Hello,

This is the very first chapter. I hope you guys will read this story, just like you read Out of Oz. I am so happy that you have always reviewed. I upload this first chapter with the last chapter of Out of Oz, to let you know that Out of Oz might be done, the story however is. You can follow Elphaba and the rest in. See how they would act in this new world.

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Enjoy, TempeGeller.

DISCLAIMER: The story of Wicked does not belong to me, nor does the music. In this story it belongs to Rain and Dorothy, in others it belongs to its amazing writers. Glinda and Elphaba's kids are mine. Some of the names have been used in the stories, but these are not the same kids as in this story.

Chapter 1:The amazing journey to New York

"Get up!" Elphaba screamed on the top of her longs. Rain believed that she was desperately trying to wake her older brother. Elphaba had the baby in her arms. She was almost 3 months, her name was Jane. A name that her father Fiyero had come up with.
Elphaba screamed once more again, as Fiyero took Jane from her arms. He walked away. Liir liked to get her mother mad. Why he liked it so much was a question to her. She didn't like to make her mom mad.

They didn't need anger. After the first Ozian war, they were starting to rebuild Oz. The world as they knew had changed so much. Quox, the home she had known for all her life had been destroyed. Only a few people tried to return it to its former glory. The dragons had returned to the mountains of the Vinkus and of Gillikin. They lived there in peace with the other animals and the humans.
With the hard working Munchkins, the city of Emeralds had returned to its green nature. Green and proud. Oz would return to how it once had been. A land where peace and difference was celebrated, like it was before the great drought.

Rain stepped on the stairs. Why was she so sad? Why did she want to leave here. It wasn't that Rain Tiggular had not learned from her adventures in Oz. It was that Oz couldn't feed the hunger for arts. After Madame Morrible had been defeated, Dorothy had promised to take her to New York. A world where music, books and culture was the only right way of living. It was not like Oz. If you thought about it. New York was the capital of culture. At least that's what she understood.
A couple of months had passed since the big fight. In this was would be the last. Glinda and Elphaba had taken over, and returned Oz to its glory. They were fair rulers. Yet Rain kept having an empty feeling by Glinda Rose, she believed that it would never be filled.

She knew that her mother and father, still suffered in silence. She could hear them crying in late nights, and she knew that the pain would never be able to go away. She knew that traveling to a new world, would not get her sister back. But she believed she would see the world.
She thought of Dorothy's musical. The young girl had noted her mom's life on 400 pages. The story of the wicked witch of the west. At 6 that was something no one would ever expect. Rain had never showed this story to anyone, not to her mother, grandmother, father or any of her siblings. Not even to her aunt Glinda. It was a secret she wanted to share with Dorothy and only Dorothy.
It wasn't that she was ashamed of the story, or some of the music she had written in the musical script. She wanted her mom to be surprised when the musical was a certain fact. Sometimes she used the crystal to talk to Dorothy.

Dorothy had talked about graduation. The year of 89 had been replaced by 90. It seemed that time passed by in an another way. Rain knew that Dorothy expected her to visit in New York.
Elphaba on the other hand would not let her. Traveling over time and space was nothing a 5 year old should do. Her mother didn't change her mind when she turned 6. The new baby hadn't made things easier. Elphaba had spent hours telling the two of them stories. Yet Rain felt like getting out of this land.

Rain was ready to make her own adventures. Yet the age of 6 was too young to do that. Her father told her to wait for her day. Yet Rain Tiggular didn't feel like waiting. After the many days of dreaming, she had taken her bags.
Rain moved from the door to the broom that was parked in the small hut. She lifted her leg over the broom and raised it in the air. She was sure that her mother would be worried. For now she didn't care, even if she had promised to take off.
Rain headed to the island. The one that had used to send Dorothy back to New York. It had been in many of her dreams. She couldn't wait to live there. Read everything she could and live like she always wanted. Maybe she wouldn't want to return in the end. Maybe this world would beat anything that Oz had ever had to offer. She imagined that the people were more welcoming. More open to new worlds. At least they were open to culture. Musicals and books were accepted, maybe even celebrated. There were all kinds of writers. Movie industry was considered a million industry. Shortly this would be heaven.

