"Are you done yet?" Boq asked.
"I'm still writing and you're still here, so… NO!" Nia shouted at him. She turned to face the audience. "Welcome back! We have an interesting episode ahead of us, so let's get started! Out first review is from a Guest. Welcome! Guest says… oh."
"What? What is it?" Elphaba asked.
"Well, Elphie, there's good new and bad news. Which would you like to hear first?"
"Um… the bad news, I guess. That way, I can feel better with the good news."
"Very good choice. Fiyero!" Nia said, calling Fiyero to her desk. She whispered something into his ear and his face dropped.
"How will she take it?" he asked her.
"Were you here last time? How do you think?" Nia asked, her voice dripping with sassiness.
"Right! Fae," Fiyero said taking Elphaba's hands into his own. "Just look at me!" Elphaba stared into his eyes.
"Boys, please bring the bad news in!" Nia called. Two teenage guys entered, carrying Frex in between them. There was duck tape over his mouth so he couldn't scream.
"Yero, what's going on?" Elphaba asked, not turning around to see what was behind her.
"Just keep looking at me!" Fiyero encouraged.
"Set it right there," Nia said, pointing on the floor behind the group.
"It?" Nessa asked, confused.
"Yes, Nessa dear, 'it'," Nia said with a stern look on her face. She made it very clear that she didn't want to upset Elphaba.
"Thank you, boys," Nia said as she kissed their cheeks.
"Nia just kissed me!" One of the boys said as he fainted. Nia jumped back in shock. The other one was standing there, still in a trance.
"Does this happen to anyone else?" Nia asked as she slowly stepped away from the boys. Glinda slowly raised her hand, to no one's surprise. "Never mind," Nia said as she waved her hand and the boys disappeared.
"Nia…" Elphaba said, not taking her eyes off of Fiyero.
"Are you ready?" Nia asked.
"Ready for what?"
Nia took a deep breath. "Well, um… remember when I said that Frex was going to stay for this episode?" Elphaba eyes widened. "Well, a reviewer has a question for him, so he kind of…maybe… had to come back!" Nia said the last part very quickly and ducked under her desk, certain that Elphaba was not going to take this very well. Just as Nia expected, there was an explosion. When she peeked around her desk, she saw that the glass room Morrible and Dorothy were in shattered. Elphaba turned around to face Frex.
"YOU DARED TO LET HIM BACK HERE AFTER WHAT HE DID TO ME?!" she shouted at Nia. Nia was shaking like a little girl who was afraid of the monsters that lived under her bed. Dorothy ran behind Morrible and Boq was holding Nessa for dear life.
"Elphaba, believe me, I wouldn't have done it if…"
"WHY?!" Elphaba asked, her hand flying to her still-bruised cheek.
"Elphaba, I'm sorry!" Nia said, tears in her eyes.
Elphaba didn't calm down. Elphaba looked directly at Frex. Frex was making noises and struggling to get out of his straight jacket. "Shut it!" Fiyero screamed at him.
"Nia?" Glinda asked, searching for the girl. No one answered. "Nia?" Glinda called again. They soon heard small whimpering noises coming from behind the desk. Nessa slowly went behind the desk and pulled Nia up. Nia was still shaking. Elphaba slowly approached them. Nia looked up and saw the guiltiness in Elphaba's eyes.
"I'm sorry," Nia sobbed into Elphaba's dress.
"It's okay!" Elphaba said as she rubbed her back. "But, can he leave for good after this episode?"
"Sure," Nia said as she went over to Frex and violently ripped off the duck tape off his mouth.
"Ouch!" he exclaimed. "Let me out of here!"
"You have to answer questions. You are staying here until you do. You're not getting out of the jacket because you need to be supervised at all times, like a little kid. None of us really want you here, but you have questions to answer. So, let's at least try to make the best of it and get it over with!" Nia said as she went over to her desk again.
