CITIZENS OF All CLans:
Good news! She's dead!
The Witch of the West is dead!
The wickedest witch there ever was
The enemy of all of us here in Oz
Is Dead!
Good news!
Good news!

SOMECAT IN THE CROWD:
(spoken) Look! It's Nightcloud!

Nightcloud
(spoken) Fellow Claniens:
(sung) Let us be glad
Let us be grateful
Let us rejoicify that goodness could subdue
The wicked workings of you-know-who
Isn't it nice to know
That good will conquer evil?
The truth we all believe'll by and by
Outlive a lie
For you and -

SOMECAT IN THE CROWD:
No one mourns the Wicked

ANOTHER Cat:
No one cries "They won't return!"

ALL: No one lays a lily on their grave

Tom's
The good man scorns the Wicked!

She-cats
Through their lives, our children learn

ALL
What we miss, when we misbehave:

Nightcloud
And Goodness knows
The Wicked's lives are lonely
Goodness knows
The Wicked die alone
It just shows when you're Wicked
You're left only
On your own

ALL
Yes, Goodness knows
The Wicked's lives are lonely
Goodness knows
The Wicked cry alone
Nothing grows for the Wicked
They reap only
What they've sown

Nightcloud(spoken) Are people born Wicked? Or do they have
Wickedness thrust upon them? After all, she had
a father. She had a mother, as so many do:

Tigerclaw
How I hate to go and leave you lonely

Sandstorm
That's alright - it's only just one night

Tigerclaw

But know that you're here in my heart
While I'm out of your sight

Nightcloud
(spoken)
And like every family - they had their secrets

LOVER
Have another drink, my dark-eyed beauty
I've got one more night left, here in town
So have another drink of green elixir
And we'll have ourselves a little mixer
Have another swallow, little lady,
And follow me down:

Nightcloud
(spoken) And of course, from the moment she was born,
she was - well - different

Goldenflower

It's coming

Tigerclaw

Now?

Goldenflower
The baby's coming

Tigerclaw
And how!

Goldenflower And Tigerclaw
I see a nose
I see a curl
It's a healthy, perfect,
Lovely, little -

Tigerclaw
(spoken) Sweet Starclan!

Sandstorm
(spoken) What is it: what's wrong?

Goldenflower

How can it be?

Tigerclaw
What does it mean?

Goldenflower
It's atrocious

Tigerclaw

It's obscene!

Goldenflower And Tigerclaw
Like a froggy, ferny cabbage
The baby is unnaturally

ALL
Orange!
(Imagine there are no Ginger/orange colored cats except for Firestar)

Tigerclaw
(spoken) Take it away: take it away!

Nightcloud
(spoken) So you see - it couldn't have been easy!

ALL
No one mourns the Wicked!
Now at last, she's dead and gone!
Now at last, there's joy throughout the land
And Goodness knows
We know what Goodness is
Goodness knows
The Wicked die alone

Nightcloud
She died alone:

ALL

Woe to those
Who spurn what Goodness
They are shown
No one mourns the Wicked

Nightcloud
Good news!

CROWD
No one mourns the Wicked!

Nightcloud

Good news!

ALL
No one mourns the Wicked!
Wicked!
Wicked!

Cat IN CROWD
(spoken) Nightcloud! Is it true - were you her friend?!

Nightcloud
(spoken) Well - it depends on what you mean by "friend." I did
know her. That is, our paths did cross. At school:

Cats
O hallowed halls and vine-draped walls
The proudliest sight there is
When grey and sere our hair hath turned
We shall still revere the lessons learned
In our days at dear old Shiz
Our days at dear old

Nightcloud
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ol:

Cats and Nightcloud
Dear old Shiz-zzzz

Squirrelflight walks in with Leafpool, who is sitting in a wheelchair. Everyone gasps at Squirrelflight being Ginger.

Bluestar walks in and greets them.

"Where will we be staying?" Squirrelflight asks gently.

"Leafpool will be staying with me, while you stay with another student." Bluestar replies, "Who will let her in?" She asks.

Everyone takes a step back, except for Nightcloud. Nightcloud looks around and realizes that she'd been tricked.

"Thank you Nightcloud." Bluestar thanked and started to walk off with Leafpool.

"But-" Nightcloud began, but was cut off with a scream.

Squirrelflight was churning her legs around and Leafpool's chair was wheeling itself back over to Squirrelflight.

"I'm so sorry Leafpool!" Squirrelflight apologized.

Bluestar smiled.

Bluestar
(spoken) Oh, Miss Squirrelflight:
(sung) Many years I have waited
For a gift like yours to appear
Why, I predict the Wizard
Could make you his
Magic grand vizier!
My dear, my dear
I'll write at once to the Wizard
Tell him of you in advance
With a talent like yours, dear
There is a defin-ish chance
If you work as you should
You'll be making good:

She walks away with everyone else.

