A/N: Well I promised you guys another update today... and I'll probably do another one too... just because I'm REALLY behind... REALLY. So yeah... enjoy!
Nicole
There was a puff of green smoke and they were gone.
The teams of Will and Kaylee and Idina, Chelsea and Mikayla appeared in the center of New York City. (It is, after all, the center of the universe.)
Elphaba was already lounging on a bench near them.
"Um… why New York City?" Chelsea ventured the question first.
"Because, first off, herr darling husband is here." Elphaba said looking at Idina
"TAYE IS HERE!?"
"And we need somebody to play Fiyero, right?"
"Whereishewhereishewhereishe?" Idina's mouth ran a mile a minute. Seeing her husband again after such a long, weird, complicated, yet wonderful day would be wonderful. It could be wonderful. 'I really should stop singing other people's parts...'
"In the Gershwin Theater, giving a tour. To make things weirder, it's a bunch of Wicked fans he's giving it to. And in that group are a few members of Witches of Oz, so one of them might be your precious Nicole or Allen."
A few moments later, in the theater…
A babbling of voices could be heard, and Taye's voice rang out among them. "Quiet! Just be quiet for five minutes, please!"
"So that would be where Cheno flashed Norbert, and that would be where Idina came out in the jumpsuit, and that will be where Kerry Ellis will perform, and that would be where Shoshona did her thang, and-"
"Nicole." Mikayla and Kaylee grinned at each other. "Let's get her, shall we?"
Idina beamed. "I'll do it. HEY TAYE!"
From inside the Gershwin, where the group was perched on stage, Taye's head shot up. "Idina?"
"It's amazing how you can't keep a bunch of fangirls… and guys? Okay, guys… quiet for more than five minutes. Okay, more guys than girls. Wow." Chelsea said looking at the group.
The whole group was staring at Idina. Chelsea had been right when she said more guys than girls – the whole group was guys, minus two girls – one blonde that looked strangley like a Elphaba/Glinda mix (a real life Gelphie child, perhaps?) and a girl who looked about to faint at the sight of Idina.
"Idina. AWESOME!" The blonde, Nicole, grinned. "We should totally paint you green and have you and Taye perform for us. If only Cheno was here, we could re do an original Dancing through Life…"
"My name?" Of all the people to walk into the Gerswhin right now, nobody expected Cheno.
"Daaaaaaaaaaaamn." A laugh followed the pronouncement as a guy pushed his way to the front. "It's Cheno!"
"Allen?" Mikayla started to laugh. "Is everybody here?"
"Um… yes? Why are you here is a better question, I suppose," Nicole said with a grin.
The girl who had been about to faint – Tiana – suddenly gasped. "I think I know why…"
"Wh-oh. ELPHABA! I'd like to raise you high… Brain, stop. ELPHABA!"
The green woman blinked. "Um…"
"Are we going to Oz now? Oh, that would be soooo much fun." Nicole clapped her hands delightedly, ignoring the look of 'You're crazy' from Tiana.
"You're joking, right?" Allen rolled his eyes. "There's no way we're going to O-"
The whole theater was enveloped in a puff of green smoke.
Welcome to Oz, Cheno, Taye, Tiana, Allen, Nicole, and everybody else standing there…
"I couldn't be happier…" Nicole stared around at all of the cast members/Elphaba/the castle in general.
"AWESOME." Tiana beamed.
Allen stared around. "I like it."
"Okay, now, let me explain what's going on. Allen, supposedly you can act and are good at desiging, so you're here to help, and Nicole, you're the master of ideas, so you're here to help, Taye, you're here to play Fiyero, and the rest of you are here because we didn't have enough guys."
"And me?" Cheno's voice rang throughout the castle.
"OH!" Kaylee slapped her forehead. "This is perfect! We need a pair that's worked together before, and since Taye is playing Fiyero, the only Galinda he's worked with is Kristin!"
"That makes complete sense!"
"So why are we putting on Wicked in Oz?" Allen patiently waited during Carley's explanation. "Oh. Cool. I CALL BOQ!"
"I call any small role!"
"I call Nessa!" Eden's voice rang throughout the air, and the rest of them turned to stare at her. "What? If I can't play Elphaba, I'll play Nessa…"
"Ooo, can I play Morrible?" Kaylee leapt up from chair.
