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The fire that an hour ago had been sparkling with light and warmth was now hardly visible in the dark cave. Yet Glinda couldn't seem to move from her spot. Her arms were wrapped loosely around her knees and her eyes seemed to be locked at the sight before her, the ever fading flames.

Beside her she could hear the deep soothing breaths; Lion had fallen asleep a little while earlier after he had for the fifteenth time made sure she was indeed fine. To be honest it felt better to be alone. Sure she loved Lion and the others, in so many ways she owed them her life if not more. It was just that when she was sitting there, alone in a cave somewhere in the wilderness – she could finally hear her own thoughts. She couldn't help but ask herself if this was how Elphie had felt when she disappeared that one day in the Emerald city. Was this what it felt like just before you got your life together to do something big?

As the last light disappeared from the fire she slowly stood up. One look at the large Animal told her he was still sound asleep and so she didn't feel guilty as she let him. She walked past other Animals and humans, some were sleeping and some were talking among themselves. The rest just like she starred into space collecting their thoughts. Or maybe they didn't think, maybe they just tried to find a way back to themselves again? She sure could use a bit of that herself lately.

She stopped at the opening of the cave. Outside the sun was slowly rising, sheding its light over the bare landscape.

"What are you thinking about now Miss Glinda?"

She jumped as she heard his soft voice. He had obviously seen that as he placed a reassuring paw on her shoulder.

"I was just…" she didn't quite know how to explain what she didn't know. "…admiring the view."

"Are you feeling better now?" Lion asked as he took a seat on the rocky edge at the opening. It was just tall enough so he could swing his stubby legs back and forth over the ground as his front paws were in his laps, stroking his tail, a nervous habit he had done since he was just a cub.

"I guess" Glinda sighed as she took a seat next to him. "I just…sometimes I wish I wasn't alone in this."

"But you're not alone Miss Glinda" Lion turned his deep brown eyes at her. "You have me and everyone else."

"Do you remember that friend I told you about?" the blonde girl asked and he nodded. "Well I know she's gone…it's just that sometimes I wish she was here. Especially in times like these. She always knew what to do, you know?"

"Yes" she could spot a small smile underneath his golden fur. "I used to have a friend like that too. She always knew what to do no matter what happened."

"Why can't we be like that" another sigh escaped her lips.

"Maybe we don't need them" Lion suddenly spoke up again.

"How do you mean?"

"I just mean that maybe we could be them…" he could see that she was not following his train of thoughts. "We could do what they do. We can figure this out. What makes them better then us?"

"I don't know" Glinda didn't sound sure at all. "I was good in school; I was smart in that way. But this needs power, not just sorcery but personal power. I don't have neither of that and Elphie…she had both and so much more."

"You have power" Lion said. "You ruled, that means you have power. People listen to you, isn't that a kind of power too?" he added and even though he sounded sure the way he twisted his tail with his paws showed how insecure he actually was.

"I guess" Glinda agreed. "It's not enough though, we can't just go up there and talk to Madam Horrible…I mean Morrible."

"You can talk to people, you can turn them against her."

"No" Glinda suddenly jumped up on her feet again. "We're looking at this all wrong" she begun to pace up and down behind him, something that bugged the Lion as he was having trouble keeping track of her.

"Glinda please sit down, you're making me anxious" he said but she refused to stop.

"We need to figure this out" Glinda walked a few more times before she stopped. She looked out over the now lit up landscape before her but her eyes went beyond that. She starred out to the west, to where the mountains rose up once more. "What would Elphie do if she was here?" she asked, her voice quiet as if she spoke to herself and maybe in a way she was. After all she knew that green girl better then anyone didn't she? She if anyone should know how to get them out of this…because if she couldn't, who could?

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