Hello all! Welcome to the sequel of 'Darkness of the Night' and it is called 'Shadow of the Night'. I know its real original title (hear the sarcasm in that one) here but it's to show that this story is not going to be all happiness and sugar. There will be drama in this story for sure. You will have to read the story to see what drama I'm talking about. So this story is set five years from 'Darkness of the Night'. Glinda has been ruling Oz fairly well so far with Elphaba by her side. It has been a quiet five years but that is about to change. How? Why? That will be slowly revealed throughout this story. Fiyero doesn't have a significant other just yet but he will. He will be in the story as will Ares, Rain, and Nessa. Nessa you will be seeing around a lot more as she is going to play a part in the drama. Ok, well here is the first official chapter of "Shadow of the Night". It's a nice fluffy chapter. I wanted to give it to you before it kind of gets bumpy from here. Enough of my yapping. Read and enjoy!

Chapter 1

Elphaba is breathing softly through her nose as she is sleeping comfortably in a queen size bed. She shifts slightly in her sleep with one of her hands sliding under the cool blanket. She is recuperating from the wonderful night she had spent with her wife, Glinda.

"Elphaba."

The green woman squeezes her eyes tightly at the annoying voice calling out to her. She doesn't want to wake up just yet. It felt like she has just fallen asleep five minutes ago. There is a soft poke to her stomach.

"Elphaba, wake up."

Elphaba gives a soft groan before she swats the offending appendage away from her blindly. Whoever it is better stop bothering her or they will be in for a rude awakening if they keep it up.

"Leave me alone." She mumbles sleepily before she quickly rolls to the other of the side of the bed with her back to whoever is trying to wake her up. When she does this, there is a slight huff and the bed dips as the person there gets on the bed. It's time for drastic measures here.

"Glinda gave me permission to do whatever it takes to wake you up."

A hot breath hits the side of her face in an instant. Her eyes snap open mere seconds later when a long, warm, very wet tongue starts to lick her face. Ugh, what the hell?! This is a horrible way to get woken up by.

"Ugh! Stop…stop!" The raven haired beauty starts to squirm away from the assaulting licks but they just follow her every movement. They won't stop until Elphaba ass is officially out of bed and no way for her to sneak back in to sleep some more.

"I'm up." Elphaba says next as she sits up while pushing on black fur to get them off of her. Rain starts to giggle but it gets caught in her throat when she realizes that Elphaba isn't wearing any clothes. This is a sight she will never unseen. The Wolf puts a paw over her eyes to hide the bare green flesh from her sight.

"By Oz, put some clothes!" Rain exclaims. Elphaba rolls her eyes while wiping the spit off her face as best as she can. That's what Rain gets for coming into hers and Glinda's room unannounced. Really, there isn't a day that the two of them don't end up naked in the bed. It didn't always ended with them having sex sometimes they just enjoyed feeling each other's warm body against each other.

"That's the risk you take coming in here before knocking on the door." The raven haired beauty replies with a smirk before she leans over and grabs the blue sheet. She wraps it around her naked body so Rain can finally stop acting all shy and embarrassed. Rain hears the rustling of the sheets and assumes Elphaba is finally coving herself up so she moves her paw slightly to see if it is true. Much to her relief most of the green flesh is covered up by the powered blue cover sheet. So the Wolf puts her paw back down on the bed while blinking her eyes slightly so they can readjust back to the light. The green woman runs her fingers through her messy raven locks to look semi presentable to the Wolf.

"Mmm…why did you wake me up?" Elphaba asks with a yawn. It still feels like she just put her head down to sleep when she got the rude awakening. Rain shakes her head with a soft chuckle. It seems in the past five years her memory has gotten spotty. She pushes out one of her claws to uses it like a toothpick for her teeth. Fiyero made a wonderful breakfast not too long ago that Elphaba missed because she had been sleeping at the time. The Wolf is going to clean her teeth of the food and just let whatever Elphaba needs to remember slowly reveal itself over time. It's just much more fun this way instead of just telling her. Rain looks at her claw with a soft hmm as she is waiting for it to happen. Her ears twitch when she hears a smack to the forward followed by a curse from the green skinned woman. There it is. That didn't take too long.

"Glinda is going to kill me." Elphaba says as she bounces out of the bed while letting the sheet fall to the ground. There is no time to be modest when she needs to get washed and dressed as fast as possible. Rain jumps off the bed with a giggle. Glinda will be very mildly annoyed that Elphaba would be cutting it close for their lunch date. The feeling will go away once she sees her wife enter the room. In the past five years their love has grown even more. It has helped Glinda whenever she went through periods of doubt that she is running Oz in the right direction. The raven haired beauty would always be right by her side giving her words of encouragement or take her outside the palace to show her how much the people adore her. It always puts the good witch at ease.

"Glinda in her usual place?" Elphaba asks loudly from her place in the bathroom. Rain looks towards the doorway of the bathroom with a swish of the tail.

