Wow. i got one review. im thankful! but wow. thats it? wow. i gave you two updates so soon from each other and thats what i get? wow. im sad. so! im punishing you with a short chapter. if you want a long one, then i guess you know what to do! wow...

(thank you James Birdsong for reviewing. my only review! you are officially my favorite person ever.)

Elphaba closed the door behind her and tiptoed up the stairway. The mansion was silent. Everyone seemed to be asleep. There wasn't even a servant in sight. She walked slowly to her room being very careful not to make a single noise. She held her breath as she opened her door. CREAK!

Sweet OZ! Elphaba froze. She didn't move for another few seconds. She was sure no one heard. It was loud but it lasted only a few seconds. She let go of her breath. She tried it again, moving the door as slowly as possible. She opened it only enough for her body to barley to slip through and closed it quickly behind her.

Elphaba made her way over to a big door in the room which she assumed would be the closet, seeing that their was not other door in the room besides the bathroom. Inside, Elphaba found the most beautiful nightdresses she had seen. She quickly unzipped and unbuttoned the back of her dress letting it fall to the floor. She took the nightdress off the hanger and pulled it over her head. Elphaba straightened the material on her body and looked in the mirror. She couldn't help the smile that grew widely on her face. The nightdress was beautiful. It was black and stopped at around the middle of her thigh. The sleeves had reached her elbows and had small ruffles on the end. The front dipped into a v-neck with buttons going down and stopping at the middle. It hung loosely around her but it wasn't baggy. For the second time tonight, Elphaba had felt like a true princess.

Elphaba made her way back to lie down on her bed. She fell back on the softness of her bed. she loved the way the plush pillows and comforters felt like a cloud beneath her. She pulled back the comforter and climbed in between the sheets. she was about to drift off into her sleep when she bolted upright, startled by a pounding on the door.

"Elphaba! Open this door this instant!" he fathers voice boomed from the out side.

Elphaba threw the covers back quickly and ran to open the door. The last thing she needed was her father angry to ruin this night. She opened the door as calmly as she could despite how she felt. The look on is face was enough to tell her she was in worse trouble than earlier that night.

Oh sweet Oz… please tell me he doesn't know about me seeing Fiyero. but he couldn't….I told the maid not to. Unless he saw us…

"Elphaba Melena Thropp! Tell me right now where you have been? And don't you even think of lying because I came in here earlier and there was no one in this room!" Frex screamed.

"I just went out for a breath of fresh air. That's all father." Elphaba felt the heat rise to her face. Frex stared at her. He knew she was lying but there was o proof of what she was really doing.

"That's all then?" he said as he stepped into the room.

"That's all." She replied.

"Who was with you?" Frex began to circle her. She felt like a criminal under inspection.

"No one." Again, she felt the heat rise to her face.

"No one?"

"No one. Just me."

"There was no one else around?"

"No one father."

"How do I know you weren't with someone else?" he stopped and stood right in front of her and looked her straight in the eye.

"Just ask the maid she saw me." This time she was more confident when she spoke. Probably because I'm not lying.

"Which maid?" Frex responded quickly.

Elphaba opened her mouth. She had never learned the maid's name. Oz! now what am supposed to tell him? But as if someone had read her mind, the maid in question had walked in with a some what frightened look on her face.

"It was me my Lord," she said meekly.

Lord, of course! How stupid am I? Not "Sir", "Lord". Elphaba thought.

"It's true, she was alone. I saw no one with her. I am sorry my Lord. I didn't mean to intrude. I have a letter for Lady Elphaba. I couldn't help but over hearing and I thought I should speak up on my Lady's behalf. I hope it wasn't to bold of me Sir?" the maid finished. Frex looked some what stunned by the matter.

"Not at all. Thank you, I'll take the letter." Elphaba said quickly. The maid bowed and handed her the letter before leaving the room. Elphaba looked down at the letter in her hands.

"Who is the letter from?" Frex growled. Elphaba opened the letter. There was a neat scrawl all down the page. At the end of the letter, there was a huge signature.

"Avaric." Elphaba said in a small voice much different from her usual confidante one. That was all Frex needed to calm him down.

"Then I'll leave you be. But understand, Elphaba, that if I catch you wandering around with some Winkie, I swear you'll never hear the end of it from me. I will disown you! I will do everything I can to make you an out cast! Do you understand?"

"Yes father."

"Good." Frex left the room slamming the door behind him.

Not but a few seconds after the door closed did Elphaba throw the letter across the room and land on her bed. She felt tears rushing to her eyes and spill down her face. She didn't even know why she was crying now. She felt sick to her stomach. She wanted to go back home, to her life at Shiz. She wanted things back to the way the used to be. Even with Fiyero. She could handle this drama. Was this a sign that it wasn't meant to be? She just wasn't that girl. Was that the point of coming to this place? She didn't know. She wanted to go to sleep and wake up normal again…well normal for Elphaba. Could it be that this place was just a dream? If so, she had never had a dream this real before. She pinched her arm.

Ouch! Oz Dimmit!

She wasn't going to give up that quickly though.

Maybe I pinched myself in my sleep. She thought trying to keep her possibilities open. She took a deep breathe. All that was left was to try and sleep and see if she could wake home in the morning.


Fiyero had ever felt so giddy in his life. Elphaba was his! He felt like he was invincible! Nobody could stop him! he wandered down the streets careful not to be seen. He took side streets and detours trying to avoid people. He had everything planned. He knew just what to do and how to do it! Elphaba was going to be his weather people liked it or not. He could careless about what they thought. He just needed her and he needed her now. The hotel was in sight. His pace quickened as he approached it.

Almost there. Then a nice long sleep.

He was about a half a mile away from the hotel. Fiyero walked faster. Suddenly, a hand collided with his face from behind. Fiyero felt himself stagger backwards. An arm wrapped around his neck putting him into a choke hold. He struggled with his attacker for a moment trying to catch his breath, but he stopped as he felt the sharp blade of a knife on his chest.


hmmmmm...not so invincible anymore huh Fiyero! any who... review... or else! oh and please :)