Hi again! Thanks for reading, be sure to review! I used Sylvia's Lullaby again. Any favorite lines?
QOD: Favorite underrated musical? Mine is A Little Princess.
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Elphaba's POV
No. This can't be happening. My sister can't be dead. Green light illuminates the room. I chant the words to the healing spell, but I am afraid that it's too late. I hug my little sister's limp body closer to myself and let my tears finally fall. I sob my sister's name. She suddenly breathes in sharply. I look down at Nessa, and her eyes flutter.
"Fabala?", she whispers hoarsely.
"Oh, Nessa!", I cry.
"Where am I?", she asks in a hoarse whisper.
"We're in Morrible's dungeon", I answer.
"What happened?", she asks.
"I don't know", I reply, which is true. I don't know what Morrible did to her, but I will find out.
She begins crying, I'm not sure why. It could be because she died for a few seconds, she is in shock, there are various reasons. In attempt to comfort her, I begin to sing our lullaby quietly to her.
If you close your eyes and count to ten,
You'll hear your dreams are calling again.
Just follow the moon,
For all to soon a new day will appear
You'll have nothing to fear
For wherever you are and forever
I'll be here.
Nessa closes her eyes and falls asleep. I kiss her forehead and pray silently that we will live through this.
Glinda's POV
Ugh, it feels like we've been walking forever. I would signal a carriage, but we're running from the law, and I'm not sure if that would work in our favor. We have not found any clues leading us to Morrible yet. We don't know if the hideout is in the woods or in the city. I look to the sky.
"Isn't it strange how it's only cloudy in one part of the sky?", I say.
"Wait, Morrible is in charge of the weather...", Fiyero says. I don't see what the point is.
"It could be cloudy and raining in one area because that's where Morrible is using her powers to torture Elphaba and Nessa!", he says.
"But that's all the way in the south! It will take days to get there by foot!", I exclaim.
Fiyero cocks one eyebrow.
"I have a plan."
Nessa's POV
I wake up in the middle of the night. I realize that I am cradled in Elphaba's arms. I crawl out the best I can. I tuck my matted golden-brown hair behind my ears. I can't let them treat us this way. If I die, I'll die fighting. I wipe the blood from my face with my dress. I look over at my sister, who is sleeping. She keeps moving around, so I think she'll wake up shortly. I hear footsteps down the aisle of the dungeon. Is there always someone walking down here, or do I wake up at the exact right time every night? I attempt to get to my feet, but I fail. I fall back down, landing on my hands and knees. I try again, and I almost lose my balance. I grab the wall to steady myself. A man holding a flashlight is now standing at the door of our cell. I stare at the figure, trying to identify the man.
"Nessarose?", the man asks. The voice is easily recognizable. Boq.
"What?", I ask. I feel no desire to be nice to this traitor. Why would I? He is probably here to kill me anyway. I accept this fact strangely well.
"I came here to visit you", he says.
"Oh, so now you want to see me. Not when my sister leaves me alone to fend for myself for the first time in my life, not when my father dies. Just finally when I'm dying. Nice."
"Miss Nessarose, I-". I cut him off, leaving him dumbstruck.
"You what? You lost hope on Glinda so you came for me? Well, it's a little late for that", I say, gesturing to my surroundings.
'Your sister's attitude rubbed off on you, I can see", he says.
I scowl.
"Look, you know, I'm sorry for what I did. But that's in the past now. Will you forgive me, Nessa?", he asks.
I blink back my aggravated tears. I really want to say yes, and let him back in, but a voice keeps reminding me of what he did to me. How he betrayed me.
"No", I reply shortly.
"Fine then", he says. He turns away, walking out, not looking back. I finally break through my hardened façade.
"Wait!", I cry. But he doesn't turn back.