Here is another filler. *sigh* But maybe it's not all Filler... thought I'd double the amount since it's been awhile :)
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She knew at that moment that things would be different, she took a minute to catch her breath as slowly the world came back to the normal pace it was originally in.
Giving her hand out to the blonde it, almost, reminded her of the time back in high school when the two were on a normal status.
"Elphie, come on, get up here now," The blonde stood center stage and was waiting for her shy friend to come up to stand next to her.
This said person was sitting, comfortably, in the front row of the acting class; recently they had been split to work on whatever, and of course, her best friend bugged her to do "What is this Feeling?" with her. She just looked up at the small girl on stage and smiled at her while shaking her head.
"No Kayla, I don't want to, I'm perfectly comfy right where I am, and besides people are watching," the last part came out in a hiss, and the blonde scoffed it off. She quickly jumped the apron and pulled the poor girl up on stage.
"And you call yourself an ACTRESS, you've got too much stage fright," she did her best interpretation of the Galinda laugh and skipped center stage.
Groaning Sam begrudgingly followed to where the other girl was standing, she knew that the blonde was right on one thing. Her stage fright was undeniably the worst it could ever possibly be.
"I know, okay? I wasn't exactly Miss I-was-born-to-entertain," she gave her friend a disgruntled look and was again pulled to center stage.
Glaring at the small blonde she couldn't help but laugh as a small song popped into her head, the tunes of "Lullaby of Broadway" started to play in her ears.
"Sam? Are you even listening?" snapping her vision back into focus she realized that she had spaced out once again.
"Sorry Glin, I was spacing out again, I'm just so tired!" She lied, hoping to get the blonde off of her back.
"Geez Elphie, you are so stubborn," she laughed and continued on.
"Oh shut up Glin," she laughed with her friend.
She also remembered how then not three months later they would be at each other throats for the rest of high school.
She then quickly pulled her hand away and looked away as the blonde scampered back up, the glare that was given afterwards wasn't a welcome sign.
"What the hell?" her voice shrill and could have almost ruptured anyones ear drums.
"It's nothing Kayla, I just thought you might remember that we still are not friends," she swiftly turned around and walked away from the girl.
Again trying to rip any sympathy out of her heart she walks over to the awaiting director, straightening her walk she smiled.
"What time do you want me here tomorrow?" he gave a quick glance to Idina.
"That's up to Idina, she's teaching you everything, from what I read about you two you don't need to learn any songs, she's going to show you everything, but come tomorrow at lets say... Nine tomorrow morning, we are gonna run through some songs," he smiled, winked, and then went off to yell at some stage hands.
"Oh great," she mumbled under her breath and she walked towards the hallway leading out to the stage door. Walking past Kevin she saw him give her the eye and then she passed Adam, he grabbed hold of her arm.
"Where are you going?" he looked right into her eyes.
"I have to get air," she emphasized the need to get out more then the need for air.
Quickly letting go of her he watched as she mazed through the hallway and out the stage door, looking back down the hallway he sees that Kevin was looking back at him, and the way she had left.
Back on stage the blonde was fuming, she stomped over to where the two veterans were standing, her emotions running both fear and rage made her a wreck.
"Look! See it's always been this way! If something isn't good, she runs," growling the small girl huffed and just watched as the older actresses laughed.
"Sweetie, calm down first of all, I think you hit your head, and don't worry about Sam, she had a rough night," Kristen looked at her younger counterpart and smiled.
However the blonde didn't believe them and with the wand in hand, sulked, the sight was funny to some passer by's as they saw a small girl fuming, with a wand in hand around the same size as her. If they looked closer they would have seen bubbles starting to form around the girls head and how they were all pink.
"Kayla, relax," Idina took the wand away and all of the little bubble's popped and the young Glinda snapped out of her ravine of rage and blushed.
"It's your first day of seeing some type of rehearsal, you need to get over it, I've done it, and so has Kristen," in her best matter of fact voice she tired to get the blonde to relax.
