Chapter 3

Nessarose sat in her bed, shaking. She had gotten quite a fright from her encounter with the ghost earlier. "You okay, Nessa?" Glinda asked, a little concerned about her. "Y-ya. Just a little shaken, that's all." Nessa assured her. "Okay. If your sure. Remind me why your in this room and not Madame Morrible's again?" Glinda asked, remembering that Nessa was suppose to share rooms with Madame Morrible because she might need a little extra help being unable to walk. "Madame Morrible said my room wasn't ready yet, but would be all set by tomorrow night after the ball." Nessa replied.

"Oh, the ball! You have to come!" Glinda shrieked, remembering the welcome ball was suppose to be tomorrow night. "Whats the point? I can't dance. Plus, I don't have a date. I wouldn't have any fun." Nessa said, sadly. She hated being stuck in this hideous chair with wheels. "Don't be silly! We'll have an amazifying time together! You can hang out with me and Fiyero!" Glinda offered. Nessa gave the blonde a smile. "Thanks, Glinda." She said. After that, both girls fell asleep.

"I'm going to class now, Madame." Elphaba called the Madame Morrible as she finished her invisibility spell, turning herself into The Ghost of Shiz once again. "Alright, Miss Elphaba. Remember, tone down the pranks!" Morrible called back. "Don't worry. I will." Elphaba smiled and walked out of the room. She stayed to the shadows as she roamed the halls, staying out of sight of the other students.

A few minutes later, Elphaba arrived at Dr. Dilimond's history class. "Good morning, Dr. Dilimond." She greated her teacher. "Good morning, Miss Elphaba. I see your still pretending to be a ghost." The Goat commented. "Yes. But I'm planning on going to the Welcome Ball as myself tonight. You know, to see if the other students will except be despite my...differences." Elphaba replied, looking at her green, transparent hands. "Don't worry, Miss Elphaba. I'm sure everything will be just fine." Dr. Dilimond assured her. "I hope your right." Elphaba sighed. Elphaba always liked to talk to Dr. Dilimond before class while nobody else was in the room yet.

"You should go sit down now. I hear more students coming." Dr. Dilimond suggested. "Yes. Thank you." Elphaba said before taking her normal seat in the back of the class. Her desk was literally in a dark corner of the room. That was Elphaba's choice of course, wanting to go to class but still be hidden. The desk could be seen my everyone, but it was too dark for anyone to make out Elphaba's ghost-like appearance.

A minute later, a girl in a wheelchair came into the room. Nessa. Elphaba thought. She took a long look at the girl. How Nessa had grown since Elphaba last saw her. Elphaba smiled. Nessa wheeled herself towards the back, but Dr. Dilimond stopped her. "I don't suggest sitting back there." He told Nessa. "Why? Who sits there?" Nessa asked, confused. "I ghost likes to come to class sometimes. That's her seat." He explained. Dr. Dilimond knew how Elphaba didn't like others to get too close to her. Nessa immediately backed away from the seat. "T-the ghost comes to class?" She stammered, terrified.

"Of course I do! You think I would live in a school and not come to class?" Elphaba chuckled. Nessa screamed, hearing Elphaba's voice. Elphaba laughed so hard that she almost fell out of her seat. "Sorry, Miss Nessarose! I have a habit of scaring people." Elphaba confessed after she managed to stop laughing.

"Y-your not gonna make me spin again, right?" Nessa asked, still scared about what happened the day before. "Of course not! I never play the same prank more then once. Sorry about yesterday. I guess that was kind of a mean joke. I promise I won't do it again." Elphaba promised. "O-okay." Nessa said, deciding to stay near the front of the class.

After history class ended, Elphaba left the room without being seen. The rest of the day went great. Not once had Elphaba played a prank that day. Though she did happen to follow Nessa around all day. She quickly rushed to her room to get ready for the Welcome Ball that night. When Elphaba stepped into her room, her invisibility spell wore off, making her look like a human again. Elphaba was really excited about this. Sure, she was worried that people wouldn't except her. But until she tried, she'd never know.

