Eyes as black as night.

Elderflare

I woke up to Newt shaking my shoulders and shouting. I rubbed my eyes and swung my legs over the end of my bed so I had my feet dangling infront of me. Newt stopped shouting and fell into a chair in silence. I couldn't tell If this was another dream, but it didn't feel like it. I had more controll over my body now, my head spun in circles as the room shifted and twirled rythmicly. I rested my head in my hands and closed my eyes waiting for the room to still.

"Yn? You okay love?" Newt asked as he gingerly placed his hand on my back. "Mhm" I murmurd as I rested my body onto his arm. "Care to tell me what happened?" He asked, still sounding worried. "Later Newtie" I said as I pushed myself out of bed. He breathed deeply before letting out a loud sigh.

There were clean clothes left on a chair in the corner but they were still ladies clothes, how did they know to bring them in here when I wasn't even supposed to be there. I stared at the chair briefly lost in thought. "Mia bought them over this morning" he said staring into the back of my head. I turned around with a furrowed brow and looked right into his eyes. "Mia? Really?" I asked sounding some what sarcastic, I really doubted she would've done it of all people and I mean seriously. Why would she? "Yes? Mia, your best friend?" He said slowly looking concernedly at you like you were an amnesia patient. "Oh, okay" I said scrunching my forehead even tighter as I turned around. How bizarre.

I threw my clean clothes on, not really caring that Newt was there, it wasn't really any mystery what was going on underneath my clothes to him, he had a tendency to appear unannounced so had seen me dressing quite a multitude of times back in the glade. I walked into the bathroom to splash some water on my hands and face and then left the room rather abruptly.

Only one thing coursed through my mind and that was what Aris had called me in my little 'dream'. It was all to obvious to me that wasn't a dream, it was definitely real becuase yes, my mind was strong, but not strong enough to create reality inside its self.

Newt ran down the corridor after me "where are you going?" He asked somewhat out of breath "To speak to a friend" I said, fastening my pace a little. I turned hard right before bursting through the canteen doors, I was always one for a grand entrance.

I went straight over to Aris's table and threw myself onto the bench opposite him as he lifted his head slightly. He took his hood down and stared at me, startled,  like a deer in headlights. "Dove" I said flatly as I studied his face for a reaction. "Sorry what?" He said rasing one of his eyebrows and looking all round confused. "You heard me, 'Dove' it's what you used to call me" I said persistently "Yes, I heard you,but how do you know that?" He said lowering his eyebrow and spooning some oats into his mouth. "You remember?" I said, thoroughly surprised.  "Sort of, my dreams are a bit fuzzy, but yes, I remember" he said lowering his spoon into his bowl to get another mouths full.

Thomas plonked himself down on the bench next to me and put his arm over my shoulder. "Whatcha guys talking about?" He asked as food was brought to the both of us. "Nothing" I said looking down in discust at what had been placed infront of me. There was no way I was eating that. "Doesn't really seem like nothing when your slamming your hands about the table and he's making very skeptical facial expression" he said as he began to tuck in to the mush this place called breakfast. "What are you saying slinthead, I didn't even know you knew what the word 'skeptical' meant." I laughed as I pushed the slop around with a spoon. "Well I obviously do, so tell  me what's going on" he persisted.

"Were formulating" Aris poked in. Thomas slowly turned to him "Your what?" He asked sounding discusted as though what aris had said was offensive. "You know, brainstorming, planning?" He continued as he looked on in amazement, not the good kind though. "Oh, yeah, I knew that" said Thomas nodding his head. We all laughed and talked for a bit while slowly piecing together a plan, a stupid one all be it.

"We all clear on it then?" Aris said as we agreed in the final details, I looked at Thomas as he nodded in agreement like he could read my mind. "Crystal" I said as Thomas stood up and waited behind the bench. It didn't occur to me that he was waiting for me so I sat there awkwardly for a minute with his looking between us both. After a few glances between us both Thomas pulled on my arm hinting to me that it was time to leave "Oh, bye Aris" I said standing up from the table leaving the gruel infront of where I had sat.

We went and sat down with the rest of the gladers but I couldn't help but look back at Aris and think about the things he said, even the things he said in my dreams becuase they were memories, and memories don't lie. 'Dove, Dove, Dove, Dove' I kept repeating the word over and over in my head till it sounded distorted and stretched. What did it mean? Why would he call me Dove? It wasn't a common pet name, it didn't have any real meaning to my name, what was it?

She snapped her fingers right infront of my face "Bloody hell Mia. Your going to make my heart fail again" I shouted at her, she just wanted attention, ut was true, but she really could make my heart fail again...
"Well that wouldn't be my fault!" She said back, she definitely took offence to what I had said, we fought like cats and dogs, her and I and if I could tell you how she became my bestfriend, I would, I just have no idea how it happened myself.

"Who's fault would it have been then, mine? It's not my fault I have a heart condition!" I shouted storming off out of the room. "Comon Mia" i could hear people murmuring as I threw the doors open. I could hear the off rythm footsteps of someone following me but I was past caring, I was going somewhere only one other person knew about, the roof.

I sat right on the edge with my legs crossed, holding the rail tightly. I sat and let silent tears fall down my face as I stared out into the brightening desert, I couldn't belive it. I had become so fragile since Teresa had left, I had blurted our my biggest secret to everyone that I had to keep it from. I loved those boys with all my heart, I truly did, but there were just some things they didn't need to know, like the fact that I had a rare heart disease.

They called it Elderflare, it's what happens when the flare gets to your heart and you still survive. It's truly horrible to have, it's basically like your heart slowly rotting from the inside out until it takes your brain and kills you. There was only ever one other person with it, he was called Wren and he died, or so I was lead to belive...