Sorry I didn't update over the weekend. But seriously guys, 110 views and 5 Reviews? If you want me to update faster,you have to review. Please. Ok so yeah this is my longest chapter.
Disclaimer: fanfiction. Emphasis on the fan.
"So let me get this straight. It's not magic, it's just that you use more brainpower than most people so you can move things with your mind?" Elphaba nut shelled.
"yeah, basically." Arietta answered. Elphaba looked at her quizzically. "But, that doesn't really make sense. If it really was telekinesis it wouldn't be able to break the vase."
"meaning?"
"Maybe the telekinesis is there, but there's something more powerful powering." Arietta sighed. "No, it's telekinesis and that's the end of this conversation." She said.
"Ok so: telekinesis. You just forgot to mention this?" Elphaba asked. "Eh." Arietta answered, tossing her hand in a carefree manner. Making her look very Fiyero-like, The green girl noted. "So how about you? Any weird talents."
"You mean other than the fact that I shoot out green sparks when I get angry? Nope can't think of one." She said sarcastically.
Arietta looked at her wide-eyed. "Woah. That's awesome!" She said. Elphaba winced. "No it's not. It's just another reason for people to hate me." She contradicted.
"Magic isn't a curse. It's a blessing. Look at the bright side." She said. "What bright side?" Elphaba answered. Arietta sighed. "Come on! You're in a sorcery seminar! You might even get to meet the Wizard of Oz. The Wizard Of Oz! And then all your dreams will come true!" She squealed naively. Elphaba smiled. "Sometimes I forget you're only 10." She said.
"That doesn't matter. It's going to happen!"
"You're lucky." Elphaba said. Arietta stared at her. "Excuse me?" The brunette considered herself a lot of things, but lucky wasn't one of the. She touched the small scar on her cheek and shuddered. "You don't let anyone walk over you. You're a 10-year old in a university. You don't let people give you sympathy, and if someone insults you, you give it right back to them. And not just that you also see the world freshly and you want to find out everything about everything. It's childlike."
"Maybe, it has something to do with the fact that I'm a child." She offered sarcastically. Elphaba glared at her playfully.
"Yeah well, I don't see the world like that. Even if I'd had a good childhood, it wouldn't matter. Everyone hates me." She said grimly. Arietta sat closer to her on the bed and wrapped her arms around the green girls shoulders, her blue eyes looking up at her.
"I don't hate you." She whispered.
"Is this what I think it is? A training wand? Thank you Madame Morrible." Galinda said. "Oh don't thank me, dearie. This was your roommates idea." Morrible responded.
"Elphaba did this?" Oh no.
"Yes. Threatened to quit if I didn't tell you this very night. My personal opinion is that you do not have what it takes. I hope you prove me wrong" She cackled "I doubt you will." She said and walked off.
Elphaba did this for me? Galinda had a very weird feeling in the pit of her stomach. She felt horrible. But why? It's not like she had done anything wrong! Well, except give Elphaba that hideous hat. Guilt. She realized. What she was feeling was guilt. Her roommate had told Morrible to get her into the seminar as a thank you, when really all Galinda had been worried about was Galinda. She had to set this right. She had to. She would go back to her dorm and convince Elphaba to not wear the hat. Then everything would be ok.
Galinda was so wrapped up with her thoughts (something that didn't happen often.), that she hadn't noticed that all of the Ozdust was shrieking with laughter.
The blonde looked up, to find the green girl herself wearing a disgusting frock and the disgustinger hat. Elphaba stuck her chin out and began to dance jerkily. Fiyero turned to his girlfriend. "I'll tell you this. She doesn't give a twig about what anyone else thinks." Galinda sighed. "Of course she does. She just pretends not to. Oh I feel so bad." Fiyero looked at her. "Why? It's not like it's you're fault." Galinda Noticed Arietta staring at her, before she too began to dance. Galinda noted that, although she lacked training and choreography, Arietta's movements were much swifter than Elphaba's. But they needed someone to guide them.
