Disclaimer: I don't own wicked or any of its characters.

A/N: I started writing this story with an idea that suddenly came to me. But that doesn't mean I won't keep updating on the other story I have posted.

I Hope you like this one too.


Chapter 1

We have to leave Oz, that's the only option we have, right? Yes, it is. That's the only thing I keep telling myself and whenever I need some kind of reassurance, I only have to look at Fiyero to get it.

"We really have no other choice, Fae" he tells me, sensing my uneasiness.

"But… Glinda, we shouldn't have…."

"Doing anything else would be putting her at risk, and you know it. I know you were friends…"

"Best friends" I correct him immediately.

"Ok, best friends. But isn't it what you'd have to do as a friend, keep her safe?"

"Well, I… I guess so" but a part of me knows that as a best friend I shouldn't be lying to her with something as big as being alive either.

But right now there's nothing else I can say or do. I shouldn't overanalyze this. I made my choice once I decided to fake my death after reading Fiyero's note. He asked me to go away with him and I accepted. Honestly I think I did it because I felt like I had nothing else left, but after seeing Glinda the last time and listening to her cry after a had supposedly died, I realized that wasn't completely true.

Anyway, what's done is done. I love Fiyero and now we have a chance to start all over again, somewhere where people won't know who I am and hate me for it. Glinda has everything she ever wanted, and soon she'll forget all about me and she'll be happy again. She can change Oz for good, she can do all I never could.


It's been… three months. Yeah, three months sin we "left Oz for good". Although we didn't really leave Oz and our departure wasn't as glamorous as we made it sound at the beginning.

We ended up hiding in a cave around the Vinkus' desert. I have to admit it was my idea to do so, and it wasn't easy to convince Fiyero to stay in Oz for a little while longer, but at the end I succeeded. I told him I wanted to change him back to his human form and leaving Oz might actually prevent me from achieving that. Oz was a magical place after all, and we didn't know what was expecting us once we walked through the Time Dragon Clock. This argument convinced Fiyero and it really was one of the reasons why I wanted to stay a little longer, but it wasn't the only one. I needed to check on Glinda too, to make sure she wouldn't have any problems ruling Oz.

At the beginning she did great, I was really amazed by all of it and immensely proud of her. I couldn't go to the Emerald City to find out what was going on there, so I decided to visit the closest town near us, to buy a newspaper once in a while, and get the necessary ingredients to create a cure for Fiyero, of course. I knew I couldn't use the Grimmerie to try to turn him back, so I decided to use a potion. It was easier for me to get books about potions around town than books about spells.

As I said, Glinda had made so much progress so fast that I was completely impressed! First, the Wizard had left, then Morrible had been sent to jail for all of her crimes, and after that the animal bans had started to go away. Even in the little town I used to visit you could see the results of Glinda's doing. People seemed happy with her and you could see more and more animals walking around every day. I could only imagine the changes that where taking place in the Emerald City simultaneously. Would you see animals owning a business again soon, or taking their kids to school? I certainly hope so.

The only thing I didn't like, the only thing that worried me, was that Glinda wasn't looking like herself lately.

I don't want to sound… corny… but the smile she was showing around, wasn't real at all. That smile was so fake I couldn't believe no one actually noticed. Why can't anyone notice it? I just want to scream at everyone at Oz sometimes, I mean, your ruler is suffering, you fools! Can't you do something about it? Anything?

Then again, maybe I just have it all wrong. After all, Glinda does have everything she always wanted, she's leaving in a palace for Oz sake, and everyone around her loves her.


As time went by, everything seemed to be going fine for everyone. I was still working on Fiyero's cure and I had made great advances with that. Actually, after making a potion once, the upper part of Fiyero's body turned back to normal! Only for a few minutes… but still, it was something. And Fiyero looked so happy and hopeful that he agreed with me when I said it would be better if we stayed a few more weeks in Oz.

Unfortunately, one morning, horrible news came from the Emerald City.

I had gone to town to buy some herbs for Fiyero's new potion, as usual, when I saw them. Big headlines that talked about Glinda the Good having some weird illness. The moment I read that, I felt my heart sink. This couldn't be…

After buying the newspaper and reading the whole story, I learned that Glinda was actually giving a speech later that day, addressing said illness. And that's when I decided I should go back to the Emerald City, I had to. I couldn't trust completely what the newspapers said, and what better way to find out if Glinda was okay or not, than looking directly at her, right?

