DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE MAZE RUNNER.

The New Greenie

It was dark.

Darkness all around her.

She couldn't seem to catch her breath as the darkness crept down her lungs and suffocated her. She closed her eyes tight and pressed her back against the cool metal.

She felt around with her hands and then edged herself into a corner.

Her heart hammered in her chest as she tried to stifle the panic that was rising in her.

Where was she?

She was in a box.

Who was she?

Aria.

She didn't know how she knew it, but it was true. The name echoed around in her head and she suddenly wanted to scream it. Shout it out into the darkness. The overwhelming urge to cry out grew to an unbearable amount and her lips parted, but nothing came out. She curled up into herself wishing she could sink into the floor. Have it melt over her skin and swallow her whole. Her mouth hung open slightly as she sat staring into the dark. Creaking and groaning against the metal chains lifting her towards what could only be her captors.

The box raised upward and then nothing.

It stopped. Cages and crates rattled around her and she brought her hands to her ears.

What was happening? Scream. She wanted to scream.

White light.

Suddenly the top of the box became bright and blinding. Aria ducked her head low and squeezed her eyes tight shut again. This was it. This was the end. It was a bright light and she couldn't remember…

"Hello?" Aria's head snapped up again. Voices? She scrabbled to her feet and towards the light

"Shucking-"

"What do you see?"

"Dude, am I hallucinating or…"

"No, Clint you're not-"

"Then…"

"It's- it's a girl."

That's when the voices above seemed to loose control.

"What?"

"Let me see!"

"I call dibs!"

"Shut it slintheads!" a voice boomed and Aria's heart rate seemed to pick up as her vision cleared and she saw dozens of faces peering down at her. Eyes and lips and mouths. Boy after boy after boy.

"You okay down there Greenie?" She just stared up at them. She couldn't remember…

"We're going to send down a rope and host you up." He said and she only stood there "Get it?" he asked to make sure she understood. Aria was frozen for a moment longer before she managed a nod. The boy's dark face disappeared and the rope dropped down. Aria stared at it for some reason reluctant to touch it. Then:

"Hurry it up down there, Greenbean! We ain't got all day!" She grabbed it and was dragged up. Once she was close enough, hands reached down and grabbed at her shirt pulling her up faster. She scrambled up to her feet and backed away from the faces. So many faces. Her eyes scanned the crowd. She could see boys, all of them seeming to be in their teens or there about. She spun in a circle though, her eyes searching for something familiar or… female. There was no other girl in sight.

No girl. Not one girl.

"Welcome, Greenie." the dark skinned boy was tall and muscular, he looked down at her with an intense gaze and she felt small. She was small. All the boys thoughts so. She was also the most beautiful girl they had ever seen since, well she was the only girl they could ever remember meeting. Aria looked away from him and towards the open doors or the metal contraption. She had been in a box.

They must have put her in the box.

They must have done this.

They took her.

They took her from...

From where? She thought.

From where I belong.

Her lips parted again and this time she spoke

"You-" her voice was deeper than she expected, scratchy and chapped sounding, "You did this to me!" she yelled and it was like the words cleared her lungs. They opened and oxygen flew in. They gasped at the fresh air her hands flying to her chest.

She spun around and the circle boys that had formed widened as they backed away to give her space.

"Calm now, Greenie, we know you must-"

"You! You all! Where am I? What happened?" she shouted her knees shaking and threatening to give out from underneath her.

"Slim it Gree-"

"Where! Slim what? Where am I? "

"I'll answer if you calm down." Aria backed away and bumped into someone, she jumped and let out a gasp

"No!" she screamed her eyes suddenly burning, stinging and her shoulders shaking. She couldn't think straight- she couldn't-

"Whoa there, Greenie, don't need ya' falling back into the box." The boy said gently taking her shoulders and guiding her away from the open box. Aria looked at him then back at the hole where she had been about to drop back into. Back to the boy. He had tussled blonde hair and his brown eyes were glued to her's. There was a small curve of his lips as he smirked at her amused slightly. She stared at him for a few moments, not sure what to do. His hands were still on her shoulders and she daren't move away. A voice cleared and the boy looked away from her. The dark skinned boy took a step forward

"Name's Alby, leader of the Gladers." He said proudly and sticking out a hand for Aria to shake. Her eyes just flicked down to it and then back to his face. When she made no move to take it he sighed and dropped his arm.

