I was in the classroom again but this time my past self wasn't there. Then I saw that all of the children were looking at a screen. I turned to face it and I was horrified with what I saw.

It was an advertisement for a TV show of kids in a maze. It had to be us, we were in this hell hole so people could have some entertainment?

But the children looked sad as well. Then on the screen came a video of the Glade. There wasn't as many boys as there was now so I guessed that this was a while back. Everyone was hard at work when the Greenie alarm blared. Everyone ran to the box and when it opened you could see me.

I looked a mess, with blood pouring down my face. I smiled a bit when I got out of the box myself, I looked strong and showed that I wasn't some weak girl. But then my face dropped when I saw myself faint.

Then the time skipped and this time I was at someone's house, but again my past self wasn't there. Instead it was one of the girls who was in the classroom. I couldn't remember who she was but she was with her family looking at her TV screen.

The screen lit up and it showed Minho and Alby in the maze. It showed Alby getting stung by a griever, I had to turn away while Minho knocked Alby out. Then it showed me and Thomas running into the maze. For a while it showed us all in the maze ad how me and Thomas both killed a griever.

The strange thing was a few times my vision would start to go blurry and I would start to see white. And whenever something happened to me on the computer screen I could feel it in my body now, and some of it bloody well hurt.

Then it all started to fade out…

I woke up to a pain in my arm and my head. I opened my eyes and tried to sit up but the pain just got worse. I layed there for another few minutes and tried again but this time I was interrupted by voices.

I immediately fell back down and closed my eyes. I slowed my breathing hoping they wouldn't notice I was awake. I recognised it as Jeff who was treating me but there was also someone else in the room.

"Is she awake?" The voice asked. It was so familiar but I couldn't remember who it was.

"Not at the minute." Jeff replied.

"Can we just force her to wake up?" The voice said again. This time I knew who it was. The only person who was cold hearted and came up with harsh and ludicrous ideas – Gally. I mentally rolled my eyes, he couldn't even have a little pity for me?

"No, we're luck she's still alive. We lost her a few times already, we can't risk it." Jeff said. I nearly died? This made my heartrate quicken and it was harder to pretend I was asleep.

"Can the girl at least come to the Gathering?" Gally questioned.

"Nope, she's still in a coma. But have a nice time at the Gathering." Jeff said while rushing Gally out of the door.

Jeff checked me over once more and changed my bandage – which hurt a lot. He left and I heard him trudge down the stairs and slam the door to the Medhut shut.

I slowly got up and stuck my head out of the door to make sure that the coast was clear. Once I was sure that it was safe to come out I opened the door and began my journey down the corridor. I found the door the girl was in and decided to check in on her.

When I opened the door I let out a small yelp but quickly covered my mouth hoping no one else would hear it. The girl was sitting in the bed looking well. She was writing, I don't know what but when she saw me she looked freaked out too.

"What are you doing awake?" I asked her.

"I could ask you the same thing." She said. So she was smart, dang.

"If I tell you why I'm awake will you tell me why you're awake and what you're doing?" I said hoping to make a compromise.

"Sure," She agreed.

I explained to her that I had just woken up and I couldn't deal with the rest of the Gladers right now. I explained to her what happened in the maze and what had happened since I got here two years ago. This took a bit of time but she listened to every word I said.

"Now your turn." I said.

"Well, how did you feel when you found out you were surrounded by boys? I didn't know about you until I heard one of the boys asking so many questions about you." She started.

"Did he have a strong accent?" I interrupted. She nodded her head and carried on.

"I decided not to let anyone know I was awake. When no one was here I began to get really bored so I looked in the cupboard and found a book." She reached under the bed and pulled up The Hunger Games.

"I read it and loved it. But reading didn't interest me so I found a pen and some paper. I began writing stories that popped into my mind. And whenever I slept I would have these memories that really creeped me out so I began to write those down too." She finished.

I stood there shocked. I was quite annoyed that she just took one of my books but I pushed that aside and focused on the more important stuff.

"What did you remember?" I asked.

She remembered the memory I had just had and the one Thomas had. She also remembered a few others that were irrelevant. She then showed me what she had written.

I was stunned with what I had read, it was amazing. Even better than some of the book I've read. There were a few short stories which I read and I promised that I would read the longer ones later. It was true what Newt said, everyone has a hobby that they remember from their previous life, the girl's was writing. That's when it dawned on me, I didn't know her name.

"What's your name?" We both said at the same time. We both chuckled at this and said our names at the same time.

"Lara."

"Teresa."

I couldn't help but think that I knew that name from somewhere but where?

"Well, feel free to ask me whatever questions you want, and always talk to me if you have any worries. The guys are no use. It's gonna be nice to have a girl here for a change." I told Teresa.

"Thanks, but the boy name Thomas came and talked to me while I was in a coma, explaining how this place works." She said. I needed to speak to Thomas about this, it was quite creepy.

