I did have to rewrite some things in these chapters because I had admittedly forgotten the original vision for this section of the story so I reread the whole thing :/ But it's okay now! I've retraced my planning and looked at my old sketch and ideas books and figured it out! Although the thing I'm most concerned about is that Fiyero's character may have changed since last time we met him :/ I think I've got it down now though.
Fae'sFlower: Thank you so much for sticking with me on this! I feel the love :)
SkySorrow: Thanks, and yes, I did set out to do something just a bit different, and it will return to being that way soon enough… Mwahaha...
"Wait, you're a prince?"
"You didn't tell her?" Exclaimed Galinda slapping Fiyero on the arm in indignation.
Fiyero shrugged sheepishly, "Surprise?"
Elphaba looked between the two of them with confusion, waiting for an explanation.
"Fiyero," started Galinda, happy to boast about her connections, "is the Crowned Prince of the Vinkus."
If Elphaba's eyebrows could have gone any higher they would have flown off her head.
"We met at the Royal Gala a few months ago and we hit it off!" Galinda continued, waving her hand in false modesty, "Fiyero is here with his father on royal business while I'm here visiting my aunt and having to attend stuffy lunches and dinners every other day. So when we met again at one of my aunts dinners a few weeks ago, a few days before we met you, we decided to go somewhere more exciting and the rest, as they say, is history!"
Elphaba was about to form some kind of response to finding out her new friends were, not only high flying socialites, but the lay-about was royalty! At least that explained his irritating, laid-back confidence.
"Please don't start addressing me as Your Majesty. There's nothing I hate more."
Despite herself, Elphaba scoffed. "As if. Referring to you as Your Majesty would be contradictory to your entirely unroyal self."
Galinda gasped. "Elphie…!"
Fiyero furrowed his brow in mock anger. "I could have you executed for saying that."
"If we were in the Vinkus, sure. But seeing as we are in the Emerald CIty, I think you're out of your jurisdiction."
Fiyero chuckled, raising his hands in surrender. "You got me."
Galinda sat shell-shocked, shaking her head in bafflement. "I don't believe you two sometimes..."
An hour passed with the friends idly passing the time reading or, in Fiyero's case, napping. Outside the sun was beginning to set casting its brilliant light over the city making it refract and shine in all its emerald brilliance.
Looking up from her magazine, Galinda happened to glance put the window at the afternoon light, a soft smile painting her features before being replaced with a look of complete and utter horror.
"Oh, sweet Oz! I'm going to be late!" Galinda exclaimed, standing and hurriedly gathering her belongings, causing Elphaba to be startled from her book, and Fiyero to be shaken from his slumber.
"What?" said the drowsy Prince.
"I have a dinner with Momsey and Popsicle at 7 o'clock at the Oz Jewel and I'm going to be late!"
"It's barely 5 o'clock."
"I've still got to get ready!" The blonde bustled out of the reading lounge leaving her two friends behind as she mumbled her evening plans. "Oooh, there's my hair, I have to shower, make up, let alone my outfit...!"
When Elphaba and Fiyero could no longer hear Galinda's mutter nor the click-clack of her heels, the pair exchanged a look before bursting into laughter at the antics of the blonde.
Although their laughter soon faded away once they realised that they were alone together.
"Well, time to go." Announced Fiyero standing to his feet abruptly.
"Agreed," said Elphaba as she too stood, "I have work early tomorrow again."
The pair bustled out of the library, Fiyero waiting dutifully while Elphaba borrowed out two books.
Once out on the street the pair began walking back in the direction of the square.
"Looks like we're headed the same way." Said the Prince.
"Looks like it." Elphaba sighed inwardly and stalked down the road, closely followed by Fiyero.
The pair walked in silence for a few minutes, Elphaba having pulled out a book ignored Fiyero as he searched distractedly for something to say.
"What are you reading now?" Asked Fiyero.
Elphaba responded by holding the book a little higher to give him a view of the front cover.
"Ah, The Politics of Animals. Interesting."
Elphaba hummed her agreeance and continued to read, causing silence to fall around them once more.
"Well!" Fiyero exclaimed suddenly, breaking the silence, "What are you doing tomorrow?"
"Working. I said that before." Came the concise response from the green girl as she continued to walk, her nose buried in her book.
"Right," Fiyero replied, a little disappointed at his failed conversation starter. Never the less he looked down at the reading girl expectantly.
When Elphaba failed to respond, Fiyero shrugged and put on his best female voice - with added feminine hand gestures - saying, "And what will you be doing tomorrow, Fiyero?"
Elphaba choked back a snort at the Prince's stupidity as he swapped back to his normal voice, replying to himself, "Why, thank you for asking, Elphaba. Tomorrow I shall be attending lunch with my lady friend before escorting her to her apartment, from where I shall depart in the fashion of a true gentleman to enjoy an evening at the Wizard's Palace with my father. There we shall discuss political matters over dinner after a tour of the palace's many room and atriums.."
"Well aren't you aristocratic!" exclaimed Elphaba, looking up from her book. "Your discourse even gained an edge of refinement. For a moment I thought that you were actually educated!"
"Says the workaholic book-worm." Teased the Prince.
"I'm not the one with the Oz-wide reputation for being 'scandalicious'." Elphaba scoffed back.
"That's me!" Cried Fiyero as he ran ahead and leapt atop a park bench.
"I'm the scandalicious, carefree Prince!" He cried before taking a deep breath as he set his hands on his hips and laughed at the sky.
Elphaba scoffed and rolled her eyes, "Why do you do that?"
"Do what?" Asked Fiyero as he hopped down from the bench.
"Pretend you don't care."
Fiyero shrugged. "Because, I don't care."
"Yes, you do."
Fiyero's raised an eyebrow at her.
"What makes you so sure about that?" He asked after a moment.
"Otherwise you wouldn't be so unhappy."
Fiyero stopped.
"It's almost as though you're trying to protect yourself from those around you." Elphaba continued.
"Well I guess that means we have something in common." Fiyero shot back.
Elphaba was taken aback for a moment. "I don't think you're as shallow as you pretend to be."
"I don't need to protect myself because this is the real me! Alright?" Fiyero snapped, his hands curled into fists at his sides. Turning away he started to leave.
"I don't believe that." Elphaba said, quietly. She had no idea why she was fighting so hard to see a different side of this Winkie Prince, but something told her that there was more to be seen, and it was right. Ahead of her Fiyero stopped in his tracks and whirled back around.
"Well you'd better start believing it because that's all there is!" Said Fiyero, his voice starting to rise in volume as he strode back towards the green girl. "And even if there was ever anything else there, it died a long time ago."
The two stood staring at each other in defiance, neither one willing to back down.
After a long moment, Fiyero clenched his jaw and sighed. "Later Elphie." The Prince gave a mock salute before striding off down the street, his fists shoved deep into his pockets, while Elphaba bit back a curse at her own stubbornness and stormed in the direction of her apartment.
Although, she didn't make it that far. She stopped when she arrived in the town square, face-to-face with an all too familiar sight.
That was a sort of Lion Cub moment? I rewrote it a few times trying to get it perfect that's why this chapter took so long :P Also, anyone up to beta for me?
The answer was Singing In The Rain! Nobody got it this time sadly, ut maybe you'll get the next one? I only very recently saw this film (as in a few days ago) but I learnt the Moses Supposes thing through osmosis.
Next: Which musical features a serial killer/stalker whose real name is Eric?
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