Hello everyone. This is my update in honor of Wicked's 10 Anniversary, which is today, October 30, 2013! Enjoy!


Elphaba continued to sob for the rest of the evening. The Wizard slowly walked up to her room and softly knocked on the door.

"Papa?" Elphaba asked, wiping her face.

"Elphaba, are you alright? What happened with Fiyero? He just stormed out of here a few hours ago," the Wizard asked, entering the room and sitting on the bed next to Elphaba.

"Galinda brought me back to life," Elphaba muttered, more to herself than to the Wizard.

"What?" he asked.

"She brought me back to life. I don't know how she did it, but it worked. I treated her and Fiyero like dirt. Now, I've chased them away."

"Don't cry, Fabala," the Wizard whispered, pulling Elphaba close to him for a hug.

"I have to go back to Shiz. I have to make this right with them," Elphaba said.

"Elphaba, you just got out of the hospital. Maybe you should rest for a while."

"I can't. I need to make this right. Right now!"

"Elphaba –"

"Please!" Elphaba begged her father. "I have to make this right with them."

"Alright," the Wizard smiled, kissing her forehead. "You and Colin can leave first thing in the morning."

"Thank you," Elphaba said, leaning against her father's chest. She knew that she had to apologize to Galinda and Fiyero. She just hoped that they would listen to her.


Galinda, Avaric and Fiyero were sitting in the café. Fiyero felt very out of place with Galinda and Avaric.

"I'm sorry about Elphaba," Avaric said, having heard the whole story told to him by his girlfriend.

"It's all my fault," Fiyero muttered.

"No, it's my fault too," Galinda said, picking at her salad.

"I just wish there was something that we could do for her," Avaric said.

"Me too," Galinda whispered.

"Do you think she'll ever come back to us?" Fiyero asked.

"I doubt it," Galinda murmured.

"What if she does?"

"You can talk to her. She doesn't want to be my friend anymore!"


"Are you sure about this, Miss Elphaba?" Colin said as he walked Elphaba to her dorm room.

Elphaba nodded. "I have to do this, Colin. Plus, I've missed so many classes."

"Are you sure you don't want to rest for a while longer?" Colin persisted, opening the door for Elphaba.

"Colin!" Elphaba scolded.

"Sorry," Colin said, taking a step back.

Elphaba slowly relaxed. "I'm fine."

"Elphaba, you were dead!"

"And that's the reason I have to do this. Galinda brought me back to life… somehow… and I treated her like dirt. I need to make it up to her, and to Fiyero."

"Okay," Colin said, giving Elphaba a goodbye hug and leaving the room.

Elphaba took a deep breath and walked over to her bed. She was scared of meeting Galinda. Scared of what Galinda would say to her. Would she still want to be her friend?

Elphaba didn't get a lot of time to mull over these thoughts because Galinda burst through the door.

"Galinda?" Elphaba asked, turning to face her.

Galinda stared at her roommate. She didn't know whether she should run up to her and hug her or get out of the room. She just stood there, frozen in place like a statue.

"Galinda?" Elphaba asked again, standing up. "I know you're there." She slowly walked towards the door, her arm stretched out in front of her, reaching for Galinda's hand.

She found Galinda's arm and slid her hand down to grasp Galinda's hand. Galinda pulled her hand away from Elphaba.

"No," Galinda whispered.

"Galinda, I…"

"No!" Galinda shouted, locking her gaze with Elphaba's.

"Galinda, please listen to me!"

"What are you doing back here?" Galinda asked, more harshly than she intended.

"I wanted to come back. I wanted to talk to you. Fiyero told me what happened and…"

Elphaba never got to finish her sentence because Galinda stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her.

"Galinda!" Elphaba called after her. She stumbled to the door and threw it open. "Galinda!" she called down the hallway, hoping that the blonde would return to her.

Elphaba lowered her head when she realized that Galinda wasn't coming back. She had chased away her best friend. She needed some fresh air. She quickly grabbed her bag and headed out the room. She slid her hand against the wall until she found herself outside.

Elphaba slowly walked the quiet grounds of Shiz. She had to clear her head. Maybe she would even find Galinda and Fiyero and be able to talk to them. While she was walking, she almost tripped over something and stumbled forward. Regainning her balance, she turned around and slowly extended her hand. She felt the rough bark under her fingers and it suddently dawned on her where she was. This was the tree where it all went downhill for her. The tree where she was sitting happily while her best friend played with her hair. The tree where she found out the truth about the boy she loved. The tree where the attack that briefly ended her life started. She brushed all of those bad memories out of her head as she slid down the trunk of tree. She took out a book from her bag, pretending to be occupied.


