A/N so here's chapter eight sorry for the delay had a bit of trouble with the ordering anyway all sorted now.
virtal cake/ pastry of your choice to the first person to work out why Alice is being so naughty all of a sudden enjoy x
The Emerald Woman and the Little Star
Chapter Eight
"Elphieeeeee" sobbed Alice on the other side of the door. Elphaba sighed looking at her watch the little girls time was almost up, once the eight minutes where over Elphaba opened the door she knelt down in front of the little girl.
"Alice I put you in time out because you went in the garden when I said to wait, you must listen to me and do as you are told, now I'd like you to say sorry please" said Elphaba.
"Sorry Elphie" said Alice then threw herself into Elphaba's arms
"That's a good girl, now let's go back to the dining table" said Elphaba she held her hand out to the little girl Alice took it and they headed back to the dining room.
As they re entered the dining room Fiyero was clearing the table, Elphaba sat Alice back in her chair then sat down and finished her almost cold breakfast she had just finished her last bit of bacon when Fiyero came back from the kitchen carrying a cup and a beaker he put the cup down next to Elphaba's plate then the beaker in front of Alice, the little girl picked it up and tipped the juice all over the table.
"Alice No that was naughty" said Elphaba she took the beaker off of the little girl while Fiyero went to get a cloth "why did you do that"
The little girl didn't reply she just scowled at Elphaba, Fiyero came back with a cloth and wiped the juice of the table then turned to Elphaba.
"Do you think I should bring her some more juice Fae" asked Fiyero.
"No I think just leave it for now I don't know what's got into her today" said Elphaba she looked at her watch and saw it was nearly half past ten "Oz your parents are going to be here soon I need to get the beef in the oven"
Fiyero smiled "already taken care of, just relax Fae"
"Thank you Yero" said Elphaba then she turned to Alice "you can go and play now"
The little girl smiled "Garden now please Elphie"
"Ok come on then sweetheart" said Elphaba. Alice's smiled grew bigger she slipped off her chair and bolted for the back door "hold on baby you need your coat on first"
Alice ignored Elphaba and ran out into the garden, sighing Elphaba put her own coat on grabbed Alice's and headed out to the garden where Alice was already going through the toy box.
"Alice come here please and put your coat on" said Elphaba the little girl ignored her and carried on pulling toys out of the box "Alice I said come and put your coat on"
The little girl looked at Elphaba then turned her head away "No Elphie no coat don't want it"
Elphaba walked over to the little girl and knelt in front of her "Alice look at me please, you don't tell me no now put your coat on or we go inside" she took the toys out of the little girl's hands and started to put her coat on but the Alice started screaming.
"NO ELPHIE NO COAT" shouted Alice.
"Alice stop shouting at me please" said Elphaba she finally managed to get the little girl's coat on and zipped it up as soon as she let go of her Alice unzipped the coat and pulled it off again "No Alice you need your coat on" she picked up the coat and tried to put it on the little girl again but Alice pulled her arm away then reached out and hit Elphaba right round the face before taking off across the grass, Elphaba shot after the little girl.
"Alice come back here now" said Elphaba as she chased the little girl across the huge gardens she managed to catch the little girl at the gates that lead to the pool area "Alice you do not hit me or tell me no that is unacceptable behaviour and I will not tolerate it if you hit me again you will go into time out, now let's go and put your coat on"
Alice looked at Elphaba for a few seconds then started to cry "Sorry Elphie" she held her arms up to Elphaba and she immediately picked the little girl up.
"It's ok sweetheart" said Elphaba hugging the little girl close to her she carried the little girl back to the toy box and put her down beside it "let's put your coat on" the little girl looked at the coat and sighed slipping her arms into the sleeves.
"Good girl" said Elphaba as she zipped the coat up.
Elphaba left the little girl playing with the toys and went to sit on the patio chairs she had just sat down when Fiyero came out into the garden.
"Fae are you alright sweetheart" said Fiyero as he sat next to her.
"I'm fine Yero I just can't understand why she's playing up so much today" said Elphaba her eyes still on the little girl.
"She has been through a lot Fae, she has been moved from pillar to post probably all her life the poor little girl is probably terrified that she will get ripped away from us sooner or later" said Fiyero "Maybe my mother might have a few ideas"
"Speaking of your mother I had better go and get the vegetables and potatoes chopped, are you alright to watch her" said Elphaba.
