Five Nights at Galinda's

The Joys of Nature

   "Elphie..... I'm so hot," Galinda whined, trudging behind the green girl with no sign of her buoyant energy from earlier.

Elphaba rolled her eyes and chose to ignore the suffering blonde, taking the time to readjust her glasses.

"And I really have to go..." Elphaba, who wasn't really impressed with the girl's complaining before, actually looked back at Galinda at that proclamation.

"Go do your business behind that tree. I'll wait for you," Elphaba instructed calmly, trying to sort the map out in the short break time that she anticipated she'd have from Galinda.

"I don't wanna go here..."

"Well, go anyway. I'm not holding your hand just so you can feel safe while you... you know," Elphaba waved her away albeit disgustedly.

Galinda huffed and puffed and stomped back behind the tree. Elphaba put her full concentration into the map, giving the blonde ample time to do what she needed to do.

"Elphie, I have a question."

"What?"

"Do you dig the whole before or after?" Elphaba's hands dropped from in front of her and she rubbed her face in complete disgust. However, she soon heard stifled giggles coming from behind the tree.

"Probably after, if I had to guess," Elphaba replied smugly, catching on quickly to the girl's antics.

"Oh... It's a bit too late, I'm afraid. I've already dug the hole before," Galinda awkwardly told her. Elphaba smirked deviously, knowing that she had clearly outdone the blonde in her attempts at trickery.

Before too long, Galinda reappeared beside the taller girl. Elphaba looked up from the map with a mischievous glint in her eyes.

"You ready to go, Princess?"

"Yes. Yes, I am," Galinda replied, tossing her hair disdainfully. Elphaba couldn't help but allow herself to grin at the blonde's haughty expression.

They continued through the forest with minor difficulty, sifting through bushes and pushing past trees.

That is, until they came upon a mud-filled ravine with a rickety, old bridge extended over it. Elphaba raised an eyebrow and studied the map as Galinda hesitantly approached the edge to look into the large ditch.

In a very small depiction, Elphaba spotted the bridge on her paper. It was also the only short way to get to the cabin. The long way would take most of the day for them to arrive at the little house in the wood.

But, Elphaba considered, the bridge didn't look very sturdy and if it gave out with them on it, they'd be taking a nice and disgustingly sloppy mud bath.

She thought for a moment, gauging their options. It would be much more convenient if they could just cross over carefully rather than travelling such a great distance around the gap.

Elphaba folded the map and her glasses, tucking them both into her pocket. She then steeled herself and strode forward, clutching one of the posts holding the bridge up and testing the boards with her foot.

"We're crossing this?!" Galinda squeaked, her eyes wide as she grabbed Elphaba's arm tightly.

Elphaba prodded a bit more at the wood and she carefully stepped on it, placing her full weight on it. The bridge swayed a little, but ultimately held up considerably well for its apparent age.

"It appears that we are," she replied with a calming breath. Elphaba moved forward and the entire bridge shifted unsteadily. She grabbed the ropes acting as railing and she looked up at the distance she still had to travel to the other side.