Thank you everyone for not killing me! Okay, before I post the chapter, I have a personally message for Elphaba'sGirl: Sorry, but I'm afraid Elphaba's blindness is permanent. You should feel lucky I didn't listen to Nelly when she told me to kill Elphaba. Lol
Chapter 11
Daphne had stayed the night in Nessa's room in case she needed someone to be there for her. She knew how worried Nessa was about Elphaba. Daphne was worried as well. Nessa tossed and turned in her bed, obviously have a horrible nightmare.
Nessa was no longer in her room. She was once again walking down the hall to class with Elphaba. They were talking, when they were once again attacked by Avaric and his friends. "Nessa, run!" Elphaba yelled to Nessa. Nessa was about to run away, but she couldn't move. It was if her feet were glued to the floor. This was just like when the attack had actually happened, except this time, Nessa couldn't leave.
Nessa saw the dream version of herself run away. "Let the little girl go. We have what we want." Avaric told his friends. "Let me go right now!" Elphaba yelled as Avaric tied her hands. "Not a chance ghost! You're gonna pay for all those years you tormented the students of this school." Avaric told her.
The scene went on like the actual attack. Nessa screamed when the attackers bashed Elphaba's head into the wall, but nobody could hear her. It was as if Nessa was completely invisible to everyone. She wanted to run, but she still couldn't move, being forced to watch her older sister being beaten to near death. "No! Don't hurt Fabala!" Nessa screamed, but once again, nobody heard her. She remained frozen in place until Elphaba dropped to the floor, covered in blood and barely conscious. "Help..." Elphaba whispered through tears.
Nessa ran over and tried to hug her sister, but like she was a ghost, her arms went right through Elphaba. "I-it's okay, Fabala! I'm right here!" Nessa told the dream version of her sister, fighting back tears. Never before had Nessa seen Elphaba so weak and helpless. "Throw her in that closet over there!" Avaric ordered one of his friends. "No! I won't let you touch Fabala!" Nessa protested, but Avaric's friend grabbed Elphaba anyways, throwing the green girl into the supplies closet. Nessa ran into the closet and kneeled down next to Elphaba. "Fabala? Fabala, can you hear me? Please answer me!" Nessa pleaded, trying to hug Elphaba, but still couldn't touch anything. "I hope you die in here." Avaric's friend said before kicked Elphaba really hard in the head, making Elphaba fall unconscious. "Fabala!" Nessa screamed.
Nessa woke up in her bed, screaming. Daphne was already sitting beside Nessa, frantically trying to shake her awake. "Nessa! What happened?" Daphne asked when Nessa had finally woken up. "I-i saw it! I saw the attack! It was so horrible! She was so weak and helpless, and there was nothing I could do to help her!" Nessa cried, tears falling down her face. "Who? What are you talking about?" Daphne asked, completely confused at what Nessa was talking about.
"The attack! The attack on Fabala! Except I couldn't run this time! I was frozen in place and I was forced to watch the whole thing! It was horrible!" Nessa explained, crying into Daphne's shoulder. "Oh, Nessa! I'm so sorry! Don't worry, it's over now. Elphaba is safe. Nothing is going to happen to her." Daphne assured her, trying her best to comfort the crying girl. "I-i wanna go see her..." Nessa told her, managing to not cry as much as before. "I think that's a good idea. Let's go visit Elphaba." Daphne smiled, helping Nessa out of bed.
A few minutes later, Daphne and Nessa stopped outside the hospital wing. "Nessa? I think you should wait here until we know that Elphaba's calmed down a bit. I don't want her to yell at you like she did before again." Daphne told Nessa. "Okay." Nessa nodded before Daphne disappeared through the door.
"Elphaba? You awake?" Daphne asked, sitting in the chair next to Elphaba's hospital bed. "Daphne? Is that you?" Elphaba looked around, trying to figure out where Daphne was. "I'm right here, Elphie. You okay?" Daphne asked, taking Elphaba's hand let the green girl know where she was. "I-i'm blind..." Elphaba's voice was barely audible when she said that. "I know. I'm sorry this happened to you. But don't worry, you're going to be okay. Nobody is gonna hurt you again." Daphne assured her.
"I-it's too late. The damage has been done. The doctor told me this morning that I'll never be able to see again." Elphaba told her, looking towards where she decided Daphne was sitting. Daphne's heart broke when she saw the blank look in Elphaba's eyes. The blank look that proved Elphaba truly was blind. "I'm sorry, Elphaba. You just need to remember Nessa and I will be here for you, no matter what happens. Speaking of Nessa, she's waiting outside. Do you mind if she comes in? She really wants to see you." Daphne told Elphaba.
"I guess Nessa can come in." Elphaba sighed. "Okay. I'll be right back." Daphne told her before getting up and walked to the door. Daphne peaked her head out of the room and turned to see Nessa sitting against the wall. "Nessa? Elphaba said you can come in." Daphne said. Nessa immediately jumped to her feet and walked into Elphaba's room with Daphne. Daphen had sat down in the chair again, so Nessa just kneeled down next to Elphaba's bed. "Hi, Fabala. How are you feeling?" Nessa asked her sister.
"I've been better." Elphaba muttered. "Fabala, I had a dream last night. It was the attack, but I couldn't leave this time. If what I saw was true, you're not okay, and you're lucky to be alive." Nessa said, holding Elphaba's hand. Elphaba turned away from where Nessa and Daphne were. "I'm sorry you had to see that." She whispered, tears falling down her face. Elphaba had never wanted anyone to see her cry. She thought of it as a sign of weakness, and the green girl hated feeling weak.
