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[imperfectly_green]

Great new chapter!!! Ooh, suspense...

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Bloody cliffhangers...I do love you guys, though

[DancingElphie]

Cliffes are what we do best though. We expect the fic shouldn't be terribly much longer though.

[I Will Be Popular]

NOOOOO!!! Please don't end it soon. Hoping for a new update keeps me going! But great new addition!

[DancingElphie]

But we can't keep it going on forever. We're sad about it too: This was our first fic. Don't worry though: we plan to still write, we just don't know what yet.
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[I Will Be Popular]

I know. Every good thing must have an end. This was your first fic?!? WOW! Great job!

[galindafiedgirl215]

okay guys, this might be our last chapter for a while. Or at least mine. You see I amleaving for Europe on the eleventh, and willcome back on the second. I shoudl be able to still check on the board and stuff, just i am not sure how much I will be talking to anyone like on MSN. I love you guys so much and will miss you to death! But without further adu', I give you our latest chapter!

GiGi
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Fae awoke with a start. Where was she?!? Her head ached furiously and her arms had purple bruises up and down. Then the memories slowly began coming back to her, giving her a sense of panic.

The guards. She had just been asleep in Blaise's arms when they had busted in. They had grabbed Ali and her by the hair and drug them out of the room. Blaise had tried to fight back, but it was to no avail. With one swift motion of a spear he was rendered unconscious. Fae and Ali had tried to get a spell out but as soon as they had tried, the darkness had closed in around them.
There were numerous members of the Gale force on patrol. Thirty members at least as far as she could see. 'The Darkness must really want us,' she thought to herself, half laughingly yet half scared. With this complication, would they be able to find their mothers? What if all the effort, Amirio's life even, had been a waste because they hadn't had someone simply stand guard? She closed her eyes on the thought before drifting out of consciousness again.

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Ali found herself tied to a cart, her wrists bound in pieces of fabric that seemed to come from the edge of Fae's dress. 'She's not going to like this,' Ali thought wryly to herself. She thought back to the events that seemed to have occurred several hours before, yet she knew it couldn’t have been too terribly long ago.

She had been sleeping soundly for the first time in months, mainly due to the utter exhaustion she felt. Then she heard the door being broken off it's hinges, and intruders wearing heavy boots running into the room. They quickly grabbed Fae and herself forcefully, and took them to the dingy hallway. Fae was quickly knocked unconscious, but Ali stayed awake to see Fae's arms severely beaten by the guards' feet. Her anger grew and grew, but they had quickly gagged her so no spells could be cast. Ali was also kicked, but it wasn't as severe as Fae's beating. They were then taken out to the dirt path in front of the hotel, the men rejoicing in their find, and the innkeeper, whatever her name was, giving the group a crooked smile, all the while jingling a bag of money she must have received for their capture. 'That witch,' Ali thought to herself, along with other murderous thoughts. They were then tied up in all manors possible, and put on various forms of transportation. She saw Fae put on a horse, but she hadn't seen Blaise since she was dragged out of the rented room.

Her mind raced with thoughts of escape, but none seemed viable until the whole group was assembled. 'If only I could cause a distraction so we could stop for a minute and I could meet up with Fae or Blaise...' she thought to herself as she was bumped along the rough path.

The hours passed slowly with no way to keep mark. The two girls rendered in and out of conscious, but even in their dreams their minds raced with escape plans. One thing was for certain: they had to leave, or die in the effort. Oz's fate was on their heads.

Finally as the sky began to darken even further than its usual cloudiness, the horse train stopped. The Gale members began to untie the food packs and tents. It became obvious to Ali that they were stay here for the night. Now she just had to find the other two.

This turned out to be not so difficult, for Fae was unceremoniously dropped into the cart like a side of meat, along with their dinner. Their gags were untied, but their arms and legs were left in the remnants of Fae’s skirt, which was beginning to itch in a very severe manner. ‘Why couldn’t she have worn her cotton or silk today, instead of this tulle?’ Ali thought to herself.

