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Glinda opened the doors to their room which the guards had showed them to. Her jaw dropped in amazement. "Oh. My. Oz." She looked around at the high ceiling and the lush beds. A full sized mirror flanked either side of the room with a vanity set next to each.
Elphaba just stood in the middle of the room with her jaw dropped and her eyes as wide as saucers. Never before had she seen so much splendor in her life, or had any of it to call her own. "Wow..."
"Look at the beds, Elphie!" Even through all her families wealth Glinda had never roomed somewhere as nice as this. She jumped onto the plush bed that sunk down beneath her.
Elphaba slowly walked over to her bed and sat down on the edge of it, fingering the soft material. Her bedspread was a deep purple, which was easily distinguished from Glinda's bright pink sheets.
Glinda balled up the sheets in her fists. "It's so soft."
"And so...pink," Elphaba added with a glance at Glinda's bed.
I love it! Yours... Is kind of depressing... But you're you- so it's okay!" Glinda laughed.
Elphaba chuckled, grabbed up the nearest pillow, and tossed it at Glinda. "At least I don't have to worry about blinding people with sparkles." She countered.
I am considerate! I dont necessarily /blind/ just... Shock..." She mumbled, catching the pillow.
"Not in a good way," Elphaba chuckled as she walked over to her ornate wooden closet, she let her hands runs across the detailed handle which someone had obviously taken a lot of time to carve. She carefully opened the door and was surprised to find it already full of dresses, "Woah..."
Glinda sat up hearing Elphaba's remark, "What- woah." She looked up and stood, handling the dresses gently. She ran the fabrics through her fingers. "Taffeta... Silk... Cotton..."
"And there's no pink!" Elphaba exclaimed happily as she surveyed all the dresses, she'd never had so many dresses before.
Glinda pouted and popped open her luggage. "Good thing I brought my own!" She said, holding up a few dresses. "Do you see anything in there I might like, Elphie?"
"Maybe you should check in that one over there," Elphaba answered gesturing to another closet on the opposite side of the room which was white with pink trimming. "I swear I've never see Miss Glinda walk in to a room without running to the closet right away." she joked as she watched Glinda scurry away towards the other closet.
"I just didn't see it!" Glinda said defensively, squealing when she opened it. "It's so pretty!" She gasped, looking into the closet which was bulging with pink and blue.
"Oh my oz, my eyes! So much pink!" Elphaba joked.
"Pft, Miss Elphaba, if you have a problem you can go back to the balck and grey of yours!" Glinda rolled her eyes.
Elphaba snickered, "Did Miss Glinda just roll her eyes? And I cant help it, I clash with everything."
"I got it from you!" Glinda grinned. "You're rubbing off on me. Oh no you don't- I'll help you figure out something." Glinda said, laying out a few dresses to examine.
'This is going to be a long day... Elphaba thought as she flopped down on her bed and watched Galinda laying out various dresses to examine.
"Elphaba, what do you think of this one?" Glinda held up a light blue dress that was very different from her usual pink. The skirt was made up of petals lined in sequins in the bottom. The bodice was lined in silver sequins as well, the sleeves falling off the arms in two white poofs.
"Wow, it's beautiful and it'll look stunning on you. But don't you think that's a little fancy for just wandering around the Emerald City Palace?"
"Fancy? Nah!" Glinda said setting down the dress for later. "Did you find something you like?"
Elphaba shrugged, "I figured I'd just where this," she gestured to her black dress that she was wearing.
Glinda stopped. "Uh, no. Almost anything would be better."
Elphaba scowled but stood up and started searching through her closet knowing that Glinda would not rest until she was wearing an outfit that met her standards. "This is nice..." Elphaba selected a dark purple satin knee length dress with quarter length sleeves, a v neck and a belt that went around the waste and tied in a bow at the back.
Glinda took the dress and examined it. "I like it. A bit dark, but we can work on that later."
Elphaba sighed and flopped down on the bed, "Glad it met your standards. So, shall we go explore hte palace?"
Glinda nodded, "OOOOOOH- Good idea,"
"Alright then, lets go." Elphaba pulled her hair in to a quick braid and walked out the door, "Are you coming Glinda!?" She shouted from the hallway.
"Yea, yea!" Glinda shouted, racing out into the hallway, almost tripping on the carpet as she tied her hair up into a ponytail with a long light green ribbon.
Fiyero and Boq both stood at he train station each of them holding flowers waiting for both of the girls to come back, when the train had come and gone, and neither Elphaba nor Galinda had come back they both grew increasingly worried.
Boq looked to Fiyero, his eyebrows creased in concern. "Do you think they're alright?"
Fiyero stared off in the direction of the Emerald City, "I hope they are Boq, I hope they are." He looked down at the bouquet of poppies he was holding which were now wilting slightly, "Are the carnations for Miss Galinda?"
Um... Yea- I mean I hope you don't mind..." Boq knew Fiyero was Glinda's boyfriend.
No problem dude...I uh...I actually brought mine for...uh Elphaba," Fiyero admitted. "I th-"
"Boq!" Nessa exclaimed as she wheeled herself up to the two boys, "Have Elphaba and Galinda gotten back yet?"
Boq turned around nervously, cringing at the voice. "No, actually thy haven't."
"Well I found them," Nessa replied handing him a copy of that days newspaper. A large picture of Elphaba and Glinda was on the front page with the caption 'New Grand Vizier and Wizard's Daughter' under it.
Boq's eyes nearly popped out of his head. "Grand Vizier- WIZARD'S DAUGHTER?" He shouted.
Fiyero had to spend a few mintues collecting his jaw off the floor before sputtering, "Wiz..WIZARDS DAUGHTER!?"
