3rd Person POV
"Come on lil' sis." Her brother said, showing her his puppy dog eyes.
She glared at him. He was making fun of her because of the age difference again. He always did this and it always got on her nerves.
"Please don't be mad at me, Bambi?" He begged. Bambi was a nickname he gave her because of her Bambi like eyes.
She grunted, turning away from him so she didn't have to look at him.
"Now don't be like that, sis." He said. "I'll sneak you into the boys dorm and let you spend the night with us if you forgive me?"
Smiling, she nodded. She loves spending the night with her brother, boyfriend, and friends. They always had so much fun and rarely got into trouble because she and her brother were Chancellor Paige's favorite.
Her brother smiled, "Well let's go, Bambi."
Smiling, she dragged her brother to his shared room with five other boys. He opened it and they both walked inside. The younger twin was pulled into her boyfriends arms immediately.
"Hey love." Her boyfriend kissed her forehead, knowing that her brother wouldn't like it if he saw them kissing.
Her boyfriend heard her in his head. "Hey baby."
"Don't hog her!" Another one of her friends pulled her into a hug next. "What did he do this time?"
"I was teasing her about being born first." Her brother said with a cheeky grin.
"As usual." Another one of her friend's said.
Her boyfriend smiled sympathetically. "Well I know I should be defending her but you got her to spend the night again, so I'm not complaining."
Her brother and her friend gagged. She just smiled at them innocently as her boyfriend pulled her closer to his chest.
Her boyfriend smiled at her. "What can I say, I love you, Mae."
Mae.
Mae.
Mae. That's her name.
Mae opened her eyes, only to be blinded by the light streaming in through the cracks in the wood on the wall.
Mae's head was pounding, but it didn't feel nearly as bad as it did before she went unconscious.
She went to sit up, but restraints were keeping her from doing so. They strapped her down?! Why would they do that?! It's not like she wanted all of this to happened!
She pulled at the restraints once more, but they didn't budge. She made a sad attempt to call out for someone, but only her breathing could be heard.
After a few minutes or so of just laying there, Mae heard footsteps as voices coming from the hall before entering into her room.
Mae quickly closed her eyes and pretended to be sleeping.
"You sure your okay, Newt?" She heard Alby ask. Newt! Thank goodness he's okay!
She wouldn't admit this out loud but she was a little worried about him.
"Yeah. Yeah I'm good mate. I just... I don't know what happened." Newt sounded confused.
Join the club, Mae thought, sounding bitter in her own head.
"I wouldn't really like that, but thanks for asking." Newt said, sounding sarcastic.
"I didn't ask you anything, Newt." Alby said.
"Wait, you didn't just ask me to join the club?" Newt asked, sounding a bit scared.
Mae figured Alby shook his head because she didn't hear him reply out loud.
Newt, can you hear me? She asked in her head again.
"Of course I can hear you, Alby, I'm right next to you!" Newt explained. "And when did you learn to speak with your mouth closed?"
"I didn't. Newt you better stop playing these games on me." Alby warned.
"Me? I'm the one hearing voices in my head!" Newt exclaimed, sounding distressed.
Mae shoot her eyes open. Newt could hear her! He could hear her!!!
She frantically began to pat her hands down on the bed she was on, causing enough noise for them to realize she was awake.
She purposely made eye contact with Newt and began to say in her head, That's me that you hear in your head, Newt! I don't know how or why, but that's me!
He looked a bit pale. "That's you, who is speaking in my head?"
She nodded. You have to believe me!
Alby stares between the two, his eyebrows furrowed while he tried to figure out what the hell was happening.
"Prove it."
Untie me and I will.
Newt nodded and began to let her out of her restraints. Alby opened his mouth to speak, "I don't know if you should-"
"If she's speaking in my mind then I need her to prove it. She's not going to be able to do that tied down, Alby." Newt said, finishing up on the last restraint.
She pointed to her book and pencil across the room. Hand me my notebook and pencil, please.
Newt nodded and got it for her. He handed it to her and she began to write something down.
Newt nodded as she explained what she was doing.
Mae handed the book to Alby who looked lost. "Wait, what's happening?"
"To prove it's actually her in my head, she's going to write down a sentence and hand it to you so she can't change it. Then she's going to speak it in my head and I'll say it out loud. If it's right, than it's her, if not, than she's fooling around with me somehow." Newt explained quickly.
"Okay, That makes sense. Ready?" Alby asked, looking at the sentence she had written down.
Newt nodded and then he heard a voice say, My name is Mae.
He repeated the sentence out loud and Alby looked shocked before turning the book around, clearly showing the written words Newt had heard and spoken.
Newt didn't know how to feel. So, he smiled at the greenie and said, "Nice to know the voice in my head's name, huh Mae?"
Blushing, she nodded.
Alby watched the two interact with a raised eyebrow. "Well this changes somethings."
"Of course it does. Mae is speaking in my head." Newt said.
"Maybe this is her way of communicating with us. Because Mae can't speak physically, she speaks through you, Newt." Alby tried to make sense of this.
Newt smiled at Mae. "I'm flattered, Mae."
Mae blushed. You're welcome? But I didn't exactly choose you to be my speaker-person.
"I'm wounded. That hurt." Newt said, putting a hand over his heart.
She let out an airy laugh. But Newt heard the actual laugh in his head. "This is going to take some getting use to."
"And listening to a one sided conversation is going to take some getting use to as well." Alby said.
"We can't tell the others. Think of how they will react when they find out Mae can speak in my mind. They will freak and call for a banishment of her and maybe even me as well." Newt said.
Alby nodded. "I agree with you. From now on, only certain people will know. Like us, and the rest of the keepers."
Newt and Mae nodded.
"We will have the Gathering tonight after sundown. We have to keep this quiet, so I'll tell the keepers about it."
What do we do till then?
Newt jumped, frightened by Mae suddenly talking to him.
Alby looked at him expectantly and Newt repeated the question for her.
"Get to know each other. It seems like you two are going to be spending a lot of time together." Alby left with a wink, leaving a rather flustered Newt and a blushing Mae.