A/N: Baha! I love all the reviews I got. Thank you guys! *cuddles* I hope this chapter is okay...it sounded a little OOC to me...but then I read it and it didn't.....but I don't know. I'll let you guys be the judge.
Disclaimer: Ch'yeah! I totally own WicKed. Jkz...for anyone who didn't realise what sarcasm is....XD
The silence that followed his words was the longest time, far worse than anything else. Nothing made a sound, and Elphaba just stared at Fiyero, as if he was some kind of deranged beast. Fiyero didn't blink, didn't turn away. His eyes locked with hers until she finally turned her head, her eyes misting up. She rested her broom against the tree and sank to her knees, silently sobbing. Fiyero walked over to her, about to hold her, but she pushed him away, wiping her eyes subtly.
"I'm sorry...for lighting you on fire...I didn't...I didn't know it was you...why didn't you say anything?" she forced the words out of her mouth, willing herself not to burst into tears.
"I was brainless...mindless and careless." He said softly
Glinda smiled happily at the reunited couple, and subconsciously put her arm around Liir, who was petting Chistery.
"Glinda...do...do you still have the Grimmerie I gave you...I...I might be able to change Fiyero back. " Elphaba said
"Of course...I brought it with me," she said, retrieving the book from her basket.
She passed it to Elphaba, and she flicked through it, studying each page carefully. Fiyero hung over her shoulder, trying to make out the words on the page.
"What ever happened to Dorothy...and the slippers?" Elphaba asked softly as she turned the pages
"Dorothy went home with her dog...and the slippers....well...I don't really know. I'm sorry for giving them to her Elphie....I didn't know Nessa wanted you to have them..." Glinda said, hoping that her friend wouldn't be mad
"It's okay Glinda...there's no need to apologise. It's in the past...and the past doesn't matter anymore." Elphaba comforted her, and Glinda nodded, chewing her bottom lip.
After a few more minutes, Elphaba found the page, and she read it to herself over and over again
"This one should do it..." she said a little hesitantly
Fiyero shot Glinda a concerned look, but she shrugged. Elphaba stood in front of Fiyero and started reading the incantation. When she had finished reading it, Elphaba closed her eyes tightly and then opened them, staring at Fiyero. He waited, and suddenly his stomach felt weird. His joints felt tougher, and he felt the straw being sucked back into his body. After five minutes, he had finished transforming, and he stood in front of them, looking completely human. Glinda squealed with joy and Elphaba stood up, her smile a mile wide. She ran to him, clutching him tightly.
"It's good to see you smile again..." he whispered into her hair
"It's good to see you again..." she whispered back
Suddenly, he gasped and arched his back, then keeled over in front of Elphaba. A red arrow was lodged in his back, and she looked up, her eyes narrowed.
"It's the Witch! She's alive!" a voice shouted, but the person had moved so Elphaba couldn't see him.
Elphaba's eyes widened, and she studied Fiyero's face. He was unconscious and he grunted in frustration.
"Glinda, grab the broom and take yourself and Liir to the Great Kells...up to the top of the highest mountain. I'll meet you there...and take Chistery with you!" Elphaba cried, and pressed her green fingers to her lips, letting out a whistle.
Glinda was already rising as four monkeys flew down from the trees.
"Take Fiyero and go to the highest mountain in the Great Kells. Don't drop him, or I'll kill you. Go along the Apple Press farm, only three people live there and you don't wanna be spotted. Now hurry!" she told them, and they chattered away, picking up Fiyero by his arms and legs. "No! Take him in this!"
She tossed them her cape and they lowered him into it gently, careful not to hurt him further.
"Go! Hurry!" she cried, taking another broom she kept with her and shutting her suitcase.
She grabbed the Grimmerie and flicked through it for thirty seconds, before summoning a small, controlled fire. She set it in a trail, all through the Oak Hair forest, but small enough to dodge the trees. She sat on her broom and held her suitcase close, before rising and leaving the forest.
Fiyero blinked several times, trying to get his bearings. Glinda stood over him, apparently looking out for something else, a concerned look plastered on her face. He moved his fingers slightly, and sat up. Her gaze switched to him, and her eyes brightened.
"Fiyero! I thought I'd lost you for a second!" she exclaimed, and she pointed to the blood that had pooled around him. "Don't sit up! You must feel terrible,"
"Actually...I feel...perfect," he said and she frowned
"You got shot in the back with an arrow. Are you sure you're fine?" she asked, a hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah," he stood up, and reached for the arrow. It wasn't there, and neither was a hole where it implanted itself. "Weird..."
"You could say that again...I wonder where Elphie is..." Glinda muttered, looking around once more
They were at the peak of a mountain, where it was slightly flat. The monkeys were gone, and Liir was asleep.
"How long have I been out?" he asked, looking over the peak
"A couple of hours...I've been waiting...Chistery and his monkey friends are at the base, keeping watch...." she informed him
"So we wait?" he asked
"Exactly" she said, sitting down and fluffing her dress out around her.
Elphaba arrived a few hours later, sending a look at Fiyero, who was standing up like nothing happened.
"Shouldn't you be lying down? You just had an arrow in your back." she asked
"I'm fine...good as new, and look! No scar!" he pulled his shirt up and she inspected his back.
"Interesting..." she mumbled to herself
"Where were you? You left us for three hours" Glinda cried
"Sorry! I had to go check something. We must go...I brought some food....eat it on the way. Glinda...take Liir and follow us. We're gonna be flying...Chistery! Black capes, all around...give some to your pals too...we're gonna be crows..." Elphaba barked out the orders and Glinda shot her a confused look
"You can turn us into crows?" she asked, bemused
"Nope...but we can look like some," Elphaba explained, draping a cape over herself.
"Where are your monkeys getting the capes?" Fiyero asked
"I have a few establishments all over Oz...when you disappeared, I started making preparations for my 'death'...I put things I would need in all regions...so I'll tell you all this now...try to remember. In Gillikin, there are supplies hidden under the fourth from the side closest to Emerald City. In Quadling Country, there are supplies in the tallest mountains in the Quadling Kells. I don't go near Munchkinland, and here, in Vinkus, are two supply stations –the forest – and here." Elphaba said and Fiyero nodded.
"So what's the plan?" Liir said sleepily, after Glinda woke him up.
"We're going to find Boq, one of my old friends..." Elphaba said, a wicked smile on her face.
A/N: Oooh! Wordplay. Clever. Hope that was okay guys...XD That chap was slightly shorter *hides behind Elphaba* but that's okay...right? Anyway, chapter four is...almost finished. I'm sick and home from school today so I'll work on it now....:D Thanks again!