Quick Author's Note: In this story, the Divergents are no longer being hunted. Jeanine was discovered and was placed in jail. Eric is well Eric but he has a soft side to him as you will see. Tris is a stronger person both physically and mentally. The aptitude test is administered at the beginning of the second level of schooling just so that the Erudite can see if there is a change in the results after 2 years. It is administered at 16 and again at 18 the day before the choosing ceremony. Tris is 18 at the start of this fic and Eric is 20. I don't own Divergent or any of the characters from the original series. They are all owned by Veronica Roth. :-(
Eric's POV
I cannot believe that Max has me out here looking for this freaking kid, when I find him I am going to make him wish that he was factionless. I mean really you don't want to take a leadership position but you don't want to follow the rules either I just don't get it.
Everybody loves this guy more than me. He's the shy one, he's the strong one….. the oh so great and perfect Four. If they only knew the truth about him, he's just Tobias Eaton the Abnegation kid that ran because his dad is a monster in disguise.
Uggh I don't get these freaking Abnegation the rules that they have for their children should be considered abuse. They can't read anything that isn't their schoolwork. They can't run and play all that they can do is help others. That is crazy.
Well since I'm here I might as well check up on the Dauntless that are patrolling the factionless and see if they have caught anything out of the ordinary.
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Just as I round the corner I see something that is completely unusual, 2 Candor kids carrying an Abnegation girl into one of the abandoned buildings. I pull out my simdart gun and follow them to see what they are up to. When I come around the corner what I see sickens me, they have ripped off the girls dress and have used it to gag her and bind her.
I can tell that she's crying because I can hear her whimpers, I just hope that I can get to them in time before they do what I think that they are going to do.
I point my gun and fire at the taller of the two kids and quickly shoot the other in the leg. They both fall to the ground screaming in pain.
I run over and shot them both two more times so that they will be unable to get up and attempt to run away. I put cuffs on both of them and then go to the girl.
Beatrice's POV
I was walking home from school today after having one of the worse days ever. First my brother yelled at me in front of everyone that was waiting in line for school because I wasn't selfless enough to allow to give up my seat to a boy that didn't have a seat on the bus. Then as if that wasn't bad enough when we got to school this rude Candor boy named Peter came over with his two friends Molly and Drew and started ask us why we are all liars.
"Why don't you all just admit it? Hmm. You're all just a bunch of liars and hoarders. You take all of the good food and keep it for yourselves and use the Factionless as an excuse so that no one figures you out. The Stiff girls try to dress all frumpy and unattractive to try to appear sweet innocent and virginal, well I think that it is all a lie." He just kept going on and all and Drew and Molly kept laughing and pointing and then he stepped forward and got right up in my face and said I bet that you are hiding a lot underneath of all of those layers and you're probably a slut!
I just couldn't take it anymore I kicked him right in the balls. He screamed at me and fell over. Caleb grabbed me by the arms and shook me asking me what is wrong with me.
I was in too much shock to say anything to him. I just stood there and cried. For some reason I felt a whole lot better once the train arrived and the Dauntless kids started to jump off and run over to the school. I have watched them for years just wishing to have the freedom that they have.
I was pulled out of my thoughts when the doors to the school opened, we all filed in and stood in lines outside of doors that would lead to where our aptitude test would be delivered. When I walked in I was met by an attractive man that was kind of terrifying because he had so many facial piercings and tattoos that came up the sides of his neck. He had icy blue eyes and shoulder length blond hair. I was trying not to stare at him I know that it isn't polite or very Abnegation of me but there is just something about him that makes me want to stare at him. When he turned around he introduced himself as Eric and started to explain how the aptitude test will be administered he looked me straight in the eye and quirked a pierced eyebrow and gave me a half smile. "What's wrong never seen a Dauntless man this close before?" I could instantly feel the heat spread up my neck and across my entire face. When he spoke I felt this weird feeling in my stomach and as he walked closer to me I almost was hoping that he would find a reason to touch me. Oh my gosh what is wrong with me I have never thought this way about anyone before.
"I just was curious about your tattoos and piercings that's all." I stuttered out. "They are fascinating and while I don't know what you looked like before without them I think that they look good on you." Wow where did that come from I am no that forward with anyone.
