Hi everyone, A G Wicked here!
Welcome to my Wicked parodied story of the musical version of The Hunchback of Notre Dome
The Witch of the Clock Tower
Here are the roles:
Elphaba (Quasimodo)
Fiyero (Esmeralda)
Glinda (Pheobus)
Frex (Frollo)
The Wizard (Clopin)
Dr Dillamond (Statue 1#)
Chistery (Statue 2#)
The Cowardly Lion (Statue 3#)
Turtle Heart (Jehan)
Melena (Elphaba's Mother)
The Owl Of Munchkin Rock
Hope you all enjoy this story,
HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DOME(C) VICTOR HUGO
MUSICAL VERSION (C) DISNEY
WICKED (C) Gregory Maguire
STORY (C) A G WICKED
PROLOGUE
Morning arose on the Emerald City in the Land of Oz, every store, home and citizens of the city awoke similarly at the hour of eight from the first chimes of the Time Dragon Clock Tower.
The world of Oz was mostly a peaceful and harmonised place where almost anyone from the tallest lion to the little munchkin work and unionize together to ensure equality and freedom for Oz.
On this day in the Emerald City the Feast of Festavalogy begins, it was a festival that occurred yearly to celebrate the union of both animals and humans alike in Oz but it was first designed to just put aside some differences and enjoy the festive activities, the feasts and the history that brought the people of Oz together until the event that occurred within the Emerald City five years ago that changed all of Oz for good.
Sitting on a stone chair by the entrance of the giant clock tower where a mechanic dragon hangs up high on the roof where the giant clock is; is none other than Oz's heroine, Glinda the Good.
"Fellow Ozians, I bid you all welcome to the annual Feast of Festavalogy" Glinda happily greeted to an applauding audiences. "This special day marks the anniversary of the events which occurred in this clock tower that changed our land forever"
"Glinda, exactly what is special about the clock tower?" A child tugging on her mother's dress softly questioned.
"Apart from the Time Dragon that watches over us with the Unnamed God; Before we had magic to control the Clock Tower, the tower used to work by a certain Ozian who is...well...different" Glinda responded, looking up at the tower.
"How do you know that, Miss Glinda?" A boy asked to which Glinda responds with:
"Believe or not, children; there was a time where animals and humans never got along, before now when a goat teaches history class, a Snow Leopard singing opera in a theatre, a Munchkin being a mayor or a Wildebeest being an author; Oz was once full of misjudgement, fear, hatred and anger that it makes Oz less and less… well, colourful"
The adults nodded as the children look on in confusion before Glinda motions the crowd to gather around before she adds:
"To understand what I mean, let me tell you a tale about the Good and the Wicked..."
GLINDA:
LONG YEARS AGO DID THIS STORY BEGIN
IN THIS PLACE CALLED THE LAND OF OZ
TWO ORPHAN BOYS WERE BOTH TAKEN IN BY THE GRACE OF SHIZ UNIVERSITY
Set thirty five years ago, two young adult men in Shiz University were raised together, learning law and logic as the men were known as Frexspar Thropp and Turtle Heart.
FREX:
FREX, THE OLDER WHO CARED FOR HIS DEAR FRIEND
TURTLE:
YOUNG TURTLE HEART, FULL OF BEAUTY AND CHARM
BOTH:
AND THEY LIVED AND THEY GREW AND AWOKE TO THE MUSIC OF BELLS
ALL:
THE BELLS OF THE TIME DRAGON CLOCK
FREX:
DEAR TURTLE, MEET THESE ARCHES AND THIS SACRED DOME
WE ARE BLESSED TO FIND OUR SANCTUARY AND OUR HOME
One day after a class session in the University, Turtle Heart joyfully rushes to Frex, snatching his book from his hands, much to Frex's amusement while shaking his head, chuckling.
"Come on, give it back. I need it for studies you know,"
"Come with me, Frex! I'm heading into town for a little fun" Turtle happily said.
"No, Turtle, we must go to study hall and write out our catechism" Frex sighed with a smile and takes the book back from Turtle.
"No, you must come with me to the bar!" Turtle tries to lead on his friend out of the university grounds.
"Turtle Heart! I am not going to lie for you again if you stay up late; you know the University has a curfew here" Frex points out.
