(A/N: THE LAST CHAPTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Elphaba and Mark walked back into the dining room, everyone gave them odd looks and Fiyero kept his gaze down as she sat down next to him. Everyone went back to chatting, but Fiyero couldn't say anything, he didn't know what to say.
"Fiyero?" Fiyero heard her voice next to him.
"Yes?" he asked, not looking up.
"What's wrong?" asked Elphaba.
"Nothing." said Fiyero, he finally looked up at her and offered a smile. She didn't believe him, he could tell but for now, she let it go.
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After dinner, everyone went to be with their significant other, but Maureen and Joanne let Mark hang with them. Fiyero and Elphaba sat on the couch in front of the fireplace. Fiyero lay with his back against the arm of the couch and Elphaba laid against him tracing invisible patterns on his chest. They were very comfortable and didn't say anything, but they didn't need to. Fiyero stared at Elphaba, trying to see if she was happy with him, if she loved him, if she'd rather...be with someone...else. Finally, Elphaba looked up at Fiyero.
"Are you going to tell me what's wrong?" asked Elphaba.
"Hmm?" asked Fiyero, jumping out of his thoughts, "Nothing, nothing."
"Fiyero." Elphaba said, "I know there's something." Fiyero sighed and figured he should just tell her or it would push her away.
"I saw you and Mark outsides today." said Fiyero.
"Fiyero, look it was just--" Elphaba began.
"You know it's fine." said Fiyero.
"What is?" asked Elphaba.
"If you want to be with him." said Fiyero, "I won't...be mad or anything. Look if you want him, you should be with him."
"Fiyero!" Elphaba cried, "I told him I wanted to be with you."
"Is that why you kissed him?" asked Fiyero.
"No—you don't understand." said Elphaba, turning away from him.
"You love him." said Fiyero. There was a long silence until Elphaba finally sighed and looked back at Fiyero.
"Yes, I love him." she said, "But—but I love you more, Yero. You know that don't you? I want to be with you."
"Oh, thank Oz, because it is so hard to live without you." Fiyero sighed with relief and kissed her passionately. She kissed him back and neither of them made it to their rooms that night.
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They woke up on the couch in each other's arms. Fiyero chuckled as he remembered them waking up exactly like that a few months prior. Her eyes fluttered open a moment later and she looked up at Fiyero and smiled.
"Morning love." Fiyero said, kissing her forehead.
"Morning." she replied sleepily, "Today's the day."
"What day?" asked Fiyero.
"The day everyone goes back and we go back in time." said Elphaba, "Everything will go back to normal."
"Back in time...." said Fiyero, "Us too?"
"Yes," said Elphaba, "That whole mess with the wizard...it will never have happened."
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Everyone stood in the entrance hall, the bohos knew they'd never see the Oz gang again and it was a very tearful moment. Fiyero and Lucas, not really knowing anybody sort of just stood in the background while Galinda and said their goodbyes. Roger came up to Elphaba and gave her a hug, they hadn't really gotten to know each other as well. He went on to Galinda.
"Pink is so much better than blue." she said as she hugged him. He grinned at her. They'd spent most of their time together arguing over which color rocked more. Angel kissed Elphaba and Galinda on both cheeks.
"Chicas, I am going to miss you so much." Angel said and hugged them both at the same time before bounding over to Fiyero and hugging him. Fiyero looked a little surprised but hugged her back to which Angel squealed. Collins gave Elphaba a big hug and said goodbye to Galinda, he and Galinda hadn't really gotten to know each other that well. Mimi gave Elphaba a hug before turning to Galinda, they'd become like sisters.
"You're so right, pink is so much better than blue." said Mimi, hugging Galinda, "I'm gonna miss you girl."
"I'm going to miss you too." Galinda sniffed. Maureen was actually crying a little when she came up to Elphaba.
"I love you like a sister, you know that right?" said Maureen hugging Elphaba, "So don't you dare forget me." Elphaba laughed as she hugged Maureen back.
"I love you like a sister too." said Elphaba, "And I think we all know how impossible it is to forget the one and only Maureen." Joanne didn't really know anyone that well, so she stood in the background too. Last was Mark. First he went to Galinda and gave her a hug.
"Thanks for lying to me." he whispered in her ear.
"You both deserved to not know the truth." Galinda smiled. He smiled back and then turned and walked up to Elphaba, and before he could hug her, she leapt into his arms and hugged him close, closing her eyes.
