Disclaimer: I don't own Wicked or Sisters Grimm.
Trains and Wizards
I looked around. The scene was suddenly the train station and I was sighing to myself. I was worried about what would happen when I got angry with the Wizard or well…when I sing the Act 1 finale.
CONDUCTOR:
(Spoken) All aboard! (Fern rushed onto the stage with me and set down my suitcase. She looked happy yet worried for me at the same time)
FERN:
(Spoken) And remember, eye contact
And don't be afraid to tell him how wonderful he is
Wizards love that…
Oh, and be yourself but within reason (Arthur came on stage, pushing Daphne on stage. She was smiling at me, happy)
DAPHNE:
(Spoken) Elphaba, I'm so proud of you
And I know Father would be too
We're all proud, aren't we?
SABRINA:
(Spoken) Will you be alright without me? (I was smiling. Daphne was so kind hearted. She meant that she was proud of me. She really was and in everything that I've done. Not just a play)
FERN:
(Spoken) She's be fine! Biq, will take care of her
Won't you Biq? (Funnily enough, she couldn't get his real name right either. It was kind of crazy)
ARTHUR:
(Spoken) It's Boq…and I…I can't do this anymore
DAPHNE:
(Spoken) Boq…(She looked genuinely worried about him and I knew she was falling into it again. We had lifted the curse lifted on him with much difficulty but she wouldn't hesitate to do it again and with a little more damage this time…)
FERN:
(Spoken) Nessa…maybe he's just
Not the right one…for you (She sounded very worried for her and so was I and I was genuinely struck by her…Goodness)
DAPHNE:
No…he's the one. It's me that's not right
Don't worry about me. I'll be fine.
Have a safe journey (I looked at her in shock. She'll really meant it. That wasn't a line. She truly thought that it was her that was wrong. That is was her fault that Arthur loved Fern more than he liked her)
SABRINA:
Nessa…wait!
FERN:
(Spoken) Elphie…let her go!
She'll have to manage without you. We all will. (She sounded sad as if she didn't want me to go. And for some reason I didn't want to go either. She was like a close friend and we were getting closer through the show. It was kind of weird)
SABRINA:
(Spoken) Please, you'll barely notice I'm gone.
You have Fiyero (I sounded sad I know as if I were about to cry and I bit my lip and looked away from her)
Where is he, anyway?
Not that I expected he'd say goodbye to me…
We barely know each other (Alright, things were getting very awkward, rather quickly. I looked around nervous)
FERN:
(Spoken) I don't know him either, well not anymore
He's distant and moodified and he's been thinking (Everyone laughed, loudly. I mean what was so wrong with thinking. I think but I guess that's just my character. Puck is more of a…do whatever he likes on the spur of the moment kind of guy)
Which really worries me.
It all started when Doctor Dillamond got fired!
I never knew how much he cared about that old Goat! (I saw Puck running down the stairs quickly, breathing hard and his blue eyes turned silver as he looked at me)
Fiyero, over here dearest
PUCK:
(Spoken) Elphaba, I'm happy for you (He handed me my favorite flowers, with six roses. The first was red for love, beauty, courage, and respect. There was a dark red rose meaning unconscious beauty. There was a white rose for innocence and purity. There was a light pink rose for admiration, gentleness, and grace. There was a coral one for desire. There was a lavender rose for love at first sight and enchantment. I bit my lip and smiled)
FERN:
(Spoken) Yes, we are both so happy (She grabbed his arm, slightly possessively and he succumbed. He lifted a finger)
PUCK:
(Spoken) Listen! I've been thinking…
SABRINA:
(Spoken) Yes…I've heard (He gave Galinda…I mean Fern! Whoa, I'm getting too into character. Anyway, he gave Fern a look that told her not to talk about him anymore to me)
PUCK:
(Spoken) About that lion club
And…everything (He gestured to me and then to himself and I nodded in understanding. We couldn't exactly say anything in front of Fern)
I think about that day a lot
SABRINA:
(Spoken) So do I…
FERN:
Me too! I think about it a lot
Poor Doctor Dillamond…
It makes one want to…uh…take a stand
In fact I've been thinking of…of…changing my name (Okay! She's lost it, officially! She loved her name. I mean…it's not her name! I looked at Puck and he was also a little confused but I couldn't tell whether it was because he was just acting or if he was thinking, which he had just recently started to do)
PUCK:
(Spoken)Your name?
