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A new chapter of Out of Oz! It's a chapter that marks Glinda's life. It's a way to start the story. Next chapters will mark some changes.
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TempeGeller
Chapter 2: Picture perfect in oz
'Tuut, tuut,..' the alarm screamed it out. Glinda turned around in her bed. Hitting the clock with her pale arm. 'Pat,pat,pat', Glinda cursed, it didn't stop. 'Pat, pat, pat, au', Glinda awake from a peaceful sleep, to find her husband prince Lamprophoné Erinaceous from the Quadling country. After she taken over she'd given more rights to the Quadling people. That's how Glinda met Lamprophoné, a young prince from out of Oz. He wasn't like Quadling people, he was a young prince. Handsome and not to mention nice. Glinda smiled watching him.
"You hit me in the head.." He raised an eyebrow.
"Well, then you shouldn't set your alarm.." Glinda replied "I like sleeping in at Saturday. You know that.. So now let's go back to sleep.."
"Linn.." He stared at her.
"Uhm, go.. " Glinda replied "Can't I change the channel to nice music.."
"Linn.." He smiled
"Give up the charming smile.." Glinda replied "It's not working.."
"You know.." He sat up "The peace in Oz, it's almost breath taking. You're doing an amazing job. And you Linn the good can't stay in your bed whole day."
"I can and I will.." Glinda reached up to his nose. "So did I hit the snooze bottom?"
"Why?" he raised an eyebrow.
"Darn it, I keep missing it." Glinda sat up.
"I was reading something, about the wicked witch of the west.." He replied "Thank god, Dorothy melted her. She was horrible, she should have been taken to prison. Look at what she did to those animals…"
"You.." Glinda touched his nose again. "Can we play some music? I don't feel like talking about the wicked witch of the west. Good?"
"you know, if I were to meet her.." he stood up. "I would punch her in the face, I would give her a peace of my mind…"
"Po-po, don't.." Glinda turned around in the bed.
"Momma, momma!" a cheerful blond jumped on the bed "Momma!"
"Talésa.." Glinda turned around "Your mommy tries to sleep."
"Momma!" She lay down right next to her. Glinda turned around taking Talésa in her arms."
"Talee.." Lamprophoné spoke, he turned around. "Where is your sister?"
"Talé.." Glinda replied " And Elphie has a sleepover at one of classmates homes."
"That's right.." He lay down "That's where Elie went.."
"Elphie.." Glinda turned to her husband.
"So you really did know her?" Glinda's husband almost glared at her. "She must have been pretty wicked.."
"It's not like that.." Glinda paused "It didn't go like that, you don't know what you're talking about. You never knew her!"
"Well her actions speak for her. No woman who ever did that, would ever be considered nice. You knew her, she was most definitely just trying to use you.." He put his arm around her shoulders. He slowly stared at her. "She's known as the wicked witch for a reason.."
"One might say she was misunderstood." Glinda smiled
"Misunderstood?" Lampré stared at her. "You can't misunderstand killing people, setting houses on fire, mutilating poor monkeys.."
"It didn't really go like that.." Glinda replied "You see the wizard.."
"You say.." Lampré turned away from her. "You see, you think she was just an another person who chose the wrong way, but she was not she was the most evil being walking this planet."
"The wicked witch of the west?" Glinda reminded Elphaba's words. "I guess you're right. I guess I want to believe she was a good person. She was probably working with madam Morrible to end to world as we know it."
"See,.." he hugged her "We both understand, and you are by far the best leader Oz has ever seen, even better than the wizard who couldn't handle the pressure. What happens to him?"
"His balloon took his away.." Glinda replied "I couldn't care less, I guess he is where the wind took him. Translation, I don't care!"
"Right.." Lampré put another arm around her "So was her sister the wicked witch from the east really that bad? I mean Dorothy crushed her ."
"She was.." Glinda replied "She followed the evil things her sister did, you can't really call her evil, since she pretty much did whatever her sister told her. Specially after she enchanted the shoes to make her walk again, after that she became off the charge evil. She terrorized the lives of the munchkins, it was horrible. I'm glad she was crushed beneath a house.."
