"It's good to be back at Kiamo Ko Yero I really love it here" said Elphaba as she climbed out of the carriage. Fiyero grabbed their bags and the two headed up to the castle.

"Yes it is, I'm just glad you're here with me"

"Me too and at least this time I won't be useless and stuck in a bed the whole time I'm here" laughed Elphaba."

"Fae, that's not funny, you were sick and you couldn't move very well, you shouldn't make fun of yourself"

"It has happened my whole life why stop now?" grumbled Elphaba as she sat down on a tree stump and folded her arms across her chest.

"Fae what's wrong with you?" soothed Fiyero as he knelt down in front of her. She turned her head away at his concern, "I don't know Fiyero I- I'm probably still messed up in the head, knowing me, just butt out of it".

Fiyero looked at her for a few moments before she leaned forward wrapping her arms around his neck and repeating sorry over and over again. Fiyero hugged her in return then lead her the rest of the way up to his house.

2weeks later

Getting up from his bed he quickly threw on a shirt then walked over to a sleeping Elphaba. "Fae" he whispered as he shook her lightly. Elphaba sighed then blinked a few times "Fiyero…wh-whats wrong?" came her sleepy voice.

"What's wrong?" laughed Fiyero "It's Lurinmas, that's what's wrong, come one you have to get up and open your presents" beamed Fiyero.

"Presents? – For me? But Yero…I never get presents"

"Exactly, come on I'll take you down stairs" Fiyero bent down and picked up Elphaba bridal style.

"Yero..." Laughed Elphaba who was awake now "put me down silly I can walk now remember?"

"You love it Fae" teased Fiyero as he kissed her passionately while he made his way down stairs" She smacked him playfully as he placed her down on a couch and handed her, her first present. "For you Fae" grinned Fiyero.

"I-I this is so strange Yero no one has ever got me something before…maybe I shouldn't Yero, what if, what if Father finds out he will surly make me give it to Nessa"

Fiyero sat down next to her and placed his hand on her knee. He felt so sorry for her, so had never been given anything in her whole life and now when she was getting given something she was so hesitant, she was scared of her Father for some reason. Whatever it was it must be bad because if she was frightened of him now and he wasn't even in the same part of OZ as her now he must have done some pretty nasty things to her in her life.

"Fae its ok your father is not here, he can't hurt you and besides I won't let him, just open your present…please, for me?"

Elphaba eyed him wirily then slowly started opening up the package. She pulled out a little black box, she opened its lid slowly, she gasped "Oh Fiyero you shouldn't have brought me this, it must have cost you heaps, i- I couldn't possibly accept this"

"Yes you can Fae" he took the little box off her then pulled out a golden heart on a chain. "Open the heart Fae" he whispered as he handed it back to her. She did as asked. Inside the heart were two pictures one of herself and the other of Fiyero. "Yero…thank you so much i-I love it" smiled Elphaba. He fastened it around her neck. "Yero- I don't have anything for you" she added.

"That doesn't matter Fae, you're here with me, that's my present"

"Well if you say so…"

"I do say so, and I decided for your next present I'm going to take you camping, just like I promised" Elphaba hugged him "When are we going?"

"Well now seems like the right time, what do you think?"

"In that case let's go"

"Fiyero this stupid tent poll keeps falling over, why is that?"

"You have to fasten it to the ground first my Fae or it won't stand" replied Fiyero as he helped Elphaba with the last tent poll. The day was getting colder so Fiyero showed Elphaba how to build a fire, they sat around it with Elphaba resting her head on his shoulder, she shivered. "Are you cold Fae?"

"Just a bit, but its ok I can manage"

"Wait here" Fiyero got up then returned a few moments later with a blanket he draped it around her. "Better?"

"Much, that you"

"Any time".

The pair sat there for a while with Fiyero playing with Elphaba's hair. "You having fun there Yero?" laughed Elphaba

"Sure am but you know what would be even funner"

"Funner is not a word Yero" smiled Elphaba "But yes what would be more fun?"

"A game"

"A game? A game of what?"

"Truths". Elphaba's hand tightened around his, "I-I don't know Yero, maybe we shouldn't"

"Oh come one Fae please…for me…"

"Uh,-"She hesitated then finally replied "Ok"

"Great, you can go first"

"Ok um…Darn I don't know- I don't have any questions"

Fiyero laughed "that's alright I'll ask you. Why are you so scared of your Father Fae?" Elphaba looked away. "Yero I-i don't want to talk about that…please don't make me".

"Yes Fae, I want you to tell me, it's very important, if he is abusing you I want to do something to help you, I hate the thought of anyone hurting you"

Elphaba sighed then looked at Fiyero, her eyes were sad "I've never told anyone this before, so you should be happy that you're the one I'm telling" Fiyero smiled at her and hugged her tight "Go on Fae".

"My Mother died when she gave birth to Nessa, Father blamed me for her death. I know it wasn't my fault but when you're told something often enough you start to believe it. When Nessa got older, Father would give her everything, he would make me cook and clean and look after himself and Nessa. When- when I made a mistake or didn't do something properly he would hit me- bad and lock me in my room for days. One time I ended up in a coma I was out for a month. When I came home he cursed me and hit me again. He told me that no one could ever love me because I was ugly and green and cursed. And now I'm scared that when he finds out about you he will hurt me again, or even worse hurt you. I would never be able to live it down if he hurt you Yero". Elphaba's eyes went all puffy as she softly started to cry.

