Chapter 11

Back at the palace Fiyero and Morrible were enjoying their new life as the once royal family was chained beside them.

"Peel me another grape, slave." Fiyero ordered the once King Galal. When he didn't move fast enough Fiyero pulled hard on his chain that was around his neck. "Hurry up!"

"Please, don't do that you're hurting him." Glinda begged.

"Do not fret, Glinda, my dear." Fiyero answered, as he pulled her only inches from him. His eyes trailed over her body in a hungry manner as he took a small steak knife and ran it over a part of her dress before slicing the fabric off. "You shouldn't hide your body from me." Fiyero growled, as he threw the torn material away.

"Leave her alone!" Queen Melinda shouted, as she tried to stop him but the chains halted her.

"Do not fear, Uplands, your daughter will still have a good life. She's going to be my Queen." Fiyero answered, as he ran his hand over her face.

"I rather die than marry a bastard like you." Glinda spat, as she pulled herself away from his hold.

"I'll teach you to talk to my son that way." Morrible growled as she went to strike the blonde, but Fiyero stopped her.

"Mother, please, there is a better way to deal with her." Fiyero answered, as he whispered something into Madam Morrible's ear.

"Good idea." Morrible said, as she went and got the lamp. With one quick run Ellen was out of the lamp. "I know what I want my second wish to be."

"Ask away." Ellen answered, her voice cheerless.

"I wish that Princess Glinda would fall in love with my son Fiyero." Morrible replied.

"Um, I can't do that." Ellen said, with a shrug of her shoulders.

"What do you mean you can't do that?" Fiyero spat in rage.

"I can't make anyone fall in love with anyone else." Ellen answered truthfully.

"How dare you disobey me!" Morrible thundered, as she threw the lamp down against her chair.

"I speak the truth!" Ellen retorted.

"I don't care if she doesn't love me." Fiyero answered, as he pulled Glinda towards him once again. "I still want her as my wife. I couldn't care less if she likes me or not. Her personality is not what I'm interested in anyway."

"You're just a lustful son of a bitch!" Galal growled, as he got what Fiyero was hinting at.

"Shut up!" Fiyero shouted, as he whirled around and punched Galal across the jaw. "One more out burst like that and you will get forty lashes!"

"Tomorrow I will send for someone to have you and Glinda married." Morrible replied, with a wave of her hand.

"No, I want to be married now! I cannot wait to have Glinda. I want to claim her as my own." Fiyero said, as he turned to his Mother. "Make a wish to your genie so we can be married."

"Take a cold shower and hold your horses." Morrible barked angrily. "I have other plans for these two wishes."

Fiyero's face just hardened as he replied, "Forget waiting! We'll be back later." With that Fiyero began to drag Glinda away.

"Let her go!" A powerful voice called to them.

Everyone looked to see Elphaba had flown through the window on her broom. With one quick motion she jumped off her broom and unsheathed her Prince sword and pointed it at Madam Morrible's throat.

"Elphie!" Glinda shouted in relief.

"You're a sight for sore eyes. But then again look at what my poor eyes had to stare at." Ellen said, as she motioned to Madam Morrible's hair.

"Let Glinda go and unchain her parents, or I'll take your Mother's head clean off!" Elphaba growled to Fiyero. Fiyero swore under his breath, but he did let Glinda go and unchained Galal and Melinda.

The blonde Princess was quickly embraced by her parents as Morrible said, "Well done Wicked one but I'm sorry to say you already lost."

"Why is that?" Elphaba growled.

"Oh, just a feeling...YLFKCAB!" Morrible screamed and Elphaba flew back and hit the stone wall hard. "YLFKCAB! YLFKCAB!" Every time she repeated the word Elphaba was thrown into the wall with extreme force.

"No, Elphie!" Glinda yelled as she ran up to Morrible to try to stop her, but the old advisor just threw her back.

Then she took the lamp and turned to Ellen and said, "For my second wish...I wish my son Fiyero could cast spells as well!"

"As you wish." Ellen mumbled as she zap Fiyero. He gave a questionable yell as the Ellen's zap hit him and a strange smoke consumed him.

