Beautifullywicked
"Elphaba?!" Taye exclaimed rushing over to her side, "What's going on? Elphaba? Elphaba? Are you okay sweetie?" he didn't mean to let the "sweetie" slip, but he couldn't help it. "What's wrong!?" This is worse than when Idina fell through the trap door he thought to himself.
"My... my baby," Elphaba said panicking, "I think I'm losing my baby," she said looking down at her stomach and the blood that was seeping onto her clothing, "AH" she said, doubling over in pain.
"Elphaba..." Taye said gently sitting her down, "No... no, this can't be...". The blood wasn't slowing down at all. If anything it looked like there was more of it, faster. "Allen, Tiana... go get some towels okay?"
The two WoO members just mutely nodded and ran off to do as they were told, and came back in a minute, their arms full of towels.
"Thank you," Taye said looking at Elphaba worriedly, "Um, can you go and get Shoshana and Eden please?" he added addressing the two of them, "But please don't get everybody up," he added quietly, "If they aren't up already," he added muttering under his breath.
A minute later Shoshana and Eden, accompanied by Chelsea, and Stephanie, "What's going on?" Shoshana said, panic filling her voice, "What hap- Oh. My. God. Elphaba" Shoshana exclaimed when she saw the witch's current state.
"I think she's losing her baby," Taye said looking at the four of them pleading with his eyes for them to do something. "I – I don't know what to do..." he said looking panicked. He looked over to Eden who was now kneeling down next to him and looked down and his hand intertwined with Elphaba's. "Taye...?" she asked quietly looking at him.
"I'll... I'll explain later," he said to Eden with an apologetic look in his eyes. She nodded and then looked down to Elphaba, "How are you doing?"
"There's a lot of blood Steph," Shoshana said quietly, "I don't know what we can do," she said shaking her head, "I think... I think it's too late," she said biting her lip.
"I hate to say it..." Steph said shaking her head looking at Elphaba with sad eyes, "After Fiyero..." she couldn't continue.
"No, no, please don't tell me..." Chelsea shook her head, closing her eyes. She looked over at Stephanie and Shoshana, "I think..."
Eden looked over her four friends and Shoshana looked at her, with a look of pain in her eyes and she shook her head. "No..." Eden said a little too loudly, "No... please, no"
"What? What happened?" Elphaba said looking up at the five of them with pleading eyes. "Tell me... please Stephanie." she said addressing the actress.
Stephanie shook her head looking away, "I am so sorry Elphaba, I truly am. I don't know... well..." she paused, "I'm just so sorry."
"No... NO!" Elphaba exclaimed looking from face to face hoping for some sort of something that told her that they weren't being serious. "Please no!" she said letting a tear fall from her eyes, which Taye instinctively wiped away.
"I am so sorry Elphaba," Chelsea said weakly holding Elphaba's other hand, "we really are. There... there was just too much blood..." she trailed off shaking her head, "I am so sorry."
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Nicole looked over at Idina while flying above the bright lights of the Emerald City. She could tell she looked hurt, angry, sad... everything.
"Don't fall, don't look down. Don't fall, don't look down. Don't fall don't look down." Mikayla muttered to herself while gripping the broom handle for dear life. She heard someone laugh and looked over to see Nicole grinning at her. "Hey! This is not funny." she said in all seriousness that made Nicole laugh even harder.
They landed, surprisingly without being noticed, on the palace's roof, right outside of Glinda's window. It had taken some time and looking in lots of windows but they finally a room that looked like it could belong to her. Mikayla was more than happy with having her two feet back on a solid object. "Thank Oz," she muttered to herself climbing in the window after Idina.
"That wasn't so bad now was it?" Nicole said grinning at a very relieved Mikayla, poking her.
"Not funny Nicki!" Mikayla said, but she grinned at her friend.
"Okay you two. Enough playing around, let's go." Idina said starting to walk towards the door, but she turned "Mikayla, I'm glad you made it," she said letting out a short laugh and smiling at the 13-year-old, who grinned back at her.
