Heyoo everybody! It's time for chapter 3! I am so glad you all like my story and are reviewing it! It makes me so happy when I have new reviews! This chapter gets a little bit silly just so you know. Enjoy the chapter!
"You what!?" asked Fiyero. It was the evening after the interview, and Elphaba had just broken the exciting news to Fiyero.
"Yes! I am going to be a teacher! Isn't it great?"
"No, it is not great! Fae, it is dangerous! What if someone knows who you are? What if you miss a spot with your makeup and someone discoverates that you are green? This whole thing is horrendible!" said Fiyero.
"Well, at least I'M not the one working at a dunkin doughnuts!" Elphaba smiled wickedly.
"I guess you got me there, but Elphaba, think about it, there is so much that could go wrong!"
"Fiyero, you know that I've always had an interest in teaching, this could be my chance to live a normal life! Without being called 'the wicked witch of the west' or 'artichoke'."
"Ok, I guess you are right, but we need to get you better clothes first, we don't need you looking like a witch. OW!" Elphaba elbowed Fiyero again and then she started giggling at him.
"Hey, that's not funny you know!"
Fiyero's money had paid for them staying at the inn for a week at that point and Valerie, the lady who worked at the front desk (And was about 50) was really starting to get suspicious. What Fiyero and Elphaba didn't know was that wicked was her favorite musical and that she as a big fan. Of course, they didn't even have a clue at all that there was a musical about their lives out in the world. The day when they walked in to the inn, she had known who they were, but she tried to reason with herself. There was no way that they could possibly be Fiyero and Elphaba, right? Valerie sat there at the desk that night wondering about it.
Meanwhile, in the same town, a 13 year old girl named Hailey was thinking about the fact that school was going to start in a week. She looked out her window and thought I don't want to go back. Hailey was going to be busy at her musical theater camp for the next few days, which would take her mind off of school.
One morning, Elphaba and Fiyero decided it was a good day to get them both some new clothes. "Do you think we have enough money?" Elphaba asked Fiyero as they walked down the stairs of the inn.
"I hope so, I have been getting money from my job, but we use a lot of it. Things are expensive here!"
As they were about to go out the door, Valerie who happened to be working that morning decided to ask a question she had been wondering since Fiyero and Elphaba arrived. "Hey! You two remind me of two characters from my favorite musical, Wicked. Have you seen it?"
Elphaba looked at Fiyero worriedly. 'Wicked' sounded very suspicious and relevant to them. "No" she said "we haven't seen wicked.
"Oh, that's too bad, I've seen it ten times! You two look just like Fiyero and Elphaba! Especially since you were green the first time you came in here!"
The the green girl and Fiyero looked at each other with amazement and shock on their faces.
"Wait, you can't be…" said Valerie.
"Well" said Fiyero "it looks like we are. OW!" Elphaba elbowed him extra hard. "Fae! That hurts"
"Oh my Oz!" Valerie said before standing up on her desk and (literally) ripping off her shirt to reveal a 'Wicked' shirt under it. "I'm a big fan! Can I have your autographs? How did you two get here?" Valerie asked them about twenty questions while Elphaba and Fiyero just stood there confusified.
"We can't answer too many questions for safety reasons, but uh, sure, I guess you can have our autographs." Valerie got out a paper and pen and Fiyero and Elphaba signed their names on it, and Valerie started jumping around like a twelve - year - old fangirl.
"You can have your room for free, as long as you want! I just won't tell the owner!" Valerie said beaming with joy.
"That is very kind of you, but we can't possibly accept... OW!" this time, it was fiyero's turn to elbow Elphaba.
"We'll take it! Thank you!" said Fiyero.
"We are going to buy some new clothes, is there a broom we can borrow form a closet or something?" asked Elphaba.
"Of course, I'd be honored!" said Valerie and she gave them a broom from the chambermaid's closet.
"Thank you!" said Elphaba and she went out the door with Fiyero. Behind the inn, Elphaba had hidden the broom that she had enchanted for going to the school for her interview. "Alright Fiyero, can I trust you with a broom of your own? Or do you need to fly on the back of my broom like a baby?"
"Uh, I think I can handle it Fae." Fiyero replied and he scowled at her a little for calling him a 'baby'.
"Alright. Ahben tahkay ahtum entay ditum entayah!" Elphaba chanted. Within a few seconds, the broom was floating. Fiyero grabbed it and Elphaba grabbed her own broom. "Ready?" asked Elphaba and she kicked off.
"Elphaba wait for me!" Fiyero kicked off the ground and soon he was zooming after her. "WOAH! How do you steer this thing!?" he asked. Elphaba shook her head and thought men! and she kept flying on.
Once Fiyero had gotten the hang of flying he flew up next to Elphaba and asked "What if someone sees us?"
"They won't." Elphaba said simply.
Eventually, they found a Wal-mart and went inside. Fiyero went to the men's clothing section and Elphaba went to the women's. They both picked out and tried on some things, and then met in the middle of the store. Elphaba looked at Fiyero's clothing selections and Fiyero looked at Elphaba's.