He smiled at me again and handed me a glass with the a blue tinged liquid he told me that it wouldn't hurt me that it would just allow him to be able to test me to see which faction I belong to. I took the liquid from him with shaking hands and drank it all down.
The next thing I know I am breathing heavy, there is a huge warm hand on my face and somewhere far away there is a really nice deep male voice asking me if I am ok. When I opened my eyes I was staring into the icy blue yes of the man that administered my test. He had a confused look on his face and one of relief when I finally looked at him.
He gently pulled my hand to get me into a sitting position instead of the reclining position that I had been in and ran his hand through his hair. I think that you are going to have to retake the test unfortunately, something went wrong in the middle of taking the test and your results didn't record.
At hearing this I begin to panic because while I can remember the things that took place during the test I have no desire to revisit some of them….they were just too weird.
He asks me to trust him and gives me another glass of the liquid that I drank before once again I go into the simulation. The scenarios are the same and I once again come out of it with a start but this time I sit up and look around for the man that was doing the test on me. When I glance to my left I see him sitting on the stool looking at me in amazement.
He explained to me that I should be glad that the Erudite have stopped trying to hunt down Divergents but that I should also be careful because I am not just a Divergent I am a completely different type of person that is classified as an anomaly.
"Well Tris let me explain a few things to you. First of all I have only met one other person who has ever come up with the results that you have and secondly I find you very interesting. You tested with an aptitude for all of the factions, Dauntless being your most dominate. I can't tell you what you should do or where you should choose to go but I would love to be able to get to know you better and to help you to know more about the Dauntless life. I'm going to enter you result as Divergent but I am not going to record about the fact that you are an Anomaly. Your results will read Divergent with Dauntless as dominate ok?" I was so numb that I just nodded my head yes and thanked him.
Now here I am terrified and totally embarrassed because I'm in just my underwear in front of the exact same guy that administered my aptitude test today. I was walking through the factionless sector to try to get to my house but I wasn't paying much attention to my surroundings because of my mind being so full of thoughts and I was also upset because my brother refused to walk with me he said that I have disappointed and embarrassed the family and faction. So I wasn't aware of Drew and Peter following me. I'm surprised no one stopped them sooner there is no reason for members of Candor to be strolling around the Factionless or in Abnegation.
I unfortunately became aware of their presence when Peter grabbed me by the hair and drew picked me up by my legs. I tried to scream but Peter put his hand over my mouth.
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They carried me into one of the abandoned buildings and threw me onto the floor. I tried to run but Drew pinned to me to the floor and held a knife to my throat. Peter told me that he would not be embarrassed by a Stiff without making them pay. So he took his own knife and cut the bottom of my dress which he used to blind fold me and to gag me. Then I felt my hands being tied together. I was really afraid of what they were going to do and I started to cry.
I really thought that they were going to rape me, I think that was their goal. They had cut my dress off and were saying some really disgusting things to me. When I felt someone's hands trying to pull down my panties there was a popping sound and a scream and grunt followed by and other popping sound and the hands that were on me disappeared. I was trying to figure out how to get my hands untied when I felt someone else's hands on the ties to the blind fold and on the ties on my hands. The moment I was completely free and the gag was out of my mouth the person who came to help me was kneeling down in front of me only for me to realize that it was Eric the Dauntless guy that I met earlier.
I didn't think about the fact that my clothes were missing I was just so grateful that he saved me I launched myself into his arms and started to cry even harder than I already was. He told me that I was going to be ok and that he wasn't going to let them hurt me.
He took off his jacket and wrapped it around me and tried to help me cover myself in some kind of way with what was left of my dress.
Now here I am 2 years later on the roof ready to jump into a hole that I believe leads us into the Dauntless compound.
I have spent a lot of secret time with Eric over the past two years. He has trained me in everything from how to fight through how to shoot a gun.
He even snuck me into Dauntless a few times. I have a full wardrobe of black clothes and even a belly button piercing and three tattoos that my family no nothing about.
He warned me that when I transfer to Dauntless that while I will know him we will have to be careful of how close we appear to be in front of others.
He told me that he was going to talk to Max one of the other leaders about not taking part in scoring us as initiates because he doesn't want anyone to be able to accuse me of cheating.
****A/N Well there it is the first chapter please let me know what you think. Take it easy on me please even if you hate it I can take constructive criticism but I am not a fan of blatant rudeness or disrespect.