"W-what Gladers?" she asked hesitantly and Alby smiled slightly

"That's what we call ourselves." He gestures to the boys around him.

Aria tried searching for the right questions to ask, but her mind was swarming with so many.

"I don't… I can't remember…" she said slowly and painfully as she closed her eyes tight and tried to focus on anything that she could. Even her name kept slipping away from her.

"It's okay, none of us here can." She opened her eyes again at that. She didn't believe them. They knew something. They had put her there. He was a liar.

"I- I want to leave." She said and he let out a laugh

"Get in line, Greenie." He said and she whimpered, not caring if she sounded weak in front of them right now.

"Please I- I don't want to be here! Send me back!" she shouted spinning around again and slamming into someone's chest.

The boy wrapped his arms around her. She immediately hit his chest with her hand to try and break away, but he didn't budge.

"Let me go!" she yelled into his shirt, but he didn't. A sob escaped her throat as she finally gave in to her weak knees and leaned into him, clinging to his shirt like her life depended on it. Her body wracked with sobs and tears streamed down her face,

"No, no please, no!" she tightened her grip on the soft fabric of the boys shirt "Send me back! Please! Send me back! No!" Aria pulled and pushed not knowing whether she should let go or cling onto him forever. She knew she seemed crazy. SHe must, but she couldn't stop the words now they were coming. The boy seemed to make the decision for her and gently pried her off of him. She saw his face for the first time and recognized his brown eyes and shaggy blond hair from before. He gave her a smile of sorts and she shook away from him.

"Tell me what happened!"

Alby sighed and shook his head

"I can't tell you anything if you don't slim it." He said harshly and she shut her mouth. He let out a sigh of relief and his shoulders visibly relaxed

"Good that. Now, welcome to the Glade, Greenie. Home swee' home." Aria shook her head and looked around trying to regain her breath.

No. This couldn't be right.

No this couldn't be.

It couldn't.

Be.

Right.

He was lying. This wasn't her home. She wasn't where she was meant to be. This was a mistake. He was a liar. He was a liar.

"Liar." She whispered through gritted teeth as she narrowed her eyes at the Alby. His face shifted into a look of annoyance. He looked as if he wanted to say something, but was holding back.

The blonde boy must have seen his friends growing annoyance and stepped forward Aria was almost relieved when he spoke. She didn't like Alby that much.

"We know you must be a tad… disoriented," he said holding his hands out slightly as though she was some kind of rabid animal. When she didn't answer he took it as his cue to continue. He looked around for some support, but then cleared his throat.

"That's totally normal-"

"I can't remember anything." Aria cut him off, to repeat herself again. Her voice was quiet and meek and, the boy's demeanor softened.

"I know," he said softly looking into her moistening eyes "Can you tell us your name?" My name? She gazed at him for a moment, his eyebrows raised and a small encouraging smile on his face

"A-Aria. My name is Aria." She said slowly and the boy immediately broke out into a grin as the boys around her let out whistles and hoots of congratulations. She couldn't stop the smile that broke out onto her face. It probably looked awkward and out of place with her red eyes and blotchy cheeks.

"Aria." The boy said stepping forward and raising her arm into the air "Aria!" he shouted and the cheers only grew louder. She bit her lip and dropped her gaze to ground. The boy seemed to sense her sudden un-comfortableness and let her arm go. She took a step back and wrung her fingers together. She could feel all their eyes on her. She couldn't feel their stares and they were burning her skin and lighting her on fire. She couldn't seem to get the panic in her to go away anymore. It was rising again, bubbling up through her esophagus and choking her.

