Title: My Worst Fear
Summary: Instead of Tris's family finding the safe house and Tris escaping during the attack on Abnegation, Tris is faced with the horrifying decision of revealing herself as Divergent, and being killed, or having to kill her family.
Rated: T
Pairing(s): Tris/Tobias (Fourtris)
Genre(s): Angst, Family, Tragedy, Romance
Warning(s): violence, death
Making it into Dauntless was supposed to be the best day of my life. My greatest achievement, as I was taught growing up. I was a member of our society.
And then the Erudite ruined that. I didn't even have time to celebrate before Eric injected my friends and all the other Dauntless members with the simulation serum. Waking up the morning after I made it into Dauntless was alarming. I looked around the room at my friends - they were like zombies, getting out of bed, tying their shoes. I looked up and Christina startled me. She was looking at me like she didn't even know who I was, and I knew it was effects of the serum.
Frozen with fear, I got dressed and followed my friends out of the dorm we had been sharing and into the Pit. The Dauntless were all lined up, and I did my best to copy their movements. Eric explained that everyone (except the Divergents, like me) could hear and see, but their thoughts didn't process the same way.
"Divergent," I heard Eric say. And then a gunshot.
Horrified, I thought, Oh my God.
I was going to have to watch my friends kill my family. My faction. Either that or die. And I knew which I was going to choose. Be brave, Tris. I heard Tobias's voice in my head. But how was I supposed to be brave?
I followed the rest of the Dauntless out to the train. As carefully as I could without giving myself away, I searched the train for Tobias. I held back a gasp when I saw him, up towards the front. All the way across the cart from me.
Holding my breath, I moved as slowly as I could up to the front. I didn't dare turn my head to look at Tobias. Still holding my breath, I reached down for his hand, to make sure he was Divergent. But I was starting to doubt that fact. Was Tobias really Divergent?
After a long, agonizing moment, I felt his fingers lacing through mine. I let out the long breath I was holding, relief washing over me. I wasn't alone.
We got off the train, and I looked around and saw my parents. I lined up with the rest of the Dauntless and found myself facing my mother and father. "It's okay, honey," my mom said, and my heart broke.
I knew what to do. It was either my parents or me. My whole life, I had never fit into Abnegation. I was too selfish. But now I had a chance to make up for it.
Tobias watched me with a horrified look on his face as I threw my gun down and ran. I knew there was no way I could get away, but I wasn't sure what else to do, and maybe-
The last thing I heard before I saw the gunshot was Tobias shouting my name. "Tris!"
And then everything went black.
AN: This is my first Divergent fanfic, so let me know what you guys thought in a review?