A/N: -Head desk, head desk, head desk- I saw Wicked on Wednesday with my theatre group. We got Jemma and Lucy (Aussie cast) and they were phenomenal. After I got off the high from seeing it, I immediately went 'Sh**!'I realized that what NastElilBuggr said what completely right. I really should've waited….I feel like a complete idiot, but it's not gonna stop me. I'm gonna write an alternate version. I'll post this chapter, then write the alternate. If you still want me to continue this one (it'll go a completely[kinda] different way than the other one will), I'll continue it, but I want to keep this one up, because I kinda like it. Anyway….I'm gonna write now…
Disclaimer: yeah, don't own it
"Elphaba!"
Elphaba opened her eyes to the shouting. Fiyero looked worried, and red light poured into the mouth of the cave.
"You gotta get up Elphie!" Fiyero shouted at her, and she heard a strange wailing in the background. "They've got Liir, and Glinda. They're gonna kill them! You have to get up!"
Elphaba tried to sit, but the pain in her side was too intense, and she cried out.
"Get up!" Fiyero said forcefully, and she managed to hoist herself onto her wobbly legs.
"I can't do it. It hurts!" Elphaba cried, tears of pain falling down her cheeks.
A guard walked into the cave, his stern glare piercing into Elphaba like a knife. She sobbed and cried out as he grabbed Fiyero.
"Elphie!" Fiyero cried, reaching out to her.
The gap between them was too wide, and they couldn't latch onto each other. Another guard walked forward and grabbed Elphaba's outstretched hand, yanking her forward. The stitches in her side ripped, and she screamed, collapsing onto the hard ground.
"Elphaba. Elphie! Wake up…wake up!" Fiyero's voice shook Elphaba out of her dream.
She opened her eyes, finding herself propped up against Fiyero. She was hunched, and there was a sharp pain in her ribs.
"Fiyero…" she murmured, groggily looking around.
Glinda and Liir were watching her anxiously, but the sky was pitch black and there were no angry guards trying to kill them.
"Are you okay? You were screaming in your sleep," Glinda asked her softly, and she sat up.
"I…I almost lost you all. I…they were grabbing us, and I ripped the stitches…it felt so real…" Elphaba finished, prying herself away from Fiyero's grasp.
"It's okay…it's over now. We'll never let anyone get that close. Chistery's mates are on watch all the time. We're safe here," Fiyero reassured her, and she nodded.
"I know…I just…I can't feel safe anymore. It's too hard. I want to leave Oz. I want to leave for good…but I can't bear to. Our homes are here…and I need to save Doctor Dillamond…and the rest of the Animals. But…I can't do that until I can feel comfortable with moving around the streets. But that'll never happen. I'm a threat…and Oz will never forget me…" Elphaba tried to explain.
"I think…I should go back down to Oz. I will talk to them…and tell them our story. I will tell them that you're dead now…I killed you, and then I will retire, and join you. We'll leave Oz completely…and in a few years…we'll come back and save the rest of the Animals. It's the only way Elphie…" Glinda said softly.
"I…I need to sleep. I will think about it…but I think you're right. Thank you…" Elphaba said softly, and lay against Fiyero, who was propped up by some stones.
Glinda nodded and she and Liir left to find comfortable ground to sleep on.
The next morning, Fiyero woke up alone. He worriedly looked around, until his eyes grazed the mouth of the cave. Elphaba was watching him, an amused smiled plastered on her face. She was chewing on berries that Chistery had given her, and the morning light made her green skin glow.
"How'd you get over there?" he asked, standing up and stretching.
"I crawled, mostly. Chistery helped me when he realized what I was doing…" she said, shrugging
"Well…I'm glad you're moving…is…is your wound okay?" he asked and she nodded.
"It looks a little infected…but I suppose that can't be helped, considering where we are. I've been keeping it clean though…." Elphaba murmured as Fiyero sat next to her.
She offered him a twig of berries and he accepted it, biting into one.
"Sorry to ruin this beautiful moment…but I have some news. Some news that I should've told you earlier." Glinda said softly, almost sheepishly.
