Hi, everybody. I'm sorry that I took so long to update. I have had an up and down week, a really down day a couple of days ago but I'm all better and now able to write up this chapter of haunts and hurts. Now we get to see what happens to Elphaba and if anything is going to stop her before she jumps over the cliff and dies. I think you guys will love this one. I would like to dedicate this chapter to Gelphie44 just because. :). Now read and enjoy this next installment of 'HAH'. That is the abbreviation of Haunts and Hurts. I'm not actually saying hah. Just want to say that cause some people might think that...cough Gelphie44 cough. Just playing around with you guys. Now seriously go on and read.
Night had fallen and it has been too long since Elphaba was returned to the hospital to only find out she was in an unexplainable coma. It wasn't soon after that Sam had put Glinda under a spell to keep her from moving so she could rest as well. It has worked so far and Glinda was sleeping while Elphaba was being influenced by some force that would end her life. Sam was sleeping in a chair with a blanket wrapped around his body curtsey of his wife while she took a break from watching over Elphaba. Fiyero's head was resting on his girlfriend's bed and his hand was on top of Glinda's. He worried himself out with in an hour forcing Sam to do the same thing to him as he did to his daughter. As Sam started to snore blonde eyebrows drew together slightly as pictures entered their mind.
Elphaba leaning over the edge of a cliff with a look of terror on her face as she backed away.
Elphaba looking wildly around as her mouth moved up and down with no words come out.
The brown eye suddenly going blank and Elphaba slowly going towards the edge of the cliff.
Crystal blue eye shot open at once as Glinda sat up while trying to get air into her lung. The blonde wiped away the sweat that has accumulated on her forehead while her mind was trying to comprehend what she has seen.
"Elphie." The blonde whispered in worry as she ran a hand through her blonde locks. She didn't know what she saw but it didn't seem good at all. Somewhere deep in her heart something bad was happening to the green witch. What it was she didn't know just yet. Glinda felt like she needed to get to Elphaba's side before that bad thing happened to her. The blonde reached for the air hose and gripped it in a tight grip. Glinda tried not to gag as she felt the tubes rise up out of her body and slowly out her nose. She was thankful that she was unconscious when they put it in because it was so gross coming out. It was like pulling up worms from her body. The blonde gave a gasp as the last inch came out and she found it much harder to breath. Glinda was already gasping for air as she threw off her blankets and yanked her broken leg to the ground. The blonde clutched her chest as she pushed herself off the bed and put her feet on the ground.
"Elphie." The blonde whispered as she started to limp heavily out of her room. Glinda peeked out just incase there were anybody walking around to put a stop to her adventure to Elphaba. The blonde gave a very short sigh of relief at seeing no one out in the hallways before limping out again. She remembered what room Elphaba was in because her parents thought she was sleeping when they discussed about Elphaba. Her father's spell had only worked on her for just a couple hours unlike the whole night.
Her desire and love for the green witch helped her fight off magic that was keeping her from Elphaba. The blonde just pretended to be asleep until she actually did and slept until those visions, thankfully, woke her up. It meant her plan was back on track. Glinda had to stop ten feet from where Elphaba was at. Her chest was constricting badly forcing the blonde to be gasping for air. It was getting too hard for her to continue on with her journey. Her lung was failing and the world started to go black but the blonde pressed on. She needed to get to the green witch's side or she knew, in the pit of her stomach, she might lose Elphaba forever.
"Elphie, I'm coming." Glinda whispered hoarsely as she held onto the wall for support and used it to guide her to the one person who has captured her heart. The blonde stumbled into the room and then collapsed to the ground coughing roughly. Glinda looked up from her position, her forehead glistening from the exertion, to see the silhouette of Elphaba's body so close to her. She reached out her non injured hand as she tried to touch Elphaba.
"Ah…no." Glinda whispered as she was just inches short from touching Elphaba. The blonde looked around to see if there will be anything to help her get close to the green witch. Her eyes widen slightly at seeing the figure of her mom sitting in a chair. Her mom could send her back before she even had a chance to get to Elphaba. Her fear relaxed when she noticed how softly her mom's chest was moving up and down. Her mom was asleep. Glinda felt relieved at this, now she could continue on with her mission.
