Prologue.
Note: What if Nancy had been a fake name? What if Nancy was actually a witch, a green witch, who melted in the presence of water? Yeah. This is Wicked meeting Enchanted—Elphaba only putting on a charade.
And, slowly, Giselle bit into the ruby-red apple, breaking the skin with a crack and piercing the white fleshy of the fruit. The bite was nearly between her lips when her blue eyes opened in shock. Wide, bright, wild eyes tore through the air as she fell backwards—right into the plan of the evil witch, Narcissa.
The apple, so beautiful and perfect, tumbled down the stair case, landing directly at the foot of my boy-friend. The dance ended, leaving us in the middle, and the view of the witch dragging Giselle into the lift nearby. My mouth formed an o as I saw what was happening. Prince Edward looked up as well, surprised by the falling of his bride and the view of his step-mother.
"Mother?" he called.
She stiffened in the lift, covering the lifeless figure of Giselle. "I'm taking her out to get some air. She swooned."
I had seen this before. Hundreds and hundreds of times over. Each time, I dreaded it, wondering what in the world I could do without giving myself away. Should I save Giselle and lose everyone else? Or should I stay in the background, letting things work themselves out?
This part of the nightmare always haunted me, even after awaking next to my new love, Edward. I would sit there, by the window and cool air, wondering if I should have helped in some way. It was all over. Everyone was happy. But I still felt like it was my fault that I hadn't tried to stop Narcissa from handing the apple over to Giselle's unsuspecting hands.
It was the guilt that hung with me, and I knew that I couldn't live like this anymore—thinking about what I could have done or what I should have done.
And that's why I made my decision.
I would go back into time, change these mistakes, help out that Nancy that I had pretended to be, and defy gravity and love.
Besides, I'm Elphaba. What can actually defeat me?
Well, there's always that water issue, but we won't worry about that.