"Fae my love, its ok nothing is going to happen, I promise you" whispered Fiyero while he wiped up Elphaba's tears with his sleeve.

"I know Y-Yero but he scares me…so-so much, I ca-ant go home Yero, please don't make me go home-" Elphaba's voice was shaky as it broke; she clung to his jacket desperately.

"Sh Fae shh its ok, it's alright you can say with me forever, I'll never get tired of you, I'll never kick you out I will love you forever and always".

Elphaba found comfort in his voice and she relaxed visibly. "Let's get inside Fae its getting really cold out here" said Fiyero as he led Elphaba into the tent, her still holding onto his jacket.

He lay down with Elphaba; she put her head on his chest. "I'd be lost without you Fiyero" whispered Elphaba so quietly Fiyero struggled to hear. "No you wouldn't Fae, look you got through 19 years of your life without me, you have come so far because you are strong Elphaba" replied Fiyero. Elphaba smiled through her tears at Fiyero.

"I think I have a question now Yero" whispered Elphaba as she pulled herself together.

"That's great Fae, what is it?"

"Well…I um I've been meaning to ask for-for a while now and well I was just err wondering if um…that because I was- because I was raped if you-if you would still want to…gosh this is embarrassing Yero- I can't say this…I was wondering if you would still want to make lo-umm …"

"Make love to you Fae?" Smiled Fiyero

Elphaba blushed then nodded. "I would love to Fae, it would be a dream come true, but only when your 100% ready". Elphaba smiled widely as she held Fiyero tighter and closed her eyes " I was frightened that you wouldn't want me after everything that's happened, I'm so happy that you still do – that's if…I'm even ready, I mean I don't even know if I could do it again…sorry Fiyero I shouldn't have asked that I think I just made a bigger fool out of myself"

"Fae you didn't make a fool out of yourself, we needed to talk about it anyway, and don't worry when you are ready I'll help you through it one step at a time" soothed Fiyero "I could never hurt you".

"Thank you Fiyero…I…I really appreciate it"

Elphaba sat in the back garden of Fiyero's castle in the sun that had managed to peek through the winter clouds reading a book. The heat made her drowsy, so she rolled onto her side to cover her face from the sun. "Ouch! What the heck was that?" grumbled Elphaba as she sat up quickly. She lifted up her shirt on the side to see what had caused her pain. "I should have guessed" she said as she carefully placed her shirt back over her bruised ribs. She laid back down this time on her stomach and closed her eyes. Elphaba dozed in the sun for a while till footsteps woke her from her nap. She remained with her eyes closed as she spoke " Took your time Yero, I missed you, come lay down with me the sun's nice." The figure came and sat beside her and stroked her back. "Mmm, Yero that feels good". The hand moved to her side, roughly lifting up her shirt. "Oh… please be careful Yero my ribs- they still hurt"

"I see you still have something to remember me by" came the voice; it was most defiantly not Fiyero's.

Elphaba sat bolt upright and looked at the man sitting next to her. "Y-you" whispered Elphaba as she got up to run. But he grabbed her leg and she fell to the ground hard.

"What a shame, I thought you would be happy to see me again we can have some more fun".

"No! leave me alone please don't hurt me, n…not again please don't". He pulled Elphabs's reading glasses off her face throwing them aside then punching her in the ribs. She heard them crack again she went to cry out but her screams were muffled by his hand around her mouth. He punched her one more time in the head making her lose consciousness. Grabbing her arms he dragged her around the dirt path, bound her hands and feet together and threw her in the carriage he had waiting.

Fiyero walked down the back path with a pile of books in his arms. Elphaba had asked if he could find her something else to read. Happily he went off in search for something. He walked over to the grass area where she was supposed to be. He placed the books on the ground and looked around. "Elphaba?" he called. His eyes scanned the ground. Seeing her glasses he bent down to pick them up in doing so he noticed something red glistening in the green grass. Blood. "ELPHABA!" bellowed Fiyero he was now getting worried.

An hour later

"No, she was sitting outside and then she was gone, her glasses were left behind and there was blood on the grass, and I can't find her, please can you help me?"

"What do you mean no? Please she could be hurt some ware what if-"The Gale Forcer on the other end of the phone slammed it down and Fiyero was left with a dull beeping noise.

"Fae, where are you?" cried Fiyero as he slid down the wall onto the ground.

A month later

Fiyero sat with Galinda in his kitchen looking over a map of OZ.

"We haven't tried here yet" said Galinda pointing at Munchkin land.

"Elphabas' home?

"Yeah her father might help up in our search"

"I doubt it, Elphaba's Father was horrible to her I doubt very much he would help us"

"But we could try" questioned Galinda.

Fiyero slumped down in a chair with his head in his hands "Oh Galinda my poor Fae, I promised her I would always protect her and now look someone took her from right under my nose."

"Don't give up hope Fiyero, we have been searching the whole of OZ for the past month I'm sure we will find her"

Fiyero stood up and walked towards the door. "Where are you going?" called Galinda after him.

"Munchkin land to find Elphaba"

"Hey wait for me!"

Elphaba lay half-awake in a dark room, she was cold and very hungry, dry blood was plastered to the side of her face from a rather large gash, her body was littered with that many cuts and bruises that you would lose count. Her breaths were very shallow, her clothes were ripped into shreds and on top of all that she couldn't move it hurt too much. Elphaba groaned and slammed her eyes shut. By herself in that dark room she cried, she cried for Fiyero who wouldn't hear her.