"I refuse to stay here!" Frex exclaimed. Nia kicked him in the stomach.
"Now, for the good news. Elphaba, close your eyes!" Nia said.
"What?"
"Close your eyes!"
Elphaba closed her eyes. She heard the sound of footsteps, but they sounded like hooves. "What's that?" she asked.
"You can open your eyes now!" Nia exclaimed.
Elphaba opened her eyes and a big smile appeared on her face. "Dr. Dillamond!"
"Hello, Miss Elphabaaaaaaaa!" Dr. Dillamond said as Elphaba engulfed him in a big hug. Elphaba felt someone hugging her leg. "Chistery!" Elphaba smiled as she picked up the small monkey. "Miss Elphaba!" Chistery yelled.
"Dr. Dillamond and Chistery will be here for the rest of the interviews to answer your questions!" Nia announced as the audience cheered.
"How are they here?" Elphaba asked.
"Guest wanted them here. They are able to speak fluently. I wanted to make it up to you about 'it' being here again," Nia explained. "Also, she wanted Morrible to be half fish."
"She is!" Glinda said.
"Great! Next order to business, we have EmeraldElphaba, who has a question for everyone, What is your favorite song from Wicked and why? What about your least favorite?"
"My favorite is Popular because I get to give Elphie a make-over and my least favorite is No One Mourns the Wicked because I have to sing about her death," Glinda said.
"I like the Wizard and I because I look so hopeful about the future. My least favorite would probably be No Good Deed for obvious reasons," Elphaba answered.
"I like Dancing Through Life and As Long as You're Mine," Fiyero said. "I don't think I have a least favorite song."
"Something Bad is the only song I'm in, so I guess it would be my favorite and my least favorite," Dr. Dillamond admitted.
"I like Wonderful and Sentimental Man," the Wizard smiled. "I don't have a least favorite."
"I don't sing anything!" Morrible yelled.
"You have a little solo in the beginning of The Wizard and I," Nia said.
"But that's not my song!" Morrible said, crossing her arms.
"I like my solo in Dancing Through Life," Boq said. "My least favorite song would be Wicked Witch of the East."
"I wish that song was part of the soundtrack," Nia said sadly.
"Me, too," Nessa admitted. "It's the only song where I really get to show off." Everyone giggled.
"I don't have a favorite song! I'm not even in it!" Dorothy yelled.
"Then, what's your favorite Wizard of Oz song?" Nia asked.
"We're off to see the Wizard!" Dorothy exclaimed as the Wizard gave her a high-five.
"Next, we have… oh wait, Frex has a question, Why are you such a jerk to Elphaba? (You can pour ice water on his head after he answers that.)"
"She's a sin! It's her fault Melena's dead!" Frex yelled. A bucket of ice-cold water appeared next to Elphaba.
"Now?" she asked.
"Now!" Nia encouraged.
She grabbed the bucket and went over to Frex. She hesitated, wondering if she should do it or not, but eventually poured the freezing cold water on Frex's head.
"Next!" Frex shouted.
"Oh wait! A reviewer didn't ask for this, but I'm going to do this anyway. And please note, Frex, that I'm not doing this for you, but for Elphaba, Nessa and maybe the Wizard," Nia said with a mysterious grin on her face.
"What are you doing?" Nessa asked.
A woman suddenly appeared next to Nia. Elphaba's mouth dropped open. Nessa was confused. "W-What am I doing here?" the woman asked.
"Hello, Melena, and welcome to Nia's Q & A with Wicked characters," Nia said.
"Mama?" Elphaba asked.
"Hello, Fabala," Melena said, opening out her arms. Elphaba ran into them and started to cry. Nessa cautiously stepped forward.
"Nessa, what's wrong?" Nia asked.
"Who is she?" Nessa asked.
"Didn't you hear Elphaba say 'Mama'?" Nia asked. Nessa realized who she was and ran into her mother's arms. All three Thropp women were sobbing. Frex and the Wizard looked very out of place.
