sorry i haven't updated... there are plenty of reasons why, just nothing you all would care about. this MIGHT be a bit badly written, considering my attention span is about this (.) long. don't kill me!
oh, yeah... haven't reminded people that i still don't ownWicked in a while, have i? as if you couldn't tell...
"Boq" Fiyero asked his stout friend. "What do you think of Elphaba?"
Boq looked at him quizzically. "Well, she's…different." Boq replied. "Not that you couldn't tell. She's full of contradictions, that girl. Impulsive and hesitant, the best friend you'll ever have and the worst friend you'll ever get, stolid and passionate, strong and weak, normal and abnormal, alert and oblivious, ugly and…"
"Beautiful." Fiyero finished.
Boq smirked. "Well, if that's the way you like 'em, sure. Why? Do you like her or something" He joked.
Fiyero shrugged. Boq's eyes widened and his mouth fell open. "Holy shit… you like her." Suddenly he began laughing hysterically. "You like Elphaba! Wait 'til I tell her that! She'll flip!"
"NO!" Fiyero shouted. Boq froze, shocked at the sudden outburst. "Okay, okay. I won't tell her, but I think that you should. It might be good for both of you."
"Maybe" Fiyero said absentmindedly. Boq looked at him, amused. This new situation was a perfect opportunity for him to spend time with Galinda (well, Glinda). If he knew her as well as he thought he did, she would be more than happy to play matchmaker. But how were they going to get Elphaba to cooperate?
Back at Crage Hall, Glinda waited patiently for Nanny and Nessa to lose interest in Elphaba. Almost an hour ago, she was unconscious being carried in by Fiyero. This was the most attention that Elphaba had gotten all year from Nanny…or anybody now that she thought about it. Finally Nanny was satisfied that Elphaba was okay, and wheeled Nessa out of the room.
"You sleep now, Fabala." Nanny commanded as she left the room. She shut the door behind her. Elphaba rolled her eyes.
"So…" Glinda started. "What do you think of the new boy?"
"What do you mean?" Elphaba asked.
"What do you think of him? Is he nice? Conceited?"
"Well, he's nice. I don't really know too much about him. I've only ever spoken to him once or twice."
"Do you think he's handsome?"
Elphaba gave her roommate a look. "Where are these coming from?"
"Just curious. So?"
"I suppose he is, but looks aren't everything. For all I know, he could be some insane mass murderer or rapist or something. I highly doubt it, but it's possible."
Glinda rolled her eyes. Elphaba seemed to have mastered the art of evading questions.
"Whatever." Glinda said dismissively. She wasn't going to get anything out of this girl. She was far too stubborn. "You should thank him for bringing you back though. He seemed a little bummed that you didn't earlier."
"I guess." Elphaba said as she turned off the light. "I'm going to go to sleep now, if you don't mind. I drained myself breaking that spell."
Glinda sighed and retreated to her own bed. Tomorrow, she would have a plan to get Elphaba to admit that she liked Fiyero.
The next day, Glinda didn't go to class. Elphaba, ignoring Morrible's 'kind' offer, went to every one of them. While she was gone, Glinda drew up some plans to get her with Fiyero. So far, the only plan she had was to lock the two in a closet together for a few hours, and that didn't seem like a good idea. She decided to take a break from her labors to get some lunch. There, she saw Boq and ideas began rushing through he mind. He was Fiyero's friend and would probably do anything to help her, considering that he'd been practically stalking her for the past month. She walked quickly over to his table.
"Glinda." Boq said, surprised. "Hi."
"Boq, I need your help."
"Anything! But, I have a favor to ask you. Uhh… can we talk in private somewhere?" He asked, looking around quickly. Glinda looked unsure, but agreed. The two walked outside to a secluded corner.
"Okay, you can't tell anyone," Boq began "But Fiyero likes Elphaba." Glinda squealed with delight.
"Elphie likes him too!" She said jumping up and down. Boq raised both eyebrows in surprise.
"She told you that?"
"Well…no… but I can tell! I'm sure of it!" She smiled brightly.
"Then are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Boq asked with a mischievous grin. Glinda only grinned in return.
"So…" Boq said to Glinda. They were outside of a restaurant. "There's no way that you're going to get Elphie to admit anything, is there?" Glinda shook her head.
"The only way you can get anything out of that girl is if you trick her. And even then it's hard." She said disappointedly. "She's too… clever."
"Well then… we have to find someway to trick her without her knowing it. Probably by using something she doesn't understand…"
Glinda put her head in her arms. "It's no use. She's too smart for us." She said in a muffled voice.
