This is it. The last chapter of 'A New Hope.' I want to thank you all for reading this story and for the people who took their time and reviewed to tell me how much they liked this story. I do appreciate it very much so. Thank you guys so much and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I wrote it. So now read and enjoy the last chapter. Don't forget thta the third installment of this trilogy will be coming soon.

Elphaba was leaning over the crib her brown eyes glowing in love and adoration at seeing Shell sleeping quietly in the crib. His chest slowly going up and down in a steady rhythm. He was so small but he had a heart of lion for being born a month early. He was so strong and healthy that Elphaba was surprised that nothing was wrong. She couldn't help but remember Nessa and what had happen to her when she was born early.

Tears stung at her eyes at remembering her sister. She still missed her and wished she would be here to see the new addition to her family. The green witch gave a soft sigh as she reached down and played with a couple of blonde locks that sat on top of her son's head. This was about the only thing that showed that Glinda was the mother of this child but Elphaba still had a little doubt that maybe this child isn't her's. There was nothing physically that showed that Shell was her child as well. He had dark skin and green eyes. None which ran in her family at all and the green witch can remember Glinda's parents both having blue eyes and even her grandparents had the blue eyes as well. The blonde said it was a trait that the Uplands are know for besides the magic.

"I wonder." Elphaba whispered as she retracted her hand and stood up while running a hand through her dark locks. She was questioning whether she should ask Glinda if anything happened between somebody else besides her. Glinda might be furious for questioning her fidelity but that doubt wouldn't leave her mind at all until she had some answers. A thought popped into her mind at remembering one of the sisters had green eyes. Could Glinda have slept with Clotho? The thought made her blood boil at that woman touching Glinda's body.

'No, no Elphaba she is your friend now.' The raven haired beauty berated herself for letting her petty jealously get in her way again. She sighed heavily as she walked away from the crib and sat down on the bed to wait for the blonde to come back from putting Hope to bed for the night. She swung her legs up then scooted back until her back hit the head rest. After that the green witch pulled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them while resting her chin on the knees. How was she going to approach this to Glinda?

Her brown eyes glazed over in deep thought just as Glinda came into the bedroom and quietly closed the door so not to wake up Shell. Her blue eyes landed on Elphaba and a warm smile grew on her lips but it went away slightly at seeing that her lover was thinking about something. She padded over to the green witch and kissed her gently on the lips to get her back to the present. Elphaba blinked her eyes multiple times and drew her head back to see what has caused such warmth on her lips.

"Glinda." Elphaba whispered as her eyes widen slightly. She wasn't expecting to have her lover coming back so soon. The blonde giggled as she sat on the edge of the bed to see what Elphaba was thinking about. The green witch shifted nervously on the bed while watch Glinda get comfortable on the bed. This was the moment of truth.

"Elphie, what were you thinking about?" Glinda questioned as she played with some green toes but Elphaba withdrew her feet closer to her body. The blonde knew this was trouble. Elphaba was going to be asking her a serious question because she wasn't letting her touch any part of her body. Glinda looked up towards the raven haired beauty to see what was going through her head. She bit the bottom of her lip in thought. Maybe Elphaba was questioning if she really was the father of Shell. Glinda did know Elphaba had a valid point at questioning this because Shell has nothing that ties Elphaba to him. Well that was Elphaba's thought. She didn't notice that Shell's eyes are the exact same hue as her green skin. That has shone who was the father of their baby.

"Glin, Am I truly the father of Shell?" Elphaba whispered with much hesitancy as her eyes barely glance towards her lover. There she said it now it was out in the open and now it was up to Glinda to tell her what's going on. Glinda gave a soft smile and brought her hand on top of the green ones. She could feel the hands trembling underneath her own. Elphaba was down right scared at expressing this feeling. Elphaba has expressed those fears and now it was Glinda's turn to calm them.

"Elphie, I know you have reasons to think that. He doesn't have anything that belongs to you or so you think. His eyes are the exact same color as your skin. It may not seem much but it shows you are the father of Shell." Glinda answered with a smile to show Elphaba that she wasn't mad at her bringing up this question. The green witch visibly relaxed at hearing this and now remembered seeing those green eyes before. She cast a glance down to her skin to see that Shell's eyes were the exact color of her skin.

"But what about his skin tone. Nobody on either side of our families have that olive like skin." Elphaba whispered back as she flexed her hand a couple of times before returning her gaze back to her love. Glinda smirked and crawled up towards Elphaba then rested her head on Elphaba's knees, her blue eyes sparkling with love for her green love.

"I remember Momsie telling me that we had a Vinkus married into the family. It runs in my blood. So it must have came out in Shell. See, I also remember my grandma having dark color skin." Glinda answered as she reached out and played with some of the dark locks that was hanging around Elphaba's face. "It must skip a generation or two."

The green witch now felt very foolish to have even thought of Glinda not being faithful to her. She felt her cheeks growing hot in shame at thinking this again.