"Melena will be here with Dr. Dillamond and Chistery to answer your questions," Nia said again to the audience. "Now we have Elphaba'sGirl. She says, YES! I GOT TO RIDE IN GLINDA's BUBBLE! Blonde is awesome, Glin. And just FYI, I only wanted Frex there so he could die... I didn't want Elphie to get hurt! I'M SO SORRY! *Bawls* Question for everyone (except Dorothy); Which actor/actress would you choose to play you?"
"You can never go wrong with the Original Broadway cast!" Fiyero exclaimed.
"True! But I also liked Willemijn Verkaik," Elphaba said, twirling her hair around her finger.
"I like the current Broadway cast," Nessa said.
"Me too," Boq agreed.
"Alli Mauzey was very funny!" Glinda said, bouncing up and down in her chair.
"I really don't have an opinion. No matter who plays me, I end up looking like the bad guy," the Wizard said.
"Well, that's true. I didn't think you had a heart until the last episode. It's not really you're fault, thought. Morrible was playing you," Nia said, trying to comfort the Wizard.
"Just for that, I'm not answering!" Morrible spat.
"Fine!" Nia shouted.
"Toto; what do you think of Dorothy? I mean, we all know our opinions, but you may have a nice POV on this subject..."
"Woof!" Toto barked.
"Can we get him to talk?" Nia asked Elphaba.
"That depends. Could he talk before?" Elphaba asked Dorothy. Dorothy shook her head. "I never heard him talk."
"Then he's an animal, and not an Animal. There's a difference," Elphaba explained.
"Oh, well, I'm sorry. That's the best we can do," Nia apologized to the reviewer.
"Glinda; You clearly don't ship Gloq. What's your dream guy?"
"Fiyero!" Glinda said before she could stop herself. Elphaba and Fiyero looked at her.
"What?" they both said together.
"Well, at least where we start off together," Glinda defended herself.
"Elphaba; Who do you like least? Morrible, Frex, or Wizard? (But you did have a moment with Wizard, so I'm guessing its not him)."
"Not including Dorothy?" asked Elphaba.
"Nope. Just choose between the three stooges!" Nia said, laughing at the joke she just made.
"Well, Frex, probably," Elphaba finally answered. Frex shot her a dirty look. "What? You abused me as a child!" Elphaba yelled at him.
"Would you like to elaborate on that, Frex?" Nia asked him.
"She could never do anything right!" Frex yelled. It seemed that all he did was shout and yell.
"Again, not her fault!" Nia said, looking directly at Melena.
"What?" Melena asked when she felt Nia's eyes staring at her.
"Never mind! I'll let you explain everything later.
Dorothy; I'm giving you this chance to plead you case! Order in the court. *Pounds gavel* Prosecution; Elphaba, please state the charges. Defendant; Dorothy, plead your case. Witness; Nessa, what do you have to say on the subject?
"I was in a tornado. I landed here and the first thing I did was meet Glinda. She seemed happy that I crushed Nessa. How was I supposed to know any better? Then, all of a sudden, Elphaba appears and she's scaring the life out of me. Then, she's trying to kill me because of shoes that Glinda gave me. Sure, they were beautiful, but I didn't want them in the first place. I only took them because Glinda said that they could take me home. All I wanted to do was go home!" Dorothy protested.
"I was under a house, so I don't have an opinion on this," Nessa said sadly.
"Good point. And if you watch The Wizard of Oz carefully, all the Wicked Witch of the West wants are her sister's shoes. Dorothy has a valid point." Everyone stared at her. "Yeah, I heard myself say that, too." Nia said after a while.
"Morrible; You're an evil fish. FYI, I made you a pescatarian in East and West. Hehe."
"What?" Morrible asked.
"Fiyero; what do you love most about Elphaba?"
"Um… didn't I answer this already?" Fiyero asked, blushing.