"So they're having a Gathering, most likely about us wanna go crash it?" I asked her.

"Let's go." She replied with a smirk on her face. I knew that we were going to get on well and maybe become best friends.

We had to sneak behind the back of the Medhut to get to where the Gathering was held. But there was an open bit between the two so any Glader could see us but we had to take the chance. We ran but immediately heard Jeff yelling at us from behind. We began to run even faster and we reached the council house.

I bust down the door to the room and everyone's head turned towards us. Their mouths were wide open, if they stayed like that anymore they would catch flies in their mouths.

"Have they never seen a girl before?" Teresa whispered in my ear. I couldn't help but laugh out loud which made everyone look at me weirdly.

Before I knew what was happening I was engulfed in a hug by Newt. I hugged him back but soon we were interrupted by Minho coughing but he also had a stupid smirk on his face.

"What are you doing here?" Gally asked in a harsh tone while glaring at Jeff who was standing at the door.

"I tried to stop them, I was having dinner and when I went back neither of them were in their beds." Jeff replied and went back to the Medhut.

"I was so worried about you, I thought you had died a few times." Newt said with tears in his eyes. He bent down to give me a kiss but we were rudely interrupted by Gally.

"Should we carry on with the Gathering? And she should go." He said while pointing to Teresa.

"No!" I said in a stern voice.

No one tried to question me so I pulled a stool over for her to sit down. I placed it next to Thomas and she sat down. I went to sit down in my normal space but I was told by Gally that I had broken the rules too so I had to be 'questioned' too. I just rolled my eyes at this and brought my stool over and sat next to Teresa.

Teresa was the first topic. She was asked what she remembered and she told them about the memories. I could tell something was up with her but I couldn't figure it out, I was going to ask her after the Gathering. Gally kept trying to say that she should be put in the slammer because she doesn't look trustworthy but every one ignored him. Nothing really happened to Teresa, she was just welcomed to the Glade and would be starting her trials tomorrow.

Then it came onto our night in the maze, let's just say it didn't go as well for me as it did for Teresa. We were getting nowhere and everyone was just arguing. Finally Newt was able to calm everyone down, we went round the Keepers asking for their suggestions. Gally kept butting in like he always does.

It was Frypan's turn and he said that everyone could learn from us, we survived a night in the maze – who knows what this could mean for us. Me and Thomas could be the key to all of this. A lot of people agreed with him but a few disagreed and waited for Gally's suggestion, he was always the one to disagree.

Now it was Gally's turn. He said that Thomas was a spy sent here by the creators. He appears and magically we're able to survive a night in the maze and a girl is sent up the next day. He then started accusing us of lying, saying Minho did all of the work.

"Actually Lara did most of the work and Thomas here was the one who saved Alby. I chickened out while these two both saved someone." Minho corrected him.

Then Gally started to say how it was true what Ben said, I was a mistake. If I hadn't of been sent up then none of this would have happened. And Ben was right about Thomas, he didn't know what Thomas did but it was bad. He was pushing me further and further until I cracked.

"You know what," I said with rage and I got up off my seat but I was being held back by Newt and Minho.

"You used to be my best friend, what happened to you?" I said with tears in my eyes.

Gally ignored me and said that we should be put in the slammer for a month.

Finally it was Minho's turn. He started to go on about how I risked my life repeatedly for the two boys and how Thomas had the guts to save Alby where we chickened out. I had to agree with that. But then he said the most ludicrous thing.

"I think we make this shank Keeper of the Runners." He said while pointing to Thomas. My mouth dropped open, Thomas looked like he klunked his pants and Gally started shouting at the top of his lungs. Then things got even crazier.

"And Lara here, she should be made a runner and the leader of the Glade."

I actually fell off of my chair at this, others stopped moving completely. Had Minho lost his mind?

"Minho don't be stupid." Newt said.

"I'm not being stupid, I'm stating my opinion." Minho replied.

"I've made my decision." Newt shouted over all of the commotion and everyone fell silent.

"Minho, you're staying Keeper of the Runners and Alby's staying leader of the Glade. But you both get to become a runner." Newt continued.

"WHAT!" Gally shouted. "What about order?"

"Yes we still need order so you will both spend the night in the slammer with no food." Newt said.

"Seriously?" Gally said in disbelief.

I didn't really want to be a runner so I spoke up. "I don't really want to be a runner, but I will work with the maps for an hour every night – with Teresa." I said.

Everyone agreed and I was happy with that. Everyone but Gally.

"I can't believe this." Gally said while storming out of the room. Frypan tried to stop him but it was no use.

When we were out of the council room I asked Newt what happened to Ben, I hadn't seen him so I wondered what had happened to him. He was banished, I'm glad I wasn't there.

We silently walked to the slammer I bid Newt a goodnight and tried to fall asleep. It was so uncomfortable, it wasn't until midnight that I fell asleep. But I was constantly being woken up from nightmares of the grievers and it didn't help that I could hear them out in the maze.