Elphaba knew something was wrong. She had never seen her mother this scared. Her mother seemed to be frozen. Suddenly, her mother began to run. She ran out the door and down the street. Elphaba wasn't sure where her mom was going, but she was sure she would be back.

Elphaba was used to being alone, so she curled up in the corner and read a book, trying to block out the terrifying sounds.

When she finished the chapter, she looked out the window. 5 men in a uniform were walking towards her house. Why? Elphaba could tell her mother had been hiding something from her. One of the uniformed men pointed at Elphaba and the other men laughed. Probably because I'm green…

The men walked into Elphaba's house and looked around.

"Anyone else live here?"

"Yes, but she's not here right now." Elphaba answered honestly, still not understanding why the men were in her house.

"Well, you're gonna have to come with us…" One guard said shyly.

Elphaba followed willingly, not knowing what was happening.

The guard walked up to another soldier and whispered in his ear, pausing only to point at Elphaba. "That line." said the soldier. He grabbed Elphaba by her arm and practically dragged her to the line.

The soldier pulled a piece of rope out of a bag and tied Elphaba's hands together. Next, the soldier tied her rope to a chain. Many other children were tied to this chain.

Who are they? Why are they tying us up?

After soldiers had entered every house tied up the inhabitants, the lines started moving. The soldiers shoved us to keep us moving quickly.

It felt like forever until we stopped for the night. A soldier untied everyone from the chain, but didn't untie the rope restraining our arms. He told us we could sleep. It was already dark, and Elphaba guessed by where the moon was, that it was about 10 or 11. She almost fell over when she was going to lie down since she couldn't use her hands to help. Elphaba found a few leaves and, using her feet, pulled them into a pile. She rested her head on it, and although it wasn't as comfortable as a pillow, she fell asleep quickly.

Elphaba was awakened by a horn. Her eyes opened in a flash. At first, she couldn't remember where she was, but seeing a soldier blowing a horn and feeling a rope cut into her hands reminded her.

The same soldier who untied her from the chain put her back on. A soldier from the back yelled "GO!". The line started moving forward.

It was so early, the sun was just starting to rise, but if you slowed down, a soldier would come from behind you and shove you to keep you going.

At about noon (Elphaba judged by the sun), a castle became visible. It looked huge. It must have been the biggest building Elphaba had ever seen!

Although Elphaba didn't know where she was going, she had high hopes that she would at least get to see the palace.

When the sun started to set, the group arrived at the castle. An important looking soldier walked up and down the rows of the prisoners, pointing at some of them.

After a while, the man got to Elphaba's row. The man looked at Elphaba for a while, thinking, then pointed at her. A Soldier untied her and grabbed her arm and dragged her to…