Galindafied

Dorothy stood in the doorway, Toto tucked safely under her arm. Shifting her legs shyly, she waved. "Hi. I think we need to talk...?"

Elphaba glared at her, then spoke with sarcasm dripping from every word, "Oh? We need to talk? About what, exactly? About how you've been helping the Wizard? Oh, sure ok. Let's talk about it over tea, shall we?"

Elphaba never took her eyes off of Dorothy as she moved to the nearest chair and sat down, then waited impatiently for Dorothy to pull up a chair as well. Dorothy timidly made her way over to Elphaba and sat on the very edge of her seat, ready to bolt out the door if necessary.

"So what would you like to discuss first? How you nearly got Glinda, someone who had helped you return home, married off to the Wizard? How you have been posing as me and causing destruction around Oz? Or no, how about how you tried to kill me all those years ago!" Elphaba was yelling now, and had stood up from her chair, towering over the shaking Dorothy. "You are a murderer, and yet you have no shame. You prance around acting all innocent. But everyone here sees beyond that. You're nothing but a squealy little-"

Elphaba stopped mid-sentence and slowly looked down. There, on the ground directly below her, a puddle of water was slowly forming. Everyone around her silently watched in shock, and Dorothy just stayed on the edge of her seat, still recovering from being yelled at.

"Eww, did you just pee on yourself, Elphaba?" Taye finally broke the silence and Idina smacked his arm. Fiyero simply looked at him like he was an idiot, but a painful moan escaped from Elphaba's lips as she held her stomach, and Fiyero rushed to her side.

Dorothy had no idea what was going on, but didn't care to find out. She didn't care about what gifts the Wizard had promised her, Elphaba scared her. She could probably see right through her lie. So as Fiyero helped Elphaba to the couch, Dorothy raced out the door, hoping that no one would notice. She had almost made it too, for everyone was running around, calling out directions to help Elphaba. However, three people saw her out of the corner of their eye, and immediately followed her.

Jae caught up to her right before she reached the forest and grabbed her arm. Ellen and Carley came moments later, gasping for breath.

"What did you come here for?" Jae wasted no time and started interrogating her right away. Dorothy tried his patience and took a minute to catch her breath before answering as Jae steadily grew more red in anger.

"I-I only came to help," she said, still scared out of her wits from the whole situation.

"To help? You mean you weren't sent here by the Wizard? You weren't even thinking about releasing Rajah?" Jae questioned suspiciously.

"No! I don't even know who Rajah is! I never meant to work against you guys…But he threatened to hurt Toto!" and with that, Dorothy broke down into fake tears.

"Aww. No, don't cry Dorothy! Don't listen to him," Ellen said, scowling at Jae.

"Wow, these fools are eating right out of the palm of my hand," Dorothy thought, and almost smirked, but quickly stopped herself and continued crying.

"He's just cranky because Glinda still won't forgive him for impregnating another girl."

Dorothy did stop crying, but now she stared at Ellen awkwardly.

"Um…Ellen? I think that was too much information," Carley giggled, then helped Dorothy off the ground.

"Thanks," Dorothy smiled and wiped away her tears.

"So you came back to help? Do you, by any chance, know how to deliver a baby?" Carley asked, but doubted it.

"As a matter of fact, that's my job!" Dorothy said. "Well…back on Earth, anyway."

Carley and Ellen were delighted by this fortunate discovery, but Jae knew that there was no time to spare, and so grabbed her arm again and started sprinting back up to the castle.

Upon arriving, they found that all of the men, even Fiyero, were standing outside of the dining room looking as if they had seen a ghost, while streams of cuss words were being screamed at the top of Elphaba's lungs in the next room.

"Do I really have to be in the room when you give birth?" Taye asked, his face noticeably pale. Idina smacked him again at the insensitivity, then turned to go back into the room, but spotted Dorothy. She opened her mouth to say something, but Ellen cut her off.

"She's on our side. And she can help deliver the baby! How is Elphaba doing anyway?" Idina didn't say anything. She only shook her head and looked back at her with a worried expression. Carley saw this and hurried over to Elphaba, pulling Dorothy along too. Jae stayed behind to talk to Idina.

