"Hey, everyone!" Nia smiled, waving to her audience. Everyone was wearing underwater gear.
"I can't believe we have to have the episode underwater," Elphaba muttered.
"This is actually kinda fun," Alli said, doing summersaults.
"Okay, we need to start. Our first review comes from NellytheActress, who –"
"I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY!" Elphaba screamed.
"I AM!" Nelly screamed back. "Nia, read my review!"
"Fine, fine! Nelly says, I can only imagine Elphie singing 'Screw Loose' LOL. Okay reminder this episode should be UNDERWATER, just in case you forgot. So now Fiyero and Derek can you two do a catfight? And I have some gifts- Elphaba, it's an honor for you to be getting this so *walks er... swims over to Elphaba* here's a pair of my favorite scissors, take care of them will you? Lindsay, Ali, Derek, here's a picture of my face and I can also autograph it if you want me to *pulls out a pen*. Okay that's all for now."
"You sang 'Screw Loose'?" Alli asked, smiling a little.
"Oh yeah! You missed it," Nia said, making a mental note to herself to show Alli the video later. "And we're underwater, as per your request."
"A catfight?" Derek asked, standing up.
"A catfight?" Fiyero repeated.
"Yup!" Nia said as she clapped her hands. Fiyero was wearing Glinda's bubble dress and Derek was wearing Elphaba's Act 2 dress.
Alli and Lindsay didn't even bother trying to hide their laughter.
"NO!" Derek shouted.
"Relax, Derek. It's not like everyone can see you," Nia said as a jumbo screen lowered, showing Derek and Fiyero off to the whole world.
"Nia," Fiyero whinned.
"Okay, this might be a little tricky because we're underwater, but we can still do this," Nia said as she swam over to the two men and gave Fiyero the wand and Derek the broom. "Now, fight!"
Fiyero tried to twirl the wand like a ninja, but the water made it hard. Derek threw the broom to the side and swam towards Fiyero.
"Okay, this isn't gonna work," Fiyero said. "Can we please take these dresses off now?"
"Fine," Nia said. She clapped her hands and the dresses and props were gone. "Now, Nelly has gifts that – NO, NELLY!"
"But –" Nelly said as she swam over to Nia.
"No!"
"Nia –"
"Do you want me to take your scissors away from you again?" Nia threatened.
"No," Nelly muttered.
"Alright then," Nia said.
Nelly nodded, but as soon as Nia turned her back, she quickly slipped the scissors into Elphaba's hands. "Take good care of them for me," Nelly said as she swam over to Lindsay, Alli and Derek.
"Um… I've never received a photo of a fan's… face, before," Lindsay said, giving Nelly a small smile.
"Well, allow me to be the first," Nelly said as she pulled out three photos of her face and signed them. "This is hard."
"Hey, you're the one who wanted this episode to be underwater," Nia said.
"Shut up!" Nelly hissed as she gave the Broadway stars the photos. She gave each of them a quick hug before swimming back to her seat.
"Okay, next we have Elphaba'sGirl, who says, Sooooo... How is everyone? Good? Good. Well, I'm fine, thanks for asking. Okay, um, Elphaba, may I hold Rainy? Please? Fiyero, if you had to have tattoos like in the book, what color would they be and what shape? (Not blue diamonds) All; rate yourself one to ten on how weird you are. Boq; what would you do if you inherited a pizza (just one pizza) from your uncle? Elphaba, I dare you to kiss Toto. I think Elphaba should give Dorothy a makeover. Frex, I want you to be dressed in a leprechaun suit now and shrunken down to six inches. Nessa, did you actually like Frex or did you just like the attention he gave you? Fiyero, if you were to have another child would you want a boy or a girl? Kay Tadios everyone!"
"Sure," Elphaba said as she lifted Rainy into her lap.
"Who's this?" Lindsay asked, smiling at the young toddler.
"This is Rainy," Nia smiled as Elphaba handed Rainy to Elphaba'sGirl. "She's Elphaba and Fiyero's daughter, because they're like, TOTS MARRIED!"
Everyone slowly turned their heads to look at Nia. "Sorry," Nia said, clearing her throat. "Major Fiyeraba fangirling."
"Fiyeraba?" Derek asked.