"Hey, it's ok. We're human Elphie. I think it's a valid reason to doubt me but you should have remembered that I'm always faithful to you." Glinda replied as she grabbed the green hand that held the pink ring with her own engagement ring to show to that with these rings on their fingers they remember who they are attached to.

"I'm sorry. I know that now." Elphaba whispered as she intertwined their hands together and brought Glinda's hands to her lips. The blonde giggled softly at this. After that was cleared the blonde rested next to her lover and put her head on the green witch's shoulder. Elphaba wrapped her arms around her and placed a kiss on the temple.

"Elphie, in just a couple of months we are going to be married." Glinda whispered excitedly. Elphaba chuckled and murmured something to her. The blonde gave a 'ha' before kissing her love on the lips. While they kissed their two rings glowed in harmony.

Couple months later

"Sweet OZ, sweet OZ." Elphaba exclaimed as she paced back and forth in front of the altar with her fingernails in her mouth being chomped on mercilessly by her teeth. Fiyero and Hunter idly stood by as the green witch destroyed what was left of her fingers. Though she had good reason to act this way. Today was it. The day everybody was looking forward to. Glinda the Good, or as Glinda would have like to have been Glinda Upland, and Elphaba the Lionheart, as Elphaba wanted her last name not the one where the Ozians picked out, were to be wed. After the green witch passed Fiyero for the sixteenth time, he has been counting ever since Elphaba got here, and stuck out his arms to stop her annoying habit.

"Elphaba, listen to me. Glinda and Hope are going to be fine. The Lion is there and Shell is just right there." Fiyero said as he pointed to the front row of the church where Shell was being held by Athropos. Athropos was tickling Shell underneath his chin and making baby noises making him shriek with laughter. Clotho noticed that Elphaba was staring at them and nudged her sister to show her what was going on. Athropos looked up and saw the brown eyes starting fondly at the baby in her arms.

"Shell, look it's mommy" She whispered as she showed the little blonde baby to Elphaba. His green eyes lit up at seeing his mommy right in front of him. Shell gurgled happily and tried to wave his hand at her. Elphaba felt tears stinging her eyes at this and weakly waved back. He has grown so strong and big in the last couple of months. It was amazing. Hope adored him so much. She tries to spend much time with him as she could but not while neglecting her time with Hunter as well.

Elphaba also noticed that Athropos has little bit of redness in her cheeks and was staring pass her. The green witch followed her eye sight and it landed on Hunter. A dark eyebrow rose at seeing Hunter also had a hint of blush on his cheeks as well. Lachesis seemed to notice this as well because her green eyes harden a lot at the look her sister and Hunter were sharing at the moment. Elphaba might have to warn Hunter to watch his step if he wanted to court Athropos anytime soon. Lachesis is very protective of her sisters and if any one who shows interest in one of them would have to go through her first. Elphaba was going to do that when Fiyero suddenly latched on to her black tuxedo to fix her black tie.

"It's a little crooked. I told you the pacing might screw it up." Fiyero said as he turned the tie just right to get it back to it's former place. He gave a grub as he smoothed out any creases that were on the tux at all. Elphaba said she didn't want to wear a dress on the wedding day. She was more use to wearing pants more so then she was in Shiz and found them very comfortable and never looked back. Plus she said she wanted to play the part of the husband in the wedding to keep things somewhat traditional. Elphaba gave a crooked smile and patted him on the back.

"Thanks." She replied while sneaking a glance to see if Hunter and Athropos were still making the googly eyes at each other. Elphaba chuckled at seeing that they were still going at it and Lachesis was starting to fume in her seat at Hunter staring at her sister for too long.

"I wonder how Glinda is doing." Elphaba wondered out loud as she started to make it towards Hunter to warn him about the one person who was giving him the death glare multiple times. Fiyero chuckled and shrugged his shoulders only Hope would be able to tell them that.

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"Just a couple more seconds, darling." Glinda whispered as she weaved dark strands together to form a French braid. Hope was fidgeting around because she was getting tired of standing in one place for so long. Just like Glinda promised she was done finishing braiding the silky strands of hair. Hope squirmed out of her mother's legs and twirled around to show off the final touches. Glinda giggled a bit at seeing her daughter wearing dark, dress up pants and a white, long sleeved, button up blouse. Hope didn't want to wear a dress at all even when she was going to be a flower girl despite Glinda trying to get her to wear one. The blonde later huffed,with Elphaba present, at Hope was already inheriting Elphaba's taste in clothes. To which the green witch thanked her for the compliment.

"Beautiful. You look beautiful, little one." Glinda praised as she opened her arms up to hug her daughter. Hope's cheeks darken slightly at the compliment before going to her mom and wrapping her arms around her. Glinda sighed softly and rested her head on top's of Hope's while wrapping her arms around her daughter.

