"Nessa? Nessie! Wake up!"
The familiar voice and the feeling of someone shaking her pulled Nessarose out of her slumber. She blinks a few times clearing the fog out of her vision.
"Wake up Nessa! It's your birthday!"
Her head turned over to the sound of the voice and saw a green face which was her sister.
She closed her eyes again ignoring her. "Oh you showed up," she says icily. "It's too late. My birthday was yesterday."
She heard silence before Elphaba's voice spoke, "What do you mean it's too late? I would never miss your birthday and it's today."
Nessa was about to tell her older sister off but felt something was off.
"Wait… Fabala? What are you doing in my-"
She sat up trailing off realizing she was not in her private compartment anymore and is now in Elphaba's dorm, or at least that's what it looked like.
"Room?" She finished looking around her surroundings. She looked at the wardrobe, desk and drawers on her side of the room and they weren't Galinda's. Instead of pink with gold rim around them, it's brown hardwood. Also the lay she was laying in was supposed to be Galinda's bed. Instead of pink flower pattern covers and fluffy pillows, there's red covers white white pillows.
"It's our room silly," Elphaba snorted.
Nessa was confused. "Our room?"
"Yes. It's always been. What's the matter? Weird dream or something?" She asked looking concerned.
"I think I am currently living in one," Nessa replied her eyes still looking around.
"Then come on sleepyhead. Get up!"
Nessa groaned pulling the covers off her body, and got out of bed.
After taking two steps she stopped realizing another thing was completely out of the ordinary. Slowly she looked down at her legs. They don't look tangled up anymore. She's standing on her own two feet without any problem.
She gasps in shock. "I can walk?" She took another two steps. "I can walk!"
She smiles and walks around the room like she always wanted to.
Elphaba looked at Nessa a little weirded out.
"Nessa... You've been walking since you were a toddler and you realize it just now?"
Nessa snapped out of her excitement and thought for a moment.
What was Elphaba talking about? What does she mean that she's been walking for all of her life?
She started to think. So last night she was still in her private compartment and suddenly woke up here. Was this all a prank? If it was, then how was she able to walk? Unless…
The wish!
Nessarose made a wish that finally came true!
"Oh my Oz! My wish! It came true!" She says jumping for joy and spinning only to fall back on the bed since she never learned how to jump.
The green girl looks at her sister amused.
"Are you alright?" She asked suppressing a laugh.
Nessa stood up again with a huge smile on her face. "I'm fine. I'm just happy I finally got what I wanted!"
Her sister says chucking, "Alright then. Come on Nessa, we gotta be by the fountain in a few minutes! There's a surprise for you, so you better get dressed!"
Nessa walked over to dresser to find her uniform. She pulls it out and takes off her nightgown.
Since she's not wheelchair bound anymore, she can finally dress herself without much of a problem. Not even Morrible's magic can help her.
"Are you ready Nessa?"
She heard Elphaba who was by the door calling for her.
"I'm coming," Nessa replies as she tries putting her shoes on only to find them facing outwards, took them off and put them on the right way. She had made it to the door and Elphaba puts on her glasses.
The younger Thropp was still confused. Elphaba hardly wears glasses on a daily basis since Galinda made her look beautiful. And come to think of it, looking at her appearance, her raven black hair was in a braid and wearing a navy blue beanie.
It's been a long time since she wears it.
Her thoughts were snapped by Elphaba sounding impatient. "Let's go. I don't wanna be late!"
Nessarose nodded still trying to process what's going on.
Together the Thropp sisters walk out of Crange Hall. While walking Nessa, for the first time, feels the earth beneath her feet. She is so happy that she's not using a wheelchair anymore. It's like walking on air only it was the ground.
She stumbled a little when a small set of steps by the fountain came to view because she never walked down or up the steps. She always used a ramp for the wheelchair.
She stopped and held the railing when Elphaba made it down. She looked up and asked, "Nessa what are you doing?"
