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Annaleigh looked around terrified as the news really started to sink in, "He -he sa-said tha-that... well that he was going to blow up the whole freaking earth!" she said looking around some more for people's reactions, "and... and he sa-said that he needed th-the Grimm-Grimmerie." she said her voice shaky.
"Shhh... it's ok dear." Stephanie said pulling her into a hug, "you did your job... you did a good job... shhhh it's okay!" she said comforting her very scared friend.
Meanwhile, Elphaba, the other "Elphaba's", Fiyero, Elise and Megan all looked at each other in shock.
"And he's mad at us for portraying him as evil!?" Carmen said shaking her head.
"Wha-what are we going to do?" asked a nervous Elise.
"The only thing I think we can do dear," Kerry said looking a little shook up herself.
"Which is what?" Elise asked.
"Fight him" Kerry said very matter-of-fact-ly, she looked around, "Well, what do you guys say?"
There were nods and "mhm's", "yeah's" and "yeses" heard throughout the room.
"Well," Elphaba said quieter than usual, "I didn't even think he would go that extreme."
"So, what was your plan for us?" Eden asked, "Whatever it is, I'm up for it... I want a home to go back to and we all have a lot of friends and family we want to save." she said.
"She's right" Dee said nodding, "And we better hurry, we don't know how much time we have"
"So Elphaba?" Caissie said, "What do we need to do?"
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Elphaba began pacing back and forth. "Like I know! I thought he'd just, you know, throw a harmless meteor down there, or send another twister, not blow up the freakin' planet!"
"Well…" said Kristy, who had remained unusually quiet throughout the whole ordeal, "what if we-"
"I got it!" Elise exclaimed. Everyone looked at her. "Seriously, I do."
"We don't have time for childish plans here, we need something that will actually work! Kristy, is it? Keep going-"
"Hey!" Kerry cut in. "Just because she's younger doesn't mean she isn't smart."
"Yeah, let her talk." Kristy added. "I don't mind."
Elphaba threw her hands up in the air and then crossed them, tapping her foot impatiently.
Elise got up from her seat next to Kerry and stood in front of everyone. "Annaleigh said that the Wizard needs the Grimmerie in order to carry out his plan, so our main priority should be to keep him as far away from it as possible. The only one of us who actually knows how to use it would be you, Elphaba, so you should keep it with you at all times. Those who've played Elphaba are going to need to distract the Wizard and keep him on your tail and off Elphaba's. So what you guys are going to have to do is make sure the Wizard actually sees you, in the flesh, because as long as he's seeing a green girl, as of right now, he has no reason to believe that you aren't the real Elphaba with the real Grimmerie. So that's where Megan and Annaleigh come in. It's going to be their job to find out where the Wizard is going to be in the Emerald City to give one of our Elphaba doubles a chance to show themselves. Once the Wizard thinks he's seen "Elphaba", he'll go off in that direction looking for her. How is this going to stop the Wizard from blowing up the Earth, you ask? This buys Annaleigh more time to convince him not to. No offense Megan, but we can't show the Wizard two different Glindas. I still love you!" Elise broke into one of her fan girl moments. After seeing Elphaba roll her eyes in her direction, she continued.
"So. Annaleigh and Megan are going to need to strategize ways to make the Wizard come back to his senses…if he was ever there, and we need to get the rest of you green and in your costumes…which aren't here. Fiyero," she said, addressing the man standing off in a corner, "Is there anywhere you can take Elphaba, to keep her safe?
He looked up, surprised. "Uh…this is pretty much it."
"Don't you have another castle?" Elise asked?
Fiyero looked at her like she had three heads. "What are you talking about?"
"Never mind," Elise blushed. "Anyways. Elphaba will need to be safe, somehow."
Elise bit her lip, waiting for Elphaba's approval on her plan.
"Well, the details still need to be worked out, but I will admit, it's not a bad idea." Elphaba said slowly, tapping the side of her face with a long, emerald finger. "Apparently, Human children are much smarter than the Ozian ones." She smirked.
"So Annaleigh and I will go work on our plan," Megan said, grabbing the still shaky girl's hand and leading her to a corner of the packed room.
"So Elphaba, how about that last trip to our world? I think we have a few things we need to get." Kerry turned to face the young girl. "And you, little missy," she said with a smile, "should be our team leader. Don't you think?" She asked all the other women. No one objected but Elphaba, of course.