After a few seconds however, once the smoke had cleared Fiyero smiled evilly before he too shouted, "YLFKCAB!" Which sent Elphaba hitting the wall once more. She was still conscious but this time she did not get up.

Just then Chistery flew into the window. He had been watching everything. Once he saw Elphaba was not rising he swooped down and grabbed the Grimmerie that laid on the table next to the throne.

"El-pha-ba read." He whispered before flying away out of sight before Morrible and Fiyero could notice what he done. Elphaba gripped the book, and quickly hid it under her cloak before struggling to her feet as she tried to make her away over to Glinda.

"Now watch your Mother work." Morrible whispered to Fiyero, as she raised her hands mouthed a few words that no one could make out. Then suddenly a giant cage fell on the royal family trapping them. She looked back at Elphaba and yelled, "STLOB! EID! EID, WON!" With that electric bolts started to fly out from Madam Morrible's finger tips.

Elphaba dodged them but once she thought she was home free another round of bolts flew out toward her, but only this time a few hit Elphaba in the back. After giving a cry in pain Elphaba crumbled to the ground only to be hit with another round of electric bolts.

"Elphie!" Glinda shouted in worry as she watched her green love hiss from the pain.

"You're such a fool!" Morrible sneered, as she walked up to the hurting green girl. "How could you even think that you had a chance?"

"I guess love makes one do crazy things. Besides you and Fiyero haven't won yet." Elphaba answered, ignoring the pain that was taking hold of her body.

"Oh, I think we have." Morrible whispered before yelling, "YLFKCAB!"

Elphaba flew back again. This time she hit the wall harder than all the other times, but she would not be defeated. Even as Morrible and Fiyero laughed hideously at her suffering she knew she couldn't give up. After wiping some blood from her mouth Elphaba removed the Grimmerie from its hiding place, opened it up, and began to read a chant.

"ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN, ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN."

Fiyero quickly stopped laughing as he felt his body began to react to something quite strange. "What the hell is going on?"

"What are you talking about?" Morrible spat.

"I feel, err, I feel so strange." Fiyero replied, as Elphaba continued her chant.

"ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN, ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN."

"Sweet Oz, what is happening to me?" Fiyero screamed, as he watched his skin begin to change and his bones start to become soft. He looked at his gloved hands to see they were now filled with straw instead of flesh and muscle. He then dropped to his knees as he felt his bones disappear all together. After another moment or two he finally completed his transformation. "What has happened? Oh, by the Unnamed God I'm not human anymore!"

"You're...you're a scarecrow!" Morrible shouted, in shock as she stared at him. "You Witch! You did this to him!" She screamed, as she turned to Ellen and said, "Genie, as my last wish...I wish for you to kill that green girl!"

"I can't do that. Genies can't kill." Ellen answered, with a shake of her head.

"You're useless!" Morrible spat at Ellen. The old woman looked like she was going to ripe the purple genie's head off as she spoke.

"At least I have nice looking hair." Ellen whispered under breath.

"Mother look what that green freak has done to me!" Fiyero wailed, as his hands shook. "She turned me into a freak!"

"You will pay what you have done you Witch!" Morrible growled, as she raised her hands up and shouted, "NRUB, EID, NRUB!" Just then a fire ball began to form above Morrible's head. After it grew to the size of a small melon it shot out at the green girl. Elphaba was able to dodge it just before it hit her. A second was quickly forming so Elphaba jumped behind a large pillar for protection.

"You can't beat us so just give up!" Morrible shouted, as she sent out another fireball.

Elphaba bit her bottom lip in thought. She had to defeat Morrible and Fiyero. But how? They knew powerful spells. Suddenly an idea came to her. It was a risky but if it worked the playing field would much more equal.

Elphaba then took off running out from her hiding spot and raced as fast to the opposite side of the room.

"Dumb move." Morrible snickered as she sent out a fireball. Elphaba grabbed a pillow that wasn't too far away and held it up in front of her face. The fireball hit the pillow perfectly and set it on fire then with one quick motion Elphaba threw the burning pillow at Fiyero. Once the pillow hit him the flames quickly started to spread across his now straw filled body.

"AH! NO! NO!" Fiyero screamed, as the flames became stronger and stronger until his body was nothing but ashes.

