 Baron caterpillar (post 3) Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ ❄ Showtunes > Everything ❄ ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll
Fiyero wasn't really surprised when this first try didn't work, but he couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. He nervously peered around his book wall to see if Professor Ichihara saw him do it wrong, but it didn't look like she did. He slumped down a little farther behind his books. He was sure he was saying the spell right, so the problem must be with his concentration.
He looked down, focusing intently on the caterpillar in front of him. He imagined Elphaba's many legs disappearing and her little green body becoming flatter and wider... until she'd fully transformed into a banana leaf. The whole process sounded pretty painful, honestly. He wasn't sure he wanted to subject his little bug friend to that!
Fiyero pointed his wand at the caterpillar with a decisive swish. "Follio musa!" When he looked down again. he saw what looked like a leaf with legs skittering across his desk. Well, he was making progress... at least he'd managed an incomplete transformation that time. But somehow he didn't think Elphaba was too pleased about it. "Oh, I'm so sorry, Elphaba!" he said. "Don't worry, I'll change you back... Reverto!" Elphaba was a caterpillar once again, thank goodness! At least he was able to get one spell right today!
Elphaba was crawling across Fiyero's desk as fast as her many tiny legs would carry her, but his open transfiguration book kept her from going over the edge. So he'd found another use for his book wall; not only did it keep spells out but it kept bugs in. Not that he could blame her for running away, of course. He wouldn't want to be turned into a leaf either! "It's okay, Elphaba," he said, gently picking up the caterpillar and setting her in the middle of the desk. "Just one more try, and if I don't get it right this time, I promise I'll put you back and try it with a different bug."
He raised his wand to try the spell one last time. Please let me get it right, he thought as he pointed his wand at the caterpillar. He didn't even want to know how Professor Ichihara would react to him switching bugs without mastering the spell! Once again, he visualized Elphaba transforming into a flat, veiny banana leaf. "Follio musa!" he cried, giving his wand a decisive swish. Had it worked? Did he do it that time?
Fiyero glanced down at his desk, but this time Elphaba was gone. In her place was a little green leaf. He finally turned her into a leaf, but was it a banana leaf? He assumed so; besides, this was probably the closest he was going to get. Feeling a bit more confident, he took down the wall of books around his desk. He'd done the spell successfully, so there was no reason for Professor Ichihara to punish him now, right?
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |