Chapter 8! Woot woot! I'm posting this today because I found this as a oneshot I forgot about on my desktop..I changed it around a bit..and voila! I have chapter 8:) This is really more like a filler, nothing much goes on…I guess. Anywho, I'm going to wait for my reviews to go up to twenty before I post another chapter..so yea, get reviewing. :)

Disclaimer: (Maybe it's a little late, so what?) I don't own Wicked. Even though that would fucking rock. I own only Tasi, Sahlah, Tale, Emir, Amin, and Mitra..I think that's it..

"Where am I?" I rubbed my head, it really hurt! I looked around, I knew where I was, I didn't even need to ask; I was in a dank, dark, cold, dirty..prison cell. I stood up, my head throbbing painfully.

"You're in prison, Miss."

"Who are you?"

"I? I am Mitra. I suppose we'll be spending the rest of our days together."

I blinked a couple of times, trying to get my eyes to adjust to the darkness. From what I could see, Mitra was very pretty. She had long brown hair, it was dirty, but I could tell that it had once been very pretty. Her eyes were a deep, royal blue, her lips pink and full, "Why are you in prison, Mitra?"

"Well, apparently, standing up for animal rights is frowned upon in this high society." She sounded mocking.

"Indeed it is." I said nodding, "I know from personal experience."

"What? Were standing up to the Wizard, too? Against the banns?"

"No way! But my friend, Elphie, did." I frowned, this was all Elphaba's fault! Well, not really, I was the one had chosen to tell the Wizard about their relationship. It wasn't her fault that she had a bastard father..but still..

"Elphie? You mean the Elphaba Thropp?"

"That's the one."

"She is my idol!"

Elphaba, being someone's idol..I loved Elphie, but someone looking up to her?

"So, why are you in here?"

Here was my chance, I was going to do what I told the Wizard I would do, so I yelled as loud as I could, "ELPHABA THROPP IS THE WIZARD'S DAUGHTER!"

As Sahlah, Tale, and I started on our journey back to the Emerald City, we ran into Emir, "What are you doing here?"

"I was wondering…Could I help you? I mean..I know you're innocent-"

"Help us how?"

He smiled, "Anyway you want me to."

"Okay then, help us back to the Emerald City, we have to find Fiyero and Tasi."

"Tasi? He used to work on the Gale Force, right?"

"Yes, we'll just say that I'm a bad influence. Uh, Emir?"

"Yes?"

"If you help us, is there any chance that you could get killed? I mean, there is, but, is the Wizard after you now, too?"

"I suppose he is. After I stood up for you like that. But, I've hated the Wizard ever since I began working there. But it was the only job I was ever good at."

"Are you willing to risk your life, just to help us?" asked Sahlah, in awe.

"Of course. I bet you two have already risked your lives more than once during this whole..escapade."

"Well," I said, "I know I have. But when you're born green.."

"Oy vey!" cried Sahlah.

"We're off to see the Wizard, the horrible Wizard of Oz." I said bluntly

"Amen to that." said Emir, smiling.

When Tasi and I arrived in the Emerald City, we immediately knew that something was amiss. People looked petrified, you could tell that they were trying to carry-on with their normal lives, but something had them terrified, I could see it in every one of their faces.

I went to up to a girl who looked to be about sixteen, "Excuse me, Miss, what's going on around here?"

"T-T-The w-wicked witch, t-the g-green one, s-s-she escaped e-earlier t-today, everyone s-saw h-her break o-out."

The poor girl had a terrible stutter, I didn't know if it was from the shock of Elphaba's escape or if she was born with it, "Elphaba escaped?" I was overjoyed by the prospect of this.

"Yes, s-s-she w-was h-heading t-towards M-munchkinl-land. Warnings h-have been p-posted e-everywhere to s-stay c-clear o-of t-there. S-she's w-w-wicked, t-they s-say."

"Who says that?"

"W-who w-wants t-to k-know?"

"I do!"

"The W-w-wizard, and the Ga-gale f-force. My d-dad I-is on the f-force. H-he's l-leading t-them."

"NO! Elphaba is NOT WICKED!" The girl whimpered and bolted, "Come on Tasi, Elphie's escaped, and I'd like a word with the Wizard."

"Are you sure that's a good idea, Fiyero?"

"No, but since when has any of this been a good idea?"

