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Chapter 2:

"You stay as far away from me as possible, do you understand?" Asked Galinda with venom in her voice.

"Yes princess. I understand as long as you stay away from me." Elphaba answered after returning to her normal self.

Galinda huffed and walked away with her many followers carrying her things to the shared room.

"This is going to be a long year." Elphaba sighed while grabbing her suitcase and starting her walk to Room 22.

Elphaba took her time getting to her room in hopes that the small blonde would have already settled in and left. While walking, Elphaba kept thinking over everything that Madame Morrible had said to her. Taking up Sorcery never sparked an interest in her before, but now the thought of working with the Wizard seemed almost unbelievable.

There was also the constant nagging in the back of her mind that kept reminding her of Galinda. Even though Elphaba knew that Galinda was a selfish, spoiled brat that she kept telling herself to loath, she couldn't help but notice almost every small detail about the little idiot.

Finally arriving to Room 22 Elphaba could hear the voices of Galinda and other girls, which gave her a mixture of disappointment and eagerness. Disappointed that Galinda was in the room most likely talking about her with her friends, and eager because she was gonna see said gossip

queen. So with taking a deep breath she calmed herself as much as possible, to avoid any more mishaps.

xxxxx

Galinda made her way to the room as fast as her heels could take her, followed by all the people carrying her belongings. Once all her luggage was delivered by the many boys who looked at her with hungry eyes, she dismissed them all except for 3 girls she met earlier, Shenshen, Pfannee, and Valina. She dramatically threw herself on her bed, while the other 3 girls gracefully sat themselves next to her, waiting for her to talk.

"I can't believe Madame actually has me rooming with that... that...green monster!" Galinda exclaimed getting sympathy words from Shenshen and Pfannee.

"Oh poor thing, you will be ok. Just stay away and ignore her."

"Yeah she's a diseased freak, but I know you can be strong enough to deal with her."

"Maybe she is not that bad, I mean how would you girls feel if you had green skin? Maybe we should get to know her before we judge her based on the color of her skin." Valina told them.

Valina Voluntas, was from one of the wealthiest families in Munchkinland and therefore knew of the green Heir Apparent who was said to keep to herself. Valina strongly believed in not judging a person based on appearances, and that passion showed in her fiery green eyes.

Galinda was about to object against the brunette's opinion when the actual green girl opened the door and walked in. Galinda was momentarily dazzled by Elphaba's chocolate brown eyes, but shook her head and glared when she remembered she hated her.

Elphaba locked eyes with Galinda when she entered the room but when she noticed the blonde start to glare she went to the empty bed and set her suitcase down. As she was putting her things away she noticed that it was deathly quiet.

"Can I help you with anything? Is there something in my teeth or maybe on my clothes for all of you to be gaping at?" Elphaba asked sarcastically as she turned around and noticed 4 sets of eyes glued to her.

All girls looked away and stayed quiet until Galinda finally spoke. "Well girls, I have to unpack and I'm sure you do as well."

"Yes we will see you later Miss Galinda. Goodbye Miss Elphaba." Said Valina, as she, Shenshen, and Pfannee left together, leaving Elphaba stunned that she was acknowledged.

Once out of the room Galinda started to unpack along with Elphaba, but both stayed quiet.

Once Elphaba was finished she grabbed a book and sat on her bed to read. Galinda saw this and found it slightly comforting that the brunette stayed true to her word and remained in her own world. However, she was also felt just the tiniest bit upset that Elphaba wasn't paying attention to her.

"Is there something you need Miss Galinda or do you just have a problem staring?" Elphaba asked calmly while never taking her eyes off her book.

Galinda slightly jumped at Elphaba's question but immediately recovered. "Well I was just wondering why your skin is that color."

Elphaba looked up at Galinda to see the blonde have a look of disgust on her face. She hated to admit it, but even though she kind of expected this treatment from her roommate, it hurt to see Galinda look at her this way. "I was born this way." She replied softly and returned to her book.

Galinda could see the hurt and instantly felt guilty, but the voice in her head told her that the creature in front of her was not capable of normal emotions. "Well its a shame to be you, I'm leaving with my friends. Don't wait up, not that you'll care or anything Miss Elphaba."

