The Emerald Woman and the Little Star
A/N this chapter is for Faesflower thank you for the constructive criticism I appreciate it x
Chapter Twenty Four
Elphaba was silent all the way to the hospital. Fiyero watch as she stared out of the carriage window silently wishing he could do something to make her pain and fear go away for good feeling the carriage stop moving he gently reached out and touched Elphaba on the shoulder making her jump violently.
"Hey it's ok Fae its me we have arrived at the hospital" said Fiyero "Come on darling let's get you inside"
Elphaba shook her head "No I don't want to I want to go home"
"Fae its ok I'm not going to let them lock you up I promise I will be with you the whole time" said Fiyero he held out his hand to the green woman and after a few seconds she took hold of it and stepped out of the carriage.
A short while later Elphaba found herself sitting on the bed of a private treatment room in the hospital Fiyero was sat in a chair right beside the bed they had been waiting a while when a man walked into the room pushing a wheel chair in front of him.
"Ok Princess Elphaba your carriage awaits to take you to X-ray I'm Miles by the way I'm the best porter in the whole hospital" said Miles with a grin
Fiyero looked at Elphaba who had gone ridged on the bed her eyes wide as saucers she had also started to shake he stood up and looked into the terrified woman's eyes.
"Fae its ok I'm right here you are safe baby I promise" said Fiyero "let's get you to X-ray darling" he tried to take hold of her hand but she erupted like a volcano at him.
"GET AWAY FROM ME DON'T YOU TOUCH ME I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU" shouted Elphaba She jumped off the bed and flew out of the room like she had been hit by a lighting bolt. Fiyero took off after her as he entered the hall he spotted her diving through a door at the end of the hall he dashed down to the door and tried to open it but found she had locked it behind her.
"Fae baby it's ok it's Yero open the door darling I promise it's safe no one is going to hurt you" said Fiyero he pressed his ear to the door and heard sobs coming from the other side of it then Elphaba's voice.
"Please father no more men I don't want to have sex with anyone but my husband" said Elphaba through sobs.
Back at the castle Amilie had managed to calm the little girl down and she was now happily sat at the dining room table spooning tuna pasta into her mouth it didn't take long for the little girl to finish her dinner she put her spoon down inside the bowl and then picked up the beaker of juice she quickly finished it then put the empty cup back down on the table before turning to Amilie.
"Thank you Granny" said Alice "can I go and play now please"
Amilie was taken a back at the little girl's words she recovered after a second or two and smiled at the child "of course you can sweetie"
The little girl smiled then dashed off to play. Amilie watched the little girl disappear out of the room then stood up and went back to the kitchen to do the dishes.
In the hospital Elphaba was still sat inside the small cupboard shaking all over she closed her eyes and tried to focus on Fiyero's voice coming from the other side of the door but it kept being drowned out by her fathers voice.
"You are a ugly disgusting green disappointment girl I should have drowned you at birth"
"I am not disgusting I'm not" sobbed Elphaba She slowly stood up and unlocked the door she then opened it and looked at Fiyero "I'm sorry Yero I'm sorry I'm not beautiful for you"
Fiyero wrapped his arms around Elphaba and held her close "Fae that is not true you are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen and I love you with all my heart come on darling let's get you down to X-ray"
It didn't take long for the X-rays to be taken thankfully there was no glass in the wound and Elphaba soon found herself back in the small private room with a young female nurse cleaning and stitching her arm once her arm had been bandaged the nurse handed her a prescription for antibiotics then she was told she could go home.
In the castle Amilie had finished the dishes she checked her watch and saw it had past seven o clock so she headed upstairs to run the little girl a bath as she past the little girl's room she stuck her head around the door and smiled when she saw Alice sitting on the floor with her dolls and all their accessories around her she pulled her head out of the door and carried onto the bathroom. Once she had run the bath and it was cool enough she went back to the little girl's room.