"But you should have seen her during our production of 42nd Street! She just ran out when a bunch of boys were making fun of her!" pausing for a second she thought over what she said.
"Oh my, wow, I'm certainly an idiot," she closed her eyes as the two actresses in front of her just laughed.
"No, you just had a blonde moment, I have lots of those all the time," that got a laugh and everything seemed fine.
Back outside the air had gotten colder and the young actress standing outside was realizing she forgot her coat inside, and how the stage door locked, and unfortunately it closed on her.
"Just my luck," groaning she leaned against the railing on the stairs. Staring up the building she saw a couple planes flying over heard.
"Get locked out?" turning around she sees an old man, his bright green eyes made her blink for a second, he laughed and walked up to the spot she was at. His long black jacket covered his outfit that strangely looked like the Wizard outfit that she had seen backstage.
"Yes, I did," she laughed lightly and he smiled softly back up at her.
"Here, this will warm you up," he handed her a bottle, grabbing hold of the bottle she notice's that it has a strange green tint and the liquid gave off a soft glow.
"Hey wait this is-" looking up she sees the man is gone and the bottle was still in her hand. Shrugging it off she turned and knocked on the door, the wind was growing stronger and she wanted back inside.
"Sam what are you doing out here?" upon opening the door she sees Kevin, now in his Captain of the Guard costume and she rolled her eyes.
"I was getting air Mr. Blair and the door shut on me," he groaned as she used his last name, smirking that she had one the upper hand he closed the door behind her.
"The director wants us all on stage," he quickly interjected and trotted off towards the stage, following behind him she sees everyone is definitely on stage.
"Okay people, tomorrow we are gonna run through Dancing Through Life, and then the Opener, then next week we will work through Defying Gravity, ok? See you in the morning," he smiled and clapped his hands, everyone disbanded and Sam looked up at the harness she would be getting up in.
"Great, just great," groaning she packed up everything, minus the bottle which she set on the vanity next to the still eerie articles and book.
However each actress got home, they were both exhausted, both from the events from the day and the fact that getting up early was not on the agenda. Each girl wanted a good nights sleep, or at least a dreamless one.
They were lucky as both had no dreams and no memories that plagued the mind, each day that week they had their quarrels and Sam was starting to feel that Kevin was a little overprotective of her. If she went out the stage door he would be there talking to her and would make sure nothing bad was in the way, it was getting annoying on her part.
During the first run through of Popular it felt like old time, Kayla really was Galinda.
"Oh Elphie! Isn't this just FANTASTIC!" they were doing an ad-libbing exercise and Kayla was holding Sam from behind while sitting on the bed.
"Yes Galinda, fantastic," the girl was scared as she got a squeal in her ear and then was shook again as Kayla continued on with her extra long Popular song. All of the cast was laughing as they saw the torture that was going on currently on the stage.
The days continued to go on and on and sooner, rather then later, it was already the time to do the Defying Gravity run through.
"Sam I don't want you up there," Kevin was standing in front of her, currently in his Captain of the Guard costume and was holding her in place.
"Kevin, I'm half green and I need to do this," she pointed to her face, which was indeed half green, as the make up artist wanted her to get used to the green chroma-cake used during the show.
" Kev Kev, let her do it!" he shivered at the name Kayla had graciously given to him, or as she liked to say, her Fi Fi of this World! Oh long live the Flinda, It made him want to just cry, at least Sam called him Yero at certain times.
"Yero, I have to do this you know," she gave him a smirk and he still stood there. He had gotten to know the girl and was starting to realize why people say that if you play opposites in musicals you can sometimes fall for them.
After that first day when she had come to him with that big badge of honor -as she liked to say- on her forehead he had become more and more overprotective of the girl.
"KEVIN!" in the highest octave above high C she could get Kayla screamed right in his ear, he proceeded to scream and fall flat on his butt.
"That's what you get," she smiled at him as he rubbed his ears out, stepping over his body she followed Kayla over to the place where the harness was going to be used.
