Then I looked at Elphaba, who said, "Glinny, go to sleep. I'm going back to sleep anyway. You might as well as go to sleep, too." I nodded and said, "So, which one of us is jumping into the other's dream?" "I'm jumping into your dream—you already jumped into one of mine." she said. "But it was a nightmare," I whined. "Still counts," Elphaba insisted. I glared at her and said, "Fine, you can jump into my dream tonight." "'Kay, see you in dream land, Glinny." Elphaba said, grabbing my hand. "See you in dream land, Elphie." I said, squeezing her hand gently. We each drifted off. I curled up on the couch, while Elphaba slept on the bed.
I looked around and soon saw my sister. Elphaba called, "Glinny, where are we?" "I don't know," I said, walking over to her. "This is your dream, and you have no clue where we are?" Elphaba said, staring at me. I nodded shakily and I said, "I've never been here before—I'm kinda scared." "I'm here, Galinda," Elphaba said, moving closer to me. I reached for her hand, just as we heard an explosion. "Elphaba, do something!" I screamed at my sister. "I'm trying!" she screamed back at me. I froze and stared in horror at the ground as it began shaking. "Elphaba!" I screamed to my sister.
Elphaba, who was kneeling on the ground, trying to cast some sort of spell, looked up at me and called, "Galinda, what is it?" Pointing to the crack in the earth, I said, "I can't jump that!" "Yes, you can," she called back to me. "I'll catch you, don't worry." "But what if we fall?" I asked, shaking. "Galinda, just jump now, before it gets any wider." Elphaba said. I nodded and she called, "Get a good running start and then jump." I nodded again and jumped over to her side, grabbing her hand. "Can we go now?" I asked.
Elphaba nodded in agreement, and holding my hand, said, "C'mon., We gotta run." Racing off, we soon reached a small clearing. I froze and, tugging on Elphaba's hand, said, "I know where we are now. I've been here before. Follow me." Elphaba grinned and said, "Right behind you, Glinny." Leading the way, we soon reached a palace and I quickly opened the door, yanking Elphaba inside. I slammed the door shut behind us and, after locking it, said, "C'mon. We can't stay here too long—whoever created that earthquake wanted us to die." Elphaba nodded and said, "Wait—I see something." "What?" I asked, frightened. "No, it's gone." Elphaba said softly. I sighed and said, "Elphie, please tell me. Your visions just don't vanish on you." "Glinny, I can't." she said, almost sadly—it was as if she wanted to tell me, but something prevented her. I nodded and said, "Let's keep going." Elphaba nodded in silent agreement.
We raced upstairs towards the attic—Elphaba was leading the way now. When we reached the attic, Elphaba grabbed a broom and took off flying. Suddenly, she turned and looked at me—"Galinda, this is it!" she screamed to me. "It's what?" I asked. "The beginning," she choked out—"the beginning of my nightmare." I nodded, weakened, and Elphaba said, "This is my dream—not yours. Let's let it play out—detach ourselves from the dream so that the dream versions of us can, well, so that the dream happens the way it did last time." "Can't we just jump into my dream?" I asked. "I think so, but I need you to pinch me so I wake up," Elphaba said. I nodded and pinched her and she screamed, "Not that hard, Galinda!" "Sorry," I called.