All right chapter 10 of A new hope is up. I got to warn you guys get ready for more angst. I thank Gelphie44 for the idea for this chapter. I don't want to keep you waiting any longer. Enjoy.

Lachesis growled softly as she paced back and forth in front of the fire pit. Athropos rolled her eyes at her sister's muttering underneath her breath. She has been doing it the minute they sent off the hawk to give Glinda the message.

"She's late." Lachesis growled to Athropos as she wore the ground out. Athropos stuck out her tongue and made a weird face at her sister's back. She never gives a person a chance at all anymore. Athropos quickly wiped the look off her face when Lachesis turned around to pace back to her. Her sister wouldn't appreciate it at all if she caught her doing what she did.

"Give her time, Lach. The woman is crippled for Oz's sake so sit you butt down and be patient for once." Athropos shot back, even though her tone was soft there was authority in the tone as well. You had to be very firm to Lachesis if you wanted her to do something, she might not like it but she will do it. Lachesis glared at her sister before plopping her butt on the ground and snorted. Athropos moved her eyes from one sister to the other. Clotho was standing at the edge of their camp waiting for Glinda to appear. She seemed very uptight and rigid. Her brown eyes constantly sweeping the area looking for Glinda, she had a bad feeling that something was going on and it wasn't good at all. Clotho jumped when Athropos called out to her.

"Clotho, sister come back here. Glinda is going to be fine."

Just as soon as Athropos said that, Glinda's scream pierced through the air. Fear ran through Clotho's veins as she ran out into the woods to go the blonde witch and help her. Athropos was going to go after her sister but was stopped by a glowering stare from Lachesis and promptly sat back down on the ground. She sighed and looked away from the stare.

"You know it had to come to this. We can't help her out any more with her thing with Glinda." Lachesis whispered.

Athropos turned her away from her cold hearted sister and looked to the ground with tears blurring her vision. She didn't want to have to come down to this at all. There was more then just love at stake now. Athropos bit her lip and tried to block out another scream that echoed in the force.

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Clotho was breathing heavily out her mouth as she ducked under a low branch; she knew she was getting closer and closer to Glinda because the screams were getting louder and louder. She needed to get to the blonde before something bad actually happened. Clotho tried to block out the latest scream because it was really close to her. She was silently praying she got there in time and rescue Glinda.

"Glinda!" She shouted

Clotho busted through tree branches and stumbled upon the scene. Her brown eyes widen at what was happening before. The hungry wolf had gotten Glinda onto the ground, a huge mistake when cornered with a wild animal, and just pounced on her. The blonde screamed in pain when the jaws clamped harder on her right shoulder, she was thankful it missed her throat that would have been it. She could feel the teeth all the way down to her bone and its hot breath hit the flesh as it tries to get her to stop fighting. Glinda had a hand on its throat and was pushing on it to dislodge the wild animal but the blood loss from her injuries was finally getting to her. The blonde whimpered when the claws tore into flesh.

"Glinda!"

Glinda was relieved that someone was here to get this animal off of her. She really hoped it was Elphaba. That way the two of them could make up for her mistake. Glinda breathed heavily out her nose when the wolf started get more violent with her body; she hoped they would get this wolf of her soon.

"Get off her." Clotho demanded as she ran up to the down blonde. The wolf disengaged from Glinda's shoulder, making the blonde get a sigh of relief in at getting loose, and turned its head around. Clotho halted when she saw blood on its muzzle. There was a lot of it and Clotho hoped that she got here in time. The wolf snarled at her in warning then turned back to Glinda. The wolf lowered its open jaws and was aiming for the creamy neck for the kill. Glinda was breathing heavier and she could only watch as the sharp teeth got closer and closer to her neck.

"No!" Clotho shouted and aimed a spell at the wolf. The wolf whimpered when the spell hit it and was tossed a mile away from Glinda. It smacked into a tree and fell to the ground, it never moved after the fall. Clotho didn't care if she just killed an animal, Glinda's life was more important. Clotho ran to Glinda's side and knelt down right next to her to see how much damage was done to the blonde's body.

Tears pricked at her eyes at the deep gashes on the stomach area, those looked like they need immediate care, and the bite mark looked nasty. The blood stained Glinda's hand because she was trying to stop the bleeding. The blonde could see, just by the look in the brown eyes, that there was some serious damage down to her. She whimpered slightly when Clotho put her arms underneath her and picked her up just a bit so that she in a relaxed sitting position. Glinda lifted the hand that wasn't covered in blood and cupped a cheek, her blue eyes full of gratefulness.

"Thank you." She whispered. Clotho gave a watery smile and nodded her head. She supported the blonde with one arm and used the free on the comb through the golden locks. That's a gesture Elphaba used all the time on her and it forced Glinda to close her eyes, behind her eyelids it was Elphaba holding onto her.