"Yes you will. Frexspar dear!" Turtle giggles a bit and wraps his arms around Frex playfully.
He kisses his friend's cheek much to Frex's surprise and blush before Turtle runs off, laughing out and teasing him with:
"You are so good to me, Frexspar dear"
"Turtle..." Frex sighed, shaking his head.
The time goes by with the two men as Frex begins to notice Turtle Heart's behaviour and actions from flirting to the ladies and even men in the University but also drinking and smoking privately outside of their unit; The more Frex tries to reason with Turtle Heart with his actions, the more Turtle Heart defies Frex's religious ways and the strict rules of Shiz University.
GLINDA:
RIGHTEOUS FREXSPAR WAS EVER MORE DRAWN LIKE A SON TO THE LAND OF OZ
NOT LIKE HIS PROFLIGATE TURTLE HEART WHO'D HAVE NONE OF SHIZ UNIVERSITY
THOUGH AS FRIENDS THEY LOVED ONE ANOTHER, FREXSPAR WATCHED IN DESPAIR AND ALARM
AS TURTLE HEART WHO GREW WILD AND DEFIED AND DEFILED ALL THE LAWS
THE LAWS OF THE UNNAMED GOD
It couldn't had being easy for Frex and that is until one night when Turtle Heart sneaks back into the University, drunk from the sessions at the bar down in Munchkinland. Frexspar opens the unit door to find him walking carefully back to the unit as the black haired man watches his friend entering the room.
"Turtle, where have you been? Why weren't you in the school's evening mass?" Frex snapped.
"It's your birthday today, Frexspar dear! We must celebrate! I brought you a gift" Turtle drunkenly laughed.
Soon Frexspar sees a young lady beside Turtle coming inside the unit before adds:
"This is Melena and she's a friend of mine.
It wasn't long before Frex notices a mark on Melena's arm which is a broomstick being held up high by a fist; it was mark from a clan known as The Revolting Rebels, a group of people and animals supporting animal and human rights and equality against a restricted harsh democracy in Oz as Frexspar soon gasped out in alarm:
"Turtle, You brought a rebel girl in the University?!"
"Melena, this is my best friend, the guy I was telling you about, Frexspar Thropp" Turtle introduced Melena to Frex.
Melena curtsies before Frex and sweetly said to the nervous man:
"Happy birthday Frex, My, my, you are as handsome as Turtle says you are"
Melena strokes a blushing and sweating Frexspar's cheek before the lady cooed with:
"Don't be shy. I can see you want to. I can see it in your eyes"
"Give him a kiss, Melena" Turtle laughed.
"Don't worry darling, I don't bite" Melena giggled.
She was about to kiss Frex but he soon shoves Melena down and yells out in disgust "Get away from me!"
"What the hell, man?!" Turtle Heart yelled back and shoves Frex to the close door of their unit.
"What's going on in there?!"
The men turn to the window to see their Mistress of the University, Madame Morrible, heading their way as Turtle Heart gasped: "It's Horrible Morrible!"
Soon Turtle Heart hides Melena in the closet and panted: "Stay in here and don't make a sound" he then turns to Frex and begs: "Please don't say anything.
Suddenly the door swings open as Morrible enters the building and questions the boys:
"What's all this disturberance happening here?"
"Nothing, Madame!" Frex shook his head.
"Master Thropp, I thought you'd be on your way to my seminar by now" Morrible said to the young man.
"Yes, Madame, I would be but…" Frex started before looking at Turtle, feeling unsure about all of this.
"But?" Morrible asked, raising her eyebrow at him.
"I accidentally waste his time with my chit-chat, Madame" Turtle chuckled.
"Is that so? But do tell me, Master Heart; where were you at this evening since I hadn't seen you at all during the school's evening mass?" Morrbie sternly questioned Turtle.
"Well...I...I, um..." Turtle gulped.
Morrible faces Frex and with strict glances, she adds: "Well...?"
Frexspar looks at his best friend desperately and couldn't help him any longer to which he said:
"Tell her, Turtle...If you won't, I will!"
Frex soon pulls Melena out of the closet and throws her to the floor, to which Madame Morrible immediately saw the rebel's mark on her as she horrify screams out: "Rebel! An enemy in our holy school grounds!"