FERN:
(Spoken)
Well yes, since Doctor Dillamond had his own way
Of pronouncing my name, in solidarity and to express
My…uh…uh…outrage I will henceforward be known
No longer as Galinda but simply Glinda (We weren't really paying attention to her. We were actually staring at each other and that was part of the reason people started to laugh. We had kept our relationship on the down low and I'm sure not many people knew we had even gotten together in the first place)
PUCK:
(Spoken) Well…that's uh…that's uh…very admirable
Of you…uh…Glinda!
FERN:
(Spoken)Fiyero… (He started to walk away as if he didn't hear her and he pointed at me)
PUCK:
(Spoken) Elphaba, good luck!
FERN:
(Spoken) There, you see? (She started to walk to the other side of the stage, sad at his rejection of her supposedly, good act. She was only trying to impress him and it hadn't worked. But…he had given me flowers. I knew all about what flowers symbolized. Daphne drilled it into my head one terrible Valentine's Day)
SABRINA:
(Spoken) Galinda…don't!
FERN:
(Spoken) It's Glinda, now!
Stupid idea! I don't even know what made me say it (She sounded distraught by the thought that her name was changed now. Well, no one told her to change it! You were just too…in love, I guess)
SABRINA:
(Spoken) It doesn't matter what your name is!
Everyone loves you! (And it was true! Everyone did…except for one. One special one)
FERN:
(Spoken) I don't care!
I want him…this must be what other people feel like (There was loud laughter. So she wasn't like other people. It was true. She was shallow, rich, graceful and the Sugar Plum Fairy)
How do they bear it? (I sighed and hugged her. She was much shorter than I am and I'm not the tallest person around. She was about 4' 10''. That's really short! I patted her back and rolled my eyes. She's so dramatic)
SABRINA:
(Spoken) Come with me…
FERN:
(Spoken) Where?
SABRINA:
(Spoken) To the Emerald City…(Fern smiled and gasped, happily. She took my hands and nodded)
FERN:
(Spoken) Really? (I nodded happily and then suddenly we were in Emerald City. Everyone was dressed in green and the people who were previously students were now dancing and singing with dark glasses on)
TOURISTS:
(Sung) One short day (A man with a ribbon was doing cartwheels with it and it was so cool! I was trying hard not to stare since I was about to start singing)
In the Emerald City
FERN:
(spoken) Oh, I've always wanted to see the Emerald City! (Fern giggled and I had to laugh long with her. The set change and the stairs were rolled back and everything turned green. We rushed off stage where Kathleen was with our costumes.
"We don't have all day…Destiny! Get Sabrina's dress on her. No! Not the Act 2 dress. The other one!" Kathleen hissed as she helped us into our dresses. I was finished first and I slipped on my hat. Here it goes…)
TOURISTS:
(Sung) One short day
In the Emerald City
One short day:
In the Emerald City
One short day
Full of so much to do
Ev'ry way
That you look in the city
There's something exquisite
You'll want to visit
Before the day's through (I walked out with Fern just behind me. She was wearing a beautiful yellow dress with a darker yellow skirt. It was nice but I liked mine. It was a simple black Victorian dress)
SABRINA:
(Sung) There are buildings as tall as Quoxwood trees!
FERN:
(Sung)Dress salons!
SABRINA:
Libraries!
FERN:
Palaces!
SABRINA:
Museums!
BOTH:
(Sung) A hundred strong
There are wonders like I've never seen (We walked up forward and linked arms together. We were going to do this together…until I realized this was all wrong since it actually was, all wrong! One guy rode past on a bike with one small wheel in the front and two gigantic wheels in the back)
FERN:
It's all grand
SABRINA:
It is all green! (That made me strangely happy. I'm not really green. I touched my arm and rubbed, trying to get the green off. I remembered that I'd have to take a bath and that only moisture could get it off. Great!)
BOTH:
(Sung) And I think we've found the place where we belong!
