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Do you know what it feels like to hold the person you love, and try and make their pain go away…knowing the pain they are feeling is caused by you?...Elphaba does…and it feels as though someone had stuck a knife right through her heart.
She really didn't know how long they had been sitting in the middle of the old tower, huddled together. The blond women in her arms had finally silenced her loud sobbing, and now had her head in the crook of Elphabas' arm and cried only silent tears.
"Ssshhh…it's ok, it's ok." Elphaba whispered in Galindas' ear as she gently ran her long fingers through her hair.
The green witch didn't know what else she could do to lessen the woman's pain…because last time you didn't have to.
The younger Glinda had left a while ago leaving the two older witches by themselves, and Elphaba was only half concerned that her and Galinda hadn't moved on to the next memory or home for that matter.
Her thoughts were pulled back to the blond when she felt the small body shudder from under her.
"It's alright my love, I'm here, I'm right here." Never in her wildest dreams would she have thought that Glinda broke down like this after her death. Yes, her and Glinda did talk about that night, and the blond had informed her that it nearly killed her but it's one thing to hear about it and a totally different thing to actually see it.
She felt the blond start to stir, and looked down. "Are you alright?" Then with a sudden burst of energy Galinda threw herself from Elphabas' protective grasp.
"Alright…am I alright?" The tone in her voice sent shivers up and down the green woman's body; and the normally cool blue eyes, were now dark blue, darker than Elphaba had ever seen. Emotions were flying across her face; the most predominated one was pure and utter rage.
Out of nowhere, a small hand, made sudden contact with Elphabas' cheek; sending her head flying towards the side.
Ok, so I deserved that.
"I just watched you die and you have the audacity to ask me if I'm alright." Galinda let out a bitter laugh that was so unlike the blonde it was frightening.
"Galinda-"Elphaba said quietly as she tried to take the woman's small hand.
" No. No, you lost all rights to touch me the minute you left me in that closet, so then you could what…go kill yourself?" All of a sudden another emotion flashed in the dark eyes…confusion.
"Wait a minute…you died…but yet you are standing right here, right in front of me…" Glinda surprised both of them by grabbing Elphaba by the collar of her shirt and forcing her back up against the wall. "Now, I'm going to only ask you this one time," Glinda said wickedly, her voice eerily calm. "What the hell happened to you?" The blond could see the fear in those brown eyes, but she was far from caring; she had been through an emotional rollercoaster in the last few hours and she was sick and tired of it.
Elphaba licked her lips before answering the question. "What you just saw, my death…was all an act."
"An act…but I saw it, that girl threw the bucket of water, and you're allergic…"
"No, I'm not; just one of many nasty rumors that had been floating around campus about me, and I just never denied it." Glinda remained silent, which Elphaba took as a sign to continue. "Here follow me." She gently pushed the blonds away from her collar and walked towards where she had melted.
She had half expected for Glinda not to follow, but much to her delight she did. Elphaba kneeled down and ran her hand over the old floor board until she found a little hatch; then pulled up, revealing a whole within the floor.
"Don't you see, this was all planned, I needed to die…to keep you safe." Glinda's eyes never left the trap-door. Elphabas' words still ringing in her ears; this was all planned, I needed to die…to keep you safe.
"I made it out of the city that night, with Fiyero and-"
"Fiyero?"
"Yes. I um, kind of saved him; with a spell from the Grimerie. He and I ran away together."
Glinda shut her eyes; this was all too much to bear, and she was starting to lose it. "So you left me?" As she heard herself ask the question she knew it was true, Elphaba had left her.
"Not because I wanted to Galinda."
"Then why…because you had to go and play the big hero…finally got all the attention you were so deprived of didn't you?" Glinda saw the shock roll across the green face; she didn't mean to say that…or did she? She was so livid that at the moment she felt numb.
"Because I wanted to protect you." Elphaba said with just a slight hitch in her voice.
"Well, do me a favor, from now on don't worry about me; you can put all your effort into worrying about Fiyero."
"Oh my god!" Elphaba stood up abruptly, anger finally overcoming the green witch. "Will you get off Fiyero…do you want to know the reason why I saved Fiyero?"
"Trust me Elphaba, I do not need to hear how much you two love one another; I would rather eat dirt." Glinda spat as she turned from her former roommate.
So we're back to Elphaba and not Elphie.
"You really need to come down from your high horse; and realize there are some things that aren't how they seem." Elphaba replied, while following the blond witch.