Nia nodded. "It's like Klendez, only with Elphaba and Fiyero, and more intense. Especially during –"
"Okay, Nia. I have more questions you know," Elphaba'sGirl said, still holding Rainy in her arms.
"Right, sorry. Fiyero, your turn," Nia said.
"Well, they would probably be green hearts," Fiyero smiled at Elphaba before kissing her.
"This is a perfect example of Fiyeraba," Nia said, looking at Derek.
"Well, I'd give myself a 2," Elphaba said.
"I'll be honest. 4," Glinda said.
"We have a lot to get through, so I'll just give the rest of you 25s and let's move on," Nia said, reading through her long list of reviews.
"Well, I would eat the pizza," Boq said.
Elphaba scrunched up her nose, but walked up to the farm girl. Licking her lips, she lifted Toto from Dorothy's lap and kissed him. Toto barked and started to lick Elphaba's face.
"Aww," Nia smiled. She clapped her hands and Frex shrank in his seat. His usual clothes were gone, replaced with a green leprechaun outfit.
"This is obscured!" Frex shouted, his voice sounding very high pitched.
"Well, Frex is my father," Nessa said, looking at her shrunken father.
Nia nodded, not feeling like going into the book vs. musical rant.
"I do love him. I don't love what he did to Elphaba, though."
"Good answer," Nia smiled.
"We're only having one child," Elphaba answered for Fiyero.
"But –"
"NO!"
"A boy would be nice," Fiyero whispered to Nia.
"Awesome! Next, we have woodland59, who says, Awesome! He he, Morrible and Frex and Wizard are blank flanks, blank flanks! Okay... Elphaba, teach Rainy the words Defying Gravity. Glinda, I dare you to turn into a little bitty fairy for the whole episode. Nessa, sing 'Wicked Witch of the East'. Fiyero, sing 'If I Only had a Brain'. Go on. I DARE you. Double-dog. Morrible take off all your makeup and wig so we can see what you REALLY look like. Oscar sing 'Wonderful'. And Elphaba, you have to dance with him. Dorothy, fall down a well. Survive, but fall."
"Okay, since we have a lot to cover, I'm going to have to skip over the singing for now," Nia announced sadly.
"What?" the audience yelled.
"But Glinda can become a fairy, Morrible can take off her wig and Dorothy can… yeah."
Glinda became a fairy and Nia handed Morrible some make-up remover. Morrible gulped before she began to remove her makeup. When she was finished, everyone looked at her. Her skin was tan and her hair was a limp white.
"Okay, you can put your makeup and wig back on," Nia said, handing Morrible her makeup and wig.
"Why?" Dorothy asked.
"Okay, we can skip that. But only because I'm getting lazy and tired," Nia said, skipping to the next reviewer. "Our next reviewer is I'mFlyingHighDefyingGravity. HI SYDNEY! She says, An AMAZING episode as usual, Nia! Good luck, Fiyero. You'll need it. ;) Thank you for my broom guys! Okay... Question time. For Lindsay, Alli and Derek: What would your career be if you weren't on Broadway? How does it feel being right next to your characters? I think it's super cool. Frex: what happened to give you such a bad attitude? Lighten up a little bit. At least pretend to be happy. I think you're depressing people. Morrible: you need an attitude adjustment too. But I think you're making people laugh. Well, by being forced to do what the reviewers dare you to anyway. Nia: right after writing this review, I'm going to vote for you on Glitter-Bunnii's profile! I love all your stories! And thank you so much for bringing Lindsay, Derek and Alli on the show! Love all of you! (In a non-creepy way) and I'm going to try bringing food each time I'm here. I brought brookies (brownies on the bottom, cookies on the top) for everyone. They're Animal safe, of course. And here's a dog biscuit for Toto. See you next episode!"
Sydney swam up onto the stage and sat in a chair next to Nia. "I'll just stay up here."
"Good, because you reviewed, like, three times!" Nia said, giving her friend a look.
"What?" Sydney asked innocently.
"Nothing. First question is for Lindsay, Alli and Derek."
"Well, I would be a professional soccer player," Alli said.
"Um… probably a…" Derek said, running his hand through his hair. "I don't know."
"I don't know, either," Lindsay said.
Nia sighed, but continued.
