Okay I hope this update was sooner then the last one. Now if you'll please take a moment to read this part of my AN: As you all know, I obsessively love Norbert Leo Butz. Now he was in Seattle, Washington for the tryout runs for the new musical 'Catch Me If You Can' but the first 2 shows were cancelled because a cast member that plays a principal character had a family emergency. That cast member was Norbert. The emergency was that on Sunday July 19, 2009 at 3AM, Teresa Butz (Norbert Leo Butz'slittle sister) was murdered. So I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the Butz family and I want to send them my condolences. I LOVE YOU NORBERT!!!

Okay, I would like to thank: Wicked'elphaba-fiyero, somebody, Fiyero's Girl-Elphaba, crazybeagle, and Pernicia for reviewing! And thank to everyone who alerted and favorited! =D

Okay so this chapter is a little longer than the other ones, so be happy OZDAMMIT! =P Lmao

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN THEM OKAY?!?! *sucks thumb and rocks back and forth*

Chapter 6/ One Song Glory

A beautiful young woman strolled down the emerald sidewalk looking in store windows. The Emerald City seemed to be buzzing with news that the tan woman had yet to hear of. Overall, the Ozians of the Emerald City seemed to be very happy and at ease.

The nameless young lady carried a black, worn leather bag over her shoulder as she entered an up-scale pawn shop. The owner sat behind a glass counter lined with rings of all kinds. She made her way up to the gruff, middle-aged man, her chin high and a look of determination in her emerald eyes.

The man was reading a news paper with news written all over it about the new information Lady Glinda had revealed to the public. He heard someone clear their throat and he looked up lazily. He became alert though when his tired eyes landed upon the most beautiful creature he'd ever seen. His eyes then wandered to a bag draped on her shoulder and sat up.

In a husky voice, he asked, "Can I help you?"

The girl slung the bag off her shoulder and set it on the clear counter. She opened the bag and reached inside. Slowly she began to take items out and set them next to the bag.

The first thing she took out was what looked like an 18K gold locket laced with diamonds. Next was a handful of old Vinkan coins. The last think she took out of her bag was a black pointed hat that looked a lot like The Witch's hat.

She looked up to meet the man's eyes. She sharply asked, "How much can I get for all of this?"

Her voice and her eyes left no room for the owner to ask where she got the items. He first picked up the gold locket and began to examine it. His suspicion was correct, the locket was in fact 18-karat gold with genuine diamonds surrounding the perimeter. His callus fingers opened the circular locket to reveal a picture of a beautiful woman that had to have been the young woman's mother. On the other side of the locket, it was sketched:

Melena Thropp

True, the pawn shop owner wasn't that smart but he did recognize the name as the Ex-Governor of Munchkinland, Frexspar Thropp's late wife. He also recalled that they had two children together, who later became The Wicked Witch of the East and The Wicked Witch of the West. However, after the truth Lady Glinda had revealed, they only had one together, but Melena happened to get knocked up by a man that later became The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Of course, Glinda also told the Ozians that the Wizard was a fraud and that he was the one who lied and said that a green girl by the name of Elphaba Thropp was a wicked witch. The poor girl was only 17 years old.

The owner turned his attention back to the girl whose eyes held their own little fires of determination. He began, "Well this locket is in very nice condition and I'm willing to buy it for $500."

The young woman's mouth seemed to drop slightly, obviously not expecting that much. The dealer than looked at the coins carefully.

Impressed, he stated, "Seeing as these are very old Vinkan coins that are in amazing condition for their age, I'll pay $200 for them."

The young woman seemed to be pleased and nodded for him to continue with the last item. He slowly picked up the pointy black hat. He looked at it for a moment, thinking that the strange looking hat had no value. Then he looked in the cone part of the hat and saw it was labeled, Elphaba Thropp.He looked up at the girl confused.

He asked, "Where did you get this?"

The woman's eyes were blazing. She said, "My family knew the Thropp's. I was friends with them. After that Kansas girl killed The Wicked Witch of the West, I went to collect her belongings before people could destroy them."

The man stared at her wide-eyed. He questioned, "So, you're tell me this hat belonged to Elphaba Thropp?"

It was the girls turn to stare at him with wide-eyes. She asked, "How do you know her name?"

