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Summary: Even the great and good must die some time. Glinda's POV, sort of. Angst. Booksical. More book. :D

Try Defying Gravity

Perhaps Elphaba…Elphie…did the right thing. Flying away from this place. Leaving it all behind. Leaving me behind. Maybe it was the right thing to do. She isn't stuck with all the hatred, all the pain. Only I have to deal with it. I'm Glinda the Good, obviously I can cope with it all.

What if I told you it wasn't true? I can't cope. I don't want to be here anymore. Elphaba left me. Then she came back, only to argue with me. Then she got herself killed by that stupid farm girl. Elphaba always did do the right thing. Perhaps I should try.

I'm relied upon by millions. I am the Ruler of Oz. So why am I not happy?

Because I'm not with her. Because she's dead. Fiyero is dead. Nessa's dead. Lurline knows where Boq is. I'm alone in this world. At least if I died I wouldn't be alone.

That's it. Maybe I could join them. Then I would never be alone again. I wish I'd never given Dorothy those shoes. I wish the Wizard hadn't sent her off to Kiamo Ko. I wish the Wizard wasn't Elphaba's father. How could someone so misunderstood come from someone so… so wicked?

Oh Elphaba. I wish I'd joined you then. When you tried to defy gravity. I could have come with you. I should have. Maybe I can join you now. In the realms of the dead.

I think I'll try defying gravity.

Glinda the Good walks to the cliffs by her castle. She has left all guards behind. She has sent her horse back to the stables. They will find her soon, but she still has a little time. She looks down from the cliffs, to the crashing waves below. She has never thought of this solution to life before. Slowly, Glinda the Good makes her way to the edge of the pathway, almost onto the rock face itself. She looks down once more, breathing heavily. She shakes.

'This is for you Elphaba.'

Glinda the Good steps over the edge. There is no ceremony about it. Even the great and good must die some time. She chooses this time. All she can do now is fall, and hope, and wait. She can finally join Elphaba, after she lost her all those years before. She doesn't scream. She doesn't do anything. She just drifts down, but gathers speed before plummeting into the waves. Finally she can be happy. Finally she'll be with the people she loves.

Finally she can be with Elphaba.

Perhaps this is Glinda's time to fly. But she doesn't rise from the rocks she has landed on. She stays there, her broken beautiful body seemingly glowing. Glinda is one who will get to 'heaven'. Amazingly, Glinda still has one last breath in her. She uses it to whisper one word. Not a word. She uses her final breath to whisper one name. 'Elphie.' Her eyes close. Her chest stills. The world carries on, but for the people of Oz, everything has stopped for just one reason.

Glinda the Good was dead.

Just you and I

Defying gravity

They'll never bring us down

In heaven, Glinda sees a green hand reaching out to her. 'It's ok. You're safe. You're with me. That's all that matters.' Glinda thinks she's dreaming, but she isn't. It really is her.

'Elphie? Is everyone else here as well?'

'Yes.' Behind Elphaba shapes shuffle forward to greet her. She shakes uncontrollably. Elphaba holds her close. 'It's all going to be alright. You've done so well.'

Glinda can only sob into Elphaba's arms. She strokes the blonde hair and soothes her. 'We're together now.'

Just you and I

Defying gravity

A/N: AHH! That was SO angsty. Is that a word? Not according to the spell checker. Oh well. REVIEW, please. Pretty please? Booksical. More book. Elphaba's actually dead.