Rain couldn't wait to arrive. She saw how the island came closer, she saw the door way. She flew through it. At that moment everything became dark. There were light flashes that made her feel bad. Rain kept her eyes closed. For a moment she thought of the land.
Manhattan. An island in the planet earth. Why was the planet even called earth? A few moment later she felt a pain, she fell to the floor. There were leaves everywhere. She had seen if before, but it looked different here.
"Hey watch out!" A man screamed "Get of the jogging path! Come on damn kid!"

Rain stumbled of the path and turned to the man. His eyes showed anger. Rain was not scared
"Wait until the unnamed God gets to you!" Rain yelled
"Oh no, another young religious nut." The man laughed
"I'm not nuts!" Rain called out, but the man had already moved on. "What's wrong with everyone here? Where am I?"
"You're in central park." A man with brown dark hair smiled at her. "Where's your mom?"
"By the castle." Rain smiled "I promised to get to her. My name is Rain. What's yours?"
"Josh Groban." He smiled again. "So you live in New York?"

" Oz." Rain smiled "I live in Oz."
"Oz is that in New Yersey?" He raised an eyebrow.
"Yes." Rain smiled. "Have a nice day."

Rain stepped through the park. Moving from the park to the streets. There were cars everywhere, yellow cabs. Rain got scared, she was smart to conjure money. She had summoned the money, 750 dollars. She had no idea how much that was. She hoped she would be able to pay for a musical. Any musical. The streets were so busy, and she didn't dare to take a cab.

"Darling, where is your mom?" a woman spoke to her.
"You know who she looks like…" The other woman spoke "That woman of the musical, you know, the one we saw last night. Rent. She looks like that, what's her name?"
"Idina Menzel." the blond nodded her head. "But she's only 24, this girl looks 6. How can they be related?"
"I haven't lost my mommy." Rain turned to them. "I was supposed to meet her at the theatre. I forgot which one."
"What play honey?" The woman put a hand on her shoulder. "What's it about?"
"I think, Rent." Rain nodded "Rent it is."
"You see, she's Idina Menzel's daughter! The woman reacted "I told you so! It's in the Off-Broadway theatre dear. You just take the tube here. You can ask anyone her. Good?"

Rain stepped away by the woman. Rent sounded like a good musical, but she had no idea what the word 'tube' meant, so she didn't know how to take it. She slowly stepped around, she would find the theatre. She didn't need any help, just a map. A map with the location she needed to reach. She saw the posters to Rent. She liked how it looked. Rain smiled. Slowly she took a plan from someone that handed it to her.
"Where do they play Rent?" She asked to a friendly man passing by.

"Right here." He pointed to the small corner. "You need to go here, they play it at 7. You can get tickets right there. Are you sure you're not too young for Rent? I mean you are not older than 6?"
"16." Rain smiled "I look young for my age. I mean would a 6 year old run around alone on the street, talking in the way I do."
"I guess not." The man walked away.

Rain rolled her eyes. 'People are even more stupid here in New York.' How stupid could people be? She felt how her stomach started to twitch. She was hungry, she knew it without a doubt. She walked in the very first restaurant she could find. She could see some kind of yellow stick. It looked nice. In her land she hadn't had that before. Slowly she walked towards the counter.
"Hey, I would like a Cheese salad and those yellow sticks."

"They are fries, girl." The man rolled her eyes. "Where have you been?"
"Oz."
"Is that in Europe?" The man didn't hear Rain respond. "What would you like to drink?"
"Some water please."
"That will be 7 dollars and 31 cents."

Rain handed him a 10 dollar bill. She smiled as the man handed her change. Rain waited for her dinner to come to her. She drank from the water he handed her. She had to admit that the water in Oz was better. She cursed to herself, why had she forgotten to pack food. Why were there no trees with lunch boxes? Those only existed in Oz.

