Hiya! obsessive-elphaba here with her chapter of the story :o) I'm so happy everyone loved the prologue. Esme should be too.
When Nancy and Edward popped up out of the well, it looked absolutely nothing like the palace. In fact, when Nancy opened her brown eyes, she saw a dull and dark what looked to be a house. Edward sat up, a lampshade on his head. When he spoke, he sounded like a drunk man after a really big party about to experience the terrors of a hangover. "What happened?" He mumbled, before pulling, with great difficulty, the lamp shade of his head. Failing miserably.
Meanwhile, Nancy found the door of the house and pulled it open. There in front of her was the most beautiful place she'd ever imagined. It just couldn't be real. "Edward... I don't think we're in Andalasia anymore..."
A woman in a large blue dress appeared in front of the house, looking down. "Another house. Another witch." She said.
"Excuse me?" Nancy asked, but the blond did bot reply.
Edward, finally managing to escape the evil clutches of the lamp shade, entered and said, "What did I miss?"
Nancy gasped at the sight. "Edward- Edward, you... You're a scarecrow!"
Edward looked down at himself. "So I am..." He mumbled.
"Let's get this over with..." The blond finally looked up. "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?"
"Hey, are you okay?" Edward asked.
"You look like you just lost your best friend." Nancy added.
The blond gulped at this, and smiled weakly. "Fellow Ozians, no need to be afraid. The Wicked Witch of the South is dead!"
"Awww man, more witch stuff!" Edward stomped his foot, causing his leg to detach. Face planting to the ground, he sat up with pure awe in his eyes. "I didn't feel a thing!"
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Fiyero had caught up with Elphaba (because he dove - not the funnest way to go) and now it felt like they had been falling forever. Fiyero never let go of Elphaba, and for his own safety (as well as hers...). When the fall finally came to an end, they found themselves opening their eyes to a beautiful castle.
A chubby redheaded man and a chipmunk... or was it a Chipmunk?... raced up to them. "You're not the King and Queen." The man said.
"What'd you do to Edward?" The Chipmunk accused - definitely Chipmunk.
"Who?" Fiyero responded, and saw a million other small animals... or Animals... appear behind the two.
"They're sure are a lot of Animals..." Elphaba mused, happily, almost happily.
"I'll ask you again." The Chipmunk actually sounded like he was threatening them. "What did you do to Edward?"
"Umm... I don't know any Edward, but I'm Fiyero, prince of Vinkus, and this is Elphaba, the love of my life." Elphaba tried not to blush at this.
"Wait a minute." The man spoke with a questioning face. "So you're... a prince?" He asked. Fiyero nodded, a bit confused until he heard Elphaba gasp.
He turned to her abruptly. "What?!"
"Yero, you're.... HUMAN!" Elphaba replied, wide-eyed.
Fiyero looked at himself and smiled smugly. "So I am."
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Nathanial looked at the odd couple and whispered to Pip. "You don't think they're..."
"Nonsense!" Pip shook his head.
"Nancy did say something about a heir."
"This couldn't be him." The chipmunk stayed firm. "He's too old to have been their child."
"Maybe they age faster on Earth." Nathanial contradicted.
After the queen was out of the picture, Nathanial and Pip had actually become great friends. This was their first argument since, and it didn't seem like the chipmunk was winning.
"Prince Fiyero," Nathanial started, "do you know the password?"
"Password? What password?" Fiyero looked up.
"It wouldn't be fluffy bunny." Elphaba mumbled, a pang at her heart came as she remembered GUHlinda at Shiz.
"I can't believe it... It's you!" Pip exclaimed, looking at Elphaba.
"Yes, it's me." Elphaba nodded. "And you are?"
Pip ignored her and looked at all the other forest creatures. "Presenting, the new King and Queen of Andalasia!"
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"Wait a minute..." Nancy thought back to her previous conversation with Giselle. It looked so much like it. It looked so much like her. It was just... "Galinda."
The blond looked shocked at the name. She probably hadn't heard it in years. "It's Glinda." She replied. "The GUH is silent."
