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A week had gone by and she had not seen Fiyero other than when he was hanging around Galinda's arm. He skipped most classes that they shared and other than acknowledging each other awkwardly when he came to pick up Galinda, they didn't speak. She didn't have an idea what he had done with the Lion Cub and although she longed to ask, she never did. Avoiding him was the best path to take and it was an immense relief that he avoided her as well. The downside through the whole thing was that she couldn't help feel drawn to the prince. She told herself many time that she was just feeling lonely. Going from having someone who gave her attention she never asked for, to having absolutely no one to talk to and it was all getting inside her head.

She missed Sanevan and seeing him was the only thing she needed to stop whatever was occurring with her.

"Elphie, I think I'm in love. He's just perfect!" Galinda startled her when she burst into the room, almost skipping as she threw herself into her bed. Elphaba had been trying to take a nap after a long school day but Galinda's sudden presence changed her mind. Galinda wouldn't just leave her be no matter what she tried, the blonde kept prodding for their friendship. As much as she hated to admit... She'd grown fond of Galinda in such a short time. Galinda was proving that she was serious in being friends. Maybe there was another motive underneath the blonde's immediate desire to be friends, but it wasn't as if Elphaba was going to tell Galinda anything important about herself. She would just be civil and amicable to her as long as the blonde did the same.

"Are you listening to me?" Galinda said sharply, appearing right over her head with her arms at her hips.

Elphaba sighed forgetting her wish for peace and quiet until the time came that Galinda's energy crashed.

"Yeah you and Fiyero are perfect for each other." She said tossing her legs off the side of her bed. Elphaba collected her hair, which she had let loose to rest, in a bun over her head. Galinda frowned and shook her head. "No, he's been so distant and moodified nowadays Elphie, haven't you noticed?" She shook her frown off her face, replacing it with a longing smile. "I'm talking about the new boy who started today. Didn't you see him? Tall, handsome, strong, and I'm going to definitely marry him!" She grinned in a daze, as she splayed herself across Elphaba's bed and bumping Elphaba's face with her hand.

Elphaba slapped her hand off and scowled. "Didn't you say the same of Fiyero a few days ago?"

Galinda rubbed at her hand but the look on her face didn't change."This time it's different, when I look at him…I don't know, but it's different."

Elphaba nodded, not entirely caring for Galinda's boy of the month, or whatever time it took her to find someone new. "And what's his name?" She asked honestly.

Galinda shrugged, "He didn't say.…All I know is that he's Avaric's cousin." She sighed, a dreamy look in her face.

Elphaba only scowled again. If there was something they both disliked greatly before even becoming friends; it was Avaric."Avaric's cousin? Shouldn't you think twice if he shares blood with that arrogant egomaniac? " Elphaba said in disgust and Galinda propped herself up with one hand , facing her with an odd little smile. "He's different, Avaric was hollering at me and he defended me... " Galinda looked like she wasn't with her at the moment, looking lost in whatever lala reality she had made up for herself in that blonde brain of hers. After of few more seconds of Galinda's unwavering look, Elphaba determined she didn't want to stay and see her roommate like this.

"I feel uncomfortable with you looking this way. I'm going for a walk. " She said as she stood up. Galinda sat up rapidly, almost in fear as she said, "It's already late!"

Elphaba peered across the room and out the window noting the scarce orange red streaks just beginning to appear in the horizon.

"The sun is only barely starting to set. I'll be back in fifteen minutes." Elphaba told her as she crossed the room to pull a light sweater on. Galinda looked on looking afflicted for some reason before she heaved a heavy sigh.

"Alright then, take care and don't get yourself killed. "

She raised an eyebrow at Galinda's unusual care for her wellbeing. "I won't." She told her walking out of the room.

Elphaba breathed in the cool air around her, taking in the way the light played with the trees creating a variety of colors on the ground.

She walked into the forest hearing the rustling of the leaves by the wind, the water rushing nearby, and the faint sound of grinding. The metalworking students still working even after class was over.

Elphaba let her legs take her towards suicide canal, not necessarily wanting to think about how many lives it took to have that chosen name.

Elphaba stepped closer watching her step and looking down at the water that rushed by; if the height of the fall on the sharp rocks didn't kill the person, the water would make sure to finish the job.

The breaking of branches made her snap her attention back to the forest. She scanned the trees wondering if some student was taking a stroll as she was or someone had seen her and decided to be funny. She raised her hand to look as if she were about to cast a spell, her eyes still trying to see who was out there.

