The Emerald Woman and the Little Star
Chapter Twenty Five
Elphaba stood looking at the little girl trying to keep her boiling temper at bay, she noticed the little girl was staring back at her waiting for her reaction. Taking a deep breath she walked over to where Alice was standing and knelt down in front of her.
"Alice, Mummy is very cross with you why did you do that to my things" said Elphaba trying to keep her anger at bay. The little girl didn't reply just stood staring at her "Alice answer me please why did you do that"
Alice tried to pull away from Elphaba but she held on to the little girl tightly.
"No you don't young lady I want you to tell me why you did that to my things" said Elphaba her voice very firm and full of anger the little girl carried on fighting against her grip just as Fiyero appeared at the door.
"Fae what's taking so long the dinners going…" said Fiyero he stopped when he saw the mess on the carpet "what happened"
"Madam here has been through my dressing table and now most of the contents of the draws are all over our carpet" said Elphaba still trying to keep hold of the little girl "Alice stop it now and tell me why you did this"
The little girl stopped fighting and looked at Elphaba then rested her head against her chest "You wouldn't let me go in the garden I got cross"
Elphaba pulled the little girl away from her and looked into her eyes "Alice that is no reason to wreck my things, you have to understand that sometimes Mummy and daddy are going to say no to things and that you can't have your own way all the time that does not give you the right to destroy other people's property do you understand me"
The little girl nodded "Sorry Mummy I love you" she again rested her head on Elphaba's chest and sighed "hungry mummy"
"It's ok baby I forgive you but Mummy is not going to allow you to watch a film before bed tonight that means you will have your dinner, a nice bath and then straight to bed" said Elphaba. The little girl's face crumpled and she started to cry "Alice don't start crying no film tonight and that's it now let's go and have some dinner"
Once dinner had been eaten Fiyero took the little girl upstairs to bath her while Elphaba did the dishes first pulling on some marigolds so her bandage wouldn't get wet. It's didn't take long for her to finish the dishes she was on her way out of the kitchen when she heard her name being called from upstairs. Heading up the stairs she could here Fiyero fighting with Alice sighing she quickened her pace when she got to the top of the stairs she was nearly knocked off her feet by Alice who was wearing nothing but her knickers.
"Hey little lady where are you going in your underwear" said Elphaba with a laugh she scooped the little girl up just as Fiyero reached them the little girl's pyjamas in his hands
"Don't want to go to bed Mummy no pyjamas" said Alice. "Want to watch Cinderella"
Elphaba sighed "Alice Mummy told you, you are not watching a film tonight because of what you did earlier, so I would like you to put your pyjamas on now please" she set the little girl onto her feet then took the pyjamas from Fiyero and held them out to Alice who folded her arms "Alice put your pyjamas on now or you won't be watching any films for the rest of the week"
The little girl looked at the stern look on Elphaba's face and took the pyjamas then put them on then held her arms up to Elphaba.
"Cuddle now mummy please I love you" said Alice.
Elphaba lifted the little girl into her arms and held her close "I love you too my darling so much let's go and get your teeth brushed" she carried the little girl down to the bathroom then set her down on her own feet she then grabbed the little girl's tooth brush and squeezed some toothpaste on to it "here you go sweetie give them a good clean"
Alice took the tooth brush and slowly cleaned her teeth once she was finished she dropped the toothbrush into the sink "finished mummy" she then turned to walked out of the room but Elphaba reached out and stopped her.
"Sweetheart i'd like you to do a wee before bed please" said Elphaba.
Alice pulled away from her and folded her arms "No"
"Alice I don't want you to wet the bed or have an accident in the night" said Elphaba "so I'd like you to at least try please now"
Alice shook her head and then shot out of the door, sighing Elphaba followed and spotted the little girl trying to get down the stairs but Fiyero was blocking her way.
"Move daddy I want to go downstairs and watch Cinderella" said Alice trying to push Fiyero out of her way.
"No Alice Mummy has told you, you are not watching a film tonight because of your behaviour earlier" said Fiyero just as Elphaba reached them she scooped the little girl up into her arms and carried her kicking and screaming to the master bedroom she clicked on the bedside lamp on her side of the bed then pulled back the covers and tried to lay the little girl down but she continued to kick and scream.
