Here is the first chapter to Five Factions Academy. All rights go to Veronica Roth. Thanks, Asher.
Chapter 1
Tris's Point of View
I sprint up the field in the last minute of the game. I block everything out. It's just me and the ball. The ball and me. I make my way cutting around the last defender. I run even faster. There is so much adrenaline in me I feel as though I'm flying across the turf. I see the keeper and cut around her passing the ball into the net. I run to the corner sliding into the flag with so much excitement. I am soon tackled by my teammates. The crowd is cheering. I see Caleb standing on the bleachers. I can hear his cheering over everyone else's. He smiles a huge smile at me. I look down and see my parents smiling and clapping but not loud. My Dad give me a thumbs up and a smile, which is probably one of the most proudness he's shown me. That makes me happy. I go back ready to start the game. Ten seconds later I hear the whistle blow three times the game is over and we won the championship game for high school. I cheer along with my team. I scored the winning goal. I wait as the coach talks to us saying how proud of us he is. I grab my stuff and as I'm walking away I hear my coach ask me to come stay as there is someone here to meet me.
"Beatrice, this Tori and Amar from Five Factions Academy." My coach tells me. I turn my attention to the scouts.
"Beatrice, you played excellent. Congratulations on winning the championship." Tori says.
"Thank you." I reply. They smile at my shyness knowing I can be loud from my constant yelling in the game.
"Well how would you like to play for our school? This would be a full scholarship to Five Factions Academy." Amar says. I am screaming on the inside.
"Are you serious. I would love to." I say.
"Ok here are the papers with the information and the steps to sign up." Tori says.
"Thank you so much." I say. I shake their hands and walk over to my family.
"What was that all about?" Caleb asks.
"I got a scholarship." I say with excitement in my voice. They give me a family hug in which I love and cherish it.
I finish packing my bags putting everything into separate bags. I bring them downstairs to my car and pack it the best I can. I say goodbye to my family and Caleb also. Because my parents make great money, they are sending Caleb to Five Factions Academy with me so I'm not alone. Plus, it's a great school for intelligent people. I hop in my car and Caleb in his and we drive off to the academy. The school is about 2 hours away so I plug in my phone and listen to my favorite bands; Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, The Script, The Fray, Linkin Park, OneRepublic, etc.
I have listened to my playlist five times before I arrive at school. I walk into the office and grab my key and schedule. I drive up to my apartment and grab four bags walking up to the door. I use the key walk through the door. I look through the apartment to see my roommate isn't here yet. There's a big kitchen, one bathroom, a living room, and two bedrooms on both sides of the apartment. In each bedroom is a walk in closet and a bathroom. I pick the room on the right side and put all my stuff on the floor. I go back out to the car and bring more stuff in my room. I keep going outside until all of my stuff is out of the car. I lock it and go back to my room. I put all of my stuff in my room and put it in its place. I've always liked decorating houses and rooms so it was actually pretty fun.
I walk into the living room and turn on the tv and sit on the long couch. I put my feet on the arm of the couch and watch Last Man Standing. As I'm in the middle of the show I hear someone open the door and things fall on the floor. I pause the show, as I am watching it on on demand, and walk over to the door. I see a pretty tan skin girl with brown hair.
"Do you need help?" I say smirking.
"Yeah that would be great." She says smiling. "So are you my roommate?"
"Yeah I guess so. I'm Tris by the way." I say grabbing two of the bags and walking to her room. She follows me in and we throw the stuff on the floor.
"I'm Christina. This is a great apartment."
"I know right. It's awesome." We go back out and grab the rest of her bags. I help her set her stuff up and we go and watch tv. She lays on one half and I lay on the other. We talk and get to know each other. I smile to myself. I make us some food and we eat. I get into some shorts and a black sports bra with a muscle T-shirt that I cut and grab my sneakers.
"Where are you going?" Christina asks.
"Just for a run. I'm going to see what else is here. Do you wanna come?"
"Sure." She runs in her room and comes out five minutes later wearing leggings and a pink sports bra. We go outside and jog down the sidewalk. We stop by the turf field and check it out. We walk around and I see a soccer ball. She goes in net because she is a keeper and I shoot on her. She's really good, but I can score.
"Shit Tris, your good." She says exasperated.
"Thanks." I reply in the same state. I take one more shot when I hear a loud scream.
"Shit, who the hell is that? She's got a good shot." One boy says.
"I don't know Uri. But she's awesome. What do you think Four?" Another guy says.
"She's okay." I'm assuming Four says.
"Just okay. She's amazing. I have no idea what you are talking about." Uri, I think, says.
I look at Christina and see she is staring at the boys. We exchange glances and smile. I take another shot and Christina makes a great save.
"That keeper's good too." Another guy says. I take one last shot, scoring, before walking to Christina.
"Who were they?" I ask her.
"No idea. But I think we have fans." She says laughing. I join her laughing and we walk past the guys.
"Hey guys what's up?" I say smiling.
"Nothing much, just watching you two play. You guys are amazing. What's your names."
"Thanks. I'm Tris and this is Christina." I say.
"Well I'm Uriah," he says pointing to himself. He has brown eyes and brown hair with dark colored skin. "this is my big brother Zeke," he points to the other guy who looks some what like him but I didn't know they were brothers. "Four, his best friend," he points to a guy with brown hair and amazing, dark blue eyes. "And lastly, this is Will." He points to a guy with blonde hair and blue eyes. I look over to Christina and she's staring at Will. I silently laugh to myself at the thought of Christina having a crush.
"Cool." Christina says. "Well we should go, it's getting kinda late." I nod my head in agreement. We say goodbye and walk home. I get a shower and crawl into the covers getting ready to go to sleep. I can't help but feel as though Four was glaring at me the whole time and didn't want me there. What the hell did I ever do to him? I mean I don't even know him. I shove all of my thoughts to the back of my mind and enter my dreams.