This story is based on the film Boyhood. The story will take place around Elphaba's youth and every chapter will represent a year (except some chapters).

I don't own the characters of Wicked and the plot line from Boyhood.

Chapter 1: A Family of Three

As one of the four regions in the Land of Oz, Munchkinland is the land place where it will be easy and hard to live. The Munchkins were considered as the most traditional people in all of Oz. But most of the teens and a few adults were considered to be progressive. The animals living in Munchkinland are around 35% of the region's population because they don't get equal treatment with the humans, but the humans don't physically harm since half of the lawmakers of Munchkinland are pro-Animals. Overall, the people of Munchkinland are living an ordinary life.

But there's one girl who's living in both an ordinary and unusual life, and she goes by the name Elphaba Thropp. Elphaba Thropp was born with green skin after her mother drank a green elixir during her pregnancy. Her father, a religious leader, wanted to get rid of her, but her mother insisted that Elphaba stays in the family. When another child was born, Elphaba's mother almost died during the birth of her sister, but it came with a price. In order to save her life, the doctor's took out the baby early which made the baby's legs broken before it finished developing and she's now confined to a wheelchair.

Elphaba's mother stayed with her religious husband for the next five years until she left him because she's not as religious as he is. She took custody of both of her daughters and they now live in a rundown house because Elphaba's mother didn't have enough money during her divorce. She enrolled her daughters to school so they could expand their minds further. Noticing that Elphaba might get hurt due to her green skin, her mother talked the school board to protect her from bullying, which they did and only a few kids teased her.

While waiting for her mother to pick her up, seven year old Elphaba laid on the grass and watched the November blue sky. Her mother arrived and she smiled at her daughter's curiosity. "Are you ready, lovebug?" her mother asked which made Elphaba snapped out of her curiosity.

"Yes, mom." Elphaba replied as she got up. "Guess what, mom."

"What is it?"

"I saw five different plants in my classroom."

Her mother sound amazed. "That's sounds great."

"It was really beautiful."

When they reached to the family car, they continued their conversation while Elphaba's mother drove home. "So how was your last day of school?"

"Fine, I guess."

"I just spoke to your teacher, Miss Winnie. She seems very nice." she said to Elphaba, "But she told me that you never do your homework. I said to her 'I know Elphaba does her homework because I check her homework every night'."

"She never asked them." Elphaba replied while reading a book.

"She also told me that you took the class bird out of it's cage."

"I just wanted Pericles to see the world with me."

"You know Elphaba, you have to listened some of the adults in your life. It might help you lead the way."

"I will, mom."

When Elphaba and her mother got home from school, she did her chores really fast so she could play with her friend. Elphaba got her bike and followed her friend in an underground tunnel and chased each other. While playing, they heard a familiar voice.

"Elphaba? Elphaba where are you?" the person said. When the voice got louder, it was revealed to be Nessarose, Elphaba's six year old sister. Nessarose wheeled herself to look for her sister, but only saw Elphaba's friend in the tunnel. "Oh hey Jamie. Is Elphaba with you?" Nessarose asked.

"Yeah." Jamie replied.

"Well can you tell her to come home. Mom's finished making dinner." she said and wheeled herself back to the house.

Elphaba played with her friend Jamie for a few minutes before heading back home for dinner. After dinner, Elphaba watched T.V. through the night until she heard a knock on the door. Her mother answered the door and it was revealed to be her boyfriend.

"Oh, I forgot you were coming." she said.

"Sorry, to come by unexpectedly." he said and turned to Elphaba. "Hello, Elphaba."

Elphaba turned around and waved to him. "Hey, Samus."

"So are you coming, Melena?" he asked her.

She sighed. "Sorry. I didn't prepare a babysitter in time and it's hard to find one at this hour."

"What? But we planned this night for a week."

"I know but I'll try to get my daughters in bed early. Come back and we'll see."

"Okay. I'll be back in a couple of hours." he said and left the house.

After she watched her favorite show on TV, Elphaba and Nessarose prepared to go bed. Their mother went their rooms and read them a storybook before they went to sleep. While sleeping, Elphaba heard shouting outside of her room. She went out and saw her mother and her boyfriend arguing in the living room.

"Why don't just tell the truth then?! You're not spending more time with me!" Samus shouted.

"That's right! I don't want to spend time with you because I want to spend time with my kids!" she shouted at him.

"Bullshit! You have to stop using your kids as your excuse, Melena!"

"I'm not using them as an excuse! You know what it's like being a single parent?! I want to go out and watch a movie or go to a bar. But my daughters are full responsibility! You don't even know-"

"No, I don't! And why should I care about being with your mistakes, Melena?"

Melena was shocked. "Don't ever call my kids mistakes! You should leave!" she shouted as she pointed the door to him. As Samus left her home, Elphaba ran back to her room and went back to sleep.