"Alright then, Greenie lets get-"

Aria didn't want to know though. She didn't want to be there. She spotted a gap between two boys and sprinted towards it.

She had to get out. She had to see for herself- know for herself that there was no escape. The boys seemed to spring back and make way for her as she headed towards the small gap that quickly turned into a clear exit. She ran out a few feet into open grass and stopped short. All around her.

Walls.

They stretched up into the sky tall and were covered in green ivy. She dropped to her knees and her lip began to quiver again. The tears came and her hands dropped into the grass.

"No…" she whispered. A hand was on her shoulder and then she was being lifted, picked up by someone. Carried. And she did nothing.

Except cry.

Aria woke with a start. Sitting straight up and gasping for breath. She had her hands clutching at her chest as it rose and fell rapidly.

She felt sticky and sweaty; her hair clung to the sides of her face and her shirt stuck to her back. She swallowed hard and squeezed her eyes shut.

It was awful. She had the worst dream.

Her head was pounding.

Beating in her skill.

Boom.

Boom.

Boom.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

She opened her eyes again and scanned the room. It was small and bare. The walls were empty, except for a small window opposite her. There was a night table to her left, as she realized she was on some kind of bed, with a lamp on it and a glass of water. She reached for it and sucked its contents down her throat. The liquid was lukewarm as though it been sat there for a while, but she didn't care, her mouth and lips felt so dry.

Boom. Thump.

Her breaths steadied and her shaking hands slowed down.

Boom. Thump. Boom.

She was fine.

Thump.

She was safe.

Boom.

She was here.

Where exactly was here?

She studied the room again and found she was alone. Her eyes landed on a door. She slipped out from the thin sheet she had been tucked in and made her way towards it, to her surprise the door opened with little complaint and let out a low creak as it came towards her.

The hallway on the other side was also empty. The chair next to the door. Empty.

Not knowing what else do to, Aria started down the hall.

Was she alone in this place? Was she dreaming? Was all this even real?

Suddenly she heard voices, muffled and deep as she approached a rickety staircase leading down. There was dim, grey light coming from the lower ground floor.

If there where people here then maybe they could help her.

She slowly descended, trying to keep her steps light. The voices grew louder and she was able to make out what they were saying.

"A girl Greenie? What are those slintheads playing at?"

"I don't know, maybe we'll be getting girls from now on?"

"Man I hope so," an eager voice spoke up and there was a chuckle

"Yeah well the question is what do we do with her now?"

"How the hell do we deal with shuck girl Greenie?"

"Bloody hell though, she really made an entrance." His voice was slightly different and stood out from the others. There was another chuckle

"Yeah well with that hair…"

"And those legs…"

Aria looked down at her legs, brown pants that stopped just below her knees covered them. Her hair was a golden blonde mess. It's soft waves tangled and down around her shoulders. She quickly ran her fingers through it and the knots came out easily.

"You couldn't even see her legs, shuck face."

"I didn't have to-"

Aria could make out a few different voices now, but it was hard to tell really.

They sounded familiar…

Where was she again?

Suddenly she remember. She remembered the box and the boys and her break down. She hurried down the last few steps and out from her hiding place. There she saw the faces that belonged to the voices.

There were four boys stood there, leaning against the walls, one perched on the edge of a table. Their eyes turned to her as she entered and they widened. All of them jumped up from their slouched positions and turned to face her.

Aria took a deep breath and calmed herself. She wasn't going to flip out like she did earlier.

"You're up." One of the boys said stating 'observantly'.

"Obviously." She said not meaning to put such harsh bite to the word which caused the boys to glance between each other nervously. The boy from earlier, Alby, stepped forward.

"Good to see you awake, Greenie. Quite the show you put on back there. Thought you were going to sleep 'ill tomorrow."

