Then I paused, and, after Elphaba fell asleep, shook my brother awake, and asked, "Zalios? He's okay, right?" "Um, sis, Zalios is in hiding," he informed me. I nodded shakily, and said, "Go back to sleep. I've got to wake up Elphaba."
I waited a few more minutes and shook Elphaba into consciousness and hissed, "Wake up, Elphaba." She glared at me and I said, "I need you to guard me—well, my body actually—I'm about to go between the worlds—the physical which you can see and the spirt which you cannot see—and I can't be moved, otherwise I'll be trapped in the spirit world forever." She nodded and I talked to Avatar Aang for a few minutes.
I returned and told her what I had learned—that Azula's Descendants were coming to Oz. "Elphaba, listen to me." I ordered tensely. "I need to talk to you." "Now!" I snapped when she didn't respond. Elphaba glared at me and asked, "What is so important?" "They're on their way here...here in Oz...Azula's Descendants," I choked out in a frightened whisper. Elphaba jerked into a sitting position and hissed, "What?" I was about to repeat myself, but she waved her hand and said, "I got that part—Azula's Descendants are here in Oz. What I don't get is why you're not telling Father." "Because, first of all I can't tell him without revealing too much about who I am, second of all, he'd never believe me, and third of all, this won't affect him. It only affects you and me." "Why?" Elphaba asked. "Because," then I froze. "Because, someday, after we graduate from Shiz, or maybe sooner, I will travel Oz hunting the members of Azula's Descendants and weakening them and I want your help." "What help would I be?" she asked. I sighed and said, "Elphaba—you're not who you think you are. I don't mean it like that. You are Nessa's sister, always have been, always will be. What I mean is you have great magic, but you're also a bender—a Firebender to be precise. I'll teach you what I know—including how to bend and create Lightning as well as redirect it. You'll have the best teacher in the world—the Avatar herself—and I learned from the best—the same teachers as my boyfriend, Zalios."