My sore head has disappeared by the time I wake up.
"Hey greenie, you're awake" a vaguely familiar voice says.
Slowly so as not to make my headache return I sit up on the makeshift bed I'm lying on.
"Greenie?" is the first thing I ask
"Newbie" newt supplies. He was sitting on the chair beside my bed.
"Fair enough. How long was I out" I ask with a shrug of my shoulders
"Couple days" he replies
"Must have hit your head pretty bad when you fell greenie" Minho says walking into the hut.
"Can you not call me greenie? It makes me sound like a bloody plant" I groan
They both laugh at that.
"looks like it's going to be a competition to see which one of you say bloody the most times newt" Minho smiles. With his accent though he saying bloody sounded weird.
"What do you want us to call you, red?" he asks
"I'd rather you called me greenie" I grumble.
"Little red it is then" newt laughs. Ignoring him with a slight glare that just makes him laugh harder I turn to Minho.
"I still don't know where I am" I state
"Come on. I'll show you" newt says getting to his feet.
I slip out of the bed and follow him out the hut.
"This" he gestures around him at the grassy area that looked like a farm "is the glade."
"What's the glade" I ask
"The glade is our makeshift home we built for ourselves. Every month. A new boy. A new greenie is put in here, he doesn't remember anything. None of us do. But after a couple of days we get back our names. Yours should come back to you in the next couple of days. If you hadn't passed out you would have known it by now" he replies
I stop in my tracks as a pain hits my head.
"Red? You alright?" he asks
"Uhuh. Just my head" I mumble
I'm silent a moment and the next thing I know I speak a single word
"Mia"
"What?" newt asks?
"Mia. Well Amelia. That's my name" I state
"Now I don't have to introduce you as the new greenie" he cheers then adds as an afterthought "I'm still going to call you red though"
I shove him laughing lightly.
"This, the new greenie" a boy about 15 asks walking up to us. He was black haired and had green eyes and just looked like he was scowling.
"This is Amelia" newt introduces. "Red this is gally" he had a slight tone of annoyance but it was difficult to notice.
"Red?" gally asks
"Inside joke" I smile.
He just scowls at me before storming off
"Ok then. I don't think he likes me very much" I mutter staring at the ground.
"That's just gally. He doesn't like anyone" newt replies with a slight laugh. I smile in return.
"Anyway. We umm. Kind of have to go to a meeting thing" he says awkwardly
"What about?" I ask although I'm pretty certain I already know.
"To determine whether or not you can stay" a new voice says. "Which is a complete and utter joke to be honest"
I spin round to find a girl around 15 with black hair smiling down at me.
"You better not let anyone else hear you say that Teresa. Or they'll chuck you out" a voice that sounds like Thomas's. But that was impossible. He wasn't here.
I stare at her wide eyed.
"Tom. The new girls staring at me weirdly" Teresa replies. But her mouth didn't move
"I am not staring at you weirdly" I snap.
"What?" newt asks confused "what are you on about?"
"Sorry. I must be hearing things again" I mutter quickly covering.
"You can hear me?" Teresa asks.
I give a tight nod of my head.
"Give it a try" Teresa says
"What the hell is going on" I whisper to her.
"I'm talking in your head" she supplies
"We really have to go to this" newt says giving us a look as if to say we were crazy
"I'll talk to you later. If they let you stay that is" Teresa says before running off
"That was Teresa" newt says
I have to stop myself from saying I know. He already thought I was weird.
We resume walking towards what must be the meeting hut. Newt pushes the door open and I hesitate.
"Don't speak unless they ask you a direct question and you'll be fine" newt encourages me. I manage a small smile before I follow him inside.
