Chapter 12

"Let's make this interesting shall we?" Morrible said, as she pounded the floor with her fists and in turn three huge snakes started to come up from the floor. They gave Elphaba a hiss before making their way towards her. The snakes made many strikes at her, but Elphaba was too fast and was able to dodge their attempts.

With no weapons to kill them with Elphaba had to think of another option, for she knew there was no way she could evade their strikes forever. Elphaba scanned the room and her eyes lit up with an idea when she saw some curtains. With a great leap she bypassed the snakes and ripped the cloth from the window. She the gave a quick look to Glinda to see the ghost color had now reached her waist before trapping the snakes under the curtain. Elphaba then grabbed a candle that was burning on a table and threw it onto the curtain. Within seconds the material caught on fire and consumed it, in turning, killing the three giant snakes.

"So we like fire do we?" Morrible growled, as she shot her hands over her head. "Well you know what they say...if you can't take the heat stay out of the kitchen!" The old advisor shot out a bright yellow light at Elphaba. The light was extremely hot and burned her once it touched her skin. Elphaba gave a cry of pain before leaping behind a table to get away from it. Morrible just moved the light until it was on the table and the table soon got so hot that it caught on fire. In no time at all the burning yellow light was on the green girl again.

Elphaba gave a scream of immense pain before moving as fast as she could behind a large chair. Knowing the chair would soon be destroyed by that light Elphaba looked around for anything she could use to fight back with. Her brown eyes soon fell upon a glass plate not too far off. After judging the distance she took off running and with a quick tuck and roll grabbed the plate and held it up to her face. Morrible shined the burning light at her but the light hit the plate and bounced back and hit the Madam Morrible.

After cursing under her breath Morrible glared at Elphaba. "No more of this child's play. You will die! STLOB! EID! EID, WON!" Morrible screamed, as electric bolt after electric bolt came flying toward the green girl. Elphaba was quite quick on her feet so she leaped out of the way and took shelter behind a giant bookshelf.

"How in the hell am I suppose to beat her? She has too much power." Elphaba whispered, to herself, as she looked back over to Glinda to see the ghost color had reached up to her neck. Suddenly a huge bolt stuck the bookshelf and caused some of the books to fall down next to Elphaba. One book in particular caught her eye. She picked it up, blew off the dust, and read the front. "Confessions of the Wizard of Oz?" Elphaba spoke out loud.

The Wizard of Oz was a great legend and every Ozian knew the story. Many years ago there was this Wizard who lived in Oz, and this Wizard of Oz was a the most powerful being in all the world and he use to live in the very palace that the royal Upland family lived in.

Elphaba picked up the book to see it wasn't a book at all. It was a hand written journal kept by the great Wizard of Oz himself. But as Elphaba read the last page she soon found out that the Wizard went into detail how he really had no powers at all. And he only got the job as the Wizard of Oz because he was at the right place at the right time. Just then an idea came to Elphaba as she placed the journal away.

"Do you surrender?" Morrible shouted, her eyes blazing with an unquenchable hate.

"Never!" Elphaba spat. "You are nothing! The genie gave you everything. That is the only reason why you are so powerful. Under all these spells you have nothing. You will never be like...like...the Wizard of Oz!"

Morrible's eyes widen at the mention of the Wizard of Oz.

"The Wizard of Oz was born with all his powers and his strength. He had more power in one of his fingers than you have in your entire body!" Elphaba lied.

"I'm nothing, huh?" Madam Morrible growled, as her eyes seemed to glow deep crimson in the light. "I'll fix that! Genie, for my final wish...I wish I was as powerful as the once great and terrible Wizard of Oz!"

Ellen gave a sigh as she answered, "As you wish," With that she closed her eyes as she zapped Morrible with a orange light. The old advisor began to rise into the air as a sickly orange glow consumed her. With in seconds she her feet were back the floor as she gave a insane laugh.

"Now you get yours Elphaba!" Morrible yelled, as she pushed her hands out to summon a unspeakable spell, but she was met with nothing. Nothing at all. "What?" She questioned, as Morrible pushed out her hands again. But nothing happened. "YLFKCAB!" Morrible tired, but that spell didn't work either. "I don't understand. I should be all powerful! I wished to be as powerful as the Wizard of Oz!"

