The Love Within These Walls

Chapter 1: Arrival

I'm awoken to the sound of screeching metal. I sit up quickly and I am met with total darkness. My clothes and my hair are soaking wet, but that is the least of my concern right now.I feel my breathing increase. I stand up trying to figure out where l am, or who l am. I look up to the top of a metal box. This thing is moving fast. I try to scream out "HELLO" if anyone could hear me.. I look over and see an object with the label "W.C.K.D" Then I hear the box come to an abrupt stop, causing me to fall back.  It took about 20 minutes for the lid to open. The lid opens, and I am blinded by the brightness of the sun. As I put my arm up to shield my eyes, I hear a bunch of chatter going on above me. I could barely make out the words being said. I hear someone say "A girl?" and another saying "Since when?"  My vision becomes a little clearer, and I look up to see a tall, lanky, blonde boy standing above me with an extremely serious look on his face. He yells at the boys standing behind him  "Can you shanks just bloody stop?!" He steps forward, and looks down at me. Then he reaches out his hand to help me out of the box. I wearily take his hand and climb out of the box. Once I'm up he finally breaks the silence, saying "Nice to meet you, i'm Newt, what's your name Greenie?" Then I remember, I don't know who I am. I don't even know my own name. "I don't know who I am, where am I?!" I almost shout. "Whoa, whoa, it's okay greenie, your name will come back to you soon and for now..."
Before he can finish, He is interrupted by another tall dark skinned man who walks up interrupting him, and offers his hand. I shake it and he says "Hi l'm Alby. I'm in charge around here. We call this the Glade." "The Glade huh?  Where are the other girls?" I ask confused
"There are none, you're the only one." Alby says. 'Wonderful' I think to myself. For a few seconds I try to take in my surroundings. It's mostly just a bunch of grass, huts, and other things. But the weirdest thing of all was a big stone wall that surrounded the "glade". It had openings in the middle of each section. It was kind of like a big stone box. Alby must have noticed me staring, because he said "Don't worry about that right now. We will get to that. First, let me take you on a tour." He starts walking in the opposite direction, away from the big stone wall. I follow quickly behind. Alby leads me up a tall treehouse, and leaned against the railing. "Quite a view, huh greenie?" He said taking a deep breath. "Listen it might be a little odd from here on out, but the rules still apply non the less. You will have your time for questions, but save them till im done. You got It greenie?" Alby asked with a smile. I nod my head yes in response. "The glade only has a few rules. Its how we keep things running nice and smoothly. Rule Number one. Everyone does their part. We don't have time for any free-loders. Rule Number two. Never harm another glader. Without trust, none of this would have worked out. And lastly, and most importantly. Unless your a runner, never go behind those walls." Alby says with a stern look. I hear a bell sounding assuming that means it is time for dinner considering I see a bunch of boys running towards the dining hall. Alby dismisses me and  I make my way over and I'm greeted by Newt. "Hey greenie, how was the tour?" He says cheerfully "It was fine. Why do you call me greenie?" I ask annoyed
"It's what we call all the newbies, there's one new person a month, so until the next new person comes up, you are the greenie." He chuckles. I roll my eyes, and we walk through the entrance of the dining hall. I follow Newt through the line. I meet a nice boy named Frypan, who I assumed was the cook. He welcomed me with a warm smile and said "Hey greenie". I smile and go sit down with Newt and his friends. I zoned out for most of the meal time. I couldn't help but try to think about who I was, or why I was here. Why are any of us here? and what is behind those walls? I wanted to know, and I wanted to find out soon. Newt nudges my shoulder and reminds me of the bonfire tonight. Apparently they have those  every month when a new "greenie" comes up. I smile and thank him for the reminder.A boy with short hair and bold eyebrows walks up behind my table, then says "Hey greenie. At every bonfire we have a few fighting matches, I would be honored if you came to cheer me on" Before I could even respond Newt says "oh shuck off Gally, Don't make the greenie lose her appetite." I smirked at his remark but Gally didn't seem too happy about that because he huffed and stormed off. Newt turned to me saying "don't worry about him, he has a big ego and kinda comes off as a jerk sometimes." I decided just to brush it off and go freshen up as much as possible for the bonfire tonight. As I'm walking I hear a loud noise,
similar to the screeching sound I heard in the box. But I Look around frantically trying to figure out what it was when I turn to the stone to see the doors on it closing. Soon there is no opening and it is now one big slab of stone. I figured would ask Newt about that later tonight at the bonfire.