It started to work on her emotion. She didn't like talking this way about Elphaba, but she didn't like saying that Nessarose was evil. Out of her mind jealous, yes. Evil in no way, maybe in the she wanted to be like her sister way, but never did she see anything wrong in Nessa's behavior. Glinda knew that some parts of her anger were directed directly to her. About Boq, about Boq's ignorant crush. She wanted him to fall in love with Nessa. She wanted so much for her life, but she never wanted anything like this to happen. Nothing that would turn her desperate. She was to blame for Nessa's dead, she shouldn't have let her anger taken over. She shouldn't have planted the idea in Madam Morrible's head. She shouldn't have done so much things, but right now it was too late to come clean. She had spread a web of lies around her, if she wouldn't try to untangle them now, she would only end up more tangled then before. Choked but with whatever lie was holding up the other lie. Choked by the story Ephaba forced on her. She should have fought, but she gave up on her friend. In a matter of seconds, she owned her more. But she didn't try at all, did vengeance drive her to do it? Did she believe that Elphaba needed to be punished by her crime off stealing Fiyero or had Fiyoro's gruesome dead be enough. Had the loss of love, counted to her loss. Could she forgive after all this time. After all this years, in a way she had. But still she felt that she was losing herself. And she couldn't get back. Somehow she wanted to shout, how kind Elphaba was. How she never killed anyone, how she never set houses on fire, how it was the gale force handling for the wonderful. wizard of oz. How this was not supposed to happen. But Oz would turn against her when they knew this. They would support madam Morrible. She wanted to help the animals, so she needed to keep her mouth shut. Elphaba cared more about these animals then the they reminded her.
"She's not that bad.." Glinda whispered under her breath.
"I heard about the crimes she committed.." her husband spoke again. "I get why people call her the wicked witch of the west, I bet she was the.."
"She didn't do anything to the wizard.." Glinda replied "The man was a selfish man, he couldn't do anything. .."
"Come on, Lin, there was a reason they called him the wonderful wizard of Oz.."
"More like wonderfully cheater of Oz.." Glinda responded almost silent.
"Sounds like.." Lampré turned away. "Let's just not talk about her again, when is Elphaba coming home? I feel like going on a strall,.."
"Momma!" Little Talésa ran in the room. She smiled for a moment before she jumped on the bed. She started rolling around in it.
"Why don't you get her ready.." Glinda replied "I'll prepare breakfast…."
"That's great.." Lapré got out of the bed. Glinda got out of the bed, and walked down the stairs. She lived in the emerald city, it was green. And for some reason it made her miss Elphaba even more. Elphaba was dead, she died when she was 23. Glinda let a tear fall to the floor. She walked to the kitchen. Elphaba could be a mom by now, just like her. She wanted to see what Elphaba's child would look like. Green skin, with the obvious blue diamantes that Fiyero had. She took some bread and started to make toast. She cooked some eggs. Without even using magic, Glinda was proud of herself. She didn't use the grimiore if not needed. She turned to the side of the kitchen, and started to set the table.
"Okay, I got here down.." Lampré smiled putting Talésa on the chair.
"I'm home mom.." Elphaba Jr. entered the room. She hugged her mom when she entered.
"Did you have fun at your friends place?" Glinda turned to her. "and didn't we tell you that your father would pick you up?"
"Mom, she lives 4 houses from here.." Elphaba replied "I am 11 years old!"
"Sure.." Glinda replied "When will you be moving out?"
"Not soon.." Lampré kissed her nose. "Elphi, can you put your bags in your room? Then you can join us for breakfast."
"Good.." Elphaba Jr. ran up the stairs.
"So what do you think about going for dinner?" he turned to his wife.
"Well, we could.." Glinda smiled "But first breakfast.."
"My friend and I were talking about the wicked witch of the west.." Elphaba Jr. sat down. "I think that the wicked witch of the east was just crazy, but her sister was evil."
"Watch your words.." Glinda glared at
"I kind of like this.." Lampré smiled. "It's times like this I want another child. You know Talésa is 5. We can have another baby.."
"Sounds good.." Glinda smiled "But my job keeps me busy, no one is going to protect Oz if I don't."
"Right.." Lampré smiled "There's no danger. What would happen?"
"there are always dangers.." Glinda replied "People who, and don't forget the animals I need to protect. They are important.."
"Right.." Lampré smiled
"Mom, can I go horseback drive.." Elphaba Jr. stared at her mom with the puppy dog eyes. The same she'd seen from her mom. "Can I?"
"Mommy.." Talésa walked towards her mom. "Can you push me on the swing?"
"Sure Talé.." Glinda ran after her daughter. Slowly they walked to the swings. Slowly she put her small daughter in the swing. Her eyes were lighting up as she was pushed higher. Glinda loved it when her daughter smiled. It were times like this that her life couldn't get better. Her life was all about her kids. She didn't have all that many friends, she was popular. But yet no one seemed that close to her. Not as close as Elphaba had been. She missed her friend. And then she pulled herself to reality. There was no time to feel guilty. She needed to take care of her family, of the country. She needed to keep her life going. Life couldn't stop because her friend decided to sacrifice herself. Because Dorothy had landed her house, life went on.
"So, do you think there's danger?" Lampré stepped next to her. "I heard that Morrible is still in prison. Nothing will happen, Lin."
