General Wicked Disclaimer: I do not own Wicked or any of its characters.

Gelphie Disclaimer: This story contains Gelphie (a.k.a. Elphaba and Glinda romance) If you don't like this kind of stuff then don't read.

Rating is T: For violence and mild language.

Author's note: This story is a AU, that is based off of the movie, "Beauty and the Beast."

Beauty and The Witch

Once upon a time, far, far, away there lived a man and a woman who bore a green skinned daughter, and that green baby was known throughout the town. Not too long after the child was born rumors began to be spread about the family and their newest addition.

"How obscene that child is. Green skinned how atrocious!"

Even some people began to say the baby was evil, some said she was a demon. Even others said she was a witch of some kind.

The new parents were so afraid of their baby, for they too thought it was unnatural, that they abandoned her to a castle far away, and left her to die. But the parents were so fearful of this baby that they gave her poison before dropping her off, so there would be no way she could survive.

Once the man and the woman abandoned their child the young green babe was found by an old woman, named Yackle, who was passing by. The old woman was a nurse and did some witchcraft on her own as well. When she found the baby she cared for it so much that she helped remove as much poison as she could. But sadly she couldn't remove it all. The old woman had such pity for the green baby that she used her witchcraft to try to save the baby. She spoke a chant on a lily flower that would make the lily flower last 21 years.

If the green baby found true love and earned the love of another in return before she turned 21 then the poison, given by parents out of hate and fear, would be gone and she would live, but if she didn't the poison would destroy her body completely and kill her. Also before the old woman left, however, she called upon a group of flying monkeys to look after the green baby and the castle.

But as time passed the green baby turned into a teenager and then a 20 year old. When that happened, the green woman or, the Wicked Witch as she was better known had given up hope.

She would spend her time just staring at the dying lily flower and whisper to it, "There is no one in all of Oz that would love a Wicked Witch."

...X...

Miles away there laid a small town called the Upperuplands, and in that town lived the most famous family known to it which was the Upland. But most knew that name because of a girl named Galinda. She was a beautiful young lady with golden hair and piercing blue eyes. She lived with her mother and her father in her huge mansion on the water. Everyday as she walked everyone would say hello to her, and Galinda would always say hello, good morning, or good day in return. Everyone in her town was so nice and polite. Well expect for one person.

"Ah, hello there Galinda!" A deep voice came out.

"Oh, hello Fiyero." Galinda answered, as she tried to pass by him quickly, but he stepped in front of her. Fiyero wasn't the nicest of people. He was a rich, spoiled, young prince who loved to hunt animals for sport. Not to mention he had eye on making Galinda his wife for quite some time. Everyone in the town thought of Fiyero so highly, but Galinda could see through him.

"I must say Galinda you look as beautiful as ever, yet you all ready known this, or I wouldn't be giving you my attention." Fiyero said, as he turned to kiss the blonde's hand but Galinda pulled away sharply. Unfazed Fiyero continued, "Would you like to join me at my mansion to see all of the animals I have shot over the years? My collection is quite impressive."

"Thank you for the offer." Galinda answered, as she quicken her pace. "But I was heading home."

"Then I will join you at your house." Fiyero replied, with a purr.

"No! I mean...no thank you Fiyero. You see my Momsie is very sick and I need to take care of her. She has said that I shouldn't bring any visitors, for the fear they might catch what she has." Galinda lied.

"Well, give my regards to your mother and I guess I will be off as well." Fiyero answered. "See you later Lady Galinda." And with that Fiyero headed off in the opposite direction. Fiyero was then joined by a munchkin man around his age.

"So what's the good word? Is Galinda falling head over heels over you?" The young man asked.

"Not exactly Boq. But don't you worry. Galinda will be mine all in good time." Fiyero answered, as he grabbed Boq by the collar and dragging him off.

"That Fiyero is so vexing." Galinda muttered, as she hurried home. As Galinda entered through the front door she was greeted by her father's voice.

"Princess, is that you?"

"It's me Popsical." Galinda answered, as she walked into the living room to see her mother and her father sitting on the couch with their white cat by their feet.

"Did you enjoy your walk, Galinda, honey?" Galinda's mother asked. Galinda's parents were the figures of perfection as rich people go. They were always dressed in the best clothes and had the best of everything. Price was no object.

"I had very nice time. Well expect when I ran into Fiyero." Galinda answered, as she took a seat next to her mother.

"I think he's such a nice boy." Galinda's Mother answered.

"And handsome too." Galinda's Father added. "Maybe he's the one for you."

"Oh, please Popsical, he's not the one. He's so arrogant and rude." Galinda replied.

"But his family is so famous. I mean he's a Prince." Galinda's Mother answered.