They quietly walked out of Glinda's room, thankful that there were no guards right outside. Mikayla walked over the the railing looking down at a big hallway, "I think the Wizard's chamber thing is right..." but she got cut off by a gun pressing into her neck.
"Don't move if you and your friends want to move," said a voice that even Mikayla, who took quite a long time to figure anything out, recognized immediately.
"Fiyero?" she said quietly, while raising both of hands and slowly turning around to face him, "you're... you're alive?" she said smiling and was about to tackle him in a hug, but stopped short when he didn't lower his gun.
"Don't move," he said again turning his head and motioned for her to go stand by Nicole and Idina.
"Fiyero..." Idina started but got cut off again.
"Hush" he said to the three of them. "Go... you aren't needed here anymore," he said to the two other guards that were with him, and they immediately left, leaving the 3 of them and Fiyero alone. He slowly lowered his gun, but didn't put it away. "It's good to see me isn't it?" he said cruelly smirking at them.
"How are you alive?" Nicole asked wide-eyed, in whisper, barely audible.
Fiyero smirked looking at them, "Let's just say I faked my death, and you buried me alive and Madame Morrible came to and got me out. Easy as that." he finished letting out a short laugh at their bewildered expressions. "But His Ozness will surely want to meet the three of you..."
"He must be under a spell," Idina said to Nicole and Mikayla who were both equally freaked out by all of this, "You know he would never do this, and he isn't that smart either..." she added which made the two teenagers smile.
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Elphaba sat with Taye, Eden, Shoshana, Stephanie and Chelsea, miserable. She lost her husband, and now she lost her one connection with him. Their child. "How could this have happened?" she asked crying, leaning her head on Taye's shoulder. "How could..." but she stopped mid sentance.
"What?" Shoshana asked looking at Elphaba worried.
"I just... I just... I just felt something kick," she said bewildered looking around at the five of them, "But how?" she trailed off.
Everybody was puzzled but then a look realization crossed Chelsea's face, "I think that you were going to have twins Elphaba." she said looking around.
Stephanie slowly nodded, looking at her costar, "Yes... that makes sense. I think... you may have lost your child Elphaba, but I think there's still another one in there.
WickedlyAsh
Elphaba felt her emotions running all over the place, feeling so much joy and sorrow at the same time. First she lost Fiyero, then she gained Taye. Then she lost a baby, but gained another.
"So, so I'm pregnant with twins?" Elphaba stammered, still trying to take it all in.
"Well, you were pregnant with twins," Eden corrected. "You clearly lost one of them, but-"
"But I'm still carrying Fiyero's child," Elphaba finished, lightly touching her stomach.
"Here, let's go get you cleaned up," Stephanie suggested. "And all this stress can't be good for the baby, you need your rest." So Stephanie, Eden, Chelsea, and Shoshana slowly led Elphaba back up to her bedroom.
Although Elphaba desperately wanted to stay and talk with Taye about what had happened, she was too tired to argue. She glanced back at Taye, and saw him nod in agreement that she needed some rest. She could tell from the look in his eyes that he wanted to talk too, but both seemed to realize that it would have to wait.
"It's impossible to get any sleep around here!" Kaylee sighed, throwing her pillow over her head.
"I think something's definitely going on," Holli whispered.
"I agree, too much action for so late at night," Carley responded.
Most of the WoO members and actresses had camped out in the living room in makeshift sleeping bags, and the tight sleeping arrangements made nighttime rather uncomfortable. Most of the group had successfully managed to fall asleep when Allen and Tiana came bursting into the room ten minutes earlier, quickly grabbing Eden, Shoshana, Stephanie and Chelsea without explanation. But now, just as Kaylee, Holli, and Carley finished wondering what was going on, Tiana and Allen slowly re-entered the room, causing everyone awake to sit up with excitement.
"Hey, what's going on out there?" Carley asked.
"Ha, what's NOT going on out there," Allen sighed, sitting on the floor and putting his head in his hands. "You want the short version or the long version?"
"Duh! Details!" Kaylee prompted.
