Chapter 10. A Place I Never Knew

Rifiuto: Non Miniera

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Fae started.

"Tiggular. Don't you mean Elphaba Tiggular?" Fae asked. Elphaba nodded.

"Yes, but....I want to get my degree in my own name."

"B....but you are married, aren't you? You're married to Fiyero Tiggular, King of the Vinkus, aren't you?" Fae asked. Elphaba snorted and cackled.

"What did you call him? King of the Vinkus? Yeah, right, Yero won't be king until his father passes away." Elphaba said, brushing her hair off her shoulders. She suddenly turned serious. "Hey....how did you you know Fiyero? And.....who are you?"

"I......I'm......I'm......"

"Elphie!" Fae looked up, to see Glinda hurrying towards them, dressed in a dark blue uniform, like the kind they still wore at Shiz. Fae looked from Elphaba to Glinda and back. While Glinda dressed in the school uniform, Elphaba dressed more towards her taste.

"Lin Lin?" Fae asked, as the girl got closer.

"Hey Glinda." Elphaba said, getting up and gathering her book.

"Who's this?" Glinda asked, turning to Fae. The two girls now stood over Fae, scrutinizing her.

"I'm........"

"This is Fabla. She's Yero's younger cousin. She's starting at Shiz this week. Yero asked me to show her around." Elphaba said, the lie easily rolling from her lips; the nickname she'd used one year earlier.

"Oh, well, it's nice to meet you Fabla. I'm Glinda." The blonde said, nodding to the girl. Fae smiled.

"Nice to meet you too Glinda."

"We'd better get back, Elphie. It's time for dinner, and we promised the others we'd meet them tonight, remember?" Elphaba nodded.

"Sure. You go ahead Glinda, I'll catch up. I just, want to show Fabla around a bit more." The blonde nodded and left, heading toward the cafeteria. Once she was out of sight, Elphaba turned to Fae and helped her up.

"All right, let's head to my dorm and I'll help you get cleaned up." Elphaba said, as she led Fae to Crage Hall and up to the third room. She opened the door, and led Fae inside. The young girl seemed shocked, to see that the dorm hadn't changed much.

"All right, who are you?" Elphab asked, sitting on her bed. Fae turned to her. "How do you know my husband?"

The eighteen-year-old bit her lip.

"Mama you know me."

"And why do you keep calling me 'Mama'? I told you, I'm not your mother."

Fae sighed, sitting down in Elphaba's desk chair. She had no choice, Elphaba wasn't going to let her get away without answers.

"My name's Fae. Yes, I'm a Tiggular, but not a cousin. I'm the Crown Princess of the Arjiki tribe. And, I know your husband, because he's my father." Fae looked up at Elphaba, trying to read her expression.

"Anything else?"

Fae nodded.

"My parents are the King and Queen of the Vinkus."

"So? What does that have to do with me?"

"Fiyero's my father. And...."

"And?"

"And you're my mother."