Wicked - My days at 'Dear Old Shiz'

My days at "Dear Old Shiz"



It has been about five years now, but when I close my eyes and hear his voice I still feel like I'm in Shiz. That little small town which has nothing but a ballroom for fun is still a lively part of me. I'm never gonna forget the dorm full of pink stuff and Glinda's shoes, the delightful vision of the green plants bathed in moonlight or how I missed Dr. Dillamond when he left.

When I first moved to Shiz University I didn't want to be there. First because my father wasn't affording all of that to make me happy or give me the education I need. He just wanted me to take care of Nessa. And second because I hated sharing the dorm with Glinda, aka Ms. Popular. So I tried all ways to stay on my own little loneliness for as long as I could.

But then Glinda got Nessa a boyfriend, that dirty rat, Boq, and all of sudden my sister had no time for me. It's true we didn't spend a lot of time together before, but our sacred nights of chatting and telling each other things were no longer possible for she was always with him. Sooner or later I'd become best friends with Glinda, but at first I didn't know that.

It was when he got to town. My lovely Fiyero wasn't the reason of my happiness back then as he is now. In fact, at first we kind of were afraid of getting closer to each other. He needed to remain Mr. Popular and I wasn't the best choice for that. He started dating Glinda even though he didn't love her the way she loved him.

I don't even know when I became the Wicked Witch of the West. All I know is now I run away with a scarecrow (the most perfect of them) and we can't return to my castle for people think I'm dead (and so do they think about him). Fiyero and I have been totally changed for the time we spent at our "dear old Shiz" and surely changed for the better.

Maybe someday we'll return to Emerald City, where I won't be seen as a freak since everything there is green. Maybe we won't. For now, my reality is we are perfect together and I'm no longer that naïve girl who believed everybody would someday understand me. That is something Shiz taught me.