A/N #1: Haha this update is totally dedicated to JadeTakashi for reminding me to update this! :) The lily laid... :)
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"Elise!" Kerry shrieked, "You've turned into a monkey!"
"What are you talking about?" asked Elise, but she quickly ran to a mirror and gasped at the sight of her own reflection.
"She's not a monkey, she's a Monkey, she can still talk!" Elphaba corrected Kerry. "Does anything hurt Elise, are you alright?"
"Oh I'm fine…EXCEPT THAT I'M A MONKEY" replied Elise sarcastically, "I'm not in pain or anything, but is this permanent?"
"I don't think so," said Elphaba with very little confidence, "I mean, you can't reverse a spell once it's been cast, but I'm sure we can sort it all out, I need to remove everyone's wings eventually anyway. But I'm afraid you'll have to stay that way while we complete our rescue mission, then I'll sort this out when we get back."
"Oh no problem, I'll just sit here…eating bananas…or is it only non-flying monkeys who eat bananas?" joked Elise.
Seeing that Elise still had her sense of humor, the group decided it would be alright to leave Elise in Megan's, Annaleigh's, and Fiyero's care while they went to rescue Idina. With that, the women began to flap their wings as Elphaba mounted her broomstick. "Now remember, shoot red if you're in trouble, and shoot green if you have Idina, then I will transport all of you back here." The Elphabas all nodded as they tested out their new appendages. "Now, let's fly!"
A short time later, Elphaba and the flying women approached the castle. They slowed to a hover before clearing the treeline, where Elphaba could pass out the maps and hand the key to Carmen. Quietly, the women flew towards the castle while Elphaba pulled out her own map to watch their progress. As Dee, Shoshana, and the rest entered the palace through a secret back entrance, Elphaba brought her gaze to the map, watching the grey dots cluster inside the door. Slowly the dots began to move and spread out, generally staying in pairs. Elphaba held her breathe, worrying that someone could get caught at any moment. Minutes passed with the grey dots moving slowly, none emitting any color. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, a dot from the east end of the palace turned green. Elphaba breathed a sigh of relief and began to cast the spell to transport everyone back to Fiyero and the others.
"Meleka a mey atum ah num ah de ma, meleka a mey atum ah num ah de ma, WHA?" Elphaba exclaimed as she finished the spell. Just as she chanted the spell's last syllable, a second dot turned green…one at the west end of the palace. She frantically tried to think of what to do, knowing very well that two people at opposite ends of the palace couldn't have found the same person. However, there was nothing Elphaba could do, since the spell was already taking effect. Within the blink of an eye, all the women were back with Fiyero, Elise, and the Glindas, the four with worried looks on their faces. At first the Elphabas began to congratulate themselves on a successful recovery mission. But slowly, people came to the same realization that Elphaba had noticed from the moment they had arrived…there were two Idinas standing in the room. Physically identical in every way, there was no way to tell the two apart, and the two immediately started pointing fingers.
"I'm the real Idina, she's a fake!" screamed the first Idina.
"She's lying, I'm Idina, don't you recognize me?" yelled the second.
Everyone's glance moved back and forth between the two, even their voices sounded identical. Before either of them could cause any damage, Fiyero grabbed onto the first Idina, while Victoria bravely grabbed onto the other.
"Oh no, how are there two Idina's?" cried Annaleigh, "how in the world will we ever tell them apart?"
Several of the women began yelling out suggestions, but Ana, who happened to be standing closest to Elphaba, said, "why don't we have them sing to determine the real Idina?"
"Good idea, let's have them sing to find the real Idina," Elphaba concurred.
"But not just anything," interjected Julia, "have them sing something from Wicked, only the real Idina should know the words. Ummm…Idina number one, sing something from Defying Gravity."
The Idina Fiyero was holding looked stunned for a moment, but eventually started, "Defying Gravity, Defying Gravity…." It was the right voice, but she clearly couldn't catch the lyrics or tune of the song Idina had made famous.
Julia continued, "Okay, Idina number two, sing something from The Wizard and I."
The Idina being held by Victoria, at a moment's notice, began belting, "And I'll stand there with the Wizard, feeling things I've never felt!"
"Yep, that's Idina," decided Eden, and everyone else quickly nodded in agreement. After Victoria released the true Idina, everyone slowly turned to stare at the imposter that Fiyero immediately tightened his grip on.
"Since the Wizard has no real power, this must have been the work of Madame Morrible, trying to find our hideout," decided Elphaba. "Fortunately, I think I have a spell that will reveal this imposter's true identity." As Elphaba searched for the correct spell, everyone continued to stare at the fake Idina, wondering who was in their presence….
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Elphaba began the spell and slowly the idenity was being revealed. The entire group was utterly shocked and no one knew how to react. Before them stood a short woman, in a purple knee length dress. She was looking downward-ashamed.
"What?! Whose side are you an?" Elphaba managed to say quietly.
"Just... just do whatever you are going to do to me. The wizard is catching on to your plans, so he had Morrible do this." The girl said. "They still think I am on their side. I am so sorr..."
"Fieryo!" She directed while shocked. "Come here." She then directed her comments to the girl shamefully standing in front of her, "I trusted you. I love you, but I can't risk anything." SHe directed her attention back to Fieryo saying, "Take her... please... to the cell. The one in the basement. Make sure she isn't too cold."
The girl glanced towards Elise, "WINGS!? You...! You! The... levitation spell? Again!? See Elphaba, all you do is cause problems. You never can do good, never have been, never will be!" By the time she finished this, Fieryo almost had her out the door.