"True."

Tasi took me to the palace, and I was surprised when the guards let us through, without question, "Tasi, does that always happen?"

"No." But he didn't look worried, so I decided to put on my brave face; even though on the inside I was feeling like the eleven year old Fiyero, before I hit puberty.

Tasi led me through the green marble hallways of the Wizard's humble abode, leading me directly to an emerald door with a gold plague saying: 'C. Stuart, Wizard.'

"Stuart? That's a funny surname." I said.

"I always thought so, too." said Tasi. He turned the knob on the door and walked inside, motioning for me to follow.

The Wizard turned around in his emerald chair, on seeing us, he got up, "Ah, I see two of the criminals have come to pay me a visit." He smiled, "Please gentleman, take a seat." he motioned to a pair of comfortable-looking armchairs. I shook my head, "Suit yourself. So, what is that you boys wanted to talk to me about?"

"Elphaba." Both Tasi and I stated in unison.

"Don't worry, boys, Elphaba won't be harmed, and neither will her daughter."

I gritted my teeth, "Our daughter."

"Whatever you want to say. It won't matter soon anyways. You'll both be out of the picture."

"What?"

"That's right. I'm going to kill you. You and Tasi and Glinda!"

"Don't you dare touch Elphaba and Tale!"

"Tale? Her name is Tale?"

I saw the Wizard's eyes soften for a moment, "Yes, her name is Tale. What's going on?"

"Ah, I might as well tell you, seeing as you'll be dead in a matter of hours. Elphaba is my daughter."

"NO!" I cried, "No way is my Fae your daughter! She is nothing like you! You're too cruel to be her dad!"

"I didn't see it either until Lady Glinda enlightened me on the matter."

"Glinda? What have you done with Glinda?"

"See that bottle over there?" He asked me, pointing to the green bottle on the edge of his desk, "see the blood? That is Glinda's blood."

"You killed her?"

"No. I don't do the dirty work, I just order it. Glinda is still alive, although for how long I cannot say."

Tasi then spoke, he had been quiet the entire time, but now he felt the need to speak, "How can you do this? How can you ruin people's lives like this?"

"It's fun." he shrugged.

"It's FUN? Elphaba won't live if you kill me. She'll kill herself." I didn't know this for a fact, but I suspected it."

"Not when she Tale to care for. You're forgetting your place, Fiyero."

He was right, I guess, I didn't think Elphaba would be heartless enough to kill herself if she had Tale with her.

"You're a sick, perverted man, you know that?"

"Yes-"

Before the Great and Terrible Oz could finish, I heard a high-pitched screech, from which I caught 'Elphaba' and 'father'.

"Sweet Lurline, I should have killed Glinda when I had the chance!" The Wiz jumped from where he was sitting and we watched him run out of his office.

"How stupid is he?" I asked Tasi, "Thank Oz for Glinda. Come on, let's go before he comes back."

I opened the window and looked down, it was at least a twenty-foot drop, but I could see no other way out, so I closed my eyes, and leapt.

"Elphaba, I told Fiyero this, and I'm going to tell you this, but if you don't slow down, you're going to wear yourself out before we get to the Emerald City."

"I don't give a damn. Fiyero is the only thing that matters to me now, and if he dies, I die. Hey, Emir, how did you know I was innocent?"

He shrugged, "I have a talent in reading people, and so does my brother, Amin. We knew from the beginning that you weren't the murderer. We had no idea that Fiyero was alive, but your eyes told us when we locked you up."

"But you were still going to take me to Southstairs?"

"I don't know, we were discussing you when we were driving, trying to decide what to do with you. We figured even if we did drop you off in Southstairs that you'd escaped. You do know that the palace's prison is supposed to be impenetrable."

"Yes, but it wasn't like I did it on my own."

"Doesn't matter. You still got out. My brother and I admired you for that."

I smiled, "Glad to hear that. I think."

"Hey, Elphaba, maybe I'm asking a dumb question, but what does this thunder stuff mean?" Sahlah asked me.

"I'm not sure. I think it means that the Wizard is looking for me." I had grown accustomed to the emerald tinge of the sky, and the thunder wasn't as ferocious as it had been.

Sahlah just stared in awe, "It's scary." she shivered and wrapped her arms around herself.

"Are you cold?" Emir asked her.

