Elphaba spent the rest of the day in the village library by herself, she told Galinda not to tell Fiyero where she was because she couldn't face him now, and she had to think. She rested her head on the open book she had been reading and closed her eyes. A thousand thoughts flew through her mind as she tried to rest. She willed her eyes to stay shut but they just wouldn't. "I'm sorry Fiyero" she mumbled as she sat herself back up.
"I have to go" Elphaba muttered to herself as she picked up the book and put it back in its correct place on the shelf and headed out the back door. The rain had stopped. She sighed gratefully as she headed across the dry field towards Fiyero's castle.
The sound of Footsteps in the grass that didn't belong to her made her turn around in hurry only to come face to face with her attacker.
"Hello Luv, long time no see"
Elphaba's eyes grew wide as she turned on her heals and made to run away.
"Hey where do you think you're going" sneered the guard as he grabbed a hold of Elphaba's arm before she could get far.
"No! Let go of me! Please, don't...don't hurt me – " he kneed her in the stomach and Elphaba fell to the ground with a thud gasping for air. She rolled over coughing, holding on to her stomach and unborn baby.
He kneeled beside her and slapped her hard across the face leaving a red handprint clearly on her green skin.
"Your Father wants you home greenie" grumbled the guard as he lifted up poor Elphaba by the hair and kneed her in the stomach again. "Ouch...ow" cried Elphaba as she vomited in the grass.
"Galinda! Where is Elphaba? I haven't seen her in a while?" called Fiyero from the study.
"Oh she went to the library" replied Galinda "oops" she mumbled as she covered her mouth. "Fiyero! Wait, I'll go get her don't you go"
"But-"
"I'll go ok" smiled Galinda as she ran out the door.
"Umm now which is the quickest way to the village?" pondered Galinda "the front roads? Or the back?" she glanced over the front roads that lead into the village they were long and windy and muddy because of the rain. "Eww mud, I'll take the back way across the field" said Galinda to herself.
She walked through the gates and headed across the field. She got halfway when she heard someone screaming. Beyond the tree in the distance Galinda spotted someone, someone green with a man dressed in black.
"ELPHIE!" Bellowed Galinda as she ran towards her friend.
Elphaba lay on the grass as the guard bet her, her head rolled to one side and she saw Galinda running towards her.
"No...No...Ga- Galinda stay away...please get help, get help" yelled Elphaba as best as she could. The guard had also spotted Galinda; he hit Elphaba once again before he stood up and ran towards Galinda.
"Galinda! Run! Please run" cried Elphaba.
Galinda screamed, turned to her right and clambered over the wooden fence and ran into the village screaming, the guard close behind her.
"HELP! Help! Please someone Help!" screamed Galinda as she ran down the centre of the village, please who were sitting in the cafe emerged onto the street to the see what the commotion was, the shop owners followed suit. By the time Frexes guard had made it in to the village a whole crowd of people where waiting for him, they seized him and dragged him off to the police station.
"Elphie!" panted Galinda as she remembered her friend lying in the grass. She ran back over to the field and climbed over the fence again and raced over to her friend.
Elphaba was lying in a heap in the foetal positing holding her stomach with her eyes closed. Her nose was bleeding and there was a crimson pool of blood forming between her legs.
"Elphaba" whispered Galinda as she placed her hands carefully on the green woman's face. "Elphie? please wake up" cried Galinda stroking the green cheek.
Elphaba moaned and coughed as she tried to sit up. "Elphie here let me help you". The blonde took hold of Elphaba's hand as gently as she could and helped her sit up. She rummaged in her pocket and placed a tissue on Elphaba's bleeding nose. "Thankyou" mumbled Elphaba.
"Galinda my...my stomach hurts so badly"
"Here let me help" Galinda trying to be helpful rubbed small circles on Elphaba's slightly swollen stomach.
"Galinda...Galinda...I...I'm bleeding... the, the baby..."whispered Elphaba
"Umm, here it's ok Elphie...It's ok um here take this" Galinda pulled off her jacket and motioned to put it on the bleeding between ELphaba legs.
"Galinda...no that's, that's one of your favourite jackets".
"It's ok Elphie you are far more important, she then looked at her green friend asking for her approval before placing the jacked careful between Elphaba's legs to stop the bleeding.
"I'm so sorry Galinda my sweet you had to see me...like this"
"It's doesn't matter Elphie, hey what are friends for?"
