Chapter 3: Daydreams of Green

Author's Note: I realized I never officially said it so I'll say it now: this Fanfic will be completed and not just dropped! For all of you that have been enjoying it or have more recently jumped in I'm so glad your reading this and overjoyed that some of you have even followed and favorited it. So please continue to read and see where this story goes! Also if there is anything you think would make my story even better than just shoot me a message I'm super open to new ideas.

Estella's days continued to crawl by in what seemed to her an eternal limbo of monotony. She was at such an age that the need for excitement boiled in her veins and sent shockwaves of desire and dreaming through her entire being shaking her to the very core. She was far more like Glinda in that respect, that need to be noticed, she felt the attention of just her parents was no longer enough.

At first, the idea was to run to the nearby village and try to play with the other kids so she could feed her hunger for companionship but the memories of the last time she attempted some form of adventuring beyond their lonely mountain made her stop and her still sore hand throb. Deciding that learning from her mistakes would be the best course of action she changed tactics to try to persuade Glinda, the far sweeter mother, to relate to her problem and desire. So one morning while her mother was cleaning up the dishes from their breakfast and Elphaba had already flown away to do her job again she proposed the idea. "Mom I was thinking…"

"Well then what is my little genius thinking about hm? The meaning of life perhaps? Maybe the origins of the universe?" she teased turning to her daughter with a sugary grin.

"I'm no genius mom," she pouted and thought, if she was a so brilliant she would be able to come up with a more clever way to get the attention she craved.

"Yes you are Estella Thropp!" she declared with a slight sternness and placed the hands at her hips, "You are absolutely brilliant understand?"

"If I was so smart then why can't I read Miss Elphaba's big girl books?"

"It's not so much that you can't… more like you shouldn't."

"Well why not?"

"There are things in those books that are too intense for someone your age. You'll get to read the when you're older I promise dear."

"Ugh, you guys are always hiding things from me! What does Miss Elphaba even do when she runs off for days on end huh and what about how did two women produce me? From what I've read that should be impossible!" Estella exploded frustrated at being told she was intelligent but also too young and stupid. To her that just sounded ridiculous and contradictory. To her, her life was only a sum of confused facts and things being hid from her and she was sick of it. Part of the reason she wanted to explore in the first place was to learn what else there was out there. She didn't even know if she was even normal or not which as a half Gillikinese girl was very disturbing thought. Her mother, Glinda, had also begun feeling antsy with always being coped up in their humble little home. She was worn down from all her time stuck with Estella, Elphaba and no one else. The two of them were far too social by nature to stay there forever and she decided to talk to her lover so that they might actually leave that dull mountain.

Later that day when Elphaba had returned she was sore and worried. The green woman's work is becoming more and more dangerous and while she was able to handle it, she did have concerns about her family's safety. She considered the idea of just stopping it but then what would all of Dr. Dillamond's work be for? What would all of her own effort and perseverance for? The whole situation was just becoming murky and she found herself, first perhaps the first time in her life, caring about her own self-preservation if only for the fact that if she was gone she would leave a rather sad family behind.

Her thoughts were halted when her partner Glinda came from Estella's bedroom to the main room to greet her. Her weary body was filled with a bit of excitement and gave her a soft smile as they embraced. She felt bad about all the time she had been spending away from her darling Glinda and her daughter and considered the idea of at least taking something of a break from her terrorism to be with them. Tomorrow, she concluded, she would talk with the guys in her group to convince them to let her spend some time away from all the danger of her "job".

"Elphaba, dear, we need to talk," Glinda stated in a serious tone and the green woman nodded calmly. Glinda explained her and Estella's desire to be part of the outside world on the couch and Elphaba held her close and listened with a stony poker-face.

"You know that's dangerous my sweet-" she started but was cut off by Glinda.

"But it's not healthy to spend all our lives up here," the blonde protested and Elphaba let out a frustrated sigh.

"If literally anyone found out who you two were, who we are, both of you would be in terrible danger," Elphaba pressed trying to reason with Glinda.

"No one will find out; we can figure out an alibi."

"Glinda please this is not wise…"

"Elphie, we need this."

Elphaba paused to think of her childhood, most of it was a blur of faces and an overwhelming feeling of hatred. That was what it was like for her but her daughter, she had a chance to be happy in ways she never could be. She shook her head to try and throw off the feeling but the urge to make the two women closest to her happy slowly won out. When had her heart softened so she asked herself? Perhaps it was when she had fallen in love with her lover that stood before that but then when was that? It was far too hard to pinpoint the moment she had be seduced by the sweetness of Glinda but she knew it probably began when she first her step out of that shallow facade and proved her intellect. But know was not the time to dwell on such nostalgic pleasantries.

"Fine but we are going to need a fake names, and you'll have to wear a wig or something to look less like the most stunning lady in all of Oz," Elphaba finally replied and was struggling not to smile by the end of the declaration and gave into it when the blonde hugged her and squealed with delight.

"You won't regret this Elphie I promise!" Glinda spoke between ecstatic giggles.

End note: by the way this is where the plot thickens so my chapters might get longer, and hopefully, more frequent.