"Alice stop this behaviour now" said Elphaba trying to get the little girl to lay down.
"I WANT TO WATCH CINDERELLA NO BED NO NO NO" shouted Alice.
"Alice stop shouting at me I have told you no film tonight now lay down please" said Elphaba her voice firm Alice glared at her still fighting against her she managed to break free of Elphaba's grip, slipped off the bed and ran for the door as she ran into the hallway she smacked straight into Fiyero who scooped her up then carried her back into the bedroom.
"Let me go daddy please" sobbed the little girl burying her head into his shoulder "want to watch Cinderella please daddy with you"
"No Alice Mummy has told you now I'm telling you no films tonight, now let's get you into bed" said Fiyero he walked round to Elphaba's side of the bed and tried to lay the little girl down but she held on tight to him.
"No daddy no bed want to stay with you" said Alice with a slight yawn.
Fiyero sat down on the bed next to Elphaba with the little girl on his lap "Come on baby you're knackered lay down for daddy"
Alice shook her head and yawned against his shoulder then turned her head to face Elphaba "Sorry mummy love you" she then held her arms out to the green woman, Elphaba lifted her on to her own lap and she snuggled into her chest yawning again.
"I forgive you baby come on let's lay you down" said Elphaba She gently tried to lay the little girl down but she held on tight to the green woman.
"Don't leave me Mummy" said Alice tightening her grip on Elphaba's top.
"It's ok baby I'm right here you go to sleep mummy's right here I promise" said Elphaba She gently began to rub the little girl's back and after a few minutes she heard the little girl start to snore "that's is my darling you go to sleep Mummy is right here and you are perfectly safe" she gently tucked the little girl into bed then sighed.
"Well done Fae I'm so proud of you for remaining firm with her" said Fiyero kissing the top of her head.
"Thank you for backing me up" said Elphaba She then stood up gently leaving the lamp on she walked over to the mess on the carpet and knelt down beside it then began to mutter a spell while moving her hand over the top of it a second later the stain had gone and the empty nail varnishes were full again she put them back into the draw then cast another spell and a small lock appeared on the draw.
A short while later Fiyero found himself sitting on the settee watching a film with Elphaba snuggled up against his chest reading her book her reading glasses balancing on the end or her nose he heard her yawn a few times and smiled looking at his watch he saw it was almost eleven o clock.
"Sounds like you are ready for bed my Fae" said Fiyero. Elphaba sat up removing her glasses and setting them and the book onto the coffee table.
"I think you might be right Yero" said Elphaba yawning again she turned to face him then gently kissed his cheek before trying to stand up as she did so she felt his hand take hold of her arm and pull her back down beside him the his lips on hers.
"I love you so much Fae" said Fiyero then he slowly started to deepen the kiss Elphaba kissed him back then moved her hands through his shoulder length hair.
"I love you too Yero" said Elphaba She kissed him harder then felt his hands pulling the straps of her pyjama top down then his lips on her neck and shoulders she closed her eyes enjoying the sensations that were going through her body.
Fiyero kissed down Elphaba neck then towards her left breast he was about to pull her nipple into his mouth when he felt her go ridged then she shoved him off her yanked her top up and tried to bolt out of the room but Fiyero was quick he shot up and managed to get between her and the door.
"Fae its ok baby you're ok it's just me Fiyero" said Fiyero his heart broke as he watched Elphaba back away from him to the far corner of the sitting room.
"No please I don't want to don't hurt me please Yero help please help me Yero" said Elphaba and she started to sob.
Fiyero slowly and quietly walked towards her once he was close enough to talk to her but far enough away not to frighten her he held out his hand to her "Fae darling it's ok you are safe at home with me what ever you are seeing it's not real I promise you are safe"
Elphaba stood her eyes wide with fear her body shaking then after a few seconds she blinked twice then ran into Fiyero's arms "Yero help me don't let him touch me between my legs again I don't want anyone but you to touch me there"
"It's ok baby what ever you saw it wasn't real I'm right here and I'm not going to let anyone hurt you ever again I promise" said Fiyero he wrapped his arms around the sobbing green woman and held her close they stood like that for a few minutes until a small voice came from behind them.
