The Emerald Woman and the Little Star
A/N
In case any wants to know what I'm picturing when writing these characters my cast is as follows
Elphaba Rachel Tucker/ Alice Fearn
Fiyero. Bradley Jaden
Glinda Dianne Pilkington
Nessarose Rosa O Reilly
Boq Jack Lansbury
Chapter Eighteen
Fiyero felt the anger rise up inside him as he saw who was on his doorstep he took a breath and tried to control his anger before he spoke.
"Mrs Hunter What are you doing on my doorstep" said Fiyero.
"Believe me Mr Tiggular I don't want to be here anymore than you want me here but I have been instructed to deliver this bundle of paperwork to you" said Mrs Hunter she held out a thick envelope full of papers.
Fiyero took the envelope from her then tried to close the door but Mrs Hunter put her foot in it.
"Mr Tiggular I'm sorry for the distress I caused you and your wife but I only did what I thought was best for Alice" said Mrs Hunter she then moved her foot away from the door and turned to walk down the path.
"Thank you for the paper work goodbye now" said Fiyero and he closed the door, releasing a breath he hadn't realised he was holding he walked back into the dining room where Elphaba was wiping Alice's hands and face. Seeing him enter the room Elphaba stopped wiping Alice and looked at him.
"I take it you showed your mother into the sitting room, we will be right there" said Elphaba.
"It wasn't my mother Fae" said Fiyero "it was Mrs Hunter". At his words Fiyero saw the fear rising in Elphaba's eyes .
"What did she want" said Elphaba her hands pulling Alice close to her.
"It's ok she just wanted to drop this paperwork off to us she's gone" said Fiyero and he saw Elphaba relax and release her grip on the little girl and watched as she dashed off to play.
As soon as the little girl was out of sight Elphaba burst into tears, Fiyero put the envelope down on the table and pulled the green woman into his arms.
"Oh Yero I thought for a moment then you where going to say they where taking my baby away again" sobbed Elphaba.
"Never Fae no one is ever going to take our little girl away again" said Fiyero just as the door bell rang again "that will be mother" he kissed the top of Elphaba's head and went to open the door.
Elphaba followed him out to the hall and smiled when she saw Amilie in the doorway behind her stood a tall thin man with greying hair and a small moustache.
"Elphaba darling how are you today" said Amilie brushing past Fiyero and pulling the green woman into her arms.
"I'm fine thank you Amilie a bit tired but I'm ok" said Elphaba.
Amilie smiled as she let go of Elphaba she then turned to the man behind her "come along George we have work to do"
George followed Amilie into the sitting room, after closing the door Fiyero followed them into the sitting room while Elphaba went upstairs to get Alice, when she got to the little girl's door she was surprised to find the little girl's room empty puzzled she carried on down the hallway as she got to the bathroom door she looked in to see if the little girl was using the potty but found the room empty. Trying not to panic Elphaba looked in the rest of the rooms as she walked down towards the master bedroom but there was no sign of the little girl after checking the master bedroom and finding that to be empty as well she was about to go up the library stairs when she heard her name.
"Fae what's taking so long George has another appointment in half an hour" said Fiyero then he saw Elphaba's face "Fae what's wrong"
"I can't find Alice Yero she's not in her room or the bathroom or any of the rooms" said Elphaba "I'm about to go and check the library"
"Ok let's both look for her two sets of eyes and ears are better than one" said Fiyero.
The pair of them headed up the stairs to the library as they reached the swing doors at the top Elphaba heard a ripping sound pushing open the doors they where shocked to see Alice standing with a book in her hand ripping the pages out on the floor around her laid a dozen or so more books all with the pages ripped out. Elphaba rushed over to the little girl and took the book out of her hands trying to keep her anger at bay she knelt down in front of the little girl.
"Alice what do you think you are doing why are you tearing up the books that is very naughty" said Elphaba her voice firm.
The little girl glared at the green woman in front of her then turned her back to her, picked up another book and before Elphaba could stop her she tore the pages out and dropped them on the floor. Elphaba took hold of the little girl's shoulders and turned her back round to face her.
