*Squeals* Newt's first appearance in my story! Please do enjoy and leave some comment :D and please do check my profile for the link to my suckish posters ;u;
Holly could feel her head aching as if she acquired a terrible case of migraine. She could hear voices swarming in her head, unable to decipher what they were saying or who they were. She forced her eyes to open and for a moment, everything seemed to be like a blurred canvas. She blinked a few more times until her eyesight began to be clearer. The walls weren't white like back in the TAIMN building. There were no monitors, no machines, no beeping sounds, no watchers, and no Minho. Everything she was seeing was made out of woods and twigs from walls to furniture, the surrounding smelled of wet grass and rain, and she could hear the pitter patter over the roof which was made out leaves. Slowly, she sat up from the hard uncomfortable bed and rubbed her aching head. She looked around once more and was startled to see two guys in front of her.
"Oh good, you're awake" the tall blonde guy with an accent said with a smile and quickly backed off as soon as Holly got a hold of the knife on the table, "H-hey calm down, we don't mean you any harm. I'm Newt and this guy here is Jeff. He'll give you medicine"
Holly did not speak but kept herself on guard just like what Minho advised her to do. Upon hearing the name Newt and looking at her surroundings again, she began to realize that she had finally arrived at her mission's location—the Glade. She let go of the knife and groaned once more due to her throbbing head.
"Go on, give her the medicine already" Holly heard Newt tell the guy Jeff while pushing him towards her.
Jeff took a careful step towards Holly as the knife was still beside her and offered her a small white tablet and a mason jar that seemed to be filled with juice. With no questions asked, Holly popped the tablet inside her mouth and drank a big amount of the juice. All of a sudden, she started making choking sounds and spat the liquid onto the floor while Newt and Jeff tried not to laugh at their guest.
"Thank you for trying to poison me that was bloody horrible" she coughed and made a disgruntled face while putting the jar aside.
"I'll tell Alby she's already awake" Jeff told Newt and showed himself out of the room.
Newt didn't say a word to him and just stared at their guest in awe for quite some time after hearing her accent. He couldn't help but to smile and sat on edge of the bed carefully as to not startle her.
"You're British?" he asked her curiously.
Holly looked up at him and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, "And I believe you're one also"
Newt grinned, "It's bloody nice to hear someone have the same accent as me. I thought I was the only one"
"Yes, it is nice. I'm sorry if I pointed a knife at you and your friend." She said softly and gave him the knife. "I was just confused. I didn't know who you are and where I am" she began to study the room again.
"No worries, it happens whenever a new greenie arrives. Well not really point knives at us, just confused and scared."
Holly tilted her head upon hearing a word she hasn't heard of before, "A greenie?"
"That'll be you, the new comer" Newt pointed at her with a soft smile, "Every month the box brings up fresh supplies and a new greenie. But the weird thing is we already got a new greenie a week ago. And this week, we're only expecting a supply of clothes but, not another greenie. Come to think of it, you didn't even come from the box. Hmm, strange"
"I didn't?"
"Two guys found you in the woods, unconscious, this morning. They actually thought you were a dead animal. They got you here just before the rain poured. Do you remember how you got there in the woods?"
Holly tried to remember anything but the last thing she could only think of was being inside the TAIMN pod and falling asleep.
She shook her head, "I don't remember how I got here"
"Well, that's quite alright. The lot of us doesn't remember anything other than our name" Newt explained and remembered something, "Oh right, this seems to be yours. Hang on"
Newt stood up from the bed and went in the room adjacent to where they were. He came back holding up a purple backpack with the name tag that read Holly Adams and handed it to her. Holly almost forgot about her bag and was very thankful to have it in her possession again. She quickly opened it and made sure that nothing was missing. Her clothes, box of syringes, and dagger were still there.
"I'm guessing your name is Holly, yeah?" He asked, pointing at the bag's name tag.
Holly slightly nodded and held on to her bag, "Yeah, I'm Holly"
"Well, it's nice to meet you Holly" Newt looked outside, stretching his hand out in the open, and could see that the sky began to clear.
