A/N: I think the next chapter might be in Edwards POV...maybe. Please review! I'd love to hear what you all think, and any suggestions you have would be awsome. Thanks :D
We had been in line for almost an hour when we approached the men in the white lab coats. My Papa had handed Lizzy to Mama.
"Move quickly! Schnell! Schnell! Keep moving!" the men continued to issue orders, and told people to go to either the left line or the right.
As we came up to them, one asked me, "Wie alt?" I looked to my mother, seeking permission to speak. How old? The man had asked.
Mama nodded. "Achtzehn," I told him. He then gestured to the left, telling me to go that way. As I went, I looked behind me to see Papa following, but could not see Mama or Lizzy.
"Mama? Lizzy?" I frantically called for them. Before Papa could stop me, I saw Mama and ran to her.
"Bella," she said, "Gehen! You must go to your line before they see you!"
"But Mama! I want to go with you and Lizzy."
My Mama shifted the sleeping Lizzy and pulled me into a tight hug. "We must go where they tell us to, liebling, in order to survive. Do as they tell you, my love, and everything will work out."
"But M-"
"Go, Bella, and we will see each other soon. I promise." with that, Mama kissed both of my cheeks and said she loved me, and before I had the chance to say anything else, she and Lizzy were gone.
I went to look for them again, but a restraining hand on my arm stopped me. Letting the heartbroken tears fall down my cheeks, I whirled around to give them a piece of my mind.
When I saw that it was Papa, I collapsed against him, sobbing uncontrollably. "What will become of us, Papa?"
"I don't know, kind. We must move on." My Papa gently pushed me forward. We came to another line in front of a building, where people went in with only their few belongings and the clothes on their back, and came out with striped pants and shirts that were worn and filthy looking, with nothing else. The men's heads were shaven and the womens hair were in hankerchiefs or dirty scarfs, or putten into a braid.
When we entered the building, the people issuing orders told me and Papa to separate into two different lines (one line for women, another for men) and we were told to remove our clothing and leave our belongings there.
As I took off my jewelry, I cried a little. I loved my jewelry, and was wearing a necklace that my mother had given me. It was a simple silver locket, that held a picture of her on the left side of it. On the right, it had "Für immer und ewig" engraved on the inside of it. Forever and always, Mama, I thought. As I looked at it, a plan hatched. I took it from around my neck and stuffed it in my mouth, a place they wouldn't look. While I concentrated on not swallowing my necklace, I took my clothes off.
I blushed a furious red when I removed my clothing, looking around me hesitantly, seeing if anyone was watching. But, it seemed no one really was, seeing as everyone else was going through their own personal hell, half of them naked themselves. Even though we were told we were to get our things back later on, I saw our suitcases and clothes thrown into a pile of other people's things. I had a sad feeling that I would never see my precious possesions again.
Looking over to Papa's line, I saw that he was being forced to remove his wedding ring, and to deposit it into a pile of gold and silver rings and bands. He continued to move through the line with tears rolling over his cheeks.
A man in uniform handed me a striped uniform. I quickly got dressed, not wanting to stay naked a moment longer. I was then directed outside, where I was in a line that was being ordered to walk to another building. While I stood there, I quickly took my necklace from my mouth and put it around my neck. I put it underneath the dirty striped shirt, hiding it from all eyes.
I looked for my Papa, and saw him in the men's line, walking the opposite direction towards another building.
Before I could say anything or go after him, a huge shadow fell over me, and looking up, I saw a face of evil.