Jennifer watches from the shadows of a willow tree. In the distance, a young woman with skin the color of a shallow sea walks toward the dormitory, head held high despite the whispers following her.
The Gale is coming, Iris. And the Wizard isn't ready for the wind. INT. THE POPPY COCK TAVERN - NIGHT
She opens a small, tarnished silver locket. Inside isn’t a photo, but a pressed Iris flower , preserved in glass. (Whispering)
The sky isn’t blue; it’s a bruised purple. The Yellow Brick Road is cracked, weeds pushing through the mortar like skeletal fingers. JENNIFER WHITE
Jennifer’s eyes harden. She reaches into her cloak and pulls out a small, glowing vial of Liquid Emerald . It’s highly illegal—the Wizard’s private supply.
Jennifer touches the locket. The Iris inside glows with a faint, sympathetic light. JENNIFER (V.O.)
They call anything they’re afraid of a freak. Did the shipment of Grimmerie pages make it past the Gale Force guards? Half. The rest are at the bottom of the Great Quox River.
Everyone thinks the story starts with a house falling from the sky. They’re wrong. It starts with the girls who stayed on the ground. Jennifer’s first encounter with the Shiz faculty, or should we focus on the Resistance’s next move
in a vest approaches her, sliding a coded ledger across the sticky table.
(30s, sharp-featured, wearing a weathered traveler’s cloak) stands at the edge of the woods. She isn’t a witch—not yet. She’s a "Fixer" for the Oztian Resistance.
The following is a creative draft for Episode 1: "Iris," a reimagining based on the universe, featuring Jennifer White as a central figure in a gritty, Pre-Revolutionary Oz. Wicked: The Emerald Undergrowth Episode 1: EXT. THE MUNCHKINLAND BORDER - DUSK
The Madame sent word. The green-skinned girl was spotted near Shiz. They’re calling her a freak. (Tracing the rim of her glass)
Tell the Madame I’m heading North. If Shiz is where the spark is, I’ll be the one to strike the match. EXT. SHIZ UNIVERSITY GROUNDS - LATER
The air is thick with smoke and the smell of fermented juice. Jennifer sits in a corner booth. A GOAT (ANIMAL)
