Peace and Victory, People! Chapter Four! Sorry it took so long to update but I've had a really busy week, what with Phantom coming out on DVD (finally) and overly time-consuming Algebra homework. Okay, I'm gonna quit complaining and continue with my little schpiel. When we last left Fiyero, he was about to screw up his reputation by auditioning for Boq's part. Let's watch!

Disclaimer: Aye, I own Phantom, which is exactly why I'm writing Phanphics about it instead of real stories. Dripping with sarcasm

Chapter IV: Think of Fiyero

Well, this was great. Everyone was staring at me and waiting for me to sing. I could feel my throat choke up. I knew I couldn't sing it; Morrible knew I couldn't sing it; and everyone who had ever heard me solo knew I couldn't sing it. So why was I trying to sing it again? I hate Morrible. She's not exactly my favorite pelican in the herd. Or flock. Do pelicans travel in herds or flocks? Why was I even concerned with pelicans right now? I had a rep to screw up!

I cleared my throat. "Er, hello, ladies and gents. Nice weather today, isn't it?"

Part of Boq's posse that had stayed in the cafetorium started chucking plastic spoons leftover from lunch at me. None of them had very good aim, so most of the spoons ended up hitting Avaric and Dillamond. Reyer, who was beginning to turn red around the ears because his great production just lost its leading Munchkin, snapped at me, "Fiyero, please start at the beginning of the aria!"

Sweet Oz, the disease was spreading! Now our director was starting to call solos arias as well! Stupid new headmasters. Arias. Oh, please. I sighed, and all hope of leaving the room with a scrap of dignity left vanished as the intro was played on the keyboard. I cleared my throat nervously, and began. "Think of me, think of me fondly…"

As I sang, my voice became, well, decent. Which was really weird. Last time I checked, it was only good enough to get me a place in the chorus (aka, I sounded better than a mute wounded llama). When I finished, there was silence for a moment that had no business being as long as it was, then finally someone started to applaud in an almost confused way. Everyone eventually joined in (thank Oz for peer pressure and mob psychology), and I stepped away from the mike with relief.

The Cafetorium lapsed back into Chaos Mode, because Fiyero Makes a Fool of Himself: the Musical was over. As I gulped down some soda, my friends came over and took my solo as an excuse to slap me on the back (making me spit out some soda) and congratulate me. After a few minutes, Avaric set his camera down and came over to our group thing.

"Yo, Fiyero, we need to go see if you made the cut or not," Avaric told me and pulled me in the general direction of Reyer and the new headmasters.

"If I made the… WHAT?"

"If you made the cut. You were auditioning for Boq's part, remember?"

"But-" Yah, minor detail I overlooked there. I had been so concerned with not screwing up when singing that I hadn't considered the fact that I might actually make it.

"Fiyero, you're in." Reyer said.

"But-"

"Here's your script. Memorize it by tonight."

"But-"

Avaric took the liberty of grabbing my script for me and pulling me away, hissing in my ear, "Congrats, dude! You just replaced Boq! Don't complain about it! This is a good thing."

Sweet Oz, I swear, no one listens around here. Who said I even wanted the main role?


Galinda's POV

That night, Shiz University was performing a musical. Most of the time, I'm not into this kind of thing, but I figured it couldn't hurt to go just to see what it's like. Anyway, everyone else was going, and what better way to make my first appearance than at a sophisticated event of the arts held in the… school cafetorium. Whatever. It's not like I had anything better to do.

So there I was, sitting in the front row, and the show started. And the main part was played by this Winkie who looked really familiar. It was so annoying that I couldn't figure out where I had seen him. During his solo in Act Three, I finally figured out who it was! But it couldn't be him… could it?

Oh, whatever. It was just Fiyero, anyway. I resolved to go hunt him down after the musical play thing was over. Wouldn't he be glad to see me! I was positive he'd remember me, because, come on, who forgets a face like mine?


Aye. That turned out a little differently than I expected, but what the heck. I'm not very good at writing with Galinda's voice. Oh well. Anyway! Please review! Coming up: Enter Erik! Finally! Yay!

Alli Lynn: Yes, it is a loverly combination, isn't it? (Not to mention insane... I swear, who in their right mind combines these things? Oh, right, that would be me.)

TheGreatSporkWeilderWhoIsStillTooLazyToSignIn: It's so nice to know my art (if you can call this gibberish art!) (think that one scene that they cut out of the Phantom movie, you know the one where they have the Don Juan Triumphant rehearsal? Yah, that one) is appreicaited!


Yes, so I leave you all with a final word: Review!

(I bet that one was a shocker)