Reflections of a Lost Time Chapter 9
Hello again. Wow I haven't posted anything in a long time. I hope somebody have missed me. So here is another chapter and I will hopefully be able to upload more during the holiday. This is not a good chapter.
The castle was huge. The ceiling was high above Aelphaba's head. The stonewalls were dark, but everywhere there hung paintings. This is bigger than the palace in the Emerald City, Aelphaba thought. The witch came around a corner and when she saw Aelphaba she got a strange look on her face.
"Follow me," she said and started walking down the long hallway. Aelphaba started to fall behind because she was watching the walls and paintings. The witch then suddenly turned left and they came into a large room. In the room was a stove, benches, cupboards and a big oak table with chairs around it. On the table stood two plates with food, the witch sat down on the other side and Aelphaba sat down by the other plate. On it was some eggs, apple and some kind of vegetable she didn't know what it was. The witch had already started to eat, so Aelphaba followed her example. The food tasted much better here then the one the cooks did at home. When she had finished the witch took her plate.
"Do you want more?" she asked.
"No thank you," Aelphaba replied. The witch took the plates and gave them to Fiyero who had been standing by the stove. The witch then came back to Aelphaba and said, "Come with me." Aelphaba followed the witch up the stairs and then to the right where they stopped in front of a big oak door. The witch opened it and showed Aelphaba in.
"You will sleep in here now," the witch said after she had closed. "You see I can't let you go back to where ever you come from, because even though you promise me not to tell, I don't know what would happen if you got in trouble with the gale force. They can be very persuasive."
"So I am stuck here?" Aelphaba said a bit scared.
"Well not forever just until I find a spell that erases all of your memories of me and this place," the witch said. Aelphaba nodded to let the witch know she had understood, and then she looked around the room. It was furnished with a bed, a wardrobe, a desk and a chair. The witch went over to the wardrobe and opened it, in it hung Aelphaba's riding suit and several dresses in light colours. The most of the dress looked exactly like the ones her mother used to wear.
"You have some clothes to use as you can see and there is a bathroom across the hall, you will share it with Nessarose and Galinda though."
"Thank you," Aelphaba said. The witch turned and opened the door.
"Lunch will probably be served at two, that's in three hours so you can do what you want, you have a clock on the desk," the witch said. "If there is anything you need Fiyero and I will be down in the kitchen and the girls rooms are just down the hallway. The witch closed the door behind her and Aelphaba sat down on the bed. She started tapping her fingers on the desk and then she decided to look what there was in the boxes. The first one was totally empty and so was the second. In the third one there was paper, lots of papers. Flyers from a place called the OZ-Dust Ballroom, several pages of a history assignment and a birthday card, you know like the boring ones you get with a birthday present. The difference with this one was that it was bright pink and scented. Aelphaba opened it and it read: Happy 18th birthday Elphie and best wishes G. Here was this G person again, Aelphaba thought, this time on a birthday card the witch had received on her 18th birthday. It was weird. Aelphaba went through the other pages but it was nothing interesting. The clock struck twelve and Aelphaba started to feel tired and she lay down on the bed and she had barley closed her eyes before she was asleep.