She angrily looks at Turtle Hearts and rages at him:
MADAME MORRIBLE:
YOU MUST LEAVE, TURTLE HEART, THIS HOLY REFUGE WHERE YOU'VE DWELLED
Melena and Turtle gasped in deep shock before Frex cried out:
"Madame Morrible-!"
MADAME MORRIBLE:
SORRY FREXSPAR, BUT I'VE NO CHOICE
MASTER HEART IS HEREBY EXPELLED
"You have one hour to pack everything before the guards have you out...May the Unnamed God have mercy on both of you" Madame Morrible angrily said before she leaves.
Frexspar rushes after her, hoping to make her see reason with Turtle Heart:
"Madame Morrible, give Turtle Heart one more chance; I can help him regain his pride and soul"
"I'm so sorry Frexspar but my word is final" Madame Morrible refused.
"Madame-!" Frexspar began again.
"I do hope I haven't misplaced my trust in you. The Unnamed God is a demanderating saviour, and if one's ambition is to be the Governor of Oz... I'm sure Turtle Heart now sees my point" Madame Morrible said and soon walks away from Frexspar.
The black haired man rushes to the University gates where the guards shoved Melena and Turtle out of the University and closes the gates behind them. Frexspar goes to the locked gates and looks at the duo from the other side.
"Turtle…I..." Frex started.
"What did you think? That they wouldn't send me away? Who do you think these people are?" Turtle yells at Frex.
"These people have given us a home and comfort and safety!" Frex cried.
"Comfort?! You call this comfort? You call this safety? They said they are loving people who care about everyone in all of Oz, Friend and family to all; they are nothing but hypocrites, Frexspar, just like you are!" Turtle rages at his friend's betrayal.
"Watch how you speak, Turtle, the Unnamed God is not to be mocked" Frex hushes Turtle.
"You're dead to me, Frex..." Turtle growled.
Turtle grabs his suitcase and walks away before Frexspar sadly cries out: "Turtle, wait!"
"I never want to see your backstabbing face ever again!" Turtle yelled while running.
"Turtle!" Melena cried out before Frex glares at her and hisses:
"This is your fault...you ruined his life, you rebel scum are the same..."
Melena spits at Frex and hisses back: "I would never betray him like you did, you hypocrite bastard"
"...The Unnamed God will judge you harshly; vile temptress...All of Oz has already done that to your kind..." Frex coldly replied.
And without another word Melena leaves with Turtle Heart, leaving Oz forever.
A few years later...
GLINDA:
FREXSPAR ASCENDED UNCOMMONLY FAST THROUGH THE RANKS IN ALL OF OZ
TILL HE WAS NAMED THE GOVERNOR OF OZ AT LAST
AND GAVE THANKS TO THE UNNAMED GOD
AND THEN ONE AWFUL DAY CAME A MESSAGE
FREX:
AND THE NAME THAT IT BORE WAS "TURTLE HEART"
GLINDA:
AND CONCEALING HIS FACE FREXSPAR STOLE TO A PLACE FAR AWAY
…AWAY FROM THE LAND OF OZ
Outside of Oz in a little village, Frexspar enters a small hotel and was greeted by an anthologised lamb and despite his disturbances around the anthro-like animal; he clears his throat and spoke to the creature:
"I'm Frexspar Thropp. I was told to come to this place"
He hands the lamb the letter who she then said to him:
"Oh yes, we've heard about you; right this way"
Soon the lamb escorts Frex to a room where he then sees Turtle Heart in critical condition from a deadly illness as he looks at the Governor and mocks him weakly with:
"Hello Frexspar dear..."
"Turtle! What happened to you?! Where have you been?!" Frex gasped and kneels by the side of the bed.
"No thanks to you..." Turtle started with a glare before he adds: I've been travelling…hounded from city to city with my beautiful Melena"
"The rebel girl? You're with her?" Frex questioned.
"Yes I was! I was in love with Melena like she was with me; We were happily married for five years" Turtle angrily pointed out before he coughed a bit violently and then sadly adds:
"She died three months ago...I'll soon be joining her...They say its poison but I know it's the pox..."
"Turtle...It's OK, I'm the Governor of Oz now, I can take you back to Oz and keep you in my home" Frex tried to comfort Turtle.