And with that Tiana and Allen retold the events of the evening. From Elphaba and Taye being together, to Idina leaving with Nicole and Mikayla to see the Wizard…from Elphaba losing one baby, to the fact that she had been carrying two in the first place. As the story wore on, others in the group began to awaken until everyone was up and alert by the end of the story.
"Wow," Holli and Ali sighed in unison, trying to take it all in, at a loss for words.
"So how's Elpha-" Carmen started to ask, but was interrupted as the door to the room opened.
"She alright, she's asleep now," Stephanie sighed as she, Shoshana, Eden, and Chelsea re-entered the room.
"And what about Taye? What's he doi-" Carmen tried again, but was once again interrupted as another figure entered the room.
"I'm here," Taye sighed as he walked through the doorway and sat in a nearby chair, "and I don't want to talk about it."
"Well I don't care if you don't want to talk about it!" Kristin had remained quiet through this whole conversation, but obviously had a lot to say when it came to Taye. She stood up, walked over to Taye, and smacked him upside the head.
"Ow!" Taye yelled, standing up as he looked angrily at Kristin.
Ellen couldn't help but stifle a laugh as she watched a 4'11, 100-pound woman intimidate someone like Taye. But from the look on Kristin's face, this was no laughing matter.
"How could you do that to Idina?!" Kristin yelled, standing up for her friend. "Of all the stupid…immature" she mumbled as she continued to push Taye around until Victoria and Annaleigh finally pulled her back.
"Everyone chill out!" Megan yelled, bringing the room to a standstill. "First, at least Elphaba's alright, so we don't need to worry about her for now." Everyone nodded in agreement at this, so Megan continued. "Second, what's happening with Elphaba and Idina and Taye is really none of our business." Megan gave Taye a cold stare as she said this, and many others grumbled quietly with discontent, but no one put up a real fight. "And last, shouldn't we send people to go check on Idina, Nicole, and Mikayla? If they're going to the Wizard's, it's possible they'll need help."
"Idina's doing what?" Taye asked loudly.
"Hush!" Megan yelled, pointing angrily at Taye. "I don't think anyone in this room wants to hear a word out of you right now."
"If three or four people want to go with me, I can carry them in my bubble," Glinda quickly changed the subject, and so it was settled. Within two minutes it was decided that Kerry, Stephanie, and Elise would accompany Glinda to go find the others.
"Elise, you have to stop flapping your wings, you're making too much noise!" Kerry advised the flying monkey, and Elise did everything she could to stay as still as possible.
"Does anyone see anything?" Glinda asked quietly as they hid in the bushes near the Wizard's palace. "Does anyone see Idina, Nicole or Mikayla?"
"There they are!" Elise pointed over to where the three women were standing, brooms in their hands.
"Where? Are they okay?" Glinda asked, trying to get a good view.
"Over there, and I think they're-" Elise stopped mid-sentence and gasped when she heard the fourth figure standing near Idina and the others.
"Fiyero…" Kerry whispered, obviously noticing the same thing.
"I thought he was dead!" Stephanie said in a surprised whisper.
"Well this is turning into one heck of a night," Kerry sighed and threw her arms up in the air.
"Let's just say I faked my death, and you buried me alive and Madame Morrible came to and got me out. Easy as that," they heard Fiyero say in an odd monotone.
"He's under one of Madame Morrible's spells!" Stephanie exclaimed, "Those glazed-over eyes are a total giveaway!"
"Well Stephanie, you managed to break the spell before, how did you do it?" Glinda asked.
"I don't know! I don't know if it was willpower, or if the magic just wore off after a while…I'm sorry, I don't know how I did it!"
"Well," Glinda sighed, "we'll just have to bring him back with us." Glinda stood up and mumbled something under her breath. She finished with a flick of her wand, and Fiyero suddenly found himself encased in a large bubble. As hard as he tried to break through the bubble, he only seemed to bounce off the sides.
"Haha, good one Glinda!" Mikayla called out as she noticed the second group hiding nearby.