"You are sure about that?" Glinda turned to him. "What about.."
"You don't need to worry about anything.." he smiled for a moment. "Everything is perfect.."
"Yeah, when everything is.." Glinda replied " When everything is going well, something goes wrong. I just don't want things to change, but it always does.."
"You mean the wicked witch of the west.." Lampré smiled "She's not coming back. She's dead, everyone knows. So the troubles are gone.."
"I.." Glinda paused . She turned back to her daughter, and kept pushing her swing. The laugher of her daughter kept her from thinking about Elphaba. She turned towards he husband. He smiled at her, slowly she took her five year old daughter from the swing. They looked the rest of the playground. Slowly she went to the slide. Slowly she put her daughter on top of it, and stared at her husband who was waiting to capture her in both of his arms. And they repeated this.
"Where's Elphie?" Glinda turned to Lampré
"I gave her money so she could horseback drive.." Lampré replied "Her friends was there to, her parents are keeping an eye on them."
"Sounds good.." Glinda smiled "So.."
"Mommie.." Talésa spoke. "Can we go see the animals?"
"Off course darling.." Glinda picked up her daughter. She slowly carried her to the other side off the park. The animals didn't speak, not the small ones anyway. Or the ones in the park didn't. Glinda knew that was because off Madam Morrible and the wizard, they tried to learn them how to speak. But it never worked out, so they put them here. IN a place where they could live together. For some reason it was perfect in a park. Yet, Glinda knew that she wanted this to change. This was one of the things she couldn't. They spent time and money, but these animals didn't speak.
"Okay.." Glinda paused.
"Miss Upland.." a man walked towards her. "How are you guys doing?"
"I'm fine, why thank you." Glinda replied "How are things with Morrible?"
"Just fine.." the man replied "They're keeping an eye on her, she attacked on off the other prisoners. We secluded her. She's too dangerous, and she keeps talking about taking over the world. And stuff.."
"She's crazy.." With that the man walked away. Glinda stepped, on she was only a few steps away from the animals. She put her daughter on the ground. She started to run towards the animals, and got close to them. They were walking around them, but they were harmless, so she didn't worry about them.
"Don't pull their ears!" Glinda yelled as she stared at her daughter. She was pulling the ears off a small bunny. "Bunnies have a tendency of being late and biting!"
"Where did you hear that?" Lampré stepped next to her.
"I have no idea.." Glinda replied "for some reason Dorothy kept looking for a bunny with a clock. I don't know why she did that, I just said that they only bit your fingers. They don't run on the yellow brick road: saying I'm too late!"
"Weird!" He smiled
"Yeah, and then she thanked some Lewiss Caroll.."
Lampré put an arm around her waist. He smiled as he gave her a peck on the cheek. He hugged her, as Glinda put her head on his shoulder.
"Don't get on the donkey!" Lampré yelled as his daughter got on his back and started driving around on it. Her laughter was heard, but Glinda pulled her of the animal.
"Let's go get Elphaba.." Glinda smiled. "We should go to dinner, and then we can head to the city. We can get some books we need. I finished that book I read too Talé."
Glinda was sitting on a table, Elphaba Jr. was staring right at her. And for some reason it made her feel a bit weird. So she turned around to find a waiter coming their way. For once she wanted this to be over. Talésa was playing with a fork on the table, and she kept smiling at the rest.
"What will your order be?" the waiter stared at her.
"I will have the vegetarian pasta.." Glinda replied "Can you put a small plate with that?"
"I will have the lasagna.." Lampré replied
"Can I have the fries with some vegetables.." Elphaba Jr. replied "and some ketchup."
"and some water…" Glinda smiled "And soda for my daughters.."
"okay.." the waiter walked away.
"You know we're going to Munchkin land.." Elphaba Jr. replied "I can go right? It's like a school trip. We're going to see some stuff.."
"It's interesting.."
Glinda stared around her, everything was moving. She put her hand to her husbands. She didn't know what to say.
"So, Why don't you stay home tomorrow?" Lampré stared at her. "So we can have some fun.."
"You know I can't, Lampré." Glinda replied "I have some important things to do, but if I get in early. I'll be done before 12. So that means that we'll be able to spend the afternoon, you know how Elphi gets. Is that a great idea?"
"Amazing!" Lampré smiled as he stared at the food that appeared in front of him. "It looks great.."
"So.." Lampré got in the bed. "Today was fun.."
"It was so." Glinda paused "I was bothered today, and not by you. Actually it was because of you. I can't understand that you talked about her.."
"The wicked witch of the west?" he turned to her. "Why do you even care so much?"
"I care so much.." Glinda turned to her. "Because I love her, and she's my friend. I know that she died, but I miss her dearly."
"I already know you two are friends.."