I wanna be
In this hoi polloi
SABRINA:
So I'll be back for good someday
BOTH:
To make my life and make my way
But for today, we'll wander and enjoy:
ALL:
One short day (A guy jumped towards us with two black glasses. I slid them on and Fern followed suit. Now everyone on stage had the dark weird looking glasses. It was very hard to see through it however so I don't know how they can dance without really seeing where you're going)
In the Emerald City
One short day
To have a lifetime of fun
One short day
BOTH:
And we're warning the city
Now that we're in here
You'll know we've been here
ALL
Before we are done! (The curtain lowered on them so only half of the stage was visible. Fern looked so excited that she started speaking gibberish)
FERN:
(spoken) Elphie - come on - we'll be late for Wizomania!
SABRINA:
(Spoken) I want to remember this moment always.
Nobody's staring. Nobody's pointing
For the first time, I'm somewhere where I belong (I said happily. As a child I was stared at for being Grimm, here in Ferryport landing. But since becoming an Everafter, who I was born to be everything has changed)
FERN:
(Spoken) You look positively emerald! (I grinned and there was laughter. There was a color I wouldn't object. Green…well, I wasn't exactly green. But emerald would do. It's actually a nice color and I really liked the jewel. Suddenly, the curtains opened slightly as if it were a puppet show with the curtains drawn. We went on the other side and looked out. Three giant ugly puppet things rushed on stage.)
WIZOMANIA CHORUS: (The ugly puppet things began to sing and they sounded really good!)
(Sung) Who's the mage
Whose major itinerary
Is making all Oz merrier?
Who's the sage
Who's sagely sailed in to save our posteriors?
Whose enthuse for hot air ballooning (A hot balloons was shown as it went towards the ground and I grinned. This was ridiculous yet amazing at the same time. I was almost forgetting there was an audience watching the whole thing. I don't know why I never tried acting. I'd want to do this forever! I loved this show and too bad it was a one night thing. I would've loved a run!)
Has all of Oz honeymooning?
Woo - oo -oo
Wizn't he wonderful?
(Our wonderful Wizard!)
AUDIENCE WIZOMANIA CHORUS
(Sung) One short day Who's the mage (The curtains raised and the tourists 'watching' the show with us joined in)
In the Emerald City Whose major itinerary
One short day Is making all Oz merrier
To have a lifetime Whose the sage who
Of fun Sagely sailed in to save
What a way Our posteriors
To be seeing the city:
SABRINA AND FERN:
Where so many roam to
We'll call it home, too (We were singing great here but we both know this wasn't our best. We would save that for our personal favorite songs. My favorite song was No Good Deed. Her favorite song was For Good. And our favorite song that was a duet…that was coming up soon)
And then, just like now
We can say:
We're just two friends
SABRINA:
Two good friends (This was true, certainly. Through the show that is…)
FERN:
Two best friends (And I knew this wasn't true, yet. But it soon would be. Though, Fern loved Puck she knew he loved me)
TOURISTS:
Sharing one wonderful
One short...
GUARD
(spoken) The Wizard will see you now!
ALL:
Day! (The guard twirled us and suddenly I was ecstatic. Everyone cleared the stage and a giant mechanical head was rolled onto the stage and it was so big and crazy looking.)
DANIEL:
(Spoken/Shouted, Whatever) I am Oz, the great and terrible
Who are you and why do you seek me? (He sounded like a dead monster and it was seriously freaking me out)
FERN:
(Spoken) Say something, Elphie! (She was excited for me and I was just a wee bit nervous as well)
SABRINA:
(Spoken) Elphaba Thropp, your terribleness (Okay, that's a terrible nickname. I mean your Goodness is alright but your terribleness? Really?)
DANIEL:
(Spoken) Oh, is that you, Elphaba! (He said this in his normal voice and he climbed out of the giant head and I had to stop myself from laughing)
I didn't realize! (As he came out there was a fierce applause for the Wizard of Oz. He even looked old)
Hope I didn't startle you
It's so hard to make out people's faces
All the way back there
So, let's see, which is which?
