* time skip- the next day *
Y/N P.O.V
I couldn't sleep all night because I was racking my brain over what happened to the cuts on my hands. Sighing, I press my face against the fabric of my hammock and try to fall asleep for the thousandth time. A few minutes go by but my head won't turn off and I groan annoyed. Anyway I can't sleep anymore...
I get up quietly and look briefly at Newt, who sleeps with his back to me in his hammock. Next to him, the new Greenie Thomas is sleeping and not far from me, Chuck is snoring softly. The crunch of the stone gates that open makes me flinch and my head turns around. Minho, Ben and Phil run through the gates and I quickly look around to see if another Glader is already awake. I don't see anyone around - my chance to finally get into the Maze. Newt would never let me go so I'll take this risk.
I quickly grab my jacket and put my boots on. Carefully I go to Newt and give him a light kiss on the head. "See you later...hopefully." I whisper and then make my way to the big gates. One meter before the entrance to the Maze I stop and take another deep breath in and out. Then I start walking slowly, feeling the stony hard ground under my feet. The quiet melody that I heard again and again in the beginning pulls me further. Its beguiling sound envelops me and makes me run faster and faster. Hours go by in which I follow the melody and meanwhile I have passed some sectors, as Minho once called them. My legs are burning and my throat is dry, like dust and I stop at a blue painted wall, with the letters W.C.K.D. The melody gets louder and louder and pushes me forward until I reach a round dark window. Suddenly it feels as if someone has flipped a switch in my head and I walk towards it as if remotely controlled. As if by magic I open my mouth and my voice merges with the clear melody. In the circle a green light starts flashing and I walk closer. "What the...", as I put my hand on the glass, I am thrown back by an invisible magnetic field and land a few meters further on the hard stone floor. My head hurts and I am enveloped in sheer darkness.
'Y/N.You will never get out of here. They will die in front of your eyes and you won't be able to help them.' echoes a female voice in my head and laughs hysterically.
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AN: You have to know that Y/N loses her memories for a few hours because her head hit the ground and she has a concussion.
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As my eyes open, I stare into the orange, cloudless sky. Dazed I sit up and look around. Huge grey walls surround me and in front of me is a kind of dark window. Where the hell am I here?
I get up slowly and carefully because my head is buzzing and my arms and legs are scraped. Disoriented, I look around... I have no idea where to go. Finally I decide to listen to my stomach and walk along one corridor after the other. This place seems to be a kind of maze and as I know, every maze has an exit...
The further I walk, the more familiar this place seems to me, as if I had been here before. In the meantime I have got an unbearable headache and I find it more difficult to walk straight ahead. Again and again I stagger to the side or stumble. I walk on until I feel a tingling in my stomach and as I turn the next corner I see a wide corridor in front of me, at the end of it there is a large opening. I see many boys standing there staring in my direction and I stop in amazement. Who are they and why do I feel as if I know them? Perhaps I am also fantasising, because I am now having quite a few withdrawal symptoms. The boys shout something to me, which I only partly understand. Suddenly a siren sounds and two stone walls begin to close in front of me. The group in front of me panics and the shouts get louder. Everyone is flailing wildly with their arms, except a blond boy who looks at me desperately. Behind me an animal screeching sounds and I see a horrible creature running towards me. I don't think any further but start sprinting towards the boys. The gap between the walls gets smaller and smaller and I feel the cold stone on my arms. But I manage to squeeze through at the last moment and collapse a second later on the floor. Desperately I struggle for air and I squeeze my eyes together. "Bloody hell, I'm so glad you made it." A warm hand is on my arm and I jump. When I open my eyes I look into the face of the unfamiliar blond boy, who is crouching next to me with teary eyes. When he takes me in his arms, I push him away from me and crawl back a little. "Let me go! W-who are you and what was that creature?" I hiss and he looks at me confused and hurt. "Hey, it's alright, okay? It's me- Newt." says the blond boy and puts one hand on my cheek but I slap it away. He looks at me with such a sad expression on his face that I almost feel sorry. "Y/N? What is wrong with you?" asks another boy with dark brown short hair. Y/N... that's my name. "How do you know my name?" I ask harshly. Each boy stares at me in disbelief and some mumble something to the others. "Can you remember nothing?" asks a little boy with brown curly hair and a chubby face. I shake my head and stand up. "No I have no idea what's going on." I answer honestly and want to take a step backwards as my legs give way and I fall back to the floor. Immediately this Newt is with me again and helps me up. "I told you to leave me alone!" I scream and he moans in pain and writhes. Newt presses his hands on his ears and squeezes his eyes together. Immediately some of the other boys are at his side and try to help him. As Newt takes his hands down, I see smeared blood on his pale skin. "I- I'm sorry. I never meant to- " I stutter and walk towards him but a redhaired guy stands in front of him, a knife in his right hand. "Leave him alone! Just stay away from us and if you dare to hurt any of us again I'll kill you!" he yells at me and pushes me away with such force that I almost fall down again. Intimidated I step back and look into the disappointed and angry faces of the others who keep looking at me. "Jake, it's okay...it wasn't her fault." says the blond boy, who seems to be getting better. "No, nothing is okay! This stupid bitch just walks into the Maze and then hurts a Glader!" he continues angrily and comes towards me, holding the knife in my direction. "You're never gonna be one of us, you understand? Cause you..", he gets closer and closer, "...you are nothing but a sick psychopath!" he yells and swings the knife.
