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It didn't take long for daylight to come, causing Fiyero to wake up, sore, and slightly stiff from the painfully firm ground of the forest. He blinked a few times to adjust to the light, before he sat up, and immediately searched for Elphaba. She was already awake, her knees scrunched up to her chest with her back leaning against the tree, staring out into the forest.
"You're such a restless sleeper," she noted.
"So?" Fiyero asked, "The ground isn't exactly comfortable."
The green girl chuckled, "My apologies you didn't get your beauty sleep, Captain."
"Whatever," he mumbled, "How'd you sleep?"
"Why do you care?"
Fiyero felt a small twinge of annoyance at her attitude. Why was it such a crime to be nice with her? "Look, Elphaba, we're going to be stuck with each other for a while, so I'm just trying to be civil. I get that you're wicked, but please, just at least accept that I just want to be nice, okay? Wouldn't you enjoy someone being kind to you for a change?"
"Listen… Fiyero, was it? I'm not exactly the type of person someone would be nice to," she stated, giving him a cold glare, "I'm used to hatred, not kindness. Okay. So do us both a favor and just be a jerk, it's more… normal that way."
The Captain of the Guard's face softened a bit, "But… why?" She looked away for a moment, "I'm not like others, so it's okay not to treat me like others. I'm… wicked."
"How'd you become wicked, anyway?"
She cackled a little, "You don't know? Because I defied his supreme Ozness of course!" Her voice dripped with sarcasm, which Fiyero didn't fail to notice. He wanted to push the subject, to get a straight-forward answer, but he knew he wouldn't get anywhere with it anyway.
"So, ready to go?"
"If I have to be," she scoffed. The blue-eyed boy sighed, helping her to her feet, before untying the rope from his wrist and grabbing the end, Elphaba's arms still restrained behind her back.
They set off again, Elphaba once again making attempts to get free, although slightly more subtle this time. Still, from the looks of it, she didn't succeed.
"Why are you still struggling? That knot isn't going to come loose," Fiyero stated, making a silent plea that it wouldn't actually come loose.
"How do you know that?" she grinned.
"Because, believe me, if it could I'm sure you would have slipped it last night."
"And if I didn't try last night?"
Fiyero chuckled, "Then you obviously don't want to get away if you didn't try." Elphaba was silent for a moment, as the Captain assumed she was just trying to think up something in retaliation.
"What, at a loss for words?"
"No, just refusing to waste my breath talking with you," she sneered. He rolled his eyes, continuing to walk, until he noticed that the girl had stopped. "What?"
"Something's wrong."
Fiyero tilted his head, "How do you know?
"I don't know, I just do," she replied, turning her head away nervously.
"Elphaba, seriously—,"
"I'm not kidding!" she argued, looking around, "Something just feels… off." Fiyero looked around with her, although he couldn't see any danger. "I don't think that—,"
Elphaba's face went pale as she screeched, "Fiyero, look out!"
On instinct, the boy whipped around, his hands flying forward in an attempt to block what was coming at him. The rope dropped from his grip for a moment as Fiyero shut his eyes, waiting for an impact.
… Nothing. He turned his head to see Elphaba running off, as Fiyero blushed in embarrassment, chasing after her. "Get back here!" he hollered, frustration filling up.
Elphaba just snickered, still running. Fiyero was fast, but she had no doubt soon he'd get lost, as every sharp turn she made assured her of that. She ignored the ropes binding her arms behind her back, focusing more on escaping. "Stop at once!" she heard him scream.
She let out a laugh, "Not a chance in—,"