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After about 30 more minutes of prep times everybody was finally ready, and about Elphaba's stood in front of Elphaba waiting for further instructions.
"Wow," Elphaba said looking aroud, "Well, I think you look close enough..." she said nodding, "I mean you're all green, so that's good."
"Some easier than others" Megan whispered to Shoshana standing next to her who elbowed her but laughed.
"Okay everybody" Idina said, "Well, I think we went over this before, but we just basically really need to distract the Wizard... speaking of which, where's Glinda?" she asked looking around.
"I'm right here!" Glinda said coming walking up to where Elphaba was, "I was looking for Elphaba..." she said letting out a nervous laugh.
"Okay, well you need to go get your bubble and make sure the Wizard is in these places at these times," she continued handing her a list, "that's where all of us" she said motioning around her at all the actresses, "will be, okay?"
"Well, I can try," Glinda said looking at it, "but he barely ever leaves that palace of his!"
Elphaba smirked, "Just tell him I'll be there, and maybe he'll finally leave that rotten place for once."
"Like I said, I can try, now I've got to go, so, well..." she paused, "stay safe... all of you, especially you," she said looking at her best friend, "I don't want to find you dead, it caused me enough trouble the first time." She gave Elphaba a hug and was off.
Elphaba then continued, "Well, you really do have to remember though, Oz hates you." she said looking around.
Victoria exchanged a nervous glance with Carmen, "So I'm thinking just show yourself enough for the Wizard to see you but not anyone else."
"Exactly," Elphaba said, "And while you go off and do this, I will say that I'm not staying here."
"What?" Fiyero asked, "What do you mean you're not staying here, Elphaba, it's not safe."
She gave an exasperated sigh, "I know, but I really need to do this..." she trailed off.
"Well I think we have this organized enough that you can go do whatever it is you're going to go do." Idina said even though she had a pretty good idea of where she was headed to.
Elphaba then nodded and walked out of the room followed closely by Fiyero, "Where the heck do you think you're going?" he asked her as they walked up a flight of stairs to gather her things.
She stayed silent for a moment then turned around and looked at him, "I'm going to go to Nessa." she said.
"Nessa." Fiyero stated, "are you really sure you want to do this?"
"I need to do this Fiyero, I don't know how else we're going to stop them, and she's my sister, she won't kill me the minute she sees me," she paused, "Well, hopefully she won't, but at first I thought I was just doing this to be nice and mainly for me just to defeat the Wizard, but now..." she said thinking, "now I really want to help them, I've grown to like them and I want to help them save their world, I mean I would die if I was over there and Oz got destroyed."
Fiyero nodded, "Okay, I understand, but just... just be careful. I don't want to loose you."
Elphaba gave him a sad smile and hugged him saying, "I don't want you to either,"
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Nessa Rose Thropp walked into her room looking around, this place is really quiet now she thought to herself. She just got back from talking with the Wizard and learned her sister, her face hardened at the thought of her, her sister, who abandoned her with nothing, is alive. She hated her, she truly did, and now to learn that she was alive... Nessa shook her head at the thought when she heard a voice.
"Well it seems the beautiful just get more beautiful while the green just get greener," Elphaba said quoting herself from their last encounter.
Nessa screamed and turned, "Elphaba." she stated.
"Nessa." she replied.
"Go," she said to her sister with hatred in her voice, "Go before I kill you!" she yelled pointing to the door.
"Nessa! Listen to me! Just give me a few minutes please." Elphaba said walking over to her sister putting a hand on her shoulder.
Nessa jerked away glaring at her, "Why should I?" she said shaking her head, "after what you did to me? You left me, for the second time, you left me helpless and you expect me to be happy to see you?" she asked looking at her sister.
Elphaba looked down then back up, "No, you're right, you have no reason to listen to me whatsoever, and you're right I did leave you... and I'm sorry Nessa! I really am, but we are sisters... so please."
"No" she said backing away, "No, no we're not sisters. You are no sister of mine,"
"Nessa please! Just listen to me," she paused looking her sister straight in the eyes, "I can see you hate me, that much is obvious but don't take it out on someone else's world!" she exclaimed.
Nessa whirled around to face her sister, "How... what... where did you hear that?"
"I have my sources, but Nessa, just think for a second will you?!"
"No, no..." Nessa replied shaking her head, "Go, just... just get out, before I call the guards, just go..."
"Nessa please," Elphaba said taking a step towards her.
"No!!" Nessa screamed at her sister, "No!"
