Heavy Hearts and Forget Me Nots

Chapter 1: Memories

*Many years ago*

"Fabala! Come here!" 6 year old Nessa motions her sister to come into the garden.
"What is it, Nessa?" A 9 year old Elphaba walks over to her.
"Is this Mommy? She has the same last name as us." Nessa innocently asked.
Elphaba's expression changed from neutral to grief. It was her mother's grave.

Melena Thropp
May she Rest in Peace

"..Y-yes. It is."
"What was she like? I've never seen pictures of her around. Maybe you can tell me!" Elphaba looked down at her younger sister. She had some sort of an eagerness in her eyes.
"Well...She was very pretty. She was a loving, caring..." accepting she said in her head. "and pretty mom and I know she would've done the same to you, Nessa. Last thing I remember her doing is showing me is this garden and everything that's here."
"Wow. You're lucky, Fabala. How did she die?" Elphaba was instantly filled with dread, realizing what her father would do to her if she spilled to Nessa about how she died. So she said, "I really don't know. I feel like she died happy." Nessa's smile faltered as she looked behind Elphaba. "Nessa? What's-?" A strong hand gripped her shoulder. Her whole body tensed up as she knew who it was. She turned around and looked up to Frexpar Thropp, the Governor of Munchkinland and their father.
"Elphaba. What are you doing here?" Frex asked in a unusually calm voice.
"I-I was just telling Nessa about Mom..."
"Why did you show her?"
"I didn't! She called me over and she found it by herself."
"LIER!" He struck her face with his hand, and she fell to the ground. She choked out a sob and held her stinging cheek. He grabbed her by the collar of her dress. "You told her. Didn't you? How YOU were the reason why your mother died while giving birth to Nessa? Why she was born crippled? It's all because of YOU. You abomination!" Tears ran down Elphaba's face. "Now leave your precious sister and I to do our daily stroll around town."
"B-but Father-"
"Go! NOW!" He pushed her. "Filthy scum." Frex wheeled Nessa away. Nessa gave her a sympathetic look before she left. Elphaba crawled to her mother's grave and cried.
"Mama. Why did you leave so soon?"

*Present Day*

I'm so sorry, Nessa. I should've taken care of you more. I wish I never accepted the invitation to meet the Wizard. I would have been with you at your side always if the whole defying the wizard thing didn't happen. She flew to a nearby cliff overlooking Munchkinland. She watched the bubble that Glinda always travelled around on float gently to the ground and as soon as it landed it popped. The munchkins cheered and surrounded her. Elphaba noticed something strange. A certain Munchkin wasn't there to see and adore her as usual. Boq. Where's Boq? She thought. She tried to look for the familiar hat that he wore, then she remembered.

*Yesterday*

"Elphaba! Please do something!" Nessa sobbed at the sight of Boq's body on her wheelchair.
"I'll try, Nessa!" She tried to calm her down.
"Oooh! You always ruin everything! Every time there's a disaster, you are always somehow involved with it!" She screeched at her older sister. Elphaba couldn't take it anymore.
"Will you please hush Nessa? Can't you see I'm trying to fix this?" She opened the Grimmerie to a spell and started chanting, "Vivahlos Vivahlos Meno Non Cordo Meno Vivahlos Vivahlos Meno Non Cordo" Boq's skin began to turn into tin, along with this hair and clothes. Nessa whispered to herself,
"Save him. Please just save him. My poor Boq. My sweet. My brave him. Don't leave me til my sorry life has ceased."
Your sorry life? Please you got everything. Elphaba rolled her eyes as she continued to chant.
"Alone and loveless here. Just the girl in the mirror. Just her and me. The Wicked Witch of the East!" Tears streamed down Nessa's face. "...we deserve each other..."
She really does love Boq. Elphaba finished the spell and walked towards Nessa.
"Is he...?" Nessa quickly stumbled to her.
"He's fine."
"But his heart-"
"He won't need one now. I need to go."
"Elphaba. Don't leave me! I don't know what to do! Help me...Fabala please!" Something snapped inside of Elphaba.
"Nessa. I've been helping you, but the problem is that you don't thank me or acknowledge me for it! I've enchanted your shoes to make you finally walk and I've saved Boq for you. And the way you thank me is to yell and scream at me that I'm ruining everything as usual. Now if you will excuse me I need to go to the Emerald City and save the monkeys. What happened to them was my fault." Nessa's eyes widened.
"You are not going to save some monkeys over your own sister! And you're too late, Fiyero is engaged and there's no going back for him. So stay here and fix him!" Elphaba snapped at her, "I have done everything I can for you Nessa. It has never been enough for you and it never will be." She ran out of the room before Nessa could argue back.
"Elphaba! Wait! Fabala!" She heard creaking behind her as she ran away.
"AHHH! Boq! It wasn't me! It was Elphaba, Boq! It was Elphaba!" It was the last words she heard her sister say before she flew away from the mansion. Always blaming me for everything.

*end of flashback*

Elphaba watched as the Munchkin crowd dissipated and gone back to their houses. She saw Glinda show Dorothy and her dog the Yellow Brick Road. Elphaba scoffed as she knew the first thing Glinda would say is "Go to the Wizard. He would help you get back home." Good thing Elphaba knew the Wizard was a fraud. He'd probably give her a "magic" object that could transport her home. She noticed that Glinda didn't leave yet. Elphaba flew down to see Glinda placing down flowers for Nessa.
"Oh Nessa..."
"Glin..." The blonde jumped and turned to see her best friend.
"Elphie... I'm so sorry about what happened to Nessa...I-"
"It's okay. She had no control over the house."
"I know who did it. It was Morrible."
"Yeah. I kind of figured from the crazy twister that just suddenly appeared." Elphaba stared at her sister's legs.

It was Elphaba, Boq! It was Elphaba!

Help me...Fabala please!

Papa told me you were the reason why I'm like this and Mama died. Is it true?

Oooh! You ruin everything!

You told me things would be different here. You promised not to do that weird thing you call a quirk.

"Elphie?" Glinda placed a hand on her shoulder. Elphaba was jolted out of her thoughts. Tears threatened to spill out.
"I did everything I could to make her happy. I even saved Boq for her. It wasn't enough for her. And now she's dead. It was probably my fault that she's under the house dead."
"Elphie. It wasn't your fault. Morrible planned to lure you in and break you."
"But I wasn't there for her!" Tears streamed down her face as she rambled. "I was supposed to be right at her side. I should've stayed with her and helped her fix Boq. I wouldn't have came to the Emerald City, ruined your engagement party, and taken away Fiyero from you. Urgh! I always mess everything up!" Glinda grabbed Elphaba by the shoulders and shook her.
"Elphie! Calm down! You can't change what's happened now. It's over and done. To be honest with you, I've noticed Fiyero's been distant after you left us 2 years ago. He's been looking at the sky ever since I got back from the Emerald City. He was heartbroken when he saw that you weren't with me when I went back to Shiz. And then when you came, he became himself again. You made him happy. Behind closed doors, I tried to make him happy. I realized early on that he had his heart set on another. Don't blame yourself on what's already happened. Now I need to go before Morrible gets suspicious." They hugged and Glinda flew away in her bubble, back to the Emerald City, and Elphaba flew to Kiamo Ko.

A/N: OMG HI I'M ALIVE. Yes. It took like a couple months for me to write this but I finally finished this chapter! Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter or else I challenge you to a duel. Weehawken, Dawn, Guns Drawn. I have the honor to be your obedient servant!
A. Ham.