"Sure no problem Fae" said Fiyero. Elphaba smiled at him and headed into the castle. Over on the grass Alice was still happily pulling the toys out of the box, finding a bottle of bubbles she unscrewed the top and pulled the little bubble wand out she blew through the hole but nothing happened she tried a second time but still nothing happened getting frustrated she decided go and find Elphaba. Turning to where she knew Elphaba was sitting her eyes widened with fear when she saw Elphaba had gone and she was alone with Fiyero.
Fiyero sat watching the little girl trying to blow the bubbles, he longed to go over and help her but he knew that would probably just upset her he was going to call for Elphaba when he saw the little girl slowly walking towards him.
Alice looked at Fiyero for a few seconds then very slowly started to walk towards him once she was at arms length from him she held out the small bottle of bubbles.
"Help me please Fiyero" said Alice her hand shaking a little.
Fiyero's heart melted "of course I will sweetie" he took the bottle from the little girl and unscrewed the top, pulled out the wand and gently blew through the tiny hole a line of bubbles appeared the little girl smiled trying to catch the bubbles then laughed when they popped on her hand. Fiyero kept blowing bubbles and watched as the little girl chased them around laughing when they popped, he was so happy she had felt she could come to him.
The two had been playing with the bubbles for about twenty minutes when Elphaba re entered the garden she stopped when she saw Fiyero blowing bubbles and Alice happily chasing after them, her heart soared as she walked over to them.
Alice looked up from her bubbles and spotted Elphaba walking towards them smiling she ran over to her and grabbed her hand.
"Elphie Fiyero made the bubbles work" said Alice pulling Elphaba to where Fiyero was sitting the bubble wand still in his hand.
"I can see that baby" said Elphaba sitting in the chair beside Fiyero she smiled at him "how did this happen"
"She was trying to blow them herself but couldn't I was going to call you when I noticed her walking very slowly towards me she held out the bottle to me and asked me to help her" said Fiyero. "We've been playing ever since"
"That's great Fiyero, I knew she would come round to you eventually" said Elphaba she looked at her watch and saw it was almost noon "I suppose I've got to try and get Alice inside for dinner, your parents will be here any minute" she looked over to the grass where the little girl was now playing with a tennis ball sighing she stood up and walked over to the little girl.
"Elphie play with me please" said Alice when she saw Elphaba approaching the grass.
"Not right now baby it's time to go inside now it's nearly dinner time" said Elphaba.
The little girls face fell "No Elphie don't want to go inside want to play" said Alice she turned her back to Elphaba and carried on playing with the ball.
Elphaba knelt down and took the ball out of the little girl's hand and put it back in the toy box "Sweetheart I said it's time to come inside now"
"NO NO NO ELPHIE I WANT TO PLAY" Alice screamed.
"Alice stop shouting at me and do as I ask please" said Elphaba but the little girl was having none of it she walked over to the toy box and grabbed the ball turned around and threw it at Elphaba.
"Alice no you don't throw toys at me now you can have a time out" said Elphaba she took a step towards the little girl but she took off across the grass. "Alice come back here right now"
Elphaba chased Alice across the gardens she managed to catch the little girl at the gates to the pool area she wrapped her arms around the child and picked her up. Alice screamed and kicked trying to get out of her grip but Elphaba held her tight and carried her into the castle and up to the spare room, she opened the door and put the little girl down inside then knelt in front of her.
"Alice I'm putting you in time out because you didn't do what I asked and you threw toys at me that is unacceptable behaviour and I will not tolerate it now you will stay here for eight minutes" said Elphaba her voice firm she stepped out of the room and closed the door holding the handle. The little girl kicked the door and pulled at the handle.
"Elphie, Elphie let me out" sobbed the little girl.
Elphaba looked at her watch and waited for the eight minutes to past once they had she opened the door and knelt down in front of the little girl again.
"Alice I put you in time out because you didn't do what I asked and you threw toys at me, if you do it again you will come back into this room, now I want you to say sorry please" said Elphaba.
"Sorry Elphie" said Alice then she wrapped her arms around Elphaba's neck.
"Good girl thank you" said Elphaba.
"Play now please Elphie" said Alice.
"Yes you may go and play now" said Elphaba the little girl smiled and took off down the stairs, Elphaba followed her down and saw the little girl was heading for the back doors "Alice you are not going outside right now it's going to be dinner time soon" the little girl ignored her and reached for the door handle but found she couldn't open the door.
"Elphie open the door please I want to play" said Alice.