"Come on sweetie can you put the dolls away now it's bath time" said Amilie the little girl looked at her and shook her head.
"No Granny no baths until mummy comes back want her to wash me" said Alice.
Amilie walked over to the little girl and knelt down beside her on the floor then turned the little girl to face her she could see the tiredness in her eyes "Alice I said it's bath time mummy might not be back for a long time sweetie and it's nearly bed time let's go and get you in the bath"
Alice signed and started to put the dolls back into the toy box once she was done she stood up and took her clothes off then walked slowly down the hall to the bathroom Amilie followed behind and helped the little girl into the water she sat down then reached up and pulled the small hair bands out of her hair.
"Wash my hair please Granny" said Alice pointing at the small shower head that was attached to the taps on the bath.
It didn't take long for Amilie to wash the little girls blonde hair and then she washed the little girl down with body wash and a body puff.
"Ok sweetie let's get you out now" said Amilie she turned to the towel bar and grabbed the clean fluffy pink towel off of it when she turned back to the little girl she saw that she had stood up and had fear in her eyes "sweetie what's the matter darling" a second later she knew what was wrong the little girl started to wee into the bath.
"I'm sorry I'm sorry I couldn't hold it anymore I tried don't tell daddy or mummy" sobbed Alice.
"Oh sweetie it doesn't matter baby I don't know a single child that hasn't had a wee in the bath at some point in their life including your daddy" said Amilie. Once the little girl had stopped weeing Amilie quickly wiped her private parts with a warm flannel then helped her out of the water and wrapped the pink towel around her "come on then sweetie let's go and get you dried and into your pyjamas it's almost bed time"
Alice shook her head "no Granny no bed until Mummy is back want to sleep in bed with her" said Alice as they walked down the hall to her room.
Once the little girl was dry and in her pyjamas, slippers and dressing gown Amilie took her back down to the sitting room the little girl immediately rushed over to the dvd shelf and pulled the frozen dvd off and then turned to Amilie holding it out to her she took it from her smiling and slipped it into the DVD player while the little girl sat on the settee.
There you go sweetie you watch your film then it will be time for bed" said Amilie
"No Granny no bed juice please" said Alice "in my princess cup with the straw please"
Amilie went off to the kitchen and made the little girl's drink and took it back to her along with a small snack "here you go baby"
Amilie watched the little girl as she drank her drink and ate her snack once she had finished eating the little girl leaned down and rested her head on the arm of the settee. By the time the film was half way through Amilie noticed the little girl had fallen asleep smiling to herself she quietly turned the film off then gently picked the little girl up holding her close then carried her up the stairs to her bedroom.
Somewhere down the lane Elphaba and Fiyero were being bumped along in the carriage they had made a quick stop at the all night chemist to collect the prescription and Elphaba sat clutching the small white and blue paper bag containing her medication. Fiyero kept his eyes on Elphaba and wished with all his heart he could take all her pain away for good as the carriage pulled up outside the castle he noticed Elphaba start to go ridged.
"Darling relax it's ok we are home" said Fiyero he stepped out of the carriage and then held out his hand to Elphaba "Come on sweetie let's get you inside it's freezing out here"
Elphaba stood up and stepped out of the carriage winching slightly as her sore feet hit the path and she slowly followed Fiyero up to the doors she waited while he fished out his keys and unlocked the door as soon as the door opened they heard a familiar crying before Fiyero had a chance to step through the door Elphaba dashed past him and into the castle he quickly followed her.
Elphaba rushed up the stairs ignoring the pain in her feet as she got to the top of the stairs the screaming had started to get louder she shot down the hall to the little girl's bedroom and entered the room with a pant. What she saw made her blood boil Her father was standing next to her little girl's bed his hand raised and was about to use it to hit her. Elphaba ran at him and pulled him away from her little girl with all the strength in her body ignoring the protests from her feet and her arm and shoved him against the wall.
