I'm Not Wicked

Part Five

Dorian stood over Bens desk as he worked, as he often did.

Evie nocked as she opened the door. Gabriela was close behind, peeking over her shoulder.

"Evie, Gabriela! Come in." Ben said happily.

"Mal's gone back to the isle and we haven't seen Ella in hours." Evie said, her voice just loud enough to hear.

She walked over and handed him the note as Gabriela walked to Dorian and hugged him tightly.

Dorian thought for a moment. Has she really gone back to the isle? Because of me?

"Ben," Evie said, handing him the ring he had given Mal.

"This is all my fault. I-I blew it. She felt overwhelmed and instead of talking with her or trying to help, I just went all beast on her!" Ben said, "I have to go there and apologize. A have to go there, and beg her to come back."

"And Ellie! I'm sure she's there too!" Gabriela said, tears on her face.

"Yes, yes! We'll go there together-"

"Guys!" Evie said, getting their attention, "You'll never find them, you don't know the isle!"

Ben walked to the window, looking out like a child in time-out.

Gabriela turned to Dorian, putting her hands on his sadly.

"This is all my fault! I've been pressuring her. She just pretended it didn't bother her; this is my fault!" Gabriela began to cry.

Dorian panicked. It was his fault. But he didn't want to tell Gabriela he told Eleanor to leave.

She would never forgive him.

"I'll go with you." Evie said to Ben.

"Yes!" Ben said, than hesitated, "are you sure?"

"Yes. And we'll bring the boys too, because power in numbers." Evie said, walking up to him to grab his hands, "but you have to promise me I won't get stuck there again."

"I promise." Ben said quickly.

"We're coming too." Gabriela said.

Ben looked to them, "Yes!" He said happily, looking at Dorian specifically.

"No! It'll draw too much attention." Evie said.

Dorian straightened up his back. I can't believe I'm doing this, he thought.

"We'll tell Fairy Godmother." Dorian said.

Gabriela looked at him with surprise. They all looked at Evie with anticipation.

"Fine!" Evie said, making Gabriela squeal with excitement, "But there's no way any of you are going looking like this."

***

Eleanor headed to go find her parents. She walked for a while before she got to the old broom shop. Eleanor, along with her mother and father, would sell potion ingredients and spell books there. "Book and Brew".

She walked in, ignoring the "closed, come back tomorrow" sign that they had made to mock the so called Wizard. A bell rang as she walked in, jingling above her head.

She walked to the back of the shop where there was a big bookshelf, and looked to see if anyone was looking through the windows.

When she knew there was no one there, she pulled a skull making a secret pasig appear.

She walked through and the smell of lavender, peppermint, and other essential oils hit her nose. The place was filled with books, big Victorian chairs, floating candles, fireplaces, and some bubbling caldrons.

"Mom, dad!" Eleanor called out.

She walked forward some and threw her bag onto one of the chairs.

"Ella?" A voice said, sounding hopeful but hesitated.

"Dad!" Eleanor said, running over and hugging the scarecrow.

He hugged her tightly and picked her up, spinning her in a circle with surprising strength.

"Ella!" He said happily.

Elphaba walked in with a confused look and about ten or eleven books in her arms. She dropped them all in surprise at the site.

"Mom!" Eleanor said, jumping over some books to hug her.

"Ella, we're happy to see you, but what are you doing here?" Elphaba asked, looking at her daughter.

The three of them sat down on one of the bigger chairs as Eleanor explained what had happened.

"Wait, who is this boy?" Her dad asked, referring to Dorian.

Eleanor had at this point finished the story.
She looked down, she had purposely taken Dorian's name out of the story.

"His name is Dorian..." Eleanor said hesitantly, still looking at the floor.

"Who are his parents?" Elphaba asked.

Though she had a feeling she already knew the answer. Eleanor hesitated, trying not to make eye contact with either of her parents.

"He's Dorthy's son." Eleanor said, still looking at the floor.

"Of course he is." Elphaba said, getting up from her place on the large chair.

"Elphaba!" Fiyero called, but she was already out of the room.

Eleanor could see her pacing and mumbling insults under her breath.

She watched Fiyero pick up a small notebook and began to write something down.

"What?" He said with a small laugh, looking at Eleanor's expression.

She started to cackle like the happy little witch she was, making him laugh as well.

After a minute or to they stopped laughing and Elphaba returned from her rage pacing.

"So, dad, how did the roomers start that you had no brain?" Eleanor asked with curiosity.

He chuckled and grabbed her hand, "Ella, that's like asking how the roomers started about your mother having a third eye." Fiyero said.

Eleanor laughed as Elphaba smacked Fiyero on the arm. He kissed her on the cheek as she jokingly glared at him.

Eleanor stuck her tongue out at the two of them.
They both laughed at their daughters disgust.

***

After a while of talking, Chestery came in through the secret door, running over to the three of them.

"Ella!" He said, worry filling his voice.

"What is it, Chastery?" Eleanor asked, seeing he was worried.

"I saw Carlos and your other friends!" He said quickly.

"What!" Eleanor said, jumping up from her seat.

Elphaba and Fiyero did the same.

"I have to go find Mal." Eleanor said, worry coming over her.

She hugged both her parents goodbye and started to walk to the book case, Chestery fallowing close behind. She turned around to look at him.

"Stay here, okay?" Eleanor said, looking him in the eye.

He walked back and stood by Elphaba. Eleanor gave her parents one last hug and headed out.

The two of them stood there for a moment.

"She reminds me a lot of you." Fiyero said, turning to Elphaba.

She looked at him skeptically.

"What's that supposed to mean?" She questioned.

She stood back from him and crossed her arms. A lot like she would've done at Shiz; having a petty argument with Galinda.

Fiyero let out a small laugh.

"Well, she did question my intelligence earlier. She definitely got that from you."