Middles

Elphaba was just in the middle of a spell when Chistery interrupted her, waving and flapping his wings.

"What?"

He held out a note for her; she snatched it away and read it.

Elphie,

The scarecrow, tin man, and lion are coming for you and Dorothy! I'm coming over to talk sense into you so you will let the girl and her dog go!

---Glinda

She tore it to pieces, cackling.

"She interrupted my spell! I was in the middle of finding a way to get those shoes… but I'll give the brat more time. Perhaps she's in the middle of changing her mind…"