Hello my dear friends! I'm typing this chappie while listening to Shrek again. LET YOUR FREAK FLAG FLY! *ahem* Yes AloneAndFree-CreatingMyself, really.

Broadwaygirl21: Don't give anything away, even though I already know.

AloneAndFree-CreatingMyself: *facepalm*

WickedFrenchHorn: Well...

Msjartgirl: True. And it's good.

Fae'sFlower: Can't. Sorry.


They were thrown all but carelessly into the cell at the end of the farthest hall in Southstairs.

"What is she doing?" Willow whispered brokenly, pulling her knees to her chest as she sat on the damp floor.

"I don't know. It's not like her." Evella responded sadly.

"Maybe she's-" Glinda started, but were interrupted by someone at the door of the cell.

It was Azure, her empty blue eyes staring off into space.

"Azi, please look at me!" Willow pleaded, rattling the bars of the cell. Azure didn't even respond in the slightest.

"Help us Azure. Please." Elphaba said, placing a comforting hand on Willow's shoulder.

"It's time for one of you to leave." Azure said in monotone.

"Freedom!" Glinda said, relieved.

"I don't think that's what she means." Evella whispered.

Azure jammed a key in the lock and roughly grabbed Elphaba's wrist. She was yanked out of the cell and thrown onto the ground. Azure pulled out metal cuffs and chained Elphaba's wrists, before slamming the cell door shut.

"Wicked Witch of the West, for several crimes against the state, you have been sentenced to execution." Azure said, not even looking at her. The blue-eyed girl donned the gloves and boots. With a swift movement she kicked Elphaba in the ribs. She grabbed a sword, and got into a prime position to execute the Emerald Witch. She raised the sword over her head, blue eyes staring into dark brown.

"This isn't you Azure. Where is she? Where is my Azure? The one who would never give up on a friend. The one who's eyes twinkled whenever she was given a screwdriver, some screws, and a piece of sheet metal. The one who gave me a chance. Where is she Azure? Where is my best friend?!" Elphaba demanded.

The sword fell out of her hands. It clattered to the floor behind her, before she fell to the floor to her right. Her eyes drifted shut and her brown hair splayed out on the floor next to her head.


Several hours later, Morrible came looking for her little "helper." She didn't expect to see Elphaba sitting outside the cell, Azure knocked out on the floor, and a sword beside her.

"What. Did. You. Do." Morrible growled darkly.

"Well, you were the one who sent her to execute me!" Elphaba yelled back, hands still bound behind her back. Morrible unlocked the cell door and threw Elphaba back in, before calling guards to bring Azure back to her room.

"How did you do that?" Glinda asked.

"I'm not sure. But I'm sure something happened." Elphaba said.


Azure finally awoke on her bed in her room. In the Emerald City Palace. Wait...

What the heck am I doing here? She wondered as she collected her sketches which were scattered all over the room. She grabbed everything, and tucked them into her tool belt.

"I gotta get out of here." She muttered very quietly, slipping into the throne room. Morrible was unaware of her presence and continued to stare into a crystal ball. It showed a misty image of a dark room. It was a cell in Southstairs, and the faces were too hazy to be recognized. But the green skin gave it away.

"But first..." She whispered, and walked out of the room. Azure followed the endless staircases down into Southstairs. Peering into the hallways, she felt as if she knew where she was going when she walked down the farthest hall.

They all stood up the instant she came into view. They couldn't see that her eyes were no longer dark and soulless, but bright and full of life.

"Come with me. All of you." She whispered. "Oz dang it! I don't have a key." Azure hissed.

"Ha! No executions today!" Glinda taunted.

Azure cocked her head, before shaking her brown locks. She reached into her tool belt and pulled out a small pen. The blue eyed girl shoved it into the pad lock. It hummed and the lock disintegrated.

"Now, come with me." Azure whispered, making sure she wasn't being followed.

"Never." Elphaba growled.

"Trust me!" Azure pleaded, making her way to the secret exit.

"You almost killed Elphaba earlier!" Evella hissed.

"What? Forget it. Just trust me!" Guards began to flood the room. Azure panicked and pulled out a metal square and threw it at the guards, and they were all electrocuted.

"Trust me!" Azure shouted.

"Come on!" Willow yelled, following her daughter out the door into the streets of the Emerald City.


I finished this listening to the same song as I started with, "Freak Flag." Lol I think that's awesome.