The man surprised her when he laughed. He grabbed his newspaper and handed it to her. "I figured all of Oz had heard about this by now! Lady Glinda made a speech at the hospital and told us the truth about everything that happened," he explained. He gestured to the newspaper, "If you don't believe me read the paper."

The girl's wide eyes skimmed over the front page and her mouth dropped. She asked, "So you're telling me that all of Oz doesn't think that Elphaba is a wicked witch?"

He nodded, "That's what Glinda told us, and that sweetheart would never lie to us!"

The young lady smirked. "Yes, I'm sure she wouldn't. Anyway, so how much can I get for the hat?"

He looked down and thought for a moment. After a minute he answered, "I'd say about $100."

The girl nodded. "Alright, you've got a deal."

The man smiled and walked to his cash register. He began pulling out bills and counting. When he had the desired amount he returned to the young woman. He handed her the bills and then started collecting the items.

She put the cash in her bag and slung the bag over her shoulder. "Thank you," she said.

He grinned. "No problem, young lady. Have a wonderful day!"

You have no idea…

Elphaba smiled as she left the shop.

******

Fiyero sat in the theatre looking over lyrics to a song from this musical Glinda was putting on to replace Wizomania. He had no idea why he was doing this, but if he mad Glinda happy, then so be it.

When they left the hospital after Glinda's very successful speech, they had stopped at the Palace first. Glinda had let him pick any empty room that he wanted to stay in. Fiyero had decided on the room at the end of the wing where everyone else was staying. The reason he chose that room was that it had windows that faced the eastern sky so he could watch the sun rise and the room had windows that faced towards the western sky so he could watch the sunset.

Fiyero didn't have clothes except his old Gale Force uniform which was in pieces, so he had come to the Palace from the hospital in doctor's scrubs. When they arrived at the Palace, Avaric lent him a pair of jeans and a t-shirt from his closet.

Once Fiyero had gotten to shower and change, they all headed for the theatre. On the way there Glinda reminded the cast and Fiyero that they still had a male role opening. She then explained to them that she had the perfect idea who could fill the role. By then most of the cast had caught on and they all turned to look at Fiyero.

Fiyero looked at them and caught on to what Glinda was saying. He looked at her and asked, "You don't mean me, do you?"

Glinda just smiled.

"Well, I- You see the thing is… But I'm-," Fiyero stuttered.

Glindathen looked at him from across the carriage and gave him puppy eyes. She begged, "Oh please Fiyero? It'll make me really happy! Oh won't you do it for me? PLEASE?!"

Fiyero sighed. "Alright, I'll do it," he agreed.

Glinda squeaked then started bouncing up and down on her seat. She shrieked, "Thank you!"

Fiyero gave her a lopsided grin then looked out the window to see that they were at the theatre.

When they got in the theatre Glinda handed him a piece of paper with music notes on it. At the top it read:

One Song Glory

Fiyero looked up at Glinda with a confused expression.

She laughed, "I want you to look over this song and then I want you to sing it for me, you don't have to memorized the song, you can look at the paper. I'll give you a few clock-ticks, okay?"

Fiyero nodded then sat down to look over the song. Glindawent over to the rest of the cast and gave them scripts so they could look over their lines. She answered some of their questions then returned to Fiyero.

She sat down next to him and asked, "Are you ready to sing for me?"

He looked up at her and smiled. "I guess I am," he replied.

She giggled. "Okay well then go get up on the stage!"

He laughed then walked up the stairs to the stage.

"Okay we don't have any music yet so you'll have to sing without it," she called.

He laughed, "Alright Glinda!"

She smiled. "Okay then start whenever you're ready," she directed.

Fiyero took a deep breath, feeling like a totally idiot but began singing anyway.

One song. Glory. One song

Before I go, Glory

One song to leave behind,

Find one song, one last refrain, glory

From the pretty boy front man,

Who wasted opportunity.

One song, he had the world at his feet,

Glory

In the eyes of a young girl, a young girl

Find glory, beyond the cheap colored lights

One song, before the sun sets

Glory – on another empty life

Time flies – time dies,

Glory – One blaze of glory

One blaze of glory – Glory

Find, Glory, in a song that rings true

Truth like a blazing fire, an eternal flame

Find, one song, a song about love

Glory, from the soul of a young man

A young man

Find, the one song

Before the virus takes hold, glory

Like a sunset

One song

To redeem this empty life

Time flies

And then no need to endure anymore

Time dies

It was dead silent after he was done singing. The rest of the cast had stopped doing what they were doing when they heard him singing. However, the reason for the silence was that the song had a double meaning. Not only did the song fit with Roger's life, but it fit with Fiyero's life as well. That's when Glinda decided that Fiyero was the perfect person for the role of Roger Davis.

