Different - The Maze Runner: A Newt fanfic

3. Welcoming Bonfire

play - South of the Border - Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello, Cardi B 

As each keeper held a lit torch in the air, on command they threw them into a pile of wood starting a roaring fire. The Gladers cheered and applauded in excitement for the joyest night,"light it up, light it up" the crowd chanted repeating the same three words. Music played made from buckets and sticks as the Gladers celebrated the welcoming the new Greenie. A group of them stood in a small circle holding up their drinks and putting them together up high, and then downing them, the first to down their drink was Athena, then Alby, then the rest. And with the roaring fire in the middle the crowd slowly split off into smaller groups for conversation, all doing their own thing.

As the environment around them started to calm down Newt went over and sat by the news edition to the glad on the floor against a log, with food and drinks in his hand. "Hell of a first day, Greenie." he states, hoping to start a conversation in which he only receives a nod. "Here." Newt says handing the greenie a jar of unknown substance from earlier, "Put some hair on your chest." staring at the greenie to take it.

He nervously grabs it and inspects it before putting it up to his lips for a drink, in retaliation he gags and spits out the yellow liquid.Newt just stares at the boy laughing with a prominent smirk on his face. "Oh, my-- god, what is that?" the boy asks in the mist of coughing and handing the drink back.

"I don't even know." the British boy answers his words laced with laughter, "It's Gally's recipe." he acknowledges putting the drink on the ground beside him, and turning around to look at the group of boys and Gally playing some sort of game. "It's a trade secret."

"Ye, well, he's still an asshole," The raven haired boy replied bitterly.

"He saved your life today." Newt pointed out not wanting anymore trouble to occur,"trust me, the maze is a dangerous place." He states talking from experience, then proceeding to take a drink from the orange substance.

Hearing an echo sound from outside the walls the boy questioned, "We're trapped here, aren't we?" hoping he doesn't get the answer he thinks.

Newt slightly nods his head in agreement. "For the moment" he turns to look away from the walls and to the newbie and continues, "But you see those guys?" he says turning round and pointing at a group of about 5 guys and the only girl here. "There, by the fire." The newbie followed his directions to see an Asian guy and a Latina girl sat on a log staring intently to the fire, having small conversations with the boys around them. "Those are the runners," Newt continued, "And that guy in the middle, that's Minho. He's the keeper of the runners." Pointing at the dark haired boy sat next to the tired looking girl. "And the girl next to him" Pointing at the significantly shorter girl. "If you didn't already notice she's the only girl around here. Now don't be a slinthead and try anything with her because she's a girl. She could punch you in the face in less than a blink of an eye and she's incredibly smart: she has a photographic memory and can remember anything whether it's useless or important. Before you ask no that does not mean she remembers anything before the maze, word of advice try not to get on the wrong side of her and don't be surprised when she starts talking another language you will get used to it. She helps me make some second in command decisions since she notices anything and everything, and none of us treat her differently because she's a she. She is one of us always has been, always will be." As Newts description of her came to an end the greenie heard something in Newts voice that he couldn't place. Was it pride? Was it happiness?

"Now, every morning when those doors open, they run the maze, mapping it, memorising it, trying to find a way out." Newt continued to explain.

"How long have they been looking?" The greenie asked meeting Newt's gaze.