Elphaba's mouth hug open "Jakin… Are you being serious? How-Why would Fiyero do this?" she asked trying not to cry, she has cried enough.

"Elphaba I really don't know, he left the room before I talked to him, and I know he would never become the captain again voluntarily." Jakin explained. Elphaba let a tear slip but quickly whipped it away.

"I-I need to go, thank you for telling me Jakin." She said as she bolted out of the room. She ran into her room and went into the bed and began crying. Why in Oz would Fiyero… Her Yero, do something like that? He has to be being blackmailed... But if he is trying to catch me then they can't be treating to kill me… The whole idea boggled Elphaba's mind. A part of her mind was so relieved he was at least alive; the past two days have been torture for her. She shut her eyes to sleep off the sorrow but every time she shut them she saw her fiancé dead on the ground, just like he was when she found him in the cornfield. Now when she shut her eyes all she saw was him in his Gale Force uniform holding a gun trying to find her.

Out in the living room Glinda and Jakin sat there silently. "We are going back to the emerald city. We have to find out why he is doing this." Glinda finally spoke up. Jakin looked at her and shook his head.

"No you can't risk it." He warned her but she was going to have none of it.

"They all think Elphie is hiding somewhere without me." Glinda said to him. Jakin sighed but agreed.

"Alright fine, but we can't tell Elphaba she wont let us go back, we have to just leave her a note or something." Jakin told her. She nodded and took out a pen and a piece of paper and began writing the letter. In the silence they could hear Elphaba's cry's that she was trying so hard to stop. "Will she be okay here all alone?" He asked. Glinda looked up from the letter and looked at the door to Elphaba's room.

"Oz I hope so…" She whispered, and finished up the letter. They left it on the table and headed out to the train station.

After about an hour Elphaba was just getting to sleep when she heard a cry coming from the nursery. She sighed and went into the nursery to find Liir awake in his crib crying for his mother's attention. Gently picked him up and attempted to calm him down.

"Shhhh, its okay, mommy's here." She whispered to him. It really hit her then; she was a mother to a beautiful three day old baby boy and couldn't help but smile about it. She carried Liir to her room and sat down on the bed with him still tightly in her arms, just starting to calm down. "You really are your father's child, never wanting to sleep and always wanting attention." She told her son as if he would understand and talk back. She was saddened by the thought of Fiyero but was determined to push the bad thoughts out of her mind and focus on the child in her arms. She smiled at him when he stopped crying and began playing with the hem of her dress with his tinny fingers. She realized that it was very quiet in the house. She stood up and went into living room to find a note on the table in Glinda's handwriting. She sat down with Liir in her lap, took the note and read it.

Dear Elphie,

Jakin and I are traveling to the Emerald city to find out why Fiyero has become the captain of the guard again. Don't worry about us we will be extremely careful. Besides Horrible Morrible thinks you are hiding in some random place. We should be back by tomorrow evening.

Yours truly,

Glinda

Elphaba stared at the letter and read it over several times hoping she read it wrong. How could they just go? When they knew that she wouldn't like it! Liir began to whimper slightly and she put the letter down. She held the baby making sure he was comfy. He began to quiet down and looked up at her with his father's eyes. She couldn't even explain how happy she was that he wasn't green. She knew Fiyero wouldn't have cared if he was but she knew what it was like, the teasing, the loneliness, the decimation, the stereotypes, and the pain. They where all the last things she wanted Liir to worry about.

Glinda and Jakin Walked threw the doors of the emerald palace and looked around checking for any signs of Morrible or the wizard. They saw neither so hurried up the stairs too the meeting room. No one was in there.

"You don't think they are keeping him hidden, do you?" Glinda asked Jakin, he shrugged.

"Its possible but that would get some of the guards concerned." He replied then thought for a second. "You know this place better then me; do you know where an open room is?" He asked. Glinda looked around then got it.

"Oh my Oz! How could I be so stupid, when we first came here he had a separate room then me!" She said feeling down about the painful memories of when her and Fiyero where…together, but there was no time for that. She started walking down the hall with Jakin on her heals. She went up to a door "This is it." she said taking a deep breath and knocking on the door.

"Coming" answered the person on the other side; it was obviously Fiyero's voice. He opened the door and his blue eyes went wide when he saw Glinda and Jakin. He look a worried look around then pulled them in and shut the door. "What are you doing here? Do you know how dangerous this is?" he scolded as he sat down at his paper covered desk; the other two went and sat on his bed.

"Fiyero we needed to see you and find out what was going on!" Glinda explained. He ran a hand threw his hair and sighed looking up at them feeling ashamed that he was in his captain uniform. "How are Elphaba and Liir?" he asked skipping Glinda's question.

"Liir is perfectly Fine, and Elphaba well… she was so torn when you got taken, but when we found out this- we just, we couldn't believe it! Fiyero why? What is going on?" Glinda said. He looked at the ground making the room completely silent. "Fiyero!" Glinda yelled wanting an answer.

"They threatened me!" Fiyero practically screamed standing up. "I have to!" he told them. Jakin stood up,

"With what? Death? You would rather die then wear this stupid uniform!" Jakin said. Fiyero walked over to the wall and leaned his hand against it.

"Liir…" he whispered not facing them. Jakin and Glinda looked at each other confused. Glinda slowly walked up to him but he wouldn't face her, she put a hand on his shoulder.

"Fiyero…" she started, but what could she say? "You mean they- they said that they would… kill Liir?" she asked in disbelief. Fiyero just nodded. Glinda turned him around and saw his blue eyes where tearing up, and she pulled him into a tight hug. Fiyero grabbed on to her and began crying- Fiyero Tiggular has only cried four… well now five times in his life.

1) When he was yelled at by his parents for getting kicked out of his first school when he was 9.

2) When he was 13 and his Grandmother died.

3) When he was 10 and he fell off his bike breaking his leg and arm.

4) When he was being beaten by the guards.

5) Now.

But no amount of pain could compare to this. This was a completely different pain, and he didn't like it at all.

Hello all! Yes i know it has been like a month since I'v updated and for that im sorry! blame stupid midterms and the two shows im in! but I'm back and hopefully you liked this chapter and I will get the next one out as soon as i can! Thanks for R&R!

PS. This chapter was not edited so I'm sorry about some of the grammer and spelling issues.