Unlimited!
Ok, hey. I've never written a Wicked fanfic before, although I'm not entirely sure why! I'm obsessed. But anyway, this idea stemmed from a really odd dream I had the other week and I had to write this. I've written other fics before, ages ago, but as I said, this is my first one for Wicked.
Constructive criticism welcome!
Also, I haven't really decided if this will be Gelphie or not. I ship them platonically and romantically, it depends who's playing them.
Hope you enjoy, please review, feedback really helps me!
"Come with me. Think of what we could do, together!"
Glinda was startled at such a proposal, this was hardly what she was expecting. It was strange to think about how their friendship had evolved, how it had reached this point. Somehow Glinda thought it was the way it was always meant to be and it strangely made perfect sense.
"Well, yes! Of course I'll come with you." She replied. The green witch physically paused for a few seconds and appeared slightly shocked in amongst the rush and stress of escaping the guards.
"Why so shocked, Elphie? You're my best friend, I'm not going to leave you on your own am I? It could be a great adventure, me and you taking the world, well maybe not the whole world by-"
"Have you thought this through?" Elphaba interrupted, concerned her friend was making spontaneous and impulsive decisions without too much thought into the consequences. "What about Shiz? What about, I don't know… your reputation? You can't seriously want to throw your precious, popular life away to play hide and seek with someone like me?"
"Elphie! Will you please stop? If we're being totally honest about this, I don't think people really seem to care all that much that we're friends. It would take a lot more than that to tarnish my high reputation." Elphaba rolled her eyes. "Why did you ask me if you were going to ty and persuade me to stay? You're not making much sense."
"I just didn't think you'd say yes. That's all…"
Sound came from down the path and Elphaba grabbed the book, throwing it onto the floor and flicking wildly through the pages until she found the spell she needed. "Elphie? Elphie what are you doing? You're scaring me, what are you doing? Elphaba answer me!"
There was no reply. After a few seconds Elphaba muttered some unfamiliar words and then sat back in confusion. Glinda didn't know what to do, she panicked and ran towards her friend, throwing her arms round her which almost knocked her backwards. Elphaba hugged her tight, running a gentle hand through Glinda's hair carefully, so as not to ruin it. When Glinda sat back, Elphaba noticed a few stray tears running down her pale face and wiped them away. "Are you ready?" she asked softly, more than aware of the blonde's emotional state. "You'll just have to trust me."
Elphaba stood up and pulled Glinda with her as they noticed the voices had grown louder. "Hold my hand," she instructed. Glinda didn't need to know it was just to settle her nerves. Still the noise approaching grew louder and Elphaba felt added pressure around her hand. As the noise grew louder still, she muttered the same words over and over, with all of the power and strength she could. Suddenly, the pair were noticed and guards rushed all around them. They headed straight towards the two witches and grabbed Glinda's arm, pulling her from Elphaba's side.
As the contact was lost, Elphaba felt strange and she realised she'd done it. As she looked down on the scene she noticed what exactly was happening. "Let her go, it's not her fault. Please, she's done nothing wrong, it was me. All me – the horribly green wicked witch of the west." At the confession, Glinda was released by the guards and she ran to the spot her friend had ascended from. Tears were no longer controllable and she was so overcome with emotion that for once, she didn't care if her makeup smudged or a curl came loose. Elphaba looked down and told herself she could do it. She nodded her head slowly and closed her eyes briefly, sensing the only way was to do it alone.
"I want to come with you." Glinda shouted up to her desperately, "Elphie please don't leave, I need you!"
Now tears brimmed Elphaba's eyes, "Glinda-"
"You'll be all on your own."
"Well if I'm flying solo, at least I'm flying free."
This only made Glinda cry harder and she was beginning to become short of breath. All around her, guards were wondering what in the world of Oz they could do, they were rushing around, speculating and staring up in a mad confusion. Glinda hardly noticed they were there, it was as if it was only her and her Elphie in the world at that moment. "I love you, my dear green friend."
Elphaba choked in order to hold in her emotion, "I love you too you utter nightmare... Good bye." And with that, she flew off into the distance, away from her hunters. She was free.
Glinda couldn't even bring herself to say goodbye. She just stood there staring up into the sky, the loneliness already setting in. She was gone.
