disclaimer: I only wish that I was the owner of Wicked because then I could get unlimited tickets to go see Wicked the musical over and over again. Unfortunately that is only a dream, in reality I only own the characters I made up. sigh.

Chapter 4: Lance the Jerk

Fayba looked at Jasmine as if she had two heads. She couldn't believe the word that just came out of her mouth. "Fiyero, as in the scarecrow that traveled with Dorothy to see the Wizard to get a brain, then mysteriously disappeared after the ceremony, never to be seen again? That Fiyero?" Fayba asked.

"The one and only," Jasmine said, oblivious to the state of shock that Fayba was in.

"How come I've never heard of him?" Fayba asked more to herself then to Jasmine.

Jasmine answered it anyways. "Apparently the story is that Fiyero's parents were so heartbroken when the Wicked Witch of the West turned Fiyero into a scarecrow and then having him disappeared, they decided to have another child. This time though they decided to have him home schooled and by home schooled I mean have a private tutors come to their castle and teach him. Last year though he wanted to go to a normal school and his parents let him. The rest is history."

Fayba nodded trying to take all the information in. She knew the evil Wicked Witch of the West story as well as any other child in Oz. She practically had it memorized but she had no idea though that Fiyero had a younger brother. She always wanted to know what happened to Fiyero. As Pete explained it, Fiyero was engaged to her mother but the Wicked Witch of the West was jealous of their love, turned Fiyero into a scarecrow, taking his brain so he wouldn't remember Glinda. Pete would then end the story as it being a good thing that the Wicked Witch of the West split up Fiyero and Glinda or else Fayba wouldn't have been born. Fayba would then worry that Glinda regretted not having the chance in marrying Fiyero but Pete would always reassure her that it was for the best and that Glinda didn't regret it. Pete always told her the story of the Wicked Witch of the West. Fayba was so intrigued when she was younger, wanting to know how a person could be so evil and how she ended up getting what she deserved. Pete was always there to tell and retell the story to Fayba whenever she asked.

She would never ask her parents. Her father knew too little of the full story to have an opinion and to tell the story with detail. She asked her mother once; she asked her what happened the first day they met. She expected Glinda to say something like the Wicked Witch of the West was destroying something and Glinda came and rescued the innocent victims by using her power. Instead, Glinda muttered something about the floral arrangement for the party that evening and walked away. She asked Pete about it later and he told her the story about Fiyero and Glinda. He said that it hurt too much for Glinda and she wouldn't want to talk about it. Fayba never mentioned the Wicked Witch of the West to her mother again and asked all her questions to Pete.

"Wait, did you say that Lance came in here, asking you out?" Jasmine asked, breaking Fayba out of her thoughts.

"Ya, so?" Fayba questioned.

"Well you said yes right," Jasmine said, hoping that she did.

"No I declined his offer."

Jasmine gasped. "Why! Oh why would you say that?" Jasmine demanded, jumping off the bed and beginning to pace.

"I had a lot of unpacking to do and I wanted to be settled in before school starts tomorrow," Fayba said, clearly missing the reason why Jasmine was so upset.

"Yo- you had to unpack! You had to unpack! That was your excuse. Oh my, you have a lot to know and thank goodness I'm here to tell you. See you don't say no to Lance. When he asks, you better say yes. He controls the school; most of the people here went to my old school. It's a know fact that whoever you were at my old school, you are here and he was and is the most popular guy."

"So what's the problem? I don't see what you're-"

"I'm getting there," Jasmine interrupt, "You see Lance is very, very rarely turned down. In fact, there has only been one girl that turned him down. Her name was Sapphire. She said no and he basically annoyed her until she said yes."

"Wow isn't he such a gentleman," Fayba scoffed. She couldn't believe what an insensitive jerk he was. How could he do that to another person? If the Wicked Witch of the West had another a son, Fayba pictured Lance to be him.

"Oh well he treated her the same if not better when they dated and they dated for 19 days. Everyone thought she was going to break the record but I think that tipped Lance to dump her before she broke it. I guess he assumed if girls thought he dated someone the longest because she was a challenged, it would make it harder for him to get a date. Anyways I'm just warning you to be careful but don't worry, I gotcha back," Jasmine said.

