The Plan
"Fiyero?"
The bright blue light faded leaving a dim haze at the edge of Fiyero's vision. He looked around the strange yet familiar room trying to get his bearings together, trying to find Elphaba…
"Fiyero Dearest!" Glinda shouted, jumping up off the platform, heading gracefully over in Fiyero's direction, "Oh Fiyero, I knew you'd come back! I just knew…"
Fiyero turned away as if not noticing the petite blonde running towards him. "Elphaba!" he called, turning around, looking every-which-way for the green girl. "Elphaba damnit! Answer me!"
Glinda stopped in her tracks, "Fiyero?" she whispered tearfully.
Fiyero tensed upon hearing his name from such a familiar, heartbroken voice. He turned slowly coming face to face with a tearful Glinda the good, the woman he was supposed to be engaged to. "Glinda." He said simply, a hint of guilt underlying his words.
"Oh Fiyero," she whispered, flinging herself onto him, hugging him for all she was worth.
Fiyero hugged her back hesitantly, somewhat awkwardly. He sighed, "I'm sorry Glinda."
Glinda froze, that tone…it hadn't been one of someone seeking forgiveness, but of someone consumed by guilt. She stepped back, looking up into his blue eyes, seeing something she couldn't identify floating within them.
"I'm so sorry," he repeated looking away.
It was then that Glinda realized...it was over. That Fiyero had never really loved her, he had been playing his part, living up to his name. And even more startling…that she had never really loved him, that she was just doing what everyone in Oz expected of her.
Glinda shook her head, she understood now…but it still didn't ease her pain. "It's alright," she whispered, drawing a shocked look from Fiyero, "You love her, don't you?"
Fiyero nodded slowly before remembering just what had happened only moments ago. "Oh no, Elphaba!" he turned, and scoped the room once more, finding no trace that Elphaba had gone with him.
"Fiyero what happened?" Glinda asked, seeing the panic written on Fiyero's face. "You left and then you just appeared here out of the blue…light."
Fiyero whirled around to face Glinda, she took sorcery with Elphaba…maybe she could help him prove to Elphie that she hadn't cast a spell on him.
"Glinda, is it possible to cast a spell with out knowing it?" he asked her desperately.
"Well…" Glinda said thinking a moment, "It's very difficult to do…I've heard of people using magic without realizing it. Elphie did it her first day at Shiz, but I don't recall people doing spells without knowing that they're doing it."
Fiyero just looked at her more confused then when he started thinking about it. "Well…can you undo a spell?"
"No," Glinda said simply, "You cannot undo a spell once it's been cast. Why?"
Fiyero sighed, "Elphaba thinks that she cast a spell on me with out knowing it…the day that Dillamond was taken." Glinda just looked at him waiting for him to elaborate. "You see…you know that lion cub that disappeared?" Glinda nodded, "Well, Elphaba and I took it."
Glinda gasped, "You were the ones that took the cub!"
Fiyero nodded, "Elphaba got angry about Dillamond and the cub and she accidentally cast a spell on the class. It didn't work on me, for some reason, so I grabbed the lion's cage and we ran off. We got into an argument and I started to walk away…when Elphie grabbed my hand…" Fiyero trailed off unable to describe the feeling he got when Elphie had touched him. It was amazing, like a fire was coursing through his blood. He looked at her and then looked at their hands, he felt a pull on his soul, almost as if it wanted to jump out and tie with Elphaba's through their hands. "And since then…I changed…Elphaba thinks that she cast a spell on me to make me love her when she grabbed my hand. I tried to tell her that she couldn't have, but she wouldn't listen to me, I couldn't even tell her that I…"
"Did she say anything?" Glinda asked suddenly, interrupting Fiyero.
"When?"
"When she grabbed your hand or when she 'spelled' the class?" Fiyero shook his head, "Nothing odd? Or that you couldn't understand?" Fiyero shook his head again, getting more frustrated.
"What does this have to do with anything?"
Glinda grinned and started jumping up and down in place, excitement evident in her squeal. "She couldn't have spelled the class!" Fiyero just gave her a look, Glinda sighed, "To use a spell, one must say the spell. But to use magic, one must only think about it. Elphie couldn't have spelled you or the class without saying something in Gremmerik, the spell language. She may have used her magic to affect the class but not to spell them. Oh Fiyero, don't you see what this means?" Fiyero's unchanging look informed her that he did not. "Spells can't be undone, but magic can! If she did magic you, it can be reversed!"
"But that's just the point she didn't magic me…" But Fiyero's argument died under Glinda's continued ramble.
"And if she didn't magic you, Oz will know that she isn't wicked!" Glinda giggled, "The Wizard's lies will be undone by his lies!" If possible, this statement confused Fiyero more. "Don't you see, he has all of Oz convinced that Elphie is wicked, that there isn't anything good for or in the wicked, that there is nothing to love in the wicked, that no one could love the wicked. But if we tell the people that you love her, they'll have to believe that she isn't wicked anymore!"
"But what if they think that she did magic me?" Fiyero asked, starting to catch on.
"Well, we'll tell them that she did magic you, and we can get all the most powerful spell-casters to come and reverse it. And then when they 'break' the magic, you can tell Oz if you really love Elphie or not. If you do, you can tell Oz and they'll stop hunting her, and if she did magic you, then when it's broken, we can get married again!" Glinda giggled, slipping back into her old self, her popular self, slipping away from the mature Glinda that Fiyero had just been conversing with.
"But Glinda, she didn't magic me…I…" Fiyero started, when Glinda started to glide past him.
"Ohhh, I have to go call the spell-casters, and inform the press, and pick out a dress…" Glinda squealed again as she disappeared out of the room.
"…I loved her when I saw her at the Ozdust…" Fiyero finished to himself.
A/N: So…soon to come, announcing Fiyero to Oz…and a flaw in the plan, should have seen that coming with Glinda creating it…
