Girl In The Glade/ Newt fanfiction (The Maze Runner)

Part 7

I sat quietly on the tree and felt a really big urge to cry but I couldn't do that. At least for now. He was standing in a middle of the little meadow and feverishly looked around. I froze and didn't even dare to breathe.

"I'll find you. And you're going to regret not..." he yelled but suddenly saw Newt come out of the shadows and stopped.

"I heard someone scream. Where is Elle? I saw you two together entering woods." Newt asked.

"Well, she's not here," Mason said slightly irritated.

"Then who was screaming? And why are you bleeding?" Newt said with disbelief in his voice.

"Someone attacked me and hit me in the head so I screamed."

Suddenly Newt pressed Mason to the tree and said in a threatening voice. "Okay, I'll believe you for now but if I'll find out something happened to Elle I'll bloody kill you. Got that?"

Mason was very scared now and it looked like he was going to cry.

"Yeah," he said in a shaking voice.

"Good that. Now go." Newt released Mason and Mason quickly ran away.

Newt sighed and then left.

I finally breathed and started crying. I couldn't hold my tears. They were just running down my cheeks like a river and I couldn't do anything to stop them. Why was Mason so evil? I really thought we are good friends and I even started to catch feelings for him but... But he did this and it just broke me.

I cried and cried (I didn't know how much time had passed but it was starting to get dark). I heard a sound. I tried to stop crying so the person won't notice me but I couldn't. I sobbed really loud and couldn't make it quieter.

"Elle, is that you?" A voice with a British accent said. I recognized the voice right away. It was Newt.

"No," I said quietly.

He looked around and when he finally spotted me sitting on a tree he climbed next to me. I moved a little bit further because I was now even quite afraid of him.

"Elle, are you crying? What happened? Did Mason do something to you?" He asked really worried.

"I... He... He..." I burst out into tears again. I just couldn't stop myself.

He put an arm around me and pulled me closer to him. I put my head in his chest and cried. We were like that for a moment. When I finally stopped crying I told him about everything Mason had done to me.

"He did what? That bloody shucking shuck-face is going to suffer," he looked very angry. "I'm gonna be back after a sec."

And then he fastly climbed down the tree and went off.

I tried to run after him. "Newt stop! Newt! Newt!"

He didn't stop. He just kept going. I started crying again. "Newt..." This time I said it with weakness in my voice.

He turned back to me. "That bloody shank ain't going to get through this not punished."

I knew that there is nothing I can do anymore so I just stopped. I stopped and looked at Newt. Newt walked to Mason and tapped him on his shoulder. As Mason turned around Newt hit him in the face and Mason fell to the ground.

A lot of "Ouuuu" sounded all around.

Mason tried to get up but Newt came closer and hit him again. Mason's face was all in blood now. Newt tried to hit him again but two other boys pulled him back.

"What's wrong with you, Newt?" One of the boys asked.

Newt tried to get out of the boys tight grip but couldn't. Mason smiled and let out a laugh showing his bloody teeth. I could see the huge anger in Newts face.

"Slim it, Newt!" Alby said. "What happened to you? Have you gone mad?"

Newt tried to calm down and as he did so, he shook off the hands of the boys who were holding him. 

"Can I talk to you in private?" Newt asked Alby. 

Then they went a little bit further from everyone so no one could hear what they were talking about but I could guess that he was telling him about what had happened. I really appreciate that he hadn't told everyone about what had happened because it was a thing I didn't want everyone to know. But I guess that with time everyone will find out anyway.

When they stopped talking Alby said in a loud voice so everyone could hear. "Attention all Keepers. There will be a Gathering after 10 minutes."

I wondered, what is a Gathering. I wasn't sure but I thought that it is some kind of meeting.

Then Alby went to Mason and they both headed Homestead but Newt went to me.

"What is a Gathering?" I asked him immediately.

"It's a meeting where all the Keepers meet and decide on important things," he said. "Today you'll need to tell everyone what had happened and then they will decide how to punish Mason. After that, they are going to decide how to punish me."

"You? Why are you going to get punished?" I asked slightly confused.

"Well, I broke one of the most important rules in the glade -  don't pick fights with any of the other gladers."

"Oh. And what... what can they do to you?" I was worried about him.

"Don't worry. Everything is goin' to be okay. I just hope they won't be too strict with me."

Then I quickly hugged him and whispered. "Thank you."

We hugged for a moment but then he said. "We need to go. They are probably waiting for us."

After that, we headed to the Homestead, to the Gathering.

Thank you guys for reading. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Do you think Newt will get punished? Wite in comments and don't forget to vote. Next part is coming out tomorrow. Love you. Bye.