"GET AWAY FROM MY LITTLE GIRL YOU MONSTER" screamed Elphaba just as Fiyero arrived in the doorway seeing Elphaba standing shaking her hands on his mothers shoulders pinning her against the wall fire in her eyes. Slowly and quietly he walked over to her and spoke softly.
"Fae darling it's ok" said Fiyero "Come on sweetheart let mother go"
Elphaba blinked then slowly turned her head to face Fiyero her eyes brimming with unheard tears "he was going to hit my baby"
"Fae darling whatever you saw it wasn't real your father is dead he can't hurt anyone anymore the person you saw was my mother look" said Fiyero pointing to his mother.
Elphaba slowly turned her head back and saw Amilie still pinned against wall by her green hands shaking she let the older woman go and backed away from her.
"Oz Amilie I'm so sorry what have I done" said Elphaba "my father is right I am a monster"
Before Fiyero could say anything he saw Alice slowly get off her bed and walk over to Elphaba She held her arms up to the green woman and she immediately scooped the little girl up and held her close.
"You not a monster you are my mummy and I love you" said Alice resting her head on Elphaba's shoulder.
The green woman burst into tears "Oh baby I love you too so much"
Fiyero walked over to Elphaba and wrapped his arms around both of them and held them tight after a second Elphaba pulled away.
"I'm going to take Alice to our room and try and get her down, goodnight Amilie sorry again" said Elphaba and she carried the little girl out of the room.
Once Elphaba had gone Fiyero turned to his mother "what was going on in here"
" Alice fell asleep watching frozen so I bought her up to bed but she woke up and panicked I was trying to stop her kicking out when Elphaba just flew at me and pinned me against the wall" said Amilie.
"Oh well ever since the accident and kidnapping she has refused to sleep in her own bed" said Fiyero "she's been sleeping with us she's terrified of being alone right now"
"Oh dear I'm sorry I didn't know but really you need to try and get her back in her own bed sooner rather than later the longer you leave it the harder it will be" said Amilie.
"I know but I think Fae is going to be more the problem than Alice" said Fiyero "she's terrified that her father will hurt Alice even though he is dead and she knows it in her mind he is still very much alive"
"I know son it's very hard anyway I better be getting home to your father before it gets too late" said Amilie "goodnight son"
Fiyero saw his mother out of the castle giving firm instructions to his guards to make sure she got home safely then headed to the master bedroom as he neared the door he heard Elphaba voice she was singing softly he entered the room quietly and the scene that met his eyes made his heart melt Elphaba was sitting on the bed with the little girl laying next to her she was rubbing her back with her bandaged hand and humming a lullaby.
"Has she gone off yet" said Fiyero as he quietly changed into his pyjamas, his answer came when the little girl suddenly sat up.
"Daddy don't want to go to sleep I'm not tired play with me please" said Alice she tried to get off the bed but Elphaba caught hold of her.
"No baby it's not play time it's time to go to bed" said Elphaba adjusting her grip as the little girl started to fight her.
"No no mummy no bed not tired want to play princesses with daddy" said Alice starting to cry.
Fiyero walked over to the little girl and scooped her up into his arms "Come on baby daddy will play with you tomorrow ok but right now you need to go to sleep"
Alice shook her head and continued to cry "no daddy not tired"
Fiyero rubbed the little girl's back "yes you are baby come on go to sleep" he carried on patting her back then started to softly sing.
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
When it's cold outside I've got the month of May
Well I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
I've got so much honey the bees envy me
I've got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees
Well I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl ooh)
As he sang Fiyero could feel the little girl getting heavier then he felt her rest her head on his shoulder with a small yawn he gently laid her down on the bed and tucked her in still singing softly.
