The Hunger Glade: Chapter 1

Where Am I?

Authors Note: Hey! This is my first fanfiction and I'm really excited about it! You probably won't understand this fanfiction if you haven't read both the hunger games and the maze runner. I am going to try to add a new chapter at least once a week. Let me know what you think and what you want to be put into the story ~BoggedGalexy :)

Where Am I?

I opened my eyes. It made no difference. The room I was in was completely black.

I rose to my feet feeling around me. God my head hurt! I kept feeling around, my fingers catching on wooden boxes and metal chain. Where am I? How did I get here? Why am I here? The questions circled in my head. I couldn't remember the answers to any of these questions. Come to think of it I couldn't remember anything, nothing at all!

My breathing became ragged and I fell to the floor. In my head I listed the things I did remember. My name is Katniss. I am 17 years old. I... I... that was it! That was all I remembered! Images of a forest, a small town, and a little girl with blond braids flashed by in my mind but I couldn't grasp them for more then a splt-second. What do I do? I was in a metal box filled with darkness, I couldn't remember anything, and I seemed to be moving to god knows where.

I felt a tear of panic squeeze out of my eye. What is going on?

CLANG!

A small scream escaped my lips as the box came to an abrupt stop. I scrambled to my feet holding tightly onto the boxes next to me. Suddenly a harsh light came streaming down into my eyes blinding me from my surroundings. I shielded my eyes to give them time to adjust. When I opened them again I was shocked at what I saw. There was a boy standing in front of me, his mouth hanging open in surprise and his eyes squinting. I jumped back and hurled a nearby backpack at him. It hit him in the leg and he fell hard.

"Well? Who is he?" I heard a voice shout from above me.

"Yeah! Bring him up!" Another yelled down.

The boy in front of me continued to gape at me from the ground, unsure of what to do.

"It... It's a girl!" He stammered back to the crowd of boys that had formed around the edges of the box.

There was a moment of silence before all hell broke loose. The boys started pushing each other around, fighting to get a better look at me. There were overlapping shouts coming from all directions.

"What?"

"A girl?"

"Dibs!"

"What's her name?" Where some of the comments I caught in the ruckus.

"Who are you? Where am I? Why did you bring me here? You have 10 seconds to answer me." I said threateningly through gritted teeth.

The boy struggled to stand and after noticing my poorly concealed fear, reached out for my shoulder. Instinctively, I pulled away from him. He held up his hands to show he meant no harm and cleared his throat.

"One..." I began, glaring.

"My name is Newt. You're in the glade but the creators sent you here not us, we didn't have anything to do with it. Don't worry none of us will hurt you everyones just a bit surprised that's all. What's your name?" Newt said in an... was that an english accent?

I looked Newt up and down. He had messy, dirty blond hair, a strong build, and green eyes. Could I trust him? Of course not! Don't be stupid Katniss! but there was still something that made me want to.

"I..." I croaked as if I hadn't spoken in years, "I'm Katniss." I finally got out.

"New greenie's name is Katniss" Newt yelled at the swarm of boys, and they let out a deafening cheer. I turned back to Newt and gave him a questioning look as he led me up a ladder into my new home. Why am I here? Why don't I remember anything? Who are 'the creators'? I wanted to scream.

After climbing out of the box I was quickly ushered into a old building Newt called, "the homestead", at the disappointment of the crowd of boys. Right after arriving in the homestead I learned that I was the first, "shucking" girl to ever arrive in, "the glade". They certainly have a strange way of talking here. I also learned all the boys here had lost there memory, we were surrounded by a seemingly unsolvable maze, and met a few new "gladers"

Just then the door burst open and Newt ran back into the building with Alby, the glades leader, and Minho, a runner who's job was to find an exit in the maze.

"We're dealing with a real riot out there because of you darling." Minho said smirking.

"Well sorry if my being here is an inconvenience to you Minho." I replied mirroring his smirk in a mocking fashion.

"Shuck! The girl's got a voice!" Minho retorted clutching his chest in an overly dramatic way.

I gave him a small smile and decided I liked Minho, he made me feel more comfortable with the situation I was in, as did Newt. I actually felt surprisingly comfortable with the whole thing, as if I had been in the glade before, as if I knew all of the people who live here. It's strange...

I shook my head and brought my attention back to the conversation at hand.

"Where will she sleep? We can't let let her sleep outside with those slintheads!" Alby raved, throwing his hands in the air.

"I can take care of myself you know." I snapped back at him.

"Katniss, listen, I am sure you are a tough girl, the creators wouldn't have sent you here if you weren't, but..." Alby began before he was cut of by Minho.

"I really doubt you going to be able to defend yourself from more then 40 hormonal boys who haven't seen a girl in three years, and can't remember the ones they have seen." He interjected.

"You know, now that Frypan has taken to sleeping in the kitchen, Peeta doesn't have a roommate." Newt offered thoughtfully.

"Really, Newt? We just said we want her to be kept away from all the boys." Minho chuckled, "But I guess that the baker is better then the rest of them." He quietly added, scratching the back of his head.

Peeta... The name sounded familiar but of corse, I couldn't remember why.

"Well I guess your getting the keeper perks." Alby decided, "I'll go find Peeta." With that, he turned and left the homestead.

"So, What's going on?" I asked, and looked at both Minho and Newt.

"Well each job has two keepers, and keepers get to stay in the homestead," Newt started, "each of us share a room but now that Frypan, he's the cook, has started sleeping in the kitchens every night, Peeta doesn't have a roommate." Newt smiled at me.

"Peeta is a good guy darling, you don't have to worry about him. Just so you know though, if I didn't have to share a room with Cato I'd be volunteering to room with ya." Minho added with a playful wink.

I rolled my eyes and chuckled at this. Cato... I didn't know why but the name gave me a bad feeling.

Just then Alby returned with another boy about my age. He had blond hair, a strong body, friendly eyes, and was covered in flour. He grinned and stuck out his hand for me to shake. I didn't accept it right away but figured it's best not to make a bad impression my first day here.

"Peeta." The boy said, still smiling, as I shook his hand.

"Katniss." I replied, even though he surely already knew that.

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