Elphaba walked to her closet and pulled out a simple black dress and put it on. Gazing at herself in the mirror, she smiled. Never had Elphaba looked so beautiful in her life. She went to find Madame Morrible in her room. "Madame! How do I look?" Elphaba asked, twirling in a circle. "You look stunning, Miss Elphaba! I'm sure everyone is going to love you." Morrible replied, smiling at the green girl. "You really think so?" Elphaba asked. "Of course! Now run along. The ball is starting in half an hour." Morrible opened the door for Elphaba. "Thank you, Madame Morrible!" Elphaba said before leaving the room.

Nessa, Glinda and Fiyero were the first people to arrive after Elphaba. "Sweet Oz! This place is so amazifying!" Glinda squealed. "Calm down, Glin!" Nessa laughed. Glinda wore an elaborate pink ballgown that went all the way down to the floor. You could say she looked like a pink powder puff. Nessa's dress wasn't as fancy as Glinda's. The wheelchair-bound girl wore a blue dress then went just a little past her knees. Though very different, both girls looked beautiful.

Elphaba watched the group from across the room. She was still very nervous about what people would think of her, so she remained in the shadows, hoping nobody would notice her right away. And even if they did notice her, hopefully they wouldn't see that she was green. The ballroom slowly started to fill with people. After the room was reasonably full, Elphaba came out of her hiding space and roamed the room, never looking up from her feet so nobody would see her face.

Everything seemed to be going well, when Elphaba suddenly bumped into someone. "I'm sorry! I didn't see you there!" Elphaba apologized. She looked up to see Nessarose staring strait at her. "Y-your green!" Nessa shrieked, making everyone in the room look towards the two girls. Elphaba chuckled nervously. "Ya. I suppose I am." She replied. Nessa backed away a little along with everyone else who saw Elphaba's green skin. "What? Whats wrong?" Elphaba asked, pretending not to know what was going on. Suddenly, Elphaba heard someone laughing. "I didn't know artichokes could talk!" The student joked.

"I-i'm not an artichoke! I'm a normal person, just like all of you!" Elphaba protested, getting a little scared. But nobody listened to her. Everyone started teasing her for her green skin. "Stop! Please!" Elphaba cried, now being pushed and shoved by all the students. They were all laughing at her. She couldn't take it anymore. "I said, STOP!" Elphaba yelled, turning into a ghost again and literally hovering about 6 feet in the air. Everyone screamed, backing away from the ghost.

Tears were streaming down Elphaba's transparent face. "How foolish I was to believe after all these years, people might actually be able to look past the fact that I'm green and except me for who I am! I was wrong! The world is a cruel place that bullies anyone who's different from everyone else! Well guess what? You win! I give up! Never again will you ever see The Ghost of Shiz University again!" Elphaba screamed at everyone before landing on the floor again and running out of the room, crying.

Everyone cheered, celebrating that they finally rid the school of the ghost. But Nessa just stood there, staring in the direction the ghost had run in. Was it possible that the ghost just played pranks on people to hide her insecurities? Was she even a ghost at all? Nessa sighed, deciding that she would never know. The ghost did say they would never see her again. Did she leave the school, or just go and hide somewhere, never to come out again? All these questions, Nessa knew she probably would never know.

"I'm gonna go back my things and take them over to my new room." Nessa told Glinda after she had gotten over the shock of what just happened. "Okay. See you later Nessa!" Glinda replied, celebrating along with the rest of the students. Nessa wheeled herself out of the ballroom and back to Glinda's room.

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone has a wonderful time with their families today. Anyways, this is my Christmas present to all of you! I thought I might hurry up and finish this chapter so everyone could read it sooner. I hope you all like it!

Brooms, bubbles, and hugs

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