A/N: yes, i know, long time. i haven't even been in the state that much. between trips and preparing for final papers, i have no free time! but here is this short little transitional chapter. it basically sums some things up. be prepared for a big reunion followed by big drama in the following chapter! Review. 3
Disclaimer: No chance, no way, i won't say it. No no. This scene won't play, I won't say I don't own Wicked.
It is truly extraordinary how one choice can change the lives of various people forever. The night Elphaba left caused a mixture of feelings to those close to her. Nessarose felt abandoned and a hatred for her once helpful sister grew. Galinda at first was indifferent about the whole situation. She was gone, so why did her life have to change? Slowly, she learned that absence truly does make the heart grow fonder and the absence of her best friend took its toll on her emotions. She mourned the wicked. Fiyero was devastated when he found the note that was strategically slipped under his door. He knew that in his heart he would always love the green girl and no one, no matter how beautiful, wealthy, popular, or intelligent they were could replace his Elphaba.
During the remaining years at Shiz, they all learned to get by without Elphaba. Galinda changed her name to simply Glinda in honor of Dr. Dillamond. She graduated top of the class, with help of her parents' money no doubt. She excelled in sorcery, proving Madame Morrible completely wrong. Glinda took rise as a social figure in Oz. The offer for it was a joint offer made my Madame Morrible and the Wizard. They wanted her to keep an eye out for them in the north in Gillikin, to be a sort of 'Adept' and report anything back. Everyone came to love Glinda 'The Good'.
Fiyero had indeed changed for the better. His grades improved and his professors were impressed with how he was so outspoken with politics (surely a trait of Elphaba's that had rubbed off on him.) He got back together with Glinda, asking for her forgiveness. Glinda took some time but them turned around. Fiyero thought that it was good to be with someone who missed Elphaba as much as he did, no matter how wrong it really was. Fiyero became head of the Gale Force after graduation. It was his plan to help find Elphaba and bring her to safety before the rest of the guard found her. His efforts were a failure for the longest time.
Nessarose graduated Shiz a year after Fiyero and Glinda did. Her father fell ill and died of the same caused by Elphaba leaving and causing havoc in the Emerald city. She took charge as the Governess of Munchkinland. She was known as the Wicked Witch of the East because of her strict rule. Boq stayed with her with hopes that Glinda would love him the way he loved her for the longest time. He lost his heart to her the moment he saw her but she had yet to return it. Boq was a servant to Nessarose, hating every moment of it. He wished that Nessa's shoes would just become enchanted and make her walk already so he could leave her. His love for her was as artificial as Glinda's smiles were when she was trying to please a crowd.
And now about Elphaba: she was the one who changed the most. Her meeting with the Wizard did not go as planned. He wanted her to read from the ancient Grimmerie and give his monkey servants wings. Elphaba hated that she had to hurt the innocent monkeys (or were they Monkeys?) so she ran out and threatened to expose the Wizards evil plans to all of Oz. He tried to capture her but Elphaba took the Grimmerie and the little knowledge of sorcery that she knew and hopped on a broom to escape. Madame Morrible and the Wizard then deemed her 'wicked' and a 'menace to society.' Elphaba left them behind and defied gravity, letting no one in all of Oz bring her down.
Elphaba lived by flying from one place to the next under the cover of darkness. She only stayed in a place no longer than she absolutely needed to. She covered herself from head to toe so little of her envy colored skin was seen. One sight of it would give her away because as far as she knew, she was the only green girl in Oz. She lived in rented out rooms above inns, the only name she gave was 'Fae'. When a room could not be found, she took residence in a cave or other camping site, befriending the Animals in hiding as she went along.
Life as a fugitive was not so harsh for Elphaba. She grew into a woman. Her newly acquired curves and wavy hair made her wish she could see Fiyero just one more time. He would eat his heart out she thought. It was true. She looked as more beautiful than she ever did at Shiz. Her father would be proud that she finally was out of her awkward stage. Little did she know, she was causing her father to suffer from the shame of having his eldest daughter be wanted by the Gale Force for being a 'terrorist'.
A terrorist – that is what she was called. What horrible deeds did she really commit? She was intelligent, one of the brightest students to ever attend Shiz University with an uncanny ability for sorcery. She rescued a poor, helpless lion cub when that evil new professor took the position of Dr. Dillamond. She took care of Nessarose day in and day out; wheeling her around to every place she wanted to go. Sure there was that teeny little slip of wickedness when she was with Fiyero behind Galinda's (or was it Glinda now?) back. Other than that, she thought that she did the right thing. She was pretty good for someone who did not have a soul.
It was four whole years since Elphaba had last seen her friends from Shiz. Four years since she experienced love. Four years since she spoke with her best friend. Four years since she left everything that she knew behind. She did not think that she would see any of those people again. She was very wrong. Just outside the new inn she was residing in the Emerald City, and important press conference was taking place with none other than Glinda the Good and her new fiancé.