A/N: So Sorry my lovelies! I've been a bit sidetracked XD Guess what? My school got closed, due to Swine Flu, I don't have it, but I've been quarantined....for another 4 days. *dies of boredom* ANYWAY, chapters 7 and maybe 8 have been written down...it just depends on how much time I have to write it into a doc. Mmm...oh, yeah. Musical rehearsals are going well...ish. I miss out twice this week cuz of Swine Flu.....darn. We've got the first scene down now, and like..I'm not even in it....until 'Dear Old Shiz' so...whatever. *needs to practise 'The Wizard and I*. Anyway, I'm sure you wanna read the story, so just a small thing about it - I don't understand medical terms, and I'm too lazy to research, so any medical crap came off the top of my head......it may not be correct XD
Disclaimer: Yeah, I don't own it
"Uh…Jonathon, would you mind taking me to my quarters, I need to change." She said and he nodded, changing the horse's course.
"Why change when you get captured?" Liir whispered to her
"Well you see Liir, appearance is everything. If I look like I've just come out of the forest, they'll look at me and go 'Ugh, yuck, this is what is ruling our country?' and I will be demoralized. I need to look great all the time." She said and Liir nodded
They arrived at the small place Glinda was staying in. She pulled Liir out of the carriage and took him inside.
"You can't look like that…hold on," she murmured, and took her wand out from her bag.
Waving it a couple of times, she pointed it at Liir.
"Suit!" she exclaimed, and his dirty clothes morphed into a suit.
Liir looked down at his new clothes and gasped
"Whoa!" he muttered and she grinned
"It's become a lot better since I used to go to school here. I tried to fix Elphie's frock to a ball gown, but nothing happened. I'll be back in a couple of seconds, hang tight," she said and rushed into the bathrooms.
After five minutes, she came back out looking like she walked out of a fairy tale. Her dress was sky-blue, reaching down in ruffles all the way to her ankles. On her feet were high heels with diamonds slotted into little holes, matching a silver necklace. She had applied little make-up, even though she didn't need it. It highlighted her eyes and her lips perfectly. She smiled sweetly as they walked back down to the carriage, and grinned at the driver.
"You may proceed," she said and the driver kicked the horse awake, making it move back towards the stage.
Liir glanced out the window. There were people of all shapes and sizes, with funny hair-dos and funny clothes. When they reached the stage and stepped out, Liir glanced at the turrets, but didn't see anything. He took it as a good sign, and followed Glinda to centre stage.
"Fellow Ozians, I've returned to Shiz for this reunion, not only to welcome most of you back, but to also reflect on those we have lost. Naming a few fellow students that I remember who I haven't seen tonight…Boq. After the incident where he was turned into Tin, I didn't see him again." She lied and there was a movement in the middle of the crowd.
Glinda paused, freezing in shock. Boq stood there, looking angry. He had shifted when he heard his name, and Glinda stumbled on her next words.
"Um…and Fiyero. I haven't seen him since we split up." She said, and named a few other people. "And of course, there is Elphaba Thropp and her sister, Nessa-Rose."
The crowd shifted a little uncomfortably, and suddenly they heard an almighty cackle from above. Elphaba and Fiyero stood next to each other on one of the turrets, looking angry and powerful. A dark storm cloud, which may or may not have been there when Glinda arrived, served as a good background for them. Glinda shrieked, and everyone started to panic. Elphaba hopped on her broom and swooped down towards the stage. Thunder cracked in the distance, and as Elphaba grabbed the scruffs of Glinda and Liir's collars, she heard a faint sound.
"Ready? Aim…" Elphaba hastily jumped back onto her broom, throwing the other two in front of her.
She pulled a knife out of her front pocket and held it at Glinda's throat, making sure everyone could see. The man calling orders hesitated slightly, so Elphaba took off, the broom struggling with the weight.
Then everything started happening at once.
"Fire!" Elphaba heard the words and then a sharp pain pierced her side.
She screamed and the knife fell, grazing Glinda's throat. Glinda screamed, and held the broom tightly as it started a steep descent.
"Get her!" Elphaba heard the cries
Cringing and groaning in pain, she righted the broom and managed to make it to the top of the turrets, where Liir quickly hopped onto Fiyero's broom. Fiyero glanced at the two bleeding women before taking the handle of Elphaba's broom and leading it to the forest.
They landed clumsily and fell face-down in the dirt, Liir and Fiyero picking themselves up and helping the girls. Glinda had her hand clutched around her throat, most liking to stop any bleeding, and Elphaba was still lying down, her hand pressed to her side tightly. Ruby blood coursed onto the ground from a bullet hole that had pierced Elphaba's side, and she fell unconscious.
Chistery, obviously worried, scampered over to Elphaba, chatting endlessly and waving about franticly. Glinda brushed her throat gently, but the knife had only just grazed the skin, only just ripping it.
"Can you help her?" Fiyero asked the monkey
"Fiyero…he can't answer you. We need to find the Grimmerie!" Glinda exclaimed
"Shut up Glinda!" Fiyero shouted, and Glinda looked at him, a little hurt. "Elphie was trying to get him to talk. Now, Chistery!"
