Chapter 2. A Visit from the King and Queen
Rifiuto: Non Miniera
Now, I've been asked if this story is going to be repetitive of Changed? I'll leave that for you to decide.......
Thanks to Akasharouge, Elphaba1Fan, and ReallyObsessiveWriter for reviewing chapter 1.
The three girls headed through the Shiz Green, towards the small café outside of the school, after afternoon classes. They spent most of their time at the cafe, like their parents had. Their sorcery class was later that night, at seven, the only evening class the girls had.
"Okay, mom's definatley decided to go back to school, because that can't be my little sister."
Fae stopped, and turned. A man with sandy hair and blue eyes stood in the middle of the Shiz Green, smirking at her. Blue diamond tattooes wrapped around his neck, and down his back, like all Vinkun princes. Princesses had the tattoes wrapped around their necks and down their chests, like lavelier necklaces, like Fae.
She squinted, before recognizing the man.
"Liir!" Fae creid, dropping her books and running to her brother. She threw her arms around his neck, and he scooped her up, spinning her around before setting her down.
"Hey Fae." He said, once he set her back on her feet. "What have you been up to, little sister?" Liir asked, ruffling her hair.
"I haven't been up to anything." She said, reaching up and ruffling his hair also.
Liir was twenty-three, and a business man in the city. He'd refused to take the throne when he came of age, preferring to let his parents continue their rule- having the land remain in peace- and took a job in the city.
"What are you doing here?" Fae asked. Liir shrugged.
"I figured I'd come see how you're doing." He said, laughing softly. "And, I also brought a couple friends of mine that wanted to meet you."
"Who? I've met all your friends." Fae said confused.
Liir then moved to the side, revealing their parents. Fiyero and Elphaba Tiggular, King and Queen of the Vinkus, faced their daughter, silently enjoying the look of shock on their little girl's face. Fiyero's hands rested on his wife's shoulders, and Elphaba had wrapped her arms around herself. Gently, he pressed his lips against his wife's temple, and wrapped her in his arms.
"Mom? Dad?" Fae asked, confused.
Elphaba was the first to break the silence, laughing gently.
"Fae." She hurried to her daughter, wrapping her arms around her child, who held her close, and breathed in her mother's scent.
"Mama." Fae whispered, burying her face in her mother's long ebony hair.
"Hello, my sweet girl. How are things going at Shiz?" Elphaba asked, patting her daughter's hair.
"Good." Fae said, as Elphaba rubbed her daughter's back before pulling away and kissing her forehead. When she let go, Fae rushed into her father's arms.
"What are you doing here?" Fae asked, as the family settled at a table at the small café outside the school. She snuggled into her mother's side, enjoying the feel of her mother's fingers running through her long raven locks.
"We have to be in the City for a meeting with Ozma and we figured we'd stop by and see how you were doing." Elphaba said, glancing down at her daughter before picking up her cup of tea, as she tossed her own tumbling raven locks, in a perfect imitation of her best friend, Glinda Upland. Fae noticed that her mother's long raven hair contrasted with the beautiful dark midnight blue of the gown she wore.
She also noticed that her mother had abandoned her famed conical hat for the soft, velvet hood of her black cape.
"Where's your hat, Mama?" Fae asked. Elphaba looked at her.
"Back at the hotel. Why?"
"Just curious." Fae said, shrugging, before looking up at her mother, her mother's words clicking.
"You're going to see Ozma? What about Lin Lin?" Fae asked, using her childhood nickname for Glinda.
Elphaba shrugged, as she sipped her tea. "If we have time, we'll stop and see Glinda, but it's not a guarantee."
The small group had settled in the cafe, the girl's skipping their last two classes with an excuse. As if meeting the king and queen wasn't a good excuse.
"Aunt Fabla, is there something wrong? H...has something happened between the city and the Vinkus?" Anakin asked, fear in her eyes. Fiyero glanced at his wife.
"No Anakin, nothing's happened, we just....need to discuss something with Ozma." Elphaba said, looking at her neice.
"What 'something'?" Makinla asked.
"Nothing that concerns you." Fiyero said, paying the check as the small group finished and got up. Then, he wrapped his arm around his wife's waist, and pulled her close. "We'd better get going, and you'd better return before you're late for class."
Fae rolled her eyes, a perfect imitation of her mother.
"Can't you stay?"
"No. But we will stop by to see you when we head back home in a couple days." Elphaba said.
"Promise?" She nodded, and kissed her daughter's forehead.
"Promise. We'll see you in a couple days." Elphaba said, as they parted ways outside the cafe.