"It's nice to finally meet our characters," Lindsay said, smiling at Elphaba.
Elphaba smiled and blushed. "Thanks. It's nice to meet you, too."
"And Frex isn't depressing anymore," Glinda said, smiling at six inch tall Frex. She swam over to Sydney and did circles around her head. "This is so much fun!"
"I might be able to do something about the attitude adjustment," Nia said, making a note in her notebook.
"YAY! Sydney brought food!" Nessa smiled as Sydney brought out her snack. "Thanks!"
"Anytime," Sydney said as she passed them out to everyone. Nia waited until she wasn't looking to sneak three treats into her pocket. Toto barked and wagged his tail as Sydney gave him the dog biscuit.
"Next, we have Elphabalover101, who says, Hello Elphaba! I hope you're liking your Wii, Xbox and Play Station! Weather it was I who sent the package or not, I will not say! And I challenge you to a Mario Kart match! Whoever loses has to jump into the lake! Lol"
Nia scowled. "It was YOU who sent it, wasn't it?"
"I'm not saying anything without my lawyer!" Elphabalover101 called from the audience.
"Fair enough," Sydney said. Nia shot her a look before turning back to the review.
"Um… sure," Elphaba smiled, accepting the challenge."
"We can do that in between episodes," Nia announced. "Now we have MyVisionIsDying, who says, This question is totally relevant to the Disney princesses one! Guys, if you had to be a Disney villain who would you be? And I totally call that Morrible has to be Ursula from The Little Mermaid, they're practically twins! Ha! And Boq, aww bless, some could even say that you could pass off for a girl. *Writes on a clipboard* You're now the second person to enter the annual Oz Beauty Pageant, the first being Fiyero! *Bursts into a fit of cackles*"
"I agree!" Sydney smiled.
"Do we have to do this?" Nia asked, yawning.
"You can't seriously be tired already!" Frex said, pouting in his chair.
"Don't start with me!" Nia warned.
"Fine!" Frex shouted.
"You really want to skip it?" Sydney asked.
"No, but 23 people, including you and your multiple reviews, reviewed and I want to get to all of them in one episode. Yup, this is going to be long."
"Okay," Sydney said.
"A beauty pageant?" Fiyero gasped.
"I think it's cute," Glinda smiled, flying back to her seat.
"Very cute! Next, we have… you have got to be kidding me!" Nia sighed, leaning back in her chair.
"I'll just read this one," Sydney said, taking the paper from Nia. "It's from me, after all. I said, Hi! It's I'mFlyingHighDefyingGravity! I thought up a new question just now, and it wouldn't let me review this chapter a second time. Anyway... My question: Derek: how comfortable IS Lindsay's couch? Dares: I dare Elphaba to sing with Lindsay (Defying Gravity), Glinda with Alli (Popular), and since we've tortured Fiyero with singing Popular, I dare him to sing Dancing Through Life with Derek. Bye! :) sorry for all the singing. ;)"
"Um…" Derek said, his face turning a bright shade of red. "Do I have to answer that?"
"Yes," Nia nodded.
"Or we'll make you crack your voice on national television," Sydney said, keeping a straight face.
"It's comfortable," Derek said, not wanting to have his voice crack.
"HOW comfortable?" the girls asked.
"Very comfortable," Derek muttered, shyly looking up at the two teenagers.
Sydney and Nia giggled before quickly composing themselves. "Alright, time for the singing! Lindsay and Elphaba are up first."
"Why do we have to go first?" Elphaba asked.
"Because we said so," the girls said in unison. Sydney ran to Lindsay and grabbed her hands, pulling her to her feet. Nia did the same with Elphaba and soon, the two woman were belting their lungs out.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" they riffed, finishing the song.
"Alli and Glinda, you're next," Nia said as she applauded for Lindsay and Elphaba.
The song was very good. Alli and Glinda got into a big 'Toss, toss' fight/competition and Nia and Sydney had to intervene.
"Okay!" Nia said. "Fiyero and Derek, dance us outta here!"
As soon as Nia and Sydney thought they were done in terms of fights, Derek and Fiyero got into a pants-off.
"Really?" Sydney face palmed. "We're gonna have to break up another catfight?"