"Pfanee!" "Shenshen!" Holli and Mikayla high fived each other.
"Do I get to play Chistery?" Elise grinned, sitting next to Kerry's feet. "It does make complete sense…"
"I support Elise as Chistery!" Kerry smiled at the fangirl. "She is an awesome flying monkey."
"KERRY CALLED ME AN AWESOME FLYING MONKEY!"
And so the casting began…
Ellen
Ellen glanced around at everyone from where she was sitting with Megan, Kaylee and Will grinning. "This is so exciting!" She said in her thick accent. She glanced around to see Allen. "Your recording us?" She asked laughing slightly and pointing at his camera.
"What? I record everything. You guys should know that!" He said as everyone laughed.
All the WoOers and Galindas and Elphabas all began to chatter excitedly.
Elphaba glanced around at everyone. "Okay people."The chatter continued. "Okay, lets get to work. Hello? QUIET!" Elphaba yelled.
Everyone stopped talking at once and turned to face Elphaba.
"Okay, I get this is exciting for you all, but can we please get to work? We've got a lot to do and not much time if you plan on saving Earth" Elphie said
Everyone nodded furiously. "She's right" Kerry said nodding.
Eden looked around at everyone. "Um, guys, I think we're forgetting one tiny thing..." She said as everyone looked around at her. "Don't we need a director, and what about the orchestra..."
Kaylee turned to look at Nicole who was sitting next to her. "Well, your the ideas girl here" She said smiling.
Nicole looked around at everyone and spotted Ali sitting on a rock. "Ali, you directed that show once right?"
Ali stood up. "Yeah I did."
Nicole grinned. "Well there's our director. Not so sure about the orchestra but I'll think about it." She said nodding and looking around the room. She looked over at Ali. "Take it away Miss Director." She said smiling.
Ali looked around the room. "Okay, we still don't have a Wizard." She said glancing around. One of the guys from the group raised his hand.
"Okay, Wizard done. Now I'm guessing we all know our lines?" She asked as everyone nodded in response.
"Well why don't we just start at the beginning I guess." She looked over at Cheno." Okay, No One Mourns the Wicked. Kristin, and ensemble, I guess." She said pointing at Kristin and all of the WoO people and Galindas and Elphaba's. "Oh, witches mother and father?" She asked.
Julia raised her hand "Oh, me!" Megan looked over at Julia as if to say what? Julia glanced over at Megan and laughed. "What? I've always wondered what it would be like to play the witches mother." She said shrugging.
Everyone else except Elphie laughed while she looked on wishing they could hurry up.
Everyone stopped giggling and finally a witches father was chosen and rehearsals began.
GaLiNdAfIeD
"Elphie, now that we're friends, I've decided to make you my new project!" Cheno squealed from up on the crudely made stage. They hadn't been able to practice in one of the theaters, so had put together a makeshift stage as quickly as possible in Kiamo Ko's attic. At the moment, the new Wicked cast was running through the "Popular" scene.
Just as Idina said her line, Chistery flew through the window with an envelope in hand. He swiftly landed next to Elphaba, holding the letter out to her. (I don't know if the monkeys can talk in this story, so I'm going to assume they can)
"Miss Elphaba, the letter from Glinda's mailbox at the Palace," He stated, placing the letter in her hands.
"Finally! What took you so long?" Elphaba snapped. The rehearsals hadn't been going as well as planned. They had to keep starting and stopping because of stupid mistakes. If it wasn't one of the actors or actresses messing up their lines, it was a member of the stage crew closing the curtains too early, or the one-man orchestra starting the music too soon. On top of all of this, Elphaba had been sick every morning for the past few weeks, and was deeply annoyed by all of the questions and sympathetic looks she kept receiving. Elphaba snatched up the letter and ignored the emerald scribble of Glinda's name on the front as she tore open the envelope.
"Glinda!" Elphaba yelled, much louder than necessary, after scanning through the messy handwriting. "Glinda! Come here!"
"What is it, Elphie?" Glinda hurried over, trying not to trip over her dress.
"You must go. Immediately," Elphaba stated simply, then handed her the letter.