She tasted the fries. They were really good, even the salad seemed to be somehow eatable. She stepped up and slowly turned around. She headed outside.
"Watch where you're going!" Why were people so mean here, she walked against the side. Almost so she wouldn't bump in to anyone. She stared at the map. It was 4 in the afternoon, in 4 hours the show of Rent would start, she needed to find the theatre. She turned around the corner, only a few blocks. Or that is what she thought. Why didn't people fly brooms in New York? Because you weren't able to fly around here. That's why she fell down. God, people would watch strangely if she would fly around here. They would probably ask her to 'Watch where she was going'. They as nice as she expected them to be, most of them were really mean?

Rain looked up to the sky. Slowly she turned around the corner, there is it where she saw the poster. She had reached the theatre. She ran now, she wasn't tired anymore. She wanted to see that show. She step in the door.
"One ticket please." Rain smiled
"How old are you?" The man stared at her. "6?"
"I'm 16."Rain smiled "I have enough money for the show. I want the best ticket you can get."

"You're sure you're 16?" The man stared at her. "The show is not for a 6 year old. It's…"
"I know…" Rain smiled "How much?"
"80 dollars please." The man took a ticket and handed it to her. Rain handed him the money. "You look like Idina, I mean you really do. You aren't related right?"

"I don't think so..." Rain smiled
"Have a nice day." Rain stepped in the theatre. She stared at her. Now Rain stepped in the theatre, that was the second person that told her she looked like this 'Idina Menzel'. What would she look like? Did she look like her? Or was it something that people were making up. She sat down, she would have a fast drink. She took a lemonade this time. She liked the taste of it, she proceeded to buy a shirt that was too big, a CD, a key chain, a necklace and a play bill. Right than she started to read in the playbill. There were more pictures, and right now she wished she would have been able to buy a book. Rain spend more time looking at the things that were on the table. There was a signal 5 minutes later. Rain ran to her place on the third row. The third seat. After 15 minutes the stage lights went out. Rain saw her first theatre, it was pure magic.

The first man that appeared on the stage was called Mark. He was talking about not being able to pay the rent. She stared at the man, and watched as the music started to play. Rain wanted to sing along, but didn't know any of the lyrics. The next hour and half flew by. When Maureen's character arrived on the stage, Rain felt weird. This looked just like her mom. Rain's mouth opened up, no wonder people told her she looked like Idina. She did look like her, because Idina was her mom's twin.

In the second act Rain watched with even more attention. Her eyes cries as Angel died and there was a sad version of the once happy version 'I'll carry you'. It reminded her of her parents. Her mother would have loved this musical, she liked the message in it. 'Live every day as it was your last' and that is what she going to do. Tomorrow she was going to find a library. Where would she sleep tonight? She would find a hotel, it wouldn't be too hard. When the musical finished, she heard something of 'stage door'. She had walked to that, and found out that this was where the actors met their fans. She slowly stood behind them.

"Wow, you really do look like Maureen." The man looked at her. "Look at her, she's Idina's kids."
"I…" Rain smiled.

As the stage door opened up, she saw the Mark character. He had a pen in his hands and signed the playbill of all the people. She slowly stepped closer. She lifted the playbill and showed it to Anthony Rapp, that was his name.
"What's your name?"
"Rain, my name is Rain."

"Rain, does Idina know you're here?" Mark pulled her behind his back. "Why did Idina forget to mention us that she had a daughter? And why wouldn't you enter through the other entre, you don't have to wait here. Doesn't Idina think you're too young for the show? "
"I'm not…" Rain held the book up. "Please sign."

"Not now little girl." Anthony finished the last autograph. "We're going to Idina's dressing room, I'll get your playbill autographed. Idina should ground you…"
"But Idina…"

"You've been not that good."
"Is that Idina's?" the girl who played Mimi stared at her, she had her mouth wide open. "I mean, I didn't know Idina had a kid? When did Idina tell us she had a kid?"
"She didn't…" Mark smiled "This is Rain Mentzel. Or Rain.."
"Tiggular."
"Tiggular?" Daphne smiled "My name is Daphne, Rain."
"Who is she?" Adam stepped next to them. "Oh god, is that Idina's? Why don't we know? I mean I've known Idina for a long time, why don't I know she has a kid?"
"I'm not…"

Rain was pulled along to Idina's dressing room. Right now Rain regretted going to the stage door, she hadn't expected a man to tag her along. She hadn't expected Idina's cast minutes would see her as her kid. She wouldn't been able to tell her. When they were in Idina's dressing rooms she could see photos of Idina.
"So how old are you?"
"6." Rain looked down. "But I told your ticket salesman I was 16, he wouldn't have sold me tickets if I didn't."

