The Box

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i wake up to a roller coaster sensation, I open my eyes to see nothing, I try to stand but I can't, I blink my eyes, trying to adjust to the darkness, I crawl around, and my back hits a wall, I blink an I can barely make out where I am, it seems like im in a box, confused, I shut my eyes and curl up, I must have feel back into unconsciousness, because when I wake, there are a bunch of teenage boys surrounding me "it's a...girl" I look over to see a muscular boy with dirty blonde hair, I blink and try to push myself up, I just fall backwards, the boy goes to help me but, being scared, I back away "don't touch me!" I scream, I look back at the crowd, and I jump up, suddenly feeling my energy getting back, climbing up, I look around, I squint and find trees, the boys are all trying to calm me down, I back away and sprint, apparently, this makes them laugh, I keep running, I surprise myself at how fast I am, I keep running until I hit the forest, I climb a well coverd tree and sit at the top, watching these boys, it seemed I surprised them, they organized themselves and went back to doing there chores 'where are you?' I urge myself to remember, but I can't remember anything, not even my name, I start to panic, I look around, no one there, I rest my head on the trunk and close my eyes for a little. I open my eyes to see another person standing below "are you alright?" they ask, I look down to see a girl, my age, with dark hair and blue eyes "I..uh... Where am I?" I ask, she smiled "this place? It's called the glade, if you come down, I'll show you!" she smiled, I hesitate, unsure if I should trust her "I won't hurt you" she held her hands up, showing she didn't have any weapons, I finnaly slide down and look to her "so, why can't I remember anything?" she smiled "that's totally normal, if your wondering...your name should come back to you in a while, I'm Teresa, and I know you probably don't remember yours, come on, let's go introduce you to the other Gladers" she started to walk forwards, I looked over her shoulder to see the boys gathered around, talking about something "hey!" Teresa shouted "oh, the Greenie finally decided to show her face?" one of the boys taunted, he erend a few snickers from the crowd "shuck it, Gally" Teresa rolled her eyes "that's Gally, the most annoying boy here" he shot her a mean glare, but said nothing "this here, is Newt" she motioned to the boy who I saw earlier, he had dirty blonde hair and brown eyes, he had a lot of muscle and was tall, I had to kind of look up at him, he smiled at me and I weakly returned the smile "nice run you did, you could make out as a Runner" I looked at him, confused "this is Thomas" she pointed to a boy about the same build as Newt, he had brown hair and bluish eyes "hi" he waved "and this is Alby" she pointed to a dark skinned boy "hello, I'm the one in charge around the glade, he extended his hand, I shook it "welcome to the glade

It was close to night time, they had this bonfire thing, it was pretty cool, I sat by the fire when someone came and joined me "hi" I murmured, looking sideways, I saw newts brown eyes on me "hi" he smiled "how are you liking the Glade so far?" he asked, taking a swig of something in a jar "it's nice, whats that?" I ask, he smirked at me and handed it to me "I think you'll like it" I raise my eyebrows, I take a big swig that I instantly regret, I give the jar back and spit it out, causing Newt to go into a fit of laughter, I gag a couple of times, which makes him laugh harder, I smile and say boldly "I'm glad my discomfort gives you joy" I snort

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