Elphaba looked up, and saw the short woman biting her lip. She raised her eyebrows, urging her to continue.
"Yeah….the wizard is gone. He's gone back to his own world….and…well, Elphie. I think I know why you're magical…." Glinda trailed off, looking at the ground.
"Why?" Elphaba asked, suddenly curious
"Elphie…I'm only the messenger. Don't shoot me…" Glinda said softly. "But you're a child of both worlds. The land of Oz, and a place called Earth,"
Elphaba cocked her head, trying to figure out what that meant. Suddenly, the realization hit her, and her eyes widened.
"What…no…no…no!" Elphaba cried, stumbling off the rock towards the cliff face.
Fiyero shot Glinda a confused look, then hurried to make sure Elphaba wouldn't fall off the cliff. Elphaba stared at Glinda long and hard, before finally managing to get out a few sentences.
"He…no. You're saying….he told you…that he…he's my…" Elphaba shook her head in disbelief, and Glinda nodded.
"Oh…" Fiyero finally understood, and looked at Elphaba. "It doesn't explain the…green," he said, as lightly as possible.
Elphaba shook her head, staring at the ground. Her mind reeled, trying to piece together information, trying to find a flaw that would lead to the truth. The truth that the Wizard was not her father. She remembered him (BOOK REFERENCE), the kind glass blower who let her play with the glass. Why he had stuck around, she didn't understand, but he must have known that the baby was his. She shuddered, realizing that it was true.
"Elphaba….you okay?" Fiyero asked worriedly.
She realized that her shuddering hadn't stopped, and she let out a strained sob.
"I can't…I…I need to be alone. Chistery!" Elphaba called, and the monkey threw her broomstick towards her, and they both took off into the night.
"Elphie!" Glinda cried, but Fiyero held her back.
"She'll be okay…she's…just had a lot of information dropped on her. Give her time," Fiyero said softly, and Glinda nodded.
Elphaba landed roughly into a cave, around the other side of the mountain, letting out harsh, ear-splitting cries. She threw curse words around the cave, not caring to who would hear. She cursed the Wizard, Frex and even her mother. Eventually she sat in the back of the cave, her knees draw to her chest. She was trembling, and tears trickled down her cheeks slowly, her mind still trying to find a possible seam she could rip at. Her side throbbed, but she ignored it. The day slowly turned into night, and Chistery sat at the mouth of the cave, keeping watch.
"Chistery…" Elphaba said softly, and the monkey turned, cocking his head.
"Efaba?" he said and Elphaba smiled, too upset to correct him.
"Good work…come here," she said, and the monkey scampered over, looking up at her expectantly.
Elphaba leaned forward and wrapped her arms around the monkey, closing her eyes and breathing in the familiar scent of dirt and bugs. The monkey, taken by surprise, screeched slightly, before putting his large hands tentatively around her. She shook, as silent sobs wracked her body. Chistery held onto Elphaba tightly, until she pulled away.
"Thank you," Elphaba said softly, and the monkey nodded, then returned to its spot at the mouth of the cave.
Elphaba fell back onto her calves, having been resting on her knees when she hugged Chistery, and bowed her head.
The Wizard was her father.
She was the devil's spawn
He was gone.
Another father figure who had gone without saying goodbye, without really loving her at all. She let herself a few more moments to wallow in grief and betrayal, before shaking herself out of it. She wiped away the tears that had fallen, and then mounted her broomstick.
A/N: Okay....so see how I included the book reference? I'll explain down here for people who haven't read it. Anyway, hope you liked that chapter....I also figured to add the actual story in there, of Glinda going back and telling the people about Elphaba. XD....anyway, off to write the alternate version now XD.
Book Reference: In the book, Elphaba's father wasn't really the Wizard, but the man who gave her the Green Elixir was a man called Turtle Heart, and he was a glass blower from Quadling Country. So, again, I've combined the Book and the Musical. So here, Turtle Heart was the Wizard, who gave Milena the Green Elixir, stayed around a bit, then moved on when Elphie grew up.