"We don't know what to do. She's 3 months early! And I know it was from all this stress. She shouldn't be trying to save an entire planet while pregnant! But she won't calm down, and now there are all these complications. I think she knows that there is a very high chance that she may lose her baby, and it's only stressing her out more!" Idina looked about ready to cry, but Jae only glowered at Fiyero, who was standing by the window rocking back and forth on his feet.
"What the H.ELL do you think you're doing!" Jae roared at him. "She is in there giving birth to your child! And you're standing out here doing nothing? Right when she needs you the most!"

Fiyero tried to find something to say, but knew that Jae was right. However, he also knew that there was no way he could go back in there. Jae was fuming and looked about ready to punch him.

"I'll go," Taye said. He swallowed his fear of being in the delivery room and strode in bravely. He knew that Elphaba would need someone with her. Someone other than all of those squealing women. Fiyero glared at him and took a step away from the window.

"No, I'll go. She's my wife, afterall," he said, then tried to push his way past Taye, but Jae held him back.

"I don't think so. You had your chance, but you were too busy cowering in the corner. I think that my sister deserves to have someone by her side who actually wants to be there. Not someone who is there out of jealousy," Jae said firmly, then followed Taye into the room, slammed the door behind him and locked it.

Fiyero pounded on the door furiously, but he was only answered with Elphaba's screams of pain. He turned around and leaned his back against the door with his arms crossed, glaring at everyone and everything.

"OH MY OZ, THIS REALLY FRIGGIN HURTS," Elphaba screamed, her face twisted in pain and her hands locked around Taye's in a death grip.

"Uh, Elphie? Maybe you should take it down a notch…The guys out there are getting kind of scared…" Glinda said, trying not to upset her.

"ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDING ME!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!" Elphaba's screams could be heard from the other room and the men all paled.

"Jesus," Allen said under his breath, and half sat, half fell into his chair.

"This is messed up. Something's wrong in there," Fiyero said, and turned to try and unlock the door again.

"No no no, I mean, granted, I've only read a few books since I found out I was pregnant, but it sounds to me like she's crowning. Right Ana?" Idina said matter-of-factly. Some of the women had stayed out of the dining-room-turned-delivery-room to give Elphaba some space.

"Right. I mean, everyone, everyone goes through this," Ana agreed.

"No, no! I disagree with you. That sounds terrible…I'm just going to go get some fresh air…" Fiyero trailed off and stumbled out the door, forgetting all about his jealousy.

Another scream, and Mikayla came bursting out of the dining room.

"You ok, Mikayla?" Idina asked, slightly concerned.

"Yeah…yeah. I just need a second," she said faintly. "Don't go in there! Promise me, just don't go in there!"

"Me go in there? That's the last friggin place I want to go. Like I want to go in there…" Allen mumbled.

Fiyero came back into the room, a frantic look on his face. He had gone outside to clear his head, and it had hit him. Elphaba. Fae. The one he cared about most was giving birth to her child. Their child. And he was missing it. He could've kicked himself, but instead blindly ran to the entrance to the delivery room. He pounded on the door, this time in desperation. He now wanted to be there. No one bothered to open the door for him but Mikayla looked at him in mild amusement.

"Try the handle, maybe?" she said. He looked doubtful, but tried it and the door swung open.

"Elphaba!" Fiyero called as he pushed through the crowd of actresses and WoO members, nearly knocking poor Kristin over. Elphaba took one look at him, and a look of relief washed over her. She dropped Taye's hand and instead reached out for Fiyero, a pained smile appearing on her face.

Taye walked out of the room and everyone looked at him for answers.

"She's close," he simply said, then sat down next to Idina and put his arm around her. About 10 minutes later, they heard another scream. But it was no longer Elphaba screaming. It was the cry of a newborn baby. Fiyero walked out proudly.

"It's a boy," he said and smiled. Everyone in the room cheered, but it was soon drowned out by a chorus of "aww's" that filled the dining room. All the actresses, WoO members and Glinda had crowded around Elphaba who was holding her son, and were speaking to him simultaneously in baby voices.

"Oooo, blue goes good with green too!" Glinda squealed and clapped her hands excitedly, for the baby boy had come out a very pale green with small blue diamonds scattered across his chest and back.

WickedlyAsh

"Awww, he is just too adorable!" Carley squealed, looking down on the baby boy who had finally stopped crying.

