Title: The Other Side of the Rainbow

Rating: K+

Pairings: FiyeroxElphaba, GlindaxBoq

Summary: Sequel to In a Different Light. All has been peaceful in the land of Oz. Glinda and Boq and Elphaba and Fiyero have been married, and Dorothy has settled down on her own. However, when Dorothy gets word of her uncle's death, Elphaba and Glinda must accompany her back to Kansas so she can pay her last respects. When they are unexpectedly stuck there with no way home, they will find that the Ozians are not the only ones capable of believing propaganda.

OK so, by popular demand, this is a sequel to 'In a Different Light', my story about Dorothy's return to Oz. I had this idea, but I wasn't sure I was going to act on it because it's a little bit odd. Keep an open mind, as some of the events in this fic may seem a bit far fetched. Overall though, I hope it won't seem completely stupid. I realized that there were some loose ends left in Kansas, the biggest being the fact that Dorothy had left uncle Henry all on his own. This fic was my attempt to help Dorothy finish up anything that still had to be done in Kansas.

Anyways, without further adieu, here's the first chapter.

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Glinda the Good sat in her very large, very pink bedroom, still in her very pink pajamas and lost in thought. She lay sprawled out across the still unmade bed that she and Boq now shared. She knew Boq always felt uncomfortable in this bedroom, and so they were having another room furnished that would suit both of their tastes. Until that little project was finished, however; Boq was going to have to survive in his fluffy pink surroundings.

For the moment Glinda was alone, as Boq had gone downstairs about fifteen minutes ago. She'd told him she was still a bit tired and that she would catch up with him in a bit. She sighed contentedly and flipped herself over, burying her face in the soft pink blankets.

It had been a week since she had been married to Boq, coincidentally the last person on earth she would have ever thought she'd end up falling for, and she honestly could not remember a time when she'd been happier. The wedding had been small, but it had been perfect as well. She and Elphaba, who had still been engaged to Fiyero at the time, had decided to have a joint wedding. It might have seemed a bit odd, and they'd have to share their special days, but Glinda thought it would be completely romantic for both pairs of lovers to be wed on the same afternoon. Elphaba had agreed, and they'd set the date for about a month after Boq had proposed to Glinda.

They had wanted a small wedding, which may have seemed uncharacteristic of Glinda, and so there were not many people present at all. In fact, the only guests they'd had were Dorothy and Toto, the cowardly Lion (who had been quite confused and mildly terrified until everything had been explained to him), and the three Gale Force Captains, who Glinda had become good friends with after the whole ordeal last month had been over. They'd decided they would be married in one of the rooms in the palace, which would be furnished properly and made into a wedding chapel for the occasion.

The day had gone perfectly, and Glinda had even managed to convince Elphaba to wear a white wedding dress, which had happened to compliment her skin tone perfectly. The only problem had come up when Glinda had found Elphaba crying silently to herself in the corner of the spare room they were getting changed in. When Glinda had asked her about this, Elphaba had told her about how when she and Nessa were very young, they had promised each other that they would be each others maid of honor at their respective weddings. Over time Elphaba had resigned herself to the fact that she was probably not going to find someone to marry her anyway, but now that her wedding day had come it had brought back the old memory, as well as the pain of losing her sister.

Glinda had felt terrible upon hearing this story, as had Dorothy, who had wanderd into the room because she was acting as a bridesmaid for both weddings. However, Elphaba had told Glinda that, since Nessa wasn't here, she was glad that Glinda was to be her maid of honor instead. The whole set up was a bit odd really, Glinda and Elphaba would be each others maid of honor, and Fiyero and Boq would each act as the best man at the others wedding. All in all it was a rather strange ceremony, but they'd pulled it off and they wouldn't have had it any other way.

Dorothy had made a decision, and as a wedding gift she had offered Elphaba the ruby slippers, now knowing the full story behind them. She loved the shoes, but Elphaba obviously missed her sister, and Dorothy felt she should do something to help Elphaba preserve her sister's memory. Besides, the shoes really did rightfully belong to Elphaba in the first place. Elphaba had been moved to tears by the gesture, and the shoes had been put in a special display case, which she now kept in her bedroom.

Now the two couples were together almost all the time. Though Elphaba and Fiyero had moved to Munchkinland to become the governors there, they paid Glinda a visit almost every day. The Emerald City was really only a few minutes away by broomstick, and the Ozians were so used to the sight of Elphaba flying around on the old thing by now that it caused no commotion.

Dorothy also occasionally paid visits to the four of them, having grown quite close with all of them, including Elphaba. Never in her life would she have ever believed that she would become good friends with the Wicked Witch of the West, but now that she had she was extremely grateful she'd kept an open mind. She'd found Elphaba to be a very nice person once she'd gotten to know her. Sure Elphaba was a bit stubborn and sarcastic, but that was only part of what made her personality so interesting.

Granted, it had been strange for Elphaba at first too. She'd never had any friends other than Glinda, and she and Fiyero had been living alone for so long that she had really lost any social skills she had before possessed. It was strange that she could now say she had a best friend in Glinda, as well as two other good friends in Dorothy and Boq and a lover in Fiyero. It had taken her a while to stop feeling a bit awkward around Dorothy and Boq, but by now she felt almost completely comfortable in their presences. For the first time in her life she actually felt accepted and, though she had always tried to tell herself that she honestly didn't care what people thought, she knew that deep down it was what she'd always wanted.