"Let them be. They'll be done in T-minus three… two… one…" Fiyero and Derek collapsed into their chairs, exhausted from dancing.
"Nia, who's next?" Sydney asked, looking over at her friend. When she looked over, Nia was fast asleep in her chair. "Looks like I'm hosting until Nia wakes up! YES! Okay, so, here we have Peter1312, who says, *levitates out of the crowd and summons him self a chair* Well, well this just keeps getting more and more interesting as time ticks on *pulls out a pocket watch and opens it looking at the time* now on to things. Questions: Dorothy I love you and all but how do you not know what it means to have a pet put down? Elphaba aside from Chistery would you rather have any other pets/servants? Okay, bring on the tickle torture for Dorothy. Dares: Morrible, I dare you to go back to prison you don't seem to be much use besides the fact that you are extremely insulting. Glinda, I dare you to wear one of Morrible's outfits. Fiyero, I dare you to try and cook a gourmet dinner. Frex... um ill think of something later. Gifts: I gift Morrible a ton of bricks to be dropped on her. Elphaba, I gift you a year supply of baby supplies for rainy. Fiyero, here's a cookbook. Glinda nothing for you this time sorry."
"How does Nia do this?" Sydney asked, starring at the paper. "And Dorothy, you don't know what it means?"
"Um…" Dorothy muttered.
"It means to humanely kill them out of pity."
Dorothy gasped and clutched Toto against her chest.
"That went well," Elphaba muttered.
Nia stirred and adjusted her position in her chair, but remained asleep.
"Probably not. I don't like to think of Chistery as a pet or a servant. He's more of a companion," Elphaba smiled, scratching Chistery behind his ear.
"NOT THE TICKLE TOUTURE!" Dorothy screamed.
"SHH!" Lindsay and Sydney hissed, placing their pointer fingers over their lips and looking over at Nia, who was still asleep. "Nia's sleeping."
"Does that mean no tickling?" Dorothy asked hopefully.
"Sadly," Sydney muttered.
Dorothy smiled.
"I think Nia still needs Morrible for questions," Sydney said, reading through Nia's other reviews.
"NO! I can't wear any of Morrible's… outfits," Glinda said as she was transformed back into a human and changed clothes. She was wearing the green dress Morrible wore in 'Defying Gravity'.
"Here's that cookbook," Sydney said as she cookbook dropped from the ceiling and landed in Fiyero's lap. "Don't burn anything. Nia would not be happy if I let you burn down her studio. "I'll just give out the rest of the gifts now." She gave Elphaba the baby supplies and placed the bricks in Morrible's lap. "Next, we have Broadwaylover56. Hi! Broadwaylover56 says, Hi guys. Love the story! Lindsay, Derek, Ali, got any advice? I'm auditioning for my school musical Guys and Dolls and I really want to get casted so badly. So you got any tips to prepare? Dorothy, thanks for your help. Morrible, Frex cause since you guys both disagreed to go on a date, I want to giant pianos to crush you guys instead. Rainy, you're so cute, can I please give you a hug? and what do you like better Cinderella or Elsa? Fiyero I dare you to sing empty chairs at empty tables from Les Mis (my all time favorite musical ever!)"
"Um… just try your best and don't panic," Lindsay smiled.
"And be nice to everyone," Alli added.
"And show up on time for rehearsals," Derek said.
"Um…" Sydney said, looking backstage. "I don't think Nia has any pianos backstage. Sorry."
"Sure," Elphaba smiled. Broadwaylover56 ran up onstage and quickly gave the toddler a hug and ran back to her seat.
"Elsa!" Rainy giggled.
"Sorry, I think Nia wants to finish up, so we can't do any singing," Sydney said, flipping to the next review. "Next, we welcome spiritwarrior27. Welcome! They said, Hi! This is spiritwarrior27 here, and I have a couple questions/comments for the OZcrew. First off, I don't hate Dorothy, because she was just a victim of the LIES Morrible spread! The wizard is somewhere in between, but Morrible is DEFINITELY on the hit man list (sorry, but I have good reason!). Nessa; Did you ever get to at least SEE your sister as a child? If so, were you lonely? Elphie; What were you feeling when you defied the wizard? (BTW, I TOTALLY got chills when I saw Mendez' s song chills!) Somehow, you share a lot of personality traits with Elsa the snow queen. What do you say to that? I also challenge one of the cast members to move an Oreo from their eye to their mouth without using anything except their face muscles! (I've seen it done, trust me. Keep calm &defy gravity!) ;)"
"Well, Elphaba did take care of me when we were children," Nessa answered, smiling at her sister. "But I always longed for a friend."
