You walked into the main room of your ice castle. The guards had the newcomers ready, standing there in front of your throne. You were expecting something totally unlike what they were when you heard that the 4 from the yellow brick road were coming to visit.

You'd expected some fearsome, intimidating soldier-type people.

Not a twelve year old girl with her dog, a lion that was practically shaking in fear, a creepy looking yet clearly harmless metal man, obviously Boq, that you would have been endeared to if you didn't just watch him sing a song about murdering your best friend Elphaba a few days ago, and a scarecrow, who... seemed weirdly self-actualized, actually, you had no notes on him.

"Your palace is beautiful," Boq said, unaware that you were straight up glaring at him.

"Can we leave????" the lion said, stealing your attention from Boq. "It's scary in here..."

"You're always scared, coward," Boq told him.

"Hey, now that's not very nice-" The girl said, and the three started bickering slightly, not caring that an ice queen was right in front of them. The scarecrow laughed a little and stepped up, looking at you.

"I'm sorry about my friends. They're... eccentric. We just were wondering if... well, we know that your kingdom was made as a safe place, and well... we could really use one of those right now, so i'd you wouldn't mind having us... just for a few days."

You had no idea the man in front of your was your boyfriend, Fiyero, who you had assumed didn't survive getting taken by the Gale Force. But he did. He got turned into a scarecrow by Elphaba. Maybe that's why he looked like there was something he wanted to tell you, but couldn't find the words.