Elphaba! A pleasure, Elphaba (He took my hand and we shook. Fern walked forward and he turned to her. She looked at him, shyly and almost hid completely behind me)
And you must be? (Fern walked forward and grabbed his hand, shaking it with much enthusiasm. I almost snatched her away from Daniel. I had forgotten that he wasn't old and he was our age! And that his arm can't come off with her insistent shaking)
FERN:
(Spoken) Glinda, the GA in silent (I snorted quietly and she shot me an amused look. I started to notice a tickle in my throat. My throat actually hurt with all the singing I had been doing. I'm sure Fern was used to it since she was the Sugar Plum Fairy, ruler of all those people in her land and they had performed for Marie I think or was it Clara…I'd have to ask her. As I'm thinking I'm staring at the giant mechanical head)
DANIEL:
(Spoken) I know…it's a bit much, isn't it?
But people expect this so I give people what they want
I hardly ever let people meet the real me
But with this being a special occasion…
So, how are you young ladies?
FERN:
(Spoken) Everything's been just perfect, your Goodliness
DANIEL:
(Spoken) And you, Elphaba? (I was getting nervous already…why was that? I mean he just gave off bad energy that was identical to the one I felt when I met the real Wizard of Oz…he wasn't a wizard and that's what I was feeling from Daniel)
Oh now, now, don't be shy
Remember I put my pants on,
One leg at a time just like anybody else (Fern gave a giggle, laughing at his joke like he wanted me to. Well, I wasn't going to do it. Something was off here. Something was really off)
SABRINA:
(Spoken) I'm so happy to finally meet you
DANIEL:
(Spoken) That's good.
That's what I love best: making people happy
SABRINA:
(Spoken) Yes, I know that, your Ozness
That's why I'm here (I think I sounded a little sarcastic here but my sarcasm mixed with Elphaba's was slipping out. I would be a force to be reckoned with)
That's why we're here (I grabbed Fern and brought her forward)
To alert you to something
DANIEL:
(Spoken) Please…I'm the Wizard of Oz
I already know why you've come (Fern and I looked at each other)
BOTH:
(Spoken) Ooh…
DANIEL:
(Spoken) Of course you must prove yourself first
FERN:
(Spoken) Prove yourself, prove yourself
DANIEL:
(Spoken) For instance, I keep hearing
All about these…powers you're supposed to have
But unless I witness them first hand… (Fern and I exchanged looks again and bit our lips. I had to keep from laughing at this…fraud. He's a fraud! And I believed him! Whoa…emotion check!)
SABRINA:
(Spoken) Oh, oh, oh well.
Remember I'm just learning (Suddenly, Belinda came walking in and I gasped in surprise)
BELINDA:
(Spoken) Oh come now, Elphaba
You're quite strong, my dear (That wasn't the line…maybe she forgot or something. She probably did)
FERN:
(Spoken) Madame Morrible…
DANIEL:
(Spoken) Well, I believe that you are
Well acquainted with my new Press Secretary
SABRINA:
(Spoken) Press Secretary? (I know I sounded alarmed. I mean who wouldn't be. How does a principal of a college become a press secretary overnight? It's completely unheard of here in Oz…oh wait. I'm not in Oz…he, he, he)
BELINDA:
(Spoken) Oh yes, dearies. I've risen
Up in the world. You'll find that the Wizard
Is a very generous man. If you do something for him
He'll do much for you (Am I the only one who hears how suggestive that sounds? Like really! That sounds like something a pedophile would say!)
DANIEL:
(Spoken) I can't help it!
It's just the way I am…
(Sung) I am a sentimental man
Who always longed to be a father
That's why I do the best I can
To treat each citizen of Oz as a son -
Or daughter (He went to Fern and touched her cheek. He turned to me and lifted my hand and I stiffened and he sang to me now. Dude, this guy was freaking me out. He was a crazy old fraud!)
So Elphaba, I'd like to raise you high
'Cuz I think everyone deserves
The chance to fly
And helping you with your ascent
Allows me to feel so parental
For I am a sentimental man
(Spoken) Okay! Let's make some magic! (Ass who doesn't even let me be prepared for the anger I'm about to feel…)
Chistery, the book! (Some guy in a monkey outfit though it wasn't exactly a monkey outfit came hopping onto a structure that I'm not quite sure what it is. I know it was the monkey guy from earlier in the show)
One of my monkey servants, Chistery
SABRINA:
(Spoken) Hello…(I laughed as he waved at me and I smiled, warmly at him. I've always had a soft spot for Animals. He came over to me and hugged my leg and I smiled. He was younger student, about 13 and he was obviously only in the 7th grade)
FERN:
(Spoken) I don't believe it!
