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Idina's eyes widdened as she found herself standing inside a hallway of the real Kiamo Ko. Elphaba threw off her cape, again in her red dress. It was dirty, as if she had been very busy within the last 24 hours. "Okay, Menzel. The Wizard plans to take over your world. Why, do you ask?" Idina shook her head. "At the moment, I don't care. I need to call Taye-" "SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO ME! The Wizard is going to take over your world, and if he can't, he'll destroy it. And do you know why? That terrible musical makes me out to be the good guy! Have you forgotten the title of your little musical? It's WICKED! I am evil down to my very bones! I've been bad since 1939! Then, in 2003, you and your terrible friends put together this story, very inaccurate, I must say, about how I'm not really evil! Have you even read Wicked?" "Yes, I have-" "Well, then! You see I'm a horror! I'm not as evil as the original Wizard of Oz book has me be, but I am every bit as mean as this Maguire book portrays! Ever since that musical came out, your world sees me as the nice one. Do you really think the Wizard can just let that be?" Idina chewed on her bottom lip. "I guess it wouldn't be in his best interests. If you're so evil, why are you bothering to save my world at all?" Elphaba ignored her question. "Okay, this is the plan."
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Before Elphaba could continue with the plan Idina cut in, "WAIT!"
So shocked at Idina's outburst Elphaba actually stopped talking and looked at her. "Thank you! Now before we start on this grand plan... Number 1, Where is Eden, Kerry, Carmen, Shoshana and everybody else? Number 2, Is there any way we can contact our world? and Number 3, How much time do we have?" She took a breath, "finally, I got a complete sentence in!"
Elphaba sighed, "Fine come with me. Oh," she said turning around, "Don't get used to it... the complete sentence thing" but she smiled, "now come with me.
They walked down a lot of stairs and Idina was led into a separate room where she found all the other "Elphaba's"
"Idina!" Shoshana said getting up, "she got you too?" she asked motioning to Elphaba.
"Yeah" Kerry added "Where the heck are we, and who in the world is that, and what are we doing here?"
"Ok everybody, calm down... please" Idina said, "Please, trust me, but first nobody was hurt, right?"
There were a murmur of "yeses" and "yeahs" throughout the room.
"Good, now I know you won't believe me but please just listen..." Idina paused waiting for any objections. There were none so she continued, "This is the real Elphaba, like the real real real Elphaba and we're in Oz right now." She looked at Elphaba, "And I think our world is in trouble... because of Wicked."
"Because of Wicked?! What?!" Julia said, "What did we do?"
Idina noticed the outraged look in Elphaba's eyes, and continued before she had a chance to talk, "Well, we can go over that later, right?" she said giving Elphaba a glance trying to convey her message through her eyes.
Elphaba sighed, though she was still angry and said, "Ok," she paused, "But I need your guy's help, please it's for your own sake."
There were quite a few looks of disbelief on the faces of all of them...
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Suddenly, loud laughter rang throughout the damp room, echoing off of the stone walls. Some of the women jumped, and everyone quickly turned towards the back of the room, trying to find the source of the laughter. There on the ground, sitting with her legs crossed, was a short, mousy-haired girl. None of her features were very striking, which was probably why she had gone unnoticed. Everyone in the room started looking at one another and whispering about the girl who looked not a day older than 16. She continued to laugh, eventually falling back and rolling around on the stone floor.
"What's so funny!" Elphaba finally asked in exasperation, annoyed by the shrill giggles that escaped from the girl's chapped lips. The girl finally gasped for breath, holding her side.
"I know what this is! This is a good one!" she said, finally standing up and dusting herself off. She stood with a slight hunch, which made her seem even shorter. Everyone stared at her as if she was insane.
"...What exactly is a 'good one?'" asked Stephanie, arms crossed. Her temper was quickly rising as she became more and more frustrated over being in a situation that she couldn't understand or control.
"You know...this! I have to say, Steve did quite a great job with this. You guys almost had me fooled! How much did he have to pay you all to do this for him? Oo, and who is playing the 'real' Elphaba? She's an awesome actress! Is she going to be joining a Wicked cast soon?" The girl said, still not answering anyone's questions. At this point, everyone else was becoming either too confused or too angry to speak. A very tense silence followed before the girl decided to speak again.
"So...where's Steve? I already know this is a prank...he doesn't need to hide anymore. Oh well, while we wait, can I get all of your autographs??" The girl said, but with a little less confidence. After another silence, confusion started to appear on her face.
"Um...what's going on? Why isn't anyone saying anything? You all are here for my birthday...right?" The room filled with murmurs. And Idina turned to Elphaba.
"Elphaba, who is that?! Why did you bring a child here?? If what you say is true, this is way too dangerous for a teenager!" Idina glared. Elphaba had been standing there shocked the entire time, mouth hanging open.
"I didn't mean to...Something must have gone wrong!" Elphaba said more to herself than in reply to Idina's question. The anonymous girl's face slightly fell as she realized that this wasn't a birthday prank afterall.
"Well...it's alright. Just send her back before something happens to her or her parents get worried!" Idina finally said.
"No, wait! I don't want to go home! I was running away anyway...I might as well stay here. It's better than on the streets, right?" the girl cut in, a hint of pleading in her voice. Elphaba and Idina ignored her begging.
"I don't think I can...Not now at least. There is some sort of spell over all of Oz that keeps minors from leaving it. I don't know why they do it...Some old story about how this munchkin accidentally stumbled upon your world, and when he came back he had boobs...I forgot what you guys call it - plastic surgery? Anyways, everyone panicked and killed the boy, and the leader of that time put some type of barrier between the two worlds." Everyone in the room burst out laughing except Elphaba. Only she knew how serious this was, and eventually Idina stopped as well.
"So what are we going to do?" Idina asked. Elphaba glanced at the problematic child who had taken to pleading silently on her knees.
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"Well, she has to stay... doesn't she?" Kerry asked, "I mean from what... um Elphaba is explaining, she kind of has to stay." she said walking over to the girl standing over her.
Elphaba looked up shaking her head "How could I have made such a stupid mistake!?" she paced back and forth.
"We can't just do anything about it now so lets just keep going" Idina said, "And are you sure all of you are alright? I mean, from all the yelling..."
"It hurt a little, but we're fine now... but don't worry about that, so what exactly is going on, I think some of us are still a little confused." Carmen said.
"Long story short, Elphaba needs our help, our world is in danger from the Wizard and we're going to stop it somehow I guess." Idina said looking around the room "I know it sounds unbelievable but can you just believe me?"
"Wait... so I'm... well we're actually in Oz? Like the real actual Oz?" The girl asked looking more scared now.
"Yes!! Sweet Oz! Why does nobody believe me!?" Elphaba asked anger flashing in her eyes. "Can't you tell I'm serious?"
The girl recoiled at Elphaba's outburst, "I'm - I'm sorry, it's just th - that I thought... well I just"
"It's ok," Kerry said, "We all thought that too, but yes we are in the real Oz. And I'm Kerry." she said extending her hand, "I don't think you ever told us your name."
"Oh, sorry" she said giving Kerry a half smile "I'm Elise" taking her hand and shaking it.
Elphaba gave an exasperated sigh, "Can you be friendly later and just listen to me for 5 minutes?"
Elise looked at Elphaba still a little frightened, "Sorry..." she said tentatively.
"Teenage girls and I never get along..." Elphaba muttered to herself, "Ok," she said now that she had everyone's attention. "First things first, I need you all green..." she said looking around, "Some of you already are... but the rest of you..."