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Chapter 34

Nessa's POV

I smiled as Rye held me, the joy of the possibility the war could end soon was too good to be true. I could see Elphaba again, Elina and Calia could see their aunt and uncle for the first time. The thought made me smile even more.

"Why my wicked witch I see you are smiling. I haven't seen that in a while" I hit Rye's chest playfully.

"Oh shut up you. I'm just thinking….Our girls will be free and they can see everything." He pulled me closer rubbing my back.

"I know we will take them everywhere. The Emerald City, the Qualding swamps, the Uplands. Anywhere we can"

I smiled, I always thought my girls would be locked away in this house. I hated myself for doing it but I had done it to keep them safe. If that Zandra had gotten her hands on my girls I would..I wouldn't have known what I would have done to get them back.

They were my world.

"Mommy!" I looked up to see little Calia in the door way. Her bright blue eyes of her father's, the only true difference between her and her twin. That's all I could use to tell them apart, but those little blue eyes showed loneliness, which was odd.

"Calia what's wrong honey?" she ran over and crawled up on the bed tearing up.

"Sissy wouldn't let me go with her!" I slowly held her trying to get what she meant but not wanting to accept what I thought it could be.

"Baby….where is your sister? Where did she go…" Rye asked noticing my shocked and scared face. He ran his fingers through Calia's hair. She sniffed closing her eyes.

"She snuck into Miss Linny's carriage as they left. She wouldn't let me go with her." With those words I froze. My eyes locked with Rye's.

"Rye….." I tried not to scream or make Calia get worried. How did I not see this coming? Elina was just like Elphaba. She was adventurous, and longed to be out of this house. Why was I surprised?

"Don't worry Nessa. I'm sure Lin has noticed she is there. You know with Lin and Lucy, she's safe. We need to get a hold of Glinda and get her back." I shook my head nervously.

"NO!...We cant. Not yet…I'll go.."

"No. You are not going out there on your own. Listen we will write to Glinda and she can help us okay..I know you are worried but right now it's what we have to do." I teared up holding Calia but nodded.

"Okay.."

This wasn't going to be easy. Just show up at the palace and say, "Hey I'm fine and I have two girls. One is with your 16 year old daughter!" sounds perfect.

"Mommy do I get to leave the house?" I looked down at little Calia and kissed her head.

"Yea baby girl. You are going to see the Emerald city."

Wither I wanted to or not.

Lin's POV

"Wow there's so much water!" Elina said completely amazed as I teleported us to the center of Qualding. Just seeing her smile gave me joy. I had never seen much as of little kids but seeing Elina made me feel like I wanted to be a mother.

No wonder mom found it so fun.

I felt Peter's hand take mine gently, I looked up meeting his eyes.

"You know something…" I gave him a look.

"What is it?" he kissed my cheek pulling me close. I blushed, I still wasn't used to him touching me again.

"Someone's turning into her mother." He whispered causing me to blush more. Had he noticed I was admiring little Elina?

"How am I?" I asked trying to keep my blush from growing. He pulled me closer kissing my cheek again.

"You just-"

"MISS LINNY! CHECK THIS OUT!" Elina screaming made me giggle. Peter's expression at the little girl's shrill voice almost made him cringe.

"Oh I cant wait till you have a child of your own" I teased him walking over to Elina who was holding Lucy's hand.

"What is it?" she pointed to a cave like place once my eyes saw it my whole body began to tingle.

"I saw a black thing fly out of that! Miss Lucy says it was a bat!" I smiled at how innocent she was, but also felt a sting of guilt. She didn't even know what a bat was.

My thought were disturbed when I felt a rush of magic come at me. I could hear the rushing of a river. I closed my eyes sensing a blue shimmer.

"Elina…I think..you just found it…." I whispered opening my eyes following the blue light coming from in the cave.

"I found what….?" I heard Elina whisper but I ignored her and everyone else as I entered the cave. The light leading me towards something, it had to be the alter of Qualding. The magic of it, what else could it be.

Wait, I looked around the dark cave, noticing where I was. I had seen this place before, but it couldn't be. I continued following the light, finally from what seemed like ages I found a spring, a small alter appearing as the light blue magic wrapped around my body then returned to the spring.

I smiled gently looking over the beautiful alter. The spring ran into the cup and over flown it falling gracefully down the stone sides. That's when I saw it, a small shell necklace, with a dead rose on it. I gently picked it up sensing the magic in it.

I looked at the alter my eyes wide and shocked. I held the shell necklace running away from the alter to Peter, Lucy and Elina.

"Lin, baby what is it?" Peter asked noticing how shocked I was. I tried to gain my breathe from running.

"The alter….I..it was made by Megan's ancestor! It was mad by Aeva Hilty….. was a keep sake from Lucas Hill! …How did Mom, and Elphie know about this if the alters are that old?" Lucy's eyes widened in shock.

What had been hidden from all of us that They wouldn't tell us.