Well, here's Chapter 8. enjoy. Get over the short message.

DISCLAIMER: If I owned Wicked, I'd be rich enough to buy a better computer which would allow me to play world of warcraft which would stop me typing on fanfiction and this fanfic wouldn't exist. But it does. So I don't own Wicked… sadly…

Chapter 8: Grack in Black

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A week had passed since the "kidnapping" of Fiyero, and things were going smoothly. Grack and Glinda spent most of the time in the attic, while Fiyero and Elphaba sat in the throne room talking, or the bedroom 'comforting'.

Grack had never slept in his bedroom since that fateful night, and Glinda spent time watching over the animals or wandering around the castle when Grack was working with metal.

One day, Grack was blacksmithing and Fiyero and Elphaba were discussing politics, and Glinda got bored and wandered to her room. She looked through some of the books sprawled out on Elphaba's bed, but soon got bored for they were far too advanced for her.

Glinda sat on her own bed and tried to take a nap out of boredom, but was too energetic to just sleep so early in the day.

Then, the hyper woman started looking through her stuff, thinking of memories and old friends. Once she got done, she was still bored and began searching through Elphaba's belongings. Some clothes, books, photo albums, etcetera. But, the most interesting thing Glinda found, was the Grimmerie.

"Hmm… Elphie's spell book. She never let me look through it… but I'm sure she won't mind. Now, let's see what we have here…" The blonde pondered.

Most of the spells were in runes, but a few were in English. One in particular that caught her eye was a spell called "Green Man", but it seemed as if there were more words missing from the title. She ignored it, and said aloud the chant inscribed under the name.

Nothing happened, and Glinda became sorely disappointed. She moved her hand over the name, and found out there was a thick layer of dust right after "Green Man". Glinda blew it off, and was shocked at the new title. "Green Man Zombify Curse".

Astounded, she dropped the old tome and ran out of the room, hoping that the spell had not taken affect.

Little did she know how wrong she was.

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Later that day, when the camp was eating their dinner and Glinda, Elphaba, and Fiyero sitting in the throne room conversing about the good days. Many topics were brought up, such as Dr. Dillimond, that old hag Mrs. Morrible, and why Oz was such a fathead.

The three were eating a small dinner on the floor, laughing and smiling as if there wasn't a war going on. Grack was upstairs ringing away with his metal work.

Suddenly, the main doors flung wide open, and revealed what was at first thought to be Grack, so massive was the man, but it was soon found to be otherwise.

He was far less tan, and was fully clothed instead of some shorts. He was slightly more round in a way, but was still every bit as buff as Grack. He had Blonde hair and green eyes, which signified he was from the far north.

His voice boomed as loud as Grack's, "Their ya are Fiyero 'm boy! Ah've been lookin' the whole week for ya! Where ya been? Oh right… here… anyways! Want to come home now? Or want to continue your long sleep over with our enemy?"

Fiyero was dumbfounded. After closing his gaping jaws, he introduced the man as 'Joppa of the Royal Ludas of the Far North'. Then he introduced to Joppa Glinda and Elphaba.

"Fall into a lime vat girlie?" he said when Elphaba's name was said.

Fiyero glared at him for the comment and Joppa immediately apologized.

"How do you know him?" Glinda asked Fiyero.

"He showed up on my doorstep a few months ago. And like Grack for you guys, Joppa is my bodyguard. In fact, I wager he'd be a match for him."

The ringing stopped upstairs, and a thunderous BOOM came, and a dark figure descended. The stranger was clad in pitch black armor, and helmet with crimson plumes. On his hands, were the violet gauntlets Glinda had seen the other day, in his right hand, what was his cane, now modified with adamantite, the dragon mouth was now a massive hammer, and the handle was a scythe. On the bottom where it touched the ground, was a small, blunt, dagger-like blade. The long shaft still had the black background, but the dragon was green and glistening with hardened metal. In his left hand, he held the varnished hawk he made with Glinda.

"Woochech! Do meh eiyes dehcieve meh? Is 'dat me ole bud Joppa? Joppa meh pool! Git over 'ere 'n give meh ah noice big hoog!" he said.

Joppa looked up at the massive man bounding off the stairs and towards him.

"Is that Grack, ya old dog? It's been over 10 years! How've ya been? What's with the getup? Going to war? Wait… too late! Haha!" Joppa said as he ran as well to greet his old friend in an embrace.

The two giants wrapped their arms around each other like long lost brothers, saying their hellos and the happenings and how well their families were doing and so on so forth.

"Wooh boy, 'tis been ah loong toime since ah've seen yeh! Oh, joost ah secoond."

The Grack clad in black heaved his way with help of weapon/cane towards the astounded Fiyero and handed him the hawk carving.

Fiyero wondered what it was for, seeing as how rude he had been to Grack.

"Read teh bootom."

Fiyero turned it over in his hands, and carved on the flat pedestal were the words, "In memory of Avaric, a good friend and better guard, who gave his life to try and protect his best friend."

Fiyero gasped, and tears trickled out of his eyes. Grack smiled, but it was hidden under his dark helmet. He lifted his visor and left with Joppa to walk the castle walls.

Glinda and Elphaba walked to the now crying Fiyero, read the statement, and hugged him tightly as he wept for the kindness he thought he didn't deserve after how he treated Grack.

Elphaba and Glinda comforted him as he wept. He mentally thanked Grack for his gift, and cried for his friend for the rest of his day.

And from that day, Grack was no longer the 'Wicked Warrior', but the "Black Obliviator".

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Woohoo! Longest chapter I've written! I think… it's my favorite though! I'll have more explanation in the next or future chapters. Well, have a nice time!

Special thanks to:

Angelfire13

s-slytherin

me

Grack

And Joppa 'cuz now he's my second favorite character. Grack's still my first.