A/N #1: Here's another one for you guys! I'm glad you're liking it!
Nicole
The Witches of Oz members sat in a circle – Nicole, Allen, Kaylee, Elise (her monkey wings and all), Mikayla, Tiana, Holli and the rest.
"Nicole. There is no way in all of any worlds that this could possibly work." Holli shook her head. "No way."
"Even if it did confuse them enough for Elise and the other freed monkeys to do their thing, they're trained guards." Mikayla sighed.
"Did Simba take on the hyenas and win? Didn't Elle teach Brusier to shop online? Didn't Mimi overcome her addictions? If they can do that, we can do this." Nicole crossed her arms. "And I won't take no for an answer, or I'll do it by myself."
"I'm in… it sounds far too much fun for me to resist." Elise grinned broadly. "AND I get to lead a pack of flying monkeys."
A tap on Allen's shoulder sent him jumping up. "The monkeys are ready, Nicole… I don't know why you want them, though. Why are you keeping me in the dark?"
The green witch stared down at them uneasily. She wasn't used to not being in charge, and it felt horrible, not knowing what was going to happen next.
"Because you'll interfere. Holli, Kaylee, everybody, you with me?"
"I guess so…" They all nodded quickly.
"Here's to those of us who like to defy gravity!"
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"Sir, nothing's happened yet. Why-"
"For the last time, the Wizard stationed us around the castle because the Wicked Witch and a bunch of her wicked friends are inside. We wait until the wedding is over and BAM! We shoot the place up."
"Sir!"
"What, Ed, what is it?"
"Sir, some girls just came out of the back door to the castle…"
"Well, bring them here. Perhaps with some hostages, the Witch will be more willing to come out, come out, wherever she is…"
"Yes, sir."
A few moments later, a group of girls stood, shifting their feet in front of the guard. Obvious discomfort and nervousness was running through them.
"Names, ladies, and occupations."
"I can't believe we're doing this…" Kaylee's muttering was cut off by Holli's elbow.
"I'm, oh geez, my name is Paulette, and I design hair." Holli's giggle at Kaylee's announcement was cut off by Kaylee's elbow this time 'bout.
"My name's Vivienne, guard in training." Mikayla stuck out her hand and grabbed the astonished guard's hand.
"Girls aren't-"
"My name's Brooke Wyndham, trainer," and Holli grinned maliciously. "And you could certainly be whipped into shape a bit."
"Look, all of you…"
"I'm Elle Woods." Nicole laughed. "And we just came out here to show our utmost support for what you're doing for our society. I mean, the things you all must go through!"
"Well, it is very rigourous-"
"I know! We were wondering, actually, if you all could escort us back to the city. We heard a prince once lived here and were wandering around, but we don't know the way back."
"Or could you at least point out the way?" From the back of the group, Tiana smiled shyly – and that did the trick.
The guard turned. "Guards, if you could escort these ladies to the end of the woods, I'm sure-"
"FIREEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Elise's cackle was accompanied from the hooting of a bunch of obviously amused monkeys…
And it rained crap.
The monkeys dropped the scats that had been collected in a decomposition pile on the unfortunate guard's heads.
Holli's giggling and Kaylee's stifled laughter weren't heard above Nicole's overdramatic scream. "THEY'RE BOMBS! THE EXPLODING THINGS! IF ONE HITS YOU, YOUR DEAD! RUN FOR THE FOREST!"
And amidst all the chaos…
The guards did exactly that.
WickedlyAsh
Holli, Kaylee, Mikayla, Nicole, Allen, and Tiana were high-fiving one another as they re-entered the castle, with Elise performing a victory dance with the other monkeys while flying overhead.
"That was great everyone, but we can't let our guard down just yet," Elphaba cautioned.
"What do you mean?" asked Tiana, "we had those guys running for their mommies!"
"Well my guess is that they'll be back, sooner rather than later," said Elphaba, bringing everyone's celebrating to an abrupt end.
Once she had complete silence, Elphaba continued, "Everyone, we have a lot to get done and very little time, so I suggest we split up and-"
"Split up?!" Annaleigh cried, obviously not a fan of the idea.
"Is there an echo in here?" Elphaba retorted with an annoyed tone. "Yes, we need to split up, because we have run out of time."
When she had everyone's complete attention, she began assigning jobs.
"Fiyero," Elphaba started, "I need you to find your father, and to collect Boq. Get them to the Wizard's palace as fast as you can, and explain everything to them on the way."
"Got it," Fiyero responded, giving her a brief hug before leaving the room.
"Okay, next. Idina, you seem to know where they're keeping my clone. You need to go back to the Wizard's Palace and find that clone, so I can find out their real identity. Take some others with you," Elphaba said, finishing her instructions to Idina.
Idina smiled and nodded. She immediately grabbed Taye for help, and also managed to recruit Stephanie, Shoshana, and Eden to help the effort before leaving the room.
