Chapter 10
Back in the carriage Glinda was finally waking up from the sleeping pill. Her eyes fluttered open and her head shot up.
"What? What is going on?" Glinda muttered, as she noticed her mother was sitting across from her holding her daughter. "Mother, what's going on here?"
"Your father and I are taking you and your child from that Wicked Witch," Melinda answered.
"What? No, stop this carriage! Stop it right now!" Glinda shouted.
"I'm sorry, Glinda, my dear but this for your own good as well as your daughter's own good," Melinda replied, as she placed the green baby in her daughter's arms. "Don't worry, though, once we get back home your father is going to send the Gale Force after that awful Wicked Witch."
"First of all her name is Elphaba and second of all we're married!" Glinda shouted, wanting nothing more to be with her green spouse right now.
"Stop saying that!" Melinda spat, as she turned her head away. "Not another word until we get home where you belong."
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With the speed of her broom, Elphaba was able to catch up with the carriage. She was relieved to see Mr. Upland was driving the carriage, so he couldn't do anything to her daughter. Elphaba tried to make her flying about unknown, but Galal saw her and reached over and grabbed his gun and began firing.
"Die Witch!" He screamed.
"Elphie?" Glinda questioned as she heard her father's yell and the gun shots. "Father, please, don't hurt her!" Luckily for Elphaba because of her broom's speed and how far she was away the bullets missed her.
"Stay still Witch!" Galal snarled, as he fired again and again.
"Father, please, stop!" Glinda yelled. When the blonde heard the firing not halting she opened the carriage door even though it was still moving.
"Glinda, what are you doing?" Melinda asked in worry. Glinda didn't answer as she poked her head out so she could try to get a visual on her green wife.
"Elphaba!" Glinda cried out.
The green witch quickly noticed that Galal was reloading his gun, so with a fast movement she flew down to the blonde. Glinda held out their daughter, and Elphaba scooped the green baby up before taking off back into the sky.
"Damn it!" Galal screamed, as he watched Elphaba fly off behind some trees. Just then she heard a horse riding up behind her. She looked so see it was Fiyero and Clara had made it.
"Thank the Unnamed God you're alright." Clara replied, as she slide off the horse with Fiyero not too far behind her.
"I'm not out of the woods yet." Elphaba said, as she handed the baby over to Clara. "I need to get to Glinda now." With that she got on her broom again, and took off back towards the carriage that was now making its way over a bridge.
Seeing that the green Witch was coming this way, Galal pulled the horses to a stop and brought up his gun and fired a few more times. Glinda in turn began to climbed until she was on top of the carriage.
"Father stop firing! Stop it now!" Glinda yelled, as she stood up.
"No, the Witch must die!" Mr. Upland retorted back as he went to fire again in Elphaba's direction.
This time he was successful, and the green witch was hit in the shoulder, and in turn she was knocked off her broom and onto the ground.
"Damn it, not again," Elphaba winced, as held her shoulder.
Luckily for Elphaba, she wasn't too far away from the ground, so her fall was a short one. But her broom had fallen between two large rocks far away and couldn't be gotten to.
"NO!" Glinda screamed as she pushed her father back.
This took Galal completely off guard and he fell back. The gun went off right next to the horses that were pulling the carriage. The horses were so frightened by the gun noise, that was so close to them, that they took off and crashed the carriage into the side of the bridge. The force was so strong that Glinda lost her balance, fell off the roof of the carriage, and into the raging river below.
"GLINDA!" Galal screamed, in terror, as he watched his daughter getting pulled down the river at a high speed.
Elphaba was quick to get to her feet, throw her hat and cape to the side, and raced over to the end of the bridge before diving into the water after her blonde wife. Both Mr. and Mrs. Upland were absolutely stunned by this action by the so called Wicked Witch of the West.
Once Elphaba hit the water her body screamed at her for the water was much colder than she thought. The coldness made her limbs ache but the feeling of saving her wife was driving her to continue.
"ELPHIE!" Glinda screamed, before she was forced under the water by the fierce water before bobbing up again.
