A/N: Well I hope you all enjoyed this one. Thanks for reading!

Chapter 25

It would take almost a month before the trials that were being held finished up. There were many who were executed and only a few who managed to escape death by receiving long prison sentences. The remainder of the troops spent the next two months working on the wall. Once the snow began to fall however, they had to stop as none of them were outfitted with proper winter gear. The Queen ordered that they be provided with such items and the Vinkun soldiers scrounged up old winter uniforms for them. Adalet offered compensation to anyone in the lower town who could come to the Palace and take the time to remove anything that made it an actual soldier's uniform. Then the prisoner numbers were sown on so that there could be no doubt.

Before the snow started to fall Fiyero and Elphaba returned to the Emerald City. The latter had been neglecting her job and Glinda was asking to see her friend as well, especially since she'd had her baby and that the green woman and the Prince were the child's godparents. The blonde had desperately wanted a girl, however a son was born and though she couldn't dress him up in pink, she doted on him and loved him just the same. Asli was looking forward to all the things that fathers and sons did together and had been asking Fiyero for advice. The Captain of the Guard had lost his father at an early age and did not have the chance to do all the things that a father and son would usually do. The Prince had been more than happy to write some things down for him.

Elphaba wasn't due until late spring but her body had already made it difficult to get around. Fiyero said that pregnancy looked good on her but Elphaba begged to differ. Doctor Sebastian ordered her on bed rest; he was concerned given her age, her skin condition, and the fact that her medical history was in question after the incident back in the Vinkus. The months passed and soon it was almost time for the baby to come.

"Doctor Sebastian isn't sure if I should have the baby naturally," Elphaba said to Fiyero as he helped her out of bed and toward the bathroom.

"How else would you…" he started unsure of where this was going.

"Well there are other ways. I'm sure that you didn't see them though in the Vinkus. The doctor is concerned given the issue with our connection with the blood oath," she explained as they reached the door.

"Ah yes. We've haven't been having issues but you haven't been using your magic either," he admitted.

"Exactly. I…" Elphaba paused.

"What is it?" Fiyero asked, worried when she stopped mid-sentence.

"Looks like the baby has other ideas," she said. He looked down at her dress and the floor and discovered what was once dry was now wet.

"OK, ok. Let's make our way back to the bed and I'll get the doctor," Fiyero told her.

"Good call," she nodded as she waddled to the bed with his help. He kissed her forehead and then ran out of the room. She could have sworn she heard him screaming down the hall to anyone who could hear that the baby was coming.

"He was right. He lost his cool," Elphaba chuckled and then regretted it as the baby made its presence known.

"All right little one. I get it. Just give the doctor or minute or two," she begged. A minute or two was all it took for Doctor Sebastian to get there.

"Fiyero help me get her onto her back, I need to check a few things," he said. Fiyero nodded and helped as gently and quickly as he could. Then the doctor took a look at the situation. It still made Fiyero uncomfortable to have another man looking at his wife's intimate areas.

"It's going to be awhile. Try to relax and I'll get everything we need. I would rather transport you to the infirmary but perhaps this is better since the baby is going to take their time," Sebastian smiled and left the room quickly.

"I can't believe it. We're going to be parents," Fiyero said, sitting next to her and taking her hand.

"Yes, we are," Elphaba nodded.

"We still haven't picked out a name," he worried knowing their shortened list wasn't really that short.

"It'll come to us when the little one is born," she said. He nodded and tried to make sure she was comfortable. Five hours later, Doctor Sebastian introduced little baby Isabelle Tiggular into the world. She was the most beautiful thing that they'd ever seen. While Elphaba breathed a sigh of relief that her daughter wasn't green, she also was glad that nothing happened with her magic. Exhausted, she fell asleep after her long day, her family nearby and a new chapter about to begin.

THE END