Heyy peoples, thanks for being patient while I got this chapter all together. Anyway at last we make it to the third installment of the series. I hope all the thought I put into this chapter makes ya happy. Enjoy!

Secrets of the Uplands

Prologue

Linda the Lovely, Daughter of Glinda the Good found herself suffering from a horried

nightmare. She had bad nightmares before but this one was completely different. She

began to toss and turn in the sweaty sheets of her bed as the nightmare came to life in her

head.

She found her self in a place she had never seen before. It looked like a old and dusty

library like no one had been in it in centuries. Everything had a musty feeling to it which

gave Lin the chills.

"Where am I?" she said sounding completely confused and lost. There was a soft breeze

when a soft call come from the center of the old ruined library. "Linda, please Lin

hurry." the voice was strong but sounded worried. Lin knew the voice and when she

heard it she felt like she had to ran towards it. It was Elphie's , Lin found herself running

as fast as she could towards Elphie's voice. "Lin hurry Lin we need you." She called

again. This made Lin ran harder and as fast as her legs would take her. "I'm coming

Elphie." Lin yelled back. Finally she had made it close to where she had heard Elphie's

voice. Her heart beat going at a sped of complete exhaustion. "Elphie?" she called

feeling in her gut that something was about to happen. Lin gasped when she saw that in

the center on the old floor of th library was a map of Oz. Rich and vivid detail, what else

Lin noticed about the map was that there was a circle at the edge of the West, North ,

South, East and at the center where the emerald city should be of the map. She became

even more confused. "Okay what is going on?" She said getting scare but a part of her

was frustrated. She thought for a moment that it was the little bit of Elphie inside her that

was getting mad. "Hey calm down Lin honey." Lin jumped at the sound of her mother's

voice. Glinda the good stepped out of the darkness. A warm smile was on her face. Lin

ran into her mom's arms feeling more calm to have her mom near. "What's going on

Mom?" Lin asked worried. Glinda gently tightened her grip on her daughter.

"Everything's fine my darling. It's just our destines." She explained pointing down to

the circle she was standing that had an N in front on it. "Destines?" Lin asked even more

confused. Glinda giggled, "Here look Baby." she turned Lin around to see Elphie step to

the circle of the West. Elphie smiled gently, "Hey Lin thought you would never get here."

then elphie pointed a green finger to the east, and just on cue came Nessa smiling

brightly, "Yea we were starting to get worried." Nessa said cheerfully. That was when

Lin's head began to spin. Her heart was beating quicker than it should and her breathe

caught when she felt herself leave her mother's arms and stopped herself when she was in

the middle of the center circle. Lin looked around to Elphie, Nessa and her mom. "Wait I

still don't understand." Lin admitted looking straight at her mother. Glinda smiled and

said, "Don't worry Lin, soon you will. And soon Oz will be at peace for good. You will

make a great witch one day." But then everything was gone. The library, the map,

Glinda, Elphie, and Nessa were all gone. Lin was all alone in darkness. Lin fell to her

knees placing both her hands to her temples. "MOM, NESSA, ELPHIE, PLEASE

SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT IS GOING ON!"

And with those words Lin shot up in her bed awake. Her marks burning fiercely and her

body shaking. She looked around the room to make sure she was truly awake. Lin let out

sign of relief. "Thank Oz it was just a dream." But what Linda didn't know was that it was

far from a dream or nightmare. No, Linda the Lovely had just experienced her first vision.

I know this chapter is giving alittle too much away. But I think this is the best way to start out this one. I want to get you guys thinking and instantly interested in this story. I hope I did it justice. Please review.