Note: Draiky's FINALLY out of writer's block! dances Let's hope it lasts for the few chapters left of the fanfic! I must say, there's not many chapters left of this fanfic (about...4 chapters left), so make sure you're ready for the ending! has the last two chapters planned out

And now, your FINALLY UPDATED Chapter!


Rhian was working in her grandmother's shop. She had just finished sweeping up the front of the store from the leaves, and was now coming inside to check the register. Now was the good time to think about her Halloween costume, since it was two days away.

As Rhain checked the register, she felt uneasy about something...

"Rhian..."

Rhian looked around the shop. Her grandmother wasn't in the store at the time (She was doing some business elsewhere), and she hadn't invited anyone...But who just said her name?

I seriously got to lay off the candy before Halloween... Rhian thought to herself as she inched away from the cash register to the phone.

"Rhian!"

Rhian picked up the phone and started to dial up Aradin's phone number.

"Aradin...Aradin, this is Rhian...Yeah, I'm fine...Okay, I'm lying...Listen, I keep hearing something coming from the room where the crystal ball is in...How the hell am I supposed to know if it's my imagination; I'm not going in there!"

"Aradin...Aradin, are you there?"

"Okay, now the voice is calling for you...You'll be here in five minutes? Okay...See you."

She hung up the phone and grabbed a fake hand that was lying on the counter. She walked slowly to the back room.

"Okay, I don't know who you are or how you got in here, but you're not stealing any money from the register!" Rhian shouted from behind the beaded curtain. "I'm coming in there!"

She jumped in, and screamed at what she saw in the crystal ball. There was Glinda staring right at her.

"WHO ARE YOU!" Rhian shouted as she dropped the hand.

"I am Glinda the Good." Glinda answered.

"RHIAN!" Aradin's voice shouted from the front of the store and ran to her side. He gasped at Glinda's face in the crystal ball. "Oh my...I think I've seen you in my dreams..."

"So you are Aradin..." Glinda said. "I knew it; you look just like Fiyero, only with a touch of Elphie's features."

"How do you know me...And how do you know my parents?" Aradin asked.

"I went to Shiz with them. Back then I was Galinda, but a tradgic accident had come upon me changing it. I don't want to talk about it now."

Aradin's mouth felt as if it were to fall off his face. "Y-Y-You went to Shiz with them? So you know how my mother and father were like?"

"Yes, but let's talk of that for another time. Now is a time of danger, Aradin."

"What do you mean danger?"

"The Wizard of Oz and Mother Yackle have found your location. They know that you have the Grimmerie. They have the shoes. They're unstoppable...Unless you can stop them."

"How would I be able to do that?"

"You have your mother's belongings." Rhian told him.

"The broom and all?" Glinda asked.

Aradin nodded.

"You have read the Grimmerie?"

"Yes, out of boredom." To tell the truth, Aradin actually became so interested in the book he never was present without it.

"Aradin, I must warn you; The Wizard knows the spells from there was well. Be careful of which spells you use; he may know what the spell means and can have a counter-attack set."

"I will keep that in mind. Does Yackle know the book as well?"

"Not really, from what I hear. But she's a very secretive woman and she has tricks up her sleeve that will probably kill you."

Aradin looked at her with his mouth agape. These people she was talking about...What did they want from him?