The dark forest swirled around, low-hanging vines and branches trying to block the path of a simple broom and two riders. Stars could barely be seen as the overhanging canopy blocked out the sky, sheltering the forbidden couple from the elements. They were silent, reading the other's thoughts and feelings as their own. They embraced, and sank to the ground, not trusting their legs to hold them up in the dizzying presence of their love.

(Yes, mushy mushy mushy. But this is the love song. So deal with it.)

"Kiss me too fiercely…" Elphaba said at last, lost in Fiyero's eyes. Comfort she had long since forgotten existed filled her, heat from her contact with his body keeping out the cold of darkness. "Hold me to tight; I need help believing you're with me tonight." Years ago, she had written off Fiyero as taken, so lost in the happy relationship she had given Glinda. But the happiness had been a lie, and he had truly wanted to be with her, make her happy. That had all changed, and now their deepest desires were coming true, despite impossible odds. "My wildest dreamings could not foresee lying beside you," He lifted his hand to caress her jade cheek, the warmth spreading across her face where his fingers had touched. "With you wanting me…and just for this moment." She stared deeper into his eyes, his eyes that she had loved ever since they showed intelligence. "As long as you're mine, I've lost all resistance, and crossed some boarder line…" She smiled internally, laughing at the irony that the notorious resistance fighter had surrendered herself to someone. "And, if it turns out it's over too fast I'll make every last moment last…As long as you're mine."

They kissed, the incredible chemistry flaming from the two bodies huddled together in the woods, wishing that nobody would find them and they could stay like this forever with nobody but them in all of Oz, lost in their own little piece of heaven. They finally pulled away, the reality of their relationship settling in. They were together, finally together forever.

"As I was brainless, as I was wise, I've always seen you through different eyes," Fiyero studied her face, the face he had longed to be able to wake up in the morning, roll over, and see smiling at him. He had gone so long without her, putting up with Glinda and her obsession with perfection, and he wasn't about to let her go; not now, not ever. "First day I saw you, I was under your spell," The day came back, clearer than crystal, his superficial mind attracted to her looks, and then his newfound intelligence fell in love with her personality. "And now I've been feeling something I've found!"

"Every moment, as long as you're mine, I wake up my body," The pair kneeled, leaning into each other, holding tight to the best and literally illegal indulgence they could ever have. "And make up for lost time!"

"Say there's no future for us as a pair…" Fiyero couldn't forget who everyone though she was; an evil usurper, determined to destroy the wonderful Oz the Wizard had built. He was now in the same boat with her, he could imagine the crazy rumors flitting about the Emerald City as he sat here in the forest. An insane warmonger who thought that her path was the path to true control over Oz, even though he had risen as high as humanly possible in the Wizard's court.

"And though I may know, I don't care! Just for this moment," They were lost again, curse all of Oz, curse the Wizard and his search parties, none of that mattered now that they had each other. "As long as you're mine, come be how you want to, and see how bright we shine!" Finally, defenses were useless, there was no need to pretend or act like everything's fine, they were just allowed to be themselves, two as one. "Borrow the moonlight until it is through…and know I'll be here holding you…" They were inches apart, less than inches, the gap closed by their eternal love, forged stronger by years of absence. "As long as you're mine!" They kissed again, reveling in pure undiluted joy and bliss. Thoughts of anything else existing were driven away as the night engulfed them both. Elphaba broke away at last, lack of oxygen and pleasure clouding her mind.

"What is it?" He asked softly, nuzzling her ear affectionately.

"It's just…for the first time, I feel…" She smiled suggestively. "Wicked."

Fiyero raised his eyebrows.

And the hours melted away like icicles in spring.

They lay on the ground, panting, covered only by Elphaba's cloak and each other. The silence surrounded them, comforting them in a secure cocoon.

"Fiyero…" Elphaba said after a long time, a warm glow filling her.

"What?" He looked down at her, her black hair fanning out on the ground, cascading past her shoulders.

"You honestly think I'm beautiful?" She closed her eyes, the reassuring rhythmic beat of Fiyero's heart matching her own.

"In more ways than one, Elphaba." She smiled and snuggled in closer, happy that someone loved her and she loved him back. "Someday, life will be perfect. The Wizard will be gone, you and Glinda will be friends again…" It's not like he hated Glinda. He was more overdosed on her impossibly perfect face, her high-pitched voice, the impractical gowns and dresses that occupied most of their suite.