"Yeah, you do.." Glinda continued. "Doesn't it bother you when someone talks bad about your friend? You were not here, you didn't know anything. You believe the stories the wizard made up, and I…"
"Then why don't you tell the truth…"
"Because Elphaba told me not to.." Glinda replied "Here it goes, I called our daughter after her. That's what she meant to me. Elphaba was a hero, she came up for animals. They mean everything to her, but they turned her in to a bad guy. The gale force went around killing people, and telling the witch did it. They lied about it all. When they killed her sister, depression took over. She became crazy, and then I gave the shoes to Dorothy. All she wanted where those shoes, she never meant to hurt Dorothy. She made mistakes, but she didn't mean to. She didn't.."
"I.." he turned away.
"She was a good person.." Glinda replied "the last time I saw her she was panicked. She was looking for a way out, and then she got the letter. The love of her life, Fiyero. He died, and that's when she stopped. She stopped trying. She gave in. She asked me to take care of myself, and do what she did. Before she died, she told me never to tell the truth about her. I found her hat, and I never let it go. Then I came back here. The wizard happened to be Elphie's father, and I told him to leave. He did, and Madam Morrible went to jail, because she used my friend. She was the bad guy all along, she wanted all the animals gone. And Elphaba with it. She knew too much. She wasn't wicked at all.."
"I'm sorry.." He kissed her. He turned to her, for a moment his eyes look really hurt. Like he was scared so say anything wrong. He put his arm around Glinda. "I didn't know, I just believed what everyone did. I wish you could tell.."
"Oz would hate me.." Glinda replied "Oz can't hate me.."
She closed her eyes as sleep took over. She slowly felt how her husband pulled her in his arms, but a moment later she was in a dream country.
"Elphaba.." Glinda walked in the castle.
"Glinda.." the green girl stared at her. She still looked 23 to her. Young, she stared at woman. Elphaba looked the same she had. It was almost creepy. She stared at her, and turned around Elphaba. She stared at her skin.
"Glinda.." Her mouth opened up. "You killed me Glinda, it's all your fault! If you didn't tell Morrible about Nessa, Fiyero wouldn't have died. And if he hadn't died, I wouldn't have.."
"Forgive me Elphaba!" Glinda yelled
Elphaba came towards her with mad eyes. Her brown eyes seemed more mad than ever, and Glinda felt like she was having a flashback. But she knew this wasn't right. Elphaba would never do this to her. This was her own anger to herself.
"I'm sorry.. " Glinda turned to her.
"You killed me!" Elphaba took water. She pulled it over herself, she started to melt. Glinda cried as her friend kept melting away. She had never seen it. She always hid, the scream of her friend was something she could recall the scream.
A couple of seconds later there was nothing but her hat left. She stepped towards it, to find nothing there. She pulled her hat up as something..
Glinda screamed and jumped up in the bed. She saw how Lampré got up to. Glinda's head was all sweaty. She started to cry. It was the first time that she broke. The first time that she seemed to see the loss from so close.
"It's all my fault!" Glinda cried "It's my fault she's dead! I killed her!" 3
"You didn't.." Lampré kissed her nose. "It's not your fault, you did what she asked you. You are a great friend for doing so!"
"I killed her!" Glinda replied "I told Madam Morrible to use her sister to frame her. I did that because I was mad with her, for stealing Fiyero. She came to help her sister, and the Gale force used me to get to her. And then Fiyero stepped in and he saved her. That's when they took him, they tortured him. They beat him to dead, and that's why Elphaba didn't do anything. It's my fault!"
"It's not.." he turned to her. "You were mad, and they framed you. It's not your fault that they were cruel to him. You were jealous, but it's not your fault anyone is dead. You didn't think they would do anything to the sis. It's not your fault!"
"I miss her.." Glinda lay in his arms. "I have so much I want to share with her. We could double date with Fiyero and Elphaba. You would look at her, she was truly beautiful. Green, but so damn beautiful. People didn't know, since the gale force made her look creepy. She was my best friend, I'll never have a friend like her.."
"Do you want to go to the castle?" Lampré turned to her. "Do you?"
"Maybe…"
'Tuut,tuut,tuut' the alarm clock went off. Glinda was woken from a brief sleep, she still looked tired. And she felt tired to. She wanted to sleep a bit. But she knew she had to go to the office. If she didn't, she would work late. A moment she played with the idea of staying at home. Just today, she wasn't feeling okay. Going felt like a punishment.
"You're not going anywhere.." Lampré stopped her from getting out of the bed. "You're having an off day, you can think about everything today. "
"I love you.." Glinda kissed him.
"I love you too.."
"Mommy!" Talésa jumped on the bed. Glinda smiled, as she put Elphaba off her mind.