Is that…the Grimmerie? (She asked this with awe in her voice and I clenched my fist. That was my book. It belonged to me just as my broom belonged to me and my hat and…whoa! Hold your horses, Sabrina!)
BELINDA:
(Spoken) Yes the ancient book of spells and enchantments
FERN:
(Spoken) Can I touch it? (I had to keep from laughing but the audience did. She whispered this as if she were in awe and I envied her for being close to it. I moved closer in curiosity to see if it was truly mine. I felt the familiar magic signature radiating from and it and I almost whooped in joy)
BELINDA:
(Spoken) No…(She whispered this too and the audience laughed even harder this time. She walked over to me and handed my book to me. I could tell she didn't want to particularly give it up and I took it from her with a little bit of force)
SABRINA:
(Spoken) Oh, what funny writing!
BELINDA:
(Spoken) Oh, that's the lost language
The lost language of spells! (It truly was. The Grimmerie hadn't been seen for years and I couldn't believe Fern had had it. Well she was a queen. Maybe it isn't so unbelievable. But the thing is no one had ever figure out what the language was and I don't think it was intended to know. Only the recorders of the many spells should know the language and it might date past even them)
DANIEL:
(Spoken) It's a kind of recipe book
For change (I sat on the floor and opened the book and started to flip through it)
SABRINA:
(Spoken) But what do you want me to do?
DANIEL:
(Sung) Just some sort of gesture
Mostly for show
Something to test your adeptness
(Spoken) I know! Chistery watches the birds
So longingly every morning
Perhaps a…levitation spell
BELINDA:
(Spoken) Now, don't be discouraged
If you can't decipherate it, dearie
I myself can only read a spell or two
And that took years and years (I nodded and suddenly a red spotlight settled on me. Chistery walked forward and towards me. He walked on the other side of me and watched and then I began to chant)
SABRINA:
(Sung)Ahben Tahkay Ahben Tahkay
Ahben Atum Ahben Takayah Entayah
BELINDA: (While I was chanting she was beginning to talk)
(Spoken) Oh merciful, Oz! (Fern moved forward, amazed at how easily I read the words. The reason why she had never cast a spell was because she couldn't read a lot of it. There were only a few people in the entire room who could read it. The presence in my mind, Glinda a little bit, Daphne and possibly Fern since she looked like she kind of understood what I was saying)
DANIEL:
(Spoken) Oh, Chistery!
What an experience you're about to have
It touches my heart
It truly does…
(Sung) Since once I have my own day in the sky!
SABRINA:
(Sung) Ah Entayah Tifentah Ahben Tahkay Ah
DANIEL:
(Spoken) I know everyone deserves the chance to fly (So he was the one who had told her that. If he hadn't said that she wouldn't have left. He would've gotten her easily and she would've been depressed and all. Suddenly, Chistery screamed and I stopped the spell for it was finished…I'm glad I didn't put any magic in the spell I just said)
SABRINA:
(Spoken) What is it? Is something wrong?
BELINDA:
(Spoken) This is just a transition dearie (A transition? I was starting to get angry now…)
SABRINA:
(Spoken) Chistery! Are you alright?
Why can't he answer me? (I was genuinely worried and my magic was getting out of control. Chistery screamed and suddenly fake wings popped out of his back. I stared in horror)
DANIEL:
(Spoken) She's actually done it
SABRINA:
(Spoken) He's in pain!
Quick! How do I reverse it? (Too bad there isn't a way to reverse it. Thank GOD, I didn't put any magic in that. I'd need not only me to reverse it but I'd need Daphne, Glinda, Fern and another witch…the original Wicked Witch but she's dead…right?)
BELINDA:
(Spoken) You can't
SABRINA:
(Spoken) What?
BELINDA:
(Spoken) You can't reverse a spell!
Spells are irreversible.
I knew it, I knew she had the power!
I told you! (Chistery climbed on top of the giant head and whimpered in pain. I was getting angry now. The power was building and I had to force it back with most of my concentration)
SABRINA:
(Spoken) You planned all this?