"How long was I… out for?" she asked trying to keep her voice strong. The boy shrugged

"I don't know… two? Maybe three hours?" Three hours? It didn't seem that long. She nodded. Aria cleared her throat.

"I want to know where I am." She demanded and Alby grinned

"Like I said earlier, you're in the Glade. I'll give you the full tour later." She narrowed her eyes at him as silence took over the room. Her eyes flickered to the door behind them. A boy seemed to catch on and stepped in front of it.

"Now, now Greenie… just calm down." He said holding out his hands. His brown hair was messy and tossed up at strange angles. It would be almost humorous if it were any other situation.

"I am calm." She stated, folding her arms across her chest "I'm not screaming anymore am I?" The boys exchanged uneasy looks again and Aria let out a huff. "And it's Aria not Greenie." The boy smirked at her and shrugged. She glared at him. "Maybe I'll call you Greenie." She said and he let out a chuckle,

"Not how it works, Greenbean. Only the Newbies get that title. You can call me Theo." She rolled her eyes when he sent her a wink. UNder normal circumstances she would have blushed, but for some reasons those emotions were supressed for the moment.

"I want to go outside." She said turning her attention back to Alby. They all looked at her. They looked at her as though they had never seen a girl before.

"What are you staring at? Do I have three heads?" A few cracked grin. Aria recognized the blonde boy from earlier. The one who she cried on. He was smirking at her amusedly. She quickly averted her eyes when she recalled her embarrassing moment. She raised her eyebrow expectantly at the brown haired boy, Theo who was staring the most blatantly now.

"No… its just… you're a… girl." Aria felt a smile tug on her lips.

"No shit." She said with smirk, though it faltered after a second. She was a girl right? She couldn't really see her face. It was obvious right? She opened her mouth hesitantly and lowered her arms.

"I- I do look like a girl right?" she asked the boy and he chuckled.

"Yeah, you look like a girl," his eyes dipped down her body, giving it a once over for a moment "Don't worry." She sighed mentally in relief.

Silence took over the room again.

"Shuck it- how do we deal with a girl Greenie? Newt?" The blonde from earlier, Newt raised his hands in defense and shook his head.

"Don't look at me Alby, how the hell should I know?" He looked from Alby and then back to Aria an entertained glint in his eyes. What is up with him? Was there something funny about me? Did I have something on face? The sudden urge to find a mirror came over her. She couldn't remember what she looked like. She shifted uncomfortably under the boys' stares.

"Any- anyone ever teach you it was rude to stare?" she asked raising an eyebrow and all the boys seemed to shuffle in embarrassment.

"Sorry- we just- we've never seen a girl before." Aria's eyes rose upwards in surprise. What? Were there really no girls here? She had thought that she might have missed them earlier,

"W-what?" Newt smirked

"You're the only girl in Glade, Greenie." He said. She decided to ignore him calling her that for the moment and her mouth dropped open.

"No." Was all she could say. Alby rolled his eyes

"Not back to that again are we?" Aria's eyes snapped to him

"No." she defended, but then blushed when she realized what she had done.

"I think… we start with the tour?" Alby was trying to keep the authority in his voice, but his statement still came out as a question and his eyebrow rose slightly as he looked at Aria. She couldn't help but allow a small smile to lift her lips and her seemingly lightened mood made the boys faces relax slightly.

"Sounds like a good place to start." She said with a shrug. Alby clapped his hands together

"Right then Greenie, lets go." He turned on his heel and started for the door. Aria's mouth hung open for a moment as she watched him walk outside and into the light. She looked at the other boys before finally snapping her lips shut and following him outside.

"Enjoy yourself Greenie!" she heard a British accent shout. Her face heated up for a second when she turned her head to see Newt had his eyes on her.

If she thought a certain pair of brown eyes made her blush then she was in for a shock when she stepped out of the wooden building and back into the Glade.

A/N- THERE IS THE FIRST CHAPTER OF MY NEW STORY!

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