"No sweetheart you can't go outside let's take your coat off and find something to do inside" said Elphaba. The little girl began to cry.
"No Elphie I want to play outside please" said Alice pulling at the door handles again.
Elphaba walked over to the little girl and gently took her hands off the door handles "I said no baby now come on let's get your coat off" she unzipped the coat and took it off the little girl "can you take your shoes off sweetheart".
The little girl sat down on the floor and removed her shoes then threw them down the hall.
"Alice don't throw your shoes please now I want you to pick them up and put them by the door nicely please" said Elphaba.
"No" said Alice scowling at Elphaba she stood up and tried to bolt past her but Elphaba was quicker she put her hands on the little girls shoulders.
"Alice I said pick your shoes up and put them away nicely or you can have another time out" said Elphaba the little girl walked over to where her shoes where laying on the floor and picked them up she then walked over and put them by the back door "Good girl thank you"
Just then the door bell rang the sudden noise made Alice jump and she grabbed onto Elphaba's waist
"it's ok baby it's just the door bell" said Elphaba she was about to walk down the hall and open the door when Fiyero beat her to it as he opened the door to revel his parents.
"Hi Mother, Father come on in" said Fiyero then noticing his brother wasn't with them he turned to his mother "mum where's Ollie and Co"
"The kids all woke up with chicken pox this morning" said his mother "now where's my new granddaughter"
"Amilie we are bearly through the door" said Fiyero's father.
"I know Harold I'm just excited to meet our new family member" said Amilie then she noticed Elphaba standing at the end of the hall with the little girl beside her, getting excited she rushed over to them "Oh Elphaba is this her oh she is just adorabubble" she tried to touch the little girl's cheek but Alice panicked and backed away from her.
"Alice it's ok sweetheart Amilie isn't going to hurt you she's Fiyero's Mummy" said Elphaba.
"Something smells good I'm starving" said Harold walking down the hall towards his wife.
Elphaba laughed "like father like son, it's just about ready to be dished up Harold"
"Great let's eat" said Harold and everyone laughed.
A short while later they where sat around the dining table, Fiyero was carving the beef while everyone was spooning potatoes and other items on to their plates, Elphaba put potatoes and vegetables onto Alice's plate for her but the little girl just stared at it in horror.
"No Elphie not allow this kind of food only cereal" said Alice she pushed her plate away and tried to slip out of her chair.
"Hey baby it's ok to eat your dinner here remember what I told you, you won't be in trouble I promise" said Elphaba she moved the little girls plate in front of her again and adding a couple of slices of beef to it the little girl looked at her plate then at Fiyero keeping her eyes on him she picked up her fork and started to eat "good girl well done"
The little girl quickly gulped her dinner down then her beaker of juice before turning to Elphaba.
"Play now please Elphie" said Alice wriggling out of her chair.
"No sweetie you need to wait until everyone has finished before you can leave the table, can you sit back down please" said Elphaba.
"No I want to play" said Alice and she bolted from the room sighing Elphaba took off after her and caught sight of her half way up the stairs.
"Alice I said you needed to wait until everyone was finished I'd like you to come back to the table please" said Elphaba the little girl turned to face Elphaba and shook her head.
"NO ELPHIE I WANT TO PLAY" shouted Alice and she rushed up the rest of the stairs.
Elphaba followed the little girl upstairs and found her going through the toy box in her room, she walked over to her and took the toys off her.
"Alice you don't shout at me and tell me no, now I want you to go back to the table please or you can have a time out" said Elphaba.
"NO" said Alice turning back to the toy box.
"Ok then you can go into time out" said Elphaba she picked up the little girl getting kicked in the process and carried her down to the spare room and put the little girl inside " Alice you are going into time out because you didn't do as I asked and you shouted at me you are going to stay her for eight minutes" she closed the door and held the handle she sighed she was beginning to feel like a stuck record the amount of times she had said those same words in half a day checking her watch she saw the little girls time was up and opened the door she knelt down in front of the little girl.
"Alice I put you in time out because you didn't do as I asked and you shouted at me now I would like you to say sorry please"
"Sorry Elphie" said Alice.
"Good girl" said Elphaba she stood up and held her hand out to the little girl "let's go back to the table" the little girl took hold of Elphaba's hand and she lead her back down the stairs to the dining room as she sat the little girl back in her chair Elphaba hoped that would be the last time out for the day but she had a feeling it wouldn't be.