"Ah, the rain stopped. Would you like a tour of your temporary home, Holly?" Newt asked with a grin. He was pretty ecstatic to show a fellow Brit around the glade.
Holly wore her backpack and got up from the bed, still a bit dizzy because of her headache and the terrible juice she had drank.
"I guess that would be good" she replied and was pretty curious to know more about the Glade.
On their way to the door, Holly could hear whispering voices just outside and could see a few pairs of eyes looking at her between the gaps on the walls. The figures were startled once Holly caught them peeking and ran away. Curious, Holly was about to step outside when Newt suddenly blocked her way. She shifted her eyes upward to be able to make eye contact with the tall guy.
"By the way, how old are you?" he asked, studying her height and features.
"Twenty two" Holly said confidently while holding onto the strap of her bag.
Newt raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure? You look like a teenager to me"
"Oh! Sixteen. Yeah, I'm sixteen. My bad" Holly groaned and completely forgot that she was back in the past.
"That's probably the effect of the drink" Newt chuckled. "A majority of us here are between the ages of seventeen and nineteen. Our newest greenie, Chuck, is the youngest being twelve and Alby is the oldest, twenty one. Come on; let's introduce you to the other gladers"
"What's a glader?" Holly asked again, surprised to hear another term she had never heard of.
"Right, uhm, we do have certain words here that you have to understand. I'll tell you everything about it"
The two of them stepped out of the makeshift infirmary and could see the sun shining above them with a rainbow. Holly looked around and was completely surprised with what she was seeing. There were tall concrete walls all around them which kept them locked in their temporary home called the Glade. She was more of expecting a creepy place but, the Glade seemed like a decent prison. Here and there were boys busy at work building new places and some were harvesting new crops. Most of them stopped what they were doing and were staring at Holly as she passed by.
"What are they staring at?" Holly asked and caught up with Newt's fast pace, feeling a bit uncomfortable with strangers keeping a good look at her.
Newt looked the staring gladers and smiled without stopping on his track, "All of us here are guys. So, it's quite a surprise for us to see a girl around here"
"I-I'm the only girl?"
"Yes, you are. But don't worry, all of us are perfectly harmless" he grinned and stopped in the middle of the field with the sun shining above them that made him squint his brown eyes. "Okay, so this place isn't that big so I'm sure you won't get yourself lost" he started to explain and pointed north east, "Over there is the Gardens. That's where we plant our crops and get our supply of fresh water. That over there is the homestead, that'll be where we sleep. Over there is the blood house—"
"Blood house?"
"I suggest you don't visit that place unless you fancy animals being slaughtered"
Holly gasped and quickly shook her head, "N-no, I don't like it"
"Well good. Keep away from that area then" he grinned once more and pointed at the woods, "This is the last place, the deadheads. It's where we get fertilizer and bury the decease"
In the middle of Newt's tour, they came across a dark guy carrying a few supplies of lanterns that came from the box. Holly remembered him from the files as the leader of the Glade named Alby. Alby placed the box of lanterns down on the grass and smiled at the both of them.
"It's a good thing you're awake, greenie. My name is Alby and welcome to the Glade" he said in a friendly manner and stretched his hand out.
Holly shook hands with him and slightly smiled, "I'm Holly"
"Hmm, you know your name already. That's good. Well, Holly, this will be your temporary home for now. Don't be a stranger to us because you're now a part of the family. Anyway, I have to get going and put these aside. Continue showing her around, Newt. Show her the wall as well and tell her about our rules. I'll see you guys later" and Alby grabbed the supply of lanterns and went on his way.
"He's the leader by the way, a very good chap" Newt whispered and tapped Holly on the shoulder, gesturing her to follow him.
Holly quietly walked with him across the courtyard and noticed the entrance to a different place. She stared at it for a while and realized that it was the entrance to the maze, the test made by WICKED. Seeing it upfront gave her Goosebumps and at the same time made her curious as to what was beyond those cold eerie walls. Too preoccupied with her thoughts, Holly snapped back to her senses as soon as Newt pulled her away from the maze's entrance.
"One of our rules is to stay away from that place if you want to live. Do you think you can do that?" he asked.
