The Real World || The Maze Runner Fanfiction (1)

Chapter 14

We walked hand in hand towards the wall where we would be banished. A path had been kept clear for us to walk down, and it was lined either side with the keepers and then boys holding torches (with real fire).

There was a small gathering of boys who were crowded around the area, all waiting patiently for the start of the banishment. Me and Newt walked with our heads held high; two boys who I didn't know were following us, they obviously didn't feel the need to use force for us to walk there. They just followed closely behind.

An eery silence descended over the small crowd when they noticed us coming. Alby and Gally started heading towards us. In their hands they brandished two long poles and two harnesses, which must have been for us. We stopped and waited for them to reach us.

"Newt, Libellus, we need you to put these harnesses on. Are you gonna do it the easy way or are you gonna make us use force?" Alby asked calmly.

In reply, I swiftly snatched the harness off of him and proceeded in fastening it on. Newt followed my lead and took his harness. Once we were done, we were deafened by the echo of the doors closing for the night. That was our que.

Minho rushed over and whispered something in Newt's ear, too quiet for me to hear. Once he had disappeared back to his position, Alby and Gally fastened the two poles to both of us and roughly pushed us towards the shrinking gap.

We got closer and closer as the hole got smaller and smaller.

"Lib?" Newt muttered worryingly.

"Yeah?"

"I... I love you."

I couldn't help but gasp. Only.. About a week ago (I lost track of time) I was just a dorky teenager who had one friend. I wondered then what was happening in the real world, if Willow was okay and what Trinity would be saying about me being gone. Probably something along the lines of "ew that skank has probably had enough of her miserable life and has run away hahahahahahaha." That was one good thing about me being here, I no longer had to put up with them. No, instead I get to be killed.

Gally prodded me in the back, and only then did I realize I had stopped moving. Newt was standing a few feet in front of me, just inside the glade. I started walking again, and soon me and Newt were entering the cold maze.

With one last shove, the two keepers unhooked their poles and pulled them back into the glade. I turned around to catch one last glimpse of that scenery, just as the doors slammed shut with a loud bang.