Starcrossed {Nalby}

Chapter 1

(Alby POV)

Something different happened today.

I was just there,outside the Maze. It was open but there was something inside of me telling me not to go in today,something felt different.

That's when I heard a jerk,then a loud metallic sound, I turn round immediately. To hear the box,stopping once it reaches the land. I sprint over to if,heart beating tensely as I open up the cage doors,one by one to see supplies. I wasn't really running low but it's always good to have more,just in case. But in the middle of it all,hunches a boy. Maybe a little younger than me,pale skin,blonde curly hair and bright blue eyes with tears moisturised in them. He just looks at me for a moment,shaking suddenly as he hunches up into a ball. Burrowing his head in his knees. I climb into the box and kneel down beside him.

"Hey.." I try to get him out of his shell "It's okay. I'm Alby."
"I don't.. Know my name.."
"That's okay. It happened to me. You'll get it back in a few days."

He looks at me for a second.

"What is this place?"
"Your new home. I'll show you."

He looks reluctant at first but then agrees,and climbs out the box. Not saying a word. Just looking around at the Glade.

"You're the second Glader." I tell him "I'll call you Greenie until you get your name back,"
"It better be soon, I bloody hate Greenie." He looks at me for a second and gives me a small smile which I return. "So,you've been here by yourself forever?"
"No. For millions of years how I see it. But it must have been lots and lots of days I spent alone,"
"I'm sorry Alby."
"That's okay."
"So do you have any idea how this works? The system of this place?"
"Not really no."

We slump down on the grass,facing the doors.

"Except I do know this. See those doors,every day they open as the sun comes and close as the sun falls down. It's a pattern you see? And it was also a patten in the way that we were sent up."
"I don't know about the doors but us. Do you think,that they'll send someone else up?"
"I don't know, I guess we'll have to see,"
"Woah.. For a new Greenie with no memory you're pretty smart."
"You're not so bad yourself."

We chuckle slightly as I punch his shoulder and we watch the doors close..