"You're Idina's kid, but you still have to buy tickets?" Anthony raised an eyebrow. "I have an amount of free tickets, oh I bet you were trying to sneak around. Well, if you were doing that, you shouldn't have come to the stage door. You are exactly like Idina. Just as beautiful. You have her eyes."
"I have my…" Rain paused

Rain stopped talk, right now she was talking way too much. She was just figuring out a way to get out of there, but when the door opened she was called back to this planet. She stared at the woman that looked just like her mom. Eyes and all.
"What is she doing here, Tony?" Idina turned to her. "Is she a little fan? Oh my, she…"

"Idina, she's your daughter." Anthony smiled "Isn't she?"
"I don't have a daughter." Idina stepped towards her. "Who are you little girl? Where's your mommy?"
"Idina, you don't have to hide…" Anthony smiled

"Tony, why would I be hiding that I had a child?" Idina turned to him. "I mean it's not bad. I'm 26, I can have a 6 year old child. She's not my daughter, I admit she looks a lot like it."
"Idina, just admit it." Anthony smiled "She's your kid. I mean you would be 20, that's young to have a kid."
"Tony, what…"
"See you tomorrow, Idina." Anthony smiled as he exited the dressing room.

"Listing kid, I know you've seen the show. I get you're a fan, but I'm not your mother." Idina stared at her. "I can't be your mom, I didn't…"
"I'm so sorry, I came to see your show and your cast mate just pulled me inside. I didn't mean to ruin your night…"
"I'm so sorry." Idina opened her arms. "Come here kid."

Rain ran towards her falling in Idina's arms. For a moment she liked to pretend it was her mom. But Idina felt different, she even smelled different. Her mom smelt like magical herbs and Idina smelled like the stage, both smelled like some kind of knowledge. Idina smiled at her.
"If I had a daughter, I would want her to be exactly like you. But how does a 6 year old end up in the middle of the night in New York city all by herself?"
"You look like my mom…" Rain smiled. She slowly touched her face. "Your cheeks don't feel the same."
"Where is your mom, sweetie?" Idina picked her up and sat down. "Just tell me sweetie, I will drop you off home. I promise. I won't call the police."

"I…" Rain turned away, she started to cry. "I don't want to go home."
"Is your mommy mean?"

Rain stared at Idina's lap. She was wearing a long black dress, a dress she had seen her mom wear. She didn't want Idina to bring her home, or bring her to Dorothy yet. They would all be looking for her. She wanted to see so much before she went home. She pulled the strings or her bag. She stared at Idina, where was Idina going to bring her.
"I ran away from home, because I wanted to see musicals." Rain admitted "We don't have them back home. I'm from Oz?"
"Is that in Europe?" Idina raised an eyebrow. "How did you get here?"
"My mom came here…" Rain paused "And I ran away. I want to…"

"Well, I won't have a choice." Idina picked her bag. She picked Rain up and stepped out of the dressing room. Was Idina going to bring her to the police? And was going to happen to her once she was brought to the police? Maybe was it the time to use magic. But did magic even exist in Rain pulled herself closer, Idina liked the closeness of the child. Why did she want to be a mother when they put a child in her arms?
"Idina…" Taye stopped "How are you? Who's this darling?"
"This is Rain…" Idina smiled "She's…"
"Your daughter." Taye smiled "Do you share custody? Why did the dad drop her off here…"
"She's not…"
"She's cute." Taye smiled "She's sweet, Idina."

