Title: When Your Dreams Come True

Author: Aerohead

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Website: In my profile

Pairing: Fiyero/Elphaba, Fiyero/Glinda, Glinda/OC, OC/OC

Rating: PG13

Disclaimer/Dedication: For L. Frank Baum, Gregory Maguire, Stephen Schwartz, and Winnie Holtzman who own this idea that I'm extending. Thank you for giving me the first part. This is also for everyone in the OibLTibS RPG, so Sheika belongs to F-kun, Destin belongs to Tori, Riley belongs to Nessy, and Kade and Noelani belong to Cree.

Warning: spoiler for the ending of the musical Wicked, but that's pretty much about it.

Genre: Romance, adventure (book/play amalgamation)

Summary: With the government at a stand-still, Shiz is the only safe place to be. But with the arrival of two new freshmen, the old struggle of segregation arises.

Author's Notes: To everyone who reviewed One if by Land, Two if by Sky and Entertaining Destiny, this is dedicated to all of you! Also, this story will introduce new characters, including some Animals besides Kade. Also, I do not call myself an Ozian expert as I've only read Wicked and The Wizard of Oz, but from my Annotated Wizard of Oz, I have some ideas as to how I'm going to intermingle the books with this. Please tell me if you like it or if I should scrap it. Just...don't tell me when I'm on chapter twelve. ; Also Destin and Noelani have since graduated (since in the book I believe it was a three-year Institution, I could be wrong, but I don't think I am.) And sorry for the shortness of this chapter, but I wrote it while doing the dreaded Chemistry, and then trying to figure out how to use the digital camera. Heh.

Chapter One: Back Again

The sun was high over Shiz University, welcoming its students back into its hallowed halls. The crowded University Station seemed to convulse as freshmen took claim on wealthier upperclassmen, hoping to get shown around by one of their contemporaries and to be welcomed into the fold.

The small café at University Station was similarly packed, and most underclassmen were looking for a table to drape on. The train from Munchkinland had yet to arrive, and a small group of sophomores were stuck waiting. Nissa, who had come with the Winkies, was staring at the ceiling, while Fabala played with a straw. Sheika leaned back, trying to see the Clock, but it was no use.

"The train's later than it was at half-term." Aran said. Fabala looked up at him, painted blue eyes looking him over suspiciously.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" she asked.

He shrugged. "I saw a freshman who looked rather adorable, and..." He was cut off by a rather hard slap on his wrist. He groaned in pain, and pulled Fabala closer, kissing her lightly. "I was kidding." He whispered into her ear.

She harrumphed. "You better have been." She warned, but leaned her head subconsciously on him shoulder. It had taken a lot of 'coaxing' on Nissa's part over the summer break for Fabala to feel this comfortable in public with Aran, but her 'mentoring' seemed to have helped some. She smiled from behind her teacup, watching the pair.

The distant sound of a train's whistle loomed ever closer, and soon it screeched to a halt, moments before the dark emerald and blue train did the same. Steam billowed out of its smoke-stack, and as soon as the tik-tok doors opened, a rush of Munchkin and southern Gillikin college students rushed out. The two they were waiting for were easy to spot.

The first was slightly taller than the other Munchkins, though shorter than the Gillikins. Wearing a dark blue dress and normal Munchkinlander traditional garb, she was a rather homely girl, and was slightly pudgy. Behind her stood a tall Animal – a Red Panda – who was looking around the heads of the other students excitedly. The sun stained the glasses he wore as he looked for his compatriots, but quickly found them, and pulled the girl over with him.

"Hey there, guys! I guess it's just us this year, huh?" Asked Kade, sitting down in an empty chair, tail swishing eagerly. "And guess what! I've seen the new Animal freshers!" He leaned in, and Nissa followed suit. Fabala picked her head up, eyebrows furrowed, and cocked her head to the side, the sign that she was listening. Riley sat down and waited, while Sheika and Aran stayed decidedly ignorant. Kade grinned. "One's a Fishing Cat, a female. Her name's...Nabila." He nodded to himself. "Nabila Something-or-Other...I'm not great with last names." He laughed, as if they didn't already know this. Fabala shook her head good-naturedly.

"And the other one?" she asked.

Kade brightened considerably. "His name's Milos Taliesin, he's a Maned Wolf from Traum."

"Of course, you can not remember the female, but you remember everything about the male." Sheika commented. Kade turned to his roommate, feigning surprise.

"Why, Master Sheika was that wit trying to push its way to the surface?" he teased. He leant back, scratching an ear lazily. "So, what do you guys think of having to switch rooms this year? Ridiculous if you ask me."