"Alice no stop that now you do not rip my books up" said Elphaba her voice even firmer than before
Alice yanked her shoulders out of Elphaba's grip and was about to pick up another book when Fiyero grabbed hold of her.
"Alice Elphaba has told you now I'm telling you, you do not rip up the books that's very naughty" said Fiyero. Alice looked at Fiyero and tried to pull away from him but he held her firmly "No Alice I would like you to tell me why you did what you did"
The little girl stared at Fiyero for a few seconds then sighed "Let me go Fiyero I hate you"
"Alice don't say things like that it's not nice and it can hurt peoples feelings" said Fiyero. The little girl started to fight against his grip "No Alice I'm not going to let you go until you tell why you did what you did"
Alice began to scream and kick out at him but Fiyero kept his gentle but firm grip on her after what seemed like hours but was only about five minutes or so the little girl stopped fighting and began to sob instead.
"Let me go Fiyero please" sobbed Alice.
"I will let you go as soon as you tell me why you tore up the books" said Fiyero.
Alice sighed then looked at Fiyero "Elphie stopped me swimming I hate her"
"Alice don't say that you don't hate Elphie you love her and you won't always be able to do what you want to do that's life I'm afraid but that's no reason to destroy someone else's property now I would like you to say sorry to Elphaba please" said Fiyero loosening his grip on the little girl.
Alice looked at him her eyes wide "NO I WONT" she yanked herself free of his grip, ran between the rows of book shelves and started to pull the books off the shelf throwing them across the room her eyes fixed on Fiyero.
Fiyero watched the little girl for a few seconds and realised that every time she took a book off the shelf she would watch him before throwing it across the room, just then Amilie appeared at the swing doors.
"What is going on George has to leave in five minutes" said Amilie she stopped when she saw the torn up books on the floor and the little girl throwing more books across the room.
"I'm sorry mother but Alice is in the middle of a tantrum here" said Fiyero his eyes never leaving the little girl he was about to try and get hold of the little girl when his mother put her hand on his shoulder.
"Yero have you noticed what she is doing before she throws the books" said Amilie.
Fiyero nodded and looked at his mother "she's watching me although I can't work out why"
"Oz Yero she's watching you to see your reaction it's like I told Elphaba the other day she's had nothing but abuse her whole life then she arrived here with you two who are kind and loving and you tell her you wouldn't hurt her but her in her little mind she still thinks you will so she it testing you both to see what it's going to take for her to do before you hurt her" said Amilie.
"But Fae and I have both told her we would never hurt her" said Fiyero.
"I know that Yero but she still thinks you might you two just have to keep doing what you are doing until she settles and believes you are not going to hurt her no matter what she does" said Amilie.
Over at the book shelves Alice had stopped throwing the books and now had her eyes fixed on the adults talking, Elphaba noticed the little girl staring and made her way over to her, seeing Elphaba move Alice grabbed another book from the shelf and threw it at her it missed her and landed on the floor with a thud Elphaba carried on walking over to the little girl when she got to her she knelt down in front of her she took the book out of her hands then looked at her.
"Alice stop throwing the books please it's naughty no one here is going to hurt you no matter what you do" said Elphaba.
The little girl looked at Elphaba for a few seconds then started to cry she held her arms out to Elphaba "Sorry Elphie".
Elphaba scooped the little girl up and held her close "it's ok baby I forgive you, but now I would like you to pick up all the books and put them back on the shelves and all the ones you tore can be put into the recycle bin" she put the little girl on her feet and watched as she started to pick the books up.
Fiyero walked over to Elphaba and put his hand on her shoulder "well done Fae"
"You helped too Yero its was a team effort" said Elphaba kissing his cheek.
"Well I'm proud of both of you" said Amilie then she looked at the little girl who had stopped putting the books on the shelf and was quickly walking towards the far end of the library where the small recycling bins sat when she reached them she lifted her dress and started to pull her tights down. "Elphaba quick I think she's going to pee in the recycling bin"
The green woman turned around just in time to see the little girl start to pull her knickers down she shot across to her, pulled her knickers and tights back up and scooped her up.
"No baby we don't wee in bins here let's get you to the potty" said Elphaba.