"You look beautiful too, momma." Hope whispered as she backed up to see her mom. Glinda had her blonde's lock down so that they were flowing over her shoulder, she had little or no make up, the dress she was wearing was pure white and had long sleeves while it had a v shaped dip that stopped just above her breasts, and the end flared out a bit just to leave a little train behind her because Glinda said she didn't want to trip over and rip the dress because the train behind her was too long. Glinda chuckled and patted her daughter on top of the head.

"Thanks, Hope." Glinda whispered with a smile. It looks like Hope has already inherited Elphaba's skills to flatter somebody. She is going to be a handle full when she gets older. She just might have to rein in the those Thropp genes that are suddenly making their appearance in Hope. Hope gave a huge smile as she put her hands into her pants pockets to which Glinda frowned at slightly. She wished her genes for clothes might have stayed longer but she guess not. Now she hopes Shell might get more of her then Elphaba in his personality. The two snapped their heads towards the closed door when it was gently knocked upon.

"Girls, it's time to go." The Lion called out as he opened the door. Glinda suddenly felt butterflies flying around her stomach. This was it. In just a short ride she will be walking down the aisle to be wedded to the love of her life. Hope noticed that her mom was frozen in place. She suppressed the laughter that wanted to come up at the saucer like eyes and put one of her hands. Glinda looked down to her at feeling this warm touch.

"Mamma it's time." Hope whispered before guiding her out to where the carriage was waiting to take them to the church where Glinda will be bound to Elphaba forever.

The end.

Seriously that's it.

Really I'm serious that is the end of the story.

Stop moving down to see if I'm playing with ya.

If you made it this far you have found out that I'm just playing with ya. I wanted to make this last chapter happy yet fun at the same time. Now where were we….Ah yes, Glinda and Elphaba are going to get married.

Elphaba was sitting down in front of the altar twiddling her thumbs about to pass by time and to calm her nerves. She jumped in the air when she heard the music suddenly playing the song Glinda was suppose to come down on. The green witch leapt to her feet and got into place while glaring at Fiyero and Hunter for not telling her what time it was. She wanted to look like she has been ready to receive Glinda for the longest time not look like a person just waking up to the rooster crowing. Fiyero chuckled and patted her on the back while she smoothed out her hair then fixed her tux.

Sweat had already started to accumulate on her hands and she quickly wiped them away just as the door to the church open. Elphaba felt her heart swell at seeing Hope coming down the aisle with pink and green flowers in her hands. Her blue eyes sought out her mom's brown ones. When they connected Hope gave this huge grin while Elphaba sniffled and was thinking about how much her daughter has grown. Hope gave the green witch another grin before taking her place on the right side of the altar. When Glinda walked through the door on her father's arms Elphaba lost her breathe. Her lover looked so gorgeous in the dress she was wearing and she loved that Glinda kept her hair down just like she requested it to be. Tears welled at her eyes the closer Glinda got with each step.

Just a couple more feet and Glinda will be her's forever. Her heart stopped beating when Glinda stopped right in front of her and gave her father a kiss on the cheek. He sniffled hard at giving up his only daughter to the person she was going to be spending the rest of her life at. This was the hardest day of his life. Glinda smiled at him before releasing his arm and started to walk to Elphaba. He gave a shaky sigh as he watched Elphaba hold out a hand to her with pure love shining in her brown eyes. It's always hard for a father to give up their daughter to the person that took her away from him. He gave Elphaba a look that said 'You better take care of her or you will have to answer to me.' The green witch nodded her slightly in understanding before turning her attention back on to her soon to be wife.

"You look beautiful." Elphaba whispered thickly at getting a good look at Glinda. The blonde gave a soft giggle and used her good eye to take up what Elphaba was wearing. It was the same thing as Hope was wearing but there was a black coat over the white blouse.

"You look gorgeous Elphie." Glinda replied while looking to the green witch right in her eyes. Both their eyes soften in love as the minister opened the book and began to start this wondrous occasion.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to wed these two in holy matrimony…"

Glinda and Elphaba seemed to have blocked out his words as they continued to stare at each other with awe and love. After all this time and all the hurt they have been through has been worth it to be able to slip on a ring that made them each other's forever until they were old and lying bed waiting for death to take them both. The sun's rays shined brighter lighting up the room as if something approved of this union. When Elphaba was finally able to hear the words 'You may now kiss the bride.' she leaned closer to Glinda while cupping a cheek and looked deeply in her eyes with love.

"I love you forever and always." Elphaba whispered against the pink lips before pressing her own onto Glinda's. The blonde closed her eyes and slowly began to move her lips against her wife. She smiled at that word. Wife…it seemed so foreign yet familiar at the same time to her. As the people in the seat errupted into cheers both woman thought the same thought at the same time.

'I feel complete.'

There now it ends. I'm really am serious this time around. It ends on a happy note. Which you all are happy about I bet. The third story will be up soon and will be dealing with Hope going off to Shiz for her first year of college and falling in love with someone. It's going to be great. Well, I will see you guys soon then. Until then

DWK