Instantly, the group was thrown onto the ground of a rural little town. Wow, this is nothing at all like Skid Row, Boq thought to himself as he looked around. Though it was dark like Skid Row, it was full of shabby little houses, created from stone and straw, which made Fiyero a little uncomfortable. The inhabitants of this place dressed in clothing more similar to Ozian then the clothes worn by the inhabitants of Skid Row, but they were dirty and dusty from the environment. Boq looked around to see a huge castle in the distance, perched precariously on a cliff. Elphaba, with audacity, approached on of the villagers, who at first was frightened by her mask. “Do you know where we would find Dr. Frankenstein,” she asked coolly.

The villager sneered, and said, “Hmph. It would seem that a group of freaks would come to see him. Yes, I know where he lives. He has been cooped up there, in his grandfather’s castle for a while now, and if he’s anything like Victor, I wouldn’t want to be going up there anytime soon.”

“Thank you, but I think we can handle him,” said Elphaba, and began to walk away, with Boq and Fiyero right behind. It took a while, but eventually the group reached the castle doors, which had gigantic, steel knockers in the shape of gargoyle faces. As Boq took one and banged it against the door, Fiyero exclaimed, “What knockers!!”

“Zank you scarecrow,” said a small, girlish voice. The group saw that a small, blonde girl had opened the door. At the sight of her, everyone thought the same thing: She looks just like Glinda! It was true, they looked so similar, the could have been twins. “My name is Inga, and I am ze doctor’s assistant. Vould you please follow me. Ze doctor is in ze lab, finishing up on a previous project. He has been vaiting for you though, and he iz very excited about your project!”

Inga grabbed a candelabra from the table, and just as the group was about to head down the spiral, stone staircase, she whipped around and said in a deep, morbid voice, “Stay close to ze candles. Ze stairs can be very…treacherous”. The group exchanged glances before following the perky, blonde girl down the stairs. About halfway down the stairs, Boq’s metallic heel slipped across one of the wet stairs, and he went tumbling down. Good thing I can’t feel, he thought to himself as a huge clang rang out every time he hit a step as he tumbled down the stair case. He bounced off the last step and went flying through the door, hitting, knocking down, and landing on top of something…or somebody.

As Boq slowly got up, he notice that he had fallen upon a huge green man, who, from the impact and the fall, had been knocked out. Boq quickly got off of him and the rest of the group rushed down the rest of the stairs. “Thank you my good man,” said a voice to the right of Boq. He swiveled around to see a medium-sized man with mahogany colored hair and a small moustache. Beside him was another man, but he was very short, draped in a black hooded cape that covered the hump on his back. The two looked very scared and distraught, the taller one even had a black eye and blood trickling down his face. The taller man spoke again; “He (refraining to the green man) went berserk! You saved our lives, and for that, it encourages me even more to give yours back.”

“Wha-what are you talking about,” Boq stuttered as the rest of the group finally reached the bottom of the staircase.

“I am Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, neurologist, and my partner and I might have discovered a cure for you, and your little scarecrow friend over there,” he said as he pointed to Fiyero.