Elphaba took her broom and stepped towards the window, "Just think though Nessa, think of all the innocent people you're going to be killing," she shook her head, "how could you do that?" and with that she was gone leaving a shaken Nessa Rose.
GaLiNdAfIeD
When Elphaba returned to the castle, she found that the plan was working smoothly so far. Fiyero reported that Shoshana had just made her appearance, and was being followed by the Wizard to the Gillikin that very moment. She was the very last Elphaba imposter, and so the weight of the world was literally on her shoulders. Meanwhile, the Grimmerie had been tucked away in one of the many vaults of Kiamo Ko. Now, all Elphaba had to do was wait...
It was nearly 2 hours later when Elphaba received the signal to start getting ready to leave. She quickly got together her broom, knapsack full of supplies, and a fake Grimmerie that one 'Elphaba' had been carrying before she was rudely whisked away to this magical land. Before leaving to complete the final part of the mission, she decided to find Fiyero to bid him a small farewell.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Fiyero questioned again, once Elphaba had found him.
"Yes, I'm sure, Fiyero! I'm not going to change my answer, no matter how many times you ask!"Elphaba responded, a little too harshly. Fiyero looked slightly hurt and Elphaba's face softened. "Look, I know you're afraid of losing me. But this is really important to me. Remember how I used to always try and save the Animals? I know that never worked out, and that I gave up on it years ago. But I miss being good, or at least trying to be. I miss being passionate about something and standing up for it! Saving this world...it reminds me of when I was young. I was naive, and that's why I never succeeded, but I'm not that young girl anymore. I can fend for myself, and I can do things the right way this time. You just have to trust me, Yero."
Fiyero only looked slightly convinced, but he eventually nodded and lightly kissed her forehead before walking away silently. Elphaba sighed and watched him leave. She wished he would understand. Elphaba stood there for a few more minutes, then bent down to pick up her bag and broom.
"I'm not who you think I am, Elphaba," said a voice from behind her, causing her to jump slightly. She slowly turned around, and the owner of the voice was revealed to her.
"Nessa..." Elphaba said, nearly paralyzed from shock.
"Yes, Elphaba. I came back. Now I'm not going to help you with your little scheme, or whatever you're planning, but I came to prove you wrong. I know that you've always thought of me as some helpless little girl that can't make her own decisions."
"No, I-" Elphaba interjected.
"Well, I don't expect you to admit it, of course," Nessarose continued,"but there really is no point in trying to hide it. Anyways, I'm not the confused younger sister that you see me as. I do know what I'm doing. When you left me for the second time...well, what else could I do? Was I to be left alone, friendless and hated by all of Munchkinland? I could never bear it, so I did the only thing I could do, join the Wizard and be admired by all of Oz, like Glinda. I admit that I did go slightly overboard with the faked death and all-"
"Slightly?" Elphaba raised an eyebrow.
"But I was angry! What kind of person abandons her own sister?!" Elphaba looked down guiltily at this, "Exactly. But I want to tell you now that I never had the intention of helping the Wizard destroy another world. I kept up the appearance that I would help him because I didn't want to be kicked out and left alone again, but I was never actually going to follow through. I'm not as terrible a person as you think I am."
Elphaba genuinely smiled as Nessa's revelation sunk in. She almost hugged her sister before saying their goodbyes, and leaving to the Gillikin with a renewed fire burning in her eyes to defeat the Wizard of Oz.
beautifullywicked
As Elphaba was mounting her broom, getting ready to leave, Fiyero came running out of Kiamo Ko calling for her. "Elphaba!" he said catching his breath, "You need to... come back... inside."
"Why?" she asked getting kind of impatient and wanting to leave.
"Well, Stephanie, Victoria and Annaleigh just came up with a brilliant idea, and if it's going to work, we've got to hurry. So can you please come back in and listen to them?"
"Okay! Okay! I'm coming!" she said as Fiyero grabbed her arm and dragged her back inside and down the stairs.
"Omigod Elphie!" Annaleigh squeled when Elphaba walked in, "Oh, it is alright if I call you Elphie... right? Well anyway, we just came up with a completely brilliant plan!!"
Stephanie laughed at Elphaba's face at Annaleigh sudden outburst, "she's just having a Legally Blonde moment... don't worry."
"A what moment? Oh never mind. So, what is this "completely brilliant plan?"" she said immitating Annaleigh.
Victoria laughed, "Well," she stated, "we were thinking... you know how the Wizard want the Grimmerie?"