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Glinda carefully made her way through the palace's halls, finally reaching the large chamber that the Wizard had requested she meet him in. She slowly turned the jeweled knob and peered inside.
"You wanted to see me?" She asked before stepping inside. The click of her heels echoed in the nearly empty room as she moved forward to where the Wizard stood in the center of the room.
"Ah, I see you got my letter on time then," He said, smiling slightly at the sight of her.
"Yes. What did you want to speak to me about?" The Wizard rose from his high-backed chair and strode over to her.
"Well, you have been quite faithful recently. Even after these difficult times, what with the Witch trying to ruin our plans and all. In fact, now that I think about it, you have always been my right-hand man, er...woman. And you have been doing wonderfully. After all of your hard work, I must repay you in some way to express my gratitution."
Glinda was partly surprised. She had been expecting some sort of punishment, thinking that he had found out about her helping Elphaba behind his back. "Oh...Well that's so very kind of you...But really, no need to thank me. It's my job, after all."
"Oh, my dear, but I must. So I decided that the least I could do was to move you up the ranks," the Wizard smiled expectantly, waiting for her reaction.
"But...Your Ozness...I'm already second only to you. You're not resigni-"
"Oh, no, dearest! Of course not. I still will rule all of Oz, but you really do deserve to have more fame and power. And what could give you more good publicity than becoming my wife?"
It took a beat for his last statement to sink in. She stood there blankly, then all of a sudden her jaw dropped and her glassy, blue eyes widened in shock. "W-What?"
"Yes, love, we are to marry. In a few moments, actually. I probably should have told you before, but I really wanted to surprise you. Surprised?" He asked innocently.
"Uh-yes!" Glinda was able to gasp out as she grew paler and paler by the minute.
"Oh, good. We hoped you'd be, Morrible and I," the Wizard grinned, "Now you will gain much from this arrangement. You will receive so much more fame and the people will love you even more, if that's possible. I also like to think of it as a bonus that you get to be with me..."
Finally Glinda's brain started working again, "Well...this is quite a...proposal! But really, I don't think I can, I mean-"
"Oh, my dear, of course you can. And you will. Guards!" the Wizard motioned to the guards and ordered them to take her to a nearby dressing room. Glinda's struggle to get away was futile, and in less than ten minutes, she was changed into a flowing, white wedding gown. The guards escorted her back into the chamber. It was now decorated with dozens of white roses, and there was a long white carpet rolled out. She went into shock as music started playing. There the Wizard stood, at the end of the aisle, grinning from ear to ear. Had she known that the Wizard did, in fact, know about her betrayal to him, she would've seen that the smile was not there out of happiness, but out of wicked satisfaction.
The guards continued to lead her down the aisle, but she no longer put up a struggle. Her body and mind had gone numb as she realized that there was no way out of this. After what seemed like a lifetime, she was standing right in front of the Wizard. The priest spoke painstakingly slow, but the Wizard was in no rush. He stood there patiently, loving the look of terror in Glinda's eyes. Finally the time came for him to say "I do," and he said it readily. When it came to Glinda's turn, though, she parted her lips, but no words would come out. He nodded slightly, trying to encourage her to say yes, but she could do nothing but stand there.
"Excuse us for one minute," the Wizard smiled at the priest before gently tugging Glinda to the side. He started to speak slowly with a smile still in place, but with venom dripping from every word, "Listen here. I know about your escapades behind my back. That's right, I know. How could I not? You went about it so flagrantly. Did you actually think you were being subtle when you disappeared for days at a time?"
He laughed cruelly, and Glinda tried to make up an excuse off the top of her head, however she had been born blonde for a reason. The Wizard continued, lowering his voice to a barely audible whisper, "I followed you to your hideout. I know exactly where it is. I have all of my men stationed around the castle at this very moment. With one word, all of your little friends will be dead. Is that what you want?"
Glinda fearfully shook her head no. What had she done??
"Then do. as. I. say." He tugged her back to the alter, showing the same gentleness as before, as if they had not been talking about murders and betrayal, but of where they would spend their honeymoon. The priest restarted, and this time when it got to Glinda's turn, she hesitantly said, "I do."