"Here Elphaba, I'll go get him cleaned up," Glinda offered. Reluctantly, Elphaba parted with her baby boy, trusting him in Glinda's care for a moment.

"So Elphaba, Fiyero…have you decided on a name?" Idina asked with a smile.

"We decided to name him Liir," Fiyero grinned, squeezing Elphaba's hand.

"Liir…I like it!" Mikalya decided happily.

"Yes, it's a good name," Dorothy said quietly, still faking shyness and apprehension.

Elphaba turned her attention to Dorothy, who she hadn't spoken to since going into labor. "Thank you," she said quietly, still finding it hard to thank Dorothy Gale of all people. "You helped deliver Liir safely, and for that I am truly grateful."

"Of course," Dorothy squeaked, managing a fake smile.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but you've earned my trust. You're welcome to stay as long as you'd like."

"Thank you," Dorothy said quietly. "Actually, if you don't mind, I could really just use a nap, I think I'll go lie down."

"Of course. Jae, will you show her to a room?" Elphaba asked her brother.

"Sure," Jae said simply, and escorted Dorothy out of the room.

No sooner had Jae and Dorothy left the room when a few people in the room started expressing their concern. "Elphaba, are you sure about this?" Ana asked.

"Seriously! I mean, this is Dorothy Gale for pete's sake! We're just letting her behind enemy lines?" Allen questioned.

"Yeah, this is the same woman that tried to ruin our production of Wicked!" Nicole pointed out.

"And she tried to force Glinda to marry the Wizard!" Stephanie reminded the group.

"And she went around Oz pretending to be you, causing trouble and-"

"I know all of this!" Elphaba interrupted Annaleigh, and put the room into silence. Clearing her throat, Elphaba continued, "She had every chance to hurt me or kill Liir, and she didn't! I'm sorry, but she has earned my trust!"

Ellen was about to open her mouth and argue further, but Glinda interrupted the group as she re-entered the room with baby Liir. "Here we are!" Glinda exclaimed, "Look at him, all cleaned up!"

"Glinda!" Elphaba exclaimed angrily.

"What?" Glinda asked innocently.

"What did you dress him in?!" Fiyero asked incredulously.

"What? Pink goes good with green!" Glinda responded defensively.

"He's a boy!" Elphaba said angrily, and the whole group erupted into a mix of laughs and witty remarks. Within a split second, everyone had forgotten about Dorothy and had returned their attention to Elphaba and Liir. Everyone, that is, except for Ellen and Allen. They couldn't quite put their finger on it, but something about Dorothy left them suspicious. Exchanging knowing glances, the pair snuck out of the room so they could think clearly.

"Something's not right about this Dorothy thing," Ellen said skeptically.

"I know, something's bothering me about it too," Allen admitted, "but I can't figure out what…"

"It's just so random, isn't it? We don't see or hear anything from Dorothy for months, then suddenly she prances in here with her obnoxious dog and gaudy ruby slippers."

"Wait," Allen said, his mind suddenly racing a mile a minute. "She's wearing the ruby slippers…"

"Yeah, so?" Ellen asked with confusion.

"Those are Nessa's ruby slippers. Why isn't Nessa wearing her own shoes?"

"Well when did we see Nessa last?" Ellen tried to think things through rationally. "She was there when they stopped Glinda's marriage to the Wizard-"

"And she was definitely wearing the shoes then," Allen pointed out quickly.

"So how could Dorothy have gotten the shoes since then? Nessa needs those shoes to walk, she wouldn't give them up unless by force…"

The epiphany hit Ellen and Allen simultaneously: Dorothy and the Wizard were still working together, it was the only way Dorothy could have stolen Nessa's shoes.

"Oh shi-" Allen started.

"Yeah, we're in trouble," Ellen agreed. "You go warn the others, I'll try to find Jae and Dorothy."

And with that, Allen ran back towards Elphaba and the others, while Ellen went racing around the castle, yelling out for Jae. Finally seeing him in the hallway, Ellen yelled "Jae, didn't you hear me calling?"

Jae looked a little scared and surprised, but turned anyway to address Ellen. "Hey, what's up?"

"It's Dorothy," Ellen exclaimed between tired breaths from running around. "I don't think she's good after all. What room did you put her in?"

