A/N: Hello my lovlies! Another chapter...but chapter 5 is only half-written, so....I need another two days maybe....XD Hope you like this chapter, so lets see what's happening to Boq.
Disclaimer: Is this really neccessary? I don't own it..
Elphaba and Fiyero dipped low to the ground, flying towards the middle of Munchkinland. Glinda and Liir, on the second broom, and the rest of her monkeys followed suit, the monkeys flapping simultaneously. From the ground, they looked like crows, and nobody had stopped them yet. Hovering above a small wood, Elphaba signalled for them to drop into the trees.
Elphaba, Fiyero, Glinda and Liir dropped into one large tree and the monkeys landed in several trees behind them. Elphaba peered through the thick trees until she spotted the lone Tin Man. Instead of ruling Oz, like the Wizard had planned for him to do, he had let someone else take over, and was still chopping trees.
Elphaba looked at Fiyero, smiling.
"I'm gonna go down...you guys follow me soon...but don't reveal yourself to Boq...not yet," she said and they nodded. "Chistery!"
Elphaba jumped down, broom in hand. Chistery jumped down after her, following her silently. They walked into the open field where Boq was still chopping, oblivious to their presence. Elphaba stood still for a second, figuring out a way to alert him of her being there. Finally, she came up with a plan. She nudged Chistery with her foot and it gave a small chip of displeasure. It was all that was needed. Boq turned, a surprised look on his face. When he spotted Elphaba, his eyes narrowed and he raised his axe.
Her eyes narrowed further, looking so menacing that Boq took a small step back. Her cape billowed behind her, giving her appearance an even scarier look. She raised her arms, and even though Boq was a good ten feet away, he winced. Her mouth moved, even if no sound came out, and Boq was about to turn and run. Suddenly, he felt strange, and slowly, he began to change. Elphaba had finished chanting, and beckoned for Fiyero, Glinda and Liir to come out.
They stood beside her, watching Boq's tin arms thin out and become flesh coloured.
"I don't want him to see us for too long...get ready to leave as soon as possible," Elphaba whispered and they nodded, Glinda positioning the broom so she could grab it easily.
They stared at the Munchkinlander until he had completely fleshed out, and he glanced at them. Elphaba smiled slightly, and nodded, before perching herself on her broom.
"Let's go," she said, barely audible and they rose, blending into the sky like crows.
The monkeys soon joined them and they moved into formation, the monkeys all flapping in time.
"So...what now Fae?" Fiyero whispered into Elphaba' ear, his arms snaked around her waist.
She snuggled into him and smiled, her head leaning against his chest. She thought about it, before finally coming to a decision. She swooped towards Glinda and Liir, and told them the plan.
"In Gillikin, near Shiz, there is the Great Gillikin Forest, or Mount Runcible. There is nothing there...I haven't established anything...but I can always go back to Kiamo Ko...I left all my stuff down the trap door. Nobody can get up Mount Runcible yet...so I don't know what's up there, but we'd be safe for a while...but nobody finds their way out of the Great Gillikin Forest. So basically you choose from the forest, where we're near to ground and able to get supplies, but it's always rainy and cold or the Mountain, where it'll take days to get supplies, it freezing cold and not much to do," she said with a smile.
"Forest it is!" Fiyero said happily, and Glinda smiled a little sadly.
Elphaba frowned , biting her lip gently.
"Do you want to go back Glinda? I won't force you to stay...I'm not that Wicked. I don't mind which path you choose...but if you do go away...I'll send Fiyero into the Emerald City to find you and we'll hang out sometimes. You're my best friend...you stuck with me through everything...and I thank you for it," Elphaba said softly
Glinda smiled and touched her friend's shoulder.
"I'll stay with you for a little while...I mean, think of it. Glinda the Good, vanished from thin air, suddenly appears in Emerald City. It'll be a celebration. And Elphaba...do you want to be known by everyone? Do you want people to fear you?" Glinda asked her
Elphaba smiled, and leaned back into Fiyero
"No...I just want to be with you all...without being questioned or sneered at. People can think what they want, but you guys know that I'm perfectly normal," Elphaba said, then cocked her head to the side, "Why?"
"You could've kidnapped me...think of the popularity!" Glinda cried and Elphaba smiled,
They flew over Shiz and Elphaba sighed, but Fiyero hugged her tightly.
"The past doesn't matter anymore...only the here and now." He whispered and she nodded, and angled the broom downwards.
Glinda and the monkeys followed and they swooped low over the forest.
