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Drunken laughter carried through Emerald City as the festivies went on. The city had been full of excitement with reenactments and stories to be told. Glinda had asked the Tin Man, the Lion, and the Scarecrow to come to tell the story like they did every year and she made sure that everything would be ready for them.. For some reason, only the Lion and the Tin Man could show and the scarecrow said he had other business to attend to. Glinda had listened to the stories all day and each one was more twisted than the first. The first telling was always true to the original story, on how Dorothy threw the water on the Witch to put out a fire. Soon, everyone became bored with the story and one thing would get added and then another that at the end the story was so twisted it wasn't funny. Glinda couldn't stand it anymore now that she was sitting in a banquet hall with all the food she could eat. The Lion sat on one side of her and the Tin Man on the other. Both were telling the story and she was just tuning them out. She stirred her drink with the tip of her nice pointer nail. Normally, she wouldn't do that but she was getting bored with everything that was going on here like she always did every year. Most people would have thought she would have been laughing along in good cheer and sharing her own stories. She only heard parts of the story that both of the guests were telling, not really wanting to hear any of it at all.

"Then, I killed that monkey very easily by biting it in the neck," she heard the Lion said.

"You fool, that was not what happened. I snapped its neck and we all know that," the Tin Man said.

"I don't think that was what happened," Glinda put in, weary from all the festivities.

"How would you know? You weren't there and I'm sure of that," the Tin Man said cooly.

"I heard the story one too many times and I don't really want to hear this new version," she snapped back.

The Tin Man fell into silence and the Lion looked shocked as Glinda stood up and walked to the stage where a reenactment was going on. Complaints were being shouted at her but soon that calmed down and someone started to clap. The room was filled with the sound as applause once everyone noticed who was up on stage. She stood there, her body rigid and her breathing irregular.

"I think that you should all go," she said softly at first. Her voice turned into a yell. "I've heard enough of these stories. You never really knew Elphaba," she paused to take in the gasping and then she continued, "If you did, you would know she wasn't truely evil. Sure, she did some bad things but she was my best friend." Glinda turned and marched off the stage and exited the building. She stood with her back against the wall and looked down at her hand. It was shaking so hard along with the rest of her body. She couldn't believe that she had said that to a crowd of people. At least they wouldn't think of her as a ditzy blonde that is shallow and has no friends. Theywould just hate her now and she expected to be chased out of Emerald City by tomorrow. She heard the door open after a few minutes and she pushed herself off the wall, still shaking. Her eyes fell onto the girl that had been in to see her yesterday.

"Miss Kit, how may I be of service to you?" she asked politely, but her voice was shaking.

"You can admit that you believe what I told you yesterday and that is why you stood up on stage today," Kit said with a smirk.

Glinda frowned at her. "No, that is not the reason. She was my friend and I had to stick up for her. Those people were perverting the story of her death!"

"Yes they were but you never spoke to them like that before. You believe me and I know it."

"You are acting childish! They were just annoying me!"

Kit rolled her eyes and kept the same smirk on her face. "Whatever you say Miss Glinda."

Glinda stared at her for a while, starting to feel some sort of hatred. She really wasn't liking this girl and she was annoying her. Glinda ran her hands over the ruffles of her pink dress and gave Kit a fake smile. "Miss Kit if you would excuse me now. I have had a long day and would like to turn in. It is hard ruling all of Oz and trying to please so many people." She would have like to have added, And I would like to see you try it, but she kept her mouth shut and curtsied for the woman.

Kit was still smirking at her and Glinda just wanted to wipe that smirk off her face. "Whatever you say. I will see you around."

"I hope not," Glinda added softly as she walked away from Kit.

Glinda took the edges of the dress and pulled them up a little so she could walk a little quicker. Her pace was consistant and the heels of her shoes landed in a rhythm. She turned her head back to look at Kit but the woman had disappeared. Odd girl and I don't like her one bit, Glinda thought as she kept moving. All of the sudden, she stopped in her tracks and she groaned. The banquet was taking place at the palace and she was heading away from it so she couldn't go back to her room just yet. She shrugged to herself and started to move again. She didn't know how long or far she walked but soon she was on the outskirts of town. The sky was pitch black and she could only estimate that it was midnight. She sighed as she looked around the empty road in front of her. She would have to head back in to town but her legs were killing her and she looked around for a bench. Since she was so close to town and barely out of it, there was one close by and soon she was perched on it and looking towards the west.

I really wish Elphie was here and then she could stop everyone from telling these stories, but if she was here than she wouldn't be dead and there would be no stories. What am I thinking! I miss her so much and I have been thinking about her way too much. Maybe I should just give up. After all, it has been five years and it is not good to have a false hope. Besides, I believed she was dead years ago, why should I think differently now? Oh yes, it is because of that Kit, Glinda thought. She felt a headache coming on, so she closed her eyes. She rubbed her temples and tried to push the thoughts out of her mind and she sighed. Her eyes opened and she felt a single tear slip down her cheek.

"I miss you, Elphie," she whispered, her eyes still plastered on the western sky.

That is when she saw it and it shocked her. It was a bright green light coming from the west where Glinda knew Elphaba's last place to be at before she died. Glinda let out a gasp and she stood up, just staring off into the west. The green light was on for a few minutes before it went off like someone turned off a switch. Glinda felt her breath coming short as she felt her legs carry her back into town. The heels of her shoes clicked madly on the streets and she grabbed at her gown so she wouldn't trip. She felt herself started to slow as she started to think again and she let out a long sigh as she stopped. Why I am doing this? I'm having false hope again. I can't do this too myself. I don't think I really saw anything, she thought but not really convincing herself. She let out another long sigh and slowly made her was back to the banquet even though she didn't want to.

A/N: Sorry it took me so long. I wrote two second chapters and I was more satified with this one. The other one will probably be the third chapter. I know it seems a little shorter but I wasn't sure of what to write since this wasn't how I first planned the chapter. If the words connect together, they have always done that when I load them onto here and proof read them and add things. Hopefully they don't do that now. I shall try to get the next chapter up soon.

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