Note: I do not own the rights or charactres of wicked, even thought i like to pretend i do...i don't

Chapter 2: We meet again

Elphaba woke up with a sudden start, a loud sound woke her. It was the sound of bands playing, people cheering, it was the sound of, well, happiness. This was something she hadn't heard in a very long time, it made her very uneasy. As she rose from the floor, where she had been tossing and turning, she stared out the window in amazement. It was a parade marching down the main road, it was not just a small parade, it was huge! People dancing in the streets, singing, floats of what looked like giant witch hats. Then she noticed something happening on the grounds of the palace, everyone was going to the gates to watch. Then it clicked "this is my chance, no one is in the palace!" thought Elphaba. At that moment she ran across the room, tied her cape to her and ran down the stairs and took her broom. She opened the door slowly and peeked out, to make sure no one was around. She had butterflies in her stomach as she ran down the corridor to the last room and open the big heavy oak door and slammed it shut. "Damn it! I have to be quiet" she scolded her self. As she peered into the sun kissed room, it looked as if it were a conference room. A very long table occupied the middle, maps were hung all over the walls, paper was everywhere. On the other side of the room there were two enormous emerald green glass doors which led to a balcony which overlooked the town square. This was most likely used to address the public. Two green curtains on either side of the doors laid open. Elphaba started looking around, going through papers, reading maps for answers to her never ending list of questions. She lost track of time after a while. Just than she heard the clicking of heels on the marble floor out side along with two unison march or boots. Elphaba knew she had to get out, for chance of being discovered. She couldn't go out the door, then she saw the balcony. As she grabbed her broom and ran toward the glass door than she halted to a stop. Thousands of people congregating in the town square, watching the balcony, waiting for a speaker to address them. The door's handle started to turn, Elphaba had to hide, so she did the first thing that came to her mind, hide behind the curtain. She heard the door open, those heels click in along with the boots. Then she herd a familiar, high pitched, mile a minute voice speak. It was her, the one she loved with all her heart, it was Glinda. "Well thank ya boys, for escorting me but I'll be fine!" squeaked Glinda. Elphaba wanted to jump out from behind the curtain and just cry in Glinda's arms but then she heard the other voices. "You know we must stay with you, your goodness" replied the deep voice. It was the Ozain guard. As Elphaba looked down to the floor she noticed that her feet were out in the open, she quickly brought them in but in doing so, she rustled the curtain. The room went quite, Elphaba knew they saw her, she was caught. "It was nothing just the wind, could you two do me a favor? Wait out side, I want to be alone." said Glinda quickly, "yes your goodness" replied the guards in unison as they marched out. It was silent for a moment until the large oak door slammed shut. Then the curtain Elphaba was hiding behind was ripped from in front of her. Glinda's petite body stood in front with a look of fear than after a long period of silence glinda spoke. "This...this can't be, your g-gone" Glinda shook as she spoke. One could tell she was in shock. "Hello Glinda, its good to see you, its been too long" Elphaba replied as she reached out to hold Glinda's shaking hand. "No! Your dead! This can't be, you left me 10 years ago" Glinda yelled and then tears started streaming down her rosy cheeks. "I'm alive, I never left you" Elphaba replied. "Your just a memory, that's all!" Glinda screamed. "Tell me do memories have real feelings?" Elphaba put out her hand "go ahead tell me" Elphaba insisted. Glinda slowly put out her hand and lowered it to Elphaba's. "Oh My God! Elphie! I thought you were gone for ever" glinda gushed as she fell into Elphaba's arms and sobbed. They stood there for awhile, both sobbing, just holding each other, until there was a loud knock on the door that broke there moment. "Your goodness the people are waiting for you speech" spoke a guard. "Oh god I forgot that's why I'm here!" giggled Glinda "stay on that wall so no one will see you!" squealed Glinda. Elphaba did as she was told and put her back to the wall. As Glinda opened the two colossal emerald doors loud cheers roared from the crowd. As Glinda stepped out on to the balcony the cheers died down to silence. "Fellow Ozians today is indeed a day for celebration! A day that will be remembered forever. Today was the day that our fears were put to rest. 10 years ago to day an e..." she choked as if she had a hard time saying the word "evil and stopped and destroyed. 