Nessarose took one step while holding the rail before taking a step after another and carefully she made her way down.
"Sorry," she apologizes before providing an excuse, "Been so long since I used stairs."
Elphaba was puzzled at first but decided to keep going.
They have made it to the fountain and saw Galinda and her friends there chatting like the other time.
"Hi Galinda!" Nessarose calls waving to her.
Elphaba asked her sister confused. "What are you doing?"
The girls look up at the Thropp sisters and mainly in disgust to the green girl.
"How are you?" She asked the blonde.
Galinda smiles and greets in a snooty tone, "Good morning Miss Nessarose! I am fine thank you." Then she proceeds to talk to her friends ignoring the green girl who was standing behind her.
The younger Thropp noticed and says, "Galinda? Aren't you going to say hi to my sister?"
"Nessa, let's go-"
Milla grimaced. "Ew! Why would Galinda, the most popular girl in school say hi to the freak?"
Shenshen agrees also looking disgusted. "Yeah, and why would we say hi?"
Galinda says calmly, "Ladies, calm yourselves." She looks at Nessarose.
"If you are going to be persistent then I will." Then she looks at Elphaba and grins smugly. "Good morning Miss Artichoke. I trust you had a lovely evening in the vegetable garden?"
With that she and the girls laughed like hyenas at the joke and Nessa was clearly stunned. Did Galinda just say that to her? Why would she say that?
"Oh I did," Elphaba said her voice full of sarcasm. "Too bad it was disturbed by the sound of your annoying pink heels and shrilly voice."
"Ugh, it was just a joke!"
Milla picked up her books and got up. "You know what, let's get out of here! I cannot share any more space with greenie! It's making me nauseous!"
With that, the girls grabbed their things and walked away tossing their hair going back to their conversations.
Nessarose looked very confused. What just happened?
"What were you thinking Nessa?" Elphaba asked looking upset and humiliated, "Trying to embarrass me in public?"
Her sister immediately said the truth, "No! I was just- I thought you two are best friends!"
Elphaba snorts, "NEVER in my life have I ever been best friends with Miss Galinda."
"But-"
"Fabala!"
Nessa got cut off by the sound of a child's voice, the girls turned around and spotted a young boy running over to Elphaba and almost knocked her over with a hug making her mood change.
"Hey!" Elphaba chuckles hugging the child back. "It's nice to see you too!"
Nessarose look confused. What's a child doing on campus, and why does her sister know him?
He lets go of the hug and looks over to Nessarose very excited.
"Nessie!"
And before she knew it, she too was tackled in a hug.
"Happy Birthday Nessie!"
She had a confusion and uncomfortable look on her face. Who's child is this?
Elphaba saw the look and asked, "Nessa. Do you remember who it is? It's our brother, Shell!"
Nessarose was shocked as too many questions went through her head. What in Oz is happening? Where did this child come from? Since when do they have a brother? Did father adopt one while they were gone?
"Brother? We don't have a brother!"
Just as Elphaba was about to say something, they heard.
"Shell! I told you not to run from me when I'm getting something out of the carriage!"
A woman rushed over opening her arms for a loving hug.
Nessarose takes a look at the woman's appearance. Something is very familiar about her. The beautiful curly brunette hair, the chocolate brown eyes just like her sister's, pink lips and creamy white skin like hers.
Wait! She has seen pictures of this woman at home! Before Nessa realizes who that woman is…
"Hello my girls!" She greets giving Elphaba a hug who smiled taking it.
"Mother!"
SURPRISE! That's right! Melena's alive!
Hey y'all! I hope you like this chapter, I'm sorry this is short but it'll hopefully be longer! Still currently working on Boq's story but it will get posted within a week or so! I can't wait to continue this along with other stories I thought in my head. I can also take requests for ideas on my other stories I stopped writing. I appreciate it by leaving reviews or PM to me WaitJustAClockTick. This really motivates me! Till next time, GOODNIGHT! PEACE!
