A few days later, Doctor Dillamond was taken away by a group of soldiers. Elphaba was very upset about that, and I thought, Edward, what is going on? Did Alice see anything about this? If yes, tell me exactly what she saw during lunch. Make sure she talks to me—this is a sibling need to know thing. Edward nodded silently, acknowledging hearing my thoughts.
I watched Elphaba anxiously as a cage, holding a lion cub, was brought into the room, carried by our new teacher Dr. Niddik—who I immediately disliked. I scowled as he began explaining the logic of having cages—I didn't like it at all, and neither did Elphaba. Elphaba suddenly lost her temper and Fiyero and I both escaped harm—I knew that the Cullens were only faking to blend—I had several unusual quirks—one, sometimes I was immune to Elphaba's temper, other times I wasn't, two, sometimes I was affected by the other Cullens' abilities, other times I wasn't, three, I was someone who was immune to Corin's gift, Jane, Alec, and Demetri's abilities, as well as Aro. Even Marcus's gift didn't affect me. I didn't understand why—unless it was because when I become a vampire, my gift would be a physical shield, which are very rare—most gifts are mental—except for Jasper who truly affected a person's emotions.
Elphaba and Fiyero ran outside, with the cage—I followed them to tell Elphaba I was immune to her powers for some strange reason. After Fiyero left with the lion cage, I joined Elphaba. "Hey, sis," I said evenly. She jumped and asked, "Weren't you in class earlier?" I nodded and said, "Yeah, I was. I saw you freak out." "But how you are outside? Why didn't my loss of control affect you? Why...?" She began asking. I rolled my eyes and said, "Shut up, Elphaba." She fell silent and I said, "Like you, I too have an unusual quirk—an immunity to certain things. I am sometimes immune to your powers, Alice's gift, Jasper's gift, Nessie's gift—which is nearly impossible—Bella's gift just bounces off me, Edward's gift, Corin's gift, Jane's gift, Alec's gift, Kate's gift—I'm grateful for that—Eleazar's gift, Aro's gift, and Marcus's gift—basically, anyone who's gifted who I've met has not been able to affect me," I explained. "Sometimes," I added hastily as an afterthought. Then I cocked my head and said, "And Alistair, like Demetri, is a tracker, but he feels a pull toward his prey, but he can't track me."
Elphaba nodded and asked, "What about Nessa?" "Carlisle theorizes that since I was raised by the Cullens and so protected from almost all harm, I developed an immunity to anything that could hurt me." I said, shrugging. "That is the most impractical thing I have ever heard." Elphaba said. I nodded and said, "The others think it's a little crazy too, but the only other theory is that the milk flowers, instead of affecting my ability to walk, affected me in a much more dangerous or in a better way than they affected Nessa." "Who came up with that theory, because it sounds much more logical than the first?" Elphaba asked. "Esme, along with Eleazar, came up with the second theory." I informed my older sister. She nodded and I said, "I'll go—I can see that you wish to be alone—I just wanted to tell you that I was immune to your powers was all."
Elphaba watched me leave and then she began to sing, a very sad song about herself and Fiyero.
"HANDS TOUCH, EYES MEET. SUDDEN SILENCE, SUDDEN HEAT. HEARTS LEAP IN A GIDDY WHIRL. HE COULD BE THAT BOY, BUT I'M NOT THAT GIRL. DON'T DREAM TOO FAR. DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF WHO YOU ARE. DON'T REMEMBER THAT RUSH OF JOY. HE COULD BE THAT BOY. I'M NOT THAT GIRL. EV'RY SO OFTEN WE LONG TO STEAL TO THE LAND OF WHAT-MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN, BUT THAT DOESN'T SOFTEN THE ACHE WE FEEL WHEN REALITY SETS BACK IN. BLITHE SMILE, LITHE LIMB. SHE WHO'S WINSOME, SHE WINS HIM. GOLD HAIR WITH A GENTLE CURL—THAT'S THE GIRL HE CHOSE AND HEAVEN KNOWS, I'M NOT THAT GIRL. DON'T WISH. DON'T WISH START. WISHING ONLY WOUNDS THE HEART. THERE'S A GIRL I KNOW. HE LOVES HER SO. I'M NOT THAT GIRL..."
After I returned to the room, I decided I wanted to have a girls' night out—I'd bring Galinda and Elphaba with me. Just where would we go? We couldn't go to the beach, because there was no way I was dealing with Leah, and I really wanted to avoid Sam's pack—they—Paul, really—just complained about me stinking like the Cullens. When Galinda and Elphaba entered the room, I grinned at them and said, "Elphaba, Galinda, I was thinking I could really use a girls' night out—I could take you to Anchorage—we could see a movie, go out to eat, maybe do some shopping, and then visit my cousins up in Denali—Tanya, Kate, Garrett, Carmen, and Eleazar."
Elphaba nodded and asked, "What about Nessa?" I sighed and said, "The only way we could bring her would if I took the truck—it could carry her wheelchair in the back and I don't think either of you want to be stuck sitting in the back too." Galinda nodded and I said, "Okay, we leave at seven." "Besides, I want to get Nessa a present and if she's there, we'd have to ditch her—I don't want Frexspar shooting me for leaving his precious little Nessa behind." Elphaba watched my face changing from a smile to a scowl. "Let's go, as soon as Galinda's ready," Elphaba suggested. I nodded and that night, we all left Shiz.