"I was scared. Really, really scared. When the guards came, I thought that it was all over, but then the broom levitated and I flew away," Elphaba said. "And I do see the similarities. And not just because of Idina Menzel."
"Fiyero, do the dare," Sydney said, handing Fiyero an Oreo.
Fiyero, not in the mood for arguing, did the dare and succeeded, proceeding to eat the Oreo.
"Yeah, Fiyero!" Sydney said, giving Fiyero a round of applause. "Oh, wait. There's more. Just for the records, Elphaba and the wicked witch of the west are two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PEOPLE to me. Just sayin."
"Thanks," Elphaba blushed.
"Wait! There's still more! Oh Oz! Hey I sang Al d'varim too! In my school chorus! Wasn't Alli Mauzey (Glinda) in screw loose? I also give Ali a pink pillow to scream in and Lindsay a crystal ball ring."
"It's a very popular song. Yes, she was, and thank you," Sydney said, giving Alli and Lindsay their gifts.
"Thank you!" Alli and Lindsay smiled, admiring their presents.
"Now we have a quick note from , who says, No way, woodland59! My fav Pokémon is meloetta too how bout that?"
"COOL!" woodland59 shouted from the audience.
"Now we have Neverland8. Welcome to the show! Their review is, LOL this is hilarious! Make sure Rainy doesn't grow up too fast! Also, Frozen is my favorite movie ever (because Wicked's not a movie yet)! So... would you rather control the element of earth, fire, air or water? That's for everyone, BTW."
"Water," Elphaba said.
"Earth," Nessa smiled.
"Air," Glinda said.
"Fire," Fiyero said.
Sydney tuned out and smiled when everyone was done. "Well, I would be the Avatar! And you'll all have to deal with it! Next, we have Chanty420. Welcome to the show! They said, Hi, I'm new to the Wicked fandom:) I hope you update soon. And hmm... Questions: Glinda, I really, really like you as a character:) I love pink, too. What's your favorite Disney movie? Elphaba: Hi! I'm also a fan of yours. If Fiyero didn't exist, do you think that you would've fallen in love with someone else? Dorothy: though I'm disappointed in what you did in Wicked, I don't hate you:) You're actually a decent character for me:) That's all!"
"Welcome to the Wicked fandom!" Sydney smiled.
"I like Cinderella. Especially her dress," Glinda smiled.
"Um…" Elphaba whispered, looking at her husband. "I don't know. I can't imagine my life without Fiyero."
"And I can't imagine my life without the Fiyeraba that come with it," Sydney added.
"Thanks," Dorothy smiled.
"Now, we have Elphaba Thropp of Fiyero, who says, OMO! *Faints and wakes up a minute later* opps sorry where I was?.. Oh right! This is so ozmasifying! Lindsay, Alli and Derek are here and I'm a mermaid *starts fangirling* well here the questions! Lindsay, Alli and Derek: do you think your characters are similar to you? And can you sign my broom? Please? Fiyero: can we dance through life? *She says with a big smile* Gift! For everyone (except Morrible and Frex) I made a cake with everyone here *points to the figures of the cake* and they are removable so you can eat yourselves and the have a little present inside but you have to eat it to know what it is, and yes is fine for animal, and before I forget it the cake is magical so when you eat it, it tastes like whatever you want and I made it myself *she says with a big smile on her face proud of herself* And for Morrible and Frex I have a little candy cause I'm not such a bad person *she gives them a chocolate bar of medium size* Nia: you have to also sign my broom and do you want to sing with me for good? I want to sing it with my best friend :3 Love ya all! (Morrible and Frex suck!) Tata for now!"
"Um… I don't think I'm as… dark as Elphaba," Lindsay said. Elphaba shot her a look, but remained silent.
"No, it's 'Toss, toss ahahahahaha STOP IT!" Alli said, tossing her brown hair over her shoulder.
Glinda shook her head. "You're wrong."
