A/N: Thanks for the reviews. Here is the next chapter.

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Nothing really happened over the next day of walking. Strider seemed to trust them more, but that was it.

"Are we almost there?" Pippin asked.

"We'll be there by sunset tomorrow." Strider replied.

"Do you think Mr. Frodo is O.K?" Sam asked.

"If they have arrived in Rivendell.." Strider started but was interupted.

"And, what if they have not?" Merry asked.

"I don't know Merry." Strider said. "I don't know for sure how fast the poison will work. He will resive medical help the second he reach Rivendell." The hobbits stopped asking questions.

"Fae, are you O.K?" Fiyero asked. Elphaba had seemed to be in some kind of trance. "Fae!" He said a little lauder when she didn't response.

"What?" She asked when she finally heard him.

"Whats wrong?" He asked again.

"Nothing, I'm just thinking." She replied smiling at him, he saw sadness in her eyes.

"Glinda?"

"Yes, I miss her so much." She replied tears welled up in her eyes. "She was my only friend. It kills me that I can't tell her we're alive."

"I've told you many times why we can't tell her." Fiyero said giving her hand a gentle squeeze.

"I know, Yero."

"She wasn't your only friend, Fae." He said. "I'm your friend. I love you."

"I love you too, but she was my best friend." She whispered. "I hope she's done something to get rid of the wizard."

"I hope so too. I don't want your 'death' to be for nothing." Elphaba smiled at him.

"It's starting to rain." Elphaba said. Fiyero looked up at the sky."

"Yes, your not scared your gonna melt?" Fiyero said, grinning at her.

"Shut up." She said, smiling.

"What was that about?" Pippin asked. He'd been listening to their conversation. Again.

"You should really stop eavesdropping on us." Elphaba said smiling. She'd been smiling a lot lately. She didn't have to hide. She felt more free.

"I'm sorry miss." Pippin said. "Your conversations are just too interesting. Why should you be worried about melting?"

"It was just a roomer in Oz. They said water would melt me."

"Why would they say that?" Merry asked.

"They didn't have anything better to do. They made up a lot of false roomers about me. Only one of them had any truth in it."

"What was that?" Sam asked. All 3 hobbits listened now. Elphaba had a feeling Strider was listening aswell, but he didn't say anything.

"They said that Animals we're giving me food and shelter. They we're right. Ozians hate Animals." She said.

"Why?" Pippin asked.

"The wizard told them to. They follow everything he says without question." Elphaba said, bitterness in her voice."

"Who's this wizard you keep talking about." Sam asked.

"The ruler of Oz. He's not really a wizard, he just pretends to be. He has no magical power. No one except me, Fiyero, Glinda and Madam Morrible knows this thought. The rest of Oz except the Animals thinks he's wonderful, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Elphaba explained.

"Madam Morrible?" Merry asked.

"His secretary, she's more dangerous than the wizard is. She actually has magical power. She helps the wizard. She killed my sister." Elphaba said her voice cracking a little. Fiyero squeezed her hand in reassurance.

The hobbits stopped asking questions at this point. The company walked in silence the rest of the day.

A/N: I know it dosn't really have anny action in it, but that will come after the Council of Elrond. I'm gonna try to bring Glinda in at that point too. Please tell me if you like it. I'll try to get the next chapter up sometime before the end of next week. I have a lot of homework.