The Three Gladeteers

"Our dearest Madeline. We have come up with two nicknames for you to choose from", Ben says with a big smile.

"Hit me with them", I reply, slightly nervous. They better be good or I swear I'm going to ruin their lives.

"The first one is.....drumroll please Flaminho".Minho starts hitting the table.

"Oh bloody hell", Newt groans.

"Shut it Newt, the first option is........Maddog",Ben says grinning.

"Absolutely not, that's terrible",I reply instantly.

Minho and Ben look offended."How dare you!"."Hey, that was my idea!".

"What's the second one?", I say, sending a warning glare their way.

"It's Maddie, but I happen to like the first one", Minho says with a proud look.

"I think the first one is great too, Maddog", Newt says amused.

"Nope I pick Maddie. I would rather go live with the grievers than be called Maddog".

Fry can't express his opinion since he's giggling too much. Newt seems way too happy, probably payback for us calling him Mama Newt. Minho and Ben are high fiving, clearly proud of themselves.

"Fine be boring. Maddie it is", Ben says."Perfect. So what's on the agenda today?", I ask, finishing my breakfast.

"Ben and I have the day off, so we're planning on pissing off as many glader's as possible", Minho says, a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"Would you care to join us Maddie?", Ben asks excitedly.

"I would but I gotta work with Fry. Unless.", I look to Fry who looks at me curiously.

"Unless what? You're not trying to get the day off are you?", he asks, raising a brow.

"No of course not. I was thinking I could use the free time we have between cooking to spend some time with them, with your permission of course", I explain.

Minho and Ben look to Fry with pleading eyes. "Pleaseeee Fry"."We will love you forever Panini".

"She has to stay in the kitchen all day you shanks, it's part of her job", Newt says with a serious look.

"No it's alright Newt. It gets boring whilst waiting to prepare the meals, she can go", Fry says with a smile.

"Thank you Panini!""We owe you one""Panini, the man that you are"

"Well done Fry, we're all doomed", Newt says sighing, getting up and walking away.

"Someone didn't sleep well last night", Ben says jokingly.

"Mama Newt is tired of us", Minho laughs.

"So who's our first target boys?", I ask curious."We will hold a meeting in the woods to discuss today's targets. Hurry up and clean up and meet us there asap", Minho replies, him and Ben getting up to leave.

"This is gonna be a good day", Ben says smirking. They both head off.

"Since I'm letting u do this, I have one rule. Please don't terrorise me today", Fry says with a pleading look.

"You have my word Panini, you will not be affected by today's fun", I say, grabbing trays to clean.

"Thank god", he says relieved.

We quickly clean up the kitchen and wash the trays. We finish witching 20 minutes which must be a new record for us.

"Right I'm off", I say heading out the door.

"Alright, be back by 11 to prep lunch and whatever you do don't get caught, your cooking skills are no good if you're in the pit", he replies waving goodbye.

I laugh as. I leave and head towards the woods. I move stealthily to avoid being seen by Alby. I successfully make it without being seen and see Minho and Ben trying to hit each other with fallen branches. They're weird people but that's why I'm friends with them,  it would be boring if they were normal.

"Stop hitting each other and let's get down to business", I say excitedly.

"Yes Ma'am", Ben salutes me."So Maddie, since you're the new member of our group, you can pick our first target", Minho says smiling.

"How about the leader of the baggers? He keeps flirting with me when I serve him and it's getting annoying", I suggest.

I don't even know his name but he relentlessly flirts with me and I'm tired of it. He can't take a hint and I know it may sound mean, but I hope another girl gets sent up soon so he has someone else to focus on.

Better her than me.

"Perfect, that shank pisses me off", Minho says in agreement.

"What did he do to you?", I ask."He exists", he replies shrugging.

"Yeah his presence alone is enough to ruin our day", Ben adds on.

"That's fair. So what do you have in mind for him?", I ask grinning.

Minho and Ben look to each other with matching smirks on their faces.

"We was thinking of something simple, like switching his shampoo with flour", Ben explains.

"That's genius! When it gets wet it'll be hard to get out, I love it", I say approvingly. Both Minho and Ben puff out their chests proudly.

"We knew you would like it. So let's discuss strategy", Minho says clapping his hands.

"Well I can get the flour but I doubt Fry will willingly let me waste it on pranks so I'll need a small distraction", I say.

"I can distract Fry", Ben volunteers.

"What you gonna do?", Minho asks."Something fun", Ben replies grinning.

"Whatever it is, you can't prank Fry, I gave him my word he wouldn't be a target today", I said seriously.

"He won't be, he'll just have to save my ass", Ben says assuringly.

"Oh I get it", Minho says giggling.

"I don't, save you from what?"

"Not what, who", Minho replies."From who?", I ask confused.

"Just wait and see Maddie", Ben winks.

Before I can ask more about it, Minho speaks up.

"So Maddie's getting the flour, Ben is gonna try to avoid a beating, and I will grab Steve's shampoo bottle. We will meet back here once we have everything.

"Wait, his name is Steve?", I ask.

"Yeah,we call him sissy Steve", Minho starts."Because he's afraid of his own shadow", Ben finishes.

"After this he will be known as sticky Steve instead", I say smiling.

"I agree Shebean, let's do this", Minho says.

We all walk out of the woods. I make my way to the kitchens, Minho heads for the showers and Ben walks off to god knows where to complete his part of the plan.