"It's not a very good idea to try to sneak around a witch you know. " She spoke loudly and clear.

Elphaba took a step forward, her head turning to the sound of gears whirling. She could faintly see something move from the distance, but she wasn't able to look long with the sun setting blurring her vision.

Elphaba took the situation as a sign to go back to her dorm, she took long strides looking back every few seconds. It wasn't only a matter of hearing gears, but a whisper as well. She felt herself starting to panic, fear of getting some sort of panic attack in the middle of the forest caused her to begin running. Her breaths started to come out labored and when she felt something touch her, her eyes widened, aware to late that there was a hand covering her mouth and a hand pulling her back harshly into the trees.

Elphaba reacted as quick as she could, kicking her leg back and biting at the hand at the same time. There was a short grunt of pain but their hold on her did not loosen.

"Shhh Ellie, please, don't make a sound. It's following you... " Came the rushed whisper, her body instantly relaxed in recognition of the voice. When she was finally still he let go of her, grasping her hand in his firmly and pulling her to where he was going.

She stared at him in awe, looking him over and not paying attention to where they were going.

His once long and dark blonde hair was cut entirely off, almost shaved close to his head.

He stopped, feeling her stare at him and he let her hand go, turning around and pulling her into him ardently. His back hit a tree trunk as Elphaba kissed him back as eagerly only pulling away to ask him a question.

"What are you doing here?" She whispered unbelievably. He smiled at her and kissed her again leaning his head against hers.

"My love," He breathed. "We need to talk…someplace quiet." Elphaba nodded sighing contentedly as he brushed his lips on hers.

"Follow me. " She said, her turn to lead him. He walked besides her taking in the view of the school as they closed in. Elphaba needed to know what he was doing here; how he was here; And why he had to just pop up terrify her?

Elphaba led him away from there and to the one place that would be empty at this hour. She scoured the courtyard and at the buildings entrance. Once sure there was no one paying attention to either one of them she hauled him into the building losing no time in entering one of the classrooms. She locked the door behind them and he let her hand go rushing towards the windows to look carefully outside before closing the windows and turning back to her.

They both stood, looking at each other and Elphaba reached a hand out to him, not believing he was here with her. He stared glossy eyed before he ran into her arms, holding onto her as if he hadn't seen her in years. She could feel his body tremble in her arms and she felt the warm tears wet her shoulder.

"San, what's wrong? " She asked worried and he sniffled only moving away enough to look her in the eyes. She could see the fear there, the worry in his eyes.

"It was following you that thing is trying to see if you recognize me so they can get to you as well."

She frowned."What? What are you talking about?"

He blinked sullenly."They killed my parents Ellie…" He glowered gritting his teeth. "They killed them and I felt you there — I know you were there— How else would I have appeared where I did?" His words blurred together making Elphaba hold her hand up to stop him.

"Slow down Sanevan please... Wait... Your parents?"

He grimaced and nodded."Shot dead in their own home."

Elphaba's eyes widened at the realization."It wasn't just a dream?

"I knew it...It was you!" He said clasping both their hands together and leaning his head down to hers. Elphaba didn't move or return the kiss he was giving her more baffled by his words than returning his gestures.

"Wait…" She told him, gently pressing her hands against his chest to slow him down. "Can you explain... "

He pressed a long kiss on her lips before he moved back resting his hand behind her neck."You were there. I felt you, you saved me, you stopped me from getting killed…" He kissed her between each pause, stopping only to frown at something. "I just didn't get away."

"What?"

"There was a woman, I couldn't see her but I could hear her, " His eyes began to wander around the room in concern. "She spoke of a new era, a new Oz... "

She started shaking her head. "You're confusing me San."

"They tried three times and after the fourth I pretended... Sanevan Valner is gone as I'm no longer him, I'm now Sanevan Tenmeadows, but they know that I worked for your father. Elphaba you can't recognize me at all or they'll try to do something to you as well." Elphaba took a step back, her eyes trailing over Sanevan. He was the cousin Galinda was interested in? She couldn't make sense of what he told her. They tried three times to do what? How was he no longer a Valner? What exactly was he talking about?

"Ellie, I wouldn't lie to you and you know it." Sanevan started again rubbing his thumb on her cheek. "That thing that was following you is trying to see if you recognize me."