"And that's what you got." Elphaba replied, as came out from behind the bookshelf, and threw the Wizard's journal to Madam Morrible so she could see for herself. "The great Wizard of Oz had no real powers at all. He was fake. He confesses it all in his journal."

"So you...you tricked me?" Morrible asked.

"That I did," Elphaba answered, as she tipped her pointed black hat to the old advisor.

"Elphie?" A small voice came out.

Elphaba looked and to her relief saw Glinda was awake. With Morrible powerless all of her spells no longer worked.

"Glinda." Elphaba breathed in happiness.

Taking advantage of this distraction Morrible removed a dagger from her pocket and charged Elphaba to stab her.

"Elphie, look out!" Glinda shouted, hoping that her warning wasn't too late.

Elphaba whipped around to face Morrible and she shot her hand out to try to stop the blow, but there was a definite sound of the dagger stabbing flesh. Any doubters would be quickly silenced for blood was pouring down onto the floor. Elphaba pulled back slightly to see Morrible had a small smirk upon her face. The blood seemed to increase by the second out from the wound. Elphaba then took a step back. Her green hands were covered in blood.

This blood however wasn't hers. Madam Morrible's smirk quickly vanished as she looked down to see her dagger blade was buried in her gut. Elphaba had grabbed Madam Morrible's hand at the last second and twisted it around so when their bodies met it was Morrible who got stabbed not her. The old advisor's eyes went hazy before she her body fell to the floor lifeless.

Once knowing Madam Morrible was truly dead Elphaba wiped the blood from her hands. Not a second more after she had done this she felt a small body pressing up against her own giving her mighty hug.

"Elphie, oh, my Elphie you're okay." Glinda replied, as she clung to the green girl as if to never let her go.

After a moment or two they pulled away somewhat and Elphaba replied by kissing Glinda deeply. Once the kiss ended Elphaba stroked the Princess' golden locks before answering, "Morrible is dead. This ordeal is over."

...X...

"Well, Elphaba, I think I can speak for everyone by saying, thank you for saving Oz." King Galal said, as he shook her hand firmly, as Nessarose and Chistery watched. Their faces beaming in great joy.

"Yes, and if there is anything you want just tell us and you will receive it." Queen Melinda added, her voice genuine.

"There is something I want." Elphaba said, as she took Glinda's hand into her own. "I want you daughter's hand in marriage but only if she wants me."

"There is no one in Oz that I want more than you." Glinda replied, as she squeezed the green girl's hand and pulled herself into green arms before looking to her parents.

"Elphaba, you have proved yourself worthy beyond a shadow of a doubt to have my daughter's hand, but there is an old Upland tradition that must be done if you want Glinda's hand." King Galal said, as his eyes narrowed in thought. "If you wish to marry my daughter you need to give her a ring. A ring of fine gems or stones."

Elphaba's face fell slightly at the hearing of this. She was a poor girl. She had nothing of value much less a ring to give her Princess. The green girl pulled down her hat as she thought. Then an idea came to her as her gaze fell on the purple genie. Elphaba then made her way over to her as a hidden grin laid upon her Emerald lips.

"Ellen, I know what I want my third wish to be." Elphaba said, as she leaned in close and whispered her wish into Ellen's ear.

"You got it green bean." Ellen answered, as she did five jumping jacks and punched the air to warm herself up before zapping her hand. In turn various amount of sparks shot out making a interesting light show. After a few moments the flickering lights stopped and Ellen held a small object in her hand. She blew on it and wiped it on her silver outfit before handing it over to the green girl. Elphaba tipped her hat to Ellen in a sign of thanks before holding out the object, which was a ring, to Glinda. The band of the ring was silver and it had three stones.

"Here is my ring to you Princess Glinda. As you can see there are three stones on it. The one on the far left is an emerald. It represents myself. The one on the far right is a pink diamond. It represents you and the stone in the middle is called unakite. It is a pink and green stone. It represents us coming one. I thought this unakite stone would be fitting at the center stone." Elphaba said, as she gently placed it on Glinda's finger.

"Oh, Elphie, it's beautiful." Glinda whispered, as she held her chest, as she felt a swoon coming on. She then held up the ring so her parents could it.