"Yes, but I want you to answer it again," Nia said.
"Well, she beautiful…"
"You don't have to lie!" Elphaba scolded him.
"She's right. You don't have to lie!" Frex interrupted.
"Remember when I said that the next time I had to pull out the lightning bolt, someone was going to be zapped with it?" Nia asked, pulling it out. Everyone nodded. "It's time!" Nia shouted as she threw the lightning bolt at Frex. He jumped five feet off the ground, which was impressive, considering that he was still wearing a straight jacket.
"And that's how it's done!" Nia said as she put the lightning bolt away. The audience cheered.
Elphaba; What do you love most about Fiyero?
"His eyes!" Elphaba said almost immediately. The two lovers found themselves lost in each other's eyes. Nia sighed. "Young love!"
"Glinda; where do you buy your clothes? I want to go there!"
"I have a tailor who makes them special, just for me!" Glinda beamed.
Glinda and Fiyero; do you have any siblings?
"We're only children!" Fiyero and Glinda said together, but Fiyero was saying it almost unconsciously.
"Okay, I think that's all, Nia. By- bye!"
"Thank you! Now, we shall have hopeforthefandoms, who says, Omg this is awesome :) I have a dare! Dorothy and Elphaba have to apologize for trying to kill each other. Glinda can help them work it out if its needed XD."
Elphaba snapped out of her trance when she heard her name, Dorothy and apologize in the same sentence. She sighed and turned the other way. So did Dorothy.
"She tried to kill me!" they both shouted at the same time.
"I thought you were over that?" Fiyero asked.
"Obviously not!" Nia said, her eyes wide.
"Come on, you two. Just let bygones be bygones," Glinda said, pulling the two archenemies together.
"I'm sorry I tried to kill you," Dorothy said, looking Elphaba in the eyes.
"Me too," Elphaba sighed.
"Hug!" Nia told them. They both gave her a twisted look. "You heard me! Hug!" she repeated.
They both sighed, but eventually, with Glinda's help, they were hugging. The audience awed and clapped for them.
"That was nice. Next up, we have Mad-Idina-Fan98, who says, Aww Yero and the Wizard made my heart melt. That was so sweet guys. Elphaba, that was beautiful thank you! I know you already had to sing two songs, so thank you! Aww Glin, I'm so sorry. Don't worry, we know you didn't mean it. I definitely think the Wizard deserved a chair for his comment although I agree it should be temporary. Oz dammit, I didn't get to slap Morrible. Hmm, a new way of torture. How about we drop random objects on her? That sounds fun. I seriously could not stop laughing when you said Horrible is now Morrible's first name. Ok, questions. Elphie if knew the Wizard was your father before you "melted" what would you have done differently? Also was it weird when he started dancing with you in "wonderful"? Yero (hope you don't mind me using that nickname, Elphie) what was going on in your brain (yes, I do believe you have one) when you swung in on that vine? Glin, why did you slap Elphie? Dorothy, why are you still here? Nessa, how could you almost kill Boq and then blame your sister when she saved his life? Boq, Elphie saved your life. I think you owe her an apology and a thank you. Morrible, I dare you to stick your face in a tank full of piranhas. Maybe it would improve it. Wizard, can you please sing 'Wonderful' again, but entirely about how wonderful Elphie is? Elphie, one last question, are you and Yero married and will you be having children? Ok that was long. Love this story and Elphie Yero Glin and I'm starting to like the Wizard. Can't wait for your answers."
"I would have gone back to the Wizard if I had known," Elphaba answered honestly.
"Actually, the Wizard didn't know until Glinda told him," Nia said.
"GLINDA KNEW!?" Elphaba roared.
"I really need to stop doing that!" Nia said.
"I found out when I found your mother's bottle after you melted," Glinda said softly.
"My bottle?" Melena asked, confused. Nia pulled out one of the bottles and gave it to Melena. "I will explain everything during the commercial break, which is coming up next," Nia said as Melena examined the bottle in question.
