Hey readers! I am back with another chapter. I am terribly sorry for the extremely long update wait. I have been super busy with the start of school and sports and other activities. Fall Sports are ending soon so hopefully the updates will be coming more often! Enjoy! As Always -Greengirl16
Thanks to my reviewers and I hope you can forgive me for the long wait. I hope this chapter and the following ones will make up for the wait :)
Elphaba woke up the next morning with a smile on her face. Her wait was over and finally Liir and Fiyero were back safely and there would be peace and quiet again, just what she loved. She got out of bed and went into the kitchen to make breakfast.
She stood at the counter stirring the batter for the muffins she was baking when someone kissed her on the head. "Good morning," they whispered in her ear.
Elphaba turned around with a smile on her face "Good morning Yero," she said and wrapped her arms around him and kissed him.
"Do you need help with anything?"
"No, I think I'm good."
"Okay…" Fiyero said hesitantly and went to make the coffee, ignoring Elphaba's wishes. Elphaba rolled her eyes, but continued stirring.
Dorothy and Vanessa had been continuing on their trail for several hours. "How much longer," Vanessa complained.
"It depends on how far the kidnappers got," Dorothy answered bluntly.
Vanessa let out an exaggerated sigh and continued to trudge along, dragging her feet to let her mom know that she was exhausted and wanted to take a break.
Vanessa's mind started to wander after she realized her mom had no intention of stopping any time soon. She soon found herself thinking about Liir. What if the kidnappers hurt him? Wait…why did she care? The lack of his presence made her uncomfortable…did and could she really miss him. Oh God, am I falling in love? How is this even possible he is so brainless…but so charming… Vanessa's thoughts continued to contradict each other until her mother spoke.
"What is that up ahead?"
"What, where?"
"That," Dorothy pointed.
"It looks like a cabin."
"Great! Maybe they saw which way the kidnappers went or at least give us directions."
"It's worth a shot," Vanessa agreed, surprising herself.
The two continued towards the cabin hoping that the people were friendly.
Fiyero sat at the kitchen table reading the paper from 2 weeks ago. He didn't get the chance to go to town often because they lived in the middle of nowhere. It was also a long travel so it wasn't worth going to get the paper every morning and it couldn't be delivered because that was risking Oz discovering Elphaba hadn't died.
Liir was lying on the couch; Fiyero couldn't tell if he was asleep or not. Elphaba was in their bedroom reading a spell book in hopes to reverse her spell on him from so many years ago. Truthfully, Fiyero didn't mind being a scarecrow that much; it had its advantages and disadvantages, one disadvantage being he could never snuggle with Elphaba by the fire. Sure, it would nice to be a human again, but he felt Elphaba shouldn't spend so much time on a lost cause. She had said herself that all spells were irreversible. Soon Fiyero's thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door.
Fiyero got up to answer the door figuring it must be one of the Animals from the nearby refugee village he had helped Elphaba form after the reign of the Wizard.
He opened the door and his jaw dropped, "Dorothy?!"
"Scarecrow! You're alive!"
Liir had woken up and now stood behind his dad with a shocked look on his face. He then spotted Vanessa next to her mom and flashed her a charming smile causing her cheeks to turn a dark shade of pink.
"What happened? Are you alright," Dorothy questioned.
"Yeah, why…," Fiyero responded.
"You were kidnapped! How did you escape?"
Fiyero laughed slightly, "Dorothy I wasn't kidnapped and I live here."
"What?! Then why did you leave?"
"I had to take my son home because he was lost," Fiyero lied and gestured towards Liir. Dorothy couldn't find out Liir had gotten in a fight with his mother, who was supposed to be dead, and ran away.
"He's your son?!"
"Yeah."
Dorothy looked from Liir to Fiyero and back again, "I am sorry, but I don't see the resemblance."
In truth, Liir did look a lot like Fiyero, only like his human form. He had Fiyero's swankified blonde hair and his jaw line.
There was an awkward silence for a few minutes until Dorothy finally chirped up, "Well I am glad you're alright." She then walked past Fiyero and sat down at one of the kitchen chairs. Obviously she has no problem with making herself comfortable, Fiyero thought.