"It won't stop Galinda, the blood won't stop coming" cried Elphaba panic rising in her quite voice.
"Elphie, we...we have to get you to the doctor clinic" Galinda glanced around the open field and noticed a group of people walking toward them.
"Elphie, look there's people they are going to help us". Elphaba only nodded as she closed her eyes as her body cried in pain. "Help! Please help us!" bellowed Galinda.
A doctor followed by some police men made their way over to the two girls.
"Miss, please tell us what happened" asked one of the police to Galinda. Galinda explained the whole story as the doctor knelt beside Elphaba and picked her up gently with the help from the rest of the police.
They placed Elphaba on a sterile white bed and cleaned the blood off her legs and face, changed her clothes and gave her some pain killers.
"Miss Galinda, please take a seat we have to talk" said the doctor as she placed a hand on the blonde's shoulder. "But Elphie I don't want to leave her alone and...and Fiyero I have to get Fiyero.
"She will be fine by herself for a while Miss Galinda" reassured the doctor as Galinda sat down in a wooden chair.
"Does Elphaba have any family I should call?" asked the doctor.
"No...no just me and Fiyero" cried Galinda.
"Hey its ok Miss Galinda, Your friend is going to be fine". Smiled the doctor
"What...what about her baby?"
"Miss Galinda I'm afraid Elphaba had a miscarriage, she received too much trauma to her stomach."
"No, Elphie, no poor Elphie" cried Galinda as she lay down next to her friend and hugged her close.
Elphaba stired, she was tired and groggy and still half asleep. She felt a warm body next to hers and automatically assumed it was Fiyero.
"Yero..." mumbled Elphaba still half asleep with her eyes closed her face showed a lot of pain.
"Elphie its Galinda...I'm Galinda Fiyero is not here yet the police have gone to get him.
"Yero...I love you" mumbled Elphaba as she hugged Galinda tighter.
One of the doctors walked in to Elphaba's room. "Excuse me doctor" asked Galinda. "What's wrong with Elphie? she is talking but she is still asleep?"
"Oh Miss Galinda Elphaba is just sleep talking, probably because of the pain killers. I assure you she will be fine" smiled the doctor and walked out.
"Elphie, wake up you're dreaming" whispered Galinda.
"Yero...please...can I tell you something? I just wanted to tell you that I am...that I'm so grateful that you came into my life...you saved me...you showed me love when no one else would...you and Galinda...Galinda I love her too Yero she is so nice to me...I like it when she, when she helps me...I...I'd be lost without the both of you." Elphaba's face scrunched up in pain but she still continued to talk in her sleep. "Yero...I, I was thinking maybe, maybe this baby won't be so bad I thought that if...if it is a girl we could call her Galinda".
A tear ran down Galinda's cheek as she took a hold of Elphaba's hand. "Ohh Elphie" sniffed Galinda as she started to cry. Elphaba's eyes cracked open, she looked up to see her blonde friend lying next to her crying.
"Galinda...Galinda my sweet...what in Oz is wrong?"
"Elphie! Oh Elphie I'm so sorry"
"Why are you sorry my sweet you...you saved me"
"Elphie, you...your baby...you...you had a miscarriage Elphie" cried the blonde as she hugged her friend.
Elphaba hugged her back. "It's ok Galinda it wasn't your fault please...please don't cry my sweet. Elphaba closed her eyes and pain hit her again. Galinda squeezed Elphaba's hand.
"G- Galinda..."
"Yes Elphie? Wh...What is it?"
"Where is Yero? Where's my Yero?" said Elphaba in a panic
"Shh Elphie Fiyero's coming he will be here soon" soothed Galinda as she held her green friend.
Ten minutes later Fiyero emerged from the clinic door. "Galinda...? Is, is she ok?" stressed Fiyero
Galinda nodded but then shook her head and started to cry again. Fiyero hugged her then focused his attention on the green woman sleeping in the bed.
"Fae? Fae my love..."
"Fiy...Fiyero?"
"Yes Fae I'm right here"
Elphaba's eyes began to well up with tears as she looked at her fiancé'.
"Yero...Fiyero I...I'm so so sorry. I...I lost your baby...I..I'm a bad mother – I im so so sorry Yero...please forgive me" Elphaba shook as she cried as she looked into Fiyero's eyes.
All Fiyero could do was hug her and tell her everything was going to be ok. He hoped his words were true.
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