Just because she was weak on the inside doesn't mean she had to let people know about that side of herself. "If it makes you feel any better, I beat Avaric up for you." Daphne said, trying to cheer Elphaba up a little. "Avaric?" Elphaba asked, still not knowing the identity of her attacker. "Ya. He's the guy who attacked you. Madison and I found out it was Avaric who did this, and we taught him and his friends a lesson not to mess with you." Daphne explained who Avaric was.
"Unfortunately, that's no help at all. As I said before, the damage has been done. You might as well just leave me alone and get on with you're lives. You shouldn't feel obligated to have sympathy for me. It'll be easier for all of us if you just forget I even exist." Elphaba muttered, still not looking in their direction. "Fabala, no! We're not going to forget about you!" Nessa protested, holding Elphaba's hand tightly. Elphaba yanked her hand out of her sister's grip. "Please just leave. I don't wanna have to yell at you again." Elphaba told them, trying not to cry.
Daphne sighed, standing up. "We'll leave. But just know we'll be back later." She said. Nessa stood up and gave Elphaba a big hug. "Goodbye, Fabala." She said before both girls left the room.
A few hours later, Nessa sat in Glinda's room. Glinda sat behind her, braiding her hair. "I wish we could go talk to Fabala again." Nessa sighed. "Well, Elphie needs some alone. But that doesn't mean we can't try to enjoy ourselves while she has some time to think." Glinda replied, securing Nessa's braid with a pink hair ribbon. "I guess so. I just feel like it's my fault this happened. I feel like if I had stayed instead of running away from the attack, Elphaba wouldn't be as badly hurt." Nessa looked down at her feet.
"You shouldn't blame yourself. If you had stayed, you would probably be stuck in the hospital wing along with Elphie. You just need to realize that there was nothing you could have done. Don't worry, Elphie will be fine soon enough. Just give her some time." Glinda assured her, smiling at Nessa. "How's Fiyero holding up? I haven't seen him since he took Fabala to the hospital wing." Nessa asked, wondering where Fiyero had disappeared to.
"He hasn't left his dorm since the day of the attack. He's worried sick about Elphie. Did you know he loves her?" Glinda asked. "Wait, what!?" Nessa almost fell off the bed when Glinda said that. "Fiyero loves Elphie. It's pretty obvious, really. Haven't you noticed the way he looks at her?" Glinda giggled at the thought. "S-since when?" Nessa asked, still not believing it. "Since the Welcome Ball. I don't blame him. Elphaba's a beautiful girl." Glinda told her.
"I know she's beautiful, but Fabala won't listen to me. Whenever I mention she pretty or special in any way, she tells me to stop lying. I've given up on trying to convince her otherwise, but maybe Fiyero can help convince her it's true! Maybe this is exactly what Fabala needs! Someone to love her!" Nessa squealed, excited at her new discovery. Despite what Elphaba thought, Nessa knew she deserved someone to love her.
"Sweet Oz, you're right!We need to go get Fiyero to talk to Elphie!" Glinda jumped to her feet. Nessa followed Glinda out the door and through the halls. "Slow down, glinda! I'm still not used to being ale to walk!" Nessa called to Glinda, trying to catch up with the excited blonde girl. "Oh, sorry Nessa! I'm just really excited!" Glinda slowed down for Nessa, allowing her to catch up. "I know. I'm excited too." Nessa smiled at her.
A few minutes later, they arrived at the door of Fiyero's dorm room. Nessa knocked on the door, and a few seconds later, Fiyero opened the door. Fiyero didn't look the same as he did the last time the girls had seen him. He looked a lot more tired then usual. In fact, he looked as if he hadn't slept since the day of the attack. "What do you want?" He muttered, obviously not wanting to be bothered. "Fiyero, Elphie's awake if you wanna go see her." Glinda told him.
Fiyero suddenly became a little more interested. "She is? Is she okay? How's she doing?" Fiyero started asking a bunch of questions. Nessa and Glinda glanced at each other, smirking at how worried Fiyero was about Elphaba. Glinda had been right about him liking Elphaba. Then they quickly turned by to Fiyero. "She's fine, but...well...Elphaba's blind." Glinda's voice got quieter when she said that last part.
"W-what?" Fiyero was shocked at what he just heard. "She had brain damage from having her head hit so many times, and it caused her to go blind." Nessa explained, forcing herself not to cry at the thought. "I wanna see her." Fiyero said after a few minutes of silence. "I'm sure she'd like that." Glinda smiled.
They didn't waste any time before heading back towards the hospital wing. Glinda and Nessa kept grinning at each other the whole way. Their plan was working perfectly. They just hoped Elphaba wouldn't be too stubborn to not see that Fiyero loved her.
They arrived at the hospital wing awhile later. "Try to be gentle with her. She's still upset about being blind." Nessa told Fiyero when they arrived outside of Elphaba's room. Fiyero just nodded even though he hadn't heard a thing she said. He was just really worried about how Elphaba was doing. Glinda opened the door to elphaba's room. "Elphie, you have a..." But she never got a chance to finish what she was saying. Fiyero and Nessa peaked inside the room, to see Elphaba's bed was completely empty.
"Elphie? Elphaba, this isn't funny! Where are you?" Nessa called, worried now. "She's not here!" Glinda shrieked. Suddenly, Nessa remembered what Elphaba had asked of her the day before. "I-i think I know what's going on..." Nessa's voice was so quiet that it was barely audible. "What? Where is she?" Fiyero asked, scared of what Nessa might say. "Yesterday, she wanted me to kill her. I refused, of course. But, well...now I think she's going to try to do the job herself..."