Five reviews for the first chapter? WoooooooW. You guess must really like the story. YaY! :) Well...I actually had a few ideas to how Fiyero is going to kidnap the girls. I can see you guys are confused. So let me real quick clarify a few things. Elphaba does know about her powers, but not much considering she's only sixteen and has never known that they can help her meet the Wizard. PLUS Fiyero is sneaky, coniving, a dancer through life, and never has a plan. But there's more than that. He'll have a bit of help. Don't worry.

-Kris

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-One Week Later (With Fiyero)-

Fiyero rode through the forest with ten of his father's soldiers following him. "Prince Fiyero, is there a plan?" one of the soldiers, Avaric, asked.

Fiyero shrugged. "Yeah. Do what I do best. Wing it." he said while they slipped off the horses and reached the border line of Munchkinland.

"Is this a bright idea? I mean your father wants us to take care of this. Do a good job." another one said. Fiyero rolled his eyes as he loosely tied his horse to a tree.

"Well, you nine can stay here while Avaric and I get the princesses. Avaric? Come on." Fiyero said before both walked to the edge of the forest, out of sight of the other soldiers.

"So what's the real plan?" Avaric asked, knowing his friend was much more sneakier than he let on. And smarter.

Fiyero chuckled before pulling out two long cloaks. "Not my best plan, but it might give us something to work with." he said with a shrug. "We just have to get in, get out."

"So the cloaks?"

"Do you really think they won't recognize the Prince of the Vinkus and his best friend?" Fiyero asked, looking at him with a raised eyebrow.

Avaric sighed before pulling on the cloak and hiding his face. Fiyero did the same before they walked to the castle, towering over the Munchkin workers around them. "Excuse me? May I help you?" one asked when Avaric had bumped into him.

"I..."

"Oh, you must be the new guards, right?" The munchkin looked no older than Fiyero as he stuck his hand out, his blue eyes looking at them expectantly. "I'm Boq. Close friend to Princess Nessarose Thropp."

Avaric raised an eyebrow before looking at Fiyero, not sure of what to do. So Fiyero did the obvious thing. He shook hands with Boq. "Fi-I'm Yero. And this is Ave." he said, nodding towards Avaric.

Boq nodded. "Do you two need an escort?" he asked, looking at them curiously. "Or do you know your way around?"

Fiyero started to object when Avaric stepped in. "We'd love a bit of help. After all, we're only guards. Don't know much about maps." he said, chuckling dryly while Fiyero and Boq looked at him as if he just grew another head.

"Well...alright. But I'll have to stop by Nessa's room along the way. Come on." Boq said before maneuvering through the crowd with the Vinkuns following. Avaric met Fiyero's gaze and saw him glaring before shrugging innocently. Fiyero sighed before they hurried to follow the short but fast munchkin.

-With Elphaba and Nessa-

Elphaba brushed Nessa' hair, the fire ablaze in front of them with the light shining on their faces, making small shadows throughout the room. "Ow! Not so hard, Elphaba. You'll pull my hair out. And I'm already ugly enough." Nessa said, a sad tone in her voice as Elphaba softened her touch and continued running the brush through her little sister's hair.

She knew Nessa expected her to disagree, but she wasn't in the mood to argue. "Elphaba? Do you think I'm ugly?" Nessa asked while turning to the green woman and making her stop her brushing.

"I think you're tragically beautiful, Nessa. You know I think that. Always." Elphaba said a bit sharply as she set the brush down. "There. You're ready for sleep."

"Oh, not yet, Elphaba. Boq will be arriving any moment." Nessa said excitedly.

As if to prove her point a knock came from the door and Boq's voice called, "Nessa? May I come in?"

Nessa grinned as Elphaba shook her head. "I'll leave you to your flirting, Nessa." sh said before starting to walk to the door Boq waited at.

"Wait, Elphaba. Please, don't go out that door. Boq still...well...he still doesn't know..." Nessa said while looking at the door happily. "Please. Just go back to the tower. No one will bother you up there."

Elphaba sighed before nodding and heading to the hidden door behind Nessa's untouched bookcase. "Alright, Nessa. For you." she said before leaving the room.

Nessa rolled over to the door, glancing at the mirror beside it. She then opened the door with a bright smile. It fell within seconds when she saw Boq wasn't alone. "Hello, Boq." she said through gritted teeth. "Who're your friends?"

"Oh we aren't-" the taller one (Avaric) started before Boq interrupted.

"This," he said while gesturing to the silent one. "Is Yero. The taller one is Ave. They're the new guards for the Vinkun prisoners."

Nessa nodded before moving deeper into the room as the boys entered. "Oh, how I despise the Vinkuns. They bring my home nothing but stress and grief. Even Elph-My friend has her inputs on the war. Yet she's a woman! She shouldn't even mention it." she said bitterly, her back to the boys that were glaring at her.

Boq smiled softly before walking over to her. "It'll be alright, Nessa. I promise." he said soothingly while Avaric and Fiyero looked around the room for any sign of the sister or her room.

"Ave? Yero? Are you alright?" Nessa asked, looking at them puzzeldly before seeing where Avaric's gaze had landed.

On Elphaba's door.

"What's this?" Avaric asked while walking over, moving the bookcase out of the way.