I duck as fast as I can, so the knife only makes a small cut on my cheek and I use that moment to run away.
My only wish is to get away from the whole situation and so I run faster and into the next forest. What's happening?!
My legs carry me further, deeper and deeper into the forest. Twigs and thorns leave countless scratches on my body and I stand out of breath near a small lake. Sweat drops roll down my back and I let myself fall into the grass. For a while I just lie there and try to calm down until I finally get up and walk slowly towards the lake. The water is crystal clear and calm. I kneel over the water at the bank and see my reflection for the first time. In front of me I see a pretty girl with y/e/c eyes and y/h/c hair. A long cut adorns my right cheek and I scoop some water from the lake with my hands to wash off the blood. As soon as the liquid touches my skin, the wound starts to tingle and I see in the reflection of my face how the cut gets smaller and smaller and then disappears completely. Speechless I stare at the water and run my fingers over my cheek. Nothing. There is nothing to feel, not even a scratch left...
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AN: Yes here is the Percy Jackson reference 😂 (I'm a fan of the movies)
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Suddenly the water becomes restless and makes waves. The face of a dark brown-haired girl with piercing blue eyes appears. I blink a few times but it is not my imagination. "Hello Y/N. Please don't be frightened but I don't have much time. My name is Teresa and I work for Wicked. We used to know each other but they took your memories as they will soon do to me. Just trust me when I tell you that the place you found is the exit. You're the key to-" the voice breaks up and the image blurs. "No...no no no no! Please come back! What do you mean?!" I shout and try to get her back somehow. "Teresa?! Please answer!" I beg, but she's gone. Newt! I have to get back to him and the others!
Carefully I walk through the woods. After a few minutes I find a small wooden hut, from which angry voices are coming out.
I step a little closer and listen to the conversation.
"You can't be serious, Alby! She is still my bloody girlfriend and I take all the blame for what happened." someone says. Definitely Newt.
"Newt, she not only hurt Jake, she hurt you. Plus, she went into the Maze without permission. The boys have every reason to banish her." replies a low voice. That would be Alby. "I won't let you send her to the Maze and let her die! We don't know what happened to her in the last few hours or why she lost her memory. But I love her and-", a stick cracks under my shoe and not a second later the big door of the hut is ripped open. An Asian boy storms out and looks around. I didn't even hear him. When he sees me I come towards him. "Guys...I found her."
Newt P.O.V.
"Guys I found her." says Minho and I get up from my chair so fast that it tips over. I run out of the map room and past Minho. There she stands, the prettiest girl in the glade, though she is the only one.
"Y/N/N..." When I call her by her nickname she seems to remember something, but she quickly overplays it. "Hey Newt. I need to talk to you. All of you." she says seriously and I nod. "Alby, Minho?" I ask them with a pleading look. "Okay... let Y/N in. We'll discuss everything in the map room." Alby answers behind me and Minho goes back to the hut without hestitation. As Y/N walks past me, she gives me a little apologetic smile that makes my knees go soft. I think she still loves me, not that I ever doubted it, but when she pushed me away like that I was really afraid that she had forgotten us. After her I enter the small room and close the heavy door.
Y/N P.O.V
I take a seat on a chair and look into the expectant faces of the three boys. "First of all I want to apologize to you, Newt. Whatever I did to you, I didn't mean to hurt you." I say and he gives me a little smile. "I don't remember what happened but I woke up in the Maze, in front of a big wall with a dark round window and-", this Minho jumps up from his seat and walks towards me, just to stop close in front of me. "What are you saying?! I've been running around in this Maze for three years and there's never been a place like this! Don't tell klunk, Y/N!" he says furiously and I flinch. "Minho she's not lying. Why should she, if she can't remember anything?" Newt interjects and the Asian snorts contemptuously but lets himself fall back into his place. "Keep talking." Alby pleads me and I nod. "So there was this window and I was lying on the floor farther away. My head hurt quite a bit and I slowly walked along one corridor after another until I came to this place that feels like home however." I end my explanation and crack nervously with my knuckles.