"Ummm, I just checked the room and it was empty, so why don't we split up and keep searching? You check upstairs, and I'll check down here."

"Okay," Ellen said and quickly rushed for the second floor. She had just entered the main hallway when she saw Jae standing in the middle of the hall.

"Jae?!" Ellen said confused yet out of breath. "How'd you get up here so fast?"

"What are you talking about?" Jae asked, "I've been up here the whole time…"

"No you haven't! I just talked to you downstairs!"

"No, I've been up here for the last ten minutes," Jae said, now equally confused.

"Well if you're up here, who did I talk to?" Ellen asked.

"Rajah," Ellen and Jae answered simultaneously. The pair rushed back downstairs and could see no sign of Dorothy or Rajah. Jae sprinted down to the basement in the dungeon, and was not surprised to see that Rajah's cell was empty.

Ellen caught up to Jae and also noticed the empty cell. "Not…good…" she said in between breaths.

"We'd better go tell the others we've lost Rajah and Dorothy," Jae sighed as the pair moved back to the main floor where the rest of the group would be waiting.

ElphabaFae

"WHAT?!" Glinda yelled when Jae brought her the news of Rajah's disappearance. They had chosen to tell Glinda since Elphaba was now resting from giving birth to Liir.

"Told you so," Allen and Ellen said together.

"This isn't good." Glinda said.

"You think?" The other three said.

"Would you stop with the unified remarks? I am trying to think."

"Sorry," they said together. Glinda rolled her eye's in a very Elphaba like way.

"We need to get Chistery, Elise, Kerry, and Idina. They can all fly and search for them."

"But Idina's pregnant, Remember?" Ellen said. Glinda glared at Jae.

"Oh, right," the blonde woman said, "Then just the other three. Mean while, everyone should get together and have a meeting. I'll gather every one, when you tell Chistery, Elise, and Kerry to go on their search, come to the dining room."

five minutes later

"Glinda, why do we all have to meet in the dining room?"" Elphaba asked.

"Just please do it Elphie, its important."

"I'm following you aren't I?" Elphaba said.

"Okay, any one who isn't here, speak up," Glinda said when they got to the dining room. Every one just stared at her. "What? Oh, right. They can't speak up if they aren't here. okay, any one who notices any one who isn't here, speak up."

"Allen isn't here," Nicole said.

"I'm here," Allen said as he ran into the room, Jae and Ellen followed.

"Kerry and Elise aren't here," Idina said.

"They are doing something that has to do why we are gathered here," Glinda said.

"Carley isn't here," Mikayla said. every one looked around. Carley was indeed, missing from the group.

some where in the forest

"I think this was a bad Idea, I am never going to be able to catch them on my own." Carley said to herself. When she had seen Dorothy run out of the castle, she had pursued the girl and the dog. She also noticed Jae come out, but heard Dorothy call him Rajah and realized that Allen and Ellen had been right about her.

"Carley?" a voice above her said.

"What the? Oh, Elise, what are you doing here?"

"Looking for Dorothy and Rajah. The better question is, what are YOU doing here?"

"Following Dorothy and Rajah. I saw her run out of the castle and followed her."

"Get back to the castle, Chistery, Kerry, and I are searching for them. and every one is holding a meetingback at the castle. you should be there."

"No. I know which way they went. I'm helping to find them. I just wish I had a broom to fly on. If only I could just say Accio broom like harry does in Goblet of fire."

"Yeah, unfortunately this isn't—ooph!"

"What the? That's weird it worked," Carley said, holding the broom that had nearly knocked Elise out of the air.

"I figured that out when I was nearly knocked out by it."

"Sorry," Carley said, mounting the broom, "I didn't know it would work. Come on, we should get going. The farther ahead they get, the more likely they are to escape. And that's the last thing we want."

"Right, lets go," Elise responded, and they flew off after Dorothy and Rajah.

A/N: Omigosh, I'm SO sorry for not updating this. I feel awful! Thank you so much to MissUnderstoodDreamer and thegreengirl. :) Your comments mean so much! And sorry about the confusion thing. It even got a little confusing for us who were writing it. :) But if you need anything explained just ask and I'll do my best. And lol, a few things in here are inside jokes, so sorry about that too. :P But yes, well some of us. CoughTiana&NicoleCough were/are sorta obsessed with the Joker... so... hehe.