"No Elphie no no no" said Alice wriggling around trying to get free of Elphaba's grip.
"Would you like some help Fae" said Fiyero.
"No it's ok I can manage you go downstairs with your mother and make our apologies to George please" said Elphaba
Elphaba carried the little girl downstairs and down the hall to the bathroom room, once in the room she set the little girl onto her feet pulled her tights and knickers down then tried to sit her on the potty but once again the little girl started to fight her.
"Alice stop it it's ok sit down please and do your wee" said Elphaba.
"No Elphie don't need to wee no potty no no no" said Alice her eyes wide with panic.
Elphaba sighed and managed to get the little girl to sit down but she continued to scream and fight to get up.
"Darling come on stop fighting me it's ok what's the matter you have been doing so well with using the potty" said Elphaba "come on do your wee sweetheart"
"No Elphie don't need to let me go please" sobbed Alice.
"Baby I know you do need to it's ok let it come darling" said Elphaba stroking the little girl's hair as she did so she started to hum a soft tune. Alice stopped thrashing about and she lent forward resting her head on Elphaba's chest.
Downstairs in the sitting room Fiyero had apologised to George and shown him out of the castle before going back into the sitting room. He sat down with a sigh and turned to his mother.
"I'm so sorry about all this mother" said Fiyero "I love that little girl so much but Oz she's hard work"
"Yero it's going to take a lot longer than a week for her to settle completely, but she has made a lot of progress already when she first arrived she wouldn't let you near her" said Amilie.
"I know that I just wish I could do more to help Fae but she is just so stubborn and won't admit when she's struggling" said Fiyero.
"Elphaba has had to do things alone for her whole life Fiyero she also needs time to adjust" said Amilie.
"Mother we have been together for three years married for almost two" said Fiyero "I thought she would trust me enough by now"
"She does trust you Yero you know that but sometimes she is still insecure" said Amilie then she looked at her watch "Yero maybe you should go and see if Elphaba is ok she's been in the bathroom with Alice for almost half an hour, I'll leave you to it for today"
"Ok see you soon I love you mum" said Fiyero as he showed his mum out he then headed up the stairs and down the hall to the bathroom where he found Elphaba kneeling in front of Alice on the potty the little girl was bent forwards with her head on Elphaba's shoulder.
"Fae are you alright" said Fiyero he walked over to her and knelt beside her "would you like me to try"
Elphaba looked at him her eyes shining with unshed tears "it's fine Yero I think she's dropped off to sleep anyway, I don't want to move her for a minute"
Fiyero looked over Elphaba's shoulder and saw that the little girl was in deed fast asleep he then looked back at Elphaba.
"You're right Fae she's asleep so I don't think there's much point leaving her sat on the potty" said Fiyero "give her to me I'll take her to bed"
Elphaba sighed "I can manage thank you" she gently lifted Alice off the potty and pulled her knickers and tights up as she stood up the little girl stirred and lifted her head off of Elphaba's shoulder blinking.
"Mummy" said Alice still half asleep.
Elphaba froze and her heart began to pound in her chest she looked at Fiyero then back to Alice.
"I've got you baby" said Elphaba she heard the little girl sigh and felt her lay her head back onto her shoulder.
"Love you Mummy" said Alice.
Elphaba didn't reply she just smiled as she carried the little girl down the hall to her bedroom she tucked the little girl into bed and gently kissed the top of her head.
"Mummy loves you too baby so so much" said Elphaba "Mummy will be here for you and keep you safe no matter what I'm yours and your mine forever and no one is ever going to separate us"
Fiyero stood in the bedroom door his heart swelled with love as he listened to the green woman's words he stepped aside to let Elphaba out of the room once she had closed the door he pulled her into his arms.
"I'm so proud of you Fae and I love you so much" said Fiyero.
"I love you too Yero which is why what I'm about to say next is so hard" said Elphaba.
"What do you mean Fae" said Fiyero his heart pounding in his chest fear rising in his stomach.
"I think we should split up for a while" said Elphaba.
A/N * dodges all sorts of weapons * don't panic there is method in my madness all will come good in the next chapter x