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A/N- High everyone! This is my second Wicked fanfic. My first one didn't get any reviews, so i'm trying a new story. I hope you like it! PLEASE REVIEW THIS ONE! It's a new approach to Wicked for me. (Sorry it's so short. Later chapters will be longer.) This story is mostly based on the book, but it may have some of the musical in it too. Enjoy!

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Ignorance is NOT Bliss

Chapter 1- Life without Elphie

"Hooray! The Wicked Witch of the West is dead! We are no longer threatened by her EVIL WAYS!"

Glinda heard shouts of laughter and relief from her fellow Ozians. However, she was inside her castle, staring at a little green bottle sitting on her night table. Its contents were glowing to the extent of blindness almost. Glinda stared right into it, with tears burning inside her eyes. It was the first time she had experienced the burning sensation that had plagued Elphaba her whole life. She started to wipe her tears away with her frail, sensitive, and beautiful hand, but she could stop her tears no longer. "Elphie, if only they had known the truth, they wouldn't have been so cruel." Trying at a long lost attempt to defend the people she thought were her friends, and fellow citizens.

"Knock, knock!" A familiar sound filled Glinda's ears.

"Who is it?" Glinda asked suspiciously, "Boq? Is that you?"

"Maybe" sang a familiar tone.

"Boq get in here!" She nearly yelled letting fresh tears roll down her pale, pink chinks. She pulled him over to her, and gave him a hug. This was what he had wanted most when they were all at Shiz together. He tried to comfort her.

"It will be alright, she's in a better place now. She's in a place where people won't judge her just because of the color of her skin. She is in a place filled with love and beauty which she couldn't have in Oz just because of human error, and ignorance." Boq said to her calming himself down as well.

"I can't believe she's gone."

"Me neither."

"I miss the old days Boq! I wish everything could be simple and right again like when we were in college. We had our circle of friends, and I believe that Elphie was the happiest then as well. Until of course, Madame Morrible interfered and destroyed any hope of happiness for her in the future." After she said this, she thought back to when she last saw Fiyero. He couldn't hide it from her. He looked so happy and peaceful, and revealed something of Elphaba. She knew it, and when she thought of the idea, she smiled but didn't say a word. If her suspicions were correct, then perhaps Elphaba had, had a grace period in her life…with Fiyero.

"What are you thinking about? You're smiling!" Boq exclaimed.

"Ooh, I'm just thinking about…college again." She said with a hint of secrecy. "Boq, what ever happened to Fiyero?" Glinda asked suddenly. Even with her high status, she couldn't get any news on Fiyero, even from the Gale Force.

"Glinda, didn't you know? Fiyero is dead! He was murdered shortly after Lurlinemas!"

"No! Not Fiyero too!" Glinda suddenly put the pieces together in her mind, and realized that Fiyero and Elphaba had been found out. What she didn't know was that when they climbed up into her little hiding place, they had seen Fiyero waiting there for Elphaba. That he had been thinking about love. He was just staring into the fire, when a truncheon beat his head more than once. She also didn't know that when Elphaba came back to her room, she felt the guilt rush all over her body. The sadness and guilt combined was intolerable, and with the burning tears on her cheeks and her own wounds, she didn't know what to do.

"I'm sorry Glinda, but I've got to get back to Milla. She and the kids are waiting for me back in Munchkin land. I told them that I wouldn't be more than a week. You know how travel is these days, slower than ever."

"I'm glad you stopped by Boq." Glinda said turning towards him. "We should have lunch sometime."

"Yes, I agree." and he silently walked out the door.

Boq's visit was highly appreciated by Glinda. She didn't know who else to talk to. All her other friends had hated and despised her Elphie, and Avaric was out of the question. She went back to sit down at her vanity.

"Oh Joy! That little girl Dorothy should be praised!"

Unable to control herself, she punched the mirror with her soft hands now rough with blood. The pain wasn't anything compared to what she was feeling for Elphaba.

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another a/n- PLEASE REVIEW! I want feedback. Tell me what you liked and disliked and some things that I could maybe do better. I don't want to be demanding, but I would love to have at least 5 reviews for this chapter. Of course any would be wonderful!