"You are going to be ok." Clotho whispered back as shining blue eyes opened back up. Clotho saw love in the eyes but she knew it wasn't for her. It was for the one person who…

"I knew it." Elphaba's sadden voice broke through her thoughts. Glinda sharply looked to her right and saw the green witch standing there with tears streaming down her face. The blonde then looked at the position she was in with Clotho. She looked back to Elphaba with pleading in her eyes trying to say this wasn't what it looked like. Elphaba looked away and shook her head. She heard Glinda's scream and came running into the forest to rescue Glinda. The green witch came too late and only caught the part when Clotho was holding onto Glinda. She assumed the worst and finally confirmed that the two were more then just friends even though Glinda said they weren't. Glinda scrambled out of Clotho's arms and went, very weakly, to Elphaba's side. The blonde grabbed a shoulder but couldn't find the strength to turn her around so they could see eye to eye.

"Elphie, it's not what you think." Glinda whispered. The blonde gasped softly when the green witch pushed her hand off her shoulder and pulled herself to look taller. Elphaba was trying to make it easier for her as she pulled the pink stoned ring off her left ring finger.

"I don't know what to think anymore. I don't know you." Elphaba whispered as she formed a tight fist around the ring that Glinda blessed with her promises so long ago. Glinda's heart stopped beating at that declaration. The blonde took a couple steps back as Elphaba slowly turned around to say what she needed to say.

"What?" Glinda asked breathlessly. She was feeling light headed and she didn't know if it was the blood loss or from the situation going on with Elphaba. Her eyes caught something sparkle when the sun light hit it as it fell from the open green hand. Tears stung at the crystal blue eyes when she saw it was the ring she gave Elphaba when they were still in Shiz. The blonde looked to Elphaba for the reason for what she was doing.

"You heard me. I don't know you any more. This person standing in front of me, I thought it was Glinda but you're not her." Elphaba replied in a cracked voice. She has tried to get rid of this nagging feeling in the back of her mind that was telling her this wasn't Glinda. After what happened today with all the secrets kept from her, it was the breaking point. The Glinda she knew, would never had done that to her. She was the most honest person to her ever. There were no secrets between them at all but now Glinda was full of them. The blonde felt like a knife was driven deep in to her heart and Elphaba was personally twisting it around to make it hurt even more.

"Elphie, it's still me. I'm still Glinda." Glinda responded hoping that this might help her lover see that's it still her just not as she use to be. Elphaba shook her head no as more tears came to her eyes. Glinda was very close to breaking down.

"You're not." The green witch whispered. "The Glinda I know wouldn't keep secrets from me. Our relationship wasn't built on secrets. The only time you kept a secret from me when you were Glinda the Good but that was to protect me. Now you just keep them from me. What the hell am I suppose to tell Hope when you disappear to go to them or for what ever other reason? I can't…I just can't. When you can finally open up to me and our daughter, come back other wise just don't" Elphaba finished but just barely because the devastated look on Glinda's face was tearing her heart into two.

But the green witch had to give the ultimatum she couldn't deal with all the secrets and unanswered questions anymore. The green witch looked to Clotho, tipped her head to her before turning around and walked away. Glinda was taking short breaths as she watched her lover walked away from her. This wasn't happening at all. This wasn't happening Elphaba just didn't throw away her ring. The blonde bent over and snatched it off the ground. She closed her eyes as she clutched the still warm ring in her hand. The world was crashing down around her but there were no green arms to catch her.

"Wh-Glinda!" Clotho yelled when the blonde ran away from her and into the forest. Clotho was amazed that Glinda could still actually run with the injuries she has but that was the least of their problems. Glinda has gone into a place where if she got lost no one could find her and she will die of her injuries. Clotho would run after her but the part where Glinda ran into was really thick and she already lost when the blonde headed in that direction. Time was not on Glinda's side and Clotho needed to get Elphaba to make things right. Then maybe tell the green witch nothing was going on between the two of them, her feelings have to put on the back burner. Clotho ran after the green witch and hoped that she will listen to her otherwise Glinda won't be able to get things right again.

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Glinda was sitting on the ground and resting against a tree trunk clutching her stomach wounds with a piece of her dress to stop the bleeding. She didn't know how long she was running, nor did she care, until her wounds just got a hold of her and forced her to rest. Glinda wiped away the non stop tears off her face. Did she change so much that Elphaba didn't want anything to do with her any more? The blonde choked back a sob because her throat was getting sore from all the crying and running that she did. Glinda spared a glance to the ring that was resting on the ground by her leg. The blonde grabbed it and threw it as far away from as she could. She didn't need a reminded of how she just lost her lover.

"Pathetic." A voice stated in front of her. Crystal blue eyes shot to the darkness in front of her and wondered if it was Elphaba fallowing her and going to kick her down some more. The blonde looked highly confused when the person giggled, Elphaba doesn't giggle at all and it sounded an awful lot like her own. Glinda watched helplessly as a dark figure come from the woods and walk to her. They tossed the ring, which she just threw away, up in the air and caught it in their hand.

"Sweet OZ." Glinda whispered to herself when she saw who this person was. It was….It was. The person stopped a few feet in front of them. They were wearing the Shiz uniform that she wore when she went to Shiz. Their hair was a golden color, just like her own, and was curled just like the way she did it in Shiz. Their crystal blue eyes connected with Glinda's same colored eyes. How was this happening?

"It's good to see me isn't it?" They whispered while their pink lips curved up into a smile.

Another twist. I know. Its obvious who it is but why are they here and talking to Glinda? or will even Glinda and Elphaba be able to be together again? That m'dears you will have to wait until the next chapter. Until then.

DWK.