"I am going to miss you so much." she whispered.
"I'm going to miss you too." said Mark, "I love you."
"I love you too." Elphaba whispered, "And I will never forget you Mark Cohen." Mark felt her press something into his hand. He closed his fingers around it. Finally they pulled away from each other, both rubbing at their eyes.
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The portal was orange colored and swirled in front of them. Roger and Mimi went first, then Joanne and Maureen, then Collins and Angel and finally Mark and they were all gone. Elphaba sighed as she leaned into Fiyero.
"They're gone." said Elphaba, "He's gone."
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Mark opened his eyes and found himself in the Life Café, a warm cup of tea in front of him. He finally realized there was something in his hand, he slipped it into his pocket before starting out of the café. The manager rushed at him.
"Hey!" he said, "You haven't paid for your tea!"
"Here you go." said Mark, giving the manager his money.
"Wait...you can pay?" asked the manager staring at the money.
"Yes," said Mark, "And here's your I owe you." he handed him some extra money. Mark made his way back home to his loft. He went the back way, through the alley. He got to his loft and closed the door behind him and sighed deeply. She was gone, he wasn't ever going to see her again. Mark suddenly remembered the gift she'd given him in his pocket. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a green candle. Engraved in the candle were the words: some of my favorite memories. He wondered what that meant, he lit the candle. The flame was green and looked like a liquid emerald. He blew lightly on it so that it would go out, but instead, the flame flickered and then swirled in front of him. At first he thought it'd be a portal, but instead it was a moving image, of him and Elphaba laughing together. Mark smiled as he remembered that day when they'd gone on a date together and walked around the park, holding hands. A moment later the image changed to another moving of image of him and Elphaba at the Life Café together. There was a knock on the door and Mark blew the candle out before answering it.
"Merry Christmas Bitch!" said Collins, walking in, Angel on his arm.
"Hey." said Mark.
"We just wanted to see if you wanted to come to the support group with us." said Angel.
"Ah, no thanks." said Mark, "Too much has happened, I think I'll just stay home."
"What happened?" asked Collins.
"Elphaba, Galinda, portals, everything, you know." said Mark.
"Huh?" asked Collins, "Did you put something strange in your tea this morning? Portals? What are you talking about?"
"Elphaba, don't you remember her?" asked Mark.
"Look, why don't you rest. I've never heard of anyone name Elfafa." said Collins.
"Elphaba, her name was Elphaba." said Mark.
"Whatever." said Collins, "Doesn't sound like a real person to me. We'll see you round." he and Angel left. Mark was shocked, Collins and Angel didn't remember? Roger and Mimi stopped by next.
"So, I was in my loft, and I was thinking, gee, I haven't seen Mark in like...two weeks, and since you live RIGHT HERE, I decided to come see you." said Roger, "It's like you disappeared off the face of the universe."
"You're all Roger could think about." said Mimi, "Even when we were making hot steamy love, he'd stop and say, hmm, I wonder where Mark is."
"Why do you have a green candle?" asked Roger.
"It's from Elphaba." said Mark.
"Who?" asked Roger. Mark realized that Elphaba had made everyone but him forget.
"You don't know her." said Mark, "She was my girlfriend a while back."
"Oh, well, why did she give you a green candle?"
"To remember her by."
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Elphaba, Fiyero, Lucas and Galinda were next. The portal was purple this time, they walked through. Elphaba and Fiyero opened there eyes and found themselves in a carriage back to Shiz from the Vinkus. Galinda found herself in her dorm room alone, the letter from the wizard propped up on Elphaba's desk. Lucas found himself in class, sitting next to Avaric and Boq. Elphaba sighed and leaned on Fiyero's shoulder as she saw the outline of the beautiful Shiz campus come into view.
"I guess now, everyone just found out that we're dating." said Elphaba, "They'll probably be talking again."
"Whatever they say, I'll always love you." said Fiyero, "You know that."
"Yes, I love you too." said Elphaba. They got out of the carriage and the driver went on to the dorms to deliver their things so they wouldn't have to carry them. Unfortunately, a rather large portion of Shiz was by the fountains in the courtyard area, eating lunch. They all stopped their idle chatter to stare at Elphaba and Fiyero.
"There she is," said someone, "that slut."
"Whore."
"Witch."
"She's just a charity case."
