Another little filler-like thing. But don't worry! I have what I think is a good-lengthed chapter in about... 7 chapters, I think? Maybe earlier. I don't quite remember. My idea of a 'good-lengthed' chapter is... well, look at Forgotten Prophecy (which sadly has been forgotten... by me. -.-) and average out the words per chapter. It's a pretty big number, I think.
Sadly, I still don't own Wicked.
004. Insides
Elphaba snuck into Dr. Dillamond's old office. It was well past one in the morning and the guards who were supposed to be on duty were nowhere to be seen. She closed the door quietly behind her and drew the curtains shut. Then, she produced a lantern from her cloak. She murmured a few words and a small flame appeared inside of it. She looked around. There were bookshelves on every wall and it seemed like every space was put to good use. One had to use the rolling ladder to reach half of the books. She guessed that there were close to eight hundred volumes in there. But now wasn't the time to drool over books, she reminded herself.
She made her way to the professor's desk and began searching through it for any papers on his research. She grabbed the few folders that were there, placed them into her bag, and turned back to the books. She climbed swiftly up the rolling ladder and peered at the titles. Animal Legends , An Anthology of Animals , Animals and the Great Flood , Lurline and the Animals , Dining with Cows , A Raccoon's Tail… But nothing jumped out at her. Still, she kept searching until she found an old, leather-bound book with folded papers sticking out of it at all angles shoved behind a row of books. It had no title on it. She took it off the shelf, dusted it off, and sneezed, nearly falling off of the ladder. Startled, she slowly lowered herself back onto solid ground with the book and lantern in hand.
As she opened the cover, she heard a noise from just outside the door. She froze for a moment then bolted into action. She shoved the book into her bag and made for the window. She hid behind the thick, red velvet curtains just in time to hear the door creak open. She peered through the crack in the curtains to see a figure moving blindly through the dark room, cursing as he tripped over chairs. The intruder found the desk and rummaged through it to find it empty except for a few pens. He swore again. At this point, Elphaba was struggling with the latch on the window. Elphaba heard the man whisper 'yes' under his breath and heard a match light.
Shit, she thought. Finally the latch clicked, but a bit too loudly. She heard the intruder freeze and she scrambled through the window landing not-so-softly on the ground just below. She heard the man dash to the window and look out, but she didn't see him. She didn't look back as she sprinted back to her dorm room.
Hmm...
e.r.
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