"Where should we stay?" Glinda yelled from her broom
"In the middle, people get lost easily" Elphaba called back, and they swooped down towards the middle of the forest.
They landed smoothly and Elphaba started kicking trees. Liir stared at her strangely.
"What are you doing?" he asked and Elphaba smiled
"I gotta make sure they're solid. A lot of animals...and maybe even Animals live in these woods. I wouldn't wanna sit in a tree that's liable to collapse," she explained and Liir nodded
Once she found a suitable tree, she climbed up and muttered a small incantation, making the branches flatter and comfier.
"Come on up...I'll quickly fly over and get supplies from the other places...I'll be quick. Here...use the capes as a cushion...I'll be back soon." Elphaba said, and took off without another word.
Fiyero, Glinda and Liir sat together on a branch, withering in the tranquillity until Glinda finally broke the silence.
"So Liir. How has it been having Elphaba as a mother?" she asked merrily and Fiyero suddenly inhaled too much air and saliva, choking on it.
"Uh, I don't think she's my mother," Liir said and Fiyero got over his spaz attack.
"Um...how did you end up with her?" Glinda asked
"When I was younger, I was taken to Kiamo Ko and was told to stay there with Elphaba." Liir explained and Fiyero suddenly had a distant look in his eyes.
"Well...after Fiyero was captured, she disappeared for a couple of years. I just presumed she had you in that time...apparently not," Glinda mused and Fiyero started looking uncomfortable again
Elphaba came back with the supplies, and plenty of food to last them a few days. They picked their sleeping trees and Elphaba bewitched them to be slightly comfortable. Elphaba and Fiyero sat in their tree, the atmosphere slightly tense. Fiyero swallowed and rested his chin on Elphaba's bony shoulder.
"So...Liir," he started, and Elphaba glanced at him.
"Yeah...what about him?" she asked
"Is he...your son?" Fiyero asked, and he felt Elphaba stiffen. "I'm not upset...just curious."
She relaxed a little, and took his hand, squeezing it tightly.
"I don't know...I mean...he could be, the timeline fits...but he's not green...and...well...actually...he does kinda look like you..." she said gently, studying Fiyero's face.
"Don't fret Fae...besides...generations skip genes sometimes..But the important question is...." he said gently, cupping her face with his free hand, forcing her to look at him. "Do you want to be his mother?"
Elphaba was silent, staring into Fiyero's eyes. She felt so vulnerable, right there. She was used to fighting for her life, always planning and needing to do something. It felt strange and pathetic to be lost in the eyes of someone she loved, while people were relentlessly trying to track her down.
"I once asked Liir, that if he could have anything he wanted...in the whole wide world...what would it be. He replied that he wanted a father...so...yes ,I do want to be his parents...with you" she said, kissing him softly.
They smiled through the kiss and Fiyero started laughing, causing Elphaba to look at him strangely.
"What?" she asked, bemused.
"It's just...it seems a little weird...doesn't it. We met at school, and I was in love with Glinda...then I fell for you...and got captured for it. You turned me into a scarecrow, had a baby and became wicked...and then we found each other. It's like a fairy-tale..." he muttered and she smirked
"I used to believe I was doing wrong...No Good Deed goes unpunished. I was wrong...these things I've done...they've changed me for good. If I hadn't have turned you into a scarecrow, you would've died. We would've never been together, and Liir would be fatherless...what's fairy-tale about that? This is reality Fiyero... it's like a song we don't rehearse...and very verse could make it worse..."
"I thought we were talking about reality here...not a song," he laughed
"You know what I mean..." she muttered
They settled down on a flat branch, lying in the comfort of each other's arms, happy to live life like this for all eternity.
A/N: Awww! But it's not over yet! Lolz..in that line "I used to believe I was doing...." yeah, that one...about four lines up, I used about three songs. 'No Good Deed', 'For Good' and the lines from 'Buffy, Once More With Feeling'...if anyone watches that? Go Joss Wheadon :D. So..hope you liked it....I'll get Chapter Five up soon...hopefully
Don't have to read this....I'm just keeping you updated on my life XD
Haha - thought I'd share. I'm in a role-play group at the hall down the road from my place, and this year we're putting on WicKed, (the main reason why I started the fic) which is brilliant. What's more awesome is that I auditioned for Elphaba (sang No Good Deed AND Glinda (sang Popular). They called me yesterday, and said my voice wasn't squeaky enough for Glinda, but they said I was Elphaba! I like...died. So...yeah, so I'm gonna be a little busier than usual, but whatever. Thanks for reading...