Even if there was no place like home, returning back to Munchkinland hadn't been such a great idea in hindsight.

She hadn't minded when Nessa told her that their father was dead. He'd never cared about her. But Elphaba couldn't deny that it had stung when Nessa had blamed her for never helping her.

She was right. She'd never thought about it, but she should've used her powers to help Nessa. So Elphaba was thrillified when those beautiful jewelled shoes suddenly turned from silver to ruby-red, and her sister stood up.

Then, Nessa grabbed the Grimmerie and everything went wrong.


"You're going to save some Monkeys?" Nessa scoffed. "You're going to find Fiyero. But it's too late."

That stung. And they both knew it.

"Elphaba please don't leave me alone," Nessa begged.

Elphaba sighed. Didn't Nessa see that nothing she did for her would ever be enough for her? This visit had been a disaster. Oz knows what would happen if she tried anything else.

So she walked out, leaving her sister, and her home behind, for good.

But Nessa was right. She was going to look for Fiyero. She only hoped she could set those Monkeys free as well.


She watched the Wizard dancing around the room, making excuses for actions that were inexcusable. All he was really doing was glorifying his image even more.

If it had been anyone else standing there it probably would've worked. But Elphaba wanted no part of it.

"And with my help you can be the same"

That made her pause. Just for a moment, she let herself dream once more that she could be wonderful.

But nothing came without a cost. If she was going to join the Wizard, he had to pay.

"I'll accept your proposition," she said. "On one condition."


She was a fool.

She was a fool to think, even for one second, that anything could have changed.

She knew he had only freed those Monkeys because she had asked him to. But she was older now; less naive. But that hadn't stopped her from getting sucked in to the facade.

The Wizard didn't care. He never would. Doctor Dillamond was proof of that. Her beloved professor from Shiz was gone. In his place was just a poor Goat. Maybe he was now simply a goat.

Whatever the case, Elphaba couldn't condone it. She had made up her mind.


"Fiyero have you misplaced your mind? What are you doing?"

Elphaba started at seeing Glinda channelling her emotions. What in Oz was Fiyero doing?

"I'm going with her," he replied. A unanimous "What?" was heard from both girls.

"All this time, the two of you, behind my back...?" Glinda cried.

"Glinda, no. It wasn't like that," Elphaba pleaded.

"Oh it was," Fiyero assured her.

"But it wasn't," he added as he headed for the door.

"Let's go," he called to Elphaba, gritting his teeth.

It was wrong, she knew. But, just like all those years before, she ran after him.