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Chapter 14: Elphaba

After the nightmare, Elphaba couldn't sleep for the rest of the night. As soon as the sky was a shade lighter, she pulled on her hood, and hurried down towards the dungeon. She wasn't exactly sure how she was going to get into the prison...but she would find a way. Elphaba had to see what the cell looked like before she could start getting Fiyero out.

Elphaba studied the outside carefully, trying to find another way to get inside other than by the front entrance. Elphaba noticed a guard coming out from behind the building. Intrigued, Elphaba made her way in that direction, but the guard spotted her before she could get around to the back.

"Excuse me, you're not allowed back there, Ozian Officials only." He took hold of Elphaba's arm to steer her away. Elphba stiffened, yanking her arm out of the guard's grasp, pulling her hood lower over her face. She nodded curtly, trying to ignore the suspicous look on the guard's face.

She walked quickly back toward the main road, refusing to look back in the guard's direction. Turning a corner, Elphaba silently cursed to herself. How was she going to get inside the dungeon? The guard was sure to stay near the back of the prison after seeing her. Elphaba decided to take a risk and distract him. Taking a deep breath, Elphaba stepped out so she could just see the dungeon, and the street that ran beside it.

Elphaba began to chant softly under her breath, waving her hands slightly under her cloak. Soon, a loud crash sounded in the forest nerby. She saw the guard look in that direction, saw the debate in his face weather or not to leave his post. Then, his curiosity got the better of him and he left, plunging into the woods. Elphaba sighed, heading toward the back of the prison, walking quickly in case the guard came back sooner than she expected.

Elphaba came around the corner, seeing a lage, ancient wooden door set into the worn brick of the dungeon. Elphaba hurried over to it. She shoved it hard, using her shoulder, but it didn't budge. Elphaba pulled it towards her, but the door was locked. Elphaba slumped against the wall, feeling defeated. She was about to try something else when she heard the grate of a key in the lock of the door. Elphaba looked around frantically for a place to hide, but saw none. Just then the door swung open, and Elphaba pressed herself against the wall, holding her breath. The door nearly hit her in the face, but Elphaba didn't move as one guard hurrried out into the sunlight, not stopping to look around him.

As soon as he had disappeared from sight, Elphaba grabbed the door, just before it shut, and hurried inside. She wrapped her cloak around her as the door closed and all was in darkness for a moment. She saw that she was looking down a long hallway full of cells. Across a shorter wall, she could see more cells. She heard a man's voice echo down the hallway as she moved closer to one of the cells near the intersection of the two hallways. Elphaba held her breath as she caught sight of the strange hooded figure from Glinda's cell. He was talking to a prisoner in the cell in front of him, gripping the bars with his hands. With a curse he let go of the bars, striding off down the hallway, leaving the prisoner utterly alone.

Elphaba gasped as she saw who was inside the cage.

"Fiyero." She whispered, staying within the shadows, her eyes never leaving the scarecrow's form. He looked like he had been badly beaten, and Elphaba felt her hands clench into fists at the thought of what they had done to him. He lay on the cot, staring at the ceiling. Elphaba desperately wanted to reach out to him, to let him know she was there. But she couldn't, not yet. Then, she heard footsteps on the stones, coming closer. She pressed herself against a wall, going deeper into the shaodws.

To her surprise, Elphaba heard Glinda's voice echo through the silence with its usual high pitch. She listened to the argument between Glinda and the mysterious man with interest, watching the entire scene. She saw Glinda take a hold of the bars, and heard her speak to Fiyero.

"I don't believe what he's telling me. I don't think you've done anything wrong." Elphaba grinned slightly, she could see how much her friend had changed since that night...Elphaba could see that she really had tried to Glinda The Good. Elphaba watched as Glinda walked away, suddenly fighting the urge to break from her hiding place, to tell her friend that she was alive. But Elphaba couldn't, maybe someday...but not now, especially with this man after her.

