The Maze (Harry Potter 4 and the maze runner)

The truth

" you may have noticed the two new arrivals to our group yesterday. No they did not come from the box" Alby stood surrounded by at least two dozen boys. I gripped my wand, seated next to Cedric. From across the room, the dark-haired boy quirked a brow at me.

" They came from inside the maze" Newt piped up, triggering a ripple of whispers and comments. A voice from the throngs shouted:' is there a way out?'

"Yes...there is. But it's worse than here. You think Grievers are bad...you wouldn't last five seconds against a Dementor" Cedric responded.

"Dementor?" A black-skinned boy asked perplexed.

" soul-sucking creatures from our world that take all the joy and happiness from your heart" I said, fidgeting in my seat, as my scar blazed with pain.

" Are you kidding me? Is he for real?" A boy shot upfrom the crowd, rage lacing his words.

"Gally please-"

The boy named Gally held up a hand silencing his words. I snuck a glance at Alby.

"I just find it odd that in the space of three months, Thomas nearly kills us all, his girlfriend's gone awol after co-running the killing spree, our Creators decide to unleash the Grievers on us...and now this" he folded his arms.

"Stranger things have happened. Last month I fought a dragon" Cedric spat at him. Gally lunged and was held back only by Newt. He sent one final glare at us, before departing the room, storming out.

"So you've met Gally..." Alby sighed 

"And I'm Thomas the murderer..." The dark-haired boy earned a few chuckles.

"He does have a point" Alby smirked

"Wait, you battled a dragon?" Newt leaned in.

"Yeah, but mine was ok, Potter here battled a Hungarian Horntail, vicious little-"

Cedric broke off from one look from Alby. I stood up and pulled out my wand. Immediately, silence fell over the boys.

"We come from a world outside this place, where...where magic exists" I paused, my heart hammering in my chest. I pointed at Cedric's chair and murmured: 'wingardium leviosa'. He clung onto the chair as it hovered in the air, reaping gasps from the boys. The spiky-haired boy sitting next to Thomas jumped out of his chair. I lowered Cedric down and turned back to the crowd.

"We're the good guys. We were here as part of a tournament our school was hosting. Except somebody sent us here instead, and a powerful wizard who's killed millions called Lord Voldemort is out to kill us all'.

"And now we're stuck in a maze" Cedric said looking around.

"As crazy as it sounds, surely when each of us came out of that box, crazy was all we saw. Confusion, fear...we've all lived through that" Alby called out 

"We don't know why we were put here. All we know is that it's not safe, and that we have to get back to where we came from" I said thinking of Ron and Hermione again.

"We have the maze mapped out if that helps" the spiky-haired boy leaned forward.

" Minho and Thomas here, are our runners. They track the maze every day, before it changes" Newt said " if that magic stick of yours could help them in any way..." he turned to Minho 

"We need to mark the different zones out, and also maybe not die while we're exploring them. That wand of yours saved our lives the other day..." He broke off.

" what's out there?" a small lump of a boy asked.

"Our worst fear is that the Death Eaters, that's the powerful wizards henchman, are out there. If they find us were doomed" Cedric spoke.

"Then we make sure they don't" Thomas broke the silence. He met my gaze solemnly " starting from tomORrow, I want them to track the maze with us" he spared a glance at Alby who nodded.