Rifiuto: Non Miriena

A/N: Written: 2013. Found: 2017.- Licia

Raven awoke to the sound of thunder; for a brief moment, she thought it had been a dream and she was back in her dorm at Ever After High, but then the fog cleared and she realized that Elphaba and Glinda were sleeping soundly across from her. Or, well, Glinda was.

Elphaba was nowhere to be found.

She pushed the dark purple covers of her bed back and got up, padding softly across the room to the door and slipping out it after checking that Elphaba wasn't in the bathroom. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she realized that Elphaba must have left the dormitory completely, and so made her way down the hall and the stairs, eventually making it outside. There was no sign of Elphaba anywhere around the dorm, and so she trekked through the campus, barefoot, until she came upon someone sitting by the suicide canal, arms wrapped around their legs, gaze turned to the stars.

"Elphaba?" The girl didn't turn around. "What are you doing out here?"

"Couldn't sleep. I keep thinking about us."

"Us?"

The green girl glanced over her shoulder. "You and me."

"Oh. What about us?" Tentatively, Raven joined her, folding her legs beneath her. She watched the older girl in silence for several minutes, before Elphaba finally spoke up.

"What's she like? In your world?"

Raven swallowed; she didn't particularly want to discuss her mother, but she knew that Elphaba was asking because she wanted to know. She wanted to know the mother she'd lost-

"She's... calculating. Everything she does has a reason behind it, a way to cause chaos and benefit her. She's trapped in Mirror Prison now."

"Mirror Prison?"

Raven nodded. "It's..." She stopped, not exactly sure how to explain it. How did she explain that the place their mother was trapped in was what Baba Yaga called the 'Mirror Dimension'- where a person trapped within could move between mirrors and look out, but not interact? She bit her lip, before, "It's complicated to explain."

Elphaba shrugged. "I was just curious."

They sat in silence for several minutes before,

"Am I the only one that finds it... a little strange? Us... being related?"

"No. I do too." It was now that Elphaba turned her gaze from the stars overhead to the teenager sitting beside her. "I mean, I'm used to having a sister, but Nessa and I... it's evident that we're half-sisters. She looks more like a Quadling, and Turtle Heart was a Quadling. Frex accepted Nessa more than me because she's not green. When Turtle Heart was killed, Frex was distraught. I think he really loved him."

Raven slowly scooted closer to Elphaba, before leaning over the edge to look into the water of the canal. The light of the moon captured both girls' features, and the younger girl tilted her head. "We do look alike, don't we? The same eyes- just different colors- and the same features-"

"Heart-shaped faces and high cheekbones; slender noses and cupid bows for lips." Elphaba finished, noting the similarities between the two. It also didn't help that Raven and she were close to the same height- about five foot five or so. Both were slender, but what made the probability that they were sisters even more certain was the fact that both girls possessed magic- that and the green glass bottles each had, with similar handwriting on them. "I think Glinda's right. We're sisters. Half-sisters, but still, sisters."

Raven nodded in agreement. Half-sisters. Sister. I've never had a sister. Snow White wasn't a sister, and Apple doesn't count, not matter how complicated the family tree.

"Do you miss it?"

She looked up, drawn from her thoughts by Elphaba's voice. "Miss what?"

"Ever After."

The younger girl thought a moment, considering the question. Did she miss Ever After? She missed her friends, like Maddie and Cerise and Cedar, but as for the school? No. Bookend? No way. And as for Apple...

"I miss my friends and my father, but no, I don't miss Ever After. And I certainly don't miss that bitch of a former roommate of mine." Elphaba snorted softly, rolling her eyes.

"She sounds like Glinda from last year- self-absorbed, handed everything she ever wanted, and demanding that everyone basically bow to her."

Raven laughed. "She pretty much is. All Apple cares about is her own destiny and how it affects her. She didn't give a damn about me or mine. I knew I had to get out of there before Legacy Day, otherwise-" She stopped, and Elphaba reached over, taking her hand with a gentle squeeze.

"I get it. It was a bad situation, and staying would only have made it worse. You did the right thing, running away." They lapsed into silence before, "You're here now; you're safe. I doubt anyone's noticed you've gone missing, and if they have, they have no idea how you escaped. I don't know that people go over the rainbow that often."

"Are you really glad I'm here?"

A moment passed, before Elphaba nodded. "You've made the rest of the year interesting. Besides, it's a fresh start for you... and I get to know a new member of my family. Yes, I'm glad you're here."

"Thanks, Elphaba."

The green girl nodded before getting to her feet and helping Raven up. "Come on, let's get back. We can sleep in tomorrow since it's spring break. Yero's coming up on Thursday, and we can go out to lunch or something."

They linked arms and started on the way back to the dorm. Halfway across campus, Raven asked,

"Does Fiyero like me? He doesn't seem too."

"He doesn't know you. Once he gets to know you, then he'll like you."

"How did you two meet, anyway?"

As she pulled open the door to the dorm, Elphaba turned back. "He nearly ran me over."

"Oh. Wait. What?"