Tobias POV
Today is the day. Today is the day that I start at a new school, DIVERGENT High. Apparently the school is divided into 5 houses, and I was selected for Dauntless, whatever that means. I shove a few things into my pristine white backpack, yell bye to my mom, and then I set off. The school's only around ten minutes away, so I can walk there every morning.
As I walk, I hear loud music. I turn around, and then I see her. She's wearing a black hoodie, ripped jeans, and combat boots. She's got huge headphones on, and I suppose that's where the music's coming from. She skateboards past with barely a glance at me. Her backpack is covered in scribbles, the biggest of which says, 'DEAL WITH IT'.
"OW!" I was too busy staring at her to look where I was going, and managed to successfully walk into a pole. Even worse, I was getting closer to the school, so lots of other students saw my huge failure. Way to go Tobias... Blushing, I got up and dusted myself off.
A minute or so later, I arrived at the school. I went into a building with 'OFFICE' written in huge letters on the front, and went to the counter.
"Hi, I'm new here, so I was wondering where I'm supposed to go?" The lady behind the counter smiled at me, and asked for my name and house. "My name's Tobias Prior, and I'm in dauntless." She printed something off her computer and handed it to me.
"Here's your schedule, sweetie," I thanked her, and left the room, only to crash into someone behind it.
"Sorry!" I said, helping him up. He was a tall, bronze skinned guy, who looked around my age. He laughed, and picked up his bag from the ground.
"It's fine, no biggie." He studied me for a moment, and asked, "Are you new here, 'cos I've never seen you before," I nodded, and he grinned. "Name's Zeke, you?"
"Tobias." He nodded.
"Can I see your schedule?" he asked, and I handed it over. "Kay, we've got 5 lessons together." he said as he handed it back to me. Then I realised that I hadn't actually looked at my own schedule.
Tobias PRIOR [Dauntless]
Locker No. 294
Art - Tori Wu
Chemistry - Jeanine Matthews
Gym - Coach Amar
Free - Tori Wu
Math - Jeanine Matthews
Music - Johanna Reyes
"Dude, we gotta get to art! Tori's the nicest teacher here, but she'll want to meet you early, so she can get to know you and stuff." I nodded, and we headed off.
Along the way, Zeke showed me to my locker, and told me about the school.
"The five houses are, Dauntless, Candor, Erudite, Amity, and Abnegation. Wait, I forgot to ask, which one are you?"
'Dauntless," I answered.
"Awesome!" He said high-fiving me.
Eventually, Zeke and I made our way to art. We went inside, and I was stunned at the sight of the room. The walls were splattered with paint, there were sketches covering the tables, and there were beautiful art pieces hung up. One in particular caught my eye. It was a painting of what vaguely resembled a human face and upper body, and there was something about the man in the painting that showed cruelty, fear, and hate. I shuddered, whoever had painted that must have either experienced something horrible, or has an extremely vivid imagination.
"Oh hey Tori!" Zeke said, as a woman entered the room. She looked around twenty-fiveish, and looked like the most cheerful person on the planet.
"You must be Tobias," she said to me, smiling. "Now welcome to art! In this classroom, art is all about expressing yourself, and getting your feelings out there. You can draw, paint, do pottery, photography, it's all up to you. If you need any help, you just need to ask." I think I'm loving this class already.
I smiled at her, as she went to say hi to more students, who, by then, were coming in. They all sat down at tables that seemed to have already been agreed on, while I just stood there awkwardly.
"Dude, sit over here!" Zeke called me, and I gratefully went over to sit next him. Eventually, everyone was sat down, but there were still two empty places at Zeke and I's four person table.
"Zeke, who else is gonna sit here?"
"Six and Lynn," He answered, but it didn't seem like he was paying too much attention to anything but a very pretty girl that was sitting near us.
"Good morning cla-"
"Sorry we're late Tori," said a girl, as she came into class, accompanied by a slightly taller girl with a shaved head. She was wearing a black hoodie, ripped jeans… Then I realised, this was the girl I had seen while walking to school. She and the girl with the shaved head came over and sat at our table.
"Hey, Six, Lynn," said Zeke, as he finally looked over from his staring. He noticed that both girls were looking at me weirdly, and introduced me. "Guys, this is Tobias, he's new today, and he's gonna be sitting at our lunch table and stuff so yea. Tobias, she (pointing to the girl I had seen this morning, ) is Six, and she, (pointing to the girl with the shaved head,) is Lynn. They're both part of our group."
"Mmhmm," said Six, as she got out a sketchbook. Lynn went straight to the pottery wheel, and Zeke went to go hit on the girl he had been staring at before, who I later figured out was called Shauna. This left me and Six alone on the table, which was pretty awkward. She completely ignored me, and started sketching. I started sketching as well, but I had absolutely no inspiration, so I ended up just watching her. She used quick, short pencil lines, and soon it began to take the shape of a skull. It seemed like she noticed me watching her, and looked up. She glared at me, and it was a glare that clearly said, 'don't mess with me.' I looked down at my own, blank, sheet of paper. That was the first time I saw her eyes. They were a curious, greyish blue kind of colour, and they seemed to almost hypnotise me.
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