"Elphaba! I am so glad you figured out the clue! I thought you never would." Idina said walking up to her. She put her hand on Elphaba's shoulder. Elphaba ignored this and instead looked at Idina saying, "Are there any more replicas of you?"
Idina, being caught off guard, looked at the floor. Everyone watched in silence, waiting for her answer. "I think, I think they don't have any more of me."
"Of you?" Elphaba fired back.
Idina was trying to find a way to tell her this. "Elphaba... Elphaba... I mean Elphie... there was, um, a replica of you too. I over heard the wizard's conversation. He wants 'you' to do all the dirty work. He wants the replica to do the dirty work."
All the actresses were dumbfounded- especially the 'Glindas', when Fieryo walked in.
"Elphaba, your sister is in the cell. Locked up, warm, and set to go. It's all taken care of..." Fieryo saw his wife's face. "What's," He circumspectly looked around the room. "What's wrong?"
Elphaba looked around. "Who else could it be? My sister is already done."
Idina closed her eyes, "I wish I could remember. Wait! Do... Do..r..th... DOROTHY! That makes sense! She can travel back and forth, she's old enough! She... Elphie... She has connections to both worlds!"
Elphaba fell into a sit. "If this is that... that annoying little jerk... we could have a huge problem. That problem... her link to both worlds. Anything, I repeat, ANYTHING could happen."
Fieryo looked confused, "Wait, what's wrong? What's happening? Elphaba? Idina? Someone? What is wrong?"
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"So what are we going to do now?" Idina asked.
"We are going to have to stop Dorothy, or who ever is my double before more stuff is blamed on me," Elphaba said.
"But how? The wizard has already seen all of us." Shoshana said.
"good point," Elphaba responded.
"Wicked fans," Idina blurted out.
"What?"
"Think about it, there are people in our world who are beyond obsessed with Wicked and would freak if they found out Oz was real. They would love to help, I bet," Idina explained.
"One problem," Elphaba said, "that requires going back to your world, again, and then we have to try to find fans who would be willing to help."
"We could start with that Holli girl that replaced Stephanie when you took her. and she might know of others who would be willing to help," Annaleigh said.
"well, we have no other options at this point. Do we know where this Holli person is?"
"Well, she said she lived near Boston. Not exactly sure where, though."
"well, then, I guess I will just have to find her. Annaleigh, you come with me. you'll know her when you see her, right?"
"Yes. I think so but Boston is a big city. And she didn't actually live in Boston, she lived outside Boston. Some town. I forget what it was called. But she also said she worked in a restaurant named Friendly's. maybe we can find her by going there."
"well, then, that's our plan for now," Elphaba said, then she and Annaleigh disappeared.
"Okay, maybe we should go on the internet and find restaurant listings for friendly's. and then just visit all of those," Annaleigh said to Elphaba.
"What in Oz name is the internet?"
"Something you don't have in Oz. Come on. Any library has access to a computer," Annaleigh said, leading Elphaba into the library they had conveniently come across.
"I have never seen anything like this," Elphaba said as Annaleigh looked up locations for the resaurant on a computer.
"Okay, slight set back," Annaleigh said, "there are a lot of listings for Friendly's here. I don't know where to start."
"Well write them all down and we'll go to them all." Annaleigh printed out the list and the pair of them went looking.
"that's her," Annaleigh said when they got to the fourth one. The girl Annaleigh was pointint at was trying to lift an obviously heavy trash can to empty it into a dumpster.
"well, come on, then. Lets go talk to her," Elphaba said then walked towards Holli.
"What the heck?" Holli said when she saw Elphaba.
"Is you name Holli?" Elphaba asked. The girl nodded. "Oz needs your help."
"Okay, lady, who put you up to this. Jason, where are you. turn the camera off I am not falling for this," the girl said. Annaleigh chose this moment to come in.
"Holli, this isn't a joke. I thought it was at first too, but then Elphaba just zapped me into Oz."
"Uh huh. Annaleigh, I think that bubble is going to your head. You need a vacation."
"well, if you won't believe us, then I will just have to prove it to you," Elphaba said, then magic spelled Holli to Oz where every one was waiting.
"What the he—" Holli started, but then saw all the actresses who'd played Elphaba. "okay, I must be dreaming. This sort of thing only happens in dreams."
"This isn't a dream," Elphaba said, losing her patience.
"If this isn't a dream, then I am so going to lose my job."
"there are bigger problems than you losing you precious job," Elphaba said.
"Like what?"
"Like your whole planet getting blown up by the Wizard."
"Okay, now I know this is a dream. According to the book, the musical, and the Wizard of Oz, the Wizard went back to Kansas. Besides, he has no powers, I thought. Unless Madame Morrible helps him. but she was sent to prison. Well in the book, Elphaba killed her, but still."
"Would you stop rambling on and on. You are worse than that wretched little farm girl with her incessant crying. What you have read and seen isn't very accurate. Now will you help us or not," Elphaba said.
"What do you need?"
"Well, first we need more Wicked fans who might be willing to help. Know of any?"
"Yeah, just go onto the witches of Oz website."
"wait, you mean the website that has a thread that is center around my fingers?" Stephanie asked.
"That thread is closed now. But yeah, that's the site."
"We don't have time to go through so many people," Stephanie said, "think you could just name a few?"
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A/N: Okay, so I know that some people might not like the idea of putting Wicked fans into this... but I think it worked out okay, and I was pretty hesitant about it at first. It'll make more sense with more updates I think. But the story line keeps moving forward. :)