"No. It's really creepy. I mean, the thunder doesn't sound normal, there's never any lightning, the sky is green, there are no birds around, and the wind just died. Maybe I'm reading too much into this.."

"I think you are, Sahlah," I said.

She nodded, and hugged herself tighter, "Does Li seem scared of any of this?"

"No, not really. Maybe it's because she's related to me." I smiled.

"Whatever, Elphaba."

"Look! What's that?" Emir asked me, pointing to a big white house on a hill.

"Uh..I don't know." I said, even though I did.

"You're lying!" Sahlah cried.

"Yes, I am. It's Colwen Grounds. It's where my sister, Nessa, lives."

"Is she green, too?" Sahlah asked.

"No!"

"Sorry, just thought I'd ask. Go visit her."

"No." I shook my head, "I haven't seen her since I dropped out of Shiz..five years ago."

"So?"

"She's a paraplegic, my father counted on me to take care of her every little whim, she probably hates me for abandoning her at Shiz."

"Oh. Sorry." Sahlah put her head down.

"It's alright, you didn't know."

"Do you miss her?" Emir asked.

"Of course! I took care of her for the first eighteen years if her life, of course I miss her. Even though I can't imagine why I miss her."

Nobody asked what I meant when I said 'why'. Which was how I liked it.

Night began to fall maybe an hour later, "Come on," said Sahlah, "let's stop here and rest." she pointed to a tree stump.

I didn't really want to rest..even though I really needed to. Emir sat down next to a stretched out Sahlah, and they both fell asleep immediately. I didn't, though. I propped my knees up and put baby Li on them, so I could watch her sleep. I looked up to the sky. The clouds were more like a deep green smoke than anything else. I could faintly see the stars through it and I began to count them.

I could feel sadness tugging on my heart as I counted stars, was my life supposed to end up like this? Would I be stuck forever between the two places I hated the most? Life was too short to do this. I wished on the brightest star in the sky that wherever Fiyero was, he would be okay, and that he would find me. He would tell me he loved me, and this time, I wouldn't deny him. I would tell that I felt the same, "Oh Yero, be careful."

I landed with a heavy thump on the ground beneath the window, I bit my lip when I landed; the pain in my right ankle was almost too painful to bear, I motioned to Tasi to jump down too, but I called up to him, "Be prepared for pain!"

He nodded and took a step over the ledged, he looked almost like he was going to jump off of a building to commit suicide, I was the negotiator.

Tasi landed much better than I had, he groaned and fell to the ground, massaging his left ankle, but after a moment he got back up, "Let's go!"

I ran after him as fast I could, which, unfortunately, wasn't very fast. He noticed this and slowed down, "You okay?"

"I just jumped out of a window twenty-feet above the ground, how are you?"

"I'm-" Tasi stopped when he saw the crowd of people ahead, "I wonder what's going on."

"So do I. But whatever it is, I bet it has something to do with Elphaba."

Unfortunately, I was right.

"What's going on?" I asked, it was more to myself than to anyone else, but someone took that as their cue to show their hate and rage.

"The Gale Force is hiring volunteers to go after the Witch! Only the best are going to be chosen; it's a difficult task, I've heard. She's already escaped twice."

Even what the Wizard had told us, was he still going to kill his daughter? He told us he wasn't but that wasn't how it was looking to me. I looked to Tasi and I could tell that he thought that same thing, "Is he still going to try and kill her?"

"I don't know, Tasi. It sure looks that way, though." I was scared now. Really scared, scared for Fae, for Tale, for Tasi, for me.

"Come on, Fiyero, let's go. You don't need to see this."

Tasi pushed me through the crowd, and we headed back towards Munchkinland, where Elphie was. Or so we heard.

As night began to fall, I noticed Tasi practically falling asleep on his feet, "Let's stop for tonight, Tasi. Okay?"

"Are you sure?"

"I'm positive." Tasi walked to the nearest bed of grass and laid down. He fell asleep immediately. I, on the other had, couldn't keep my eyes closed for longer than five seconds. I looked up at the dark sky, the sky was green, again. I could faintly see the stars on the other sides of the clouds, though. I counted them, coming to the number of forty-nine. Which was seven divided by seven..seven was the number of letters in Elphaba's name. My mind was too restless, so I began counting stars again.