A child of the Wicked [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 7 - Boys, Guards and Eyes

Here an extra long chapter for you guys!!!

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The next morning, before I went to school, Morrible came to me: 'Alassè, after school, come home immediately, I have a surprise for you.'
'But I already agreed to meet with friends.'
'Tell them you come tomorrow instead of today.'
'But-'
'No but, I am your mother and I tell you that you have to come home. You have to do what I tell you.'
'Okay...' I said.

After school, I ran to Kiamo Ko. I left a letter, which said that I couldn't come that day, because Morrible was expecting me. I ran home, where Morrible already was waiting.
'So, you're finally here, come in the carriage, we're going.' Once we were in the carriage, Morrible closed the curtains and lighted candles. With any other person I would have liked it, but now it only frightened me.
'Where are we going?' I asked.
'You will see when we are there.'

'We have arrived.' Morrible said. I stepped out of the carriage. We were standing in a huge wood, and before us was a enormous castle. I mean it wasn't as impressive as The Emerald City Castle or Kiamo Ko, but it was still a sight to be proud of. Morrible walked at the doors.

The guy who was standing over there bowed. He opened the doors: 'Welcome home Madame Morrible. Who is the lovely little girl who came with you?' Morrible didn't react.
'Welcome home?! Mum, what's happening?!' Morrible suddenly stood still, and slowly she turned: 'I guess I must tell you now. This, Alassè, is our new home. I am the new governor of Munchkinland. So you are a governor's daughter now. So for ónce, act like it. I'll show you your room now.' A thousand things flew through my mind, but most of all: how in Oz did Morrible become the governor of Munchkinland?

When I was alone in my room, I thought about everything what happened last weeks. I made a short list of it:
1) I met Fenáro, the son of the Wicked Witch of the West
2) I became friends with him
2) He told me a story
3) Morrible captured Fenáro
4) I became friends with Scarecrow (Fiyero), Glinda the Good (Glinda) and the Wicked Witch of the West (Elphaba)
5) We suddenly moved here
6) Morrible says she became the governor of Munchkinland

Well, a not so short list in the end. But, what do the last two things have to do with the others? Morrible wanted Elphaba, that's what she had written in the letter. Suddenly I realized that Elphaba's sister, the girl Morrible killed, was the governor of Munchkinland! What?! That's so mean!!! That's why she wanted to be here, it would definitely make Elphaba angry. Suddenly I realized something else: our former home would never have the possibilities to hide a 15-year old boy who really wants to escape. I was struck by lightning. This. Was. The. Place. Where. Morrible. Kept. Fenáro. I needed to figure out if my theory was true. I layed down on the bed. What could I do? I couldn't reach Kiamo Ko from here. Elphaba and Fiyero would worry where I was gone, and I couldn't tell them.

I heard a small knock on the door. I ignored it, but the person outside knocked again.
'Alassè? Please, I know you're in there.' a small voice asked. I smiled, it was Marthe. 'Come in.' I said. The small girl came in. 'Hi Alassè,' she said, 'Your mother asked me to call you for dinner.' Suddenly she saw the tears on my face: 'Oz, you've been crying.' She sat down next to me: 'What happened?'
'Nothing!'
She looked at me sceptically: 'You are crying because of nothing? Hey, whatever your problem is, I'm here to help you.'
'You can't help me with this.'
'Okay, but when you ever need me, just know I'm always here for you. You can call me whenever you want. I'll be there.'
I smiled and nodded, but I knew I wouldn't, look at what happened with the only friend I've ever had. I didn't want her to get hurt.

We ate a little lonely, just me and Morrible, in a giant dining hall. After a few minutes, I gathered all my courage, and asked Morrible: 'Mum?'
'Hmm?'
'Since we moved here, is this the place where you capture the son of the Wicked Witch?'
'You've seen that right. Under the castle are cells, the perfect place to hide a boy.'
'How did you plan to catch the Wicked Witch?'
'In the letter you brought her, stood that she must surrender, if she wants to see her son alive ever again. So, if she does that, I have her. But most likely she is going to try to free him. If that happens, I have 44 guards, there is no way she and the few friends she has could win that fight.'
'Sounds like a good idea.'

Okay, so, this is the plan I made: I was going to the guard in the dungeons, and I said I had to talk with Fenáro. If he asked me why, I would answer that my mother told me to do it.

'Okay you can see him.' the guard said, 'Come with me.'
We passed the cells. To my surprise, there were people in it. At the last cell, the guard stopped, and opened the door. 'You can go in, I'll wait right here.

It was a small room. There were only a few things in it, only a bed, a toilet and a table. There was no window, only a little lamp. Fenáro was sitting on the pillow.
'Alassè?' he asked.
I sat down besides him: 'I'm so sorry, this is all my fault!'
He looked at me shocked: 'Alassè Morrible, don't you dare to say that ever again! It's not! You can't help it!'
I looked around, there was no way of escaping, except right through the door and upstairs, where the guards were standing.
'What are we going to do now?' I asked, 'Should I go back to your parents?'
Fenáro looked up surprised: 'You met them? Are they still alive? How are they doing? Did you meet them all? Including Linwë?'
'Hey!' I interrupted him, 'Yes they're still alive. They are doing as good as possible when you know your son is in danger. And to be specific, I met Elphaba, Fiyero, Glinda, Chistery and Linwë.'
'How are Glinda and Linny doing?'
'Glinda the same as your parents and Linwë is just adorable!!!'
He laughed: 'Yes she is.'
'She looks like Elphaba.'
'Except for her skin color.'
'You don't look like Elphaba.'
'Mum and Glinda always say that I'm an exact copy of my dad before he turned into a scarecrow. But there is something interesting with my eyes.'
'Besides the fact that they're the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen, you mean?' Fenáro gave me a long Elphaba like glare. I grinned. 'You look so much like your mother now.'
'Whatever!! What I was going to say, was that they're green. Like my mother's skin.' I was amazed: 'That's so interesting. Does Linwë have anything green?'
'She has green earrings. Sorry, I was just joking, she has green nails.'
'And I was thinking she was wearing nail polish. How can that be?'
'I guess it has something to do with mum's green skin.'
'I understand, but how can Elphaba have a green skin?'
'We don't know.'

A couple of hours later, I was sitting down on my bed, when Marthe came in.
'Hey Marthe.'
'Alassè! What's going on?!'
So she was scared too, I thought surprised. 'Could you please close the door?'
She did what I said: 'Why did I need to close the door?'
'Because I don't want Morrible to hear us. So, tell me everything you know, then I'll tell you everything I know.'