The monkey responded to his name, and stared at Fiyero.
"Can you help Elphaba," he said slowly and carefully
"Hip, Herp, Hibl, Herb!" he screeched and raced up a tree.
Fiyero and Liir, who was crouched by his mother's side, exchanged glances. Liir held a handkerchief to Elphaba's wound, but it was stained with blood. Fiyero paced anxiously, and Glinda just looked around, slightly cross. Suddenly Chistery appeared with a strange looking lead. He pushed Liir away and held the lead to Elphaba's side, chattering away to itself. Almost immediately, Elphaba's green skin started to heal over the bullet, and all that remained was a discoloration of shin where it had healed.
"He did it!" Fiyero exclaimed, half in astonishment, half with joy.
"There's only one problem," Glinda said softly, and Liir and Fiyero glanced at her. "The bullet is still there, inside her. If she wakes up, she's going to be in a lot of pain every time she moves…at least until her body fluids decompose the bullet,"
Fiyero took a sidelong glance at Elphaba, then turned back to Glinda.
"We'll ask her about it…maybe she can fix it," Fiyero said
Suddenly, they heard a strange sound, and they all listened hard.
"She's in here somewhere…I saw the broom land in here!" they heard, and all shot each other anxious looks.
"Are…are they coming to get me?" Elphaba asked from the ground.
Fiyero rushed to her side and grabbed her hand, squeezing it tightly.
"You okay Fae?" he asked her, smoothing her hair back and she nodded
"Chistery…take Liir to the tress and DON'T get seen. Glinda, Fiyero, lead them here. When they come to the campfire, hide in your trees and don't make a sound," Elphaba said, standing up painfully.
"What campfire?" Glinda asked, looking around
"I'm gonna make one, it'll be here. Now go!" Elphaba explained and the two of them nodded, disappearing into the trees.
"Fire…" Elphaba muttered, waving her arms gently.
A small fire erupted from the ground, and Elphaba started to make it look like they had left in a hurry, wincing with every move. She managed to pull herself into a tree, gasping in pain. She could see the torches of the men now, and suddenly Fiyero and Glinda appeared in the clearing. They raced into the tree Elphaba was in and grinned. IN their hands they held red cloth, and Elphaba shot them confused glances.
"They used them to mark the trees…they won't find their way back now," Fiyero explained in a whisper and Elphaba nodded.
A group of about fifteen men entered the clearing and saw the campfire. Without a word, the leader sent out scouts, and for a good twenty minutes everything was silent while groups of two ran around the clearings. Once they were sure it was deserted, they chattered away non-stop, mostly about women, their daughters and sometimes even Elphaba. Hours passed, and most of the men fell asleep. When they were all asleep, Elphaba summoned Glinda and Fiyero to go and get their guns. They stashed them behind a tree, and Elphaba climbed down, wincing and cussing silently.
"I want you to stand behind that tree there…when things start to get rough, or they wont cooperate, you come out holding this," she murmured, handing Fiyero a dagger, "at Glinda's throat. Glinda, agree to anything I say. We're gonna bargain with them,"
The two of them nodded and got in position, and Elphaba stood near the fire. Moving her hands subtly, she made a harsh breeze blow through the camp, taking out the fire and rousing some of the men. Elphie stood there like a black wad of smoke, catching the men's attention.
"It's the witch…where are the guns?" the leader whispered franticly, and started feeling around on the ground
"SILENCE!" Elphaba bellowed, and all fifteen men jumped in surprise. She lowered her voice, venomous and dangerous. "Leave this wood…never come back here. Leave me to be on my own…"
One man stood up and started moving towards her, so she stepped back, staring directly at the tree Fiyero was behind. It took him a second, but he pushed Glinda out. Her dress was smothered in dirt, and what looked like blood, her face looking only slightly better than the dress. Fiyero looked angry, the dagger touching Glinda's throat. Glinda looked petrified, both of them acting the part really well.
The man sat back down, afraid for Glinda.
"Go home. I do not wish to cause any more grief…I just want to be on my own and live life happily." Elphaba said, dropping her tone and staring all of them in the eyes. None could meet her gaze, but the leader spoke up.
"We want Glinda." He murmured.
"I will return her to you…in a week. But only if you stay away from me forever. Don't come looking for me, don't attack me. I won't attack you either…only if you attack me…and please…tell all of Oz this." Elphaba pleaded, her side throbbing and her head pounding.
The fifteen men glanced at Glinda, and she nodded as best she could with the dagger at her neck. The men sighed and stood up, shooting glances at Glinda and Elphaba. They left, heading back the way they came, and Elphaba heard startled glances when they realized their markers had been taken down.
"Chistery…send one of your friends to help them out," Elphie said softly, and a female monkey climbed down, following the trail of the men.
Fiyero released Glinda once the men were out of vision, and he and Glinda chuckled. Elphie took a deep breath and sat down, wincing.
"You okay?" Glinda asked softly and she nodded.
"It's just…it feels like there's something…pushing into my side…" she said through gasps of breath.
"Yeah…about that…" Glinda said softly.
A/N: Poor Elphie...so yeah, I'll get the next chaps up fairly quickly...if I can XD