The blonde saw that she needed to push herself along since nothing else was around her to help her get closer her. The blonde gritted her teeth and started to army crawl the last few inches. Elphaba was lying on the bed with her eyes closed and support tubes running in and out of her just so she wouldn't die from the coma. Small hands clamped on top of the bed and there was a huge grunt as Glinda's head popped up from the ground. Tears stung at the blue eyes as the blonde saw her love's form. Did she look like that when she was unconscious?
"I'm coming, Elphie. Just hold on." Glinda whispered as she dug deep into her already exhausted body and pulled her upper half on top of the bed. She grabbed for one of the green hands and held onto it just so she could be connected with Elphaba. The blonde gave a small cry of pain as her chest ripped with pain while she tried to get all the way up. Glinda's body gave out under this. The world went instantly black for the blonde as she fell forward with her eyes closed. Glinda's head ended up on Elphaba's chest as the blonde's body landed perfectly on top of the green witch's. Their hands stayed together. Suddenly their fingers started to intertwine together and when that was completed the two witches started to glow white.
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Glinda shivered violently as a huge blast of cold air hit her with full force. The blonde wrapped her arms around her body to keep herself from freezing to death. Her blue eyes wondered around the death valley she was in and was wondering where the hell she was. The last thing she remembered was being in Elphaba's room and now she was in the middle of nowhere freezing her butt off. A light bulb went off in Glinda's head. This place looked familiar to her for some reason. She closed her eyes to concentrate on that one thought and to see what it meant. The images of Elphaba going towards the cliff popped in with the same background Glinda was in right now. The blonde gasped as her eyes snapped open. That was right. She was here to stop Elphaba from jumping.
"Elphaba!" Glinda shouted out the green witch's name as she started to run forward. She didn't know where to go but she needed to start somewhere. Her heart was pounding fast as she prayed that Elphaba wouldn't go over. It just seem so weird because Elphaba was never one to even think about suicide. It had to be some outside voice influencing her to jump. Tears were leaking down Glinda's face at the thought of losing Elphaba. She knew that there would be a void in heart that could never be filled again.
"Elphaba!" The blonde shouted again in hopes that her roommate would hear it and call back to her. This place seemed so vast that Glinda felt little hope in her that she would find Elphaba in time. The blonde shrieked out in surprise her left foot got twisted on a rock and her body hit the ground hard. She groaned in pain as she pushed herself up. She cursed herself for not paying attention to what could delay her in finding Elphaba.
"Stupid." Glinda whispered as she felt something warm trickle down her face. The blonde reached up and touched above her right eyebrow. She snorted at seeing blood on her hand. She didn't care about that, to her it was a minor in convince. Glinda got to her feet but pain shot up her left leg.
"Ah come on you stupid leg. It's probably twisted." Glinda whispered to her body in anger. She needed to get to Elphaba and her own body was slowing her down. She pushed through the pain and limped onward in hopes of finding Elphaba. The blonde was sweeping her eyes back and forth to get the whole picture of what was in front of her. She didn't want to miss any minute detail on where Elphaba could be. When it seemed like forever Glinda finally made a break through. She halted on a dime at seeing Elphaba very slowly walking towards a cliff's edge. Glinda felt both relieved and horrified at seeing the green witch before her. Relieved because she found Elphaba and horrified because Elphaba was getting too close to the edge of the cliff for her taste.
"Elphaba, Elphaba please stop. Please stop." Glinda begged loudly as she started to run towards the green witch her ankle be damned, Elphaba needed her.
Elphaba was inching closer and closer to the edge of the cliff, her eyes were still blank as the voice continued to chant 'Jump'. Her green ears wiggled slightly when they heard footsteps getting closer to her. Elphaba came back for a second but the voice just chanted louder. So Elphaba remained underneath the voice's control. Her feet just started to jut out over the cliff when Glinda's voice reached her now. Her green ears wiggled a lot as Elphaba registered Glinda's voice.