"You aren't making any sense." She replied slowly stopping his hand with her own. "This doesn't make any sense?"

"Elphaba, they killed my parents simply because they overheard them. I don't know what exactly but my guess is that it's this whole new era thing. I heard that lady speak of it, her plans for the students in this place they're horrifying. "

"San," She said emotionlessly. She didn't need to begin to panic now. "Sit down... Explain and start from the beginning."

He dropped his hand and nodded."I have a private room I don't know where it is as I stopped following my cousin when I saw you. He was giving me the tour, I mean I know where I just don't know how to get there."

"Where?" She question and he answered.

"Briscoe hall. Room 10."

"I know where that is.

"Should I be worried that you know exactly where this room is?" Sanevan said as he climbed into the window behind her.

"You should be worried about the slap I'm going to give you for even assuming... " She replied feeling his arms around her waist. She turned and he kissed her, his hands loosening her hair from her bun as she kissed him back.

He leaned away, "Oz I missed you my love... You have no idea how much."

Elphaba looked him in the eye and slowly smiled. "Neither do you, " She said faintly. "But we can do this later right now you have to explain everything you said. "

He gulped and nodded his head briskly."I don't know exactly what my dad overheard— I was only there when they…."

"You don't have to say it." Elphaba comforted him, placing small kisses on his lips. She felt the salty tears as she did.

"You were there weren't you. You had to be otherwise I would have run in there and I'd be dead right now."

Tears prickled in her eyes as well. His parents had always been so wonderful to her; always greeting her whenever she walked home from school. They never knew they were together but she always thought they assumed something was going on other than friendship. His mother would always be so kind to her and now they were gone.

"I had a vivid nightmare about it and I've been having it night after night." She revealed to him and he blinked back more tears.

"You got me out of there I know it. I woke up nearby almost literally in the forest outside of campus, but I think I was knocked out because w-when I woke up I was being h-held down and I couldn't see a thing, all I saw was yellow. Someone questioned me and I-I just tried leaving and again I was out. I woke twice the same way and the third I listened in to what t-they w-were saying b-before I tried to run... " Sanevan was starting to stutter and Elphaba tried understanding what he was saying.

"You said it was horrifying?"

"They talked about making a new Oz of pure people, where Animals are only animals, where Munchkins were average height and Vinkuns not barbarians—"

"The gale force works for the wizard and he can't possibly be condoning this!" Elphaba countered feeling disillusioned in some way of a man she had never met.

Sanevan however looked more confused than ever. "The gale force? What… where did you hear that?"

She blinked."In my nightmare that's the clothes they were wearing...They were gale force."

He squinted, tilting his head in thought. "I didn't see any uniforms Elphaba." He said with a shake of his head, his eyes opening a moment later. "Maybe you saw who they really were and they were the wizards men!"

"That can't be possible." Elphaba couldn't believe it. She didn't really want to believe it. Her one dream was coming to Shiz and the only dream she never thought about because she always knew it would be impossible; was meeting the wizard and working with him. She always saw Shiz as a possibility, but working with the wizard was the one thing she had hope for.

"It is very possible! We've only heard amazing things about our wizard. Ellie the next time I woke up and they asked me if I remembered who I was, I lied and told them what I overheard, I'm Sanevan Tenmeadows now. My parents were murdered by a group Monkeys, so I moved here from Frottica to live my aunt and uncle and their son…And he acts like I am his cousin so I think the same thing happened to him as me."

"Avaric Tenmeadows had his mind wiped?" For some reason Elphaba started to chuckle. "That actually answers so many questions about him, really it does."

"This isn't supposed to be funny Elphaba. What if they had managed to do the same to me? I wouldn't be... me... I wouldn't know you, I wouldn't feel this way about you…"

Elphaba swallowed her laughter feeling horrible for it. "I'm sorry San. It's getting hard to process this whole thing. " She said earnestly, somewhat not wanting to let it go to her mind that this was true, he was here and the wizard ordered his parents murders and the cruel plan to change Oz's citizens.

"I know it's hard to believe. I kept fighting against them because I didn't believe any of it was actually real, that it was actually occurring…So I thought that if I kept waking up and fighting them they would most likely just kill me and I'd never see you again." He stopped and moved across the room to sit down on the bed. He took a few deep breaths while leaning his head between his hands before looking up to her again. "You're the last thing I have left, you're the only thing that kept me going Elphaba."