"Also, I wasn't expecting the Wizard to start dancing with me during 'Wonderful'. When I came in, I was still really mad at him. He grabbed me by surprise and started to waltz with me. Good thing I took dancing lessons!" Elphaba said with a giggle.
"Only Fae can call me Yero!" Fiyero whispered. "But, when I swung in on the vine, I was only thinking one thing; I had to save Elphaba. Even if I got killed in the process, I had to make sure that she was safe." That answered was met by an 'aw' from the audience and more tissues.
"I slapped Elphie because I was still mad that Fiyero went with her. But I wasn't expecting her to slap me back," Glinda said.
"Then, what were you expecting me to do?" Elphaba asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I don't know. Anything but slap me!" Glinda yelled at her best friend.
"I have no idea why I am still here. Nia won't let me go!" Dorothy shouted.
"I would if I could, but I can't, so I won't!" Nia recited.
"Why can't you?" Dorothy cried.
"Nessa, you're answer please," Nia said, ignoring Dorothy.
"Well, I was upset that Boq was really leaving me. I thought that he loved me. I loved him. I guess I was too blind to realize that he loved Glinda from the start," Nessa said, looking down.
"Why did you blame Elphaba?" Nia asked, writing furiously.
"I was mad, upset, confused, the whole nine yards. I…. I…. I don't know. I'm so sorry, Fabala!" Nessa said as Elphaba hugged her.
"It's okay!" Elphaba comforted her little sister.
"That takes care of that!" Boq said as he stood up.
"Not so fast!" Nia said. "You owe Elphaba an apology!"
"What for!"
"Hmmm, I don't know! FOR TRYING TO KILL HER!" Nia shouted at the top of her lungs.
"How did I try to kill her?"
"Do you not remember March of the Witch Hunters? Boq, I saw the musical. You were there, encouraging the Ozians to kill Elphaba. She did it to save your life and you know it!" Nia said, pulling out her Wicked playbill.
"Elphaba, I'm sorry I was leading the hunt for you and thank you for saving my life," Boq said.
"Any time!" Elphaba said sarcastically. Boq looked at Nia. "Don't look at me!" Nia scolded him.
A tank full of piranhas appeared next to Nia. "On second thought, I change my mind about getting slapped," Morrible said as she approached the tank to face her doom.
"Sorry, it's too late for that now!" Nia said as Morrible stuck her head in the tank. The audience roared with laughter.
"I have to sing 'Wonderful'?" the Wizard asked.
"Yes, but change the lyrics so you are singing about Elphaba," Nia explained.
"Wasn't I singing about her last time?" the Wizard asked, confused.
"No, you were singing to Elphaba about yourself," Nia said, giving him a sideways glance.
"Can I have some time to think about it?"
"Sure, we can come to you at the end of the episode. Okay, you're up, Elphaba."
"Well, for starters, Fiyero and I are not married, yet," Elphaba stated. Fiyero began to shift uncomfortably in his seat. "Is there something you would like to say, Fiyero?" Nia asked, smiling like she knew what he was going to do, which she did. Fiyero book out a small box and knelt down on one knee in front of Elphaba. "Yero…" Elphaba gasped.
"Elphaba, I've loved you since the first moment I laid eyes on you, and I…"
"You did?" Glinda asked, shocked. A piece of pink duct tape over her mouth. Nia put a finger to her mouth to tell Glinda to be quiet so Elphaba and Fiyero could have their moment. Nia was video taping the whole thing.
"Yes, I did!" Fiyero said, glaring at Glinda. Glinda crossed her arms and slumped in her seat. "Anyway, Fae, you're beautiful, smart, loving, compassionate..." Dorothy snorted and fell through the trap door, again, "and the most wonderful person I know. Would you do me the honors of becoming my wife?" Fiyero finished the proposal. Everyone was silent, waiting for Elphaba to respond.