She nodded innocently and avoided looking at the maze's entrance, "Yes, I won't go in there"
"Good now, here you go" he handed her a sharp knife and smiled, "Since you're family now, you have to write your name here on the wall"
Holly looked at the concrete wall just beside the entrance and could see about a dozen of names engraved on it. Some of it was crossed out which, in what she read from the files, meant the deceased. She took the knife from Newt and started engraving the first letter of her name.
Some guys who were done with their job ran towards the wall upon seeing Newt with the newest greenie who happened to be a girl. Newt looked at the guys and was amused with their expressions. Most of them were staring at her in awe, excited to see a girl after a really long time.
"Whoa, it's really a girl" one of them said.
"And a fine looking girl as well"
"Guys, don't scare her" Newt warned them with his arms folded against his lean chest, "Her name is Holly"
Holly turned around to face them, uncomfortable with the way they stared at her for so long. But nevertheless, she gave them a friendly smile and waved a little.
"H-hello" she said softly.
The guys started saying hi and talking at the same time which made her lean back against the wall getting trapped by excited teenage boys. Newt tried pushing them away to give Holly some space and warned them again not to scare the new greenie. While he was busy scolding the other boys, Holly looked to the side and saw three guys came out from the maze. Her eyes widened as she recognized one of them as the eighteen year old Minho. The young Minho glanced at their direction curious as to why the boys were in some kind of ruckus. His eyes shifted towards Holly's direction and were surprised for a moment to see a girl in the Glade but continued running back to the homestead, not giving too much attention to her.
"Sorry about these lunatics, Holly" Newt said when he finally was able to make the boys go away.
"Oh, uhm, no, it's alright" she replied and gave him back the knife.
After finishing writing her name on the wall, Newt continued to answer more of her questions—the glade, grievers, changer, etc. He then brought her to the homestead which was like their main house. She was introduced to the newest greenie, Chuck, who was busy setting up a new hammock for her to sleep in. Just as they were talking and introducing each other, a loud grumbling noise surfaced and shook the ground. To a majority of the gladers it was a normal sound already but to Chuck and Holly it was something unfamiliar and scary. Holly looked at the direction where the sound was coming from and could see that the entrance to the maze was beginning to close.
"You're perfectly safe when the maze is close" Newt explained while patting her back and went on his way to his own hammock to take a quick rest.
Chuck tied the last knot of the new hammock tightly and placed one pillow and a blanket over it. He dusted off his hands and seemed to be proud of what he did. Holly smiled at the young boy and sat on her hammock placing her bag beside her.
"Thank you for setting up my bed, Chuck" she said sincerely, swinging herself a bit on the hammock.
Chuck's chubby cheeks began to flush and stammered as he looked for the right words to say, "I-I, its n-nothing. You're welcome"
Sitting comfortably on her own space, Holly observed the Glade and the Gladers. Her friend Fry Pan didn't change as he was still as sweet and friendly as the usual and busy at the kitchen area. On the other hand her best friend Minho, who was standing by the gardens with a few other runners, was cold and unapproachable. She looked at the other boys she had never met before but had seen their faces from the files Thomas had given her. On the far right of the homestead was Newt taking a nap on his hammock, Gally was by the field with other builders gathering a few woods, and then there was Alby by the box taking out the remaining few supplies WICKED had sent. Holly got surprised as a stubby hand started to wave in front of her, waking her up from her daydream.
"Are you okay? You must've hit your head when you were found in the woods" Chuck said jokingly but at the same time concerned.
The woods! Holly thought. Ever since she woke up in the infirmary, Newt never mentioned as to who found her.
"Do you know who found me?" She asked curiously.
Chuck scratched his chin and looked around the place searchingly and beamed at the sight of the one he was looking for, "Gally was in the woods with Minho to throw some remains from the Blood house. Next thing we know, they're rushing to the infirmary carrying you"
"Hmm" she mumbled and rubbed her head, "I suppose I should thank them later" she looked around once more and noticed that everyone was busy setting up some things. "Is there some kind of party?"
"Of course there is, it's a welcome party"
"For who?"
"For the newest greenie, you"