A/N: Hello everyone! I'm so excited, this is my first fanfiction! I'm sorry if I don't update the story regularly for the first few chapters. I'm currently in a musical and opening night is in two weeks! I'm so excited! I hope to get much more involved in the fanfiction community. And sorry this chapter is so short, it's 11:30 at night and I got a little sleepy. I promise the rest will be much longer! But without further ado, enjoy!

Chapter One

"Glin, please just go. You can't be seen!" Elphaba whispered loudly. Glinda had tears falling freely down her face at this point. Elphaba used her sleeve of her dress to wipe up some of the tears. Glinda tried to hold them back, but to no avail. Elphaba encased her in a hug that she never wanted to end. They both stood there, waiting for Elphaba's "death" to pursue.

After a long drawn out hug, a clink-clank sound filled the air. They were coming. "Chistery, go take Glinda somewhere she can't be seen." Elphaba ordered, and the flying monkey did so. He tugged at her dress, signaling her to come with him. Once more, Glinda shed a tear and kissed Elphaba on the cheek. After that, she was gone. Glinda could see Elphaba, but Elphaba couldn't see Glinda. She was hidden in the shadows. Elphaba looked to the direction Chistery and Glinda went in and whispered, "I love you", very lightly.

Elphaba woke up panting and covered in sweat. She had to blink a few times for her vision to come back to normal. Beside her in the bed, Fiyero tossed and turned uncomfortably. Just another one of those dreams, Elphaba thought. Thank goodness it wasn't real. She would hate to live that time in her life again. Although she missed Glinda today, she couldn't stand the thought of having to see her face for the last time and say goodbye. Although it happens often, this kind of thinking was too much for Elphaba. As an act to get things off her mind, she decided to take a walk around Kiamo Ko. Even if it was 4 o'clock in the morning, she needed to get some fresh air.

Elphaba slowly slipped her feet into her warm slippers and tried to leave the room as quietly as possible so she would not wake Fiyero. To her liking, she made it out of the room and down the stairway. About a minute of descending passed, and she came across the main hall. This led to the main entrance which she used to exit the castle.

When she opened the door to go outside, she was hit with the fresh smell of her garden. She walked over to her garden and examined her plants. Some roses grew on a bush that smelled wonderful. She decided to pick one and give it to Fiyero as a gift. She sat on a bench and started to pluck off the thorns. "Ouch!" She whispered as a thorn stabbed her thumb. She pulled it out and blood started to drip. She figured it would be alright, so she ignored it.

After the rose was fully plucked of thorns, Elphaba grew bored. She sat and thought about what to do. After a few minutes, she jumped when an owl flew down and perched on the bench next to her. "Hey there little guy." Elphaba said, letting the owl know she was his friend. "Hoot." The owl replied. Elphaba took this as a hello. She loved the animals that stopped by to visit her. It always reminded her of a great professor she once had. Oh how she missed her days at Shiz…

Realizing that she was letting her mind wander again, she bit her tongue to let herself know to not do that. The owl looked as if he was worrying when she jumped from the pain. "It's okay. I was just teaching myself a lesson." Elphaba said. "Hoot." The owl replied. She smiled and patted the owl gently on the head. "I'm sorry buddy but it seems I have to go. My boyfriend will be waking up soon." Elphaba said as she checked the time on her watch. Elphaba was shocked that she had been outside for about an hour and a half. "Hoot, hoot." The owl said, and flew off. Elphaba waved at her new friend fly off into the sky.

Elphaba began walking back to the castle entrance, when she heard an unfamiliar sound. She quickly ducked behind a bench that was outside of the castle walls. She didn't want anyone to recognize her green skin. She slowly looked over the bench and saw a figure walking towards the castle entrance. Her heart began to race. What if it was the Gale Force? Did they know she was alive? Where is Fiyero? Is he awake? Questions flooded her mind. She needed a way out of there. She didn't have her broom, and would definitely be spotted if she tried running.

The figure started becoming larger, and larger. Elphaba hid as best she could behind the bench. When she looked out again, she couldn't believe her eyes. Soon enough, crying filled the air as the figure knelt in front of the castle entrance and laid a bouquet of flowers in front on the ground. That was the fact that Elphaba was so shocked. It was who it was. Elphaba held back tears as the person began mumbling something. Elphaba finally realized why this person was here.

It has been a year since her "death" and Glinda was mourning her best friend.