"I don't care who he is. He's not the one for me." Galinda said, as she gave a heavy sigh.

"Okay, okay, we won't push the matter any further." Galinda's Father said, he took a bell that was on the table next to them and gave it a ring. In turn a servant walked in carrying a tray of food. "Just remember, Princess, you are getting up in years."

"Oh, Father, I'm only 20 years old." Galinda answered with a laugh, as she rolled her eyes and left the room.

...X...

The next day Galinda's father and mother were off to a local party in the next town over. They were going to travel by carriage.

"See you in a few days Princess!" Galinda's Father shouted, before they entered the coach.

"Have fun!" Galinda answered back, as she gave her parents a wave goodbye. The blonde watched until the carriage disappeared completely before returning inside the mansion.

...X...

A few hours passed before dark storm clouds started to roll in. Galinda's parents were worried that the storm would hit before they got to the party, so the carriage driver, Rolf, suggested they cut through the forest. This way they could get to the party faster and beat the storm, but as they went deeper and deeper into the thick line of trees it became harder to get their bearings. In no time at all they became lost.

"So much for getting to the party on time, huh Charles?" Galinda's Mother joked.

"I'm sure we will make it in time, Katrina, no worries." Galinda's Father answered. Suddenly the carriage jerked to a stop.

"Rolf, what's the hold up?" Charles called to the carriage driver. When there was no answer Charles opened the door.

"Sorry, Sir and Madam, but the horses are getting a little spooked." Rolf answered, as he tried to get the horses to get moving again.

"Here let me try." Charles replied, as he got out of the carriage and stood by the horses. "They just need some encouragement." He added, as he grew back his hand and slapped one of the horses on the rump. The horse gave a nay but didn't move.

"I don't think that's going to work, Sir." Rolf answered, as he jumped down from the carriage to take a new position by Galinda's Father.

"Sweet Oz, man, how do we get these horses moving again?" As soon as Charles finished his sentence an enormous clash of thunder made itself known. The horses gave a fearful neigh and took off with out warning leaving Charles and Rolf just staring in shock.

"Katrina!" Charles shouted, as he watched the carriage get further from sight. Just then the horses made a quick turn around and started to head back towards the two men at great speed.

"Take cover!" Rolf yelled, when he saw the horses weren't going to stop.

Charles and Rolf pulled away but Galinda's father lost his balance and fell onto the ground only to have one of the carriage wheels run over his leg.

"By Oz, my leg!" Charles screamed, as the carriage made a U- turn and headed back into the dense line of trees. Galinda's Father and Rolf could only watch as it disappeared from sight taking Katrina with it.

...X...

To Katrina the horses seemed to be running non stop for hours. Knowing she had to do something she opened the coach door and tried to make her way to grab the reins, but the coach suddenly made a sharp turn and Galinda's mother fell out as the carriage and it continued along without her.

"Well that didn't work out quite as I planned." Katrina muttered, as she looked around. The air was cold and to make matters worst she had no idea where she was. As her eyes scanned her surroundings she quickly caught sight of a large, unwelcoming, castle not too far away. Now normally Katinra would never even think about going near a place like that. But night was setting in fast and she needed to get inside before darkness covered the sky, so she started to head towards the castle.

...X...

"Sir, you need to try and stand." Rolf said, as he looped an arm around Charles' waist.

"I all ready told you, Rolf, my leg is broken." Galinda's father answered, as he winced in extreme pain.

"We can't stay here though, Sir, there could be lions, or tigers, or even bears out here." Rolf replied, his voice showed he was a bit nervous.

"Oh, my." Charles answered. "But we can't leave yet. Katrina's out there somewhere." Suddenly the two men hear a sound soft sound in the distance.

"Sir, listen, do you hear that?" Rolf asked.

"Hear what?" Charles answered. Just then the carriage came back into their sights.

"Rest against this tree, Sir, I'm going to try to stop the coach." Rolf said, as he ran over to it and made it close enough to grab the reins and stop the horses.

"Good work, Rolf, my boy." Charles exclaimed.

"Bad news though." Rolf answered, as he opened the carriage door. "Katrina is not inside."

"Sweet Oz, she is lost in the woods somewhere! We have to find her!" Charles shouted.

"Not now we can't." Rolf answered. "We need to get you to a Doctor before that broken leg gets infected."

"I just can't leave her out there!" Galinda's Father yelled.

"Sir, we have no choice. First off, it's too dark to go out and preform a search party and second if we go home first we can get more people to help." With that said Rolf picked up Charles and placed him in the carriage. "I'm sorry, but we really need to get someone to look at your leg."

Charles could only sigh out deeply. He knew Rolf was right. They would just have to wait and hope Katrina had found somewhere safe to stay for the night.