Elphaba couldn't help or control what happened next. The bulbs of the soft blue lights that were lighting the room, exploded and a green fire began to rage in her eyes. She was furious, because not only were people now looking at her in disgust and fear, she had once again failed to control her magic. This anger made things worse, and the glass chandelier fell from the majestic ceiling, and shattered everywhere, causing all dancers to flee from the dancefloor. Lots even evacuated the building, altogether. Tables began to upturn themselves and drinks and food flew all over the place.

Elphaba sank to her knees and buried her head in her hands in shame, she took deep breaths to compose herself, and hold back the tears that threatened to fall.

She felt someone crouch at her side, and place a shaky hand on her shoulder, "Elphie?" Glinda asked gently.

Elphaba looked up and her best friend was by her side, a look of genuine concern in her worried blue eyes. Fiyero also stood by, looking just as worried and nervous, which confused Elphaba as she was certain that he would have run off in fear of being accused of befriending the "Artichoke". The green girl felt terrible, and she rose to her feet, looking for her sister.

The room was silent, and there must have been about sixty pairs of eyes on the girl, she ignored this and looked round to catch a glimpse of Nessa. There she was, surrounded by a group of people who she assumed were her friends. She rushed over to her, Glinda and Fiyero close behind, ready to pull her away.

"Nessa, I... I'm so sorry, I didn't mean this to happen... I don't understand how, but-"

"Get away." Nessarose cut her off, her voice was sharp and stern her voice laced with venom. She didn't even look up to see the distress in her elder sisters eyes.

"But-" She started desperately, trying to grab at her sister's chair to stop her wheeling away. Her hand was rudely smacked away by a slightly chubby red-headed girl with freckles in a daffodil yellow dress with matching patent shoes. The girl was considerably shorter than Elphaba, but looked her in the eyes and shouted: "Didn't you hear? She said get away! She was right, you are a freak, I would be ashamed to have anything to do with you! Now GET AWAY, YOU COLD-BLOODED, EVIL, WICKED WITCH!"

Fiyero's hand curled into a fist, and he wanted nothing more than for the redhead and Nessarose to apologise to Elphaba for saying such mean things.

Glinda's mouth gaped open in shock, and looked to Elphie and then around the room.

"What? What're you all looking at, go on!" She cried, secretly amazed at her bravery to address the fifty or so nosy onlookers.

She was distracted when the girl who insulted Elphaba seemed to rise into the air, her arms and legs flailing desperately to touch back to the ground. Their face turned pale and her grey eyes went wide with fear and she let out a meek scream, afraid of what was happening, her red curls was billowing like she was caught in a vicious gale, though there wasn't a breeze in the room.

"Elphie? Elphaba? Elphaba, listen to me- stop this!" Glinda screamed, looking desperately into her friends contorted face.

Elphaba had tears streaking down her face, and her skin seemed to glow greener than Glinda had ever seen it, her eyes suddenly opened and Glinda gasped to see that they had lost their brown colouring and had turned into a deep shade of Jade, her hands shook and her body was tense. Glinda had never seen anything like this, she knew that Elphaba sometimes struggled to control her magic, but she had never witnessed things like this! Most simple spells drained Glinda of her seemingly endless supply of energy, and so she was surprised to see that her friend was still standing and hadn't passed out after all the magic she had just caused!

"Elphie!" Fiyero cried, grabbing onto her shoulder and spinning her round to face him.

Elphaba looked directly at him, her eyes reverted back to their deep chocolate brown. She looked utterly confused and bewildered eyes wide and eyebrows frowned slightly, and with a quick sweep of the room she seemed to recollect what had just happened and before Glinda and Fiyero knew it, she had fled from the room and out of the building.