AN: Hey I am DarkwarriorKnight and this is first story that I didn't work with someone. I hope you enjoy reading this story as it develops. It is gelphie and based on the musical. This story contains language, violence, and adult situations. So if that this story is not your thing don't read it. You have been warned if you continue onwards. So lets get to this. Enjoy! Oh I almost forgot...I don't own Wicked, it belongs to Gregory Maguire(lucky guy)
Kiamo Ko still stands tall on top of a hill in Vinkus. It has been abandoned ever since the witch hunters killed the Wicked Witch of the West. No one dare set foot in if for they believe they will feel the wrath of the Witch's ghost that is said to haunt the place. It will be one year tomorrow when the Wicked Witch has been melted and there will be a huge celebration throughout Oz for this great event. They say no one mourns the wicked but one person does, that person is Glinda the Good. She was there the night the Witch died. They had a deep connection that no one knew about.
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Now lets head inside the dreary place and head all the way to the top most tower of Kiamo Ko. People say they see a light and a dark shadow in the window when they say no one lives there, but that is a total lie. Inside the tower room is a bed, that look a bit disheveled, near the window, bookshelves lined the walls filled with books about a variety of subject. One book lay open on the desk, the page that is open to was a picture of Glinda and there were little wet spots on the picture as if somebody was crying and their drops landed on the page. In the middle of the room was a crystal ball with a dark mahogany chair in front of it. On one of its sides hangs the Witch's hat; it was a gift to the Witch from Glinda. On the chair sat the Witch herself dressed in a black dress that brought her green skin to a deeper shade. People who knew her when she went to Shiz and after knew her as Elphaba not the Wicked Witch of the West.
Elphaba was watching the crystal very intently, her brown eyes misted over as she watched someone in the crystal ball. The sun was setting in the horizon behind her, Elphaba didn't seem to notice at all because all her focus on the ball. It showed a petite, blonde hair, blue eye woman getting ready for bed. The blonde took her crown off her head and set it on the vanity table. Without warning she busted out into tears.
"Elphie." She whispered through her tears. Elphaba leaned forward getting closer to the crystal ball, her fingers hit the glass forcing Elphaba to remember that she can't go through it to get to Glinda and comfort her.
"Oh my sweet, Glinda, I'm right here." Her own eyes started to shed tears. Elphaba put a hand on her chest, closed her eyes, and concentrated her love to Glinda. The green woman opened her eyes to see the blonde had stopped crying and had her eyes closed with a small smile on her face.
"Elphie." She breathed out.
"It always works." Elphaba said to no one, but it was a short lived happiness for Glinda as she started to cry again.
"If only I could have saved you Elphaba, you still be here. It's my entire fault." Elphaba's heart broke more as she watched Glinda cry herself to sleep. Elphaba ran a hand through her raven hair with a deep sigh.
"That is not healthy for her. She is been holding this guilt that she shouldn't be bearing for a year"
Elphaba looked to Glinda again to see the blonde whimpering in her sleep. How Elphaba wanted to jump on her broom and fly nonstop to Glinda to tell her she was alive and to hold her forever in her arms, but one teeny, tiny problem was in her way and that was...
"And it's not healthy for you to sit up here and stare at the crystal ball all day long." came a male's voice from the doorway. The green witch made Glinda disappear from the ball as she stood up to face the man behind her. A tall, handsome, short blonde hair, blue eye man, who was taking off a brown coat.
"You have been saying that every single day, Fiyero." Elphaba replied with a hint of steeliness in her voice. Fiyero was a scarecrow because Elphaba tried to save him from dying. For a good portion of the year Elphaba tried to turn him back into a human. Giving one last try before giving up entirely and much to their surprise Fiyero turned back into his human form.
Fiyero crossed his arms across his chest, "It's true you know. You stay up here in this room watching Glinda. I know you care for he a lot but this has got to stop."
Elphaba's jaw clenched at this. They had this argument ever since Fiyero caught her the first time. The two would end up shouting at each other for who knows how long. Fiyero would stalk off somewhere to brood and Elphaba would smash her fist into something.
"I don't want to argue about this." Elphaba said through gritted teeth. Fiyero walked closer to her.
"Fine, but why do you hold onto the past so much?" He stopped in front of her. Elphaba's face gave away nothing.
"It's not past, it's the now. And if I could have told Glinda I'm alive she wouldn't be in this horrible state she is now." Elphaba's voice cracked a bit.
Fiyero sighed," I've told you nobody can know..."
Elphaba interrupted heatedly, "Yeah, yeah you say that every time too." Fiyero's eyes narrowed at this outburst from Elphaba.
"Look if it wasn't for me the witch hunters would have killed you; lucky for you they don't know you're not really allergic to water." He took a step forward towards the green witch and Elphaba took a step back from him.
"Now answer the question, why?" Elphaba went to her neck and pulled out a silver necklace, on it was a silver ring with a pink gemstone in the middle.
"This is why. Glinda gave me this ring we went to the Emerald City and I gave her its twin but it hade a green stone instead of pink. I promised her I would be with always be with her and love her with all my heart." Elphaba answered the question. Suddenly she was stuck with something. Elphaba laid the necklace back down and looked to Fiyero, who had a look of shock at what Elphaba just confessed to him, with much sorrow in her brown eyes.
"I-I promised her and I-I" Elphaba covered her face with her hands and broke down in tears. Fiyero got past his own thing and gathered Elphaba into his arms. He rubbed her back in soothing circles, after a couple of minutes the sobbing from Elphaba quieted down and her shoulders stopped shaking.
"So you're saying you were Glinda's lover during Shiz until you left and went underground." Fiyero pulled back to get a better look at the shaken witch.
"But why did you leave her if you loved her?" Elphaba just lead the prince over to her bed. She waited until they were comfortable before replying.
"To answer your question, Yes Glinda and I were lovers. I left her because I did it to protect her. I knew she would come with me without a second thought. I didn't want her to get hurt." She turned to a quiet Fiyero.
"And I'm sorry that I lead you on. I'm really am." Elphaba finished.
Fiyero just shrugged his shoulders, "Its all right, you just lost the on you love. That means I still got the skills." He joked. Elphaba couldn't help but roll her eyes but she did let out a chuckle or two. Fiyero then patted her on the knee.
"Get some rest now. If you don't see me in the morning I will be scouting the surrounding area." He kissed her on the forehead before he left the room leaving Elphaba alone. The green witch got up from bed to get ready get some sleep. Once changed she blew out the candles then laid in bed. Before going to sleep she grabbed her necklace.
"I love you Glinda always." Elphaba then closed her eyes and for once was not plagued by dreams of Glinda.
As Glinda tossed yet again in her bed the ring on her left ring finger glowed green. The tossing stopped at once; Glinda sighed happily and began to have a restless sleep for the first time in a year. As the sun set, closing out another day, it would a new day and a new chapter in the books. Fate will have its way after being denied for so long.
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