"Glinda." Elphaba whispered as the voice roared out at losing control over the green witch's mind. They had lost this round on what they wanted to happen. Elphaba blinked her eyes multiple times as Glinda stopped three feet from her. The green witch groaned softly as she turned around. It felt like she had just woken up from a dream.
"Elphie, back away. Come to me please." Glinda said out loud with a trembling voice. She would feel much better once Elphaba gets away from the edge of the cliff and will be safe in her arms. Her heart beat started to pound faster as the green witch turned around while scratching the top of her head in confusion. Brown eyes widen slightly at seeing Glinda right in front of her. Her worry went into overdrive at seeing a cut on Glinda's face. She had no clue what was going on.
"Glinda, what are you doing here and what's going o…Ah!" Elphaba shouted in panic when the ground beneath her suddenly gave away and she disappeared from sight. Glinda froze in fear at seeing what had happen before her. Tears gushed out as the blonde let the notion sunk in that she just watched her best friend and love die. The blonde put a shaky hand over her mouth as sobs poured out of it. She lost Elphaba. She couldn't believe it. Her heart was breaking into a millions of pieces at this huge blow.
"Glinda!"
The blonde stopped mid sob at hearing Elphaba's voice coming from the cliff. Her heart started to go faster. Elphaba wasn't dead. It was a miracle. Glinda wanted to jump up and down while singing 'Elphie is not dead. Elphie is not dead' over and over again. She was going to do that when Elphaba called out to her again.
"Glinda! I could really use your help at the moment! For Oz's sake what the hell are you doing up there?"
Glinda scrambled to the edge of the cliff to see what Elphaba was doing to keep herself from falling into the unknown. But as she got closer she was taking wary steps just incase the ground beneath her would give out as well. When in range of the place where the green witch fell the blonde leaned over to see what had happen. Her eyes widen slightly at seeing Elphaba holding onto a small, jutted rock that had poked out of the cliff and was just about an arm's reach to being pulled to safety. Elphaba had an eyebrow raised a bit at finally seeing Glinda above her.
"About damn time. I thought I was going to be hanging here forever while you did what ever you were about to do up there." Elphaba said sarcastically while she gripped the rock tighter. On the inside she was super relieved to be seeing the blonde at the moment. That way she would be out of this hell hole with in a couple of seconds just as soon as Glinda reached out to her. Glinda gave a sheepish smile at this as she went down onto her stomach and held out her right hand for Elphaba to take.
"I'm sorry but to hear your voice when I thought I just lost you I couldn't help but celebrate. I couldn't bare to lose you, Elphie. I love you too much." Glinda whispered as Elphaba put one of her hands into the outstretched pale one. The green witch paused at hearing that and looked up to the blonde with tears in her eyes. Did Glinda truly mean that? Elphaba must have shown that hope because Glinda nodded her head and gripped her hand even tighter then before. The green witch felt tears leaking out of her eyes as she started to push herself up with the strength of Glinda. The blonde grunted as she pulled her friend up.
"Elphie, I told you to lay off the sweets. Sweet Oz, I think you gained ten pounds from eating those caramel candy you got addicted to just last week." Glinda said through clenched teeth as Elphaba emerged from the edge of the cliff with an annoyed expression on her face. She didn't think she gained ten pounds from eating that mouthful of heaven. The green witch groaned softly as her body hit solid ground and was about to kiss it multiple times when huge amount of weight came onto her back. It felt like Glinda put on some pounds as well from eating all that cake from last week. Elphaba was going to jib the blonde on that to get back at the sweets comments when Glinda whispered into her ear.
"I love you."
A happy ending to this chapter. Glinda whispering to Elphaba that she loved her. Isn't that sweet. I wanted to stop on a happy ending for once. I was going to stop it at the part where the ground gave away from Elphaba but I thought that cruel plus I didn't want people to start lighting up the torches and sticking pitchforks in my butt. Anyways I hoped you enjoyed it and I will see you in the next chapter. Until then.
DWK