Chapter 9
The next morning, Elphaba and Nessa walked though the halls, heading for their first class. "So, how did the magic lesson go last night?" Nessa asked. Nessa had already been asleep when Elphaba got back last night, so Elphaba hadn't gotten to tell her anything. "It went great! Daphne has so much potential, she just needs someone to help her. That's why I offered to continue the magic lessons. She seems really excited to learn how to use her powers." Elphaba explained, a grin on her face.
"I'm so proud of you Fabala! I think you're finally gonna be able to make some friends." Nessa hugged her sister. Elphaba's grin turned to a scowl. "Don't be ridiculous, Nessa! Who'd wanna be friends with the artichoke?"
"I'm serious, Fabala! Just because you don't believe anyone could like you doesn't mean it's true." Nessa scolded her sister for speaking so lowly of herself. Nessa wanted to prove to Elphaba that she was special and beautiful, but she just didn't know how. She was starting to think that there was nothing she herself could do to help. This was a job for someone else. But who? Who would be able to convince Elphaba that she was beautiful?
Suddenly, someone tripped Nessa, causing her to shriek and fall. "Nessa!" Elphaba cried. She tried to help her sister up, but someone grabbed the green girl from behind, slamming her face-first into a wall. The impact of the blow caused Elphaba's glasses to shatter and fall to the floor in a million pieces. "Fabala!" Nessa cried, scrambling to her feet. "Nessa, run!" Elphaba yelled, not wanting her to get hurt by the attackers. Elphaba couldn't see anything, but she heard the sound of Nessa's footsteps running in the opposite direction, away from them.
"Let the little girl go. We have what we want." A new voice instructed his friends. The voice obviously came from a male. "Let me go right now!" Elphaba demanded, feeling someone pull her hands behind her back and tied with rope. "Not a chance, ghost! You're gonna pay for all those years you've tormented to students of this school!" Her attacker growled. "I'm not a ghost! And it's not my fault all of you students are idiots who make fun of anyone who is different!" Elphaba protested. "Shut up!" the boy yelled, slamming her head into the wall again.
Dizziness took over Elphaba, making her fall to the floor when the boy let go of her. She could feel tears welling up in her eyes now. "Help..." She whispered, wanting this to end right now. "Nobody can help you now." Another voice, probably one of the boy who captured her's friend, laughed at the helpless green girl.
"Throw her in that closet over there." The leader instructed his friend, who obediently grabbed hold of Elphaba's long black hair and threw her into a closet. "I hope you die in here." The boy growled. Elphaba suddenly felt something hard hit her in the head, and her already blurry vision went black.
Nessa ran to Glinda's room and pounded on the door. "Help! I need help!" Nessa cried, trying to open the door. A second later, Glinda opened the door, looking worried. "What's wrong Nessa? What's going on?" She asked. "It's Elphaba! We were going to class together, and we were attacked by someone! I got away, but they still have Elphaba! We need to go find her before something terrible happens!" Nessa broke into tears, terrified for her sister's safety.
"What!? Don't worry, I'll help! But we should find Fiyero too. He can help too." Glinda grabbed Nessa's hand and they ran all the way to Fiyero's room. When they got there, Glinda frantically knocked on the door. "Fiyero Tiggular, get out here right now!" Glinda demanded. Fiyero opened the door, grinning at the two girls. "Hey, Glinda. Hey Nessa. What's going on?" He asked. "What's going on is Elphaba's in trouble!" Glinda scowled at him.
Fiyero suddenly went pale when he heard that. He had never told anyone this, but ever since he first saw Elphaba at the Welcome Ball, he somehow had fallen in love with her. He didn't know what he would do if something happened to the beautiful green girl. "Lead the way." He told Nessa. Nessa nodded and led her two friends through the halls to where she had left Elphaba.
Glinda almost feinted when she saw blood all over the floor and wall. "Fabala!" Nessa screamed, falling to the floor, crying. Fiyero saw the trail of blood leading to the supplies closet. He ran over and swung the door open to find Elphaba, unconscious and covered in blood. "She's in here!" He called to Glinda and Nessa. They ran over to the closet, where Fiyero was already kneeling down, cradling Elphaba in his arms.
"I'm gonna kill whoever did this to her." He growled, holding the green girl close to him. "We have to get her to the hospital wing!" Glinda cried, horrified at how badly Elphaba had been hurt. "I'll take her. You and Nessa go tell Morrible. She needs to know about this." Fiyero instructed, standing up with Elphaba still in his arms.
"I-is she gonna be okay?" Nessa asked between sobs. "I don't know. But we have to try to help her." Fiyero replied, looking down at Elphaba's face which had turned a paler shade of green then it should have been. "We'll meet you at the hospital wing after we find Morrible." Glinda told him before taking Nessa's hand and running back to find Morrible. Fiyero nodded before taking Elphaba and running to the hospital wing.
Now before you kill me, think about how if you kill me now, you won't find out if Elphaba survives or not! Lol. Anyways, there's finally gonna be some Fiyeraba in the story! Yay! Does that at least make you happy?
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