"No! Fiyero!" Morrible shouted, as she looked up at Elphaba in hatred. Elphaba just stared back at her with determination and with a fire of her own. Morrible then grabbed Ellen's lamp and whispered a chant. This caused a puff of smoke to fill the air and cover her. "You haven't seen the last of me!" She yelled. Once the smoke cleared Madam Morrible was no where to be see.

Elphaba cursed under her breath that Morrible had escaped but was quick to free the Upland family.

"Elphie," Glinda whispered, as she threw her arms around the green girl and kissed her half a dozen times on the face. "You're hurt."

"My body is a little sore. Morrible was having fun tenderizing me." Elphaba said, as she held Glinda close to her. It felt so good just to feel the Princess' body against her own.

"I thought I was never going to see you again." Glinda replied, as she let out a blissful sigh. Their embrace would have lasted longer, but King Galal cleared his throat which made them slowly part.

"Elphabo, I mean, Elphaba thank you for coming to our aid. You have saved us from Morrible's wrath." The King said, as he shook her hand.

"We own you our lives." Queen Melinda added.

"I'm afraid we're not out of the woods yet." Elphaba answered. "Morrible is going to return for a final showdown. She has the magic lamp and she still has one wish left. Who knows what she will wish for."

"Well when she does come we'll be ready. I'll have all of my guards on top alert." King Galal said. "She won't take Oz over without a fight." Just then Elphaba's eyes widen as she remember something important.

"King Galal, please, show me where the dudgeons are. I need to find my sister, Nessarose."

"Of course, just down the hall the last door on the right." He answered.

"Thank you." Elphaba answered, as she took off with Glinda close behind.

...X...

It wasn't long before Nessa was freed and a reunion of sisters was taking place.

"Elphaba, I'm so glad you're alright."

"I can say the same thing about you, Nessa. When I saw our loft was destroyed I feared the worst for you."

"I'm just so happy things are well now." Nessarose added, as she hugged her green sister tightly.

"I'm afraid things aren't as well as they should be." Elphaba replied. Which earned her a puzzled look from Nessa. "You see I was able to defeat Fiyero, but Madam Morrible said she would return."

"Oh, my, that's awful." Nessa answered. "What are we going to do?"

Just then Chistery came into view. He was sucking on his thumb as he flew down next to the three of them.

"Gua-rds a-re look-ing for Morr-ible." He said, before popping his thumb back into his mouth.

"With Morrible's new found powers I doubt the royal guards will have an luck finding her." Elphaba mumbled.

Suddenly, without warning, a giant gust of air filled the room. The blast was so strong that it blew Nessa and Chistery against the closest wall as Elphaba and Glinda were blown into the Upland's living room.

When Elphaba and Glinda got to their feet there stood Madam Morrible. Her eyes were gleaming with revenge and hatred. Elphaba was quick to pull Glinda behind her in a protective manner.

"Now that is cute." Morrible sneered, as she removed Ellen's lamp and gave it a rub before taking a few steps closer to them. "The green warrior is trying to protect her princess. But it won't do any good. You will both die this day!"

"How did you get in the palace?" Glinda asked.

"Well it's quite easy when all the guards are outside looking for me." Morrible answered, as she eyed Glinda. "Now back to killing you both!" Just then Madam Morrible clapped her hands twice and a whispered a spell as she stared at the blonde.

"Er, I don't feel so good." Glinda replied, before she collapsed without warning.

"Glinda!" Elphaba shouted, as she gathered the Princess into her arms before turning to Morrible in rage, "What have you done to her you, bitch?"

"Another spell. A poison spell as a matter a fact. See how the Princess is starting to turn white as a ghost? Well, when that white color takes over her body completely she will be dead! Unless of course you can defeat me." Elphaba quickly placed Glinda down on a couch, out of harm's way, as she looked towards Ellen with pleading eyes, but the purple genie only gave a sad sigh. She was powerless against Morrible.

"I will defeat you!" Elphaba yelled, as she looked back at Morrible, her eyes fiery.

Morrible only gave a cruel laugh as she answered, "We'll see about that."

A/N: The next chapter will be the last.