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Ooh yeah
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame (ooh hey hey hey)
I've got all the riches baby one man can claim (oh yes I do)
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
With my girl (My girl)
(Talkin' 'bout my girl my girl) I've even got the month of May
With my girl (My girl, woah)
She's all I can think (my girl)
(Talkin' 'bout my girl my girl)
Talkin' 'bout, talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl, woah)
As he finished the last words of the song he heard the little girl start to snore he kissed her gently on the top of her head then smiled "sweet dreams my angel I love you" he then turned to Elphaba "are you alright my Fae"
"I'd be a lot better if you stop asking me that" said Elphaba as she pulled her pyjama sleeve gently over her bad arm she then got into bed beside Alice and pulled the little girl into her arms she kissed the top of her head then snuggled down and closed her eyes sighing softly as she did so.
"Fae did you forget to do something" said Fiyero.
Elphaba opened one eye and looked at him "no Yero don't think so" she then closed her eye again.
"Elphaba you have to take your antibiotics come on" said Fiyero he opened the little blue and white bag pulled out the bottle and opened it up shaking a tablet into his hand.
Elphaba opened her eye again "I don't want it" she closed her eye.
"Fae you need to take it do you want to get gang green in that arm" said Fiyero he grabbed the glass of water the maid had left on the bedside table then walked round to Elphaba's side of the bed "Fae come on please or do I have to ask Kahleah to prescribe antibiotic injections instead"
At the word injection Elphaba's eyes sprung open she sat up and took the small tablet from Fiyero then the glass of water she quickly swallowed to the small tablet then put the glass down on her bedside table.
"Happy now can I go to sleep" said Elphaba glaring at Fiyero.
"Don't look at me like that Fae its for your own good" said Fiyero getting into bed he kissed the top of both of his girls heads then snuggled down and went to sleep.
A few hours later Alice woke up and slowly sat up in the bed blinking in the dark realising it was her bladder that had woken her she wriggled free of Elphaba's grip accidentally kicking her as she did so and waking her with a start.
"What's the matter baby" said Elphaba with a yawn "it's too early to get up yet"
"Want to do a wee wee mummy" said Alice sliding off the bed and running out of the room.
The following day Elphaba was stressed beyond words between trying to get the downstairs guest room ready for Nessa, one of the upstairs ones ready for Glinda and Alice throwing a tantrum because she had been told she couldn't go outside in the pouring rain the green woman was ready to bang her head against the wall when Fiyero arrived back from his meeting seeing him come through the front door Alice stood up from her spot on the floor and ran towards him. Seeing her coming Fiyero put down his briefcase, removed his wet coat and held his arms out to her.
"Hey baby daddy missed you what are those tears for" said Fiyero hugging the little girl close to him.
"Want to play in the garden daddy open the door please" said Alice.
"It's raining baby let's put your rain coat and wellies on first ok" said Fiyero.
The little girl smiled and wriggled out of his arms, she had just finished putting her coat on when Elphaba (who had been in the toilet) walked into the hall seeing the little girl standing with her wellies and coat on her anger built up inside her again.
"Alice Mummy said you can't go outside in the rain so take your wellies and coat off please" said Elphaba her voice firm. The little girl looked at her and grinned.
"My daddy said I can go out so there" said Alice poking her tongue out at the green woman.
Elphaba was livid she turned to Fiyero fire in her eyes "Fiyero word in the sitting room now"
Fiyero gulped and followed his wife into the sitting room as soon as they were inside Elphaba waved her hand at the door and it banged shut she then turned on Fiyero.
"I have just spent the last two hours with Alice screaming and throwing a tantrum because I told her she wasn't going outside in the rain, then you arrive and completely undermine me" said Elphaba anger in her voice.
"I'm sorry Fae I didn't know what had happened I came in she ran up to me crying, I asked her what was wrong and she asked me to open the door because she wanted to play outside, I said it was raining and that she need her coat and wellies first I had no idea you had said no" said Fiyero "I'm sorry Fae I should have asked"
"It's ok but now you have to go out into the hall and tell her she's not going outside" said Elphaba with a slight grin "Good luck"
Fiyero took a deep breath then opened the sitting room door, seeing the door open Alice rushed up to him smiling.