"Daddy"
Fiyero looked round and saw Alice standing by the door her hair sticking up in all directions and her eyes thick with sleep "Hey baby what are you doing down here at this late hour"
The little girl walked over to him and held her arms up to him tears now filling her eyes "the bad man hurt my mummy daddy I called you and you didn't come daddy why didn't you come".
Hearing the little girl's words Elphaba pulled away from Fiyero and scooped the little girl up and held her close "it's ok baby it was just a dream it's ok mummy's here" she felt the little girl snuggle into her shoulder then she heard her mumble something "what was that sweetie mummy didn't quite hear you"
"Need to wee wee" said Alice her head still on Elphaba's shoulder.
"Ok darling let's go to the potty then" said Elphaba She felt the little girl shaking her head "want daddy to go with me"
Fiyero lifted the little girl into his arms then carried her to the downstairs bathroom he then flicked on the light and set the little girl on her feet.
"Ok baby you do what you need to do ok" said Fiyero.
The little girl slowly walked over to the potty with a yawn she pulled her bottoms and knickers down then sat down yawning again, Fiyero watched the little girl sitting on the potty fighting to keep her eyes open he heard a gentle tinkling sound as she started to wee.
"Is she alright Fiyero" said Elphaba appearing in the door with a glass of water in her hand.
"She's fine Fae go on you go up to bed, I'll bring he up when she's finished" said Fiyero.
Elphaba shook her head trying to hide a yawn "I'm not tired I'm going to read for a bit longer".
Fiyero sighed and nodded he watched Elphaba disappear from the door way then turned back to the little girl and found she had fallen asleep on the potty her head resting backwards against the wall. He walked over to her and knelt down in front of her, grabbing a bit of toilet paper he gently lifted the little girl up so she was standing with her back resting against him he carefully wiped her private parts and legs dropped the tissue into the potty then pulled her knickers and bottoms up. After quickly emptying the potty he lifted the little girl into his arms and carried her towards the stairs, as he past the sitting room door he poked his head in and smiled Elphaba was sat on the settee fast asleep with her book resting on her chest her reading glasses sat at an angle on the end of her green nose he took Alice up to bed then came back for Elphaba when he entered the sitting room he saw the green woman moving around on the settee and she was quietly whimpering.
"Fae darling it's ok you're ok" said Fiyero he gently lifted her into his arms and felt her relax "that's it my Fae I'm right here you are safe darling completely safe"
"Glinda I'm not getting out of this carriage and I'm not going to live with her" said Nessarose her arms folded and a scowl on her face.
Glinda looked at the young girl and sighed "I'm afraid you don't have a choice Nessa you are underage and need to be looked after by a responsible adult, so let's get you out of here"
The young girl glared at Glinda then sighed and allowed Glinda to help her out of the carriage and into her wheelchair.
Inside the castle Elphaba was at her wits end, Alice had woken up in a worse mood than the one she was in the night before and she had been completely ignoring her all morning to the point where she wouldn't even acknowledge her presence. As she sat watching the little girl playing with the skittles on the patio her mind was trying to figure out how she was going to manage her and Nessarose who could be just as stubborn as herself at times, she pulled her coat tighter around her as she shivered against the November cold, she then went back to her book.
As she stood the skittles back up into place Alice suddenly felt that familiar feeling in her bladder, after looking to make sure Elphaba wasn't watching her the little girl stood up and made a dart for the back doors.
As she dashed through the doors the little girl crashed into Fiyero coming the other way, she froze on the spot and looked at him.
"Whoops careful baby you need to remember to look where you are going sweetheart" said Fiyero with a laugh, then he saw the little girl's face "darling what's the matter Daddy isn't cross baby"
The little girl didn't reply, she shot passed him and into the bathroom. Watching the little girl disappear into the bathroom he smiled then carried on into the garden
"Fae, Glinda and Nessa's carriage has just pulled into the drive way" said Fiyero he then noticed the panic on her face "Fae what's wrong"
"Alice has disappeared, she was playing with those skittles not ten minutes ago, now she's gone" said Elphaba "we need to split up and start searching the gardens"
Fiyero smiled "relax Fae she just dashed past me on my way out, she went into the bathroom".