"You're right… it would take a miracle for us to pull anything off." Boq said, hanging his head.
Suddenly Glinda sat up straight. "Maybe not a miracle, but I think magic might do."
Boq looked at her questioningly. "What are you going to do? Cast a spell on her?"
"No… she can cast it on herself. I just have to give her the spell…oh, this is good." Glinda said, not bothering to explain. "Meet me in the courtyard tomorrow for lunch and bring Fiyero. I've got work to do." She said, standing up to leave.
"What…?" Boq started to ask.
"You'll see tomorrow. Just do what I say! We might just pull this off!" She kissed him quickly on the cheek before dashing away.
"Sure" Boq said, dazed "Whatever you say"
Glinda spent the rest of the day reading through her spell book and taking notes. When Elphaba returned, she was still at her desk.
"Finally decided to apply yourself?" She asked sarcastically.
"Actually, I've decided to help you out for once" Glinda responded. She had her plan all figured out.
Elphaba raised her eyebrows. "What do you mean?"
"Well, Elphie, you've been tutoring me all semester and I wasn't exactly too nice to you at the beginning of the term, so I'd like to make it up to you."
"Keep talking."
"I'm going to tutor you in magic."
"No."
Glinda wasn't expecting this. "What? Why?"
"As if I don't scare people enough by being green. Magic will just scare more people away! Why do you think I didn't take sorcery to BEGIN with?" The green girl snapped.
Elphaba had a point. Magic intimidated a lot of people. But, uncontrolled magic, especially magic as powerful as Elphaba's, could cause terrible trouble.
"But—"
"NO."
"If you don't learn to control your magic, it will consume you and the rest of Oz" Glinda said seriously.
Elphaba's expression changed from anger to fear. "It will?"
"Yeah, that's the first thing we learn. I'm actually surprised that you went this long without your magic taking you over. The more powerful you are, the more self-control it takes to subdue it." Glinda continued. "And you are probably as powerful as Morrible."
"Fine…" Elphaba said reluctantly. "Teach away."
Glinda half-smiled. "Good. Now, let's see what you already know"
Glinda was surprised at how much Elphaba knew without taking any classes. She already had pretty good control over her magic, but it needed work. She could already locate her magic, move it around, perform simple, unspoken spells, and transfer her magic. Things that Glinda had learned in her first month at Shiz, with the most renowned sorceress in Oz, which happened to be Madame Morrible. Despite her dislike of magic, Elphaba took her lesson seriously and retained every ounce of information. By the end of their little session, she was able to perform simple summoning and levitation spells, make a protective wall, and use the Sight, among other things. The Sight allowed people to see magic in people other than themselves. If Elphaba kept on at this rate, by the end of the semester, she would be giving Morrible sorcery lessons. Glinda laughed at the thought.
"What?" Elphaba asked her, almost grinning herself.
"Oh, nothing." Glinda said. "Just picturing you teaching Morrible a lesson in sorcery."
"I'll give her more than a lesson in sorcery" Elphaba said grudgingly. "She has it coming."
"Just tell me before you finish her off" Glinda said. "I want to be there."
They laughed. Glinda now realized how far they'd come. She recalled the beginning of the year. Neither of them would speak to each other. And now look at them, halfway through the year and they were friends. Good friends. Best friends, Glinda corrected herself. She smiled at the irony.
Unbeknownst to her, Elphaba was thinking the same thing. Funny how things work out, she thought.
Glinda looked at her friend, who was getting ready to go bed. So far her little plan was working out. Now, they just had to wait until tomorrow.
"Hey, aren't you coming down for dinner?" Glinda asked as she prettied herself to leave.
"No. I'm tired."
"Sure? I could bring you something if you want."
"No thanks. Could you make sure that Nessa and Nanny know where I am? They might be worried."
Glinda nodded before leaving her roommate alone. Elphaba sighed as she took out her Kumbrica book. She flipped lazily through the pages when something caught her eye. She looked more closely at the binding of the book. It seemed to be shimmering. Pulsing the faintest sea green. Or was it blue? Why hadn't she seen this before? Was this the mysterious Sight that Glinda kept blathering about? Was this light magic?
She turned back to the cover. The worn leather binding shimmered the same bluish color in a scattered pattern. She turned down the light to try to make out the pattern. The blue-green glowed brighter, forming letters before her eyes. 'Truth, Memories and Realization' shone in a wavering pattern before her eyes. Beneath that were two simple words in small italics. 'by Kumbrica'. Elphaba dropped the book as if it burnt her hands. Surely this book wasn't old enough to date back to Kumbrica's time. She backed away from the book, her heart pounding from shock.