When the sun rose in Munchkinland, Nessarose woke up early to annoy Elphaba. Since they moved into a new house, Nessarose would annoy her big sister all the time, Nessarose is as smart as Elphaba yet more focused than her. When she got into her wheelchair, Nessarose took a toy from the floor and threw it at her. When Elphaba woke up, Nessarose playfully teased by singing.

"Popular. You're gonna be popular." Nessarose sang, "I'll teach the proper poises. You'll be good at sports. Know the slang you got to know."

Elphaba got her pillow and tried to hit Nessarose. "Quit it!" Elphaba shouted, but Nessarose didn't stopped. "Mom!"

"What? What is it?" Melena asked through her room. When Melena entered the room, Nessarose started to cry. "Nessarose, what is it?" Melena asked.

"Fabala tried to hit me." Nessarose cried.

Melena turned to Elphaba. "Elphaba don't try to hit your sister."

"But she started it." Elphaba said.

"Alright, both of you listen. I'm going back to bed and I don't any noise from any of you for another couple of hours, okay." Melena said and went back to her room.

Nessarose then stopped crying and smiled at Elphaba. "Faker!" Elphaba said.

"I said quiet!" Melena shouted from her room.

Elphaba mostly spend the day at her home and played with her friend Jamie. Jamie brought along a book and showed Elphaba pictures of other cities. When Jamie went home, Elphaba went digging in her backyard and found a rare dead bird on the dirt. She poked the bird with a stick to make sure it was dead. Elphaba picked up the bird and gave it a proper burial.

During dinner, Melena told her daughters a big and shocking news to them. "Girls, I wanna talk to you about something. You may not like it at first but... we're moving to Hempstin."

"When are we moving?" Elphaba asked.

"Very soon, honey. We'll move out of the house in the first of August so we don't have to pay rent for a couple of months. And in for you two to start school"

Nessarose crossed her arms. "No, mother, we're not moving. Sorry, mom. Nope. Nope. Nope." she said in a mocking tone.

"Nessarose. I have to go back to college to make a better living for us. And your Grandma Shelly found a home near her's and she will help us move. Plus there's a pool and you don't have to sleep in a bunk bed anymore."

"Fine, mother. You and Elphaba can move while I'm staying here."

Elphaba started to feel really sad. "But... But what our friends?" she asked.

"Well we could we e-mail or write a letter. We could visit them later on."

While Nessarose and her mother were asleep, Elphaba went to her mother's room to talk to her. Elphaba woke her and Melena was surprised to see her. "Oh, Elphaba. What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Mom, do you still love our family?"

Melena felt speechless. "Oh sweetie... of course I still love our family. But that doesn't mean that we can live in the same city together."

"But what about Uncle-"

"Elphaba, don't worry about your uncle. He could call grandma and she'll tell him where we live."

Elphaba started to feel a little bit happy. "Is he still in Arendelle?"

"Well... that what said on his last postcard, so I think he's still there hanging out with snowmen." Melena said which made the both of them laughed.

For a few weeks, Melena and her daughters were busy packing their stuff to their new home in Hempstin. As soon as they put their stuff on the moving van, the three of them cleaned the house.

"Okay, Elphaba, why don't you paint some markings on your wall. Just don't leave any smudge when you're done." Melena said.

"Yes, mom." she replied and painted the walls. She then heard the phone ring and wanted to answer it, but Nessarose got it.

"Hello? Oh hi, Jamie. Sorry, but Elphaba can't play today. We're about to go, but I think Elphaba can write you a letter while we get there." Nessarose said and turned off the phone. When Elphaba heard her sister's phone conversation, she felt really sad.

After they were done cleaning up the house, the three left the house for the final time. "Okay, we better leave now 'cause I wanna get there before sunset." Melena told her daughters.

"Goodbye yard. Goodbye mailbox. Goodbye weird smell in the kitchen. Goodbye house. I'll never like mommy again since she's making us move." Nessarose said.

"Nessa, why don't you say goodbye to that immature attitude because we're not taking it to the car nor our new home." Melena said.

"Goodbye weird old lady who listens to heavy metal and rides a motorcycle." Elphaba said while putting Nessarose in the car.

As they drove off her hometown one last time, Elphaba saw her friend Jamie biking towards her direction. Elphaba waved to Jamie and Jamie waved to her back. During the car ride to Hempstin, Elphaba and Nessarose were causing some noise for a little while until Melena made up a game for whoever stays quiet the most wins.

When Elphaba and her family reached to their new home at Hempstin, Elphaba was amazed by their new home. By just looking at it from the outside, Elphaba just knew that this will be a major change to her life.

Unlike some of my stories, chapter updates will be weekly. Next chapter will be up next week.