It's been 4 days since I had a dream and talked to Shadow. Since then it has been pretty uneventful in the Glade, but today I am very excited. Today is the day I am no longer a Greenie. This is the day that the Box will come up with a new Greenie! About 30 minutes ago I was talking to Zart about it when a deafening alarm sounded all around the Glade. I stopped what I was doing to cover my ears and when I looked around everyone was basically ignoring it. Zart explained that it signalled the Greenie's arrival was soon. Now I see everyone walking towards the Box and I follow them. By the time I get there it is so crowded that I cant see anything. As I hang out in the back I hear a bunch of shouts and laughs coming from the boys. After a few minutes of that the crowd parts and I see a small figure running to the Deadheads. He isn't moving very fast, but I can tell that he is going as fast as he can. He looks like a little boy. I see the group of Gladers break apart and Newt starts to follow the Greenie. I jog up next to him and grab his arm, stopping him. He turns to face me.
"What is it?" He asks.
"The Greenie is just a child."
"And?"
"And, the Gladers are a big group of rambunctious teenage boys that have already scared the poor kid enough. I will go talk to him and get him to come to the Homestead."
Newt looks at Alby who nods at him. "Alright, but once he is in the Homestead you have to hand him over to me."
"Of course."
I turn and walk off to the Deadheads to find the Greenie. I start in the Graveyard and make my way out from there, After almost 20 minutes of looking I finally find him curled up in a ball the corner where 2 of the Walls meet. He looks up at me with his blue eyes and I realize that he is the terrified kid from my first dream. Just like in the dream, I smile at him and he relaxes slightly. Then I crouch down next to him.
"Hey. I'm Echo. What's your name?" I ask him.
"Chuck." He says shyly.
"Welcome to the Glade Chuck. You don't need to be afraid." I tell him. "You're safe here. I promise." I stand up and hold out my hand to him. He takes it cautiously and I help him up. Then we start walking towards the Homestead.
"Your a girl." He says plainly.
"Yeah."
"Aren't girls supposed to have long hair?"
"Mhm."
"Then why don't you?"
"I didn't want long hair."
"Are there any other girls here?"
"Nope." I say popping the 'p'.
"Why not?"
"I dunno know."
The entire way to the Homestead he is asking question after question. Its annoying. Is this what I was like when I first got here? When we finally get to the Homestead it's already packed with hungry Gladers trying to get their share of Frypan's disgusting food. I get some for myself and the kid and then we sit down with Minho, Newt, and Winston. Chuck is still talking.
"What were you like on your first day?" He asks
"She tried to shucking kill me before we even got her out of the Box." Minho answers before I can.
"Threatened." I correct him. "I threatened to kill you. It wasn't like you hopped into the Box and I attacked you. You hopped into the Box and I took you hostage."
"Either way you almost killed him." Newt says.
"I wouldn't have killed him."
"Really?" Minho asks, clearly not believing it.
"Well... I didn't kill you. That's whats important."
After dinner everyone is sitting outside in the their own little groups talking. I notice the Greenie sitting all alone and frown as I remember the dream I had. I start thinking of things that could bring all the Gladers together in a moment of fun and the first thing that pops into my head is music. I can remember a few songs from before the Glade, but no matter how hard I try I can remember who sang them or their titles. Then again, those don't matter right now. I walk over to Chuck and ask him if he wants to do something fun. He smiles and nods his head, so I grab his hand and walk into the open space in the middle of everyone. I take a deep breath and start singing.

"I had a dream so big and loud,
I jumped so high I touched the clouds.
Wo-o-o-o-o-o, wo-o-o-o-o-o
I stretched my hands out to the sky,
We danced with monsters through the night.
Wo-o-o-o-o-o, wo-o-o-o-o-o..."

Chuck and I dance around in the open space as I sing and slowly everyone stops talking. Then Winston smiles and starts dancing with us. Other Gladers follow after him and soon half the Glade is dancing and laughing and having fun. By now most of them have figured out the chorus and are singing along. I look over at Newt and Minho who are still sitting down. I dance towards them and grab Newts hand.
"Come on! You cant just sit there! Join the fun!" I say to him.
"I can't dance with my bad leg." Newt says.
I frown at him. "Fine. You have an excuse." I turn to Minho and find that he has gone. I look around and see him walking off. I run up to him and grab his arm. He turns to face me.
"Echo, I have to get some sleep. I can't spend all night dancing." He says. For some reason hearing him say my name surprises me and I feel a wave of chills run throughout my body. I ignore it.
"I hate to break it to you, but your excuse is invalid. You are going to dance with the rest of us." I say as I start dragging him back to the crowd of dance Gladers.
"Echo-"
"Nope. Not gonna hear it. You are dancing for at least one song."
"I don't even know how to dance."
"That's bull klunk! Besides, none of us 'know' how to dance. What we are doing is more like... moving with the beat."
"This is stupid and pointless."
"No. This is fun!" I grab both of his hands and force him to dance with me. At first he is pretty unwilling, but eventually I get him to dance on his own and bu the end of our little dance party he seems to actually be enjoying it!
"See! That wasn't that bad right?" I ask when we start walking to the Homestead.
"Whatever, but I am never doing that again."
"Alright." I say smiling at him. "Now we just have to get Newt to do something fun."
He laughs and says, "Good luck with that."

AN: The song she sings is Best Day Of My Life by American Authors