"Idina, I'm sorry for what happened, but we need to go back to Kiamo Ko and sort all this out. There's no point in making rash decisions." As much as Idina wanted to fight and disagree, Glinda served as a good voice of reason. Idina didn't respond, but merely nodded in agreement.
Glinda continued, "I will need to transport Fiyero back to Kiamo Ko with me. Elise, please help Idina back." She smiled at Elise and then whispered to the monkey under her breath, "and make sure she doesn't change her mind!"
And with that, Elise and Idina were off. Glinda smiled and continued giving out orders. "Kerry and Stephanie, I assume one of you can ride back with Nicole, and the other can ride with Mikayla."
"Trust me, if you've seen her flying skills, no one wants to ride with Mikayla," Nicole laughed.
Elphaba stirred in her bed. She hadn't gotten much sleep, but the night's excitement was too much to handle. She knew she couldn't sleep with all these thoughts running through her head. She decided she needed to speak with Taye, that it couldn't wait until morning. She peeled off the covers and sheets, slowly lowered her feet to the floor, and moved towards the door. She shuffled her feet slowly, holding her stomach as she walked, trying to be as delicate as possible. She finally reached the bottom of the stairs and saw Taye pacing the hallway, who immediately looked up and smiled at her entrance.
"Taye, I think we need to talk about this, I don't think it can wait," Elphaba sighed looking at him with tired, yet inquisitive eyes.
"I completely agree," he said, rushing up to her and taking her hand. "I'm sorry for all the stress this has put you through, but I really think we need to-"
At just that moment the front door burst open, and the group from the Wizard's palace arrived back at Kiamo Ko with Fiyero in tow.
"Fiyero!" Elphaba gasped. She moved her eyes back and forth between Fiyero and Taye, she couldn't believe they were both standing right in front of her, it was too much to handle. Elphaba could feel Taye catch her as her legs gave out and she fainted, for the emotional stress had become too overwhelming.
TheLilyLaid
A few hours later, Elphaba awoke to Glinda sitting in a chair watching her intensely.
"Elphie, we need to talk." Elphaba sighed and sat up slowly.
"No, Glinda, we don't."
"Yes, I think we do. I know you too well. The Earthen people may not understand how deeply this is affecting you, but I do."
"Let it go, Glinda."
"Elphaba Throop, you've just lost a child. The love of your life came back from what we all presumed was the dead and he was under a spell that made him totally forget how he much he loves you. Not too long before that, Idina walks in on you making out with her husband! She may not know what happened or why it happened, but I know you Elphie. I know exactly why you went to Taye. You missed Fiyero and because Taye reminded you of him, your mind slipped and you made yourself think that he was Fiyero." Elphaba shook her head negative. "Admit it, Elphie. Admit how much you're hurting so we can take care of this. Admit it so we can fix this and move on." Her forceful words drove Elphaba over the edge. She jumped her feet and yelled.
"FINE! I ADMIT IT! I ADMIT IT! ARE YOU HAPPY?" She slid to floor, wrapping her arms tightly around her body and began to sob. "I admit. I missed him so much, and Taye was just so…and I couldn't help myself…and it just happened…and then Idina came in and…it was all just too much… and then I…and then he…and it just….OMIOZ WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?!" She succumbed to the power of her tears and Glinda moved swiftly to her side, wrapping the emerald woman in a powerful hug and whispering soothing words that only she could here.
"What am I going to do, Glinda?" Little did Elphaba know Idina and Kristin were having a similar conversation just down the hall.
…
"Kristin, there is nothing to talk about."
"Yes, Idina, there is."
"No, there isn't."
"Idina, you left here to go and betray this entire cause just because you thought you saw something you didn't see." At this, Idina jumped up angrily, much in the way that Elphaba had done.
"SOMETHING I DIDN'T SEE?! I SAW THEM WITH MY OWN EYES! Trust me, Kristin; they were all over each other like some Oz-forsaken version of Romeo and Juliet! I know what I saw." She yelled. Kristin only watched her calmly, allowing the irate woman to cool her jets before replying.