FREX:
TURTLE HEART, COME WITH ME
WHERE WE WILL FIND A REMEDY AND OZ ONCE MORE WILL BE YOUR SANCTUARY
HEALING YOU WILL BE MY GOAL
NOT JUST YOUR BODY, BUT YOUR SOUL
WE'LL BE TOGETHER IN OUR HOLY SANCTUARY
"Enough, Frex!" Turtle groaned in agony from the illness then adds:
"Enough of your pities! It's too late for me anyway. But if you have truly discovered charity at this late date, there is someone you can help"
"What do you mean?" Frex asked.
Soon Frex heard a small mew coming from behind him as he then sees a basket with blankets wrapped inside as the Governor can hear a baby cooing inside.
"A baby? Yours?" Frex questioned surprisingly.
"Yes...Her name is Elphaba and...Melena died when she gave birth to her but I promised her I would still care for her..." Turtle explained.
Frex soon moves the blankets to have a look at the baby girl but gasped in horror when he saw that like a froggy ferny cabbage, the baby is un-naturally green.
"A…a monster! " Frex gasped before he turns to Turtle and sadly adds:
"It's the Unnamed God's judgement on you! The wicked shall not go unpunished!"
Turtle just growls and turns away from Frexspar, growling:
"I should have known that you never changed! I was a fool to think you'd look after her for me!"
"Look after her? Me?" Frex stuttered in alarm.
Turtle Heart looks on at Frexspar with small anger but with hope, he said:
"Despite what you've done to me, You are the only person I've ever known in my life and she has no one else!"
"Turtle..." Frex started.
"Frex...if you care for me at all, then please I beg of you... Take her…if you can find it in your heart" Turtle Heart coughed violently.
Frex puts the baby down in the basket and holds Turtle Heart in his arms, trying to think of a way to save him but it was too late, for soon Turtle Heart succumbed to his illness and dies in his best friend's arms.
"Turtle Heart...Turtle!" Frex cried,
The poor Governor wept a bit before he hears Elphaba crying in the basket but soon sees a bottle floating in the air by itself until Frex sees the baby's tiny glowing hand, making the milk bottle come to her as Frex gasped out:
"Witchcraft"
Unsure of what to do but didn't want to betray his friend again, he took the baby and flees into the night. As the carriage he took returns to the Emerald City, a storm begins to brew while Frex panics and is unsure of what to do since he is holding an unnatural child with unnatural powers.
As soon as he hops out of the carriage, he soon looks at the baby and then sees a well near the clock tower before he chose to end the baby's life, believing that the sins she was born will die with her.
"Forgive me my friend but the wicked must not go unpunished..." Frex sadly said.
He heads to the well over at the Time Dragon Clock tower and just before he could drop the green baby in the well, lightning suddenly struck at a tree behind him, setting it on fire, as the Governor falls to the stone ground with the baby in his arms. It wasn't long before he sees the Time Dragon's eyes glowing through the fire of the burning tree and for the first time; he felt like he was being watched and judged by the creature as if it were the eyes of the Unnamed God.
"Oh lord...what have I almost done? I almost ended a child's life for the sins of the father...Forgive me my lord...I know now why you stop me, you've sent me a test. This child is my cross to bear. I may not have saved my dear friend, but I will save this…thing" Frex said, looking at the sleeping green baby.
"But a monster like this must be kept hidden" Frex adds before he looks on at the Time Dragon Clock Tower and said to himself:
"Until she is able to enter the Time Dragon Clock Tower, I shall keep in my home until she is ready..."
FREX:
SEE THIS LONESOME CREATURE FROM WHOM LESSER MEN WOULD FLEE
I WILL KEEP AND CARE FOR HER AND TEACH HER AT MY KNEE TO THINK LIKE ME
And so Frexspar kept Elphaba as if she was his own child and kept her locked up in the Time Dragon Clock Tower, making her the ringer of the clock and hoping to keep away from the world...
GLINDA:
NOW HERE IS A RIDDLE TO GUESS IF YOU CAN
SING THE SONG FROM THE LAND OF OZ
WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT IS WICKED?
SING THE SONG, THE SONG, THE SONG, THE SONG OF THE TIME DRAGON CLOCK!
The Witch of the Clock Tower
What happens next?
Stay tuned to find out!