"She can help plan this thing with me, okay? With me. Does that satisfy you all?" Everyone nodded, except for Elise, who was beaming.
"Then let's do this."
GaLiNdAfIeD
Back in the Emerald City, the real Glinda the Good sat in front of her mirror, brushing her perfect, blonde hair. She was deep in thought as she stared mindlessly into her own cerulean blue eyes. She finished brushing away every tangle, and carefully applied an emerald hairpiece to hold her bangs back. She then started on her makeup, adding layers upon layers of makeup to her already flawless, porcelain skin.
As she finished touching up her lipstick, Glinda caught sight of a corner of what seemed to be a green envelope underneath a pile of newspapers. Headlines about the Witch's death flashed up at her as she pushed the stack off of the envelope. She opened it, and slowly unfolded the letter. It was scrawled messily across a slip of paper:
Miss Glinda the Good
I have recently discovered a horrible tragedy that must be taken care of immediately. In a message from one of Dorothy's granddaughters, it was explained to me that the world from which Dorothy originally came has turned against me and is now supporting the Wicked Witch. It seems that this world has indeed made some kind of musical about our world, making me out as corrupt and the Witch as good. As you can imagine, I can hardly allow this to happen. If word gets out, people can and will question my power. Something must be done, and I would like to recruit you as my right hand man woman. Please send word of your decision, though I already expect a wholehearted yes from you. I know that revenge isn't really in your job description...but let's not call it that. Let's call it...saving Oz from complete and utter chaos. Hope you are well.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Glinda read through the letter once more, before folding it up again quickly and stuffing it back into the envelope. She rushed to get dressed, throwing on her signature blue gown. She didn't even care that one curl was out of place as she glanced into her mirror and ran out the door. Conjuring her bubble, she arrived outside of the Wizard's door moments later. She used the silver knocker like she had so many times before, and automatically stated "Glinda the Good" without even waiting for the voice to ask who it was. She sped through the doors and down the hallway, until she burst into the huge, domed room.
"Ah, hello Miss Glinda. Back so soon?" the Wizard said after regaining his composure from the sudden entrance. Glinda skipped the formalities and went straight to the point.
"What is this?" Glinda demanded, holding up the letter.
"Didn't we already discuss this yesterday?" the Wizard chuckled, "So have you brought back the Grimmerie?"
Glinda shot him a bewildered look and momentarily forgot about the letter, "Huh? Why would I have the Grimmerie??"
"I need it for my plan...remember? Glinda, Dear, are you feeling alright?" the Wizard said, approaching her and feeling her forehead.
Glinda swatted his hand away, "I'm perfectly fine! What is this plan you're talking about?" The Wizard's expression changed to one of exaggerated worry and he placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Here, how about you take a short rest first and we can discuss this later. Don't be stubborn, Dear. I know you aren't feeling very well. Your face is flushed!" The Wizard gave her shoulder a quick squeeze before taking her by the arm to lead her to his guest quarters.
"No! I don't need to lie down! Just tell me what the heck you're talking about! What's with the letter? -and the Grimmerie??" Glinda roughly pulled her arm away and glared at the Wizard who sighed and crossed the room to sit down in an emerald throne.
"Alright. I will explain it to you once more, but we did already go over this yesterday-"
"But I wasn't even here yesterday! I was visiting relatives in the Uplands!" The Wizard wasn't as confident this time as he opened his mouth to respond, then closed it again in confusion. Suddenly it dawned on him.
"That...that WITCH! This must be the work of Elphaba...There's no other way. I of course knew she wasn't dead, but I figured she was smart enough to keep her nose from poking about again. I'll just have to take care of her for good this time...But how?" The Wizard muttered, more to himself than to Glinda.
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"Okay... umm can Caissie and Teal, Stephanie and Lisa, Kerry and Cassidy , Carmen and Donna, Dee and Jennifer, and... oh just all the current Elphaba's and there stand by's come here please?" Elise said.
The all walked over and Teal asked, " How do you know all our names?"
Elise smiled, "Well, you see, I am kind of a big fan..." she trailed off.
Dee laughed, "Okay, so what's up?"
"Well," Elise continued, "We need dresses... umm I'm thinking the "Defying Gravity" one, not the Act II dress, make-up, brooms, ummm well for those of you wearing heels at the moment... you might want to get some shoes you can walk and run in..."
