~A/N~ Yay! My longest chapter yet!

This is more of a note for the second chapter (and I've confused myself because of the prologue. This is Chapter 3, not 4) but I forgot to add it then. Basically I wanted to say that (sorry) I'm not a huge fan of the Wicked books, so this is entirely based upon the musical. If there is anything that is the same as the books then that's purely a coincidence (I've only read the summery for the books). So I know in the books (or at least I think) Glinda has a husband, but in my mind he never existed :-)

And I just wanted to say, really, thank you so much for reading my story, and if you like it follow it, because (as of 8/1/12) I'm still writing chapters. And truthfully I have no idea when this story will end.

Unfortunately Wicked still doesn't belong to me. (But one day I'm gonna play Glinda)

~Elphaba~

Life in Emerald Palace had become for pleasant. Glinda had introduced her staff to Elphaba, and had made them swear not to tell anyone about her living the in the city. Even though she still got the occasional dirty look from the housekeepers, she still kept her head up high, and her ears open for any signs that they had leaked her reappearance. But I seemed that the workers liked their jobs, so Elphaba didn't have to worry about anyone telling.

Then life got even better when Glinda returned from Zema, bringing with her Elphaba's family.

She welcomed her kids with open arms as the rushed in the doors of the Emerald Palace. After hugging each one of her kids, she turned to Fiyero, and gave him a long kiss. She was overjoyed; her family was safe.

And for once in a long time, Elphaba felt secure. Until a few days later, when the heard about the attacks.

At first Elphaba had panicked when Glinda told her that Zema had been bombed. Until the blonde extended and reveled that it wasn't the only place to be attacked, so they were still sure that no one knew about Elphaba. Even so it was still unnerving; it seemed to be the first phase of the rebellion.

The the attack did have a plus side. To keep everyone from going into a state of panic, Glinda organized an appearance so that she could explain how they were planning to deal with the situation. The Witches decided that this was where it would be announced that Elphaba would come out of hiding.

"Fellow Ozians!" Elphaba smirked at her friends opening. Couldn't she think of anything else to use for attention-grabbing?

"In light of recent events, I have decided that it would be best for the Emerald Council, to bring in the best mind we could find. I will not lie to you, the force we are up against is strong, but this women is stronger; she's the strongest person you will ever find. Her name is Elphaba Thropp, but sadly you know her by a different name; a name that we celebrate every year. But before you know that name it is important that you know her real story, because you know a lot of lies."

[Insert your own version of Elphaba's story - sorry I was to lazy to type one]

"You see now, you all know her as the Wicked Witch of the West. And no, she never died." Glinda looked out a the crowd, and that's when the true chaos started, and it only ended when Elphaba stood on the stage, and a shocked silence hit the crowd.

Elphaba stared at the crowd, and suddenly she knew exactly what to say,"I don't expect you all to believe me; you have no reason to. But I want to give you that reason. So please ask me whatever you want, and I will tell you the truth. Don't be afraid."

Everyone stared at her, until one brave man raised his hand. Elphaba was taken aback by this sign of courtesy, so she nodded at him.

"Why did you give the monkey's wings? Did you know it would hurt them?" He was holding a small notepad and pen, ready to write her answer down.

Elphaba frowned, the memory not a pleasant one. "The Wizard asked me to. His monkey, Chistery, wanted to be able to fly. He asked me to use a spell from the Grimmerie to make it so. Turns out he had all of the other monkeys hidden behind a curtain, I had no idea that it would hurt the monkeys."

And so it continued for the next hour, every single thing that the Ozians had ever uses against Elphaba was questioned. By the end of the meeting, the crowd seemed to believe the stories they had been told, so they closed the meeting and Glinda and Elphaba left.

~Glinda~

"Bala & Rosa. You are supposed to be in bed. Tomorrow is a new day and you have to have the energy to enjoy it." The two girls looked at the woman then ran off to bed. Even at 11 they have lots of fun playing together, and we overjoyed that they were able to live together in the Emerald Palace.

"My kids no idea why they're really here," Elphaba was standing next to Glinda, staring down the hallway, "They would all be dead. Goodnight Glinda."

"Elphie? I-" Glinda wanted to say something to her friend, but knew that there was nothing.

She sat down on her bed with a large thump, and threw her head back on the pillows. She heard Zaver come in a minute later but ignored him until he began speaking.

"I'm sorry darling, what did you say?" Glinda looked at her husband.

Zaver sighed, "Glinda go to bed. You obviously very tired. Oz has to be able to rely on someone who's awake and alert."

Gingerly, Glinda stood up, walked into her (walk-in) closet and changed into some pink silk pajamas. Lying back in bed she turned to her husband, who was cleaning his teeth in the bathroom.

"Do you think I did the right thing? Bringing Elphie's family here."

Zaver turned to his wife, "Darling, they would be dead if you didn't. And I can tell that Elphaba is a smart woman, and Fiyero isn't bad himself. I know they're going to be a great help in saving Oz from whoever is trying to destroy it," he stroked her hair softly, "Now stop worrying and go to bed."

So Glinda nodded, and turned over, quickly falling into a deep sleep.

~Elphaba~

Elphaba stood staring out the window in her room. Behind her she heard the sound of Fiyero entering, but her eyes remained fixated of the skyline.

She jumped slightly as she felt her husbands arms wrap around her.

"Fae, you need to sleep. Tomorrow everyone is going to be asking you millions of questions; it gets tiring."

Elphaba turned in his arms and nodded, but in her head her mind saw still buzzing, so she only had been lying in bed for a few hours when the perfect plan was in her head.

Leaping out of bed, Elphaba sprinted down the hall and flew into Glinda's room.

"Glinda! Glinda! Wake up!"

Glinda sat up groggily and looked at the green woman, "Elphie it's two in the morning."

Elphaba grabbed Glinda's shoulders and shook her, "I know how we're going to get inside the rebellion."

Now Glinda was awake, "How?"

"Boq."