Ali hobbled over to Fae, trying desperately to wake her up. "Get up! Fae get up! We have to get out of here!" she said in a loud whisper. The blond’s eyes flickered open groggily she pulled herself off the floor. Her cousin was aghast at what she saw. Not only had they cut up Fae's dress, but the girls long blond curls were cut to a bob. Ali's anger began to bubble at the thought of what other torture they had surely put her pretty cousin through.

Fae read the look on her Ali's face in a minute. "They did it right after they hacked away at my dress," she said, a tear running down her cheek. "I'll be fine. Really. I was getting too proud of my tresses. We have to figure out a plan now though, or we'll. . . " the sentence was left unfinished as she began to sob.

"Fae, don't collapse on me now. We have to keep going. Now quiet down, before the guards hear you," Ali said as her head quickly darted from side to side to make sure the two weren't noticed. "We can do this. If I can come back together again after losing..." Ali said, her voice growing quieter at the end of her sentence. She didn't speak his name.

"We have to find out where we are going first," Fae said, desperately trying to avert her mind from the torture she had been through. "Once we discover that you, Blaise, and I can. . . wait a second. Where's Blaise?"

"I haven't seen him since I was taken out of the room," Ali said. "Surely you've spotted him, haven't you?" Ali said, slightly hopeful, but with worry creeping into her voice.

"No. I thought he was with you. Oh Blaise!" and the onslaught of tears continued pouring down into Ali's lap.

"Fae, not right now. I'm sure he's here somewhere. It's just a matter of finding him," Ali said in a matter of faculty voice, even though her mind was being driven wild with thoughts of losing another within days of each other.

"How do we know? How do we know anything right now?? The only thing we have for a fact is that we've been captured! We don't even have a clue how long we've been traveling!"

"I've been conscious the whole trip,” the dark headed girl lied. “ I'm sure he's fine. He was probably just at the end of the train. We haven't been traveling more than a day, that I do know. Blaise wouldn't go down without a fight, and he'll figure out something," Ali said, trying to remain optimistic, despite the difficulty.
Ali gently wiped the tears off her friends face. "Remember what Aunt Glinda told you? To be optimistic? You've got to do that for me now. I can't make a plan without you. We're a team, remember?"

Fae sat for a moment, looking up at the sky, thoughts running through her head at the speed of light. She knew that this isn't what her mother would want. She had promised Glinda before she left that she would stay strong, stay encouraging. "I'm in," she returned silently, and the two began to strategize.

"Good," Ali said with an encouraging smile creeping across her face. "First things first. We have to find Blaise. I think we should split up, or something."

"Wait a second. Why don't we take a listen to what the men at the fire are saying? They might hold the answers for us," Fae said quietly. She chanted a quick spell that made it sound as if the Gale force was right next to them speaking.

"We finally captured those brats!" a man shouted, with a clink of two metal things punctuating his sentence. The sound of a liquid sloshing around brought the picture of that drink into focus for Ali. "Winkie beer,' she quietly whispered, partially to herself. Her eyes had a mischievous look about them, and her brows lowered themselves. Her mouth went into a small smirk. '"Perfect."

"I heard that they we're the next most powerful people in all of Oz, but they hardly could put up a fight! Well, except that Blaise fellow, but we showed him, didn't we?" A laugh erupted through the entire camp while Fae stifled a scream.

"I have to find him, I have to find him!" she muttered over and over again, while Ali continued to listen to what the men had to say.

"Ya know, I hear they used the same method of torture on that Fiyero fellow himself. I guess it runs in the family!" and another drunken laugh was heard.

Ali's eyes widened. "No," she whispered to herself. yes, her father hadn't been at all hurt by their torture due to Elphaba's spell, but her father still didn't talk about what had happened on that day. Even now, his eyes would widened and an expression of terror would cross his burlap features when he was reminded of that day. She also worried for another reason: if they knew she was related to Fiyero, then they knew she was related to Elphaba. Ali was strongly worried that her father had been hurt as a result. But that couldn't distract her. She had to keep going.

