It was a cloudy day as Elphaba, the richest 17 year old girl on land, was on her father's ship, enjoying the day. That is until she heard her friend start to hurl his cookies. She sighed and turned around.
"Honestly Boq, can't you go one trip without puking?"
He turned and gave her a half-hearted glare before puking again. She ignored him and closed her eyes to feel the breeze on her skin.
"Ah Elphaba. Dreaming again?" Boq said.
"Oh hush." She retorted as she gazed into the water.
He stood next to her. "You know, under the water, there lives a whole different kind of people."
She rolled her eyes. "Yeah right and I can fly. You need to stop listening to tall tales." But Elphaba was wrong for once.
Deep under the ocean, there lived a merman king and his daughter, Galinda. Now Galinda was a headstrong, adventurous 16 year old. She was always swimming around the ocean, looking for new things to discover. It made her father furious though, because she always went on land where the humans lived.
Now, Galinda was getting berated by her father for being near land again. She tried her best not to roll her eyes.
"Now listen to me young lady. Going near land is very dangerous. Suppose one of those barbarians saw you. What would you do then?"
"Daddy they're not barbarians!"
"They are to me! They eat fish for a living! Galinda, I just want you to be safe. I don't want to see my baby girl to be killed!"
"I'm 16 years old! I'm not a baby!" she snapped.
"Don't you dare take that tone with me, young lady! I never want to hear you going to the surface again! Do you understand?!"
Galinda's bottom lip trembled. Her father rarely yelled at her. She swam off without answering him.
Her father sighed and sat on his throne. "What am I going to do with her?"
Galinda swam until she came to her secret cavern with all over her treasures that she found in human's ships.
"Maybe he's right. What if there is something wrong with me? I guess I just don't see things the way he does. I don't see how a world that makes such beautiful things…..could be that bad," she sighed as she swam around. "Look at this stuff. Isn't it neat? But who cares? No big deal. I want more. I want to be where the people are. Up where they walk and run and where they spend all day in the sun. Betcha on land, they understand. Betcha they don't tell their daughters off. When's my turn? Wouldn't I'd love to explore the world above the surface. Out of the sea," she said lying on the cavern floor, "wish I could be…part of that world."
Suddenly, a shadow went over top of the cavern. "What's that?" She swam to the surface and saw a ship with fireworks going off.
"Wow." She said as she swam toward it and looked into the hole on the side. There were human men dancing and playing piccolos. Galinda was so mesmerized by it, that she didn't notice a girl in black pants, boots and a white shirt come out.
"We are here to celebrate the 17th birthday of Miss Elphaba. On behalf of all of us, I have commissioned a statue for this occasion." He lifted off the slip on the statue. It looked nothing like Elphaba. It made her look like a retarded pirate.
"Um…It's really something Boq." She smiled sheepishly.
Galinda's head had snapped up as she heard the girl speak. Suddenly her heart began to rush and she felt lightheaded as her cheeks flushed. 'What is this feeling?' she thought as she gazed at the girl but her thoughts were broken by a clap of thunder. The wind began to pick up and it began to pour.
"Secure the riggings!" Fiyero yelled to the crew as they got the rowboats into the water and just in time. A big wave knocked the ship that knocked Galinda into the water again. She heard men yelling Elphaba's name. Galinda looked around for her then she spotted her, sinking into the water, unconscious. The mermaid dove underwater and caught her just in time. She resurfaced and started to swim ashore.
A/N: Ha Cliffhanger! I'm not gonna have them sing because one the songs don't belong to me and two I want to do something different. If someone has already done this story, please inform me. Also, reviews would be very nice. No burning!