Just as Glinda was about to turn around and really let Elphaba have it, the room around them began to spin; faster and faster until nothing…
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Both women were wishing that today's journey had ended; and they would find themselves back at the house; unfortunately that wasn't the case.
Once the room stopped spinning they noticed once again they were in the throne room, with Glinda, Morrible, and the Wizard.
"You have got to be kidding, there's more to this nightmare?" the older blond complained as she instinctively ducked down to hide along with Elphaba.
The green witch would have gladly explained this memory to Glinda in hopes of avoiding any more turmoil, yet this specific memory was new to her as well.
"Well I must say, this has all been quite the adventure; you kept your secrete hidden and even managed to help that Dorothy girl, and destroy that infectious, frog of a women; I say it all worked out in the end." Morrible said as the wizard sat on his "throne", looking somewhat bewildered; and Glinda was off to the side grasping the green bottle of elixir, that Elphaba immediately recognized as her mothers.
I thought I had lost that…why does Glinda have it?
"Yes, yes, I would have to agree with you." The Wizard said to the older women. "What do you have there Miss Glinda?"
The blond turned the bottle over in her hands before answering. "It was Elphabas', well actually it belonged to her mother." She then grew more confident and stared into the cool eyes of the man who she believed was responsible for the green woman's death. "I have only seen a bottle like this one other time…from you."
The wizard snapped to full attention at what the good witch was trying to say to him; he slowly rose from his sitting position and walked towards the blond. "That was her mothers'?" He then reached into his own pocket and drew out a similar looking bottle of his own.
"No…no, no, no." Elphaba repeated as she shook her head; this has to be a trick…there is no way the Wizard was her… and Glinda would have told her, and…
The older blond had her own surprised look on her face as well; holy Oz!
The wizard immediately broke down into tears; clutching the bottle with dear life. "What have I done?"
"You killed your own daughter." Glinda said with no emotion in her voice. "And you have ruined any chance of the people of Oz to mourn her; because you deemed her wicked."
The old man remained silent, for he knew that what Glinda was saying was the truth, plain and simple.
"Here is what you are going to do," Glinda said with authority in her voice. "You are going to leave Oz, forever, never come back. If you do, I swear I will make your life a living hell…do understand me?"
"Y-yes, your Goodness." The wizard stuttered.
"You better go get you balloon ready." The wizard stood up, and braved a glance at Glinda.
"I-I'm truly sorry." He then turned, and left.
"Well, his own daughter who would have thought…anyway I better get going and I'll-"
"Oh no you don't." Glinda said to Morrible just as she was about to make a fast getaway. "You were just as much a part of this whole thing just as much as he was…you my dear Madame are going to stay locked up in South stairs for the rest of your life."
"S-south stairs, whatever for?"
"Murder. You killed Nessa, and that my dear, doesn't sit well with me…Guards!"
"Glinda dear, please show me some mercy, I-I mean I looked out for you and Elphaba and-"
"Don't you ever say her name again. The only person you ever helped was yourself…I have no mercy for you…take her away."
With that the two guards drug the screaming woman away; and Glinda took one more look around the room, "Elphaba." She said in such a saddened voice; she squeezed the elixir one last time and let out a long sigh, and placed it in her pocket. "Time to face the music." With that she spun on her heel; smile firmly in place, and walked towards the exit.
Neither of the older women moved; both didn't know what to say to one another.
Luckily they didn't have to wait long; the room began to spin faster and faster until nothing…
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Present Day
The two witches awoke to find themselves on the same couch in the living room where they had started; and a very worried looking green eyed girl pacing back and forth in front of them, with ShyAnn at her heels.
Sidney was too busy worrying about her parents to actually notice that they were awake, once she did however; she knew something had gone terribly wrong.
"What happened?" She asked in somewhat of a panicky tone.
Neither woman said a single thing, nor did they even look at each other; suddenly as if someone had lit fire to the couch both witches were up and going off in opposite directions; Elphaba headed toward the tower, Glinda headed for the back door; leaving behind a very confused, very frightened daughter.
She looked back and forth between the directions her parents had just disappeared to, and then looked down at her dog.
"Well, which one do you want to take?" ShyAnn sat with her head cocked to the side for just a second then bolted off after her green master. "Sure, leave me with the one who can't even remember her own name." She said sarcastically, trying to hide the fact that she was truly concerned. The green eyed witch turned and headed for the back door.