"Who's your target today then?", Fry asks."That's classified information I'm afraid", I say, tapping the side of my nose.

Before he can ask anymore, we hear someone shout and see Ben sprinting towards us laughing.

"BEN YOU SHANK, IM GONNA KILL YOU!", I recognise that as Gally's voice.

"Please tell me you didn't prank Gally", Fry says concerned.

"No, that's all Ben", I reply shocked.

We see Gally chasing after Ben, who runs straight into the kitchen and hides behind Fry.

"SAVE ME PANINI!", he shouts.

"What did you do?!", Fry asks confused.

"Well I-", Bens cut off by Gally rushing through the door.

"That shank just knocked into my work and knocked it over!", Gally says pissed.

"Ben, did you purposefully knock over whatever he was building?", I whisper to him.

"Yeah, his face was priceless", he whispers back snickering.

"Oh my god, you're a dead man", I reply, trying to hold in my laugh.

"Gally calm down, I'm sure it was an accident", Fry says trying to diffuse the situation.

"Like hell it was!", Gally snaps back.

"You shouldn't have left it in my way. Shame on you Galpal", Ben says with a shit eating grin on his face.

"Shucking call me that again you shank", Gally threatens. His voice is low, face filled with pure fury.

Rest in peace to twinkle toes aka Ben. He has been a great friend and fully committed to his role in the plan. He is willing to die for our prank and Minho and I will be eternally grateful.

Ben looks Gally dead in the eye, smirks and says "I love you Galpal". He blows Gally a kiss and sprints off.

Gally's face has gone so red, his eyebrows so low in a frown you wouldn't think it was possible. I have NEVER seen him so pissed off and I have a feeling he's going to be banished tonight for slaughtering Ben.

I try not to but I'm weak and let out a giggle at Ben's antics. Gally snaps his head to me so quickly he should be checked for whiplash.

I immediately stop and say a very quiet "sorry", and clear my throat to prevent more uncontrollable giggling.

One of his eyebrows slowly start to raise and I start saying my prayers, convinced this is also my last day of living, when I see something baffling.

It's so quick that Fry completely misses it. I almost miss it. He shows a very small, genuine smile. One eyebrow slightly raised and amusement evident in his eyes.

Before I can properly enjoy the look which I must admit I find cute, he frowns, a look of full fury on his face once more, and darts off towards Ben, who looks to be desperate to find Father Alby.

Even though Alby's the leader, I have a feeling his authority will do nothing to stop Gally today.

Fry and I are left standing in utter silence.

Fry breaks it first. "Well it was nice knowing Ben, a great guy he was. I better tell the baggers to prepare for his burial", and with that said, Fry walks off.

There's no way he is actually going to talk to the baggers right? Like, he's not being serious?

I see the flour on the counter and remember the plan. I grab the bag of flour and an empty jar to put the shampoo in temporarily. We can't waste shampoo, especially when the box is so stingy.

I rush back to the forest and avoid being seen. Damn. I would be a great spy.

I see Minho waiting in the same place as this morning.

"Hey Flaminho, look what I got", I say in a sing- song tone.

He looks at me and his face lights up.

"Finally, I've been so bored!", he exclaims.

"I don't think Ben is gonna be able to participate anymore though", I say snickering.

"Oh I know, he's in deep shit. I've never seen Gally so angry, it's hilarious", he replies, laughing really hard.

"I feel bad for Ben, he can't finish the prank and he's a dead man walking".

"That's on him Maddie, he's so fucking dumb he called Gally the secret nickname. He's a shank with no brain", he replies, shrugging.

We decide to forget about Ben struggling to avoid death and focus on pulling off our prank.

We sneak into the showers and grab Steve's shampoo bottle, emptying it's contents into the jar I brought, and refilling it with flour.

We sneak out the shower's completely unseen and see the baggers heading towards the showers.

"I forgot they're the first group to shower. That could've been a disaster if we were seconds later", Minho says relieved we were quick.

"We done it and now, we wait", I say excitedly.

I raise my hand for a high five and Minho is quick to reciprocate.

We wait for about 5 minutes, which is quicker than we anticipated, and hear a shout.

"WHAT THE SHUCK IS THIS?!".

"Mission accomplished", Minho says, hugging me in celebration.

Steve runs out in just a towel. The entire glade able to see the very doughy looking flour spread across hair and body.

The first thing we hear is Ben's obnoxious laugh as he whizzes past us, Gally hot on his tail. Gally seems to have seen Steve because he's struggling to maintain his speed as he starts cackling.

Minho and I follow suit, rolling on the floor, clutching our stomachs, and gasping for oxygen.

The rest of the glade are in fits of laughter which only fuels Steve's rage more. I even see Newt hiding his face, shoulders shaking and Alby coughing to hide his laugh.

Newt catches my eye and shakes his head in fake disappointment. From the looks of it, he rats us out to Alby, who raises his brow at Minho and I and slowly starts heading towards us.

"Shit, we gotta go Minho!", I say, grabbing his arm."Oh shuck, go! go!", he replies and we sprint off, Alby picking up speed to catch us.

Author's Note: I hope you all had a great Christmas!

Sorry it took so long to update but hopefully you forgive me because this chapter's longer. I'm planning on bringing Chuck in soon, with a few chapter's of him and Madeline in the glade before Thomas shows up.

When I write Thomas, I will follow the story line of the movie's but for now I want to focus on life in the glade and write more fun chapters before it gets more serious.

Love you all and enjoy xxx