Author's Note: The Holidays are over! :( But that means I finally got some time to update :D Big thanks to evilregal07, GoingBackHome, Wicked Fan, and a Guest for their reviews. So no more stalling, onto the chapter!
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Chapter 17:
As the situation was being handled by Dr. Dillamond and Madame Morrible, Fiyero pulled Elphaba to the side where she clung to him tightly.
"Thank you." Elphaba said in a tired voice with tears filling her eyes. "If you weren't here, I probably would have done something I would later regret."
"No problem, I'm just glad I was here in time. And now you don't have to worry anymore, you're safe." Fiyero said holding the green girl as tears silently fell out of Elphaba's eyes. "Both you and Glinda."
"Glinda." Elphaba said while tears kept falling, thinking that Fiyero was right. They were safe now.
As some of the older boys, that Dr. Dillamond got for help, took Ridal out to the front of the boy's dormitory Madame Morrible and Dr. Dillamond questioned Elphaba and Fiyero.
"Well, does anyone want to explain to me what was going on?" Morrible asked with an edge in her voice.
"Madame, I was in my room when I heard a ruckus and broke down the door when I heard Elphaba crying in pain." Fiyero explained hoping that would be enough for the headmistress.
"What happened behind closed doors Miss Thropp? Seeing as girls aren't allowed in the boy's dormitory." Morrible questioned with an arched eyebrow.
"I was upset and went for a walk outside the grounds, when Ridal found me and offered to talk to me in private. He brought me back to his room and when I tried to leave he attacked me." Elphaba said feeling exhausted yet relieved at the same time for the whole ordeal to be over.
"What do you mean by attack?" Morrible said as Elphaba looked at her incredulously. "Well seeing as you were both bloodified and bruised, yet a dagger was drawn on Master Malunus, I need to be certain."
Elphaba couldn't believe that with all the evidence right in front of the woman's fish face she was still asking questions. So she took a deep breath and explained in great detail what Ridal did to her. Of course leaving out the reason why she was upset in the first place. She knew that the headmistress would not approve of her relationship with Glinda and would more then likely split them apart.
"That's terrible, I'm sorry you have to be exposed to something like this Miss Thropp." Dr. Dillamond said with an apologetic expression.
"Yes, I as well." Morrible said looking the least bit apologetic. "Well, Master Tiggular please escort Miss Thropp outside of the building."
"Yes, Madame." Fiyero said as he wrapped his arm around the green girl's shoulders and left the room.
Elphaba was glad that she had the older Goat on her side, seeing as Morrible was clearly not concerned. She was so tired and wanted nothing more then to go back to her room, hold Glinda, and fall asleep.
When Elphaba and Fiyero were outside they saw a few guards taking Ridal away, with his hands tied behind his back.
Ridal just happened to look up and caught Fiyero and Elphaba looking at him. He struggled against the guard's hold and tried to get closer to Elphaba and Fiyero. When the guards tightened their hold on Ridal, he said in his harshest voice. "You bitch! I did nothing wrong to you! You're the one who attacked me!"
"Silence!" One guard ordered. "Don't act innocent, just look at what you did to her."
"She deserved it!" Ridal said with a sinister smile before another guard hit him with his club, that got him to keep quiet.
The students who were now gathered around the scene looked to Elphaba, after taking the guards advice to look at her. When they took in her appearance they knew instantly that Ridal was lying about being innocent.
Elphaba could feel all eyes on her so she buried her face in Fiyero's chest. When random students approached her, she thought they were going to ridicule and tease her cruelly.
"Miss Elphaba, are you alright?"
"Are you hurt?"
"Do you need help, Miss Elphaba?"
Elphaba lifted her head and was truly surprised that people were concerned about her, so much that it made her speechless. After the initial shock wore off she was able to nod and answer everyone's questions.
xxxxx
As Glinda stirred in her sleep she couldn't help but feel different. She opened her eyes and that strange feeling became more prominent. She couldn't place her finger on it, but something didn't seem right to her.
"Hey." Valina said gently as she saw Glinda sit up on her bed with her forehead creased. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I just feel weird. Like something isn't right." Glinda said kind of confused.
"Well maybe you still feel bad about everything that happened with Elphaba today?" Valina suggested. "It would take a lot out of anyone."
"No, its something else." Glinda said more to herself as she shook her head. "Has anything happened since I was asleep?"
"No." Valina said.
"Maybe we should go find Fiyero and the 3 of us could find Elphie faster." Glinda said getting up from her bed and stretching. "I think that's what's bothering me, not being able to talk to her."
"That makes sense." Valina said standing up as well. "Ready?"
"Yes." Glinda said before taking a deep breath and following Valina out of the room.
While the two girls were walking towards Fiyero's room, the feeling that Glinda had only intensified and it made her walk faster.
"Where's the fire?" Valina asked as she had to somewhat run to catch up to the small blonde.
"I just feel like something bad is happening. I just want to find Elphaba." Glinda responded knowing that once she was with the green girl again, things would make sense.
