The Maze Runner

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The Maze Runner

Chapter 1:::Melody

'Keep me from the cages under the control, running in the dark to find East of Eden.'

"Well Melody." He said, "Welcome to the Maze."

All the people, who had now surrounded us, stared at me expectantly as if I was about to grow a pair of wings and fly away.

No. No these people were crazy. Maze? Are they feeling okay?

We all stand frozen in silence as I scan the faces of the people around me. The man with the buzz cut opens his mouth as if to say something before a loud scream echoed through the woods.

"I'm on fire! Someone help my blood shirts' on fire!!" A boy with brown hair and blue eyes screams, running out of the shed as orange flames danced around his shirt.

The people who had surrounded us now ran up to him in attempt to help.

"You know you don't look like an Alfie." I say in attempt to distract him as I take a step back, one by one.

"Melody don't move." He says, instantly understanding my feeble attempt to run away from him.

"No. No you guys are crazy, stay away from me." I reply, laughing breathlessly, as he outstretches his hand towards me.

I ignore his constant protests, moving back slowly. He yells for me to stop but it's too late and my foot catches a twig as I go tumbling into the lit that brought me to this place.

My vision blacking out instantly.

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"Is she dead?"

"No Louis! She's unconscious."

"She looks dead."

"At least she didn't set her shirt on fire today."

"Shut up."

My eyes flutter open as I take in the sight of the brunette and blonde standing over me, instantly recognizing one of them whose shirt was on fire when I first arrived to this place.

I sit up, kneading my forehead with my hands as the pounding pain increases. They both stare at me, nobody saying anything.

"Hello." The girl finally says, "My name is Cara. I'm going to be your roommate."

"Where am I?"

"You're at camp. The safe place, home, haven; Call it what you like." She smiles, "This is Louis. You probably know him, he's the idiot who ruined you're dramatic entry in the morning."

"Hey!!" Louis whines, "Ignore Cara, she's an idiot. The name Louis-the-Tomo-Tiger-Tomlinson, at your service."

"Um... My name is Melody Thorn. The newbie." I shrug, wincing as the pain magnifies.

"Oh yeah, you should probably have this." Cara says handing me a pill, "Just swallow it. You had a pretty nasty fall. Alfie nearly fainted, thought you were dead."

I manage to give her a weak smile as I put the pill in my mouth and swallow it.

"You'll probably be knocked out in a minute or two, but Cara will be here when you wake up once again and she'll be taking you to your 'Welcome to Hell' party." Louis smirks.

Before I can ask what he means I find my vision clouding, and for the second time in the hectic day, I find myself blacking out.

*****

"Melody." Louis smirks as I walk towards him, Cara by my side, "Almost didn't recognize you there."

In the two hours I had spent with Cara I had already gotten my own personal tour, labeled Cara as my best friend, taken a hot bath and changed into a decent white dress.

"Hey Louis." I smiled as he took my hand and dragged me of to a group of three people who were standing in the corner, sipping out of a cup.

"Zayn, Reyna, Harry. This is Melody Thorn." Louis introduced, "Melody these are Zayn, Reyna and Harry one of the finest runners and oldest campers."

There was girl, Reyna with blonde hair and blue eyes who muttered a small hello, a boy with curly hair and piercing green eyes who stared at me peculiarly, not saying anything and a boy named Zayn with brown hair and dark brown eyes who smirked saying a hello.

"If this is all going to be this awkward can I steal you for a dance?" Zayn asks, cutting through the silence as he looked at me expectantly.

I shrugged and he quickly grabbed my hand and led me to a small dance area of sorts as soft music was played by a harp in a distance. He placed my hand on his shoulder and placed on of his hands on my hip as he intertwined our free hands and slowly began to sway to the music.

"So how do you like it here?" He asks.

"It's a nice place and everybody isn't as crazy as I thought when I first came here." I joke and he lightly chuckles.

"Yeah I guess not." He smiles.

We continue to sway aimlessly until Alfie hollers and Zayn leads me towards him as everyone circles around him.

"Well we all know who this party is for don't we." Alfie shouts, winking towards me as everyone screams, "Come up here Melody."

I laugh it off but Zayn smirks pushing me towards him and I silently curse him in my mind. I stand next to Alfie.

"Well Melody, to live in this camp you must know three rules. No entering the maze under any circumstances, do your duties and do not attack another camper." Alfie says, "Do you understand these rules as they are presented to you?"

"Yes."

"Well Melody," He smiles, "Welcome to our family."

Every camper around us chant my name and from the corner of my eye I see Reyna and Harry completely detached from the scene as they make out Harry's eyes never leaving mine.

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