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Elphaba walked through the streets of the Emerald City happy as she could ever be. While she walked, she realized people were staring at her. Scared, she looked at her hand to see if she was turning green but found that she still had the color of the Winkies. That's when she drew the conclusion that her clothing didn't fit with the rest of the Ozians that were roaming the streets of the city. Every man and woman was dressed from head to foot with exotic clothing that had all shades of green on it. Elphaba looked down at her own dress and realized that she was clad in a plain black dress.

Elphaba looked around and her gazed fell on a store called Ozma's Secret. It looked promising so she opened the door and made her way in. She looked around the store and turned red. In one section of the store hung bras and shelves of panties were displayed. Elphaba was about to leave the store when a blonde girl ran up to her.

"Hi! My name's Tiffany, is there anything I can help you find?"

Elphaba was shocked at first but then figured the blonde girl could help her.

"Actually there are things you can help me find. As you can see my apparel doesn't fit in with the fashion of the Emerald City and I'm not the best shopper," Elphaba explained.

The girl, Tiffany, nodded, "Okay, well I can definitely help you out! We'll get you a new dress, new shoes, EVERYTHING! Oh this will be so fun! Now let's find out what size you are!"

Tiffany pulled out a tap measurer and began measuring Elphaba. Finally Tiffany concluded, "You are definitely an extra, extra small. Oh my Oz! You're so skinny! But you are so pretty! Uh, I'm so jealous!"

Elphaba blushed. "Thank you."

Tiffany smiled. "Oh you are so welcome! Okay now let's get you the perfect new outfit!"

Tiffany grabbed Elphaba's hand and towards the dresses. Tiffany looked through the racks and pulled out a clover colored babydollhalter dress that stopped just above the knees. The halter straps were white, as was a strip of fabric around the empire waist. They then made their way to the shoes. Tiffany skimmed through boxes and found a pair of white ankle-strap sandal wedges. Tiffany then dragged Elphaba over to the panties and grabbed a white lace-trim bikini. Tiffany didn't grab a bra since the dress she picked had a built in bra.

Tiffany handed Elphaba the dress, shoes, and panties. "Okay here! Put all of these on and then come out and show me! The dressing rooms are right over there," she gestured towards the back of the store. She then added, "Oh! And while you're changing, I'll go find you a new bag instead of that dreadful thing you have now."

Elphaba made her way to the changing rooms and began trying on her new outfit. When she came out she found Tiffany looking like an excited puppy. She was holding a green and white bag with a flower pattern. When Tiffany saw Elphaba come out of the changing room her mouth dropped.

Tiffany squeaked, "Omioz! You are so beautiful! Look at your legs! They're so long and tan! And look at your figure! You have curves I'm sure every girl is jealous of and you have a nice set of- Well you know what I mean! Have you ever had any work done?"

Elphaba shook her head, her face flushed.

"Wow, that's amazing! I'm surprised you're not married! I noticed your not wearing a ring… Oh but you must have a boyfriend or two! And you must have your share of one night stands!"

Elphaba paled and shook her head again.

"What?! You mean you don't have a boyfriend?"

"Never."

"Well, you've had to have had at least ONE one-night stand!?"

Elphaba was about to repeat her last response when the memory of her first and last night with Fiyero came to the front of her mind. She blushed and revealed, "Well I guess there was this one night…"

Tiffany began to squeal and giggle. "Okay well let's check you out," she exclaimed.

They walked over to the register and Tiffany began checking her out.

"Okay so your total for today is $200," she said.

Elphabagrabbed the desired amount from her new bag and gave it to Tiffany. Tiffany accepted the cash and set it in the register. She then looked up at Elphaba and smiled.

"Well you come back and see me anytime you want to, okay? And if you do find yourself a man that's worthy enough to be called your boyfriend, I'll hook you up with the sexiest lingerie!" She winked.

Elphaba let out an uneasy laugh and said her farewells to Tiffany. Elphaba walked out of the store on a mission. Now that she was done shopping, next stop, to audition for RENT.

Betcha can't wait for the next chapter! =P