"The only problem with that explanation is that it is entirely wrong." Idina looked as though she was about to speak but Kristin silenced her with a look. "You thought you saw them madly in love with each other, but that isn't what you saw. What you saw was a man desperate to help his wife, who he knew to be under immense stress, and a woman desperately needing to feel loved by the one person she believed was dead. In response to how they were feeling, they reached out to one another unconsciously and ended up in the position you found them in. Yes, what they did was absolutely wrong, but what you need to understand is that those two are under the same stress you are. Taye and I talked about an hour ago." Idina stared at her, tears gleaming in her dark brown eyes.
"What am I supposed to do now, Kristin? The way I reacted, neither of them is willing to even look at me." Kristin resisted smiling, and just pulled her crying friend into a powerful hug.
"Go out there and talk to them." Down the hall, Glinda was echoing her words.
…
The doors of the two rooms were opened by the two blondes, and the dark-haired beauties came slowly out, their eyes downcast. They looked up as they heard each other move and they froze, staring at each other, tears once again threatening to fall from their eyes.
"I am so sorry."
"I am so sorry."
"I am so sorry."
A third voice entered the fray and they turned to see Taye standing with, of all people the newest member of there illustrious group- Jae Tryst. He allowed them a moment of strangled silence then gave Taye a not-so-gentle shove towards the two women.
"You've apologized to one another. Now is not the time for such petty differences. Let it be done with that. We all know what stress you have been under." He looked briefly at both Glinda and Kristin. "Ladies?" The two women nodded. "Good."
Idina, Taye, and Elphaba looked at each other in confusion.
"Did you plan this or something?" Idina asked.
"Yes. We did. Just after Elphaba passed out and we got her settled I pulled those two aside and we decided to talk some sense into the three of you." He held Idina's gaze with a deep stare as he walked over two her. When he stood just in front of her, he spoke softly so that only she would hear. "I know exactly what you intended to do when you left here. I knew it the moment you disappeared. The only thing you would have gotten was more trouble. He already knows." Shock poured across Idina's face and the woman took a step back. Jae walked away calmly.
"What's going on here?" Elphaba asked, her gaze glancing back and forth between Idina and Jae. Jae looked only at Glinda, his gaze holding authority.
"Bring Fiyero up here and take Taye and Kristin down with you. The three of us need to talk. Alone." Glinda moved quickly, her total obedience to his words drawing the other two to her without complaint. Jae motioned toward the open door behind him. "After you, ladies."
They walked into the room and stared at each other, their eyes speaking the words that had not been allowed to be spoken. Jae followed them and shut the door, his eyes holding a weight they had not held moments before.
"What's wrong, Jae?" Elphaba asked, immediately picking up on his disquiet. In answer, Jae reached into his pocket and handed Elphaba a small bottle made of emerald crystal, identical to the one she'd carried with her all of her life. On the bottom of the unique bottle was engraved to letters: OZ. Elphaba stared at the object in complete shock.
"Idina?" Jae said softly, his eyes regarding her pleadingly. Idina's eyes filled with tears as she reached into her pocket.
"Why are you making me do this?" The singer asked.
"Because Glinda could not prove it." Elphaba stared at them both confused as Idina handed her the bottle she'd gotten from her mother.
"I don't understand." Elphaba said softly. "Are you telling me my mother got this from the Wizard? But how?"
"Not only that, Elphaba." Jae looked again at Idina. Idina sighed, and turned her hopeless eyes to Elphaba.
"He's your father, Elphaba." Elphaba looked at them and laughed.
"You got that from your little musical didn't you?" She laughed. "Not everything in that musical is true." Jae pulled a piece of paper from the pocket on his Captain's jacket and held it out to Elphaba.
"This part is. I had Chistery run your blood to a contact I have back in the City. He tested your blood against the Wizard's. Seven out of thirteen of the alleles match. The test confirms Glinda's suspicions that the Wizard is your father. You need to know, before any of this goes any further. He is aware of Glinda's suspicions, but he doesn't want to believe it because he has no real way of knowing." He allowed some of his words to sink in. Elphaba, in her unique way of dealing with the world, responded sarcastically.
