A/N: I am so sorry about not updating! Gosh, I've so busy, I really am sorry! I will do my best to get a few up today!!
beautifullywicked
Glinda looked tentatively at the anxious crowd from stage left. How am I going to do this? she asked herself, and for the first time, she was nervous. She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly when she noticed something moving out of the corner of her eye and turned to see two girls standing next to her. "Oh hey Nicole! Hi Mikayla!" she said smiling over at the two girls in costume and waiting for the start of the show.
"Hey," they said in unison smiling at her encouragingly. they both peeked out to look at how many people are there and Nicole's mouth dropped, "there is a TON of people out there," she said nervously, "how the heck are we gonna do this?" she asked.
"Oh you'll be fine," Glinda said reassuring her, "just pretend they aren't there. Pretend that this is just rehearsal and we're performing for Elphaba and Fiyero," she said, "You'll be fine." she said again, "trust me".
They nodded at her smiling, a little more confident. "Where are they anyway?" Mikayla asked, "I mean Elphie and Yero."
"I don't know," Glinda said shrugging, "but I'm sure they're fine." She took another deep breath to calm herself down and prepared to go onstage, "Now it's me who's nervous," she muttered to herself thinking no one heard her.
"Oh don't worry Glinda!" Tiana said walking up to join them, "you're used to this! You'll probably be the best out of all of us!" she said laughing slightly.
"Thanks Tiana," she said smiling, "Wish me luck!"
"Good luck Glinda!" Mikayla said grinning.
"Yeah! You'll be awesome!" Nicole added matching Mikayla's smile.
"Thank you girls," she said giving the three of them a quick smile and walked on stage. The crowd immediately fell silent when they saw her, with her wand and tiara and looking as good as ever. She took a deep breath and addressed the crowd. "Good evening my fellow Ozians," she started off smiling at them, "I am so glad you all could make it here tonight!" she looked offstage to all the cast smiling at her. "Well," she said continuing, "We have prepared a very special show for you tonight." she paused. "This, well," she struggled to find the right words, "this is a story of Elphaba Thropp, or as most of you know her as, The Wicked Witch of the West."
There was a sudden commotion in the crowd, and a few audible gasps could be heard.
"But, but before you make any judgments" Glinda continued calming the crowd a little, "the one thing I ask of you is to watch the show with an open mind, please."
The crowd calmed down a little, but they were all still very unsure on what was going to happen, but the lights dimmed, the curtain rose, the play button was pushed, and the show began.
Tiana waited in stage left for her cue in 'What Is This Feeling' She noticed the crowd was loosening up a little bit. They laughed at the right times, and especially after Idina said her line, "blonde". She smiled, becoming a little less nervous herself, but then everything started to go wrong.
WickedlyAsh
Tiana watched Idina and Kristin from offstage, waiting for her cue and listening to the women exchange insults regarding their mutual loathing.
"For your face!"
"Your voice!!"
"Your clothing!!"
Even after seeing the show so many times, she couldn't help but laugh at the women's comedic timing. This idea was genius, Tiana thought, we'll be sure to win over the Ozians after this show! However, Tiana quickly wiped the smile off her face as she prepared to come onstage, trying to look hateful towards Idina.
Ellen, Nicole, Tiana, and the other ensemble members ran onstage at the appropriate time, singing, "Dear Galinda you are just too good! How do you stand it I don't think I could!"
The ensemble carried on with the song, throwing the usual venomous remarks at Idina as she stood there angrily. Unfortunately, the audience seemed to be getting too invested in the current part of the story, and Idina turned her head when someone in the audience threw out a horrid remark.
"Get out of Oz you witch!" one audience member yelled, thinking that they were agreeing with the purpose of the musical.
"Yea, get the witch!" another yelled, triggering a roar of agreement from the audience.
As Idina hit her "Boo!" line, she looked to the audience to see that many were starting to get out of the seats and move towards the stage, throwing her identical looks of hatred. Idina started backing up, started panicking. However, the audience suddenly stopped in their tracks, as if their feet were glued to the floor. Idina looked offstage to see that Elphaba had just finished chanting a spell, similar to the one performed in the classroom scene in Wicked where the students were unable to move. And on the other side of the stage, the real Glinda walked onstage slowly, silencing the audience as she appeared. Glinda looked over to Kristin, gave her shorter look-alike a quick smile, then turned to address the audience.
