Chapter 1 – Tests
I always tried to avoid the bread.
I also tried to avoid the tea, but they always seemed to catch me when I got a little mad.
I guess sometimes I was too grumpy to be in Amity.
I hated the way Amity ran things by drugging us and acted like everything was happy and great when an argument broke out and they "solved the problem", but I loved Amity too. I loved the music and art, and I am going to miss that if I choose to go to another faction, but I guess I'll always have my creative sense wherever I go.
Today is aptitude tests. I guess I am little nervous about what my results are.
When I get to school and see the usual: Abnegation being picked on, Erudite researching and reading, and Dauntless trying another way to get themselves hurt. I always thought the Dauntless were crazy for a long time, but now I see that they are actually "living". You're crazy for thinking that! I hear myself say. All they do is start fights and jump off buildings! But I ignore the voices. I don't know why, but I kind of admire them.
After my favorite class, art, I am now constantly thinking about aptitude tests. I have friends, but I also don't have what they call "best friends" in Amity. To other faction kids it probably looks weird to see an Amity girl all alone without friends by her side walking in the hallway sketching on a sketchbook, but I guess I am not really an "Amity Girl" only my artsy side shows that I have a little Amity in me.
After I eat lunch, I wait patiently for in the Amity group for them to call my name. All of the Amity are acting carefree and perky. Sometimes I just want to punch them in the face, but I ignore the temptation and sketch a drawing of a bird.
"From Amity: David Hikenburg and Hannah Iver."
I hear my name being called and I close my sketchbook and get up from my seat. Nervousness rushes over me. I exit the cafeteria and go to a hallway with ten rooms. A Dauntless woman leads me to a room where I guess the test takes place.
"Hello." she says, "My name is Tori."
"Hello" I say.
"Please sit down in that chair." She motions to over to a chair that looks like dentist's chair, and I sit in it. I see a hawk on the back of her neck as she types on a computer and attaches a wire to my neck.
"Drink this." She hands me a glass and I don't argue. I drink.
I open my eyes and see a hunk of cheese and a knife. Both look useful.
"Choose." says a woman's voice.
I don't think that the descion is that simple, and I do what probably no one has during this test I choose both. I see a dog a few feet away. It is growling and snarling at my presence. I look at the two things in either hand. I don't want to kill it, so I hold out the hand with cheese. It creeps forward and eats it out of my hand. It wags its tail and pants, but then I hear a little girl yell.
"Puppy!" she shrieks.
The dog growls and snaps again and starts toward the girl. I do what I have to do to keep this girl safe, I stab the dog, and before I can feel any emotion the scene around me changes.
I see a man holding a newspaper with the headline "murderer" at the top.
"Do you know this guy?" he asks.
He taps the picture of the guy under the headline. I shake my head, but the guy does seem familiar like a memory I can't recall.
"You're lying" he says "You're lying."
I just shake my head again.
"If you know him you could save me!" he says in a low voice.
"I-I'm sorry but I don't"
Then everything disappears...
I wake up and see Tori with a surprised but serious face.
"This is really rare... I-I I can't believe this." she says to herself
Instantly I feel a weight drop in my stomach. I am going to be factionless... I don't fit in any faction...
Tori walks over towards me and I sit up in the chair. I guess I'll ask her already to get it over with.
"What were my re-" I start. Tori interrupts me.
"Your results were... inconclusive." Now I know that I am factionless... I bet no one gets this. Grief crushes me. Tori must have seen my face because she starts to speak again.
"This is very important you can't tell anyone about this. Divergence is kill worthy." WHAT?! Why would I be kill worthy?
She starts again, "You got two factions as your result: Dauntless and Amity. No one has ever gotten this. This is because when you choose you only choose one thing, but you chose both! Knife would lead to Dauntless and Cheese-Amity. Since you both used them I couldn't rule them out. You are not Candor, Abnegation, or Eurdite which just leaves Amity and Dauntless... No one has ever gotten that result. I am going to say the liquid made you sick and I had to send you home."
I open my mouth to say something but Tori interrupts me again.
"I suppose you go home and think about your descion, and remember don't tell this to anyone!" she says.
I go home depressed and confused. Kill Worthy? I hate the way that sounds...
I somehow eased my way out of every conversation with my family. I remembered I couldn't discuss the results with anyone.
I now lie on my bed thinking about tomorrow. What will I choose? What would happen if I choose Amity? Dauntless? I wished I had more time to think about this. I look at my red shirt. Would I be a different person wearing black? No.. I push the thought away. I hope I can figure this mess out.
Amity.
Dauntless.
Divergent.
Kill Worthy...