"Oh my god!" Nancy grabbed one of Edward's arms, which fell to the ground by his leg. "We're in Oz!"
"Oz?" Edward raised an eyebrow.
"Wicked." Nancy whispered with a grin to fit the word. "Miss Glinda, might I introduce myself. I'm Nancy Tremaine, Queen of Andalasia. It's such a pleasure to meet you!"
Glinda stared at her confusedly.
"And I'm so sorry to hear of your friend's tragic death."
"Wait." Edward said, lost as usual. "Didn't Giselle say something about her being alive?"
"Shhh!" Nancy hissed.
Glinda looked up at him. "Who was alive?"
Edward rubbed his chin in thought. "Someone... Elphie?"
"Elphie!" Glinda's eyes widened. "How do you know about Elphie???"
"She's in a musical." The king informed without a thought, typically.
"A musical? Like on Ozway?" The blond was excited.
"Broadway." The gullible king corrected with pride.
"Your majesties." Glinda bowed before them. "Please, accept my offer to come to the Emerald City, and maybe have some tea?"
"Oh, of course. After all, you are the ruler of Oz." Nancy nodded, not sure how to reply to someone in a bubble.
"Good." Glinda smiled before signaling for her bubble to lift up. "I must go tidy things up."
Nancy couldn't wait to converse with Glinda Upland - and in the Emerald City! But something in her gut tells her to click her heels together and go back to Andalasia.
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"Queen?" Elphaba said her new title as if it were a brand new concept.
"Well, surely being in love with the prince makes you his princess, yes?" Nathanial asked, measuring the green girl for her gown.
"But a Queen?"
"Elphaba, surely you've dreamed of becoming Queen of Vinkus before." Fiyero called from the other side, being measured by a bunch of Animals, led by Pip.
"The thought never crossed my mind, actually..." Elphaba said, as if Fiyero being a prince was a completely new thing.
"You best not ask too many questions at the wedding." Pip muttered, already annoyed with her curiosity.
"What wedding?" The green girl jerked her head in the direction of the Chipmunk.
"You and the Prince's of course. No Prince can be King without his Princess." Nathanial said merrily. Big white weddings were always fun.
"Fiyero and I... What?"
"Geesh, lady!" Pip cooed. "What, you don't want to marry him?" Fiyero took the time to kick the Chipmunk in the face. Oz knows, if Elphaba saw, she'd kick him.
"Shut up, you little vermin." He muttered.
"Me... marry Fiyero?" Elphaba turned to face the man completely who smiled apologetically. It must be awkward. He hadn't even popped the question. "Is that even possible?" Always their love had been forbidden or strained. He had been through so much for her... it just didn't seem fair to just... marry him like that. Not unless he wanted to.
"It is if you want to." Fiyero shrugged, casual as ever. Of course, casualty was merely an act in the regal setting.
"But... me... I'm-"
"Perfect?"
"Wicked." Elphaba frowned at herself. "All that I'd done. All I did to you. You should hate me. You should be happily in Oz married to Glinda, and I..." She stopped there.
"You what?" Fiyero just dared her to say that. Dared her to...
"Nothing. Forget I mentioned it." Elphaba shook her head and looked away.
"Fae..." Fiyero grabbed her shoulder and turned her around. "Tell me."
"I should be dead." Elphaba spat, narrowing her eyes.
Fiyero sighed. "Elphaba Thropp, what am I going to do with you? Your whole life wishing for Animal's freedom, a happily ever after. This is it, Fae." He kneeled on one knee. The little forest creatures watched with wonder at the couple. They looked so... weird. Back when Giselle was there, she never spoke of dying. Nancy hadn't either. Would this new Queen be different? And what does "wicked" mean?
"You're going to make this cheesy, aren't you?" She muttered.
"Absolutely." Fiyero smiled, a bit more confident than before.
Elphaba looked up, then down, then back at Fiyero. "Fine. I'll give the fairytale life a try."
A2A/N: Should we do a wedding? I personally wouldn't want to do one because that would probably be a biiiiiig thing without any of the Nancy and Edward story. You know? Tell me what you think.
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