Elphaba's heart was beating with more strength then she ever thought was possible. Adrenaline and fear was racing through Elphaba and was hammering down on her, as the water tried to consume her. The green witch's will was too stronger however, and she pushed on, and yelled at her limbs to fight against the water and the pain from the bullet wound.
It wasn't long though before Elphaba was only inches away from her wife. She reached out a green hand, and grabbed Glinda by her dress and pulled her close so the blonde could wrap her arms around a green neck. The untamed water then batted them around as if it was trying to separate them once again.
Elphaba found herself short of breath as the water forced them under and pulled them up again in an almost teasing fashion. The green witch then saw a tree up ahead that had its branches leaning down. This was their only hope. If they couldn't reach the branches Elphaba was certain they would drown.
"Don't let go of me no matter what!" Elphaba shouted, to Glinda before they were driven back under the water. The green witch got no verbal response, but a tighter grip around her neck and shoulders told her that Glinda did hear her. Now Elphaba just had to wait.
She waited until the water pushed them under the branches then she reached up with both arms and grabbed them. The pain in her shoulder was growing by the extra amount of weight, but Elphaba pushed the pain to the back of her mind as she pulled them in towards land.
"Don't let go of me!" Elphaba yelled as she inched them closer to safety. "Just a bit farther."
Then with one final movement Elphaba pulled herself and Glinda out from the river and onto dry land. Both women were breathing hard and coughing up some water. The green witch laid her head against her wife's shoulder as she let a hand smooth golden hair. It was her way to comfort the blonde witch until her breathing could slow and soothing words could be spoken.
Once the fear of drowning left Glinda's mind the blonde then reached out, and pulled Elphaba closer even though she was quite exhausted. It was a simple gesture but just enough to thank her green wife for saving her until her breath came back. They laid there for several more moments before Elphaba lifted her head up, so she could stare into her wife's blue eyes.
Just then the two women heard people running over to them. It was Mr. and Mrs. Upland. Once Elphaba saw them she rolled away, from Glinda, into a sitting position as she wrapped her arms around herself to try to retain some heat. She watched as Mr. and Mrs. Upland helped Glinda into the same position and hold her close. Melinda even took her coat off and placed it on her daughter before they both began to whisper soothing words to her.
Elphaba turned her head away at this point as found herself beginning to shiver. Just then she felt a jacket get put on her shoulders. She looked up in shock to see Galal had done this. He didn't meet her gaze as he went right back to caring for his blonde daughter.
"Elphie..." Glinda whispered, her voice weak. Elphaba looked over to her wife to see her extending her hand out to her. "Elphaba come here." Elphaba slowly but surely moved over to the blonde, and when she was in good enough range, Glinda wrapped her arms around her. A few moments of silence passed between them before Glinda said, "My green hero."
"You saved my daughter," Galal replied, his voice so gentle that it surprised the green witch. "You saved her life. I just saw you do it. But you're the Wicked Witch of the West. Why would you, the Witch, do such a thing?"
"She's not Wicked," Glinda answered, as she let out a sigh. "And her name is not the Witch it's Elphaba, and she's my hero, my lover, my partner, my spouse, my wife, and so much more. I love her and she loves me. She's not Wicked. She has never been Wicked. Please, can't you see that?"
Galal's gaze fell on the green woman before he looked back to his daughter. He saw how they were holding one another and noticed the love they had in their eyes for each other. Mr. Upland then kneeled down next to them.
"Do you love my daughter?" Galal asked, as he laid a hand on Elphaba's uninjured shoulder.
"With all my heart," Elphaba replied, as she placed some of her wife's golden hair behind her ear. "I don't think I would have jumped into a raging river if I didn't love her."
Just then Fiyero and Clara, who had the green baby in her arms, came running over. Relief could be seen in both of their eyes when they saw the two witches were alive.
Fiyero was quick to push Galal away from Elphaba as he said, "I won't let you call the Gale Force. This green woman is a hero and no matter what you might think, I can assure you, she is NOT evil and she's NOT Wicked."