Liir and Vanessa had left their parents alone. The room seemed very tense and was making them both uncomfortable. The two went into a back room to talk and enjoy the peace and quiet.
Fiyero and Dorothy sat staring at each other for what felt like forever until once again Dorothy broke the silence, "So…how long have you been living here?"
"About 20 years."
"Wow. That's a long time."
"Yeah," Fiyero said, continuing to make small talk.
"Why do you live in the middle of nowhere? It's nice, but you always seemed like a people person."
How do you know me, Fiyero thought to himself. Okay, I hung around you for a few weeks, but you don't know me. Obviously Dorothy was gullible and had fallen for his brainless scarecrow façade. "I wanted to get out of Oz."
Dorothy gasped, "Why? Oz is such a wonderful place!"
Ha, Fiyero thought to himself. You only visited here. You don't know the real Oz. The terrible place it is and how judging and gullible the people are. He was happy he had left with Elphaba. "It got boring."
"Oh," Dorothy said sounding disappointed. She suddenly felt unwelcome. How could her best friend have changed so much in the time that she was gone? Was he mad at her for leaving him? She hoped she hadn't hurt his feelings. He was definitely wiser so the Wizard must have helped him when he gave him a brain and his diploma, but he seemed colder towards her. "Can you tell me where the bathroom is," Dorothy asked. She needed to be alone for a while, to think.
Fiyero pointed, "It's the second door on the left."
Dorothy nodded and got up and walked slowly to the bathroom. She turned at the door, opened it, and screamed. There behind the door was not the bathroom but Liir and Vanessa alone sitting together alone.
Vanessa looked up at her mom, "God, what's you problem?"
"Vanessa, what are you doing alone with this boy?"
Vanessa's face turned slightly pink, "Mom we were just talking."
"Ha! Just talking?"
"Yes! God, mom why are you making it such a big deal?"
"You were alone with a boy of course I am going to make a big deal!"
"What's all the commotion about," an angry voice screamed from down the hall. The door flew open and revealed a very angry person. Dorothy squinted her eyes to try to make out who it was and then memories flew back to her and her realization made her gasp.
"Mom? Mom! Are you okay," Vanessa yelled.
A pale Dorothy backed down the hallway slowly and then ran into the kitchen, trembling.
Fiyero glanced up, "You look like you just saw a ghost," Fiyero pointed out.
"I did."
"What?"
"The witch…she's back." and with that Dorothy passed out cold.
Elphaba came storming down the hall, "Who the hell is in our house?"
Fiyero looked up innocently at an angry Elphaba who was headed straight for him. Elphaba soon tripped over Dorothy's body and she looked down angrily and then gasped. "Can you please explain why the stupid farm girl is back in Oz and why she's in our house?"
"I have no idea how she in in Oz, but she ran into me while I was looking for Liir and it turned out he was with her."
"Liir was with her?!"
"Well, he was with her because of her daughter."
"Sweet Oz there's another generation?!"
"Yeah."
"How did they get in our house?"
"I don't know they showed up on our doorstep about 20 minutes ago. They must have followed us or something."
"They followed you? They followed you," Elphaba said raising her voice even more, "I figured something like this was going to happen eventually."
"Elphaba I am so sorry I swear I didn't know I was being extremely careful."
"Apperently not careful enough," Elphaba snapped and turned on her heels and was on her way back to her bedroom, but she ran into a sitting up Dorothy rubbing her eyes, "What happened," she asked no one in particular. Dorothy then opened her eyes and screamed at the sight of the green person glaring at her. Dorothy leapt up and sprinted for the door, by the time Elphaba or Fiyero reacted she was long gone.
"Shit," Elphaba muttered, "There is no way in hell she is not going to spill our secret."
I am going to apologize for Elphaba. She says sorry for her bad language. I hope you can forgive her :) She also says to review :0 "Why thank you Elphie!" So If you love Elphaba and me please review. (You may not know it, but currently Elphaba is pointing to that blue button calling your name and telling you to click it)