"Oh, and if you find that stupid little dog running around, grab him too!" Elphaba called after Idina, obviously still having a particular hatred for that animal. Quickly, she composed herself and turned back to the waiting crowd. "Now…you, Ozian Witch people!"
"It's Witches of Oz," Nicole corrected.
"Whatever," Elphaba sighed, exasperated that people were bothering with the useless details, "I need you to get the Emerald City Theater ready for tonight's performance. You need to get all the sets, costumes, music, everything in place and ready to go. And keep rehearsing, this needs to be as flawless as possible!"
"Will-do Elphie!" Holli responded with a laugh, knowing the use of Elphaba's nickname would drive her crazy. But before Elphaba had time to respond, the WoO members had run from the room.
"Next, Carmen!" Elphaba yelled over to one of the actresses' names she actually remembered, "Go to the Emerald City, and find as many Ozians as you can. Tell them about a free show we're putting on tonight at the Emerald City Theater. Get that theater packed! And take the other actresses with you!"
"Sounds good, Elphaba," Carmen responded, and gathered all the actresses not already occupied with an assignment.
"Elise!" Elphaba called over to the transformed flying monkey. "I'm putting you in charge of all the flying monkeys. As a group, it's your job to transport everyone, we don't have enough time for them to walk! And once people have finished their jobs, bring them to the entrance to the Wizard's palace, we'll rendezvous there!"
"Okay, but what about you Elphaba? What are you going to do?" Elise inquired.
"I'll meet you all at the Wizard's Palace soon…but for now, I need to talk to Nessa," Elphaba finished quietly, obviously dreading the idea of facing her sister.
Although Elphaba was glad that everyone had obediently followed her instructions, she found it very eerie to find the castle suddenly empty. Knowing she didn't have much time, Elphaba walked to the spiral staircase leading down to the dark basement, and walked towards the cell holding Nessarose.
"Here, I brought you some food," Elphaba said, opening the door to bring Nessa a tray of food.
Nessa did not say thank you, but gave a nod of appreciation as she took the tray from Elphaba, and sat back down to eat.
"So, what is it you want?" Nessa asked abruptly. "Oh come on Elphaba," she responded to her sister's look of shock, "Fiyero has been bringing me all my food since I got here, I can tell you've been avoiding me. If you've come down yourself, you obviously want something."
"I want to understand why you sided with the Wizard, Nessa." Elphaba pleaded.
"Well, all I ever wanted was to be with Boq," Nessa answered truthfully. "The last time I had seen you, you ruined everything! You drove Boq away from me, Elphaba! You turned him to tin and scared him away!"
"You still love him, don't you?" Elphaba asked. "Even after he rejected you, even after he turned into tin…you still love him."
Nessa paused for quite a while before continuing, "The Wizard told me that he could help me if I helped him. He said that if I helped him with his plans, he would make Boq love me again…." Nessa couldn't continue, obviously on the verge of tears.
"I'm so sorry Nessa," Elphaba said genuinely, "but there may be a way I can help. You see, the governing bodies need to get together because the Wizard is trying to marry…."
Elphaba quickly explained the story to Nessa, finally finishing with, "…you are one of the governing bodies, Nessa, and so is Boq. Nessa, I can't guarantee how he'll react to seeing you, but I can reunite the two of you. Just promise us you'll vote against the marriage, and we'll bring you to Boq."
Nessa thought about it for a minute before finally conceding. "Fine," she said, "fine, I'll go. I'll vote the way you want me to, as long as you take me to Boq."
"It's a promise," Elphaba smiled. Then, with Nessa's consent, Elphaba used the Grimmerie to transport the pair to the Emerald City, hoping that she would find everyone's jobs completed upon arrival.
GaLiNdAfIeD
Elphaba appeared in front of the emerald gates of the Palace alongside Nessa. Moments later, Fiyero was dropped down in front of the two of them.
"Oh, sorry! But you were getting heavy!" Elise couldn't help but snicker slightly as she landed next to him gracefully.
"Fiyero! Perfect timing. So how did it go with your father? Where is he anyway?" Elphaba asked. She couldn't help but let a smile light up her features; things were finally going as planned. However, it was quickly replaced with worry as she noticed the look on Fiyero's face.
"What's wrong, 'Yero?"
"My father is dead," He simply stated.
"What? Oh, Fiyero, I'm so sorry!" Elphaba tried to show some compassion, but she was more worried about Glinda at this point.
"No, it's fine, Elphaba. We never were that close anyway...It's just that I'm worried about Glinda..." He looked down at the ground guiltily.
"Fiyero, it's not your fault...You did what you could. And I'm sure there must be some other way to save her," Elphaba rationalized.
"I hope so." Fiyero didn't bother to look up as he said this, and Elphaba knew that he was thinking the same thing as her:Glinda could not be saved.
She grasped his hand tightly as they waited for the others to arrive in front of the Palace. One by one, they landed just as clumsily as Fiyero. Idina was the last person to arrive, a tied up green woman at her side.
"So? How did everything go?" Elphaba questioned once everyone formed a circle around her.
