Copyright: I do NOT own Wicked, or the character of Glinda Upland
Chapter 2 – A new friend and a mystery man
Glinda stayed in her room the whole day, she couldn't go down to celebrate, no, she wouldn't go. She had a lot of time to think about everything while she was in her room alone. Glinda thought about Elphaba's cause, what she died for and decided that she, Glinda Upland was going to continue that very cause. Her thoughts would casually drift over to the late Winkie prince Fiyero, her first love. She dismissed these thoughts as soon as they arose; she had forgiven Elphaba of taking Fiyero from her. But she didn't take him, they loved each other. In moments of her solitude thinking Glinda would think of Rij, how her cared for her, but she kept telling herself that he couldn't care for her. She was a horrible person. But what Glinda was thinking about most was Elphaba's cause. She carefully pulled out one of her friends old notepads that she had stolen from Shiz University. 'What would Elphaba do?' Glinda thought. She hadn't heard the door open and a curious young man piped up,
"Who is Elphaba?" Glinda jumped out of her skin and turned around to see Rij standing at the door. Had she accidently said that aloud?
"What are you doing in here? Why didn't you knock? I never said anything about anyone named…" Glinda paused and looked up, her face was flushed and quite frankly she didn't know what to do. She saw a flash of confusion and then… she could read Rij so well. She looked down and her checks grew a deep crimson.
"Miss, are you okay? You seem a bit flushed! Maybe you need some air, would you like me to escort you outside?" Glinda's head snapped up, Rij had a pleasant smile on his face, one of joy. Glinda couldn't help but giggle and return his smile with her own. As if it were possible Rij looked even more delighted. He hadn't seen Glinda smile like this since he was in the Gale force himself, before Price Fiyero left and before the Witch melted.
"That would be lovely" Glinda jumped up from her pink silk bed and skipped over to Rij. Something about him made Glinda feel safe… dare she say it… happy. Rij held out his arm to the blonde and she took it gracefully. They headed outside into the palace gardens, the couple began to talk about their lives before they came what they were today, although Glinda left everything out about Elphaba. It only seemed like a matter of seconds before one of the Gale force guards came running out to the garden.
"Excuse me, sorry to interrupt your Ozness but there is a letter for you, and the deliver said he must see you in person to hand over the letter" The guard looked out of breath and completely red in the face.
"Thank you, I will go right away" Glinda said, a bit mournfully, she was having such a great time with Rij, laughing and smiling something she had forgotten how to do. "Good bye Rij, I hope we can do this again some other time" Glinda smiled and waved before she was escorted back inside by the guard. She made her way to the door, the guards opened them for her and she was met with a hooded figure.
"Miss Glinda, I have come to deliver a letter to you" his voice was raspy and shaking, as if he were nervous. He looked down to the ground so that his black hood could cover more of his face.
"Thank you, sir, but who may I ask is the letter from?" Glinda tried to peak under the hood to see the man's face only to be met with a sheet of black material.
"I do not know Miss, Glinda" his voice broke when he said her name, Glinda recognized that voice nearly instantly, she looked up from the letter and focused steadily on the man standing in front of her. He turned to leave but Glinda stopped him. The man's head jerked up suddenly and his eyes locked with Glinda's. Sunning blue meeting a softer sky blue. Glinda gasped and backed away, the man pulled back and immediately looked down.
"F..ii..yero? Is that you?" Glinda's eyes started to cloud over, no it couldn't be him! Fiyero had died, she saw the guards take him away. It couldn't be him! Glinda's mind was telling her that it just couldn't be Fiyero; he was dead, gone, with the un-named God. But her heart was screaming that much more loudly, screaming that she knew that voice, those beautiful blue eyes. She looked back up to see the figure retreating into the distance.
"NO! Please wait!" Glinda was screaming, crying, she fell to the floor in a rack of tears. She felt strong arms wrap around her tiny frame, and she felt safe. If Fiyero was alive, and she knew in her heart that he was, could that mean Elphaba was alive too?
She sunk into Rij's embrace and sobbed loud, hard tears. She wanted, needed her best friend and the mere thought of her being alive racked Glinda to the core. Could it be true? Only time and searching could tell…
A/N: Yes, I know I skipped right to the point of bringing Fiyero back, but I love the characters to much to write a story without them Well I hope you enjoyed… Reviews including constructive criticism would be much appreciated :D