"He's only dating her so he can bed her." Elphaba took a subconscious step away from Fiyero and started to walk away, when Fiyero grabbed her wrist suddenly and pulled her back gently. Then he let go and climbed on top of the large statue in the middle of the courtyard.
"Alright, everybody listen!" he called, as though they were not already, "I am IN LOVE with ELPHABA THROPP!" Elphaba started blushing furiously at this, but Fiyero continued, "And if you have a problem with that, you'd better be able to defend yourself if you value your life! I don't know why it is so hard to comprehend that I love her and that she loves me but it's happened, it's real. She did not spell me, she did not use black mail, I am not using her, I just love her and she just loves me. Understand?!" Fiyero yelled. Nobody said anything, but he was pretty sure they got the message. He jumped down, took Elphaba's hand and kissed her long for everyone to see. Everyone gasped at the sight, they wouldn't admit it, but surprisingly the prince and the green girl looked....good together.
"Do you think it worked?" asked Elphaba as they walked away.
"I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure the message was delivered." Fiyero smiled at her.
"Did you hear what Fiyero said? I think he actually loves her." someone said.
"Well, if he loves her, maybe she's not all that bad." said the other.
"But she's green!"
"And you're white!"
"Good point."
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Elphaba and Fiyero walked into her dorm and Galinda was immediately on top of them.
"Oh you guys! I was so worried the portal didn't work and you were stuck there are something." said Galinda, hugging them fiercely.
"We're fine Galinda." said Elphaba, "And Lucas is in class, so don't worry about him."
"Oh, this is so weird, being back at Shiz, something as normal as school after all this time." said Galina, "I was kind of getting used to New York."
"Well, I know the one thing you'll miss about New York is television." said Elphaba, chuckling.
"And the bohos." Galinda smiled sadly.
"Yeah." Elphaba said, "And them."
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"Madame, I don't think I'm ready to meet the Wizard, I'm not at all as magically advanced as I should be for such a position." said Elphaba.
"But, my dear, you are well qualified." said Madame Morrible, "This is the chance of a lifetime."
"I know...I know, but I don't think magic if my forte anymore, I'm going to quite the seminar." said Elphaba.
"I would think someone was talented as you would appreciate an opportunity such as this." said Madame Morrible.
"Well..." Madame Morrible pursed her lips, "If that's really want you want."
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The next day, the entirety of the Shiz student body and staff were gathered in the large auditorium awaiting some huge, serious and life-changing announcement. Yeah right, that's what people saw to get you to buy something. Little did the students know, but this actually would change their lives....or at least their life styles.
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"Students, please, please settle down!" Morrible called as she stood on stage with an odd looking man standing next to her. He was tall with long wispy white hair, and a beard to match. Perched on his head was a cone shaped hat and perched on his nose were half-moon spectacles. He wore odd clothing, seemingly, they looked to be something like robes. The students of Shiz just kept socializing.
"SILENCE!" the man called, his strong voice booming throughout the auditorium. Everyone immediately shut up.
"Thank you." said Morrible curtly, an irritated look on her face. The man nodded, but Elphaba didn't miss the mocking smile on his face. She almost laughed, she decided she liked him. Madame Morrible continued, "Now, um, students, you may not know this, but there is a wizarding world where magic is very common and the minister of magic has just contacted the muggle world and now ours. There is an evil wizard on the loose, Volde—volde—oh whatever his name is, I can't pronounce it. But anyway, he is very evil and so, the ministry thought it would be best if all of the students were transferred to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it is the most absolute safe place right now, unless you intend to hide out in a vault at Gringotts. Of course, if you wish to stay in Oz, that's very doable, you don't have to go to Hogwarts, but it is advised, for everyone's safety. It just so happens the students at Hogwarts are coming back from spring holidays, so the Hogwarts Express shall make a stop in the Emerald City for all of the students coming with Shiz to Hogwarts. Then we'll make a stop in Diagon Alley for you to get your supplies. There will be teachers there from Hogwarts to assist you with getting your supplies and wands and whatever else you need since none of you have been introduced to true magic." Morrible finished. Everyone was silent for about two clock ticks, then they all started talking to each other, asking who was going to Hogwarts, who was staying at home, who Voldemort was...etc.
"This is the perfect opportunity." said Elphaba, "I'm going to Hogwarts."
"Then so am I." Fiyero said and kissed her. Elphaba and Fiyero both leaned back in their seats and sighed heavily. Another world already, and just when they'd made it back to this one.