"Settle down, Fiyero, I'm not going to call the Gale Force on this woman. I wouldn't have believed it unless I saw it with my own two eyes but this woman isn't wicked at all. I can clearly see she loves my daughter and her child because of what she just did. She is an amazing woman." Galal said, as he helped both Glinda and Elphaba to their feet. "Now let's get them back home so Elphaba's wound can be looked at."
"But my broom," The green witch said.
"Don't worry, Elphaba, I'll get it." Fiyero replied, as the Upland family hurried the two witches out of sight.
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It had been a few days and Elphaba's shoulder wound was taken care of so it was healing nicely. Galal and Melinda stayed with the new family until everything had settled down.
They were all sitting in the livingroom talking about old family stories when Melinda remember something very important.
"Tell me Glinda have you and Elphaba thought of a name for your little one yet?"
The blonde witch looked at the green woman with a smile before nodding her head to her parents. She then kissed her green baby on the forehead before beginning to speak.
"Father, Mother, I know you both like the idea of combining the names of myself and my spouse. Well that is what we are going to do. We decided to name the baby Gelphie."
"A fitting name," Galal replied with a nod as he looked at the Prince.
"Indeed," Fiyero answered. "Can we hold her now?" Glinda nodded and passed the little baby to Fiyero.
"Hello, little, Gelphie I'm your Uncle Fiyero." After everyone had a chance to hold her the group decided to turn in for the night.
"She is so precious," Glinda whispered, as she rocked the baby to sleep.
"We are so lucky," Elphaba replied, with a nod of her head, as she watched her daughter's blue eyes flutter close. Life was good.
...X...
The next morning both Mr. and Mrs. Upland left back home. They promised to visit in the coming months. Fiyero was now free to leave back to his home too.
"Thanks again for all your help, Fiyero." Glinda said, as she gave him a hug after Elphaba did.
"Glad to help and if you ever need a babysitter I'm always up for the job," Fiyero replied, as he stroked patted Gelphie on the head who was being held by Clara.
"Good to know," Elphaba answered, as she watched the Prince leave.
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Months passed and everyday Gelphie grew stronger and stronger. She had so much energy and vigor that sometimes she was hard to keep up with, but Elphaba and Glinda were clearly enjoying being parents. But they still made some time for themselves now and then...well at least they tried to anyway.
"So, Glinda, I've heard you have been a bad girl," Elphaba asked, one night, in nothing but her black underwear, a leather vest, and her black hat as she held a riding crop.
"That's right, Elphaba, I have been a very bad witch. I need to be punished," Glinda answered, her voice thick as she licked her lips.
"Oh really? I think I can take care of that," Elphaba said in a growl, as she ran the riding crop through her hands, approached Glinda, and closed the gap between then.
The blonde's breath hitched as Elphaba pushed her onto her back, and dragged the tip of the whip gently across her skin. In turn, Glinda let loose a soft moan and closed her eyes. Her body was already shivering from excitement. When green lips met pink ones Glinda pulled her emerald wife even closer, for she didn't want to delay her punishment that she so desperately wanted.
Just then however they heard baby Gelphie crying.
"Hold that thought," Elphaba replied, with a cackle, as she threw on her normal clothes and got their child.
"So much for my punishment," Glinda answered, with a giggle and a huff, as she watched Elphaba soothe baby Gelphie. This wasn't the first time baby Gelphie's crying had interrupted their fun, but Glinda knew they would finish later. The Good Witch couldn't help but smile as she watched Elphaba hum softly to their child. The sight made her heart melt.
Once the crying ceased Elphaba sat on the bed next to Glinda. She passed baby Gelphie over to her blonde wife, so she could get out Gelphie's favorite toy which was a monkey stuffed animal that Glinda had put wings on its back. Baby Gelphie soon began to make soft cooing sounds in happiness once she saw both her parents and her favorite toy.
Elphaba then wrapped her arms around Glinda, and placed her chin on one of her wife's shoulders from behind before whispering, "I couldn't be happier. Happiness is indeed what happens when all your dreams come true."
"You couldn't be more right," Glinda answered, as she kissed Elphaba on the lips. Indeed all of her dreams had come true too, for she had her Elphie back and her daughter Gelphie as well.
The End
A/N: Thank you all for reading! I hope you all enjoyed the story. :)