So, I went back "home" (I mean, it was still a cave, but we had put some things in it to make it more comfortable). I grabbed my broom, left a quick note to Fiyero telling him I'd be back soon (I didn't wanna get into details) and flew to the Emerald City.

Once I got to the city's main square, located right in front of the Palace's main door, I realized I wasn't the only one that was worried or curious about Glinda's wellbeing. The square was full with Ozians.

Even though I didn't like being surrounded by so many people, I realized this could actually be a good thing. It would make it easier for me to hide away from Glinda. So I stayed hidden in the shadows, next to a small shop.

And then Glinda appeared. I couldn't believe I was looking at her again, I never thought I'd get the chance to do so. She seemed so different, and still the same… I had missed her so". A sudden noise filled my ears and I realized everyone had started clapping. Then Glinda raised a hand to indicate she needed silence to start speaking and the clapping died away instantly at her request. She really had a lot of power over this people.

"My dear Ozians. I thank you very much for coming here today to see me. I'm sure you've read stories about my health that have worried you. But I assure you that I'm completely healthy and there're no reasons for you to worry"

No, you are not fine or healthy. I thought to myself. And who could blame me? Even from far away I could see Glinda was pale and it looked, under all that makeup, that she hadn't slept in days! Unfortunately, it seemed that no one else was noticing all these things. Really, what was wrong with everyone around here?

"Now, if you'll excuse me, my dear Ozians. I must return to the Palace to take care of some official business. I thank you again for coming here to hear me out. Goodnight"

And with that Glinda disappeared into the palace. I waited outside, listening to what the people around me had to say about the recent speech, but nothing constructive came out of it, they only believed what they had just heard.

I was about to leave (I needed to go back home to find a way to learn the truth about Glinda's health) when someone, or rather something, pulled me into a dark alley.

"What the!" I started but when I saw a furry face looking up at me I only ended up smiling at it. "Hi Chistery, how are you little buddy?" I continued as casually as I could. Chistery just looked up at me, maybe trying to understand how I was standing there if I had supposedly died a few months ago. But, what else could I say? How could I explain that to him?

"You back. I mmii, miss" he then said, grabbing my cloak and pulling me down next to him. I hugged him instantly.

"I missed you too, my friend" I said breaking the hug and smiling at him. "Are you..?"

"Glinda" was the only word that came from his mouth.

I had hoped that they'd stayed together after I left them, and I was glad to see that Glinda had kept my friend with her. I was even happier when I realized the perfect information source about Glinda's health was standing right in front of me.

"How is she?"

"She misses…"

Chistery didn't say anything else, and he didn't have to. I knew he meant she missed me and I felt incredibly guilty and sad at the moment.

"She tir.. tirr..tired" he then said and I just nodded. I had realized that too after seeing her.

"Look Chistery" I started , looking straight at him and making my voice sound as serious as I could for him to understand how important it was what I was about to ask from him "Glinda can't know I'm here, okay? She can't. If she ever did, that would cause me to go away, ok?" Okay, that was kind of mean, for me to tell him that I would be abandoning him if he ever said anything, but right now I had no other choice.

"Ok" he said firmly, nodding at the same time.

"Good. There's something else I need to ask you, I need you to come to me with… with information about Glinda, okay? I want to make sure she's well. I want to help her"

"Ok" Cristery answered again as firmly as earlier.

"Thank you my friend" I said hugging him again. After pulling away for the second time, I proceeded to give him directions about how to find me. A few days later, when he came to visit I was glad we still seemed to understand each other very well.

When I told Fiyero about seeing Chistery and my idea to make sure Glinda was okay, he didn't seem very happy about it, but he said he understood. Although, suddenly he also seemed desperate for us to leave as soon as possible. He said that, by keeping in touch with Chistery, I was putting us in danger, and maybe I was. But right now the only thing that mattered was Glinda's well being.


And so, another month passed. Chistery kept visiting me and bringing me news about Glinda. Unfortunately the news he brought weren't good at all. It seemed Glinda's health kept getting worse and worse. Chistery even said that a couple of weeks ago Glinda hadn't even left her bed for several days.