"Of course."
The Wolf picks up the fallen sheet off the floor and puts it back on the messy bed. She has a thoughtful look on her face. Rain is thinking about Ares and her heart beats faster for the Tiger. He has been the sweetest, kindest, thoughtful, loving, protective Animal she has ever met. She is proud to be his mate for the past five years. He asked her to be his mate mere days after the Wizard has been taken to the Southstairs. He said that if she died again and didn't tell her how he felts about her, he would never forgive himself. She didn't hesitate to say yes for she felt the same way about him.

"Thinking of Ares again?"

Rain gives a slight jump of surprise when Elphaba's voice comes out of the blue. She gives a nervous chuckle before looking up to the amused woman, who is finally clothed.

"Is it that obvious?" She questions with slight embarrassment in her voice. Elphaba smirks as she reaches down and rubs the black fur with affection. She always recognizes that face because people always say that she has a dreamy like expression on her face whenever she thinks about Glinda.

"Just a bit but nothing to be ashamed of." The green woman replies with a smile next. Rain's eyes smile back at this statement. Elphaba is right. There is nothing she should be embarrassed about just because she is thinking about her mate. The Wolf then shakes her head slightly. They need to get back on track now. Glinda is waiting for Elphaba to show up.

"You need to go. Glinda is probably starting to wonder where you are." The Wolf says before she walks to the bedroom door with Elphaba right by her side. Time to see her lovely wife.

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Glinda peers over the rim of her glasses while she reads the reports of what is going on in the provinces of Oz to see if they need any help with any issues they have in their area. The first year of her taking on the position of ruling Oz had been bumpy. There were still people who were still loyal to Oscar. That all changed when the good witch put down a rebellion without any blood being spilled and she spared the people who tried to incite it. It showed the people she is a compassionate ruler gifted with a silver tongue and a willingness to listen to the voice of the people. It's something Oscar never did. Glinda had gotten through the burden of being the leader with the help of her friends and the support of Elphaba along with her love. It's nice at the end of the night to slip into Elphaba's body and all of the weight washes away.

"You look sexy with your glasses on. You should wear them all the time."

A smile breaks out on the blonde's face at hearing the husky voice of her wife. It's about time Elphaba got here. Her stomach is about to eat itself for she is so hungry. The good witch looks up while pushing the glasses back up to the bride of her nose.

"Well, too bad for you. I don't wear my reading glasses all day and I'm punishing you for nearly being late for our lunch date." Glinda replies as she puts down the letter. Elphaba juts out her bottom lip in a pout that she won't see her wife in those sexy glasses all day. She pouts even more as she watches the glasses being pulled off her wife's face and being set down on the desk. It's not fair to say the least. The pout starts to melt away into a smile when the good witch moves out from the desk and slowly makes her way towards her.

"Maybe if you're on time for our next lunch date I will wear them." Glinda responds as she stops mere inches from her green skinned wife. The brown eyes sparkle at the thought of the blonde in those glasses. They then darken when another thought passes through her mind. She is thinking how else Glinda could wear those glasses. A shiver goes down the good witch's spine when she sees that sexual hungry look appear on Elphaba's face. If her wife had it her way they would be getting a very late lunch. She breathes in deeply when she feels fingers grace her hips and use it to pull her closer to the skinny body. She is so close that she can smell Elphaba signature scent of cloves. The blonde's eyes flutter close when warm lips hit her neck with soft kisses. Food is suddenly in the back of her mind now. She bites her bottom lip as her hands reach around and grab the back of the raven haired beauty's shift tightly when there is a nip at her sensitive spot.

"Mmmm….Elphie." Glinda murmurs with her voice going down an octave. It looks like they aren't going anywhere for the time being. Elphaba removes herself from the blonde's neck to place a deep kiss on the pink lips. Glinda eagerly starts kissing back not realizing that Elphaba has been nudging her back until she gives a squeal of surprise when her back hits the back of her desk. The blonde breaks the kiss and looks at the situation the two of them are in. She looks up with a soft smile as she brings her hands around then up to cup the green woman's face. Oh how much she loves her wife words can't describe it.

"I love you, Elphie." Glinda whispers as she uses her thumbs to affectionately caress the green skin. Brown eyes soften at hearing this. She will never tire hearing those three words. The raven haired beauty will love this woman till the day she takes her last breath.

"I love you too, Glin." Elphaba replies back before she leans down to plant a loving kiss on her wife. The two women slow down their movements so they can really enjoy themselves in this moment. The last thought Glinda has is that she hoped Elphaba locked the door.

And there is first chapter for you all. Nice and fluffy with a hint of sexual undertone in this chapter. Haha! I hope you liked it because this is going to be the only pure fluffy chapter for quite some time. Next chapter is going to be a good one. It is going to be a Nessa and Glinda heavy chapter. I won't say much about it because I don't want to reveal what is going to happen. You will have to wait until next Sunday for the next update. I will do weekly updates again until I write so far ahead that it will go back down to three day updates. Until next Sunday!

DWK