𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 ★ 𝙏𝙈𝙍

[9] Thomas.

Elsie stood Beside the Greenie as she watched Newt,  Alby and multiple other Gladers light the Bonfire, throwing torches at the tall structure of wood, straw, branches and scrap material. Everyone began to whoop happily, shouts and cheers filling the air. Elsie grinned, running forward and into a round off, landing swiftly on her feet with her hands in the air as the Gladers around her cheered even Louder, running up to her and clapping her on the back.

Everything was now in full swing. Some Gladers had created make shift drums with overturned pots and pans, creating a form of music as Everyone sat and stood around, mingling and chatting around the fire, sipping on jars of Gally's Mystery drink that he had passed around. Throughout all the excitement, Newt and Elsie managed to Locate the Greenie, who was wandering around watching everything go down.

Elsie laughed as she caught sight of his facial expression. he was in awe of everything going down, as always. She grabbed his hand and began to lead him over to a nice quiet spot not too far away from the excitement. Elsie and Newt sat beside each other with their backs against a Log, The Greenie sat on Newt's Left.  "Hell of a first day, Greenie" Newt said to the Greenie, who was sitting silently and staring off gormlessly into the distance as usual. The Greenie simply nodded quietly. That's when Elsie got a cheeky idea.

"Here!" she exclaimed, picking up a jar of Gally's mystery drink and handing it to the Greenie with a wide, innocent smile on her face. "Put some hair on your chest" The Greenie peered down at it, but reluctantly took it from her hand, lifting the jar up to his lips. Elsie and Newt looked at each other, waiting for the Greenie's reaction to the drink.

The second the Greenie took a gulp of the drink, he gagged on it, spitting it right out. "Oh!" he exclaimed in disgust, coughing. Newt and Elsie began to laugh uncontrollably. "Oh my god what is that?" he coughed, grimacing.  "Gally's Mystery drink," Elsie said in between giggles, grinning cheekily "Revolting, isn't it? Newt refused to let me have any, but I begged him, so he let me have a sip, just once. biggest mistake"

"What's in it?" The Greenie exclaimed, still coughing and grimacing in disgust. Newt chuckled, taking the Jar of Mystery drink from the Greenie's hands and taking a sip of it himself, used to the effects of the bizarre drink. "I don't even know! Gally's secret recipe. its a Trade secret" Newt explained, leaning back luxuriously as he sipped the drink.

"Yeah, Well he's still an asshole" The Greenie mumbled, looking over at Gally who was fighting a Greenie in his fighting circle, surrounded by Cheering Gladers. "No swearing infront of Elsie," Newt joked, causing Elsie to frown at him. "Im Not a Baby!" Elsie exclaimed.

"he saved your life today," Newt said after a moment, Looking at The Greenie. "Trust me, the Maze is a dangerous place." Elsie shuddered as she heard an eerie noise coming from inside the Maze. she was always glad that they were safe and protected from the Maze inside the Glade. she lay her head on Newt's shoulder, staring off into the distance at the sealed doors.

"We're trapped here, aren't we?" The Greenie spoke into the silence, looking at Newt and Elsie.
"For the Moment," Newt replied. "but, you see those guys over there, by the fire?" he turned over pointing to the Runners who were stood in a small group beside the fire. "Those are the runners"

"That Guy in the middle there, is Minho. he's our friend, he's Great fun" Elsie said, pointing to Minho was sat down on a tree stump, eating. "he's the keeper of the runners"

"Every morning, when those doors open, they run the Maze, Mapping it, Memorizing it, trying to find a way out." Newt explained, pointing to the sealed maze doors.
"How long have they been looking?" The Greenie asked. 

"Three years" Newt replied. The three were all silent, until Zart and two other Gladers came running over, shouting for Elsie. "What is it you lot?" Elsie called, sitting up to look at them with a Grin. "Mikey wants to fight you in the ring!" Zart explained, crouching down infront of her. "Does he now?" Elsie said, raising her eyebrows. "Go on then!"