Elphaba relaxed then followed Fiyero into the castle. As he walked up the hall towards the front doors Fiyero suddenly realised Elphaba was no longer beside him. Looking around he saw the green woman half way up the hall, her eyes were staring out of the open front doors at the gold carriage sitting outside them. She then started to panic.
"Oh Oz it's him Yero he's come back for me" said Elphaba her breathing coming it shallow gasps, then her eyes started to flick around the hallway before landing on Fiyero "Yero where's Alice, I have to get her out of here now before he comes in"
Fiyero walked over to Elphaba and gently took her green hands in his light ones, then looked into her sky blue eyes with his own "Fae, darling listen to me sweetheart, I promise you, your father is not in that carriage he is very much dead and can no longer hurt you or our little girl ever again"
Elphaba squeezed Fiyero's hand, then leaned forward and rested her head on his chest breathing in his scent "I'm sorry"
"Oh Fae you have nothing to be sorry for my darling nothing at all" said Fiyero he rubbed her back and kissed the top of her head "let's go and greet your sister"
Three days later
"Nessa, I asked you to do your homework two hours ago and you still have even started it" said Elphaba.
The young girl stared at her sister "you can't tell me what to do you are not my mother, you killed her remember just like you killed my father"
"That's enough of that Nessarose, I am your legal guardian and you will do as I tell you" said Elphaba " I've asked you now I'm telling to do your homework, I will be back to check on you in half an hour and I would like that homework at least half done"
Closing the door behind her as she left Nessa's room, Elphaba sighed then walked back into the sitting room where Alice was sitting colouring. After quickly looking at her watch she saw it was quarter past seven sighing again she took a deep breath and turned to the little girl.
"Alice come on baby time to tidy up and have a bath it's nearly bedtime" said Elphaba. Just as she expected the little girl shook her head.
"No mummy no bed I'm not tired" said Alice not looking up from her colouring book.
Fiyero who was sitting on the settee talking to his mother turned to the little girl "Alice you don't tell your mother no, put the colouring book away and go upstairs for your bath now please" the little girl sighed and stood up, after putting her colouring books and pens into the draw she headed out of the room. Once she was gone Elphaba turned to Fiyero.
"Thank you Yero" said Elphaba "although I don't think the next part is going to be that easy"
Fiyero stood up and pulled the green woman into his arms " you can do it Fae I know you can and Mum and I will be right there with you"
"That's right Elphaba I know it's going to be hard but the longer you leave it the harder is going to be" said Amilie "you and Fiyero need your bed back to yourself"
The green woman nodded and the three of them headed upstairs. Once at the top of the stairs Fiyero headed down to the master bedroom to get the little girls rag doll, while Elphaba headed into the little girl's bedroom followed by Amilie. Entering the room she was surprised to find it empty, then looking down she saw the little girl's clothes on the floor. Smiling she headed down to the bathroom leaving Amilie to sort out the little girl's pyjamas and bed.
As she reached the bathroom door she spotted the little girl sitting on the potty, smiling she walked into the bathroom, but the little girl shook her head at her.
"No no Mummy go away" said Alice.
The green woman stopped walking and looked at the little girl "ok baby ok mummy will leave you to use your potty in private, call me when you are finished" she then left the bathroom.
A few minutes later she heard the little girl calling to her, smiling she went back into the bathroom as she did so a smell hit her nose, the little girl was still sat on the potty a huge smilie on her face.
"I did a poo in my potty Mummy can I have my sticker now please" said Alice smiling at Elphaba.
"Once you've had a bath darling ok" said Elphaba "now wipe your bottom baby then get into the bath please"
Once the little girl had been bathed and dressed and her teeth cleaned, Elphaba took her downstairs to put a sticker on her chart then she took the little girl to say goodnight to Nessa before taking her back upstairs. When they reached the top of the stairs Alice turned to Elphaba and held her arms up to her.
Elphaba scooped the little girl up and carried her into her bedroom where Fiyero was waiting she gently put the little girl into bed and tucked her in.