"Can you open the door now daddy please" said Alice looking up at him.
Fiyero knelt down and looked into the little girl's eyes "Alice I'm not happy with you Mummy had already told you more than once you couldn't go outside in the rain yet you still asked me if mummy says no it's no daddy is not going to say yes to something if Mummy has already said no do you understand me" said Fiyero.
Alice glared at him then started to cry and screamed at him "I WANT TO GO OUTSIDE OPEN THE DOOR NOW DADDY" she stamped her feet on the floor.
Fiyero took hold of the little girl to stop her stamping her feet then spoke to her in a firm voice " Alice you do not talk to me like that, that is unacceptable behaviour and I will not tolerate it if you speak to me like that again you will go to time out do you understand me"
Alice glared at him and yanked herself out of his grip " I HATE YOU" she then turned to Elphaba reached out and shoved her "OPEN THE DOOR"
Elphaba knelt down and grabbed hold of the little girl "that's enough young lady you do not shout at daddy and you don't shout at me or shove me now you are going into time out" she lifted the little girl into her arms making sure to pin her arms down so she couldn't hit out at her then carried her upstairs to the spare room she put the little girl in the room then knelt down "Alice I'm putting you in time out because you shouted at daddy and me and you shoved me now you will stay here for eight minutes" she stood up and closed the door holding the handle so the little girl couldn't get out.
Elphaba stood holding the door handle and ignored the little girl's screams from the other side once the eight minutes had past she opened the door as she did so the little girl immediately tried to run out she grabbed hold of her and knelt in front of her "Alice mummy put you in time out because you shouted at me and daddy and you shoved me I'd like an apology please"
"Sorry mummy" said Alice she then wrapped her arms around Elphaba's neck and snuggled into her "juice please Mummy"
"Of course you can have a drink but first I'd like you to apologise to daddy please" said Elphaba.
The two of them went back down stairs Elphaba went into the kitchen to get the little girls drink while she went into the sitting room where Fiyero was sitting reading some paperwork. Alice walked over to him and sat down beside him.
"Sorry daddy" said Alice resting her head on his chest.
"It's ok baby I forgive you" said Fiyero kissing the top of the little girls head just as Elphaba came in with the little girl's princess cup in her hand.
" there you go baby" said Elphaba handing the cup to the little girl she took it and started to suck the straw once she had finished her drink she put the cup down on the coffee table and dashed upstairs to play. Once the little girl had left the room Elphaba sat down beside Fiyero and sighed "Oz I'm exhausted and it's only going to get harder when Nessa gets here"
Upstairs Alice was still angry that Elphaba had stopped her going into the garden she put down her toys and headed out of her room and down the hall to the master bedroom she pushed the door open and went into the room she walked over to Elphaba dressing table and opened the small draw at the front off it where she had seen Elphaba put her nail varnishes she took one out and unscrewed the lid before turning the bottle upside down and pouring the contents all over the carpet she dropped the empty bottle and took another and repeated what she had done with the first once she had emptied all the nail varnishes she picked up the eyeshadow pallet and tipped the coloured squares on to the carpet then stood on them until they turned to dust on the carpet.
Downstairs Elphaba was dishing up the dinner while Fiyero laid the table. Once the table was laid Fiyero walked back into the kitchen.
"This looks great Fae do you want me to call Alice" said Fiyero as he swiped a chip off of one of the plates.
"I'll get her you carry the plates into the dining room please" said Elphaba. She headed out of the kitchen and up the stairs to the little girl's room finding it empty she carried on down the hall after checking the bathroom and find it empty to she headed to the master bedroom when she got to the door and saw what the little girl had done she was livid "ALICE WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING"
A/N ok guys only two maybe three chapters left of this fic now in the next chapter Nessa and Glinda arrive Alice is still playing up and Elphaba will be troubled again thank you to all who have read from the beginning and an even bigger thank you to those who have reviewed I appreciate you all x