"Yeah..." Elphaba said.
"Well, we were thinking then if he wants it then we should just give it to him" Victoria finished.
"What? I'm not following you here," Elphaba said looking a little confused.
"Well Victoria doesn't mean like the actual real Grimmerie," Stephanie said motioning to the one Elphaba was holding, "she means..." she turned to pick something up, "something more along the lines of this," and she held out one of the fake Grimmeries.
"And then we were thinking," Annaleigh added, "maybe you could possibly like make it so all the spells backfire or something on the Wizard!" she said excitedly. "What do ya think?"
"I think..." Elphaba said pondering over the idea, "I think I really like the way you three think." she smiled, "and I know exactly how to make this happen, but I'll need that," she said pointing to the Grimmerie Stephanie was holding.
"It's all yours," she said gladly handing it over to her.
As Elphaba walked into a corner, she along with her own Grimmerie, opened both up looking at the fake one, "Eleka eleka... What it Oz?"
"Oh, it's um a song..." Eden said hearing Elphaba, "you know, from our musical?"
"Of course, sure." Elphaba said going back to flip through her Grimmerie and starting to chant something.
Fiyero walked over the the group watching Elphaba, "Hey there." he said smiling, "So I take it that it's going to work?" he asked looking around.
"Yep," Julia said nodding, "It is. But I do have one question... how are we gonna get it to him?" she asked.
"Well we just give it to him!" Fiyero said like it was no big deal.
"Well we can't just give it up without some sort of... well..." Ashleigh paused searching for the right word, "without some sort of struggle. That would be way to obvious." she said. "I mean, I don't think Elphaba would ever do that under normal conditions."
"She does have a point," Idina said walking over to them, "what we could do is let him catch us and put up a fight but let him have it." she said shrugging, "the fake one that is. And we'll just hope that he lets us go after he gets it."
"Sounds like a plan to me," Elphaba said.
FixatedOnVerdigris
Elphaba looked up from the fake Grimmerie and watched the surrounding people mildly, but if somebody had chosen to look into her eyes, they would have seen the wheels turning. The crowd of Elphabas, two G(a)lindas, and Fiyero merely waited, for they could all tell that orders were about to be given.
Sure enough, after a few moments, Elphaba spoke. "Alright, people who came up with this idea, and Glinda, you all come over here. The rest of you, go do something else."
Instantly, Stephanie, Victoria, Annaleigh, and Glinda were around Elphaba.
The Witch kept her eyes on the 'Grimmerie' for a few moments, then looked up, locking eyes with Victoria. "This is a real spell. Who came up with it?" There was bit of edge in her voice, a pinch of danger.
Victoria, sensing this, merely shrugged, and looked down.
Annaleigh, however, couldn't keep her mouth shut. "What's it do, Elphie?" She giggled slightly at the fact that she was addressing Elphaba, and not Stephanie.
Glinda glanced up at Annaleigh, but kept her mouth shut.
Elphaba merely clamped her lips together, shook her head, and continued reading.
After a short while, Elphaba began speaking again. "Alright, so this is what we'll do. Glinda, you'll have to act as though we've kidnapped you for speaking to the Wizard. I'll go over the details of your 'story' after this. Victoria, Annaleigh, and… forgot your name… Stephanie. You three are going to need to work with Glinda after I'm done and find a place, a time, and my story. It'll be like a play, except the Wizard and the potential guards won't know anything about it. So you three, go to that corner," she pointed, "and plan. Glinda'll join you shortly."
Stephanie, taking no offence to Elphaba forgetting her name, spoke up with a question. "And what will you be doing?" Her voice wasn't bitter or mocking, merely curious.
Elphaba looked back down to the fake Grimmerie. She walked to a table, picked up the real one, and walked back, both in her arms. "I'll just be copying some spells into the fake one. It's harder than it sounds, you actually have the easier job, so if I hear complaining…" She left it at that, letting them take the hint.
All four of them nodded, Victoria, Annaleigh, and Stephanie going to their assigned corner, and Glinda and Elphaba moving back to the table to plan.
(OH MY GOSH! I AM SO SO SO SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING FOR SO LONG!! MY SUMMER HAS TURNED CRAZY. YOU DON"T EVEN WANT TO KNOW! I WILL BE GONE FOR THE WEEK AT CAMP BUT AFTER THAT I PROMISE TO UPDATE A TON!! AGAIN SO SO SO SORRY! AND THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS) :)