Chapter 2
It was a good thing that Elphaba had told Mindy to get away from the door as it flew open seconds later and it would have bashed the poor girl in the skull. There stood King Haluk and Fiyero was right behind him.
"Do we have an appointment?" The Wicked Witch tone returned to her voice and it scared her just how easily she could still slip into that mode of herself. Haluk froze, taken aback by the fact that the witch stood at the ready with her hands barely containing the magic they were supposed to control.
"No, we don't. I'm sure you're busy," Fiyero said, surprisingly catching onto her meaning faster than she expected. Elphaba was sure his meeting this morning was the result of this barging into her office.
"I have financial reports to look over and troops to inspect. Please come back later," she ground her teeth, without easing her tone.
"I forbid it!" Haluk was now regaining his composure and the meaning of the impromptu interruption was coming through.
"You forbid it? You have no say over what either of us do! We're grown adults and we're in love!" Elphaba held firm.
"Your father should have killed you when he had the chance!" The words left Haluk's mouth but he showed no signs of regretting them. Elphaba was taken aback slightly but she did not let it show.
"So are you going to do it for them then? My fathers were bastards who could not see past the ends of their own noses! Just like you! Now be gone from my presence and the Emerald City as fast as your horses can carry you or so help me you'll join them in the afterlife!" Haluk stood there surprised that she had the gall to say such words but he only narrowed his eyes at her. Then without a word, he pushed passed Fiyero and down the hallway.
Once he was out of sight, Elphaba collapsed onto the floor, exhausted from containing her magic for so long. Fiyero ran to her, as did Mindy.
"Are you all right Fae?" He asked, worried.
"I just told your father off and you're worried about me?" She gave him a look.
"Fae he obviously cannot understand our love. If he cannot accept it, then he does not get to share in it," Fiyero told her before gently kissing her forehead and pulling her close.
"Shall I call the Gale Force and make sure he's escorted out?" Mindy asked. The beautiful ring on Elphaba's finger had not escaped her and she quickly put two and two together that Fiyero had proposed and the King was not happy about it. She imagined the official announcement would come upon Glinda's arrival back in the Emerald City.
"No. Let's not make anything worse than it already is," Elphaba said.
"Too late," Fiyero commented as Gale Force soldiers came busting into the room.
"Are you all right Grand Vizier?" A soldier asked. Lieutenant Ash was right on his heels.
"It's all right. I'm afraid the King of the Vinkus is not interested in anything that I or Fiyero have to say," Elphaba tried to calm the situation down as Fiyero helped her up.
"Do you need protection?" Lieutenant Ash wanted to know.
"No, I'm fine. Please find Queen Adalet and bring her here so that I may apologize. My guess is that the King has left of his own accord," Elphaba smiled slightly.
"Yes ma'am. Do you need anything else?" Ash was obedient but he was uncertain of just how Elphaba was going to play things now that she held so much political power in her hands.
"Yes, for everyone to get back to work. I apologize for the interruption," she said. Ash nodded, clicked his heels together, gave a salute and left the room, the other soldiers with him following suit.
"Why don't I get you and the Prince some tea?" Mindy offered.
"That sounds great. I have a pounding headache," Elphaba said as Fiyero helped her to her desk chair.
"Bring some for my mother as well please Mindy," the Prince smiled.
"Of course. Back in a few minutes," the red haired girl promised. She was then out the door and down the hall wondering what Elphaba had meant by her fathers.
To Be Continued…