"They're similar," Derek said.
"And I think we're alike," Fiyero said, giving Derek a high five.
"Um… I don't really dance through life anymore," Fiyero said sheepishly.
"AWW," Sydney whined.
"Ooh, cake!" Alli smiled, swimming up to the cake and grabbing the little Alli figurine.
Frex and Morrible made a move for the cake, but Sydney stopped them. "Uh, uh, uh. Not for you!"
They swam back. If this girl was anything like Nia, they were sure that if they angered her, they would never see the light of day again.
"But you do get candy," Sydney said, handing Frex and Morrible the chocolate. "And Nia's still sleeping right now, but I'll have her sign your broom and sing with you when she wakes up. Next, we have… ME! Again! I'm so awesome! Anyway, my third, and final, review says, Ok Nia, I've probably reviewed this chapter like 3 times, but I just realized, I NEED to do something REALLY BADLY. Here goes. Hey, Lindsay and Alli! *Hugs them* Don't you recognize me? Thanks for hiring Nia and I as your interns. Were having a great time working for you! *Snaps fingers and mine and Nia's crew t-shirts appear* hey, Fiyero and Elphaba! *Hugs them* You remember me, too, right? If you don't, I'll be sad. Glinda, you'll know me soon enough. *Eyes land on Derek* DEREK! *Runs and hugs him and starts sobbing* wait. You're not brainwashed, right? *Sees his eyes aren't red* okay good. Singing "Come Back" and "Pretty Funny" was so emotional. I can't. You locked us up and... I know you're not evil. I know you're not. But you made all of us so sad! FREX! WIZARD! YOU TWO! HOW DARE YOU! YOU LEAVE DEREK ALONE AND DE-BRAINWASH HIM RIGHT NOW! Haha what am I saying? Nia and I control you. Haha. That's all. And sorry for reviewing 3 times. I just remember things I didn't include. Whoops. Bye!"
"What are you talking about?" Lindsay asked, wrinkling her forehead in confusion.
Sydney chuckled. "Nia and I are co-writing a story where you and Alli hire us as your interns for the summer. It's called 'Lindsay's Little Helpers'. Everyone, GO READ IT!
"And I'm brainwashed?" Derek asked.
"You're just gonna have to read it," Sydney said.
"Why would we –" the Wizard asked.
Sydney cut him off. "Because that's how the story goes. Just remember, Nia and I control the story, so keep. Us. Happy!"
"Got it!" everyone nodded.
"Good!" Sydney smiled. "Now, we have WickedBrony, who says, Sooo, have you guys read the Wonderful Witch of the West yet? You got crushed, Horrible Morrible! *Sticks tongue out and runs.*"
"Nia has," Sydney said.
"What's it about?" Dorothy asked.
"Well, when you land in Oz, instead of crushing Nessa, you crush Morrible."
"What?" Morrible sputtered, spitting out the water she was drinking.
"Ew," Sydney whispered, shuddering. "Okay, I think that's it for –"
"Sydney?" Nia asked, slowly opening her eyes. "W-What happened? Did I fall asleep?"
"Yes. Yes, you did. And I hosted the rest of the episode," Sydney said proudly.
"YOU DID WHAT?" Nia shouted, now fully awake.
"I think I did a pretty good job, too," Sydney said.
"What did you do?" Nia asked.
"She just read us the reviews and we answered them," Elphaba smiled, lifting Rainy into her lap.
"O-Okay. So, are we done?" Nia asked.
"Yup. And you're welcome," Sydney said, still waiting for her 'thank you'.
"Thank you for hosting the rest of the episode, Sydney," Nia smiled, hugging her friend.
"Anytime. Well, that all for now everyone. Until next time, this has been your Queens of Referencing, Sydney and Nia. Aloha!"
"Doesn't that mean 'Hello'?" Melena asked.
"It's also means 'Goodbye'," Nia clarified.
"Oh."
Special thanks to NellytheActress, Elphaba'sGirl, woodland59, I'mFlyingHighDefyingGravity, Elphabalover101, MyVisionIsDying, Peter1312, Broadwaylover56, spiritwarrior27, spiritwarrior27, , Neverland8, Chanty420, Elphaba Thropp of Fiyero and WickedBrony