Chapter 67. Prophecy
Rifiuto: Non Miniera
Elphaba stepped off the train at the station near Shiz. As she waited for her husband and the others to join her, Elphaba found herself searching for the carriage, hoping, just hoping that Fae would be waiting for them. She wasn't.
"Hey. Hey."
Elphaba turned, to see her husband standing in front of her, their bags in his hands.
"You ready?" She nodded.
The small group went their separate ways; the girls returning to Shiz, Glinda to the palace, and Liir, Candle, Fiyero, and Elphaba to the hotel.
They unpacked once they got there, and the four said goodnight, going to bed. Elphaba settled down in her husband's arms, and drifted off to sleep.
"You want to seek solace, don't you? You're running from something." Nastoya said, looking at Fae. The woman neither denied nor approved the accusation. Then, the princess turned to Elphaba.
The teen shrunk back, frightened.
"And you. You are a traveler stuck in a different time. You can't return until you change another."
Elphaba tried to figure out the meaning. She spent so much time trying to figure it out, that she was in shock to see and elderly Elephant standing where the princess had been.
"Yes, that's right. I'm an Elephant in hiding. The Scrow protect me. I am hiding under the guise of an Elephant, and you," She turned to Fae, and reached her trunk out to caress the woman's face, pulling her close. "you are known as a witch. So you, as well, must hide under a guise. And if you ever need help, call on me and I'll send whatever you need. For you see, we're two of a kind, both hunted for what we are."
She then released Fae, and the woman stumbled back, shocked. Two crows then lighted at their feet.
"If you need help, send the crows, they'll come to me. They're now your familiars. Remember, you're under the guise of a witch."
Gasping, Elphaba woke up, sitting up in bed, shaking.