Elphaba watched as Galinda grabbed her matching purse and left the room. "Yes, it is a shame to be me."

xxxxx

The next day Elphaba woke up early, got dressed, and left the room without disturbing her roommate. She decided to have a leisurely breakfast before class started. Throughout her meal she couldn't help but feel a little excited about learning all that Shiz had to offer and thought a little more about Morrible's offer on taking Sorcery classes.

When Elphaba arrived to class, she was the first one there and sat in the front row. She pulled out her supplies and got ready for class to begin.

"Well you are quite the early bird, aren't you?" Said a tall Goat who smiled warmly at her.

"Yes sir. I wanted to make sure I got a good seat." Elphaba answered with somewhat of a confused look, because the Goat extended his hand out to her in greeting.

"Dr. Darius Dillamond, Life Sciences Professor, at your service." Said the Goat as he shook the green girl's hand.

"Elphaba Thropp, Third Descending." Elphaba responded while noticing that the professor didn't flinch from her. "I don't mean to be rude sir, but why aren't you looking at me with disgust or trying to run as far as you can from me?"

"Miss Elphaba, I understand what it is like to be different. As the sole Animal on the Shiz faculty, I know what its like to not always be accepted amongst your peers, therefore I will not pass judgment on you. Unless of course you are a troublemaker and disrupt my class every two

seconds, then we will have problems." Dr. Dillamond explained with a slight chuckle.

"No sir, you will have no problems from me." Elphaba said with a smile. "Thank you."

"You're quite welcome. Now sit tight, students should be arriving shortly." Dr. Dillamond said before turning back around to his desk to prepare for class.

xxxxx

Galinda, after waking up and meeting her friends in the cafe arrived to class 10 minutes before it started, to see a tall Goat writing on the blackboard and her roommate sitting in the front row.

As she made her way to the back of the room where the rest of her friends were, she could still see the side profile of Elphaba. She didn't realize that she was staring until she heard her name being called by Pfannee.

"Galinda?"

"Hmm... yes?" Galinda responded.

"I asked if you saw the green freak?" Pfannee said with a look of disdain.

"Oh yes, I was imagining the worse scenarios that the artichoke could cause if she lost her little temper." Galinda said while everyone laughed at her teasing of Elphaba.

"Everyone, leave her alone. She doesn't do or say anything to any of you, so stop making fun of her." Valina said trying to settle everyone down.

"Why? You worried you might upset the freak? Watch out she might lose it and unleash her wrath again!" A boy, Avaric, said to the group of socialites, but loud enough for Elphaba to hear.

Elphaba who had been listening to everything, just put her book away and hung her head. She wanted to say a witty comeback but she just couldn't bring herself to embarrass Galinda in front of the people that mattered to her so much.

"Class that is enough! Please settle down and let's begin." Dr. Dillamond demanded. The laughter ceased instantly and Elphaba gave a small smile to the Goat in thanks.

Dr. Dillamond saw this and gave a small nod back before her turned his attention back to the rest of class. However he didn't notice that Galinda was drawing a sketch of Elphaba with fangs and wild eyes along with the caption 'BEWARE OF THE GREEN BEAST ON THE LOOSE' and passed it around.

When the note finally made it to Elphaba, the class, having already seen the sketch, started laughing. Elphaba, on the other hand, knew the pink stationary paper belonged to Galinda because she caught a glimpse of it when the blonde was unpacking her school supplies the day before. Tears started to cloud her vision and she turned to see Galinda covering her

mouth to prevent herself from laughing. When Galinda saw Elphaba's face, she had a fleeting feeling of regret and guilt but recovered and smirked towards the brunette. Elphaba turned back around and continued to listen intently to the lecture.

After class was dismissed, Elphaba packed her things and was one of the first to leave. Galinda took her time and heard many 'well done' comments. She just smiled and left with her group of friends.

Valina stopped the blonde in the halls to speak to her in private. "Galinda, you know that wasn't nice at all right?"

"Oh what are you worried about, its not like she can feel anything, she probably has no soul." Galinda answered as she tossed her hair and continued on her way.

Valina only shook her head and followed Galinda, because even though the blonde was acting inconsiderate towards Elphaba she did nothing wrong to Valina, which didn't give her a reason to be unfriendly also.

"One day, you'll get a rude awakening Galinda." Valina said under her breath as she shook her head and continued on her way.