From the Outside

Disclaimer- I don't own divergent, only my OC, otherwise I wouldn't be broke XD

Months. That's all there was left. Just Months.

Months until what, you ask. Months until I get out of this shitty hell hole of a faction. My feet pound against the ground as I run, through fields of corn and wheat. The aptitude test is coming up in one months 2 week and 4 days from now, and the choosing ceremony is but one week after. Just months.

The burn of the muscles in my legs fade slightly as I fall out of my sprint to a stop, my determination fuelling me. To be completely honest I didn't particularly care where I went, as long as it wasn't here. I couldn't deal with the constantly smiling faces, bright colours, and drugged food. I mean, I manage to keep up, smiling, wearing the yellow strappy top and cargo trousers, though I stayed away from the peace injected food. The difference between mine and theirs was that mine was fake. It's human nature isn't it? If someone spills a drink on you, you're supposed to be upset, not smile happily, say it's alright, AND actually mean it.

Luckily it seemed to just be the adults. I could tell which of the kids were going to be transferring, myself being one of them. After all they're the ones I used to get into fights with. See when I was younger, the years around when I turned over a decade, I was quite troublesome as they called it. Whenever any adults were out of sight I let my façade slip, and some of the other kids didn't tend to like what they saw. Self-restraint is something I pride myself in, knowing when, and when not to say or do things, but self-defence is natural. Now I'm older I've learnt though, and the façade never drops.

"Knighthood? The trucks are about to leave, we'll be late!" I hear my surname called by a truck driver as I jog up and into the truck, taking me into the city. School still drawls on, but even the teachers know that no one is really focussing on the lead up to aptitude testing. Exams are over, and school only continues for Erudite really. I'd skip it, if it weren't for Axel.

"Axel!" I say curtly as I walk into the sports hall, dropping my bag in the corner.

"Hey, ready to train?" He asks and I nod. His dark skin is already sweaty, even his shaved head is glistening.

"Of course." I reply immediately. Axel is the physical education teacher at school, from dauntless. We met… well it's kind of complicated. I was 11, and I had missed the trucks back so had to walk all the way to the wall, through the factionless areas. Sure I had seen some unsavoury sights before, but when I saw a young boy being beaten up by some older thugs, I had stepped in instinctively. Somehow I managed to get one of them down easily, with a quick kick to the groin and a follow up to his ribs, and the next one went down almost as smoothly, a nice elbow to the stomach to wind him before bringing his jaw to my knee, but the last had a firm headlock on me by then, and the difference in size was astounding as I twisted to try and get out of it. Just as I began to give up on getting out of it, I heard a firm thud and I was released. The last guy was on the floor out cold, after a clean punch to the face. That's when I met Axel.

We spar together now, 5 years later, and I'm more than able to hold my own. He's in his late twenties, and I'm sixteen, and after school every day he teaches me self-defence. That's what we call it, but we both know it's not just self-defence.

Before I know it it's the day before the aptitude test, and the last day of school. I land a slightly messy kick to Axel's shoulder before we step back, breathing heavily.

"So tomorrows the big day huh?" I scoff.

"Finally." I reply and he smirks.

"You could at least try to pretend to like Amity, I'm sure they've treated you with kindness." Axel jests and I glare at him.

"That was never the point." I answer shortly. I reach over to grab my bag before starting to leave.

"Well, see you later then." Axel says as I walk out. I reach the trucks and hop on without a word, sitting silently next to a girl I don't remember the name of. The engine starts and as we start to move my thoughts overpower. Tomorrow I will finally do it. I know it.

I'm going to be Dauntless.

Hope you enjoyed the prologue. I'm going to say now before anyone gets their hopes up, that I am a load of shit at updating regularly. Sometimes there will be chapters within hours or a couple days of each other, sometimes potentially months, especially if its exam season. However I hope everyone can enjoy this fanfic