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Enjoy the new chapter y'all :D I also wanted to try this in Nora's POV so tell me what you thought :D
Nora's Point of View
Several Months Earlier...
It was so dark; so dark that I could barely see my hand in front of my face and that I kept tripping over my own feet. The whirring and clicking sounds of the Grievers had stopped so I slowed my pace to a light jog. I had been a Runner for long enough to know to never stop running, Alby and Newt had engrained it into my head enough over the past two years. The backpack that was strapped to my shoulders bounced along with the rhythm of my steps, a light jiggling of the few rations that I had left. Only a few dried apple slices and half a bottle of water. It was barely enough to get me through the night but it would have to do.
You really think you're going to survive? No Glader has survived a night in the Maze.
I froze.
What the hell?
The sound of the voice inside my head sent a chill down my spine. It was deep, male but somehow familiar. I was sure that I had never heard it before but than again I didn't remember much before coming to the Glade.
"Then I guess I'll be the first," I whispered out loud. I reached out to the right wall of the Maze, letting my fingertips graze the vine-covered walls. The sound of the Grievers that had been chasing me had faded but every Glader knew that Grievers become more active at night. If the ones earlier didn't find her, there would be others that would. My jaw clenched, glancing over my shoulder ever so often.
My nerves are getting to me, I thought as I took another right turn in the Maze. My goal was to hopefully go in a circle and end back up at West Door by daybreak. Walking around the corner, I froze. My eyes had adjusted enough to the darkness to see the Griever that lying in the middle of the path. I stood frozen in the middle of the path, too afraid to move or to even breath.
I was so close, I thought, eying the Griever that still not noticed me. I took a small step back. With that passage blocked, I would have to circle around the other of the whole section and I would reach the West Door from the east instead of the west. The Griever still had not moved so I took another step back. In the dark without its spines and countless claws, it looked utterly harmless, especially to a Greenie, like a giant dark glob but I knew exactly what they were capable of.
I was one of the firsts, just like Newt and Alby. I blinked her eyes to keep from crying. If Newt were here, I knew that he would give me an annoyed look, tell me to stop bloody crying and not act like a Greenie. I would most likely snap back and mention how I was the one who had comforted him when we were both dumped here almost two years ago.
That would shut him up, at least for a little while.
I eyed the Griever cautiously. It was only a few more steps before I reached the path where I had come. Only a few more steps that I would be that much closer to being with my family again. The Griever made a small click and my breath caught in my throat but it didn't stir. I took a deep breath. It was now or never. I took a last step back, a small gasp escaping my lips as I fell back into nothing but air.
Thomas's Point of View
Present Day...
The Grievers were gone. I leaned my back against the wall of the Maze as I tried to catch my breath. My heartbeat was so loud that I could practically hear it in my ears. I glanced at Minho, the Keeper of the Runners, who was standing at the very edge of the Cliff where the monsters had disappeared. The other boy wasn't even out of breath and if he was, he was very good at hiding it. I glanced back the way that we had come.
It was becoming easier for me to see the path not to mention the girl that was lying in the middle of it.
Wait…
My eyes widened. A girl?
I blinked a few times. This had to be a trick of the light, something hallucination that the Maze played with the Runners' minds but the girl was still there.
"Minho," I called, edging closer to the girl.
"What is it you slunkhead?"
"You may want to take a look at this."
I was close enough to touch her. I kneeled to the ground, brushing her long dark brown hair from her face. Something stirred in the bottom of my stomach as I looked at the girl. Her skin was tan; the opposite of the girl in the coma back at the Glade, with a few scratches on her cheek as well as her legs and arms. The girl had long, thick dark brown hair and it was a tangled mess about her face that had too many sharp angles, high cheekbones and full lips. She would be prettier if her face was softer and less hard looking.
I moved to brush another stray piece of hair from the girl's face when Minho gasped. I turned around to look at the other boy. The color in the Keeper's face had vanished as he looked at the girl with wide dark brown eyes. It was like he was looking at a ghost.
"What's wrong," I asked, "Do you know this girl?"
Minho glared at me. I was tempted to roll my eyes. They should just get used to answering my questions instead of ignoring them or yelling at me. The other boy looked at the brunette girl.
"I don't believe this," Minho whispered more to himself than to me, "Nora's alive."
I am sorry that Thomas's point of view was so short but I promise that the chapters will get longer as the story goes on :D Anyway I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter. Don't forget to leave a review and I will update as soon as I can :D
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Owly