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Chapter 14
Glinda couldn't believe what Fiyero had suggested. Killing Elphaba wasn't an option for Glinda. She wanted to save her somehow. She wanted to do the noble thing and tell the Ozians that the Wicked Witch would do only good deeds from now on. She, Glinda the Good, would have been the one helping the Witch see reason.
"It is the only way. We can't tell the Ozians that she is now a good witch. Elphaba would hate the things the Wizard and Morrbile would force her into doing. As long as both rule Oz there is no place for Elphaba," Fiyero explained.
"But killing her, Fiyero, we can't."
He sighed.
Fiyero had a plan, kind of. He knew that there was some kind of potion, made of mandrake root that made you sleep. He could somehow give this potion to Elphaba. She would appear to be dead and he could smuggle her out of Southstairs.
But they had still the matter with the child to solve. He needed to find out where Morrible was hiding Elphaba's daughter and he needed to figure out how to get her. He couldn't very well walk up to Morrible and demand that she handed the child that he had possibly fathered over to him.
He would clear up the matter of Tanith parentage after he had saved Elphaba. Fiyero knew that he needed to have a long talk with his former lover.
"Glinda, I have a plan. You have to trust me," he said soothingly.
"Trust you? You plan to kill Elphaba."
"Only kind of."
"How can you kind of kill someone? You either kill someone or not," Glinda told him.
"The less you know the better. But trust me, I would never harm Elphaba."
Fiyero stood up and was about to leave his office. Just as he was about to exit, he turned around and looked at Glinda. Maybe he should tell her about his past with Elphaba. Maybe she would understand that he needed to save Elphaba because they had once been lovers. But Fiyero didn't find the right words.
He left without another word, leaving Glinda behind.
The next couple of days went by in a blur for both of them.
Fiyero had to plan Elphaba's "death". He had to find a place where he could hide her. His parents had bought him a little house not far from the Emerald City. He could hide Elphaba there until she was well enough to travel to the Vinkus. As for Tanith, it would be easier and less suspecious to first let the Witch die and later kidnap the girl.
During the next couple of days Fiyero was busy setting up his plan. Glinda hadn't seen her fiancé in days. He had told her that he was away on business for his parents. After all, he was still the crown prince of the Vinkus. He still intended to take over the crown some day and rule the Vinkus.
However, in reality, Fiyero had heard about a woman who brewed everything you asked of her.
He had been visiting her, in disguise. He still remembered her words when she had held out the bottle of potion to him:
"You know what they call this potion? Sleep of death. You appear to be dead but you are only sleeping a very deep sleep. Use the potion wisely. If you use to much it can actually kill you."
Yes, he would use it wisely. He would only use a few drops of the potion and he would give it to Elphaba soon.
But Fiyero wasn't sure if she would drink it willingly. He knew that she wouldn't take the cowards way out of Southstairs. He knew that she was stubborn. She would argue with him and tell him that she would wait for her trial, but the two of them knew that there never would be a trial. Morrible would let her rot in her cell until her dying day.
Maybe he could slip it into something he gave her to drink. Elphaba had to be fed sometimes because some Gale Forcers wouldn't even unchain her for her meals. She didn't even get regular meals, much to his chagrin. He had argued with Morrible and the Wizard more than once, telling them that Elphaba was, after all a human being and they couldn't treat her like dirt. She desevered to be handled with respect.
Fiyero knew that time was precious and that he had to act soon. The house was prepared. Sometime this week he would slip the potion into Elphaba's water. When she was pronounced dead he would tell the Gale Forcers that he would carry her corpse outside and dump her in the Munchkin River.
Then he would retrieve her body and hide her in his house. He hoped that by the time he would put his plan in motion he would know where Tanith was hidden. This way he could maybe even take the girl with them.
Yes, it was the perfect plan even if it was a bit brainless. He knew that he might have to go into hiding too. He could go back to the Vinkus and take his rightful place as the crown prince. Maybe Glinda would follow him and he could have his happily-ever-after.
Right now he was in his office again, writing a letter to his parents.
"I intend to come home soon. The Emerald City is not the place I want to live. And after all, we have canceled the wedding," Fiyero stopped reading the letter out loud to himself.
Did they postpone or cancel the wedding? He wasn't sure. But having a wedding wasn't in his mind right now. His only thoughts were of Elphaba.