Idina stepped on. She took the path to her car, slowly she put Rain on the back seat. Rain smiled at her for a moment.
"What's that?"
"This is a car, sweetie." Idina got in the front seat. "I'm taking you home. You're staying with me, until we find your mother. Okay, sweetie. In the meantime everyone in Rent is going to think I have a kid. Even Taye…"
"You like him!" Rain smiled "Do you?"
"Maybe I do…" Idina started the car.

Idina moved her car through the busy streets of New York. After a half hour she made it to her apartment. She carried the child upstairs, and placed her on the bed of the guest bedroom.
"Are you okay, baby?" Idina had changed in her pajama's.
"I'm fine."

"So do you have any brothers or sisters?" Idina smiled "So I know, maybe they'll see the show tomorrow. In a week I could have like 6 kids."
"I have a brother and 3 sisters." Rain stared down. "My youngest sister was murdered."
"I'm so sorry, Rain." Idina hugged her." Where's your mom?"

"what part of 'I'm not saying' don't you understand?" Idina smiled as she stepped out of the room. Rain put her head on the soft pillow and she closed her eyes. Sleep took over, the next thing she saw was the light of the street. There was a lot of noise outside. She stepped out the bed and moved over the floor. She walked towards Idina's bedroom, but she was still asleep. Rain stepped inside, she felt like eating breakfast, but a whole room full of books kept her busy. She opened the door to the study, there was a large book case, there was a small sofa. Slowly she stared at the books. By her surprise she was still able to levitate above the floor. She pulled a book from it. It was some book named Harry Potter and the philosopher stone. She opened it up and started to read it. She loved the book.

A couple of seconds later she could hear a soft knock on the door. Idina was standing there, she was smiling at Rain. She took a step on and sat down next to her.
"You read Harry Potter?" Idina smiled "didn't you just start prime school?"
"My mom teaches me." Rain smiled "I could read since I was 3."
"Wow."

Idina pulled the book from her hands. She felt the need to pull Rain once more in her arms. Why did she feel the need to spoil this child? Idina pulled the child in her arms and gave her a tight hug. Was it because the child looked so much like her. Her mind started to scream: 'The mom is going to pick up her child and you're going to be sad when you won't see this child again'. Yet this didn't stop Idina, she gave the child a soft kiss.
"What would you liked to eat Rain?" Idina put her on the chair by the kitchen. Now she could look at Rain while she made dinner. "Pancakes?"
"I love pancakes." Rain smiled

"Pancakes it is."

Idina started to move around the kitchen. She was glad that she got groceries yesterday. She took everything she needed, the eggs were really fresh. They smelled really well. She started to put the things together. Rain was staring at her with concentration. Idina didn't understand why, but Rain did. Elphaba always used magic, Idina a lookalike from this world didn't use magic.
"So do you like sugar on your pancakes or whipped cream?"
"Both!" Rain smiled as Idina sat down over her. She put the pancakes in the middle of the table. They both took a pancake.

"I haven't had pancakes for a while…" Idina said "How about you, Rain?"
"Yesterday." Rain smiled "Dad made them."
"Oh, you have a dad…" Idina smiled "Well off course you have a dad. I'm silly, Rain. You will see, I used to be a wedding singer. Well, at least I listen to the lyrics."
"You're strange…" Rain smiled taking another hap.

"I'm strange." Idina smiled "You don't want to tell where your mommy is. I think you are the weird one. Don't you think pumpkin?"

"Maybe…" Rain smiled "Can we go see New York? I mean you have some time before the show right? Do you?"
"I have a show today." Idina smiled "But we can watch a movie, and tomorrow we will sightseeing, okay?

Elphaba woke up in the morning. The feeling that something was wrong came in the her body. Elphaba walked up the stairs towards her daughters room, the bed was empty.
"Yero, is Rain with you?"
"She's not." Fiyero came out holding Jane. "What's wrong?"
"She's not in her room…"

"Elphie, I saw her take off this morning." Glinda stepped her in the room. "I tried to follow her, but I wasn't fast enough. I don't know where she went."
"New York…" Elphaba shook her head. "My baby went to New York and she's all by herself in world of mean people. What do we do?"

"Okay, Elphie." Fiyero put her hand on his shoulder. "We'll call Dorothy. Everything will be okay."