The country divided people into 8 groups. Ones, the royalty and religious leaders. Twos, the nobles and celebrities. Threes, the great minds, inventors. Fours, farm owners. Fives, artists and performers. Sixes, workers indoors. Sevens, workers outdoors, manaul labour's. Eights, jobless, the homeless and mentally unstable.

Elias was a five. He was an amazing musician and was skilled with many instruments. He was 17 years old and worked hard with his mother at performing at 3s and 2s parties. His sister was an artist like his father and his little brother hadn't found that talent just yet. He was only 5 anyway.

The Selection... This was a very big event where the Prince had come of age to marry and needed to find a wife by choosing 35 women from each state. Though this year was different for some reason. Elias got one of those letters and it explained that this year, girls AND boys can participate. Elias had no interest in the prince... he was too stiff and serious as shown on TV. But his mother convinced him to sign uo anyway. What was the chance he would get chosen anyway?..

When the names were announced, Elias did indeed get chosen. It got chaotic fast and soon enough, Elias was at the palace. It was a lot. the attention was on him, as well as 34 other people who were chosen. Once he was alone at night, finally, his thoughts started to overwhelme him. He started to panic and ran out of his room. he wasn't allowed outside for security reasons but thats all he needed right now the guards stopped him but before they could do anything else, a voice sounded. "Let him go outside." it was the prince. the guards obeyed and Elias rushed outside, the fresh air feeling like water. he collapsed to his knees, trying to catch his breath.