"Thanks, but you're forgetting something," Fayba said smirking.

"What?" Jasmine asked, pressing her to continue.

"Everyone loves Glinda, the Good Witch of the North's daughter. Everyone will have my back," Fayba continued, "For once I'm glad that everyone wants to be my friend."

Jasmine faked smiled. "Ya let's hope he doesn't decide to do anything," she said as she went to her bed to unpack. She really hoped Lance wouldn't see this as a challenge because she knew he would never back away from a challenge.

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Jasmine woke up with a smile on her face. She always loved the first day of school. Everything seemed new for a day. She was glad that she made friends with her roommate. She was scared all summer long, wondering if she would get along with her roommate. She was so scared that when she woke up yesterday, her mother thought she was sick. Her mother wanted her to stay the extra day and arrive the next just to make sure that it was nothing serious but Jasmine declined and they spent the rest of the morning arguing. Finally, her mother gave in and Jasmine was able to go to Shiz. This was the reason why she didn't arrive on time to hear the announcement of who her roommate was. Not knowing was killing her. Yesterday she had to use all her will power to not run down the hall to her dorm room. She was so glad that she got Fayba as a roommate not because she was the Good Witch of the North's daughter but because they got along so well. Jasmine could sense a friendship being born which made her very excited. She loved getting along with people and was so happy that her roommate was normal, well somewhat normal. She couldn't believe that Fayba turned down Lance. How could anyone turn him down? She wondered.

Jasmine looked over at Fayba's bed and was a bit surprised that she wasn't there. She got up and walked over to the balcony that was connected to their room in search for her roommate. As she walked onto the balcony, she saw Fayba closing a notebook very quickly.

Fayba woke up early and couldn't go back to sleep. She figured that she was nervous because today was the first day of school. At her old school, there were not many witches as animals there. Glinda allowed Fayba to go there only if she had a private tutor teaching her spells and magic on Saturday. She agreed, wanting to stay at the same school as Ruby and Ander. At Shiz though, the majority were witches, which scared the living daylights out of her. Fayba needed something to do that would calm her down. Luckily the sun was just rising which gave Fayba the idea to draw. She grabbed her drawing tools and her notebook and went onto the balcony. She sat in the chair and started drawing the scenery.

The scenery reminded her of the hill that she loved so much. She loved how it was so peaceful up there. She would sometimes wake up early and go to the hill to draw. Her notebooks were mostly full of pictures that were drawn on that hill. That hill was more of a home to her than the castle where she lived all her life was. In the castle, everyone would bother her but the hill gave her a chance to breathe. She would go on that hill once every two days at least. Every time she had something significant in her life, she went to the hill. She went up there on her birthdays, the day that she got her first kiss, and the day that she had her first brake-up, the day that her father died. Her father was the main reason why she loved that hill so much. He was the one that showed it to her. She used to go on that hill all the time with her father when she was younger. If that hill could talk, it could tell everything about Fayba's life. She loved that hill and now she wouldn't see it for a long time. Leaving that hill was one of the reasons why she really didn't want to go to Shiz. She was drawing when she heard someone walk on the balcony. She quickly closed her notebook and looked up, seeing Jasmine staring back at her, looking a bit uncomfortable.

"Sorry reflex," Fayba said as she opened her notebook again. Jasmine nodded and relaxed a bit.

"Aren't you excited that it's the first day of school?" She asked, smiling.

"Floored," Fayba said standing up and walking back into the dorm room as Jasmine followed.

"Don't be like that. The first day is always fun and even more fun since you're friends with me. I can tell you who everyone is, what to eat, what differently not to eat. Aren't you glad that you have a friend that has been in boarding school all her life?"

Fayba smiled. At least she had a normal friend, not like the ones that pretend to be her friend because of who her mother is. "Ya I guess you're right, I love learning about knew things."

"That's the spirit!" Jasmine said, becoming more excited at every passing second.

