Glinda ran after me to talk to me. I stared into my best friend's eyes and said, "No, I won't go back." Glinda rolled her eyes at me and then we started fighting, for the first time since we'd become friends.
"Elphaba—why could't you have stayed calm for once instead of flying off the handle? I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NOW. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY HOW YOU HURT YOUR CAUSE FOREVER. I HOPE YOU THINK YOU'RE CLEVER. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY TOO. I HOPE YOU'RE PROUD HOW YOU WOULD GROVEL IN SUBMISSION TO FEED YOUR OWN AMBITION. SO THOUGH I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW, I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY RIGHT NOW."
Glinda grabbed my arm and said, "Don't be afraid, Elphie. We'll work this out, together." "I'm not scared. It's the Wizard who should be afraid. The Wizard should, and will, fear me." I said. Then Madame Morrible declared me a Wicked Witch and I knew my Ozian life was over and I had to do something—then I remembered the levitation spell and chose to try defying gravity.
"Elphie, listen to me. Just say you're sorry. YOU CAN STILL BE WITH THE WIZARD—WHAT YOU'VE WORKED AND WAITED FOR—YOU CAN HAVE ALL YOU EVER WANTED. I know—BUT I DON'T WANT IT. No, I CAN'T WANT IT ANYMORE. SOMETHING HAS CHANGED WITHIN ME. SOMETHING IS NOT THE SAME. I'M THROUGH WITH PLAYING BY THE RULES OF SOMEONE ELSE'S GAME. TOO LATE FOR SECOND-GUESSING. TOO LATE TO GO BACK TO SLEEP. IT'S TIME TO TRUST MY INSTINCTS. CLOSE MY EYES AND LEAP. IT'S TIME TO TRY DEFYING GRAVITY. I THINK I'LL TRY DEFYING GRAVITY AND YOU CAN'T PULL ME DOWN. CAN'T I MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND YOU'RE HAVING DELUSIONS OF GRANDUER? I'M THROUGH ACCEPTING LIMITS 'CUZ SOMEONE SAYS THEY'RE SO. SOME THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE, BUT TILL I TRY I'LL NEVER KNOW. TOO LONG I'VE BEEN AFRAID OF LOSING LOVE I GUESS I'VE LOST. WELL, IF THAT'S LOVE, IT COMES AT MUCH TOO HIGH A COST. I'D SOONER BUY DEFYING GRAVITY. KISS ME GOODBYE, I'M DEFYING GRAVITY AND YOU CAN'T PULL ME DOWN. Glinda, come with me. Think of what we could do together. UNLIMITED—TOGETHER WE'RE UNLIMITED. TOGETHER, WE'LL BE THE GREATEST TEAM THERE'S EVER BEEN, GLINDA—DREAMS THE WAY WE PLANNED 'EM. IF WE WORK IN TANDEM. THERE'S NO FIGHT WE CANNOT WIN. JUST YOU AND I DEFYING GRAVITY. WITH YOU AND I DEFYING GRAVITY. THEY'LL NEVER BRING US DOWN. Well, are you coming?"
When I realized I'd be flying solo, I stared into Glinda's eyes and said, "Glinda, once I'm safely away—I want you to tell the Wizard—tell him what I was too much of a coward to say—the reason why I originally came here alone—to tell him of his daughter—that I am his child." She nodded, frightened.
"I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NOW THAT YOU'RE CHOOSING THIS. You too—I HOPE IT BRINGS YOU BLISS. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY IN THE END. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY, MY FRIEND."
When the Gale Force arrived and grabbed Glinda, I got really worried—I had to save her somehow. Suddenly, I had an idea. Without thinking, I said, Leave her alone! She has nothing to do with this! It's me! I'm the one you want! I'm the Wicked Witch! IT'S ME!" I knew when I saw him later that Coram would be giving me grief. I decided suddenly to tell them where to look for me, just to torture them when I wasn't there.
"SO IF YOU CARE TO FIND ME, LOOK TO THE WESTERN SKY. AS SOMEONE TOLD ME LATELY, 'EV'RYONE DESERVES THE CHANCE TO FLY.' TO THOSE WHO'D GROUND ME TAKE A MESSAGE BACK FROM ME: TELL THEM HOW I AM DEFYING GRAVITY. I'M FLYING HIGH, DEFYING GRAVITY. AND SOON I'LL MATCH THEM IN RENOWN. AND NOBODY IN ALL OF OZ, NO WIZARD THAT THERE IS OR WAS, IS EVER GONNA BRING ME DOWN! LOOK AT HER, SHE'S WICKED! GET HER! I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY! BRING ME DOWN! NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED, SO WE'VE GOT TO BRING HER... AHHH! DOWN!"