FADE IN:
EXT. BEYOND OZ – DUSK
Endless badlands. Two tiny FIGURES trek along
a crooked path: ELPHABA, travel-worn but
sharp-eyed, and FIYERO, a little too pretty for
how dusty he is.
They walk in tired silence. Wind sighs. Somewhere,
a distant THUNDER rumbles.
FIYERO
You think Glinda misses us?
ELPHABA
She misses having someone to complain about.
That’s not the same thing.
A BEAT. The wind shifts.
Then—
A FAINT, PANICKED WHINNY from above.
They both glance up.
FROM THEIR POV – A HORSE, flailing and SCREAMING,
plummets out of a swirl of storm clouds. It’s ARTAX,
the horse from The Neverending Story: mud-streaked,
terrified.
A heavy, final THUD/SPLAT just out of frame. The
ground tremors softly under their boots. Bits of
distant DUST drift up. No gore shown, just the
brutal suggestion of it.
Silence.
A breeze. A single STRAY WHITE HAIR from ARTAX’S MANE
floats down between them, landing on the path.
ELPHABA
(deadpan, turning to look directly at camera)
Typical.
SMASH CUT TO BLACK.