Finally Glinda, still smiling from her pleasant early morning musings, rolled off of the bed. She squealed in alarm as she rolled too far and went over the side, taking two fluffy pillows with her. She landed on the floor with wide eyes before sitting up and shaking her head, giggling slightly. She stood and prepared to get dressed before she joined Boq downstairs.

Ambling over to her closet, Glinda rifled through the endless number of dressed before selecting a lavender colored one. She changed quickly and then moved over to her vanity, tripping over a pair of Boq's pants in the process. She had to admit, Boq was a slob. She found his things thrown everywhere, even though there was enough closet space in the palace to house half of Oz. She shook her head as she sat down in front of the mirror and applied her various cosmetics, she'd have to give that man a nice talking to.

After about a half an hour of work she finally stood and left the bedroom, walking down the long corridor that led to the dining hall. When she reached her destination it was to find Boq already sitting at the table, sipping a mug of steaming coffee and skimming the newspaper. She came up from behind his and wrapped her arms around his neck, which caused him to jump and nearly spill his coffee into his lap Boq was extremely skittish, which caused Glinda endless amusement. Boq rolled his eyes as he placed his mug back onto the table and gave his still giggling wife a kiss. She could be so childish sometimes, but he found that he loved her anyway.

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Elphaba and Fiyero began their morning a bit differently. Elphaba was the first to awaken, and she rolled over and smiled at Fiyero, who was snoring slightly from his place next to her. She sat up to lean back against the headboard, looking around the room. It was pretty large, but not nearly as flamboyant as Glinda's pink monstrosity. It was furnished in simple colors, the walls a dark shade of blue and the floors adorned in a peach carpet with olive green borders. The furniture was cherry wood, and old fashioned looking and consisted of a dresser, two amours, and a night stand on either side of their queen sized bed. On the end of the dresser a display case housed the ruby slippers that had once been her sisters, their bright red contrasting sharply against the other more practical colors of the room.

Fiyero stirred beside her, and Elphaba looked down at her husband as he awoke. He opened his eyes and yawned, giving Elphaba a sleepy smile as their eyes met. He propped himself up on his elbows and turned to her, "Sleep well?"

"Mmm hmm," she responded, smiling back at him.

Fiyero pushed himself up into a sitting position before giving Elphaba a quick kiss. Elphaba made a face at him and said playfully, "Why don't you brush your teeth first next time Romeo?"

Fiyero responded with a laugh and then rolled off of the bed quickly and darted into the bathroom before Elphaba could untangle herself from the bed sheets.

"No fair," she shouted, banging on the bathroom door once for emphasis, "You cheated!"

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After breakfast, Glinda and Boq retreated into the library to just talk and plan their day. It was a habit of theirs to use this room for conversation. For so many years they'd been having their monthly meetings and conversations in here, and so by now it just felt natural. It was private and comfortable and they could usually speak without being interrupted.

"Are Elphaba and Fiyero coming by again later?" Boq asked, taking a sip of his second mug of coffee, which he'd brought into the library with him.

"Most likely," said Glinda, "Elphie didn't say anything about not coming anyway."

Elphaba had also been giving Glinda further lessons in reading the Grimmerie, helping Glinda to understand what each unfamiliar symbol meant and how each vowel was pronounced. With Elphaba's tutoring, Glinda could already read some of the simpler spells on her own, and with Elphaba's assistance she could often get through some of the more difficult ones as well.

While the women were upstairs pouring over their spell book, Boq and Fiyero would just talk about 'guy stuff' as they put it. They would give no further information about what the hell this meant, and Glinda and Elphaba had long ago decided they really didn't want to know.

Sometimes the friends would also go into town, where Glinda would drag them into various shops or Elphaba would want to show them an exhibit at one museum or another. They also sometimes went to see a show or went to dinner. Occasionally Dorothy would join them on these little outings, feeling a bit out of place because she was so much younger than the other four. Regardless of this, Dorothy did consider the four her best friends in Oz, although she'd also made a few friends among the Animals in Roselburg that were her own age as well.

Glinda and Boq's privacy was interrupted a bit later as the door was thrown open and a very distressed looking Dorothy stumbled in. Her eyes were red and puffy and there were tears streaming down her cheeks. Glinda stood up, alarmed at the state the girl was in.

"Dorothy, what's wrong?" asked Boq worriedly, taking a place beside Glinda. Both were strangely reminiscent of the last time Dorothy had burst in on one of their meetings.

"My Uncle Henry is dead," she said, the end of her sentence lost in a hiccupped sob.

Ah yes, more angst for Dorothy. She should hate me by now; I'm giving her personal issues just to move my story lines along. Anyways, please leave a review and tell me what you thought of the first chapter. I hope the idea doesn't seem too far fetched.

Unfortunately, this fic isn't written yet like the other one was, and therefore it's going to take me longer to post the chapters. Please bear with me, as it may take me as long as a week to update.

Till next time S.P.