Oh hello, looks like I'm not dead after all! I know you probably hate me for not updating but I'm really sorry! But I read an excerpt of the Fever Code today and that inspired me to make this! (just google "Fever Code exclusive excerpt").
Reviews:
thepandabella: Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
fadingshadowss: Thanks and oh my goodness I really like your suggestion. I'll definitely have that up soon. Sorry for such a huge hiatus!
Don'tTrustTheBarrels: Yeah, me too. :) Thanks for reviewing!
Sydney: Thank you so much for saying that. I'll be updating more frequently again and I'm super sorry for the wait!
Newt's pov
I loved her so much. She made life worth living. She was my entire being. Two years younger but twice as brave. Lizzy was the best sister I could ask for.
It was a snowy day when they took us. We'd sat at the window with Mum, staring at the flakes that dribbled from the sky. Everything had been so hot after the solar flares, and the snow seemed like such a good omen.
I should've known. Good things never happened to us anymore.
I watched the clouds bleed white ice and remembered all the times we'd gone sledding together. Just Lizzy and I, with Mum and Dad watching from the house. There was a massive hill right in our backyard that was perfect for racing.
On her first time, Lizzy had only been three years old, and I five. We lived up north, in Leeds. And every time it snowed I would prop her up on the front of our wooden sled and then sit behind her with my arms wrapped around her little body. My feet would kick out, crunching in the snow.
Then the sled would inch forwards. I loved that feeling. Feeling it slowly crawl towards the edge of the hill. Lizzy would giggle, shrieking in delight, and I would simply bury my face in her cap. Then we'd be off.
The smooth beams on the bottom of the sled would make a soft scraping noise as we picked up speed. It would wobble a bit, and I would throw my weight to steady us. Lizzy held my gloved hands tightly, smile growing and eyes shining as we neared the bottom.
Whoosh! We'd jump right off the ground, then touch down hard. We usually held contests to see who'd fall off first. But I mostly let her win.
And then we'd have to trek back up the hill and start over. Mum would come out with hot chocolate sometimes, or hot tea, and little crumbly biscuits.
Or Dad would run out and start a snowball fight.
Yeah. Those were the things I thought about, longed for, on that day. The day when the snow came back to warn us and all we did was sit and watch it.
The day that Dad answered the door. The day that I was first labeled as a control subject, not that I knew what that meant at the time.
And now I'm here alone, about to have my memories ripped out one by one. They told me if I try really bloody hard, if I focus, I might be able to hang on to one final memory.
Or at least, one final thought.
So I've spent hours wondering what that should be. My name? My birthday? Maybe my parents' image...No. They said that any images would be lost. Especially faces.
Just thoughts. One sentence.
One thing.
I know what I want to remember.
They're about to take me to the surgery room.
I'm focusing as hard as I can.
I hope I can bloody remember...
'I love her so much.'
Okay so -WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD- I loved the excerpt and I was so pleased that my Newt having a younger sister headcannon was real! Yay! I did almost cry during it though, it's really sad. And I had hoped that it would be in first person, but that's just not how Dashner works. Also, in case anyone didn't know, there was a contest to be selected to actually be one of the characters in the Fever Code. It ended last month thought and I just found out and I'm really annoyed about that! But I do wonder if Lizzy is actually a fan who got chosen in the contest.
Anyway, enough ranting! Thanks for reading and please review!
Wolf Out...
