After the death of Nessarose, Elphaba has apologized to the Wizard once and for all. She now lives in the Palace with her best friend and her lover. Sadly, she has fallen into a deep depression and tries to right every thing that she feels is wrong with her. She ends up losing her memory of the previous years and wakes up, not knowing who the man across the hall is and why a blonde girl calls her "Elphie".