"You really don't mind that I'm not a Prince?" Elphaba asked suddenly. Her throat immediately became dry once the question was asked. Queen Melinda was quick to lay a hand on the green girl's shoulder.

"Elphaba, you have proven to us just because someone is a prince doesn't make them prefect or even a good person for that matter." The Queen said. "It's not the title of someone that earns them respect and glory. It's who they are inside. It's their true colors that defines them. A title means nothing if they cruel and cold-hearted."

"True, so if Glinda sees you, a green woman, as worthy than by the Unnamed God you are worthy." King Galal said, as he gave a nod to his daughter.

"Oh, she is worthy." Glinda replied, as she wrapped her arms around Elphaba tightly and the green woman twirled her around for a few moments. "My Elphie is beyond worthy."

"Well that does it then. Come my dear, Melinda," King Galal said, with a grin, as he went to walk away with Queen Melinda not too far behind.

"Popsical...Momise, where are you two going?" Glinda asked.

"We need to talk to Crope and Tibbett. They need to start designing a wedding dress for you immediately." King Galal replied, as he left quickly with Queen Melinda.

Elphaba then pulled Glinda into her arms once again and was going to plant a kiss on the Princess' lips when Ellen zapped next to them.

"Well it's great to know you green bean and I'm happy things worked out for you." Ellen as she made a tissue appear so she could wipe a tear from her eye.

"Same here, but where will you go now?" Elphaba answered.

"Well if you don't mind I was wondering if you could take me back to where you found me. Robin must be worried sick." Ellen replied, as she handed Elphaba her lamp.

"Who's Robin?" Elphaba asked.

"Robin is a panther. You know... giant black cat. She had big claws and big teeth. You probably saw her when you were trying to get my lamp from around her neck." Ellen answered.

"Oh yes, how could I forget." Elphaba replied. "But course we'll drop you off back to Robin. We can go now."

...X...

With the help from her magic broom Elphaba and Glinda got to the cave of Robin in record time.

"Thanks again for the lift." Ellen replied, as she saluted them both. "Good luck with everything green bean."

"Thanks." Elphaba answered, as Ellen zapped herself into her lamp before Elphaba dropped the lamp down into the darkness.

...X...

One month had passed and Elphaba, Nessarose, and Chistery had found a new home in the palace. Elphaba's and Glinda's wedding had taken a place a few weeks ago and all Oz was still a buzz about the new couple. Well it wasn't that surprising, for Elphaba and Glinda were going to rule Oz one day.

Elphaba could care less about ruling Oz. That didn't make her extremely happy. It was sitting around the dinner table with Nessa, Chistery, Glinda, and her parents. This is what made her truly overjoyed for now she had a whole new family. Of course holding Glinda in her arms at night was a big plus too.

...X...

"How long have you been awake?" Glinda asked with a yawn one morning.

"Not too long. I just love watching you sleep. You're so peaceful and so beautiful when you're off in dream land." Elphaba replied, as she kissed the blonde's head. "You always have this little smile on your face."

"Maybe because I'm dreaming about you." Glinda answered, as she pulled one of the green woman's arms around her more tightly.

"Or maybe you were dreaming about clothes shopping or shoe shopping." Elphaba suggested in a teasing manner.

"No, I wasn't dreaming about that." Glinda replied, with a small moan, as she felt her green love stroke her bare arms and shoulders with feather like movements.

"Okay, maybe you were dreaming about makeup or pink outlandish dresses." Elphaba said, as she nuzzled Glinda's neck.

"No-o." Glinda whispered, as she clung to Elphaba almost desperately as the green woman's caressing increased.

"Okay, then you had to be dreaming about a huge social gathering of some kind like a ball or something of that nature," Elphaba replied.

"No, my Elphie, I was dreaming about you." Glinda answered, as she stroked a green cheek before adding, "Now enough with this talking. Put those lips to better use and kiss me." Elphaba just grinned as she leaned down and kissed Glinda, her princess, with a fiery passion.

'Love,' Elphaba thought to herself as their kiss grew in strength. 'It's mysterious...it's wonderful...it's beautiful...it's amazing...it's...it's... well I guess another way to describe it is... it's truly a different kind of magic.'

The End

A/N: Well that's it. Oh yes, and there really is a green and pink stone called unakite. But I like to call it the Gelphie stone. Thank you to all who read this story.