Fayba and Jasmine walked into their first class after they finished breakfast. They were a couple minutes early as many of their other classmates were. The second Fayba walked into the room, she was again surrounded by people but at least this time there were less people than there were in the cafeteria. Fayba was nodding her head as a person in the group talked about how much he loved Glinda when someone walked into the room.

"People, people please leave the poor girl alone," a male voice said. Everyone turned and a couple girls screamed and started running towards him, pushing Fayba out of the way. Fayba was startled and ended up falling; luckily, Jasmine was nearby and helped her up. "It's nice to see all of you again too but since class is going to start soon, I think we should all sit instead of stand," the voice continued. As if it was a command instead of a suggestion, everyone started sitting down at their desks. Fayba had only seen one other person besides herself that could get people to do what ever she wanted which was her mother. Fayba looked at the person who had such power over people, seeing Lance standing there, staring back at her. His smirk grew once he saw her looking at him. He walked towards her, stopping only inches away from her. "We meet again," he said quietly, almost a whisper, Fayba nodded taking a step back. He looked over at Jasmine and smiled. "Hey Jamie," he said.

"Hey yourself," she said back, not really noticing that he just called her the wrong name.

"It's Jasmine," Fayba piped in, feeling that she was going to stick up for her friend even if Jasmine didn't seem to notice.

Lance looked back at her, "What?" he said, clearly confused.

"Her name is Jasmine not Jamie," she said, trying to make it as clear as she could.

"I know, that's just a nickname I call her," Lance said, not skipping a beat. He turned back to Jasmine. "Could I have a minute to talk to Fayba, privately," he asked her. Jasmine nodded quickly, delighted that he talked to her, and went to sit at an empty desk. "So I was wondering if you would like to go out with me today, unless you have more unpacking to do," Lance said once Jasmine left.

"Why so you can date me for a week, dump me then pretend you have a nickname for me when you call me the wrong name." Fayba said, getting angrier by the second.

"How 'bout I just call you honey now so that I won't forget," he said smirking.

Fayba scoffed, "Sorry, I'm washing my hair today and for the next couple of weeks. I won't be able to date for a while so how about you just give up," she said crossing her arms. She was prepared to stand her ground no matter what.

"Oh I never back away from a challenge," he said still smirking.

"Ya good luck with that," Fayba said. She turned away from him and started walking towards the desk next to Jasmine.

"Watch out, honey," Lance called after her.

Fayba turned around to face Lance. "Don't call me hon-" Fayba stopped talking because she felt something wet and sticky fall on her. She looked up and saw a bucket over her head. It then flipped upside down and honey spilled all over Fayba. She was so shocked that she had no time to scream. There was a huge grasp coming from the whole room, followed by laughter from Lance and a few of his friends that were around him. Fayba wiped the honey off her face the best she could and walked towards Lance, trying desperately not to scream at him.

"I told you to watch out for the honey," he said smiling, "but it's your lucky day. I know a spell that can get any liquid off quickly. All you have to do is agree to go on a date with me," he said still smiling, thinking that he won.

Fayba smiled back at him and as quick as the honey fell on her, it disappeared, leaving a very dry Fayba. "You mean a spell like that?" she asked, still smiling. She turned and walked towards Jasmine, leaving a very stunned Lance. "Oh and watch out for the honey," she said sitting down beside Jasmine.

"What hon-" and then he felt it, honey spilled all over him. Before he could get rid of it, Madame Torrible stepped in.

"Alright class, everyone sit down and-" Madame Torrible stopped talking and stared at Lance. "Lance is this how you decide to come to my class, drenched in whatever you are drenched in. Do you think this is a funny prank?" She said clearly disgusted at Lance.

"No, Madame Torrible, it wasn't-"

"Ah, I don't want to hear any excuses, leave my classroom and come back when you decide to take your education seriously," Madame Torrible said.

"But-"

"Just go!" Madame Torrible said pointing to the door. Lance sighed; he walked slowly to the door of the classroom, knowing that he wasn't going to win this time.

Fayba smiled, she was very excited that Lance got what he deserved. "This is going to be a very good day," she said to Jasmine.

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