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//S A G E//
ITS BEEN THREE YEARS since I came up in the box. I was alone in the hellhole I now call home, or the Glade, before a group of five showed up. Minho, Newt, River, Alby, and Gally. When they came up, I was suspicious, and made them all sit on the floor, my machete clutched tightly in my hands. I ended up getting close to three of them. Minho, Newt, and River I got really close too, Alby and Gally I haven't exactly clicked with them. After a month they showed up, another boy showed up, Frypan. That's when I realized, every month a new Greenie, or boy, will come up. So far, no girls, and I know I'm going to be the only girl for a while.
Minho and Newt told me what I looked like. Apparently I have really dark brown hair —at times it looks black— shoulder length. I have green eyes, pink lips, light skin. I have dimples when I smile. I also have a deep scar in the middle of my forehead, my hair line barely covering it up, and a small scar on my bottom lip, the scar thin to the point where you could barely see it. I'm also slightly shorter than the boys, but muscular.
After almost being attacked by a boy named Alex (who we banished), I realized I'm good at fighting. I know some archery skills, and I know how to perfectly throw a knife. I don't know why I'm so good at fighting and handing weapons, but I feel like the tattoo on my arm connects to it somehow. I prefer using a machete over a bow, the blade being easier to move around.
The connection I have with the boys here is hard to explain. Minho and Newt are my best friends, River is a different story. I feel attracted to him, not like in love, but something else that I cant explain. Everyone looks up to me, like I'm some sort of god, and they all put their trust in me, to keep them safe and alive. We had a vote after Alex attack me, who would be leader in the Glade and enforce rules, and everyone voted me. So here I am, the leader of the Glade, River being my right hand man. Alby is my second in command, just in case something happens to me and River. I told Newt, he's the third in command, if anything happens to me, River, and Alby, I trust him to keep the Gladers alive.
We created jobs for everyone, everyone has to participate. There's runners, med-jacks, track-hoes, builders, sloppers, and a lot more. I'm a runner, the keeper of runners, along with my best friend Minho, he's the "second in command" keeper, seeing that I don't usually run someone has to give out orders and make sure no runners are slacking.
What are runners you are asking? Runners is where someone runs the maze during the day, yes maze. Those big walls surrounding us? A maze on the other side, a fucking maze. I figured out the time the doors open and close, from the first month being here. I got trapped in the Maze at night before, and it wasn't fun. Those screeches and noises I heard the first night I was here, was from a griever. Or a large gooey creature I call Grievers. They have sharp teeth and they are large, stingers are attached to them too, that make you go crazy. I haven't been stung once, but I have been attacked by one. Eventually I pulled up my big girl pants and I stayed the night in the Maze a second time, seeing if anything would change. It did, but nothing new.