"Which one?" Boq said to himself frantically reading. "Elphaba Thropp... Wizard's daughter..."
Fiyero had been driking water when he'd heard Boq say 'Elphaba Thropp Wizard's Daughter' and had a huge accidental spit take before he started choking, "Elphaba...daughter...wizard...Wizard's Daugter!?" He managed ot choke out.
Boq looked to Fiyero and nodded before turning back to Nessa. "But... Nessa... Are you her sister?"
"I-I'm not sure, I think I am-I I have to go..." she muttered as she began to wheel herself back to her dorm leaving a behind a very bewildered Fiyero and Boq. Once she got to her room she grabed a pen and paper and wrote a letter to her father, sticking the copy of the newspaper in the letter before mailing it.
So she's THE wizard's daughter?" Fiyero asked.
"Looks a lot like it," Boq replied who was still half stunned.
"I'm going to go find her." Fiyero declared before he walked up to the the ticket booth and bought a ticket for the next train leaving for the Emerald City.
Boq ran after Fiyero. "Do you want me to go with you?"
"Uhhh...sure...?"
Boq stopped awkwardly. "I mean I don't have to if you don't want me to."
"No man, its fine," Fiyero replied.
Okay." Boq went forward and bought his ticket, hoping that Glinda- and er, Elphaba were alright.
"Elphie!" Glinda shouted, motioning her friend down the hallway. "I found the kitchen!"
"Wow, the look at the size of it..."
Glinda came up to a platter, eyeing it carefully before looking around to make sure no one was looking. She giggled as she took one of the pastries and ran back to Elphaba.
Elphaba sighed and rolled her eyes, "That was quite childish."
"We all have an inner child. I just embrace it." Glinda shrugged, taking a bite out of it.
"Most of us do, not everyone but most people." Elphaba shrugged as she watched Glinda take a bite out of her stolen snack. "How can you be hungry we just ate three hours ago,"
"You know me. I'm always hungry." Glinda said. Despite the girl's petite figure and tendency to 'be lady-like' she was a huge foodie.
Elphaba chuckled, "I never ate much, I never could."
"Now you'll be able to." Glinda smiled seriously, knowing what her emerald friend was referring to.
"Glinda? Can I ask you something?" Elphaba asked, "...up in our room?"
"Oh yea, sure- one sec." Glinda ran back into the kitchen, carrying a plate of cookies and pastry before following Elphaba.
"Oh my gosh, how many times did you sneak in to the kitchen as a child? You've gotten quite good at it and thats scaring me," elphaba said eyeing the plate of cookies Glinda was carrying her,
"I'm not getting good at it, I have been good at it." Glinda corrected.
Elphaba rolled her eyes as she pushed open the door and walked in sighing she flopped down on the bed.
"You okay, Elphie?"
"Yes, Im fine its just-I dunno...weird,"
Glinda climbed onto her bed, putting the plate of cookies between them so Elphaba could pick at them too. "What's weird?"
"Just all of this," Elphaba sighed and politely pushed the tray of cookies away, "Sorry, Im just not hungry, when you get used to eating little or nothing at all its hard to bounce back in to the routine of eating regularly,"
"Oh I understand. Take your time, Elphie. You're safe here, if anywhere." Glinda gave her a knowing look.
"Sometimes, I womder if I am..." She muttered under her breath.
"Ugh, Elphaba, you're so pessimistic and paranoid it makes even ME sad. Cheer up."
Elphaba snickered, "Wow those are big words. And sorry...but do you think I should go back?"
"I may be blonde but Im not that stupid," Glinda pouted, "Go back where?" Sometimes Glinda could be extremely clueless.
"You know, to Shiz, to Nessa," To Fiyero, she added silently.
"Permanently, no, to visit and say goodbye? Sure."
"But...I promised my mom that I'd look after Nessa, and I cant very well do that from here. Besides, what about our education? Our friends? Are we really willing to leave all that behind for this?"
"I thought this is what you wanted." Glinda said, surprised. "But I understand. We can go back if you want."
"No its- I just...dunno. Im sorry, I probably sound really pathetic right now." Elphaba sighed as she flopped down on her bed, and the two friends fell in to silence.
"Glinda?" Elphaba asked finally breaking the silence, "what does it feel like to have a father? To wake up knowing you have a choice? I know this is what I've always wanted, but now that Im here, Im scared." She finally admitted,
"I've never had this much freedom, this much choice. I always did what Father or Nessa told me, and now that I dont have anyone telling me what to do... I have all this freedom... All this space... I can make choices for myself... I... I just feel so worthless, not having anyone tell me what to do, nobody to serve, like whats my purpose in life? I know this sounds pathetic but as I grew up, I devoted myself-my life to Nessa. And now that shes grown up, she doesnt need me anymore, and I just feel so worthless,"
Glinda stayed quiet for a moment, never being used to hearing her friends lost. "Elphie, it's time for you to serve yourself. It's natural you don't know what to do because you've never done it before. You deserve this freedom- you have to embrace it and do what you want for once."
But what I want doesnt matter, all that maters is..." Elphaba started speaking almost as if in a trance.
"...is your sister! You've killed your mother and crippled your sister, the least you can do is shut up and do as she and I say, is that clear?!"
"No! No! Father please dont hurt me!" Elphaba began screaming, as if she was trapped in a nightmare. "Please! Father?!"
"Elphie!" Glinda shouted, shaking her friend by the shoulders. "Snap out of it!"
"No! Dont touch me! Please!" Elphaba continued screaming.
"No! Forgive me, Elphie!" And Glinda slapped her across the face.