"What about the Grimmerie?" Kerry asked.
"You mean like the fake ones we use?" Lisa asked nodding, "Perfect"
"What about the make-up..." Shoshana asked from where her and Megan were helping Annaleigh get ready.
"Well, we're goinna have to put it on ourselves this time," Eden said laughing, "No matter how bad it looks."
"Oh God," Megan said laughing, "I would love to see Sho try and do her own make up."
"Hey!" Shoshana said lightly smaking her friend.
"Okay! Caissie, Teal? You know exactly what you need... right?" Elphaba asked.
They nodded in reply.
"Good, then..." there was a puff of green smoke and they were gone, "Stephanie, Lisa?"
"Yep," Stephanie replied. Another puff.
"Kerry, Cassidy?"
"You're gonna be okay?" Kerry asked Elise who smiled and nodded.
"Okay then... go." Once again, more green smoke.
Annaleigh was going over what she ws going to say, fixing her hair, re-doing her make-up, and debating what she was going to do about her broken heel, when she remembered something, "Omigod." she said suddenly.
"What?" Megan said looking at her worried.
"Omigod, omigod, omigod, omigod, omigod!" she cried.
By then everyone was looking at her and exchanging nervous glances.
"What's wrong?" Fiyero said looking nervously at her.
"Letter..." Annaleigh said growing very pale, "sent letter."
"Sent who a letter dear?" Victoria asked.
"Glinda... Wizard sent Glinda a letter, he thought I got it... omigod, Glinda got the real thing... she could've gone to the Wizard... OMIGOD!!" she exclaimed.
"Oh crap." Eden said.
"What are we going to do?" Annaleigh said asked starting to panick, "What if he figured out,-"
"Annaleigh." Megan said trying to calm her down.
"-I'm not the real Glinda? What if he-"
"Anna-"
"-knows what we're up to? What if-"
"ANNALEIGH!!" Megan yelled.
Annaleigh finally stopped and took a few deep breaths.
"Calm down sweetheart!" Megan said trying to reassure Annaleigh and herself, "We'll figure something out..."
Elphaba swore under her breath.
"Elphaba Thropp!" Kerry said returning in another puff of smoke, "mouth!"
Meanwhile, there were many more puffs with people reappearing, arms full of make-up, clothes, shoes, brooms and books.
"I think we got everything." Stephanie said dropping everything in a heap on the floor.
"So what's up?" Teal asked.
"Well," Elise said who was just as pale as Annaleigh by now, "We have a bit of a situation."
Once everything was explained there was a dead silence.
"So." Ashleigh said, "What are we going to do about this?"
It was Kerry who swore quietly this time.
"Kerry Ellis!" Elise exclaimed, "Mouth!"
"Sorry!" Kerry said, "I usually don't swear but..."
"Well, do we know for a fact that this has happened?" Carmen asked.
"No but knowing Glinda..." a look of distraught crossed Elphaba's face, "It probably has."
Dreamer...
Idina looked around the small room. Her mind was wandering - where was Taye? Was he wondering where she was? When would she get to go home? Would there be a home to go back to?
Her eyes traveled to a small group in the corner, consisting of Kerry, Stephanie and the girl, Elise. Wait - I shouldn't be the one worrying about going home - what about her? What was it Elphaba said…minors weren't allowed to travel out of Oz? How would Elise get home?
But...did she actually want to go home? Idina thought for a moment, trying to remember the girl's exact words upon hearing she might not be able to leave Oz. Hadn't she said that she was planning to run away anyway?
Idina shook her head. Teenage girls were confusing. They were always wanting to run away for some reason or another, weren't they? Glancing back at the group, Idina smiled. Elise obviously felt comfortable with Kerry, and all the other women too. That was an incredible thing - especially if she was as big a fan she said she was. Most other fans would have fainted by now, being surrounded by so many of their idols.
Turning the other direction, Idina saw Elphaba sitting alone with the Grimmerie, obviously deep in thought. After first learning the Elphaba was the Elphaba, Idina had been terrified. But after awhile…well, she actually wasn't that bad. More bark and less bite. The most fascinating bit was - she was green! You'd think Idina was used to it by now, seeing green people, but that was just makeup - this was the real thing. It was really pretty shade though - Elphaba herself was really pretty, even if she didn't think so.
Suddenly Idina's thoughts were interrupted by a loud voice.
"Alright - I have a plan!"