DIVERGENT FACTION AGENCY
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I wake up with a bad headache and a dry mouth. Groaning, I roll over and turn off my alarm clock, which has been blaring for hours. I walk over to my mirror barely recognizing the girl in the mirror before me. Sure we have the same face, blonde hair and dull blue eyes, but other than that we look nothing alike. I change in to comfier clothes and begin my way to the dinning hall. " Wait up, Tris!" I turn and see Maya, my best friend. " You excited?" she asks me. That pulls me up short. " I don't know," I tell her honestly. Today we will be given the faction we will start in, searching for Divergents. After we spend a couple of weeks in the faction, we will be moved to another and so on. The factions won't care about our absence because of the five- week breaks every faction is ordered to give so the people can see their families. I continue walking down the hall with Maya following behind me. " Which faction do you want to start in?" she asks, " I want Candor. Something about telling the truth while not actually telling them will be hard and interesting." I think for a moment. " I want Dauntless." We enter the dining hall together and sit down at our table making casual conversation until our leader Caroline steps up to the podium and asks for our attention. " As you know, today we will assign our young recruits to the factions in search of the Divergents. Our plan is to help these Divergents by bringing them to this safe place. Enough of me talking. When I say your name please come forward and take one of the messenger bags we offer you. In it you will find a computer, phone, and documents you must read and then destroy." She begins calling names and telling them their starting faction. I watch their expressions. Some are happy; they must have gotten the faction they wanted. Some look puzzled; maybe not what they wanted but they'll take it. Some look annoyed; they were really looking forward to one faction. I don't understand why it matters. You will get to go to all of them. " Maya Jenkins. Candor," Caroline reads off her list. Next to me Maya lets out a squeal of excitement and stand to go. She looks back and runs to me offering her arms for a hug. I laugh and squeeze her back waiting for my faction." Beatrice Prior. Amity" I walk towards Caroline and accept the bag. After all the names are called I look at the teens that I will be working with in Amity. One girl has light brown hair in braids. A boy has soft green eyes. And then there's the boy with the blue eyes and the short, dark hair. Handsome. I walk towards my room and lock the door behind me. In my messenger bag there is also a set of Amity clothes. I pull the loose red shirt over my head and tug on the flowing skirt that matches. I make a pathetic braid down the center of my back and then straighten to look in the mirror. I take a final look around me and then leave the only life I knew. From now on I will be living different lives. I am heading to my first stop. Amity.