Glinda couldn't believe it.
After years and years of waiting, she was finally reunited with Elphaba. Even better yet, they were kissing. With her lips sliding gently into Elphaba's, Glinda's hands found her face. Her fingers caressed each side of Elphaba's face, just imagining that soon she would be able to see that glimmering emerald skin once more. She couldn't wait to look into those brown eyes and tell Elphaba that she loved her.
The blonde deepened the kiss ever so gently, with her hands pressing firmly as they slid down her lover's face and found themselves grasping at the back of Elphaba's dress. Pulling herself closer, Glinda felt no resistance from Elphaba; which pleased her even more. Glinda's heart fluttered as she felt Elphaba's hands on either side of her hip. She pictured how this would look if she could see in her mind, creating a beautiful memory for her brain to keep. Their lips locked in a display of passion, their hands on each other, and their heads gently moving all underneath a dark moonlight sky.
It looked perfect.
"Glinda," Elphaba managed to get out as she pulled away after a long time of them kissing, "I-I-"
The blonde put on a warm smile, "I know… I'm happy too, finally." She was, she truly was. Being with Elphaba brought about an emotion that Glinda normally never felt. She just felt so happy to be near her again, after so many years apart.
A beat of silence came between them.
"No, that's not it."
Elphaba's words cut through Glinda's un-beating heart like a spear.
"What?" she whimpered. Her hands fell away from her face and she scooted back a bit, obviously hurt. She played with her hair with those cut fingers in distraction.
She heard no answer. While waiting, suddenly the blonde's ears pricked up and she heard this sizzling sound of sorts. She frowned, puzzled by what it could be.
"Elphie… what's going on? Why do I hear a- a sizzling sound?" she asked nervously.
Elphaba seemed frightened when she answered and Glinda longed for the curse to start breaking so that she could see what was wrong.
At the mention of the curse, Glinda frowned even deeper. She should have had her sight back by now as soon as her lips had left Elphaba's. Why it wasn't working was puzzling to the blonde.
"My skin, Glinda, my skin is burning!" shrieked Elphaba as she shot up from the ground in a desperate attempt to get some of the water off her skin.
Still stuck in the never-ending darkness Glinda tried but found that she could not help Elphaba.
"It's because of me, isn't it?" she voiced as it all clicked. Her dress and body had been soaked from the river, and she had basically been on top of Elphaba spreading the water onto her skin, "It's because I touched you when I was drenched in water."
Elphaba gave no answer and Glinda only heard her voice in screams and shrieks of pain now. Sickening drip after drip rebounded in her ears against the rocks as Elphaba began to melt once more.
"Elphie," cried out Glinda in heart-wrenching despair, having no idea where her lover was or what was left of her at this point, "I'm so sorry, I was always so sorry… I love you though... even still."
After what seemed like forever, the screaming and dripping finally stopped. In the horrible silence Glinda felt her heart breaking piece by piece as she, ever hopeful, waited for Elphaba to speak once more, to say that it was all a joke.
Her scarred hands wrung at her dress worriedly, wringing out the water as she did so. Her scratched eyes begged to release tears but they never formed nor fell. Those black lips quivered as realization hit. With her hands as her guide, Glinda inched forward slowly. Soon one hand splashed into a puddle and her other hand followed. Crying out in sorrow Glinda did not have to see to know what the puddle had once been. Hugging her knees to her chest and wrapping her arms around them, Glinda let out a screech of absolute agony and angst. Her eyes leaked no tears, and her heart felt no sorrow but Glinda's sounds of pain would have been clear to anybody that she was hurting.
Determined to torment herself until the end, Glinda stuck out her hand once more at the puddle but to her surprise it was not there anymore. Her hands patted around the area that she had just felt the puddle to realize that it was gone like that. Her heart broke even more.
Glinda was wretchedly alone now, or at least she felt alone. With the friends that she had been waiting so long for now suddenly dead, Glinda felt a feeling of despair well up inside of her. Still stuck in the darkness, Glinda realized that they were gone, like dreams. Elphaba and Fiyero had faded away from her like a bittersweet dream.
As she began to never ending walk along the forest once more, she guessed that that is all that they ever were and will be to her anymore.
Dreams.
THE END.
I couldn't write a happy ending now could I? I mean the categories are Horror and Angst. I'm really proud of this three-shot. I think it turned out really good. Oh and if anyone would like to maybe continue this or branch off this idea, just let me know! Also, thank you guys so much for the nominations for the Greg Awards! I'm so excited to see how they turn out!
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