"We can never go back to Oz can we?" Elphaba said to Fiyero. She had just "melted" and now she was about to run away with Fiyero. The two had no idea where they would go or what they would do, but for the moment, they were just glad that Elphaba and Fiyero both escaped and no one knew that they were alive.
"We can't, and we can't let anyone know that we are alive." Fiyero and Elphaba both thought the same thing at the same time.
"What about Glinda?" Elphaba asked Fiyero.
"It's too dangerous Fae, we could get caught, or Glinda might tell someone." Fiyero said trying to immediately stop any plans going on in Elphaba's mind to go back and tell Glinda. Fiyero knew better than anyone (except maybe Glinda) that once Elphaba put her mind to something, there was absolutely no stopping her.
"Oh, fine I guess you're right, but I still feel terrible for her." Elphaba said sadly. They could hear the celebrations going on throughout Oz as the two walked through the woods outside of Oz all day, trying to find somewhere to go. "Do you have any idea if there are even any civilizations outside of Oz Fiyero?" Elphaba asked.
"My mother used to tell me stories of a place called Earth when I was a child, but I don't know if it even exists… according to the stories there should be a portal to that place, somewhere around here." Fiyero said. He remembered from the stories that the portal was supposed to be in the woods surrounding the western region of Oz, somewhere around where they were walking.
The witch and the scarecrow walked all night through the woods talking about what had happened in the time they weren't together. Fiyero talked about helping a whiney little girl named Dorothy in order to carryout the melting plan and Elphaba talked about how Glinda had come to find her at the castle where she had been hiding.
After 2 days of walking in the woods and sleeping in the forest, Fiyero said "look Elphaba!" his hand had turned back into skin – human skin. The spell was wearing off!
"Sweet Oz Fiyero!" the spell is wearing off! You're going to be a human again!" the two embraced. Elphaba thought that the spell would be permanent and that Fiyero was going to always be a scarecrow. Of course, she would love him unconditionally, but he would have trouble fitting in with the rest of the people in the world that way, if there was anyone else in the world who they would meet.
The next morning, Fiyero was still asleep in the one blanket that they had while Elphaba went to find some food. She came upon a berry bush and picked some. "Wake up sleepy head!" she said less gently then she had intended to Fiyero.
"What? Who? Oh, hi Elphaba." He said before turning over and falling back asleep.
"Fiyero! Wake up, it must be ten o'clock by now!" Elphaba said frustrated. They had gone through this every morning since running away together. Elphaba secretly found it adorable.
"Of course I' m sleeping, its daytime." Fiyero mumbled. Elphaba gave him a good shake and he finally sat up. "Fae, was that really necessary?"
"Yes, we go through this every morning! I picked some berries, are you hungry?"
"Are you sure they are not poisonous?" Fiyero said jokingly.
"Yero, I took biology, no, they are not poison… Oh my Oz! What is that?" there was a green lignt shimmering in the distance.
"Let's go find out!" Fiyero got up.
"Fiyero, it could be dangerous." Elphaba said grabbing Fiyero's sleeve. "Lets' watch it from here until we know for sure."
"Aw Fae, you're no fun!" the light just stayed there though and didn't change. "it dosen;t seem dangerous, lets check it out!"
"Alright, but be on guard, Fiyero." Elphaba made a ball of fire in her hand before chasing after Fiyero towards the mysterious light. When the couple got to the 'light', they discovered that it was not just a light, but a swirling green vortex in the ground. "What do you think it is?" asked Elphaba.
"I don't know, it looks like a portal." Fiyero replied.
"Do you think that it could be the portal from your mother's story?"
"Maybe, I guess there' only one way to find out right?" Fiyero said before jumping straignt into the portal.
"Fiyero wait!" Elphaba yelled. It was too late. Fiyero had already jumped into the portal and disappeared. "Fiyero!" Elphaba yelled in a very 'no good deed' way before jumping in after Fiyero.
Uh-oh a cliffy! I guess you will have to wait and see what happens when the next chapter gets posted! PLEASE review! IF not for me do it for Elphie ;)