"Ok baby what story would you like" said Elphaba.
"I want Daddy to tell me the story we are at the bit where the wicked witch drops a house on the evil headshiztress" said Alice.
Elphaba looked at Fiyero her eyes narrow, he grinned sheepishly.
"I was kind of making it up as I went along" said Fiyero he quickly sat beside the little girl and started to tell her the story, after about twenty minutes he noticed the little girl was starting to fall asleep "ok baby I think that's enough for tonight, time to go to sleep"
The little girl immediately got out of her bed and headed for the door, Elphaba put her hand out and stopped the little girl from leaving the room.
"No baby you are going to sleep in your bed tonight ok" said Elphaba.
The little girl started to cry "No Mummy I want to sleep with you please" she tried to shove Elphaba's arm out of the way but the green woman scooped the little girl up into her arms.
"No baby not tonight you are a big girl and need to sleep in your bed ok" said Elphaba she carried the little girl over to the bed and tucked her in again "goodnight baby sleep tight"
Once Fiyero has said goodnight the pair left the room, Elphaba closed the door over and sighed, seconds later the little girl appeared at the door Elphaba looked at Fiyero.
"You can do this Fae just remember the steps of supernanny's stay in bed technique, mum and I will be in the spare room opposite ok" said Fiyero "if it gets too much I will take over" He kissed her cheek then went into the room.
Elphaba turned and took hold of the little girl's hand "it's bedtime darling" she took the little girl back to bed then left the room again and again the little followed her out.
"Bedtime" said Elphaba she took the little girl back to bed then went and joined Fiyero in the spare room, she had barely sat down beside him when she heard the little girl's cries in the hallway, she looked at Fiyero.
"You can do it Fae" said Fiyero.
Over the next half and hour Elphaba kept taking the little girl back to bed but she showed no signs of giving up fighting, the green woman sat down beside Fiyero and rested her head on his shoulder.
"I can't do it Yero, she's begging me not to leave her it's breaking my heart" said Elphaba tears running down her face.
"Elphaba you are doing so well just stick with it and she will give up you have to remain strong" said Amilie. Just as Alice wondered into the room she walked over to Elphaba and tried to climb onto her lap but Fiyero stopped her.
"DADDY LET GO OF ME I WANT MY MUMMY" screamed Alice as Fiyero carried her out of the room and back to bed. "MUMMY HELP ME"
That was the last straw for Elphaba she was about to go after Fiyero when she felt a hand on her arm.
"No Elphaba if you do that you will undo all the work you have done tonight" said Amilie just as Fiyero came back into the room, followed seconds later by the little girl who shot straight for Elphaba but Fiyero once again stopped her and carried her back to bed.
After another fifteen minutes Fiyero and Elphaba where sat in the spare room, if had been a few minutes since Fiyero had last taken the little girl back to bed and she was yet to appear in the room.
"I think we might have done it" said Elphaba just as the little girl appeared in the room, rubbing her eyes and her pyjamas soaking wet. The green woman sighed and turned to Amilie "now what I can't put her back to bed in wet pyjamas.
"Of course not what you do is this, take her to the bathroom change her without giving her any attention or talking to her then take her back to bed" said Amilie "Fiyero could you pop into her room and make sure her bed isn't wet if it is change it"
Once the little girl was clean and dry and after making sure the bed wasn't wet they resumed returning her to bed and after another ten minutes the little girl finally fell asleep. Elphaba came out of the little girl's room a smilie on her face.
"Well done Fae I'm so proud of you" said Fiyero.
"I'm proud of you too Yero" said Elphaba "Now all I have to do is hope she doesn't wake up in the night"
"If she does you just repeat what you have done tonight, now I'm off home and you two should go and have some couple time I think your father and I could do with some couple time too" said Amilie with a wink.
Fiyero grimmest "mummmmm, don't say that I don't want that image of my parents thank you"
Elphaba looked at him and burst out laughing.
A/N phew so only two chapters left to go in the next chapter Elphaba has more trouble with Nessa, Christmas shopping and teaching Alice to use the proper toilet. I would also like to wish all my readers and reviewers a very merry Christmas and a happy new year see you all next year x