So Galinda Upland made her way over to the stage and made a revised version of their dance. Soon all of Ozdust was copying them. Elphaba was surprised. Why would Little Miss Perfect help me? she wondered. Arietta was proud of Galinda. For once the popular girl had cared about someone other than herself. Galinda was still riddled with remorse, but she took this time to reflect on her roommate. Elphaba was jaded. She had a low self esteem. But still, even with all the laughter and all the insults, she got out the courage to dance by herself. She was probably the bravest person Galinda had ever known.
After the dancing fiasco, Galimda made her way over to the green girl herself.
"Oh, Elphaba. I'm so, so, so sorry!"
Elphaba looked at her surprisedly. "Y-you are?"
"Yes! Of course! I odd something horrible to you on purpose. And worse is, you haven't done anything to anger me." She sighed. "I'm really sorry." She stuck out her hand.
"Friends?" She asked.
2 friends in one day? I'm lucky if 2 people aren't repulsed by me in 1 month. Let alone one day! She also stuck out her hand. Who knows? Maybe the blonde wasn't so bad after all.
Arietta couldn't sleep that night. It was silly of her to even try. She knew she couldn't fall asleep without drinking chocolate milk. It was dumb, she knew. But, still she couldn't. Even if she wasn't allowed to eat or drink anything that had chocolate. She wasn't really allowed to do anything. Like have fun, or experience joy of any kind. She wasn't an orphan. Not really. Her family just hadn't wanted her. Or so she'd been told.
she snuck out and made her way over to Shiz's cafeteria. She made herself some hot coco and sat down on the couch to read "The Fault On Our Stars." (A/N sorry, I had to. It's my favorite book.)
"Well, well, well. Look at what we have here." A voice rang out. Arietta dropped her mug and flipped around. When she saw who was there she rolled her eyes and glared at him. "Look what you've done, Tiggular!" She said and began to clean the mess. Fiyero laughed.
"Oh, so now you're laughing at my bemuse?" She asked.
"No, no it's ju-"
That was rhetorical genius." She said sarcastically. "And before you ask what rhetorical is-"
"I know what rhetorical is!" He said. Arietta looked at him. "You do?" She asked. He glared at her. "I'm not an idiot." He said defensively. Arietta quirks her eyebrow. "I know." She said. "But isn't that what you want everyone to think." She said.
"They don't have to think it because I am an idiot!" He said.
"But didn't you just say that you weren't?" She said smirking. She was clearly winning.
"Uh-I, ugh, fine! You win." He said admitting defeat. Arietta beamed. "Thank you, thank you very much." She said. "So why are you here anyways?" She asked.
"Why are you here." He asked.
"I asked you first."
"I came to drink, something." He said. Arietta stared at him intently. "Chocolate milk." She said. It wasn't a question, but a statement. Fiyero stared at her. "How did you-"
"never mind that. But you're here for that, right?" Instead of waiting for an answer she waved it off. "Well you are. So was I, but someone interrupted that." She said.
Fiyero looked down sheepishly. "Sorry." He said. Arietta stared at him. "Come again." She said. Fiyero glared at her. "I said sorry. Is that so hard to believe?" Seeing her open her mouth he silenced her. "Don't answer that. The truth is, I'm not that much of a jerk." He didn't know why he had told her that but, oddly enough, he trusted her.
"I know."
"so why do you hate me so much" Arietta opened her mouth then decided against it. She couldn't tell him. She would have to, eventually. But not yet. "It's because you act like an idiotic jerk dancing through life." Still a truth, even if it's not the truth. "Alright, point taken" he looked at his watch. "Hey, it's getting late. We should head back to our dorms." She nodded and they went they're separate ways. She wanted to tell him. She really did but she wouldn't. She couldn't.
Not yet. Not yet.
Sooooooo. What so you think? Fave lines? Oh and virtual cookies with whipped cream and M&M's if anyone can guess what Arietta's hiding!
