Hi everybody! *waves happily* So! This story it's going to be based on the Maze Runner trilogy BUT starting from since long before Thomas came to the Glade. If we ever reach the point where Thomas finally enter, at that point I might change some things, I'm not really sure yet.
I've been wanting to do this for a long time but being the lazily and at the same time occupied person I am, my body and brain didn't let me until now.
Points to note:
- The story will be written in a 3rd POV but I'll do my best to make the characters and reader (you) as close as I can in terms of thoughts and canon.
- English is not my first language so there might be errors when writing that I haven't seen. If notice please let me know in order to change them and enjoy a better story!
- A warning, more or less, that I'd like to point. The pacing of the story is going to be slow. I hate it (hopefully I'm not the only one?) when the reader and the characters fall in love instantaneously just after they met or are attracted to each other a few seconds after they came out of the box like damn, they might be good looking but there are surely other things more important at that moment! So, in this story, there will be real human interactions.
- There are also going to be boys named that may not be the same as in the books
- The reader is going to be slightly chubby. By that I mean that Y/N doesn't have a slim body (duh, someone give me a Nobel) so don't expect boys whistling or smut scenes or things like that. You have a normal body but with some chubby parts here and there
With nothing else to add, for now, I thank you guys for your time and please enjoy the chapter! *smile*
Disclaimer: I do not own the maze runner (Bet you didn't know!)
Chapter 1: Where is this place?
Dozen of elephants.
When she woke up, it felt like dozen of elephants had crashed into her head. Everything was a mess inside her and she had to urgently bend to vomit.
A few minutes after throwing up and resting her body in the wall, she tried to regulate her breathing. It felt as if she had been running for hours. She moved like she hadn't been in that body of hers anytime soon.
It wasn't familiar.
She looked around her slowly, trying to focus. The only thing occupying her vision were iron walls and some plants falling from the top of them. Where was she? She didn't remember anything. Questions appeared inside her head, choking her. What was this place? Why didn't she remember anything? Her family? Her… name?
God, she didn't know what her name was.
When she stood up to walk, still in commotion, a sharp pain rushed through her body. A small cry came out of her throat, couldn't she at least walk? Just at that moment, she heard a loud sound. Some gears were moving… along with another sound much closer than the last one.
She didn't like either of them.
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The sun wasn't still up in the Glade when its people started moving around the place for another day.
"Morning shanks" near of one of the four doors that delimited the Glade, a tall guy with brown eyes arrived to a group of teens who seemed to be getting ready to leave somewhere 'you got everything?
"Still have to check where's my desire to spend all day running but guess I won't find it any soon" murmured one of them with asian features while tying his shoes with a double knot "You know you don't have to come every single day, right Nick?" he stood up, his hands on his hips.
They now all were facing the door, which was starting to make the usual opening noises.
The boy shrugged "Better be prepared than something happening along the way, where's Newt?" he asked looking for the blond boy "The doors just opened, you better go in to stay there as much as possible
"He went with Martin to get his food" said other boy not far from them "He forgot them again."
"Sorry for the wait" as soon as they finished talking both of them appeared with bags "Frypan didn't remember where he had the food" said Martin.
"Then, we are ready" Minho said looking around "Remember, don't get killed and see you all ugly shanks at dinner tonight."
With that, everyone entered the maze.
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She didn't know how long she had been trying to move but as time passes her body seemed to be getting heavier, her pulse increasing didn't look good either. The silence had also made the panic got into her
"Please… " she tried talking out loud for the first time, her throat was dry and it hurt but she had to try it. Try to advance with her voice instead of with her legs, even though it was a faint sound, almost a cry "Is there... anybody here?" her voice resounded against the iron walls.
With the end of her sentence, that mechanic sound happened again with a vibration all along the mall. Something was coming towards her and even though she was the one who was looking for some kind of reaction, she didn't like it one bit.
Something suddenly clicked on her mind.
Of course. Someone had to have put her here. The mere thought almost made her cry. Were they, whoever those they could be, going to do something to her? Questions appeared again. Concentrating and breathing heavily she looked around.
A hidden place.
There was a piece of wall broken in a corner as if something had crashed and made that hole. That could help her hide from the sound and make her see what it was whatever that was coming. She tried to make it to there. She was going to make it… the triumph was suddenly replaced by nausea. Again, everything became blurry.
Inconsistently she tried to move forward. Then she crashed with someone, sending her to the ground instantly.
"Ugh! Wow, what the…?" a voice stopped near her. She tried to scream, or talk. Nothing. Her heart started beating faster, her senses were unfocussed which made everything scarier "Newt, make your shucking legs move faster!"
What was going to happen now?
"What is it n… wow" another voice came. At least she thought that was another voice. From the ground and in her state she couldn't be really sure.
"It's a chick" the first voice talked again. She wanted to do something but her eyes were closing…
What were those people going to do to her?