"Fellow Ozians," she began, "as I requested at the beginning of the performance, I would like for you all to watch the entire show with an unbiased and open mind. Therefore, if you will please keep your seats until the conclusion of the show, I would be most delightfulized." She smiled sweetly, seeming to calm the entire audience with a single look. Offstage, Elphaba lifted the spell, and the audience quietly and dutifully returned to their seats.
"Now," Glinda said, looking to Idina and Kristin, "please continue." She smiled once more, then quickly shuffled offstage.
Mikayla and Holli took their seats on either side of Kristin, breathing slow sighs of relief as they did so. But they got back in character immediately afterward, ready to get back to the show.
Some time later, the entire cast found themselves onstage while happily singing One Short Day. It seemed that the audience had calmed down a bit, even clapping at the end of Idina's I'm Not That Girl. This gave the cast some hope, showing that they were beginning to win the audience over, that they were beginning to accept Idina, and therefore accepting Elphaba.
"Dayyyyyyy!" everyone finished happily, seeing that applause was still being handed out by the audience. Kristin and Idina moved to the front corner of the stage as the rest of the cast moved offstage, making way for the large Wizard's head entering the scene.
"I am Oz!" it boomed. "I am Oz, the great and terrible! Who are you and why do you seek me?"
"I am Elphaba Thropp, your terribleness, and this is my best fri-" Idina said her line perfectly, waiting for the actor to come out on stage and show himself. However, both Idina and Kristin gasped as the real Wizard appeared from behind the mechanical head. The audience leapt up in applause for the Wizard, which he accepted with a smile and a bow. Idina and Kristin stood there with their jaws on the floor, not knowing what to do.
"I hope I didn't startle you," the Wizard said to the women with a smirk.
Idina and Kristin looked offstage, and saw dozens of the Wizard's guards, who had captured everyone backstage. Even Elphaba and Glinda were confined by the guards' grips.
Kristin looked Idina in the eyes, and tilted her head slightly as if to say, lets get out of here!
Idina shook her head, she knew that more guards would just be waiting for them once they left the stage. They had to stay in the scene as long as possible, until someone could come with a plan.
"Your Ozness, I'm so happy to meet you," Idina ran up to the Wizard to shake his hand. She plastered a smile on her face, realizing that she was acting more now than she had ever acted in her life, considering how much she despised the man standing next to her. But she knew she had to go on with the scene, buying as much time as possible for someone backstage to escape.
However, fifteen minutes quickly passed, and Idina could see no change in the area backstage, for the entire cast and crew seemed to be as stuck as ever. She was almost out of ideas, only thinking that if she went up in the lift and refused to come down, then the guards would not be able to capture her for quite some time. So she decided to finish the act as planned, and would cross the next bridge when she got to it.
"I hope you're happy, my friend," Idina and Kristin sang to each other, giving each other knowing looks that danger lied ahead. Idina ran to the back of the stage, jumped in her lift, and began singing. However, as she belted about defying gravity, she could hear one more voice coming from below. Inconspicuously, she looked to the side to see Elphaba chanting quietly, still being held captive by the guards. Before she knew it, Idina felt her feet rising off the lift, felt her legs sliding above the safety bar, and found herself many over forty feet above the audience.
I'm really flying! Idina couldn't believe what was happening, but she absolutely understood, Elphaba wants me to escape. So that's exactly what Idina did. Although it broke her heart to leave everyone behind, especially Taye and Kristin, Idina knew she was their only hope now. As she finished her last note, she zoomed out of a nearby window on her broom, and escaped the Emerald City as fast as she could, knowing she only had a limited amount of time to devise a plan.
ElphabaFae
Everyone watched as Idina flew away. they hoped she would be able to figure something, anything out. but things were clearly not going to go well for them. the Wizard stepped forward towards the confused audience who was waiting for the show to go on and unaware that this wasn't part of it.
"Fellow Ozians," the Wizard said.
"Thats my line," Glinda mumbled backstage, earning a glare from Elphaba.
"This was an attempt to make me look like a terrible person. the people who are putting this little thing on have decieved you. have I not been a wonderful Wizard to all of you and ruled you fairly and put the Animals in their rightful place?" the crowd agreed. "I will tell you who is behind all this. its the Wicked Witch of the West." the crowd gasped as Elphaba was brought onto the stage. Kaylee and Holli both managed to get free and ran towards the guards holding Elphaba in an attempt to get her free. however, as they got to the middle of the stage, four more guards ran towards them and grabbed them, three on Kaylee, one o Holli.