The newspapers corroborated my theories, saying that she did actually look weak. There was also the fact that Glinda hadn't given another speech to the Ozians after the one I had witnessed, and that worried them too.

After one of Chistery's visits, I finally decided to do something I should have done long ago. I would visit Glinda during the night. I'd give her a potion I had been preparing for a few days that would give her strength and then I'd leave unnoticed. With that though in mind, I hugged Chistery goodbye as I always did, and then I worked all day and all night on the potion I had been preparing for Glinda.

I finished the potion the next day, early in the morning. So I decided to sleep throughout the day to be able to maintain myself awake all night long to keep an eye on Glinda, once I gave her the remedy I had prepared.

When I woke up later that day, I took my bag, put the medicine in it and grabbed my broom. I was glad Fiyero wasn't home (he had gone to Kiamo Ko the day before to get some money and supplies we kept hidden there) because I didn't feel like explaining myself. This had to be done.

So I went to the window and started flying towards the Emerald City. But, as I was passing above the small town near our refuge, I noticed something peculiar.

In the middle of the square there were a lot of people surrounding… something, I couldn't tell what it was. So I decided to take a closer look.

Once I landed a couple of blocks away from the square I started walking towards it, covering my face with my cloak. Fortunately people seemed too distracted with the object in the middle of the square to notice me. Then I realized that that actually wasn't good at all. In the middle of the square stood Glinda's portrait, with candles laying around it. People were also sobbing…

"Why dad?" I heard a small girl whisper next to me. "Why did she have to go away… to die?"

No, no, no, no, no, no! This couldn't be happening, that couldn't be right!

"I don't know sweetheart. Sometimes things happen around us that we can't really explain"

No! he's wrong. This can't be happening! I screamed to myself again. Then someone walked past me giving me a piece of paper he was handing everyone else. I started to read it right away after seeing Glinda's face printed on the top.

"Our dear Glinda the Good has parted and has left us with a hole in our hearts that might never be filled again. She was our ruler, our protector, our friend. So we invite you to share a moment of silence in the main chapel today at midnight to pray for her soul. Due to the fact that Lady Glinda's body was buried earlier today just with her familiy's presence, people all around Oz will be joining our prayers at the same time to say goodbye to her one last time."

Drooping the paper and without another thought in mind, I stumbled toward one of the back alleys, grabbed my broom tightly again, and flew toward the Emerald City.

Once I got there, the place looked dead to me. Or maybe I hadn't seen the city late at night after so long that I had forgotten what it looked like. It was close to midnight so maybe everyone was at home or in a near chapel, saying their prayers for their dear Glinda.

I couldn't feel my legs anymore as reality started to sink in once I saw, from a few feet away, a black ribbon hanging in the palace's main door.

I couldn't believe this was really happening. I was still sitting on my broom at the moment and I knew it was too risky, but I decided to fly once again, this time to Glinda's balcony.

Once I got there I realized she wasn't in her room… there weren't any lights on. The only thing I could see was another… another black ribbon hanging in the door.

Suddenly I couldn't control my emotions anymore, this was too much. I ended up losing balance and falling to the ground; fortunately some bushes prevented me from hitting the ground (although at that moment I couldn't have cared less if I died from the fall).

Full of grief I started crying while I walked towards a near tree, wishing to have something to lean against.

That's when I saw something, something that ended up shuttering my heart completely; it was a grave. As I approached it, I didn't dare to look at the name written on it, but once I did all my hopes died away and I fell on my knees next to the tombstone that read "Glinda the Good".

I started sobbing, clutching my chest because of how much everything hurt. "I'm sorry Glinda, I'm sorry. I should have been there for you" I said between tears. "I should have done something earlier. I love you"

I was so lost in grief that I didn't hear the steps of someone approaching me.

"What a touching display of grief" a voice suddenly said, a voice I would always recognize.

"I guess faking someone's death isn't as hard as many people would believe. Don't you think so, Elphaba?"

Just as I heard that last sentence I turned around to see a blonde woman standing right in front of me, her arms crossed in front of her and a cold look in her eyes. I couldn't believe it, there she was, it was the woman I had been mourning seconds ago, it was Glinda.

"What? You are not gonna say anything Elphaba?" "It's nice to see me after all, isn't it?"