It is quiet for a while and everyone seems to think hard whether I am telling the truth or not. "Assuming you don't tell us an absolute klunk here, would you find the way again?" Minho asks and I think for a moment. Actually, all I have to do is go to the wall with the 5 and then I should find the way...
Hesitantly I nod. "I think I remember something. You called these walls with the numbers sectors, right?" I ask Minho and he raises his eyebrows. "Yes, do you remember which sector you were in?" he replies "Sector 5 and then always keep turning right." I say and he exchanges a quick glance with Alby before he takes a leather gear out of a box and gives it to me. " Tomorrow we go into the Maze together and you show me the place." he states. "O-Okay...there's one more thing I need to talk to you about.", just as I'm about to continue, a familiar siren goes off. A word shoots through my head- greenie.
Together we walk to the box, which is just opened by a dark blond guy named Gally. Newt, Minho and Alby make their way through the crowd that has already formed, while I search unsuccessfully for another way to the elevator. At some point I manage to get to Newt and at that moment the bars of the box open. There lies a girl with dark hair and a blue shirt. Her skin is pale and she does not move. Newt jumps down to her and looks at her more closely. "It's a girl. I think she is dead or at least unconscious."
Then the boys start whispering and everyone tries to catch a glimpse of her. "I call dibs!" someone shouts. "I hope she isn't as crazy as Y/N." says another. "Shut up shanks!" yells Alby and lays his hand on my shoulder. "Help Newt and see if she's okay. She will feel safer if she wakes up and sees another girl instead of the other shuck-faces." he says and I nod. With a loud thump my feet hit the ground of the elevator and I kneel down next to the dark haired girl. Carefully I brush her hair from her face and recognize for the first time how she looks like. My heart stops for a second and I keep staring at her. "Teresa?"
As her name leaves my lips, her eyes shoot open and she gasps for air. Her sea blue eyes fixate on me and she helplessly grabs my arm. "Y/N! You and Thomas have to save them! You must leave..." her voice becomes quieter and quieter and before she can finish the sentence her eyes close and she remains unconscious on the floor. Overwhelmed I look at Newt, who frowns and then looks at me questioningly. "So you know her and she knows you?" he asks and I nod. "That's what I wanted to talk to you about earlier." I admit and look at Alby, who is just sending the other boys away, and Minho jumps down to Newt and me. "We'll take her to the Med Jacks first and then we'll talk." states Minho and I help the boys to get Teresa out of the box. On the way to the Med Jacks hut a note falls from her hand onto the floor, which I pick up quickly and unnoticed. It says: She's the last one ever.
What the bloody hell does that mean? I put the note in my pocket and jog after the others.
When I enter the hut, the three boys are already around Teresa. Minho, Alby and Newt discuss quietly with each other and fall silent when I close the door behind me. "Okay Y/N tell us what you know. Please don't leave out any details, we need all the information." Alby says and I nervously stroke a strand behind my ear. Then I start to tell them exactly what Teresa told me in the forest and show them the note. When I finish, the three boys look at me with a mixture of confusion and concern. "So you wanna say that only you can open the gate that leads us out? And the bloody greenie has to help you?" asks Newt. "I guess that's right. We just have to wait until Teresa wakes up. Maybe she can tell us more." I suggest and shrug. Alby nods and crosses his arms in front of his chest. Minho and Y/N - you gonna run with Thomas into the Maze and find this place Y/N described! Try to open the gate and be careful." Alby says. Everyone agrees and I look once more at Teresa, who is still lying sleeping on the bed before I say goodbye to the boys. Fortunately, with time, most of my memories came back and I even remember where I sleep. I quickly change in the bathroom and then walk to my hammock. Newt is already lying in his and seems to be asleep. I lie down with my head turned towards him and close my eyes. "Y/N?" sounds a distinctive voice with a British accent a few seconds later. "Hmm?" I mumble and snuggle deeper into my hammock. "I just wanted to tell you that I'm always here for you and you can tell me anything. We'll make it out of here together and even if you can't remember everything yet, I want you to know that I love you." he says and I open my eyes. He looks at me and smiles. A warm tingling sensation spreads in my stomach and I stretch out my hand to him. "Thank you Newt." I whisper and he takes my hand. "Always, love."