Aran shrugged. "With Destin and Noelani gone, I don't have a roommate; I'd rather have you guys than a crowd of Fresh...men." He caught himself from mimicking the Red Panda's effeminate system of talking, and blushed at the curious look he received from the Animal.

"Well, I guess we should get to Crage Hall..." Riley said with a sigh. The girls weren't being switched up, at least not them, because there hadn't been many junior girls the year before.

Kissing Aran lightly and ignoring the comment muttered by Kade, Fabala got up and pulled on Nissa's pinkish purple top. "All right, all right, I'm coming!" She sighed dramatically, before following Fabala and Riley towards Crage Hall.

Fabala turned. "We'll meet you all later then? At Diggs' old pub, does that sound good?" she asked. When she was graced with a nod from each of the boys, she turned and started walking away.

"And bring any freshmen you're rooming with!" Nissa called.

"They are trying to make us go slowly insane." Fabala grumbled as she walked into the dormitory. One more bed had been stuffed into the already crammed but familiar room, and the improbability of sharing a room with another person was becoming more and more apparent.

"If there are four freshmen, why doesn't Miss Greyling have them all room together?" Riley asked, sitting down on her bed.

Fabala rolled her eyes. "Because she trusts Nissa and me, and because this new girl wants to study sorcery." She replied, throwing herself into the bed farthest from the rickety window. Her shirt rolled up slightly, revealing the dark brown skin and blue diamond pattern that traced its way down her navel. She tugged her shirt down and sat up, putting her chin on the heel of her hand as she thought. "At least with a third sorcery companion, we can have a good Witch of the North, and good Witch of the East, and me." She said, ducking away from Nissa's thrown pillow. "It's true, isn't it?" she demanded.

"You're a good witch, too." Nissa said.

"Yes, and after you turned Diggs into a frog, we all know that you are a bad witch...can't even read a spell properly." She teased. They quieted, and all three let out a collective sigh, before a knock on the door jarred them out of their revere.

"Come in!" Nissa called, not bothering to get up. The door opened quietly, and a their new roommate entered.

Wearing a light blue skirt and a faded red blouse, she held her suitcase to her chest nervously, large gray eyes dancing around the room. She was small, even for an Animal, and her fur, the same color as her eyes, seemed lighter than anything any of them had ever seen. Granted, they had never seen a Cat before.

Fabala sent her an evaluating look, before nodding to the bed between her own and Riley's. "You should sleep there; you don't want to get that fur wet."

"Just like you don't want to get that skin wet." Nissa jibed. Fabala made a face, but watched as the Cat moved to take a seat on the edge of the bed.

"Thank you." She whispered. They were silent for a few moments, before Riley smiled at her, almost sweetly.

"We met on the train, I think. We're friends with that Red Panda, Kade Ohanko?"

"Oh...yes." The Animal kept her eyes trained on the ground. "But I'm sorry; I don't recall your name."

"RileySue Malkin, of Bright Lettins, but most people call me Riley." She said.

The Animal looked over. "Yes...I thought you were a Munchkin."

"Was it the height or the blue?" She asked.

The Cat shrugged. "I think it was a mixture of both." She said, her voice now slightly lighter. She was starting to relax, and she suddenly remembered exactly why she was there. "Oh, but which one of you three are the sorcery students?" She looked around at the three sophomores.

Nissa cleared her throat. "That would be us, Fabi and I." She said, motioning to Fabala, who was still lounging on her bed.

"And you are...?" The Cat asked.

Nissa sent the Animal her best welcoming smile. "I'm Nissa Upland, of Neverdale and the Emerald City."

"What a long and dreary title." Fabala said flatly.

Nissa smiled, blue eyes twinkling. "Yours is longer." She said. "I had to listen to it all summer."

The Cat turned to her. "What's your name?"

Fabala closed her eyes, as if trying to remember it, before opening them. "I am Fabala Thropp, granddaughter of the last male governor of Munchkinland, and daughter of Fiyero Tigalaar, Prince of the Arjiki tribe of the Vinkus. I'm also Nissa's half-sister."

"I told you it was longer!" Nissa stage-whispered to the Cat, who giggled self-consciously, her tail twitching.

"So, who are you?" Fabala asked, eyeing the Animal.

"Oh...I don't have a title like you two, but I'm Nabila Sameh, of Linster." She said.

"Well, Miss Sameh, welcome to Shiz." said Fabala earnestly. "I hope we fulfill all of your greatest joys here." The last part was an obvious joke, and Nissa rolled her eyes.

"You must get used to Fabala, she wouldn't know humor if it bit her."

"Sweet Oz, you're such a child Nissa. Sometimes I forget that I'm the younger one." Fabala threw the pillow back at Nissa.

Nabila smiled sweetly, before shaking her head. She wondered if all Shiz students were like her new roommates.