Elphaba was speechless as she strode across the room, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"San…"

He placed a hand on top of her, his gaze only on her. "Elphaba, you are the only thing I have to keep fighting for."

She was silent as she sat beside him and yanked him into a hug. Her head rested on his shoulder and he let his head rest on hers, his hand slowly trailing down her back and onto her waist.

She dragged her hands away from him, clearing her throat as she pulled back. "I have to go now. I told my roommate I'd be back before the sun set. "

His face fell even more. "You're leaving me?"

"I have to think all of this over, and I can't —" Her words stuck in her throat when she saw the look of fear and disappointment in his face.

"I think...I'm right where I'm needed to be." Sanevan took a deep breath of relief pulling her close until their noses touched.

"I missed you so much." He whispered his lips only slightly brushing against hers.

At that moment every thought, every doubt against him vanished. She didn't think of anything, of that moment with Fiyero, the nightmares, his words. Only him.

"I did too." She echoed pulling at the hems of his shirt.

He responded quickly pulling her back as they fell into the bed.

Elphaba straightened her dress, his hand came to rest on her lap and she turned to him and gave him a small smile. "I have to go San my roommate must be freaking out at the moment."

He sighed turning to his side and sitting up. "I don't want to have to pretend that I don't know you."

"Neither do I but what can we do?"

Some light came back to his eyes. "We can run away far from it all...just you and I. I won't be able to survive not being able to hold you."

Elphaba had to stop him from evening thinking that. "We can't and you know it, right now no one suspects a thing, no one knows what you know. Fleeing now would make whoever did this to you start looking for you and me and then we'd both be hunted."

"I know but I'd like to imagine just living with you far away from it all. Maybe starting a family with you."

Her eyebrows drew together at the thought. "A family?" She said softly and Sanevan nodded with a hopeful smile. A smile that she hadn't seen on him since she said goodbye.

"A family with you." He confirmed. "That is the only thing I wanted in this life. The only thing I ever dreamed of and it's still the only thing I want, and yet if we don't stop these horrible plans that dream will never happen."

Elphaba bit her bottom lip. It pained her to know that she had doubted his love for her. That she had been foolish to believe her thoughts when in reality things were far worse than she could have imagined. The world he spoke of…The pure Oz. It wasn't anything that Elphaba could have guessed. She still hadn't fully come to terms with the information.

"I love you Elphaba Thropp." Sanevan said pulling her out of her thoughts.

Elphaba beamed taking his words to heart. "I'll see you later San."

"Wait!" Elphaba was pulled back into him their lips once again met one another.

"They are going to carefully watch me and you and we can't give them a reason to doubt that I'm not Sanevan Tenmeadows. You can't recognize this fake rich boy I'm playing at all."

"We will both find a way to stop whatever is going on."

He nodded giving her one last kiss before she fled out the window.

"And where have you been?" Galinda demanded furiously when she came into the door.

She pursed her lips at her reception. "I was with my sister. " She lied brushing past Galinda to get a change of clothes.

Galinda looked her over, clearly not convinced."You have? Because you told me you'd be back before sunset and you didn't return. I was worried sick!"

Elphaba would have laughed at the notion of Galinda Upland being worried sick over her, but when she looked up to her it was clear that she was actually worried. Something that she wasn't expecting. "I'm sorry I should have told you I would be staying with my sister."

Galinda smiled lightly."Why are you lying Elphaba?"

"I'm sorry?"

"Why are you lying? That was the first place I went to check and she said you weren't there... I had to lie and tell her I had forgotten you were going to the library so she wouldn't get worried, so where were you?" She questioned tapping her out against the wooden floor.

Elphaba wasn't going to answer that, "All that matters is that I'm here and I'm unharmed, ok?" She made sure to make it obvious that she wouldn't answer anything else. Elphaba turned her back to Galinda and rummaged through her closet for another dress. Galinda huffed behind her.

"Okay I understand we aren't good friends— and we're barely friends at that— but I do worry about you. You hardly eat anything, you wake up in panic almost every night, you made a mess of our room a while ago it's very worrisome behavior."

She didn't know how to respond to Galinda.

"I'm... Fine. " She shrugged. "Better now... I'm not a reason for you to worry about Galinda." She was honest to say, because if what San said was true they had far more serious things to think about.

"I understand you're reluctant to share your problems with me so instead of standing here and arguing do you want to help me find out who the new guy is?"

