𝙼𝚢 𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎

☆ chapter one - 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙚 ☆

i woke up in a strange glade, so unaware of what was ahead of me.

i gasped, trying to catch my breath by clutching my chest, almost on the edge of a panic attack. my brother laid next to me, his eyes were closed, i shook his shoulder. no response.

i clench my eyes shut and braced myself for impact as soon as this cage i'm in banged against the ceiling. the animals squealed, making me jump to the other side of the cage.

the cage lit up as the top doors were opened, i look upwards, being surrounded by a group of boys. they let out gasps and whispers. "who are you?!"
i yell loudly.

a blonde boy jumped down and held out his hand. he had little curls in his hair; his eyes were light brown although in the sunlight it was a light hazel.
i slowly lifted my hand onto his, he gently pulled me up onto the ground.
i was being swallowed by this group of boys as they kept their eyes on mine, not noticing my brother still in the cage.
"we got another one." a much taller brunette boy spoke, jumping into the cage.

the blonde boy still stood next to me, looked over, shaking my hand. "welcome to the glade. i'm newt."
my stomach flutters from feeling his warm hands. "i'm-"
i couldn't remember.
my mouth hung open, confused.

"don't worry. none of us knew our names on the first few days." he assured me, tapping my back.

in that moment i realized that i'd love this man.

everyone's attention turned to the big gray walls, two boys come jogging out of it. "you have fun thomas?" newt asked the taller brunette boy approaching us.

he nodded. "of course." he stopped in front of me. "hello." i replied the words. "hi."
"i didn't know there'd be any other girls apart from teresa?"

my brow jerked, i turn around to look around the group of boys. i spot a figure, much smaller than the rest. i walk over to the figure, it was a girl.
"hello! i'm so glad there's another girl here!"

her face lights up. "oh hi! i'm teresa."
i smile towards her but then frown when my brothers body caught my attention.

i watch the boys carry him towards a hut, i follow behind quickly. they lay him down on a wooden bed, i knelt beside him, grasping his hand in mine. "is he going to be ok?" i ask concerned.

one of the gladers spoke. "he'll be fine. he just needs some rest for now."

i sit beside him for the next 3 hours, bitting my nails and praying he wakes up soon.
he lets out a breathless gasp, he sits upright probably giving himself whiplash.
i jump to his aim, holding his arm. "it's ok! it's ok.."

he sees me and immediately calms down. "where are we?" he gulped.
"we're in the glade apparently. i'm not sure what's going on, but we'll figure it out, ok?"
i sighed, burrowing my eyes.

newt was over at some sort of garden and teresa was sitting with a group of boys. my brother was still sitting in the medjack as they called it.

being an extrovert only made me want to meet other people. i walk over to a new group of people of who i only know a boy named thomas. "hi." i smile. as soon as they saw me they smiled. "hey greenie." another brunette boy spoke.
"what's your names?" i query, inquisitively.

thomas held his chest. "i'm thomas. he pointed to the lad beside him who just spoke. "this is minho." minho waved and thomas pointed towards the last boy infront of them. "that's ben."
"nice to meet you guys." i grin.

minho turned to me, chuckling slightly. "aren't a bundle of joy? you shouldn't be in the glade, it'll kill you." i raise my brow. "i doesn't seem that bad, it's pretty neat actually. i mean, you've got different jobs, friendships. what's not to like?"

they all turned to each other pulling a face, i pick up on this, making a frown. "what is it?"
they shook their head and ben spoke up. "you should meet gally, he'll love you."

thomas and minho look at ben with a glare, i nodded my head hesitantly, saying goodbye and walking away from them.

i ask from glader to glader where gally is and they all ignore me like i smell or something.
i approached another group of boys who weren't talking as much as they were working. "hey guys. do you know where gally is?"

all of them stare at me, not saying anything. they look as they are about to burst out laughing. until one of tallest spoke up. "gally, you say? why?"
i shrug. "i was told he'd love me apparently."

they burst out laughing in my face, my smile dropped as i felt so naive. of course i come across the group WITH gally in it. i make an o with my mouth, making a right fool of myself.
after i couldn't handle being made of fun of anymore i walk away from them.

i felt sick to my stomach. they're so horrible to me. i'm so confused.

i find a quiet spot right behind the medjack as well as a stick to keep me company. plopping myself on the floor i hit a puddle of mud. i groaned. "could this day get any worse?"

i stand up quickly, looking at my ass which looked a state of mud. "greenie?" a feminine voice spoke in front of me, i turned to face her.
"hey teresa." i smiled at her.

she pointed towards my trousers. "did you soil yourself?" i shook my head. "i sat in mud." her brows raises, she grabbed my hand pulling me towards hammocks.

i look around. how can anyone sleep like this? don't people snore? sleep talk? that's going to be annoying.