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Glinda was leaning against a huge maple tree letting everything that just happen sink in; Elphabas' death, the Wizard being her father, her love for Fiyero …she still couldn't wrap her mind around it all and she wasn't sure if she ever could.
What am I supposed to do? She knew what she what she wanted to do; she wanted to go right up to Elphaba, wrap her arms around her, tell her she never meant any of the evil things she had said, and kiss her so hard and passionately, that it would make her forget all about Fiyero.
But too many questions were now arising like: how does she know now that Elphaba isn't dead…and where is Fiyero are they still together, and…
"Galinda?"
The blond jumped slightly at hearing the new voice. "Sorry I didn't mean to scare you."
Glinda simply nodded not trying to deny that she had been scared. Sidney cautiously made her way to Glinda's side and sat down next to her. Long minutes passed before Sidney finally voiced her question.
"What happened?"
Glinda was silent for a moment; and just stared in front of her, out towards the woods, half wishing that she could just walk in the deep forest and just get lost; and not have to deal with…this.
But that's your problem isn't it…you just don't want to face your problems?
"Glinda?" Sidney said once again bringing her out of her own thoughts.
"S-she left me. She l-left me." She couldn't hold back the tears anymore and let them fall freely.
Sidney had never seen her mother like this; the younger witch gathered her mother in her arms and held her. Sidney knew all about her parents' pasts, and knew the heartache it must have caused, but actually witnessing the break down was unnerving to say the least.
"She didn't leave you sweet heart, she is right upstairs, and she is alive."
The blond shook her head. "No, no she left me…for him." The statement hit Sidney like a ton of bricks; she thinks Ma left her for Fiyero…ah crap.
"Galinda is that what ma told you?"
"She didn't need to I saw it with my own eyes; she ran off with him and…did you just call her Ma?"
Shit, shit, shit! Sidney's eyes grew bigger at her mistake she just made.
"Elphaba is y-your mother?"
"Yes, but,"
Glinda stood up and faced the young girl. "I should have figured it out…you two look so much alike, the hair, the cheek bones, and your eyes." Glinda felt sick, she wanted to go home; she needed her own mother, needed someone to tell her everything was going to be alright, someone she could actually believe.
"Galinda calm down and let me explain." Sidney tried to reason with the hysterical woman but was failing miserably.
"I will not calm down! I am sick of people lying to my face…especially people I thought I could trust, people I thought I could lov-." She stopped before she could finish her sentence.
Don't even go there Galinda.
She was about to go on another rampage when she realized something. "Wait, if Elphaba is your mother, then that means that Fiyero is your…" She found herself once again unable to finish her sentence; she was going to be sick and an over whelming urge to see her own mother once again came over her like a wool blanket.
"Of course, you told me your parents made a reputation at Shiz, and what better ways to do that then go up against the Wizard."
"Galinda, no, that's not-"Sidney was once again cut off when she noticed a strange substance circling around her mother.
"W-what's going on?" Glinda asked with a shaky voice as the clear substance formed all around her and started lifting her up.
"Galinda it's your bubble, come back down." Sidney said in a panic.
"I don't know how!" The blond could see clearly through the bubble, as Sidney called it; trees, grass, and the sharp rocks below her, which made her very nervous. "Get me out of here!" Glinda demanded.
"Hold on!" Sidney said, she clasped her hands together and slowly started bringing them apart reveling a green, electric energy, ball of some sort.
"What the hell do plan on doing with that?" Glinda screeched seeing the green eyed witch take aim at her bubble.
"What do you think?" Sidney replied, she aimed straight at the bubble, planning on popping it just above the taller grass so Glinda could land safely.
"Don't you even think about it!" Glinda hissed and just like that the bubble went flying over the trees and out of sight.
"No, Mom!" Sidney yelled, she was about to orb after her mother when she realized she didn't even know where to orb to, she had no idea where her mother was headed off to.
Her parents had always told her that magic was really very simple; that all you had to do to make it work was want something with all your heart, and then let yourself have it.
Now the question Sidney had to figure out was what did her mother's heart want?
She hadn't the slightest idea, but she did know one thing; the direction her mother was headed…was back towards the Emerald City.
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Dun, Dun, Da! Lol Ok so Have I told you how much I love cliff-hangers! :) Anyhow, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, cuz I know I enjoyed writing it!
As always, comments are always appreciated, and if you have any questions or confusions don't be afraid to ask I don't bite…lol no I'm just playing can't wait to hear from you.
Peace.