Title: Flying Freely Once More

Rated: PG-13

Auther: MeganFaye

Disclaimer: I don't own Oz or the characters of Wicked.

Note: This is written with the adorable Kristin Chenoweth and the sexy Idina Menzel as Glinda and Elphie! The BEST Cast: Original!!!

Elphaba tucked the scroll into her bag, and looked at the Munchkin city. The house where her sister had died had been cleared away, and her sister's body had been buried properly. While no one had bothered to visit it, clear away weeds, or ever put a single flower near it, she was at least buried, and not under a house.

Elphaba asked that it be upkept. No one in the city needed to visit Nessarose, but at leave show Elphaba the respect by keeping her grave nicely kept. When the Mayor promised he would, Elphaba placed white flowers at the small marker.

Her business was taken care of, knowing where her sister was buried. She took care of Galinda's business as well, delivering the scroll. The mayer's response was in her bag.

"Lady Elphaba?"

"Yes?"

"Last time we met, we were cruel to each other. I wanted to say that I was wrong." Elphaba nodded.

"As was I. I hope that you don't hold it against me; I had just lost my sister."

"I understand. Have a safe flight back." Elphaba nodded, climbed onto her broom and set off. The view below and in front of her was familier and welcoming. She could see the Emerald City in the distance.

It would be another 4 hours on her broom, as fast as she could fly before she made it back to the palace. She could see Galinda on their balcony, but something wasn't right. She was too high. Elphaba flew as fast as she could; Galinda was on the ledge, reaching for something, and the wind was picking up.

"GALINDA!" she screamed as she watched her wife slip and fall like a stone. Elphaba flew faster than she'd ever flown.

She was too late; Galinda had landed with an audible thud onto the garden balcony below.

"How is she?" The healer was mixing a potion.

"She took a fall from the balcony."

"I KNOW! I SAW! HOW IS SHE!?"

"Not well, I'm afraid."

"Oh, Oz, Galinda!" Galinda's eyes hadn't opened yet. She was unconsious. "Will she be all right?"

"She's very badly injured. I can't tell you right now." Elphaba felt her throat swell with fear. "All we can do is wait for her to wake up."

"Bring my sap."

"I...all right." The healer handed her a jar from the bed table. Elphaba gently kneaded it onto Galinda's broken body. The cuts on her face began to knit themselves back to normal.

"This will heal the wounds, but if she hit her head, if might not be enough." The healer nodded. He'd never seen the true capability of the plant. It was a hybrid of several that Elphaba and Galinda worked on while at Shiz. It had come from several that Elphaba's nanny had used to clean her as a child, and when properly mixed together, it would heal the wounds. So they decided to grow them as one. When it matured, they found the extensive healing powers the plant had, and continued to make the plant, finding that it needed almost no sunlight, and almost no water.

"May I have a sappling to grow my own?"

"Yes, speak to our gardeners. I've got her from here. Can you also have her parents contacted?"

"They've been notified and are on their way." Elphaba nodded, too focussed on her wife.

"I'll leave you now." Elphaba nodded again, and rubbed the sap into her wife's shoulder and neck. The door shut and Elphaba finally allowed herself to cry. Elphaba moved a chair next to the bed, where she could hold Galinda's hand and not disturb her injuries. The sap did nothing for broken bones. It was for skin and muscle only.

"I'm scared, Oz. I've never been more afraid in my life. I don't think I could handle losing her. We've been together for a month! We're just starting, Oz. Please, don't let it end so soon."

A caretaker brought lunch in to Elphaba at mid day the next day, with news of Lord and Lady Upland's arrival being delayed by 15 minutes due to an arrogant herd of goats who refused to leave the track. They were in the palace, and would be up as soon as they could be; there were several flights of stairs, and Lord and Lady Upland were getting on in years. Stairs were taken slow.

"Thank you," she told him as he set a pink rose on the pillow next to his beloved leader. He bowed his head and left the chambers.

"May we come in?" came a soft voice from the door. Elphaba quickly jumped up and allowed Lady Upland to enter. Her husband was speaking to the healer in the hall.

"She looks like she'll be all right," Lady Upland said.

"I used the sap on her to heal her skin. The bones have to heal on their own. She's still," she said. She coughed and continued. "She's not doing well." Elphaba felt her chin tremble. She fought tears.

"She's not the weak child that people see. My little fairie is tougher than a troll." Elphaba nodded. Lady Upland carefully tucked the blankets around her daughter. "She looks so small in this bed."

"I tried to catch her," Elphaba said, very softly. "I wasn't fast enough."

"Oh, darling, it isn't your fault. Would it be Galinda's fault if you got rained on?" Elphaba shook her head. "She fell. She wasn't thrown. All you can do right now is be here when she wakes up."

"I can't lose her."

"Come here, darling," Lady Upland said, hugging her daughter's wife, who began to fall apart in Lady Upland's arms. "I can't promise she'll be all right, but she's tough. I can promise she'll fight."