"I'm dreaming." Elphaba told herself out loud. "This completely irrational. I'm probably tired is all." She looked back at the book and picked it up again hesitantly. The blue tinge had gone away, leaving the book as it was before she saw the questionable light emanating from it. She shook her head. This was making no sense whatsoever. She made to put the book back under her pillow, but stopped and shoved it under her mattress instead. She lay down on her bed, hoping to forget about the strange event. She glanced at Glinda's bedside table and picked up her sorcery book. She glanced through it. Maybe I should borrow this sometime, she thought to herself. You never know what might come up. She found a page marked with a bright pink piece of paper. It was decorated with hearts. Ugh, I think I've seen enough, Elphaba thought. Whatever was on that sheet of paper was none of her concern. It was probably some ode to Glinda's latest crush or something. She placed the book back on the table and yawned. She wouldn't dream tonight. Not after what had happened with the book. It will be another restless night of subconscious thought, Elphaba told herself. Within minutes she was asleep.
But she was wrong. Her dreams were of a mysterious girl child who hid herself from the world. Throughout her odd dream, her mind flashed with the vision of the blue-green lettering on the ancient book.
The next morning, she woke up confused and hungry. She vaguely remembered her dream. It slowly flowed from her mind as hunger took over. She stretched her legs and pulled off her covers. She quietly got ready for class, trying not to wake Glinda, Nanny, or Nessa.
Her choice to go to class, despite Morrible's offer was not only a silent protest, as most people thought it was. She went for two more reasons. First, she liked to learn, and second, she was able to see Fiyero. Outside of class, they barely ever met.
She walked to the cafeteria, where they were serving breakfast. She grabbed a roll and some jam, paid, and went to eat in the courtyard. Shortly afterward, she was joined by Boq, and consequently Fiyero. She suppressed a smile as Fiyero sat beside her on the bench. Boq forced them closer together by putting his large bag on the bench next to him.
"Why are you even going to class today?" Boq asked her. "It's not like you're required to or anything."
Elphaba looked at him pointedly and said "But that's where you're wrong. I require myself to go."
Boq shook his head. "Whatever floats your boat."
"So… uh, how've you been doing with the whole… umm… Ama Clutch ordeal?" Fiyero asked as sensitively as he could.
"Well, I'm fine. Angry, but fine. Glinda seems to have found something to occupy herself. Kumbrica knows what."
Boq hid a smirk.
"Kumbrica?" Fiyero asked interested. "I thought people around here and Munchkinland worshipped the Unnamed God or Lurline."
"Perhaps I'm not a person then." Elphaba said mysteriously.
"No, really" Fiyero pressed. "I read that a lot of people outside of the Vinkus believe that Kumbrica was evil. And of course you're a person. What else would you be?" He added.
"I think differently, is all. Kumbrica was a strong, independent character who's intentions were misunderstood because they were in the shadow of the deity Lurline." She said. " And how would you know whether I were human or not? Perhaps I'm an oversized elf." She smiled.
Fiyero smiled back. "So you see Kumbrica in a good light?"
"It depends on you're interpretation of the word good."
He looked at Elphaba curiously. "You can't be part elf, you know."
Elphaba raised her eyebrows at him, amused. "And why is that,dear Prince Fiyero?"
Boq listened intently, as he pretended to be studying a book.
Fiyero's face began to color. "Because, you're—"
The bell for class rang as he finished the last word. Boq heard him, but only because he was so close. He'd said 'beautiful'. Elphaba on the other hand had jumped up at the sound and nowscrunched her brow.
"Sorry, what?" She asked as she picked up her bag.
"Uh, nothing." Fiyero said, chickening out. "You don't look like an elf."
"Umm… thanks?"
Boq was on the verge of laughter.
"Come on, you two. Hurry up or we'll be late" He called to them. Ugh, lovebirds. He thought to himself.
Good going Fiyero, the Arjiki thought. You made yourself look like a total idiot.
The three walked into life sciences. They went to the back of the lecture hall. There were only a few seats available. Boq and Fiyero sat next to each other in a row, while Elphaba took an empty seat behind them.
Instead of taking notes, Elphaba found herself staring at the back of Fiyero's head the whole time. He obviously wasn't paying attention to the lecture either. Her eyes followed the emerging pattern of diamonds as they had so many times before. It never got old. She smiled, ever so slightly, in her calm reverie. The bell rang, jolting her out of her thoughts. She looked down at her notebook, hoping to find notes from the lecture. Instead, she found herself looking at a sketch of Fiyero, a diamond pattern bordering it. She felt herself turn red, or rather a darker shade of green. She slammed her notebook shut and looked at the clock. Had it really been three hours? She felt as if just a minute ago she was walking into the hall. She shoved her things into her bag and walked briskly out of the stuffy room. Outside, she found the air refreshing. She followed Boq and Fiyero to a table, where Glinda was waiting for them.