10 years ago to day the wicked witch of the west was put to death." When Elphaba heard this a sudden anger came over her, this was what all the celebrations were about, all the people happy and joyful, all to celebrate her death! "So I say to you all, go be joyful, festivate! And remember that to day is a day to be relieved! I thank you, good bye!" At this Glinda walked in and closed the doors behind her and drew the curtains. " Oh I see support them in celebrating my demise" snapped Elphaba as she turned her back to Glinda. "Elphie you know how I have to tell them what they want to hear, you know I don't believe any of that" pleaded Glinda as she put her hand on Elphaba's shoulder. " I know, I'm sorry you know how I get" Elphaba laughed, something she hadn't done in a long time, not since that thing happened. "Hold on a clock tick" Glinda said as bubbly as ever as she crossed to the big oak door. "I am going to do some work in private so you two may leave" glinda said through the door. "Yes your goodness" the guards said in unison as they marched away. "So Elphie please clear up for me what happened they day you melted" Glinda said as she sat in a big puffy arm chair. "Well as you have probably figured out is that I didn't melt. You see what happened is that we, Fiyero and I, knew that some one would eventually come and try to kill me so we decided that we would plan my death so we could live a happy life together. But when he was captured by the guards that through a wrench in the time dragon clock. So after I tried to save him using the Grimmery which didn't work to well. But then when you came to stop me when I had that little farm brat is when I decided it was time to actually have the fake death happen, so I placed the bucket of water and hoped the girl would get the picture and melt me." Elphaba paused to look out the window for awhile. "So you and Fiyero planned all of it? The melting and everything?" asked Glinda. "Yes and after about a day or two a knock came on the trap door I has hiding in, it was fiyero but he was very different." "Different? How so?" asked Glinda. 'Different as in his whole body was made out of straw! The spell I did to save him actually turned him in to a scarecrow." Elphaba sighed after this, you could tell she still felt very bad about this. "So you are telling me that the whole time, that scarecrow that the girl was traveling with was Fiyero!" squeaked Glinda in shock. "Yes. And when I came out he told me it was time to go and we couldn't come back to Oz again" Elphaba replied. "Why didn't you come and tell me?" Glinda asked. "I wanted to but Fiyero said that noone could know we were alive so after I saw you floating on your bubble in the distance I knew it was time so Fiyero and I mounted my broom and flew away from Oz for what we thought was forever" Elphaba finished and went and sat down on a couch next to Glinda. "Oh is Fiyero here too? Where is he?" Glinda asked as she looked around the room as if he was hiding from her. "Well about that" Elphaba got very uneasy all of a sudden "we were living together in a new land, we owned a farm and we like two newlyweds" as Glinda interrupted "Awww how sweet". "but about a year ago an accident occurred" Elphaba suddenly put her face in her hands and started to cry. Glinda put her arms around her and asked "what is it Elphie?". "we were sleeping one night and were woken up by a loud crash and as I opened the door to see what it was I heat came through like I have never felt and I saw that the whole house was going up in flames. Fiyero pulled me inside and closed the door and told me to get dressed quickly. As I did he handed me my broom and told me to get out. I said no he had to come too. Just than a beam fell through the room and fell on top of him. I tried to get it off but it was too heavy. I went to his side and tried to stop him from burning but it spread because of the straw. His last words were please you must go! I love you. And I remember him pushing me away as the rest of him ignited. I finally had to go and I flew through the burning roof with the broom. I tried to find help but no one was around and when I got back the house was in ashes." Elphaba stopped and sobbed like she never had before. This was the hardest thing she ever had to face, why did it have to be him and not her. For the rest of the morning she sobbed in Glinda's arms. Hoping her old friend could make the pain go away.