"Its like a bad dream or a big joke. We're finally together and we're taken away from each other." Elphaba pushed away and paced the room. "She was always so calm when I needed her. I can't hold together for a full day. She needs me, and I'm falling apart!"

"Elphaba Thropp Upland," Lady Upland called sternly. Elphaba froze. "You sit in that chair, stop feeling sorry for yourself and hold my daughter's hand!" She pointed to the pink over-stuffed chair. Elphaba obeyed. "Listen to me very carefully. Galinda was strong because she learned to be. She lost someone whom she deeply loved, and she fell apart. It took her a long time to just function without someone telling her every single move to make; eat, sleep, rule Oz. She was strong for you because she had already been through worse; she watched you die. Galinda watched you melt away. She had NO idea you were alive, and had to continue to be a public figure. You need to pull it together and talk to your wife the way she talked to you when you needed her, or so help me I'll have you removed from this room until she wakes up. DO YOU understand me?" Elphaba nodded. "Good. Talk."

"What do I say?"

"You tell her you love her."

"I love her."

"Tell her!" Elphaba walked around to her side of the bed and got as close to Galinda as she could without touching her.

"Galinda, my lovely," she whispered, gently tucking a lock of hair from her forehead away from her face where it belonged. "My Galinda, I love you, and I need you. If this is how you are getting me to understand what you went through, I got your point, my love." Galinda made no sound. "I'm sorry, my sweet. Please don't leave me!" she sobbed. "Please, don't leave me! Please wake up!"

Elphaba could no longer speak through the sobbed that echoed from her chest into the room.

Days and nights passed, with little change. Elphaba rarely left the chair next to her wife. She held her hand and spoke to her as long as she could before Lord or Lady Upland would take over. The healer was happy with her progress, but Elphaba couldn't see how.

"Elphie," Lord Upland called into the room. Elphaba looked up.

"Hmm?"

"A large crate of potions arrived for you from North of Upland. Are they for Galinda?"

"No, its a potion that allows me to be in and drink water without being harmed." He nodded and handed her a bottle. "I'll take some tomorrow. Its a morning potion." He nodded and then asked the caretaker to bring it to the library. He stepped in and closed the door.

"Anything?"

"She squeezed my hand this morning, but nothing since. The healer thinks she'll come out of this in another day or so. Her magic is healing the bones as fast as it can, and its draining her energy. She'll be near starvation when she wakes, and will eat before sleeping another day or so." Lord Upland nodded.

"She wasn't our only child."

"What happened?"

"She had an older sister; Galydia. Galydia was 7 when we had Galinda. She was just as pretty and just as perfect. When she was just 9, she drowned. She's just learned how to float in her bubble when a wind blew her over the lake. She got scared and it popped, dropping her into the water. Both of my girls were always afraid of the water, and she didn't know how to swim." He cleared his throat. "Galinda doesn't remember Galydia much."

"I'm sorry," Elphaba whispered. She felt a new sense of guilt wash over her for the stunt over the lake a few weeks back.

"For what?" came a very sleepy and some-what high pitched voice. "Elphie? S'that you?"

"Oh Oz, Galinda!" Elphaba gasped. "Get her mother!" She was back at her wife's side in an instant, kissing her hand over and over. "You're up! Thank Oz, you're up." Lord Upland dashed from the room as quickly as he could.

"What happened?" she mumbled.

"You fell, my love. But you're okay now." Galinda licked her lips. "Banzia," Elphaba called. A caretaker entered. "Get her something to eat and drink, quickly." Banzia left the room as Lord and Lady Upland entered, almost knocking Banzia over.

"My dearest darling! You're all right!" her mother gushed, crying.

"Head hurts." Elphaba gently rested a hand over her forehead. "Mmmm...Elphie."

"Sweet Oz, its good wo see your beautiful eyes." Galinda managed a weak smile. "Never do that again, my little pretty."

"Don't call me that."

"Its even good to hear you argue with me," Elphaba said, sniffling.

After a good meal, Galinda slept another two days, only waking to eat and fall back to sleep in Elphaba's arms. The longer she stayed awake, the more they talked about the life they wanted together. Lord and Lady Upland would stay in the room; reading, knitting, talking to the women softly, and just watching their daughter heal. As soon as dinner was over, which was eaten around the massive bed, they would leave the women alone in their chambers.

"I know what happened to you when I nearly died. I had no idea how hard it could be. I thought I would die right along with you if you hadn't made it," Elphaba said, looking into Galinda's blue eyes. "I am so sorry I did that to you, my Galinda." She caressed her soft pick cheek gently. She cupped her face and met her lips with a soft kiss. Galinda rested her hand over Elphaba's thigh and inched it up as the kiss turned passionate. She ran her finger tips over Elphaba's thighs and slipped her tongue over Elphaba's bottom lip. She backed up and kissed a trail from her jaw to her ear lobe. "Sweet Oz, Miss Glinda the Good! You know what that does to me."

"Yes, Miss Elphaba, I do. Its why I do it."

"For the love of all that is Ozly, don't stop," she moaned.

"I don't plan on it."

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