Fae's eyes flashed in pure hate for those men. She couldn't control it. It rushed on her like a river, and suddenly she began muttering a spell. The wind began to pick up, the sky crackled with lightning.

"Fae, no, not right now. This could ruin our chances of finding anything more out! We have to find Blaise, but you can't do this now!" Ali said, trying to stop it before someone was hurt or they were noticed. If they were noticed again, the thoughts of the torture made Ali's body hurt.

It was too late. The ties on their arms and legs broke loose, and Fae stood up with wind swirling all around her. The guards came rushing over to their prisinors, realizing too late what was going on. Fae shot up into the sky, grabbing Ali with her. "Ki may jlie rta verw!" the camp site blew up in a burst of fire. The smoke rose high into the air, and the cries of agony from the Gale force could be heard from miles around.

None of this mattered to Fae. They would pay for every inch of pain they had cause her, Ali, Blaise, Amirio, Elphaba, Glinda, Fiyero. With another swipe of her hand the fire intensified. When she was sure no one had survived, she let the rain begin to fall down on the charred remains and gently dropped her and Ali to the ground. She crumpled up into a ball in the dirt, her energy spent.

Ali took in a sharp breath. "Fae... how could you? You just killed all those innocent people! How could you?" Ali screamed, her volume increasing with every word.

"How could I? How could I do that? BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T THEY WERE GOING TO KILL US AND ALL OF OZ! That's how! If we had let them continue to take us, they would have fed us to the stone or whatever this thing is we are fighting! Right now we have to pull it together and find Blaise! Are you with me or not?"

They stood there, soaked to the bone. They were at an invisible cross section. They could stay together and work this out as a team, or they could split up. Both of their anger was at its peak. No one moved, only the sound of the pouring sky and their heavy breathing could be heard. This was the showdown of the fates.

"I will not stay with some... some... PERSON who will not treat people with the respect they deserve!" Ali said, her anger kindling a fire in her emerald eyes.
"Then go! Blaise and I can fight this battle on our own! I'll find him myself!,“ she shouted angrily at the girl. “And another thing. If you think those people deserve respect, think about what they've done to our mothers!"

With that our team parted, not knowing whether or not they would see each other again, and not really caring. Anger consumed the both of them. Both too stubborn to admit their faults. And the rain continued to pour, not just for the spell that had been cast, but for the loss of Oz's greatest team

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*le gasp*

::is too surprised and intrigued to critique properly::

You all have astounded me again.

[defygravity13]

That.Chapter.Is.Freakin'.Amazing.You have outdone yourselves!

[I Will Be Popular]

*is speechless* WOW!!!

[~Wind Phoenix~]

Fae... killed all the guards? That was... surprising....



Good chapie!

[DancingElphie]

I'm back! OK, thanks for all the reviews! GG and I amazed ourselfes too: I was leaving in about an hour or two, and we said we'd finish the chapter when I got home (I've been to the lake with my family) but before she left. We started writing anyway. Before I left, we had that piece of work done. None of this was planned. It was totally random. We'd thought for a while of spliting the two, but that had been crossed out of the grand plan months ago. Then this happened. Things will get interesting, folks. *evil smirk*

[idina]

Oh my gosh! i'm new to this forum and just read the whole story today and it's amazing. you are truely two blessed and talented writers. i love this novel, if you want to call it a novel. you should try to get this published i mean when i found out Nerote was Boq i could have died! i congratulate you on your talent.

[idina]

I want to start a fanclub!!

[imperfectly_green]

*Shakes head* Did. not. see. that. coming. period. Wow.

*Regains composure* That was completely and totally unexpected. Fae killed all of the guards? Blaise was...tortured? Ali and Fae...If they were real I would scream at them for not realizing that the most important thing at this time is to stick together. And you make them seem so real that I would scream at the computer for lack of a better way to vent. Amazing action in that chapter.