The OG

Glinda cringed to herself as she realized how much homework she really had left to do before tomorrow's first class. With a reluctant but resigned sigh, the little blond picked up her first textbook, but before she even got to open it, a green face appeared in her doorway.

"Thank Oz!" Glinda sighed as that green face stepped into the room and over to one of the two beds inside. "Elphie?" the blond asked the green girl. "Can you help me with my homework?"

"What? No!" Elphaba replied at once. "We've talked about this before! Don't you remember?"

"Of course I do! But it's just that you're so smart, and-" before Glinda could continue her attempt at complimenting her roommate into doing her homework, said roommate cut her off.

"Glinda. What did I tell you before?" she demanded, with a voice that silenced Glinda. "What did I tell you about me doing your work?"

"That if you keep doing it, I'll never learn and I'll fail," Glinda sighed unhappily, slumping over her desk again as her voiced dropped half an octave below its normally shrilly and happy timbre.

"That's right," Elphaba nodded sternly again.

"I just wish I didn't have so much," whined Glinda, heart sinking more as she realized most of it was sorcery work, which was the class she was struggling in the most despite all of her efforts, which were actually quite a few, to her credit.

But seeing that Elphaba was not going to cave in and help her tonight, Glinda only sighed once more as she picked up her wand.

"I wish I didn't have so much," she repeated glumly. "Or at least, I wish that I could find someone who would help me," she added, casting a look at Elphaba, but Elphaba was ignoring her at this point, settling into bed to do her own essays and such. Glinda, meanwhile, turned back to the tiny mirror on her desk and stared into it. Were those bags she had under her eyes?! Ugh! Staying up late to finish all this work would totally ruin her flawless complexion! "If only I had a little help," Glinda whispered again, but this time to herself, as she continued to stare bitterly into that little mirror. Then suddenly, the little blond got an idea.

One blinding pink flash of light later and, standing where Glinda had been pointing her wand, stood one perfect clone of her.

"Sweet Oz!" Elphaba gasped, actually genuinely surprised by what Glinda had done. She even managed to pull her nose out of her book, for once. It was a feat almost impressive as Glinda creating that perfect double. But Glinda didn't even waste time bragging about finally impressing her far-smarter, nerdier friend. Instead, totally ignoring the fact that she'd actually managed to catch Elphaba off guard, the little blond only waved her wand five times more. Following five more flashes of pink, five more Glindas stood in the little dorm room.

"Oh, Oz, this is a bad idea," Elphaba muttered, finally coming out of her surprise and starting to see where Glinda was going to try and go with this. Glinda, however, was still too proud of herself to even hear Elphaba speak. But the other Glindas, the six clones, all heard the green girl loud and clear and each, with the Original Glinda's exact same voice, protested.

"Oh, hush, Elphie!" one of them said, hands on her hips as she glared mockingly at the green girl.

"Yes! Leave us be!" a second agreed, crossing her arms instead of placing them on her hips.

"Don't worry! We've got this!" the third promised, raising her chin and tossing her golden curls boldly.

"You can trust us!" the fourth insisted, nodding earnestly, blue eyes glimmering brightly.

"It's just a bit of sorcery after all! Nothing too extreme, right?" a fifth asked, though whether or not she was serious was up for debate.

"I mean, what could possibly go wrong?" the sixth asked, laughing a little. It was a soft giggle that the others all echoed, filling the room with what sounded like layers of Glinda's same laugh, just played at different timing.