Chapter 5: Starlit Bridge to Tomorrow
Author's Note: Man I kinda forgot how badly I left you guys at a cliff hanger, man I am so mean. It feels pretty good to get back into the swing of things but I kinda sucky at it and it is a little awkward. I hope that I can let this story grow and become really awesome like the plan originally was.
Glinda and Elphaba continued to work hard at the book for the last few days as Estella was getting ready in her own way. The afternoon before she was going to the town Estella made sure to pack the supplies that she, in her infinite wisdom as a ten-year-old, thought was absolutely necessary to bring on her expedition to civilization. She grabbed a small, ragged backpack that was a faded brown and made of leather. The smell of age and the stains from old memories felt nostalgic as she ran her fingers against the rough texture and smiled excitedly as she rushed to pack it up with what she needed for her trip.
She shuffled towards the old chest at the foot of her bed and unhinged the rusting lock to get a good look at what was inside. More often than not Estella would just leave what she liked hanging around her room in various places; it was the sort of organized chaos that was to be expected of a girl her age and so the chest had fallen out of favor with her but she knew it was far from empty. Wondering what assortment of relics from the past lay waiting patiently to be found she opened it and wiped the dust off the random objects in the box. There was many little trinkets littered in the chest that ranged from disintegrating books to even a blanket that smelled like mildew and was a faded blue.
Estella was about to put a lid on her old possessions as they seemed rather useless to her when she saw a small glimmer out of the corner of her eye. Surprised that something that was left to rot in a chest for so long was still even a little shiny she dug threw the old rags to find her mysterious "shiny thing" only to find a rusted chain necklace. When she pulled it out however she found that there was a small rose locket that was metallic and a mock gold looking with a bit of rust freckled across it's smooth surface. flicking it open she noted that it did not yet have any image on the inside which surprised her a bit. Estella ran the pad of her thumb over the textures of the carefully constructed petals on the rose and stuffed it in her bag thinking she could sell it and buy something better with the money she would receive from it.
Next she began filling the leather shoulder bag with her favorite book and a coat in case it was cold which was unlikely on account of it being summer. She was going to put more into her bag until she realized that she did not have all that many possessions and instead just moved on to what she would wear the next day. Unfortunately, she did not have any more outfit than the blue blouse and knee-length skirt so she slipped out of her shirt. With a determination in her eyes she grabbed her mommy Glinda's sewing materials and some various pretty blue fabric as her two mothers were busy in each others' arms and went to embroidering her blouse into something more beautiful which she spent the rest of the day doing.
As the sun finally descended and dissolved into the night Estella finally finished adding a fine ruffle to her blouse and used the rest of the cloth to make a darker blue ribbon to wear. She smiled with satisfaction sliding into her specially tailored shirt but made sure to wrap up her bleeding fingers first as to not stain her creation. It had taken many a frustrating hour to finish but she did, she was very surprised it took so long though because she had done it before with her mother on random cloths. Even though it took so long she was still pleased with the result and was tired. She settled down on her bed after opening the curtains to the window so that she could watch the waxing, crescent moon and endless sea of stars as she fell asleep. As she did so she happily thought and looked towards the idea of tomorrow with anticipation.
End note: Okay this is me getting back into the swing of things so sorry it's short and a little clunky