The Lost Glader || A TMR Fanfiction

Chapter 1 || The Box

I woke to the shrill groan of metal scraping against metal. My eyes shot open and I was met with just darkness. I quickly sat up blinking a few times trying to get my eyes to adjust to the suffocating black. Suddenly I was moving. I gasped quickly placing my hand on the floor and familiar cold metal was against my touch. My heart beat quickened in my chest when I realized where I was. The Box.

How? Why? I asked myself over and over as the box began its ascension to the surface. I recalled the first time I was here, my mind devoid of memories, the only thing I recalled was my name. When the box finally came to a stop, I was greeted by a group of kids all pretty close in age, they told me I was in what was called the Glade. It was scary at first, but that was a year and a half ago, so why had I returned to this position? And this time with all my memories from that year and half, at least I thought I did. The last thing I remembered was going to bed late one long night, and now I awaken here.

I leaned against one wall, feeling considerably calm for some odd reason. I just wanted to get out of this trap, talk to the Gladers about what had happened. I was soon to get my wish as the box came to a sudden halt. I grasped at the wall in an effort not to fall over from the jolt. I stood up waiting for the doors to open. I could already hear voices on the other side, they were muffled but I could tell that something was different, mostly the vocabulary.

The doors were thrown open and bright sunlight streamed into my once dark space. I closed my eyes temporarily blinded. I heard gasps from above and then urgent whispers. "I know... I don't know what's going on either." I said assuming they were all shocked to find me back in the box. Finally I opened an eye to look up at my friends, but what I saw caused me to open my eyes widely and my heart to stop. Something was very very wrong. Back in the Glade, there were only girls, it had always been that way, but those who stared down at me were all boys. And they looked just as confused as I felt.