No, your eyes do not deceive you... It's me! I feel horrible for leaving you guys with such an evil cliffie! Heheh, not really. I actually sort of enjoyed it... Anyways, here is an update!

WickedFrenchHorn: You should be proud of yourself!

iamgoku: Heheh, don't discombobulate! Don't worry, I'm actually happy you didn't see it coming. Made your review funner to read. (In my Ozian dictionary, funner is a word! Only Shaun will know what I'm talking about...)

Doglover645: oh snap, indeed.

Hope: Don't brag! Jk, I know you know. And, sorry if this wasn't soon enough. Please don't send the ferrets. Not the ferrets. Actually, do send them. I'll steal them and brainwash them and send them after you if you don't update secrets!

Guest: No, the connection is between Arietta and Fiyero because they're related. Arietta had the vision of Elphabas father because she's clairvoyant but doesn't know it.

Spiritwarrior27: The fact that she's related to him doesn't explain her powers. Something else does. But I can't tell you what, you have to read it like everyone else.

Disclaimer: Gregory Maguire came to me and I paid him for the idea of Wicked. Then he and I went to court and sued the pants off of everyone, and now wicked is mine. (None of this is true. Please don't sue me.)

Elphaba stared at the paper in her hands. There is no way... Is there? She thought. How does this make any sense?

She crumpled up the note and shoved it deep into her pocket. If she wanted answers she'd have to go to the source of the conflict: Arietta Renaldi. No, Arietta Tiggular. She entered the dorm room and saw the brunette reading. Arietta looked up and gave Elphaba a friendly smile, which disappeared one she saw the look on Elphaba's face.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"Tiggular." Elphaba answered softly, still fazed by the new discovery. Arietta rolled her eyes playfully and smirked.

"What did Fiyero do now?" She asked. Elphaba's eyes darkened and she stepped closer to the young girl.

"I meant you." Arietta looked at her in fear, but she pushed it back and put on a brave face. "Excuse me?" She answered but her meek voice betrayed her.

"Oh, I think you do." She grabbed the note and offered it to Arietta, who didn't have to look at it to know what it was. "You looked through my personal property?

"You did something much worse." Elphaba growled. Arietta cringed mentally, but didn't let it show. She stared straight at Elphaba. "So? Just because my last name starts with a T, it doesn't mean that it's Tiggular."

"So then what is it?" Elphaba challenged. "It could be Tiran, Tifón, Tordear. For all you know it could be Thropp." Arietta answered.

She was right, Elphaba hadn't thought of that. But she was still convinced of her theory. "Just stop. You've already done enough without adding this to the top of it."

"What did I do that's so bad!?" Arietta yelled. "What did you do?" Elphaba asked rhetorically. "What did you do? You lied, Arietta. You lied to me. To Galinda, to Nessa, to Boq. You lied to Fiyero. You didn't have to lie, but you did!"

Arietta glared at her, eyes blazing. "What do you know! Stop jumping to conclusions! You're right, I did lie. But you don't know if I had a good reason or not. You don't, Elphaba. And you know why? Because you don't know the first thing about me!" She shot back and ran out of the dorm room, leaving Elphaba in a puzzled state for a second, before she ran after her.

Arietta knew there were tears threatening to fall, but she didn't let them. She could feel Elphaba following her so she kept on running. She turned back to see if Elphaba was anywhere near and she ran into probably the person she would like to see the least right now. Fiyero.

"Hey Etta." Fiyero said, using the nickname he had acquired for her. (A/N: it's pronounced EE-TA. just in case anyone was wondering.) "Are you in some kind of hurry? Wait, that was a stupid question wasn't it?"

"Well you are full of them." Arietta answered. Then she heard footsteps. "I- uh, I gotta go." She said and ran past him, leaving the Prince confused. Moments after, a green and raven mass came running towards him, and it too collided with him. Elphaba looked up apologetically.

"Hi Fae." Fiyero said smoothly. Elphaba blushed. Stupid Lion cub day! "I was expecting a 'Watch it Thropp' not a 'Hi Fae' And here it was thinking you were predictable!" She answered.

"I guess I can surprise you more than you thought." He said. His blue eyes shining. His Azure blue eyes. They're identical to Arietta's. Arietta! At the thought of the brunette, Elphaba snapped out of her dream state.

"Hey, have you seen-"

"Arietta?" Fiyero interrupted. "She went up to the west wing. She seemed troubled. Is something wrong?" He asked.

Yes! "No." Elphaba said lying through her teeth. She turned and headed towards the west wing of the library.

Of course she's in the library. Elphaba thought. She climbed up the long staircase. The west wing was the highest one, and the Emerald witch was panting for air as soon as she reached the top.

Elphaba looked around for a familiar mess of brown curls everywhere, but to no avail. Sighing, she was just about to give up, when she heard a small voice ring out.

"Even though the world is dark,

Try to light a little part,

Don't go run and hide.

Give a little of my heart,

Only then the beat will start,

Keeping me in time.

Life, doesn't wait for long..."

"Arietta?" Elphaba asked softly. The voice stopped and Arietta appeared, her face tear stained. "I'm sorry." Arietta said. Elphaba's face softened as she recalled what Cierrah had said about Arietta.

"Arietta's an orphan. Sort of. Her parents aren't dead, they just didn't want her"

"Oh, Aria." She said and embraced the young girl in a hug. All explanations can be saved for later. She thought. We have time.

How wrong she was.

So, there you have it! Until next time, my pretties. Next update will be much sooner, don't worry!

Virtual brownies to anyone who can tell me where I got the little song from...