girls and the boys go to a separate school. Although this chapter may be considered Musical.
Chapter two: Powers
"Elphie, looky!" Galinda squealed as the castle came closer and Galinda saw it's true beauty, "This looks even better than Shiz!" She exclaimed excitably, however Elphaba as barely listening as she sunk lower in her seat, refusing to look anywhere but the bottom of the boat.
As the boat began to approach the bank Elphaba's eyes widened considerably as she noticed a tiny leak in the boat's floor,
"Um…." Elphaba managed to get out, which brought Galinda's attention to her panic-stricken love,
"Elphaba, it'll be okay, come on, let's switch sides," Galinda suggested soothingly, Elphaba nodded her head vigorously and they both managed to switch sides so that the pool of water was slowly making its way towards Galinda instead. All of sudden the boat lurched to a stop and Elphaba practically leaped of the boat that caused her great distress. Galinda smiled at her love walking as far away from the water as was allowed, before gently and gracefully stepping out of the boat herself, being extra careful that she did not get her nice dress muddy and then rejoining her Elphie, who was currently giving the lake the dirtiest stare possible.
"Elphaba, stop glaring at the lake, it's not going to harm you anymore" Galinda said prizing her love away from her proclaimed 'safety' spot,
"You don't know that Galinda, it could suddenly start to flood" Elphaba said, smiling all the while. They stood there smiling at one another until Hagrid's booming voice interrupted them, instructing them to follow him. Elphaba and Galinda brought up the rear, Galinda's choice, just so that she could sneak her hand into Elphaba's own soft green one and together they walked in silence towards what Hagrid called 'The Great Hall'.
Once there they saw that it really was a 'Great Hall' the ceiling seemed to resemble the night sky outside and there were four tables lined in parallel form across the whole hall with a one long table going horizontally across the back wall. As Elphaba knew, when she walked into the room there were collective gasps across the entire room, as well as a few whispers, but she ignored them as she tended to do. Elphaba saw Galinda squeeze her arm before she felt it and she smiled down and the blonde girl who was eying each and every person with intent.
Before they knew it they were stood in front of the long vertical table at which sat what seemed to be the teachers of the school. All dressed in very traditional clothing, and some in what appeared to be the same hat Elphaba had been given by Galinda. The older-looking man stood up and clapped his hands together and all of the students stopped talking,
"Now students!" She spoke loudly, in an authoritive voice, not unlike the tone Madam Morrible used, "As You can see, we are very lucky to be graced with the presence of ten very good students from the Shiz University in the Land of Oz!" He stepped down from the podium he was currently stood at and stood in front of the ten girls. "Now ladies, my name is Albus Dumbledore, but you should call me Professor Dumbledore, I am headmaster here and Hogwarts, we have already chosen your houses that you will be situated in. We know we have been sorted into pairs, and you will not be separated from that pair. Now I shall call up your pairs and tell you your chosen houses" Elphaba felt Galinda relax at these words,
"Pfatina Eemer and Frelica Yeter" Two girls stepped up, "You shall be put into Ravenclaw!" Pfatina and Frelica curtsied respectively,
"Gerina Wyner and Retica Sifil" The two girls stepped up, "You shall be put in Slytherin!" These two also curtsied
"Kresine Firt and Tilly Vint" Two of Galinda and Elphaba's friends stepped up, "You shall be put in Hufflepuff!"
"Fresana Wati and Tibanca Itin" The process was repeated, "You shall be put in Hufflepuff!"
"Elphaba Thropp and Galinda Upland" They both stepped up, their hearts pounding, neither know whether they would be placed in the one house left, or be joining two of their fellow classmates, "You shall be put in Gryffindor" They both curtsied, which Elphaba was unused to and joined the house they had been assigned to.
Professor Dumbledore had sat back in his seat before clapping his hands and yelling out, "Let the feast begin!" and all of a sudden food appeared all over the table. Elphaba really did not want to eat at this precise moment and focused her attention on Galinda, who was starting up a conversation with the students they had sat in front of,
"So, I'm Galinda Upland of the Upper Uplands, and this Elphaba Thropp, the Third Thropp Descending and should-be heiress of Munchkinland," Elphaba smiled and nodded at the three students, "And who are you?" Galinda asked politely,
The girl with bushy brown hair replied to her, as the boys seemed too dumb-struck, "My name is Hermione Granger, I come from England" she jabbed the boy with black hair and glasses in the side to jolt him awake,
"Oh yer, my name is Harry Potter of the Privet Drive Area, in England" he said, imitating Galinda's introduction, and he too jabbed the ginger boy awake,
"Yer, Ron Weasley of the Burrow" He said, also imitating Galinda,
"Um, Elphaba," Harry asked, timidly, Elphaba looked up, "If you don't mind me asking, why are you green?" Elphaba sighed before answering tiredly, having repeated many times,
"I had a problem during birth, so basically I do not know why I was born with a skin defect, I just was." She said, not enjoying the turn in conversation,
"Oh, oh well that's fine, I was just, well, wondering, that's all" Elphaba features relaxed and she smiled slightly,
"It's ok, I know it's a shock to most people, so it's fine" she said, warmly, Galinda having rubbed off on her. Harry smiled back and the five of them started a nice conversation.
Half an hour into the meal a boy with almost white hair and ferret-like features came over to the table and placed his hand upon Galinda's shoulder, who immediately jumped,
"Hey gorgeous, why don't you come over to the Slytherins for a while and we can get to know each other" he winked and pulled her up by her arm,
"Excuse me, but I don't even know your name and you are placing your hands upon my person!" Galinda exclaimed,
"Calm it doll, name's Draco, Draco Malfoy to be precise and yours" he questioned dragging Galinda delicate frame,
"Hey, hey let go" Draco pretended he hadn't heard, instead dragging her more, by this point Elphaba had stood up and was making her way towards her love's predicament, not liking the way this boy was treating her sweet,
"Hey, lover-boy, didn't she say let go!" Elphaba called out, Draco stopped and faced the green girl, glaring at her, who in turn showed no fear at all,
"And what's it to you veggy" Draco sneered,
"Well she is my…my friend and it would be in your best interest to let her go" Elphaba said unaffected by the statement about her skin-tone,
"Whatever" He replied dragging Galinda along with him, by now Galinda had gotten angry,
"I said let her GO!" She shouted, her hands open in front of her in frustration. All of a sudden Draco's body twitched, his hand releasing Galinda who scampered to Elphaba, clinging to her loves arm and watched Draco twitch even more, then he began to levitate into the air, by now everyone was silent, albeit the few collective whispers of 'how did she do that?'
Elphaba dropped her arms and Draco fell to the floor and ran back to his own table, Elphaba stood still in shock, gasping for breath, Galinda was still shaking,
"Elphaba, Galinda" They turned around to Dumbledore who was walking towards them, closely follow by a woman who's hair was in a tight bun and she had a similar hat to Elphaba's on and a man who was clad in black and looking down his nose at everybody,
"Y-yes sir, I mean Professor" Elphaba managed to get out,
"May I see you both in my office now" He said, his facial expression unreadable and he walked with a breeze of superiority about him, the man and woman closely behind, followed by Elphaba and Galinda. They looked towards their table and saw Harry, Ron and Hermione smile at them, they smiled back and the door closed behind them.
TBC