Glinda remembered that ungrateful day; the day she lost her one and only true friend. It haunted her for years, and she still regreted making the shoes that would help her friend's sister.

Apparently, a young farmgirl showed up in Oz from a place called Kansas, not to mention her little dog as well. She did not come into Oz normally; a house was what she came into Oz with, killing her friend's sister.

And the shoes!

Yes, the damned shoes had to magically become stuck on the farmgirl!

Glinda was furious. It took her much time to put enough magic to bring them back. And now they were more magical than before. And ever since the shoes came back to her posession, Glinda put the shoes in a room in her quarters, never to see the light of day again.

Today unfortunately marked the anniversary of her friend's death. Glinda hadn't gotten used to the fact she was gone for years, and she probably never will.

Every year when it came to this day, she would stay in her quarters and look out the window, seeing all of the Emerald City. It struck her terribly that this-this city-was the last place she had ever seen her friend. She remembered the conversation the two had before her friend flew off to Kiamo Ko.

"If I'd known you wanted them, I'd have saved them for you."

"And she wanted them..." Glinda whispered as she walked into a room that was dimly lit. And there were the shoes, sitting on a small colum under a glass lid. The shoes made her feel terrible. Why did she have to make them? She regretted herself for even making the cursed slippers. "But now that she is dead...She'll never have them back..."

And she began to sob. The fact that her friend was gone was bad enough for her, but the fact that she would die without the one true object that could remind her of her friend's sister was even a bigger disappointment.

She walked out of the room to get herself a kerchief to wipe her eyes, when suddenly there was a knock on her door.

Knock Knock!

She looked through the peerhole of her door, and saw the last two people she would like to see.

"It's you..." She growled. "What do you want?"

"Glinda, I wouldn't talk like that if I were you...Now let us in."

She opened the door, and the Wizard and Mother Yackle walked in.

"Glinda," The Wizard began. "I have begun to find out that Elphaba's son is alive."

Glinda's eyes widened. She had no idea her friend had children! She felt a pang of hope in her heart. Maybe she could find him in the Quadling Country, or Kiamo Ko, or even in the Emerald City. It would be a blessing from Lurline to see at least one other thing belonging to her other than the hat she had posessed now.

"Where is he?" Glinda asked.

"We're not telling you." The Wizard answered. "Well, not yet, anyway. We need you for something..."

Glinda had a faint idea of what was going on now.

"No..." She said. "You are not taking the shoes...Anything but them. I will never let them see the light of day as long as I live."

"But you must remember, Glinda..." The Wizard said. "I have read the Grimmerie and have learned every spell before your friend's death."

Glinda was about to grab her wand, but the second she touched it, a spark shot at her and it stung her hand, making a jolt cross her body.

"You no good man..." Glinda said as she tried to recover from the shock. "I am never letting those shoes go! Never!"

"Oh? Well, maybe we should try something else...Like maybe a certain hat that is in your closet..."

Glinda gasped.

"NO! NOT THAT! ANYTHING BUT THAT!"

Mother Yackle took the hat from the closet.

"Ah, Elphaba's hat." Mother Yackle said. "The only thing that can remind you of her..."

Glinda couldn't resist.

"FINE FINE! TAKE THE SHOES, TAKE WHATEVER YOU NEED! JUST DON'T DESTROY THE ONLY THING THAT CAN REMIND ME OF MY FRIEND!"

The Wizard took the shoes, Mother Yackle dropped the hat, and Glinda was left in the room alone with a terrible feeling. She got up and put the hat back in the closet, then grabbed her wand.

I must contact her son...Glinda thought. And the only way to do so is if I use a looking glass...But with Elphie's looking glass missing, where could I find one?

A/N: Sorry about the long wait, readers! I had to rewrite this chapter by memory, and it wasn't easy...Believe me. But, I am hopefully going to try and update as soon as I can.

And again, sorry for the long wait.