Kaylee was the first to speak, "The rest of us are at the theater now, and things are running smoothly. Everything is set up."
"And we were able to run through the whole thing without any mistakes!" Holli added in proudly. Kaylee elbowed her in the ribs.
"I was going to get to that!" Holli elbowed her back harder.
"Well I wanted to say something too!" They continued elbowing each other in the ribs more and more aggressively until finally Elphaba cut in, rolling her eyes in exasperation. However, they both snuck in one last shove.
"Ow!" They both cried at the same time.
"What now?" Elphaba yelled, glaring at the two of them.
"I think she broke my ribs!" Kaylee choked out, slightly hunched over.
Holli winced at the pain as she retorted, "Well what do you think you did to me?!"
A few people in the crowd starting panicking and rushed over to help them, but Elphaba showed no emotion and made no effort to help.
"What parts do you two play?" She spat out.
"Morrible and Shenshen," Idina answered automatically, paling as she spoke, "We don't have any extras to replace them!"
Elphaba nearly shook with anger as she barked out orders, "Must you always act like darn children? You little brats have caused me nothing but trouble! Elise, take them to the Oz Medical Center now! The rest of you, follow me. We will think of something later."
She angrily pushed past the gates and instead of simply knocking on the Palace doors, she took out her Grimmerie and started chanting quickly. Everyone stood behind her a few yards, afraid of her temper. This was a good decision on their part as the entire entrance blew up before their eyes. Elphaba ignored the frightened screams, and continued forward through the rubble, the others following her hesitantly.
She burst through a second set of double doors, and instantly saw Glinda struggling against the Wizard as he kissed the bride.
"Let her go!" she yelled. The Wizard jumped back, shocked that Elphaba stood in front of him, instead of being trapped by his guards at Kiamo Ko. However, he quickly composed himself.
"Ah, Elphaba, so nice of you to join us. I'm so sorry you missed the main event, but you made it just in time for the reception," He smirked.
"You can stop playing your little games now. It's over. You need to have a majority vote from the governing bodies to have your marriage recognized, and since there are only four now-"
"Ah, see, but that's where you are wrong. You see, I was deeply saddened when I heard the news of the King's death. But I realized that I had to move on, and so gave the title to someone else. You may remember her, actually. Does the name Madame Morrible ring a bell?" He grinned evilly as she walked out from the shadows alongside a blonde woman, who looked strangely like an older version of Glinda.
"Glad to see you, Miss Elphaba," Morrible put on a fake smile as she made her way over to the Wizard.
"I don't know how to express my gratitution for bringing the other governing bodies to me as well. We may commence the voting at once, now that all of them are here. Gather around, all of you." He beckoned to Nessa, Boq, the blonde woman and Elphaba's clone, and they all joined him and Madame Morrible in the center of the room, though Nessa and Boq weren't so willing.
"Now before we begin, let us remove that hideous disguise, shall we? Morrible, may you do the honors?" the Wizard said. Morrible nodded graciously before making a few gestures and pointing toward the clone. Within seconds, the green faded away, the hair lightened to a chestnut brown, and the bone structure morphed until the facial features weren't so sharp and menacing. There stood a grown up Dorothy Gale. A slight murmur filled the room until the Wizard spoke again.
"All in favor of the anullment of the marriage between Glinda and I, say I." Boq and Nessa were the only ones to speak up and the Wizard's grin broadened. Glinda looked at the blonde woman, shocked.
"Mother! How can you do this to me-" Glinda cried.
"Now now, Dearest. You know I only want what's best for you. If you marry the Wizard, you will be the most powerful young woman in the history of Oz! As Glinda the Good, you had no power. You were only an image. But now you may do whatever you wish! Isn't that what you want?"
The Wizard didn't wait for Glinda's tearful response, and continued with the voting.
"All in favor of the recognition of the marriage between Glinda and I, say I." Morrible, Dorothy and Glinda's mother all replied in unison.
As Fiyero, Boq, Nessa and the others all helplessly watched the horrors unfold, the Wizard's voice rang out mockingly, "Fair is fair."
Had Elphaba not been green, the others would have noticed her face turning a violent shade of crimson as her hands clenched into fists.
"You will regret messing with a pregnant woman!" She finally exploded, and the walls shook from the power of her voice. The room immediately quieted, and her statement even wiped the smirk off of the Wizard's face and stopped Glinda mid-cry. However, she was blinded with fury and took no notice to the stares. Instead, she flipped through her Grimmerie and before anyone could stop her, she was gone in an emerald green flash.
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A/N #2: Greengirl16: Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it! And so sorry for not updating sooner!
Drakoleses: Haha, yeah, even us (the writers) while updating this get confused too.. lol, but I'm glad you enjoy it!
Nicki: YOU ARE AWESOME! 'nuff said! Yep, Nicole, you're great :) You're character and you're writing skills!
BTW... you probably figured this out.. maybe, but I'm beautifullywicked, and I'm Mikayla :)
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