"It's nothing. Just an old, locked door that hasn't been open in God-knows-how-long." Nessa said, hurrying to wheel over to them.

Fiyero raised an eyebrow before touching the knob and turning it. "It isn't locked." he said, glancing at Nessa as she looked away. "When was the last time someone was in here, your highness?"

Nessa looked back at him, anger in her eyes as she glared at the boys. "Get out. You have no business asking me these questions. Go." she ordered, pointing to the door.

Fiyero and Avaric looked at each other before Fiyero smirked and bowed. "Yes, your majesty." he said before pulling Avaric to the door.

When they left the room Avaric looked at him as if he was crazy. "What are you doing? We almost had her!" he said angrily.

Fiyero rolled his eyes and started to say something when he saw a maid coming down the hall. "Come." he said before pulling Fiyero into a stray room with stairs that led up. "We'll get her tonight. But we have to find out what is behind that door before-"

Fiyero was cut off when their ears tuned into someone singing. "We heard the tale since we were young...Heard the songs that had been sung...About an evil spell..." the voice sang as Avaric pointed that it was coming from above them.

Fiyero nodded before they walked up the stairs, listening to the woman's voice as it grew louder and stronger. "Someone beautiful is cursed. We feel sad through every verse...Till a curse and all is well. The message that no one can see is clearer to someone like me."

They passed locked after locked doors until they thought they had been walking for hours but really it had only been a few minutes. They soon reached a wooden door covered in dust. "There is no curse or evil spell that's worse than one we give ourselves. There is no sorcerer as cruek as the proud, angry fool. And yet we cry 'life isn't fair'. Beneath our cries the truth is there."

Avaric was about to say something, but Fiyero shushed him, completely entranced by the voice on the other side of the door. Fiyero looked back at the door as the voice continued to sing, "A power that will break the spell...We should know very well. Is locked within ourselves. Yet we'd rather blame and curse our fate than change. We'd run from everyone to hide from the pain! ...And all the shame...The story's old. We know it well. About a wretched evil spell. The power that will break this curse..Oh, I know all too well...Is locked within myself."

The voice stopped and Fiyero reached for the doorknob and turned. It was unlocked. Avaric looked at him hesitantly. But Fiyero wasn't listening or focusing. He opened the door, letting it creak. "Hello?" he asked while entering the room.

A figure jumped to its feet, the shadows hiding who and what it was. "What're you doing in here?" it snapped, it's voice revealing it was a she.

"I..We heard someone singing and wanted to see who." Fiyero said while taking a step forward. "Was it you?"

The figure took a step back, bumping into the wall. Avaric watched with a raised eyebrow before looking back at the stairs. "Fiyero, we should-"

"Fiyero?" she asked, looking at them harshly. Even with the dim light, Fiyero could see and feel her brown eyes glare at him. "The Prince of the Arjikis? Well, what are you doing here?"

Fiyero glared at Avaric before turning back to the girl. "Come into the light and I'll tell you." Fiyero bargained.

The figure hesitated before slightly shifting forward, barely any of her being seen by the light in the window. "Well?" Fiyero asked, starting to take another step forward.

Avaric looked at the two. "Fiyero, we have to go. We shouldn't be talking to some maid hiding away."

The girl's eyes narrowed. "I'm not a maid. Though to my father I'm less." she spat angrily.

Fiyero looked at the girl before seeing her hand within reach. So he did what any man would do. He grabbed her hand and jerked her forward. "What're you-!" she started to shout before she was pinned to his chest.

Avaric's and Fiyero's eyes widened when they got even a glance at her. There had been rumors about Frex's older daughter. That she was different. That she was green. But neither ever believed it. Until now.

"Let go of me!" she shouted, pushing him away from her.

Fiyero couldn't take his gaze off of her as her gaze hardened. "What are two Vinkuns doing here?" she demanded angrily.

"I..." Fiyero started, but Avaric beat him to it.

"We're here for his father. You see, he wants us to kidnap you and your sister." (I was tempted to end it there)

Elphaba stiffened and took a step back, towards the balcony. Fiyero saw the slight panic in her eyes and couldn't stop a sliver of guilt entering his heart. But he had a job to do. Fiyero looked at Avaric and nodded. Within seconds Elphaba was pinned to the wall by Avaric and being tied by Fiyero. "Sorry, green bean." Avaric said sarcastically before she smirked.

"Trust me. You shouldn't be."

Avaric looked at Fiyero. "Um..."

So Elphaba is skinny. Extrememly skinny. It's obvious with how the dress hugged every bit of her. But she was still strong. She proved that when she glared and used her leg to knock him to the ground. Fiyero groaned as his head hit a chair. "This rope that binds now shall fry." she murmured before the ropes around her wrists and waist turned to fire and fell to the ground.

She stood above Fiyero, ready to chant another spell when a glass bottle came crashing onto her head, knocking her to the ground with green shards flying everywhere. Avaric was standing behind her. "Careful there, Fiyero. She's got a temper." Avaric teased, helping his friend up.

Fiyero rolled his eyes before looking down at Elphaba and the green shards of glass around her. "I guess we could've just done that." he said with a shrug while picking Elphaba up.

"So how do we get her out of here without Nessarose seeing?" Avaric asked, causing Fiyero to curse softly.

"...I kind of forgot about that part."