"So from the point the guards come in!" the director yelled from the house and everything started, each girl got in their positions and the harness was put on Sam.
"And Nobody in all of Oz! No Wizard that there is or was! Is ever going to bring me down!" she hit the final note, and once the song was done, they got to the process of getting her down.
"Guys! Get over here! The line is stuck!" she yanked on the line that would help her lower her down enough so the stage hands could help. However looking closely somehow the line was jammed.
"Hold on! We are getting the lift," a stage hand ran to the side to get the lift, however she felt, and her a tiny snap. Looking back at the line she saw a thin cut where it once was, gritting her teeth she felt the harness slipping.
"Guys! I'm slipping!" another jerk and she felt half of her body start to slip downwards out of the harness. Looking down she saw that Kevin was pale as a ghost, he knew what was going on and it wasn't good at all.
Soon she felt Gravity take hold and everything was going down, one crash later and she saw Kevin had caught her but she felt a fire erupt in her wrist, letting her acting hide it she sighed with relief.
"What the hell just happened?" the stage manager was yelling at all of the stage hands, looking at one that was quietly leaving she sees two bright green eyes looking back at her. The old man smiled and he vanished.
Blinking a couple time she swore that she just saw the old man from the alley again. But yet again her wrist ached, groaning she got up and felt vertigo hit her head on.
"God, that sucked," he laughed as he saw her stumble clumsily over to the medic that was waiting for her.
"Let me see it," the medic could see what had happened and examined the limb, they quickly wrapped it and gave her some Advil.
"You can't injure that anymore, you sprained the poor thing," the medic packed everything up and headed over to Kevin.
"I know what happened," turning around she saw the old man again. He had the biggest smile on his face.
"You! You made this happen didn't you," she pointed at him and he just smirked, looking at his belt she saw a small OZ engraved into the buckle.
"Who are you!" she poked his chest and he gave her the evilest look ever.
"Why deary, don't go asking me questions, you still have the spunk alright, don't you Elphaba," he gave her a big smile and his green eyes pierced right through her.
"What did you just call me?" she hissed at him, this man was getting on her nerves.
"Oh don't play with me Elphaba," he growled at her and started to back away.
"I'm not playing with you! My Name is Samantha, and I don't know who you are or why you are doing this," he gave her a laugh at her denial.
"Oh sweet child, you have no idea what you are meddling in, I tried to tell this to the actress whom started this, I had to show her the hard way, what a nasty fall she had," he came close to the girl and smirked at her.
"You did that to Idina?" she glared at him. He took out his watch and gave it a quick glance and snapped it closed.
"Of course I did, someone has to make sure that I stay the oh so wonderful, Wizard of Oz," he walked around her.
"You are not the Wizard of Oz," she laughed at him and he twirled around and looked her right in the eyes.
"Oh dear child, look at me, I am the Wizard of Oz," he gave a laugh and with a soft green swirl his clothing changed to what it was the day in the alley.
"Oh my god," she backed into the nearest wall as he walked towards her.
"You look quite pretty green," he used his finger to trace her jaw line.
"Get away from me you monster," she had gone full acting mode, from everything that she had read, this man was a monster.
"Now, now," he placed his now green gloved finger on her lips, "let me finish."
He smirked as he saw her pale exponentially, leaning in close to her ear he looked over so she could see his eyes.
"Now let me tell you this again, Elphaba," he hissed her character's name out, "if you ever come back to Oz, I'll kill you for real, I don't think Glinda would like seeing her best friend murdered now do you?"
He moved away as she just stared at him, gawking at what he had just said.
"You are insane," she snapped at him as he was walking away, "there is no such thing as Oz! Glinda and Elphaba are just fictional characters!"
He slightly turned to her.
"If Oz weren't real, then you wouldn't be my dear," he laughed and in a flash of smoke vanished. However not before his last words echoed in her head.
"My dear, you are Elphaba, if Oz weren't real, you wouldn't exist at all."
*Gaspafied* The Wizard? What is he doing here?
RXR