Elphaba stood stiffly. Something else to worry about now.

"You do realize you are still with Fiyero right?" She said as calmly as she could when all she wanted to do was grit her teeth at Galinda and tell her that he was off limits. It would be far unsafe to tell her if they really were watching her, and it made her angry.

"I know that but I don't know how long we will last because this new boy…" Galinda smiled to herself.

Elphaba could feel her face reddening as a feeling of jealously coursed through her body. It took a lot of strength not to slap Galinda in the face at that moment. "You don't know this boy so how can you already be drooling over him?"

Galinda placed her hand to her heart and gasped."I'm not drooling over him! I'm... In love! "

Elphaba snorted. "You can't love someone you don't know especially when you don't know even know their name."

"I don't need to know his name to know I'm in love." Galinda sighed happily falling back into her bed.

"And Fiyero?" She managed to say through her teeth.

"He's very handsome and he's a prince, but we just aren't working out."

"That's what happens when you get into a relationship on the first day you meet."

"He was so perfect though."

"And that's what you're saying about this new boy, that he's perfect for you. "

"He is perfect for me, it's different this time."

"Why don't you wait to get to know him first before you jump into a relationship again, because it doesn't exactly look good if you leave Fiyero and already have another man within a day." She advised her unwillingly.

Galinda nodded gratefully. "You're right I will look desperate." Galinda cocked her head to the side as she looked at the green girl."You know you're actually really good at relationship advice Elphie."

"It's not relationship advice, it's common sense." She said dryly.

"How do you suppose I be friends with him? I don't know how to be friends with a guy I like." Galinda complained heading to her vanity and picking up a brush.

"Try learning his name for a start."

She shook her head unable to believe she was giving her roommate advice on how to befriend her boyfriend.

"Yes," The blonde nodded slowly, her face starting to brighten up. "And then we start talking become friends and later on, marriage!"

Elphaba glared at Galinda's back. "Slow down. Really tiny steps. "

Galinda didn't listen as she stood quickly, her eyes twinkling. "We need to go find him now, where do you think he is?"

"We? I need to freshen up and change my clothing. "

"Well go! I'll wait here!"

Elphaba's brows knitted together. Hiding the obvious distress at the blonde wanting to go and meet her boyfriend. "Why do you need me there? Why don't you ask one of your actual friends to go?"

Galinda's wide smile slowly slipped off her face. "You are an actual friend. You aren't still thinking I'm only trying to play a joke on you are you?"

Elphaba looked away from her, her nostrils flaring.

"I'm not trying to play any joke on you, I hope you realize that I really do want us to be friends. You know and I know that having a roommate that doesn't like you isn't very fun to have at all. "

Elphaba grabbed the first dress she touched and walked away. "I'm going to shower now.. "

"I'll wait!" Galinda said happily.

Galinda did wait for her and although very reluctant of going and having Galinda meet her boyfriend, she knew she could trust Sanevan. It still didn't mean she liked it. "I don't feel comfortable doing this you still have Fiyero."

Galinda skipped merrily ahead of her. "I'm going to befriend the boy first remember Elphie?"

"Isn't it still cheating if your intent is to be with him?"

"No, I'm only going to be friends with him, I'll break up with Fiyero way before I try to be with him."

"It still feels like cheating, plus whose to say this boy isn't an arrogant ass like his cousin? Or even that he himself has a girlfriend?"

"I didn't think of that but if I manage my goal, and he's an—what you said— he'll change for me and if he has a girlfriend he wont be as in love with her as he'll eventually be with me!" She chirped and Elphaba walked away in fear of hurting her. "Hey where are you going!" Galinda yelled after her picking up her pace in those dreadfully high heels of hers.

"Whose to say that maybe that boy does have a girlfriend and he is love with her? Why do you want to ruin that? Why can't you be happy with what you have? You already have Fiyero who is prince... What more do you want?" She growled and Galinda wasn't at all fazed by her behavior as she replied, "Something real."

"Something real?" She mocked with a loud cackle. "You cant have something real if you go to the first guy who looks pretty."

Galinda crossed her arms like a child. "Why not?"

"It doesn't work that way Galinda," she jeered. "I thought you being who you are would have realized that love at first sight doesn't exist, you have to get to know a person before you know if you two might make it work, even then it won't be perfect."

Galinda pouted."Love at first sight does exist!" She argued. "That's why I'm putting effort into getting to know him."