"Ey" the voice grabbed her arm rudely "Shuck face, how did you enter here?"
Why her?
And with that last thought, all became dark.
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"Minho, I don't think she… bloody hell don't just drop her on the ground!" he walked towards them when the girl fell and Minho did no other thing apart from standing back.
" What did you expect me to do?"
A few moments of silence embraced that mall of the maze. No one moved an inch. Newt sighed, frowning. They could do just one thing "…Let's take her to the glade,"
Now it was Minho who frowned "What?" he turned to Newt "We don't know who the hell is she or why she's suddenly here and you want to bring her with us?" he pointed to the place the Glade was supposed to be if it wasn't for the walls.
"Oh yeah, she seems deadly dangerous." he said looking at the girl whose body was laying on the cold ground, not even making noise "Look. I don't want her there either but this is the first bloody thing that has happened in the time we've been here, so yeah" he stated a second time "we're taking her."
Minho huffed, clearly not happy "If that's the case let's look for the others, they shouldn't be too far. There's no shucking way we'll be able to take her by ourselves" he said looking at her body.
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"Today it becomes six months in this shucking place" Nick rumbled alongside with Alby while looking around them. They usually started mornings talking to the keepers for any new problem that might have to get solved.
"So what? I don't think being in this place a month more or less makes you create new questions" answered the dark-skinned boy "In any case, I would think about making more space for greenies and food, what do you think, Gally?" the boy asked when both of them were reaching the builders area.
"If you two were the ones who had to do all that from nothing you wouldn't be asking for that" the boy in question grunted while trying to cut a tree.
"So, how the new part of the homestead going?" Nick was trying to take a look at what they were up to without being too close. Months of experience made him learn not to get too close to the builders when working.
"Same as yesterday and the day before."
"Still, you slintheads are doing better, I don't really see any of you going that often to Clint for bandages."
"And how's the greenie doing on his last day of being one?" Alby pointed with his head to one of the boys.
"Better than I expected" answered Gally "Hopefully the next one will also join us, the more hand we have building things, the better."
"What would be better would be to have a runner" commented Alby looking around "but that's maybe too optimistic"At that moment the siren run off meaning the box had appeared again "Speaking of the devil."
"That was early" Nick looked at the center of the Glade. While jogging there, a boy came across the crowd running for them "Nick! Alby!
"What's up, Alex"
"It's the box, you've got to see it" he seemed really nervous.
"Is it the new greenie?" asked Alby a little angered. He hated dealing with the whinny new boys who came, it was always the same with them. That was why Nick always dealt with them "What's wrong with the new shank now?"
"Did he pass out again?" tried to guess the brown-haired, looking at the place where the new boy was supposed to come out. Not a sound was made so Nick opted to jump inside. He really wished he hadn't fainted like some of them did.
He shook his head "No, that's the thing. He…"
"We don't have the whole day" said Gally appearing from behind them.
Alex shrank at his tone of voice "There's… no greenie in the box."
Before he finished the sentence Alby had also jumped into the box.
"What are you talking about?!" they heard Gally yelling. As the boy said, no one was there. In silence, both tried to look for something that indicated something. Anything.
Some noise began getting louder and louder. The gladers had begun to move anxiosuly around the box, trying to look inside it while talking between themselves.
"The rest of you shanks is going to keep on with their work, we'll talk later, no one does anything or talk about anything" shouted Nick from inside to the crowd of people whispering above them.
"Nick this isn't…"
"Give us a shucking minute will you, Gally?" Alby didn't wait for the other to finish.
A few minutes after dealing with the gladers, and Alby having to get outside to yell at them. Both stared at each other.
"What do you think?" Alby raised an eyebrow.
"What do I think? Shuck Alby… " he scratched his chin "Something is wrong. This doesn't make sense at all."
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"What is that?"
"A corpse?"
"Did another shank…?"
"Shuck, someone got stung?!
People where gathering to see the reason almost half of the runner had returned. Minho along with two others were carrying someone while Newt was looking around the Glade. Frowning, he jogged towards Clint "Where are Alby and Nick?"
He pointed the box "Inside it talking, no boy showed up today."
Still breathing heavily he nodded "I think I know the bloody reason… Ey" he called for his attention "better go to the homestead. You'll be needed there in a few moments" after that, he made his way to the box. Inside, as Clint had said, Nick and Alby were arguing about something.
"Nick, Alby come up right now!" both looked at him frowning and surprised by him coming to the Glade so soon.
"The shuck are you doing here, Newt?"
"Is it another boy stung? I swear this place is..."
"Slim it" he cut them "Come up here and see what we've brought you" he turned his head to the place the runners were supposed to be placing the girl.
And… the end!
Alby is Second in command and Newt is still a runner, yay! I hope I represented their personalities more or less, if not, let me know!
Hope you guys liked it and if you did leave a comment so I work harder! I will try to be with the second chapter as soon as I can *wink*