When Glinda and Valina made it outside the boy's dormitory, they saw a huge crowd of students gathered around the entrance of the building. They couldn't make out anything and could only see the back of the other student's heads.
"What's going on?" Valina asked another student standing next to her.
"I'm not sure, but a carriage from Southstairs is taking away a prisoner." The boy answered who was tall enough to see the carriage.
Glinda and Valina helped each other squeeze their way through the crowd. When they got to the front they saw guards dragging an enraged Ridal away and heard him say, "You bitch! I did nothing wrong to you! You're the one who attacked me!"
"Silence!" She heard a guard say firmly. "Don't act innocent, just look at what you did to her."
"She deserved it!" She heard Ridal say with a sick smile on his face. Then the guards hit him with a club and threw him into the carriage.
Glinda searched the building entrance where Ridal was yelling towards and saw Elphaba standing next to Fiyero with a bloody face and ripped clothes. Just as she and Valina started making their way to the green girl and the prince, other students crowded around them as well.
Glinda could hear the concerned questions from the students directed at Elphaba and if she wasn't so desperate to get to the taller girl she would have smiled with pride.
Glinda and Valina, no matter how hard they tried to push their way through the crowd, were not getting anywhere. There were just too many students trying to catch a glimpse at Elphaba to see the extent of her injuries.
"Fiyero! Elphaba!" Valina yelled out hoping to catch the other two's attention, which proved unsuccessful because of the other students still asking questions out loud.
"Elphaba!" Glinda finally screamed out which immediately caught Elphaba's attention.
"Glinda!" Elphaba yelled back. She saw that too many people were around her so Glinda couldn't get through. Just as Elphaba was about to go to Glinda, she felt someone move next to her.
"That is enough! Go back to your classes! Nothing scandalacious to see here." Morrible spoke out loud as she and Dr. Dillamond finally came out of the building.
The crowd dispersed once the headmistress spoke, being that they were afraid of the large woman. Once space was available Glinda ran up to Elphaba and hugged her tightly. They both stared at each other, neither girl saying a word, for fear of Morrible finding out the extent of their
relationship. Yet somehow they silently told each other that they had much to talk about.
The only people to stay and watch as the carriage holding Ridal left were Madame Morrible, Dr. Dillamond, Fiyero, Elphaba, Glinda, and Valina.
"Miss Thropp, due to your injuries you are excused from classes for the rest of the week. I will inform your professors and have spells for you to practice during recuperation." Morrible said after the carriage was out of sight.
"Thank you." Elphaba said quietly while Glinda clung to Elphaba's arm.
"And seeing as your roommate is so concerned, I'm guessing she will see to your injuries personally?" Morrible asked.
"Yes Madame, I will look after her." Glinda answered more then willingly.
"Very well, both of you are excused from classes for the rest of the week, however Master Tiggular and Miss Voluntas I can't offer you the same arrangement." Morrible said.
"We understand Madame." Valina answered truthfully.
"Well then I suggest you all return to you rooms. Good day." Morrible said before she turned and left quickly, still looking as irritated as ever.
"I'm sorry once again Elphaba, no one deserves what you've been through." Dr. Dillamond said before turning his attention to Glinda. "I'm hoping you take good care of her."
"I will. Thank you." Glinda said glad that someone was concerned after Morrible acted like she could care less.
"You're welcome. I would stay longer and make sure you're fine but I think Miss Glinda has everything under control." Dr. Dillamond said with a secret smile.
"Yes she does." Elphaba said turning a darker green as Glinda giggled.
"And don't worry, your secret is safe with me." Dr. Dillamond said with a kind smile and wink, seeing how close both girls were to each other.
"What do you mean secret?" Glinda asked as both she and Elphaba had wide eyes and began to panic.
"Miss Glinda, I may be older but I'm not senile. I now see that you and Elphaba are in a romantic relationship together." The Goat said gently. "Besides watching the two of you go from loathed enemies to best friends as well as seeing how you are practically drawn towards one another right now says it all."
"Please don't tell Madame Morrible." Elphaba pleaded.
"Don't worry I won't. And just between us... I'm not very fond of the her." Dr. Dillamond said as he leaned in and whispered the last part.
Glinda giggled as Elphaba chuckled, feeling the uneasiness melt away.
"Thank you also, for everything." Elphaba said sincerely.
"You're welcome once again." Dr. Dillamond said with a kind smile before turning to leave. "Good day!"
"I think we should head back to your room. You've had a long day." Fiyero suggested looking at Elphaba after Dr. Dillamond was out of sight.
"I agree." Elphaba agreed before she looked down at Glinda, intertwined her fingers with the blonde's, and started walking with Valina and Fiyero following behind.
"Wow, she actually agreed with me." Fiyero said playfully as the girls in front smiled.
"Yeah, who knew you could have good ideas." Valina said sarcastically that earned laughs from everyone.
The 4 of them walked back to the girl's dormitory feeling as if a huge weight had been lifted off their shoulders, and a sense of tranquility settling in. They were thankful that they had each other and were safe and happy in their little group.
A/N #2: Only 3 more chapters left before the end :(