"Hey,want to sing?" Holli said, and, in a very uncharacteristic courageous moment, and then elbowed the guard in his gut, stepped on his toe, hit his nose, and then elbowed him again, this time between the legs, making the guard bend over in pain. she sprinted towards Elphaba, but was wuickly caught by four other guards.
"You see, these people are bent on helping the witch. I was going to let all but the witch off easy, but since these two have acted rashly, they shall face the same fate as the witch." Holli and Kaylee looked at each other with wide eyes, not knowing whether the Wizard meant just them, or every one in the group.
the guards brought every one to the south stairs. Elphaba, Kaylee, and Holli were separated from the group and led to deeper, darker, and wetter parts of the south stairs. Holli couldn't help but notuce how uncomfortable ELphaba looked more and more worried as the dungeons got more and more damp. finally, when Kaylee and Holli thought they were going to collapse, they were all shoved into the same cell and the door slammed behind them.
"So what now?" Kaylee asked when the guards were out of earshot.
"That was idiotic of you two," Elphaba said, then turned towards Holli, "And especially you, trying to get to me twice. though I will admit, I liked that move you did. where's you get it from?"
"Miss Congeniality. it was one of my favourite movies and the letters in the word sing stand for the moves. I could never understand the first one, but I think its solo flex or something like that. the second one is instep, third one nose, last, groin. who knew watching movies would come in handy?"
"It was still stupid of you. you two could be killed because of what you just tried. and you may have set the same fate for the rest of the group, as well. but since we are the only three in the deepest most inescapable parts of the soutstairs, I doubt it."
"I really wish I had powers right about now," Holli mumbled to herself.
"Elphaba, do you think you could maybe cast a spell to dry up the ground here?" Kaylee asked.
"Better yet," Holli responded, "Why not just cast a spell to unlock the cell door?"
"Do you honestly think the Wizard is stupid enough to stick a witch in a normally locked cell? he most likely has this thing magically locked."
"It doesn't hurt to try," Holli said.
"Fine, I'll try it," Elphaba said, then mumbled a spell under her breath. nothing happened and she looked towards Holli, and said, 'See? Nothing happened."
"IF only we had that stupid key," Kaylee said.
"Wait," Holli shouted, startling Kaylee and Elphaba, "Elphaba, the key would work on the locks, right?"
"Yes, but we need the key to use the key you nitwit child."
"First off, I am not a child," Holli said, "I am nineteen years old. second, I know we need the key to use the key. I may be naturally blonde, but I am not THAT blonde," Holli said, making Kaylee snicker becuase of the Legally Blonde reference. "Third, you have the key, remember? you used it to free Idina and Kristin."
"No I don't, I gave it to Fiyero during the show for safe keeping.
"Crap."
"Holli, mouth," Kaylee said, earning a glare from Holli and an eyeroll from Elphaba.
"Elphaba, what are we going to do now?" Holli asked.
"Don't you tihnk if I had an idea I'd put it into action or would be planning it out right now?" Elphaba snapped.
"IS there a way you can do that green smoke thing again and poof us out of here?" Kaylee asked.
"The south stairs is magically prtected. no one can escpe it with magic or break into it with magic."
"Oh. I guess that scratches that plan," Kaylee said.
"WAit, you would only have to transport one of us into what ever cell Fiyero is in and get the key from him. or just transport Fiyero here."
"I don't want to risk setting off alarms," Elphaba said, "and if one of us disappears from the cell suddenly, alarms will no doubt go off."
"Then just transport the key itself here," Kaylee said. Elphaba was couldn't believe it was so simple yet she hadn't thought of it. she transported the key to them. They tried to unlock the door with it, but nothing heppened.
"Did you honestly think I wouldn't have changed the locks here?" the Wizard asked, coming into view suddenly. "Oh yes, I knew I would have to trick you. and once you realized that the key could open a magically locked door, I had Madame Morrible change the locking spell so that there would only be one key to these cells. and that key is in my pocket and unteleportable by magical means. you are stuck here until I decide what to do with you three." The wizard walked away, leaving Elphaba, Kaylee, and Holli with way to escape what ever he would come up with.