"And I thought Frexspar was bad. Suddenly, I appreciate that irate man a whole lot more." Jae allowed the barest hints of a grin to show on his face.
"Frex was a saint compared to His Excellency." He sobered. "There is more that I need to tell you." Elphaba and Idina looked at each other then looked at him as though encouraging him to continue.
"Remember the potion spell I told you about, Elphaba?" She nodded. "Well, there's a little more to it than what I was able to tell you before." Before he could continue, the door opened and he spun. The person entering the room collapsed to the ground without a sound.
"Fi-!"
"Yero!"
The two women exclaimed together. The three of them dashed to Fiyero's side. Jae, who reached him first, rolled the unconscious man over on his side. He reached over and pulled a small glistening needle from Fiyero's neck and shook his wrist. His sleeve fell back revealing a bracelet full of needles similar to the needle he held in his hand. He slipped the needle back into its placed and pulled Fiyero to his feet.
"Come on, man. Use those legs while you still can." Fiyero moved groggily and Jae helped him into a chair. "Sleep, man. You've earned it." Fiyero fell unconscious again. Elphaba and Idina, who had until this moment only watched, began plastering him with questions. Keeping his eyes on Fiyero, he held his hands up to silence them.
"Explain, Tryst, and quickly." Elphaba said harshly.
"It's called a Rajah cocktail. The needles are laced with various potions, poisons, etc. They were designed by my brother, Rajah, hence the name. The one I hit Master Fiyero with is a sleep draught. It will help him rest so the magic in his body can fight off the potion spell Morrible put on him." He turned. "The spell, which I was telling you about before he came flying into the room, was designed to kill whatever it touches. It requires blood, human blood, and a spell to complete the magic. Stephanie's blood was put into the mix when I shot the dagger from her hand as she was fighting Morrible. The spell was intended for Fiyero, but the specific potion she used requires that it be added directly to the victim's blood flow. My guess is, when she performed the spell to bespell the girls, she also bespelled him. That spell, I removed, but during its duration, she flooded Fiyero's bloodstream with the potion spell."
"What does that mean?" Elphaba said.
"You mentioned magic in his body that can fight it off, what does that mean?" Idina asked. In response, Jae moved his hands in a twisting pattern that was very familiar to Idina. Without thought, she began to whisper, "My road of good intentions led where such roads always lead. No good deed goes unpunished." Jae nodded.
"Because you were not in Oz while casting the spell, it did not have the transfiguration affect. However, it did trace protection magic into Fiyero's body. Now, after so many repetitions of the spell it has the power to fight off the potion magic. The Rajah cocktail I gave him will enhance that magic while he sleeps. When he wakes up, he'll have complete immunity to that specific potion spell." For a moment no one spoke. Jae, assuming nothing else was to be said, moved to leave the room, but a green hand on his arm stopped him.
"So he's going to be okay?" came the soft request. He felt the emotion and turmoil in her words.
"He's going to better. I've got to go and send off this message to my forces." He moved towards the door again, but before he could leave the room, Idina's voice called after him.
"How do you know so much about magic, Jae?" The young man turned around, his red hair falling into his emerald eyes.
"Many reasons. The first is that I've spent my entire life decoding the Grimmerie and studying the workings of deeper magics. It was with me until Elphaba took off with the Grimmerie. I can't do magic, but I can read and write spells, and I can create potion magic. Potion magic is the only sorcery I can control. The second reason and this is probably the most important is this." He reached into his jacket and withdrew a ruby colored bag, handing it to Idina. He quickly left the room.
Idina pulled the golden drawstring and a small bottle made of emerald glass was revealed. Within the bottle a piece of paper was rolled up. She reached in and removed the paper. It was identical to the paper Jae had given to Elphaba. Looking at the paper she now held she noticed only one thing: the names written across the page. She took the paper from Elphaba's hand and looked between them. Suddenly, she stared directly at Elphaba and shock and awe competed for championship of her face.
"Elphaba, he's…he's…he's your brother."