"So Fiyero is what? Just a plaything for you?" She inquired haughtily.

Galinda blew air out of her nose indignantly. "I tried being friends with you, I really did but you're so...ugh... You can go back to whatever you were doing Elphaba, I'll find him myself." Galinda turned her nose towards the air and Elphaba laughed at her. "And there we go! Little miss perfect doesn't like it when someone doesn't agree with her. Good luck with your boy!" Elphaba stalked off before Galinda could say another word. It wasn't as if she expected this friendship of theirs to last long. She was gals she wasn't as stupid as to share her secrets with Galinda, as Galinda was with sharing hers.

Sanevan wouldn't give her the time of day anyway, he was actually absentminded at times when other girls flirted with him. Something she had witnessed before.

"Elphaba?" Someone called out to her.

"What?" She snarled turning around, her pulse quickened unwelcomely when she saw Fiyero. He was the last person she wanted to see at that moment.

"I-how are you? " He said combing his hair with his fingers.

"I'm fine, how else would I be? If you're looking for your girlfriend she went that way." Elphaba pointed to where she left Galinda standing.

"I wasn't looking for Galinda. I didn't have the chance to tell you before but I released the Lion Cub far from here… He's safe, you don't have to worry about that." Fiyero told her and she felt her anger melt away.

Fiyero was nibbling on his bottom lip as he waited for a response.

"Thank you." She finally said glancing away from his unwavering stare.

"So uh, where were you going?" He asked her, scratching at his neck.

"I was going to see my sister to see if she wanted to grab breakfast with me."

Fiyero perked up. "I saw her at a table with Boq, I haven't had anything to eat either, mind if I join you?"

"Like I said galinda went that way. " She replied walking off. She had no time for breakfast, she needed more information on what San told her.

"Wait." Fiyero put his hand on her arm and the same feeling coursed through her body. Her first reaction was to shake his hand off.

"I've talked to a few students in our history class and no one remembers a thing, no knows what happened…"

"I know." She answered now wondering if they didn't remember because of her spells after effects or because of another reason.

"I just…" Fiyero broke her out of her thoughts again. "I can't stop thinking about that day. I mean the professor doesn't even remember that a Lion Cub even existed and... I wasn't affected, and it's…Why?"

Her whole face went blank. "I don't know why. You just weren't" Elphaba started walking hoping he would leave it, but he walked in step with her their bodies close and her face felt warm for a moment. She walked a little more briskly and yet he still followed.

"Are you going to keep following me Fiyero? Because it—" She stopped when her eyes found Galinda who finally found Sanevan...And she was very much flirting.

Her jaw hardened seeing the way Galinda's hand went up his arm. So much for trying to be his friend first when Galinda was literally massaging his arm. Fiyero growled beside her and Elphaba glance at him as he balled his hands to his side, marching forward.

"Hey!" He yelled causing Galinda to jump away from Sanevan.

"Fiyero, dearest!" A flustered Galinda smiled sweetly at Fiyero.

When Fiyero started heading over to Sanevan instead of Galinda Elphaba immediately knew what he was about to do.

"Fiyero don't." Fiyero rushed towards Sanevan ignoring her protest.

Her eyes darted between the two not hesitating to run toward them as Fiyero threw a punch at Sanevan knocking him down, Galinda squeaked loudly at the sight.

"Fiyero stop it," She yelled, grabbing his shoulders to pry him off, but he wouldn't budge.

Fiyero threw another punch at his jaw and with a turn of his leg San was the one on top hitting Fiyero. The move was so sudden Elphaba stood in shock as her boyfriend threw punch after punch at Fiyero, blood flowing from Fiyero's nose. He looked nothing like the boy she had grown up with

Unlike the boy she loved.

It wasn't until Galinda's loud crying brought her back that she noticed Fiyero lying motionless.

"Stop you're going to kill him!" Galinda cried out.

"ENOUGH! " Elphaba put a hand on his shoulders pulling him away with an energy she had grown accustomed to. She gave him a quick glance to see if she had hurt him but Fiyero's bleeding face called her attention.

She placed two fingers on his neck feeling the pulse vibrate through her fingers. She sighed with relief, he wasn't dead just unconscious.

"Galinda, go get help." She ordered and Galinda looked off to the side.

"He's run off! " Galinda shrieked.

"Watch him. " She gestured to Fiyero as she followed behind Sanevan.