"I honestly don't know what to do, Fiyero," Galinda complained as she walked back to the dorms with him. "What is wrong with her? First, she can't stand us, and now she wants us to come back."

"Galinda, try thinking about this from Elphaba's point of view. What would you do if you were very sick, had everyone taking care of you, never had a true friend in your life, finally get a boy to like you and find out that he's married, having a violent episode that ended up taking your life and having your best friend bring you back?"

"I would thank my friend and swear that I would never release her from the hug I would be giving her, instead of pushing her away!"

"Really?" Fiyero asked.

"Okay, maybe I would still be a little angry about the whole 'my boyfriend is married' thing, but I would still be grateful."

"Do you even know how you did it?"

"No. I was just holding her hand, crying my eyes out. I open my eyes and she's alive, pushing me away from her and telling me to leave her alone."

"And?" Fiyero asked, sensing that the blonde was going to say more.

"And then…" Galinda stopped, seeing someone sitting under a tree. "Is that… Elphaba?"

Fiyero followed Galinda'a gaze and saw Elphaba crying under the tree. "Fae," he whispered, running up to her and grabbing her hand.

"F-Fiyero?" Elphaba asked, looking up at Fiyero.

"It's me," Fiyero said, pulling Elphaba into a hug.

"I'm sorry, Fiyero! I'm so, so sorry!" Elphaba sobbed onto his shoulder.

"Shh!" Fiyero whispered in her ear, stroking her long, raven hair. "It's okay, Fae. Don't cry. It's okay. Here," he said, helping Elphaba to her feet. "It's getting chilly. Let's get you back inside."

He looked over his shoulder at Galinda, telling her to follow him as he led Elphaba back to her room.

"How did you get out there?" Fiyero asked once the three returned to the room.

"I was looking for you and Galinda. I had to apologize for everything that happened," Elphaba said as Fiyero guided her to her bed.

She sat down on the bed and Fiyero sat next to her. Galinda stood off at a distance. She wasn't ready to talk to Elphaba just yet.

"Elphaba, it's not your fault. I didn't tell you because I had no control over it. It was an arranged marriage. I hated it. I wanted to be with you."

"I should have listened and been more understanding," Elphaba said, shaking her head. "All of this could have been avoided."

Fiyero planted a gentle kiss on Elphaba's lips. "None of this is your fault, Fae. It's fine. Everything is going to be okay."

"Really?" Elphaba asked.

Fiyero took her hand and nodded. "Really. I have to go now. Will you be alright?"

"Yes," Elphaba responded.

"Good. I'll see you later," Fiyero said, squeezing her hand. He gave Galinda a You better be nice to her or else! look and left the room.

Galinda narrowed her eyes and scowled at the green girl. Her facial expression slowly softened when she saw the hurt look on Elphaba's face. Elphaba's head was lowered and her hands were neatly folded in her lap. She looked so confused and lost without her friends. Galinda couldn't take it anymore. She approached Elphaba's bed and sat down next to her.

Elphaba jumped, startled by the bed sinking.

"Galinda?" she asked, feeling Galinda slip her hand into her own.

"I'm so sorry, Elphie," Galinda said, wiping a tear from her eye.

"Galinda, I'm the one who should be sorry. I was pushing you away from me, even though you help me, in more ways than one. And you brought me back to life. How did you do that?" Elphaba asked, shifting her weight.

"I don't know. But I'm glad to see that you're feeling better."

A small smile tugged one the ends of Elphaba's lips. "I am feeling better. Thank you."

Galinda leaned her head against Elphaba's shoulder.

"Does this mean that we're friends again?" Elphaba asked hopefully.

"You want to be friends again?" Galinda asked, sitting up straight to look at Elphaba.

"I was hoping that you could forgive me and that we could start over," Elphaba said, smiling at Galinda.

"I would love that, Elphie! I would really love that!"

Elphaba pulled Galinda in for a hug. The two friends stayed like that for a while, slowly breathing in sync with the each other.

"Thank you," Elphaba said after a while.

"What for?" Galinda asked.

"For helping me and for somehow bringing me back here. Everyone was right. I'm not ready to die."

"Elphie, you don't have to be strong all the time," Galinda said, wiping a stray tear that fell down Elphaba's cheek.

"I know. It's just that, when I don't show any weakness, people act… more normal around me."

"I understand," Galinda whispered.

"Thanks," Elphaba smiled, taking the blonde's hand and squeezing it.