"Fae, these are all frocks." Elphaba had picked out very simple dark blue and dark purple dresses, and a few dark green ones. She also picked out some simple button-down coats. Her selections were much like what she was wearing at Shiz.
"Well, I like them. They remind me of my life before I defied gravity. I miss those days." Elphaba said with a faraway look in her eyes remembering her days at Shiz.
Fiyero's clothing choices were not much better. He had picked out outfits that looked like something he would wear at Shiz also. He had tight beige pants, and vests. "Fiyero, don't you se what people wear around here? You should probably get something different."
"They remind me of Oz." he said.
"Fiyero, I know it is difficult, but we at least have to try to fit in with the other people. We can't just go around looking like ozians anymore."
"Says the one with all the frocks." Fiyero pointed out.
"Fiyero!... Well, I guess you're right about that."
They both went back to look for different non-Ozian clothes. Elphaba picked out one frock, though because it looked just like the one she had at Shiz. They paid for the clothes and left. How are we going to get these bags back to the inn by broom?" Fiyero asked.
"Watch and learn." Elphaba replied. She picked up her broom and put the bag handles so that it was hanging on the front of the broom, mounted it, and hovered a few feet in the air.
"Oh, I see." said Fiyero. He copied what Elphaba had done, but when he kicked off, the broom went flying high in the air at an alarming rate. "WOOOOOOAHHHH! I CAN'T STOP!"
Elphaba shook her head and flew up after Fiyero.
When they got back to the inn and unpacked their new clothing, Elphaba suddenly realized something "Fiyero! I have a classroom to set up!"
"You just realized that?"
"Yes! What am I going to do?"
"Just do it tomorrow. I have to work, so I can't really help you, sorry."
"I'm really worried. I don't know anything about teaching! People go to college for years to become a teacher Fiyero! What if I'm not any good at it? What if the kids hate me?"
"Shh, Fae! No one is going to hate you!"
"You really think?" asked Elphaba.
"Yes, I really think." Said Fiyero and he smiled at Elphaba. She smiled back and then she suddenly just felt how much he really loved her.
The next morning, after she had painted herself tan, Elphaba flew off to the school to decorate her classroom. She hoped that classrooms on earth were similar to classrooms on earth. Once inside the building, Elphaba found her classroom without too much trouble, and noticed that a lot of work had already been done for her. There was already a desk with a chair and some shelves with books on them. She had to resist temptation to take a book and read it immediately. All Elphaba really had to do was jazz up the classroom. Add a few posters, and make the place her own.
In order to get some ideas, Elphaba started poking around some other classrooms. She looked at the sixth grade English classroom, and then she went to the eighth grade social studies classroom. Suddenly, Elphaba heard footsteps walking into the room. She whirled around to see who it was. "Who's there!" Elphaba shouted instinctively and got her magic ready.
"Oh my gosh! Sorry! I didn't mean to scare you! You must be the new English teacher, Emily Taber, right? My name is Whitney, Whitney Swanberg, nice to meet you."
"Elphaba felt very embarrassed. She quickly got professional, since this teacher would be working with her for the foreseeable future. Elphaba cleared her throat. "Hi, my name is Emily, and I am going to be the eighth grade English teacher, nice to meet you."
"Are you here setting up your classroom? I can help you with that! C'mon!" The two women went to Elphaba's new classroom and took a look inside. "Looks like you don't have much to do, the old English teacher left a lot of her stuff here when she retired." said Whitney. Whitney had blonde hair and she looked not much older than Elphaba. Her hair was in a ponytail and she was tall.
"So are you new to the area?" asked Whitney.
"Yes, actually, my boyfriend and I just moved here a week ago." Whitney looked surprised.
"Where are you from?" she asked while helping Elphaba hang up a long poster.
"Well, I'm actually from uh,… Oztervillle." Elphaba frowned. She had told Fiyero not to say that and now she had just said it.
"Oh… where's that?" asked Whitney.
Elphaba made something up. "Oh, it is… very far away from here! You probably would have never have even heard of it heh heh."
"What state is it in?" asked Whitney.
"State?" Elphaba didn't know what a state was. "It is in good condition."
"Ha ha! Good joke! But really, what state is it in?"
Elphaba didn't want to ask what a state was, that would sound suspicious, so instead, she said "I have to go to the bathroom, I'll be right back!"
And again, we have come to the end of another thrilling chapter of After Oz! I know this chapter wasn't really, all that thrilling, but it was very silly! For the next chapter, I need three volunteers to be characters! The first three people to review wanting to be characters will get the spots! You will need to tell me your name and what your character is like. I would like to personally invite Fae'sFlower (AKA NiaTheWickedLover) to be a character because she is my favorite fanfiction author ever and it would be SO awesome to have her in my story! (She has reviewed numerous times so I know she is actually reading this) Have fun reviewing! P.S sorry for any spelling errors, I was in a bit of a rush to get this update up!