Squirrelflight
Did that really just happen?
Have I actually understood?
This weird quirk I've tried
To suppress or hide
Is a talent that could
Help me meet the Wizard
If I make good
So I'll make good:

When I meet the Wizard
Once I prove my worth
And then I meet the Wizard
What I've waited for since: since birth!
And with all his Wizard wisdom
By my looks, he won't be blinded
Do you think the Wizard is dumb?
Or, like Munchkins, so small-minded?
No! He'll say to me,
"I see who you truly are -
A girl on whom I can rely!"
And that's how we'll begin
The Wizard and I:

Once I'm with the Wizard
My whole life will change
'Cuz once you're with the Wizard
No one thinks you're strange!
No father is not proud of you,
No sister acts ashamed
And all of The Clans has to love you
When by the Wizard you're acclaimed
And this gift - or this curse -
I have inside
Maybe at last, I'll know why
When we are hand and hand -
The Wizard and I!

And one day, he'll say to me, "Squirrelflight,
A girl who is so superior
Shouldn't a girl who's so good inside
Have a matching exterior?
And since folks here to an absurd degree
Seem fixated on your verdigris
Would it be all right by you
If I de-greenify you?"

And though of course
That's not important to me
"All right, why not?" I'll reply
Oh, what a pair we'll be
The Wizard and I:
Yes, what a pair we'll be
The Wizard and:

Unlimited
My future is unlimited
And I've just had a vision
Almost like a prophecy
I know - it sounds truly crazy
And true, the vision's hazy
But I swear, someday there'll be
A celebration throughout The Clans
That's all to do with me!

And I'll stand there with the Wizard
Feeling things I've never felt
And though I'd never show it
I'll be so happy, I could melt!
And so it will be
For the rest of my life
And I'll want nothing else
Till I die
Held in such high esteem
When people see me, they will scream
For half of The Clans fav'rite team:
The Wizard
And I!

Nightcloud walks in and takes out a letter and Squirrelflight does too.

Nightcloud
(spoken) Dearest darlingest Momsie and Popsical:

Squirrelflight
(spoken) My dear Father:

BOTH

There's been some confusion
Over rooming here at Shiz:

Squirrelflight
But of course, I'll care for Nessa:

Nightcloud
But of course, I'll rise above it:

BOTH
For I know that's how you'd want me to respond
Yes, there's been some confusion
For you see, my room-mate is:

Nightcloud
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar
And altogether quite impossible to describe:

Squirrelflight
Blonde.

Nightcloud
What is this feeling?
So sudden and new?

Squirrelflight

felt it the moment
I laid eyes on you:

Nightcloud
My pulse is rushing:

Squirrelflight
My head is reeling:

Nightcloud
My face is flushing:

BOTH
What is this feeling?
Fervid as a flame,
Does it have a name?
Yes!:Loathing
Unadulterated loathing

Nightcloud
For your face

Squirrelflight
Your voice

Nightcloud
Your clothing

BOTH

Let's just say - I loathe it all
Ev'ry little trait, however small
Makes my very flesh begin to crawl

With simple utter loathing
There's a strange exhilaration
In such total detestation
It's so pure and strong!
Though I do admit it came on fast
Still I do believe that it can last
And I will be loathing
Loathing you
My whole life long!

Cats
Dear Galinda, you are just too good
How do you stand it? I don't think I could!
She's a terror! She's a Tartar!
We don't mean to show a bias,
But Galinda, you're a martyr!

Nightcloud
Well: these things are sent to try us!

Cats
Poor Galinda, forced to reside
With someone so disgusticified
We all just want to tell you:
We're all on your side!
We share your:

Nightcloud, Squirrelflight, and Cats
What is this feeling Loathing
So sudden and new? Unadulterated loathing
I felt the moment For her face, her voice
I laid eyes on you Her clothing
My pulse is rushing Let's just say:
My head is reeling We loathe it all!
Oh, what is this feeling? Ev'ry little trait
Does it have a name? Makes our very flesh
Yes: Begin to crawl:.
Ahhh: Ahhh:

ALL
Loathing!

Nightcloud, Squirrelflight, and Cats
There's a strange exhilaration Loathing
In such total detestation Loathing
So pure, so strong Loathing

Cats
So strong!

Nightcloud And Squirrelflight
Though I do admit it came on fast
Still I do believe that it can last ALL
And I will be loathing Loathing
For forever loathing Loathing
Truly deeply loathing Loathing you
My whole Loathing
Life long! Unadulterated loathing

ELPHABA
Boo!

Nightcloud: Ah!