It was the first day at Shiz University and all was glorious, it was warm as the students rolled their luggage across the courtyard singing the school song:

O, hallowed halls and vine draped walls

The proudliest site there is

When grey and seer our hair hath turned

We shall still revere the lessons learned

In our days at dear old Shiz

Our days at dear old Shiz

Most peculiar was a girl with green skin. Many stopped and stared others gawked from afar, all afraid to speak to loudly about her condition, all except one. Galinda Upland was sneering and making horrid remarks to her followers: Shen Shen, Pfanne, and a new comer Boq.

The girl had noticed the strange behavior of the blond haired woman sitting upon a giant luggage cart, and walked over to stand up to the stranger.

"What?! What are you looking at?" The green girl demanded. "Oh, do I have something in my teeth?" She covered her mouth embarrassed, then realizing the sole purpose of their gawking started to straighten things out, " Okay, let's get this over with. No, I'm not seasick, yes, I've always been green, no, I didn't chew grass as a child." She ticked off the list with her fingers.

"Elphaba!" Someone called. The green girl turned. It was Frex, the Governor of Munchkinland and less importantly, her father. He was wheeling in Nessarose, Elphapa's younger sister who was sitting in a wheelchair.

Elphaba turned to the blond girl again, "Oh, this is my younger sister, Nessarose. As you can see, she is a perfectly normal color."

"Elphaba!" The Governor called again, "Elphaba, could you please stop making a spectacle of yourself? After all, your only here for one reason... and that reason-"

"Nessarose," Elphaba sighed, "To watch after Nessarose!"

"So..." The Governor turned on his heels towards Nessarose and pulled out an elegantly carved wooden box, "My precious little girl: a parting gift!" And with a loud click the box popped open.

Elphaba hat to struggle to see what was in the box,and when she finally did she gawked at the glittering silver shoes.

"Oh father, jeweled shoes!" Nessa called taking them from her father.

"As befits the future governor of Munchkinland." he kissed her cheek. "Elphaba," he summoned, "take care of your sister. And try not to talk so much!"

He exited then and Nessarose gave Elphaba the wrong sort of look, the kind when your trying to hold back exclusive glee! "Elphaba," she whispered grimly, wheeling herself to her sister's side.

"Well, what could he have gotten me," Elphaba hiccoughed, " I clash with everything!"

Just then a woman in extravagant maroon robes with two white beehive styled lumps of hair laying flatly against her head, a thin line of lipstick and a powdered white face entered the room talking with a rather severe speech impediment, her voice droned long and low, "Welcome, new students! I am Madame Morrible, headmistress here, at Shiz University.

"And whether you're here to study logic, literature, or linguification, I know I speak for my fellow faculty members when I say we have nothing but the highest hopes for some of you." She smiled haughtily revealing a thin line of pearly white teeth.

"Now, regarding room assignments..." she then, just noticed two hands go up, two of two different colors one was long and white the other was a froggy ferny green, being her prejudiced self she called on the regular rather than the irregular.

"Yes m'dear!" She said waving flawlessly at blond, " Is this regarding room assignments?"

"Oh, Madame, thank you for asking, but I've already been assigned a private suite..." The blond, noticing her followers disappointment said highly, "But you can all come visit me whenever you want!" She then looked at Elphaba with a look that clearly said: Except for you.

Shen Shen a pink haired girl with a large nose and obscenely vast dimples raged, "How good of you!"

Pfanne, teetered and called, "You are so good!"

"No I'm not!" Galinda jeered enjoying the spotlight.

"Yes you are," both of the girls chanted.

"Now stop it!" she swished her hair.

"Do you have a question?" Madam Morrible asked annoyed.

"Yes, you see, I am Galinda Upland of the Upperuplands..." She jeered, "I've applied to your sorcery seminar, and indeed that is my sole purpose of attending Shiz; to study sorcery with you. Perhaps you recall my essay, 'Magic Wands, Need They Have A Point'?"

"Yes... However, I do not teach my seminar every semester, unless, of course, somebody special were to come along." Morrible used her hands while she talked waving them in different directions.

"Well, exactly!" the blond squealed.

Elphaba, probably the most annoyed of all called out loudly, "We have not yet received our room assignments."

Morrible, ignoring Elphaba completely walked over to Nessarose in the wheelchair and sighed, "Yes, yes, of course! Oh, You must be Miss Nessarose, the governor's daughter. What a tragically beautiful face you have!" seeing Elphaba. Madame Morrible snorted, "And you must be?"

"I'm the other daughter. Elphaba. I'm beautifully tragic." She explained intensely.

"Ah, well I'm sure your very bright..."

"Bright? She's phosphorescent!" Galinda chortled.

"I don't seem to have you on my list. Oh, well a slight gulch, but not to fret! We'll find someplace to put you."

"Y'know?" Glinda said turning her her followers, "I don't even think she read my essay." She received replies like: That's so unfair or you should say something...

"I will," she said talking Boq's advice. So she trotted over to Madame Morrible's side.

"Now, which one of you young ladies would like to volunteer to share with Miss Elphaba?" She asked as Glinda tapped her shoulder.

"Madame Morrible..?"

"Thank you dear, how very good of you!"

"Huh?!" Galinda exclaimed.

"Now Elphaba, the governor made his concern for your sister's well being quite clear. So, I thought it would be best if she share my private compartment where I can assist her as needed..." Madame Morrible said gripping Nessa's wheelchair.

"But Madame, I've always looked after my sister." Elphaba complained.

Morrible ignored her, "Everyone to their dormitories!" She waved them off and the students began to scatter.

"But, Madame!" Once again she was ignored the Head mistress was carrying her sister away, "Let her go!"

Nessa's wheelchair began to rattle, it swung wildly out of Madame Morrible's hands and it began to wheel itself over to Elphaba's side.

"How?" Morrible questioned, "How did you do that?"

"How did she do that?" Onlookers called including Galinda.

"Elphaba!" Nessa called.

"You mean to say this happened before?" Madame Morrible asked.

"Uh... Something just comes over me sometimes... I'm sorry, Madame-" but Morrible cut her off gripping her shoulder.

"Never apologize for a talent dear. For a talent is a gift! Have you ever considered a career in sorcery?"

"Sorcery?" Elphaba questioned.

"I shall tutor you myself and take no other students!"

"What!?" Galinda shouted.

"Oh miss Elphaba you have a gift" Morrible started, "a gift I have waited for. I predict that the Wizard could make you his, magic grand vizier."

The Wizard? Elphaba thought while Madame Morrible spoke.

"...My dear, I'll shall write to the wizard at once, " She stood up and acted as though reading a letter, saying aloud:

My Wonderful Wizard,

I've found it, I've found her! Your perfect apprentice! Her name is Elphaba Thropp! She is extremely talented! I only hope you will accept her talent as your own!

Signed,

Yours truly,

Morrible paused and with a dramatic effect posing like a Spanish dancer she called, "Madam Morrible!"

Galinda clapped loudly at the performance squealing, while Elphaba just stood gazing into space. "Good luck m'dear..." Morrible tapped Elphapa's shoulder.

"Madame..." Glinda called after Morrible.

"Not now dear!" She answered waving her away. She walked off into the tall castle that surrounded them.

"This with just make me a better person!" Galinda hiccuped skipping away leaving Elphaba and her sister alone.

"The Wizard..." Elphaba whispered, " and I..."