"Shh!" She said suddenly, sitting up. The wind rustled the trees, branches swaying like menacing arms over the two huddled in the forest. Though Elphaba didn't just hear the wind; there was someone, screaming. Someone terrified of something. "Listen! Do you hear that?" The wind blew again, a different kind of scream. Agony. "It sounds like someone in pain…"

"It's just the wind." Fiyero said softly, smoothing her hair, trying to calm her. She was too tense most of the time, she never had a chance to relax.

The wind blew again, this time Elphaba could make out a voice, one she had grown up with. It seemed to call her name; weakly, but it was her name! Nessa.

"My sister's in danger." Elphaba untangled herself from her cape, searching around for her possessions. Nessa needed her.

"What?" Fiyero sat up, lost in trying to comprehend how she just knew things like that. "How do you know?"

Elphaba fixed her hat on her head, smoothing back her black hair behind her ears. The faster she got to Nessa the better.

"I don't know, I just-" Elphaba stopped short. Panic flooded her, she was in a house. Her vision was blurry, though, and she still knew she was on the ground. How was this possible? In the vision she moved to look out a window. There was a dizzying drop, the ground swirling below as the house flew by, carried by something. Elphaba could feel the magic in the old house, moving it through the air. Suddenly she seemed to be outside the house, below it. It was falling now, growing in size. Terror froze her in her tracks.

Fiyero joined her standing, trying to see what had captured her attention like that.

"Elphaba! What's wrong? What is it?"

"This! Don't you see it?" Elphaba pointed at the house in the sky. How could he not see it?! It's right there!

"What do you mean? What do you see?" Fiyero stepped in front of Elphaba, but she looked right through him, eyes staring off into the distance at whatever it was that only she could see.

"It doesn't make any sense! It's a house, but it's…" Already it was fading from her sight, the falling house being replaced by the ancient trees of the forest. "It's flying through the sky!" Her eyes cleared, determination returning to her. "I have to go to Nessa."

"I'll come with you!" Fiyero said immediately, no thought in his mind but to watch over Elphaba, keep her safe wherever her fugitive life led her.

"No! Go to the Elphs. They're in the south Vinkus; if you don't find Salamaris tell the first living thing you see Aba sent you." He started to protest, not willing to leave Elphaba after he had just found her, but she stopped him. "It's too dangerous!"

"Elphaba, listen to me! My family has a castle in Kiamo Ko." Northern Vinkus. Elphaba noticed, but didn't pay much attention to that. "Nobody lives there but the sentries who watch over it. We've never lived there."

"Where do you live?" Elphaba asked.

"In the other castle," he waved his hand as if 'other' meant lesser. Elphaba nodded. Of course the royalty in the Vinkus would have two castles. They ran the place. "It's the perfect hiding place; tunnels, secret passageways. The Elphs would be safe there." He took her hand, sorrowful that she would have to leave. "You'll be safe there."

"We will see each other again, won't we?" Elphaba said finally, getting the intense feeling that she didn't want to leave; that she could just roll over in bed and not have to get up and face a chilly morning of gloom and pain. Fiyero squeezed her hand tighter.

"Elphaba," He said forcefully, meeting her eyes the whole time. "We are going to be together always." He pointed up into the roof of leaves and still-growing wood. "You can see houses flying through the sky. Can't you see that?"

However impossible it seemed, she knew he was right. He would brave all the dangers of Oz to be able to keep that promise, and in the same instant Elphaba knew that she would do the same. Insurmountable odds worked against them, but they would find a way to make it through, no matter how desperate, to be together. They kissed one last time, both trying not to think of it truly as a goodbye kiss. Elphaba gathered up her broom and flew off through the undergrowth. Fiyero watched her go, new resolve shaping his thoughts. He would send a message to these Elphs and tell them Kiamo Ko was open to then, but he was going with her. From what he remembered of Nessa, she was a strong girl with people willing to attend to her, and she had to be in serious danger for Elphaba to fly off like that.

Running on foot, he trailed after the broom's path.

Update, update, update! That's all you people ever want me to do: ) That was the smarmy love song, complementary of yours truly, the Lost. So it was smarmy, yes, but there's important information buried in it! KIAMO KO ROCKS MY WORLD!!! The next chapter could take a little while because there's the scene before it, which needs to be done justice, and everything else that happens. Review if you liked it. Review if you didn't. Review if you read the other chapters yet are not bothered to review. I'm checking my settings so that it'll accept anonymous reviews.

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But review, and keep reading and writing! -LostOzian