"Have fun in class?" She asked sardonically.
"Loads" Boq answered. "Will you ladies be joining us for lunch?" He asked as part of their plan.
"That would be nice" Glinda said, smiling. They to the cafeteria again to get food and came back to the table.
"Boq" Elphaba said, a question hitting her. "Where did you and the flamboyant couple end up going that one day?
"Um… we were planning to go to the Philosophy Club," He said, "But I, uh, chickened out a the last minute."
Glinda furrowed her brow. "Philosophy Club… Not the… sex club" She said incredulously.
"Erm…"
Boq turned bright red. Elphaba, sensing his embarrassment, cut the conversation short.
"So, what did you do today, Glinda?" She asked.
"Oh, this and that."
"Sounds fascinating. I'm thwarted by your use of detail." Elphaba said, rolling her eyes. Glinda stuck her tongue out at her. Boq and Fiyero stifled laughs at the childish rebuttal.
"So, I've been teaching Elphaba magic." Glinda announced proudly.
Boq raised his eyebrows. "Really"
"Show us something" Fiyero suggested. Elphaba looked at Glinda blankly.
"Oh, come on. You know you can do it." She said. "Here." She rifled through her purse and pulled out a familiar pink sheet of paper. "Read this."
Elphaba looked at her confused, but took the sheet from her anyway. What harm could it do? She looked at the words on the paper.
"Is this Gaeilge?" Elphaba asked, studying the complex lettering.
"A dialect of it, I suppose."
Fiyero looked at the girls inquisitively. Gaeilge, he thought, was a dead language. As far as he knew, only certain devout Kumbricians and theologists knew and understood it. He, at a young age, had had a caretaker who spoke it. She was a fairly ugly woman. He couldn't quite remember her name. Jakal?… Something like that. She was fairly lazy and taught him basics of the language to keep him quiet. It was a beautiful language. And apparently a magical one.
"Well, are you going to read it, or just sit there and stare at it?" Boq asked her, getting anxious. He assumed that this was part of Glinda's plan. Elphaba glared at him.
"Fine." She said, taking a deep breath. "Taispeaint liom gra, na cianna sin is cruinn. Taispeaint liom gra, na cianna sin is cruinn. Taispeaint—"
She stopped as the paper burst into red flames. It tore from her hands and flew over her head. It jerked about in the air erratically. Everyone, wide-eyed, stared after it. Suddenly it stopped in midair and floated to the ground, a thin plume of smoke trailing behind it.
"Well, that wasn't odd at all" Elphaba said, sarcastically. She bent down to pick up the charred paper. She looked at it and her eyes widened. She tucked it into her bag quickly.
What was that all about? Boq wondered silently. Glinda was smiling. Her plan had worked. She had succeeded in tricking Elphaba.
Fiyero just stared. He hadn't heard or spoken Gaeilge in years, but he still understood it. 'Show me my love, the one that is true'. That was the rough translation. Obviously Glinda had the idea that Elphaba liked someone, and wanted to find out who. His heart fell. Elphaba likes someone else, he thought. Great.
"So… that was a nice little show, wasn't it?" Elphaba said, hoping that the spell was just a random one that Glinda picked out of her book.
"Yeah" Boq said. Did the plan work? He couldn't tell. He was so confused.
Elphaba looked at Glinda. "We'll talk later" She said stiffly. "I have to go." She stood and walked back to the dorms.
"I should go to" Fiyero said, trying to disguise the disappointment in his voice. He got up and stalked off.
Boq watched the two walk away, more confused by the second. "What was that?" He asked Glinda.
"That" She said, "Was my plan working and failing at the same time." She now wore a pout on her face.
"How so?"
"The spell was supposed totell who Elphie loves. I had no idea it would fly around like that. Actually, I had no idea how it worked period. But I think Elphaba figured it out."
"Oh… So, what about Fiyero ditching us?"
Glinda thought for a moment, and shrugged. "You'll have to ask him that. But right now, I have to go talk to Elphaba. Wish me luck"
"Yeah… Lots."
so, uh, the chant was Irish-Gaelic and probably makes no sense to a person who actually studies it. online dictionaries suck. hopefully i will update soon and well. reviews might speed it up a bit... WINK.WINK