"Yes," she whispered.
"Okay, I understand if you don't want to rush things, but… wait, did you say yes?" Fiyero asked.
Elphaba nodded. "Yes!" she shouted. "Yes! Yes! Yes!" The crowd burst into applause as Elphaba and Fiyero shared a long, passionate, kiss. Nia tabbed her eyes with her free hand. "That was so beautiful!" She pushed a button on her desk and green and blue balloons fell from the sky.
"Congratulations?' Glinda asked, picking a balloon off of the floor. "Did you plan this, Nia?"
"Of course I did. Fiyero came to me in between episodes and said that he wanted to propose to Elphaba and asked me if I could make balloons fall from the sky. I like Fiyero and I like Elphaba, so of course I agreed," Nia defended herself, stopping the video and placing the camera back into her desk.
Fiyero slipped the diamond ring onto his fiancée's finger. When Elphaba held it up the ring, it sparkled in the sunlight.
"Can I come out now?" Dorothy called from the trap door. Nia sighed and Dorothy reappeared.
"I'm sorry for making this moment short lived, but this is my ninth Word document page and we have more reviews. Next, we have MyVisionIsDying, who says, Who had the best dare? *points to self* This guy! XD Moving on... Ahem. Glinda, how do you feel that I randomly ship you with Avaric? And a message to Morrible, Frex and Dorothy. Why don't you three go jump off a cliff? See ya, my virtual iPhone is calling me! :)
"Avaric? I thought that this was mucialverse. And in the musical, Avaric is the name of the person who drives Fiyero to Shiz!" Glinda exclaimed.
"Okay, so if you were in a book-verse story, would you want to be pared with Avaric or Boq?" Nia asked to clarify the question.
"Avaric!" Glinda said immediately. Boq stuck his tongue out at Glinda, but said nothing. "How come no one wants me to be happy?" Boq asked.
"It's not that!" Fiyero said.
"It kind of is," Nia said. She received strange looks from the Wicked characters and looked back down at her notes.
"Why don't people like us?" Morrible asked.
"Well, some people have a little bit of respect for Dorothy, which I can understand, watching The Wizard of Oz and all. Morrible, you were nice in the beginning, then you made that speech during Defying Gravity, and people lost all respect for you. Book Frex was actually decent to Elphaba. I don't remembering that Frex abused her in the book. But musical Frex, on the other hand, there are no words to describe how much I disapprove of your treatment of Elphaba. Why didn't you get her a going away present when she went to Shiz?" Nia said.
"Why would I want to get the sin a present?" Frex spat.
Nia growled. Even Elphaba looked a little scared. But, Nia composed herself quickly and went back to being her sassy, demanding, bubbly self.
"Okay, now we have the Wizard's song for Elphaba. Take it away!" Nia said, gesturing to the Wizard.
"Wonderful
They call her Wonderful
So she is wonderful
In fact - it's so much who she is
It's part of her name
And with her help, you can be the same!"
The audience roared with applause. Even Nia clapped. "That was wonderful! Alright, now, ten pages! We're done for now! Coming up next is the commercial break. Elphaba and Fiyero need to plan their wedding. Send in your questions and dares. Melena, Dr. Dillamond, and Chistery are staying to answer your questions. Frex is going!"
"What?" Frex exclaimed.
"Don't tell me you were getting confortable here?" Nia questioned him. Frex shook his head. "Good, you will be packing and leaving during the commercial break. As for everyone else, please enjoy the spa during the commercial break. Thank you and keep reviewing! In the mean time, while you wait, please feel free to read and review my other Wicked fanfictions." The audience cheered as Nia and the Wicked characters left the stage to go to their break.
Special thank you to Guest, EmeraldElphaba, Elphaba'sGirl, hopeforthefandoms, Mad-Idina-Fan98 and MyVisionIsDying. Virtual IPhones for all of you!