BELINDA:
(Spoken) You too, dearie!
You benefit too!
DANIEL:
(Spoken) And this is only the beginning (He knew what he was talking about. He knew I had actual power and he wanted to exploit. He wanted to me use my magic for his benefit in real life as well…no! I won't do it!)
Talk about proving your worth…look! (He started turning something and the back curtain rolled up…revealing and entire cage full of the boys dressed as monkeys. But I felt as if it were real…too real. They were real monkeys! They may have wings strapped on their backs but it looked real. Too real!)
Do you see what you can do for us now?
The sky is the limit!
BELINDA:
(Spoken) Such wing span!
Won't they make perfect spies? (I froze and stiffened and looked at her in horror and cold fury. This musical is too soft. Why can't I just bash her head in with a trophy like in the book?)
SABRINA:
(Spoken) Spies? (I cried this out in horror and Fern looked with a mingle of curiosity and slight horror. She wasn't very affected but she looked worried about me)
DANIEL:
(Spoken) You're right!
That's a harsh word!
Uh…what about scouts? That's what they'll be really
They'll just fly around Oz every morning
And report any subversive Animal activity.
SABRINA:
(Spoken) It's you! You're behind it all (I sounded betrayed and I really was. All the anger and betrayal I felt for the real of Wizard of Oz was rushing forward and doubling my anger and reaction)
DANIEL:
(Spoken) Well, I am Oz, the great and terrible
Who else could it be?
Elphaba, when I first got here there was this intent
Where I am come from the best way to bring folks
Together is to give them a really good enemy (He was trying to…find an enemy in someone. Well, he just made a new one! Me!)
SABRINA:
(Spoken) You can't read this book at all…can you?
That's why you needed an enemy
And spies…and cages. You have no real power… (I was on the verge of crying from the fury I was feeling. I started to shakily stand up, shaking with rage)
DANIEL:
(Spoken) Exactly…that's why I need you.
Don't you see? The world is your oyster, now!
You have so many opportunities ahead of you
You both do! (He went to take Fern's hand and brought her over towards me)
FERN:
(Spoken) Thank you, your Ozness
DANIEL:
(Sung) The two of you, which I can raise high
Yes! The time has come for you to have a chance (He was coming up with this on the chance and it made it doubly tempting. Fern was being sucked in but not me…NOT ME!)
SABRINA:
(Spoken) NO! (I ran off stage as quickly as possible and ran into Puck. I was anxious.
"Puck…we're the incarnations of those who we're playing. I'm telling you! It's him…that's the Wizard of Oz! In him…we were reincarnated and we're so similar to them…" I whispered, quickly and worriedly. Puck's face was grim.
"I got that by the way Daniel was speaking. He came up with that song on the top of his head and it sounded as if he were serious. You'll need to get Daphne, Fern, and Glinda and one other powerful witch to help you" Puck whispered. I nodded once and sighed.
"And I know one…and I think she's here…Elphaba Thropp" I murmured. He looked at me in shock.)
BELINDA:
(Spoken/Shouted) ELPHABA!
FERN:
(Spoken) Elphie. I'm sorry, your Wizardship
I'll fetch her back! Elphie, wait!
DANIEL:
(Spoken) We must get her back!
She knows too much!
BELINDA:
(Spoken) Don't worry, your Ozness!
I'll handle it (Daniel ran back into the giant head and assumed that booming voice. Fern was standing next to me, latched onto Puck's arm. She didn't know that Puck and I had expressed our love for each other once again. He looked down at her with orange and blue green eyes. The orange was quickly disappearing. One eye was blue and the other was blue green. He glanced at me and they quickly became silver. Belinda walked past the giant head and towards the back, and walked upstairs to a balcony right on the side of the stage that no one had noticed yet)
DANIEL:
(Spoken) Guards! There's a fugitive in the palace!
Find her, capture her, and bring her to me! (The giant head receded as the guards rushed into the room with spears. They spun them a circle and pounded them on the ground. The scene began to change as the guards ran out)
This was the scene…the finale of Act 1. The one we were prepared for. And the one part that we'd make sure NO ONE FORGETS!