Elphaba decided to find out what that man was up to, and snuck out the back door again. She hurried across the lawn, looking for any sign of him. Then, in the distance, she saw the man walking towards the forest, a small, tick tock creature with him. Elphaba shuddered as she thought of all the trouble those creatures had caused all of Oz.

Elphaba dashed into the trees, staying parallel with the man, trying to keep him in sight. Finally, she saw him disappear into a small house on the outskirts of the woods. Elphaba crept slowly towards the house, staying low to the ground and moving silently. She could just barely hear his voice from inside the house. Elphaba ducked as she suddenly saw someone approaching. She heard the door squeak as it was opened then a new voice joined the man's, one that was oddly familiar.

"What are we going to to do with him? We can't keep him locked up forever."

"On the contrary my friend, we can keep just as long as we like. He has to talk sometime. I know he's hiding something. The way he refused to answer my question..."

"Why are you so sure that the Scarecrow has anything to do with the witch?"

Elphaba knew who's voice that was...it was Boq's.

"Do not question me!" The mysterious man's voice echoed, his rage evident. There was a moment of tense silence, then the man spoke once more, with a more even tone. "There are ways to break any person. We will find out what he's hiding, whatever it takes."

"Yes sir."

"As for you, I want you to go back to that castle, try and find anything that might help untangle this mystery. I have a feeling the sooner we figure this out, the closer we get to finding The Wicked Witch."

Elphaba heard the door open again, and caught a glimpse of Boq's silver form as he walked away from the cottage. Elphaba noticed it was getting dark, she decided to go back to the dungeon, for one last glimpse of Fiyero, and to make sure that her plan would work. But as she started to leave, she heard the man murmmer one last phrase, his voice barely audible.

"Though your services will be of use to me for only so long." Elphaba shivered as she plunged into the trees once more. As much as she knew that Boq was now her enemy, she still feared what would happen to him once his "services" were no longer needed by this strange man.

Elphaba paused before entering into the dungeon once more, making certain no one was following her. Elphaba emerged next to Fiyero's cell, her gaze going over every detail of the hallway, the cells, everything. Elphaba heard someone speaking, with a soft, breathy voice. As Elphaba listened she could hear Glinda talking to the guard...well...flirting would be more like it. Elphaba couldn't help but smile as she listened, some of the old Glinda was still there. Soon, she heard the guard walk away, and heard Glinda talking to Fiyero. Elphaba felt truly grateful for Glinda being there, somehow she had changed, and she had unselfishly helped another. Elphaba could only remember one other time that Glinda had done that. A picture of Glinda in the middle of a dance floor, standing with a girl with green skin, dancing just as horribly as Elphaba had so that Elphaba would fit in. The memory made Elpahaba's stomach clench, as she listened to Glinda walk away from Fiyero's cell.

Elphaba braved a peek into Fiyero's cell, she could see him lying on his cot, staring up at the ceiling. Elphaba couldn't help but feel guilty that that was there, it was her fault he had been captured. The guards had been after her, not him. Suddenly, Fiyero sat up, and Elphaba ducked back into the shadows, remaining silent. She heard his words echoed off of the walls.

"Be careful Elphie. Please...just...be careful."

Elphaba could not stop herself from answering him, her voice little more than a whisper in the dark.

"I will Fiyero, I will."

Elphaba waited a few more moments, hearing nothing but the sound of Fiyero's breathing and the steady "drip" of water on the floor. With a final look around, Elphaba chanced one last glimpse in Fiyero's direction, then headed for the back door once more.

She puased with her fingers on the handle, a new feeling of determination rising inside of her.

"Don't worry Fiyero...I'll get you out. Or I'll die trying."

Blah, I know, not much of a cliffhanger. But my brain is a little fried at the moment. I would like to tell you all that I will not be able to update until after July 3rd. I am leaving for Europe with a National Show Choir called FAME All-Stars on June 14th, and won't be back until July 3rd. I'm sorry to leave you hanging like this, but I promise some BIG chapters when I get back as a reward! Thank you! Please read and review! Love you all!