Today was the day that I had been waiting for ,for a very long time the day that I would choose my faction. I knew of course what faction I wanted to be in that wasn't a problem, ever since I was little I wanted to be dauntless. They were free and fearless. Don't get me wrong though, I love erudite. All the knowledge and books it would always be my childhood but now I was ready to move on to a new stage in my life. The one that made me dauntless.

My family is awesome and without them I probably wouldn't have even considered switching factions. Both of my parents are abnegation transfers and they are the best parents I could ever hope for. They raised me and my twin brother with abnegation values layered with erudite concepts. My childhood was erudite and abnegation combined, the best I could ever hope for. I love erudite, I love the books, the teachers, the library. But I always knew there was something missing from my life. That sense of adventure and power that I just couldn't get from erudite. So I planned everything, I researched fighting and pressure points. Everyday after school I would pour over books about the human body learning how to take down a person in less that 10 seconds.I poured over books about aim and how to shoot a gun and throw a knife.

One day after school I came to a realization that dauntless initiation was going to be different then erudite or abnegation initiation, it was going to test you in way that I'm guessing that other factions would possibly consider cruel. The first thing I did was go to my brother, James and ask him if he knew anything about dauntless initiation. To my surprise he said he knew nothing, and that maybe there was a book that had information on it. So I went to the library, for hours I searched and searched the bookcases, looking for something that maybe had a hint of what the initiation for other factions was like. Of course I found out loads of stuff about erudite,abnegation and amity. But Candor and Dauntless were nowhere to be found. Frustrated and tired I walked back to my apartment and found my brother and parents sitting at the kitchen table talking all together. I sit down and try to figure out what they were talking about.

"Hi honey, we were just talking about the choosing ceremony." my mom says

"yeah,your brother says he already knows what he's going to pick no matter what the aptitude test tells him." adds in my dad.

" Have you given this any thought yet?" asks my mom.

"Of course I've given it thought." I reply, In reality I've given it more that a little thought, but my parents don't know that and I'm not sure I I'm going to tell them. James of course knows, he was the first and last one to know. Over the years he's helped me learn how to fight and use my knowledge of pressure points to good use.

"So what are you thinking of doing when the day comes?" asks my mom snapping my back into reality.

" Well…" I stammer, I don't know If I want to tell them that I'm going to switch, most parents don't take it lightly. But then from the corner of my eye I see James nod his head, It was a fraction of an inch but I knew what It meant, It meant I could tell our parents without them exploding and getting mad or breaking down and crying because one of their children is leaving them.

"Mom, Dad I'm going to transfer to dauntless."I say in a quiet serious tone hoping that James was right.

"Oh honey that's wonderful!" gushes my mom

"we're very proud of you" says my dad.

"wait… what? You're not sad at all?" I ask, I hadn't expected this reaction out of them. I didn't think that they would explode or cry but they're not sad at all. I look over at James and raise my eyebrows hoping he will answer my unspoken question of why our parents were acting this way.

"Mom, Dad I think we should tell May why you aren't sad at all that she's going to leave." says James

"May, I just invented a communication device that will connect to your brain so you can talk inside of your head and the other person will hear you inside of their head."says James. I just look at him stunned, this technology is way more advanced than any I've ever known.

"Look" he says and holds up his palm which looks empty but as I look closer I see tiny silver circles laying in his palm.

"How do they work?" I ask

"I insert one into your ear like a piercing and another into the tip of your pointer finger. The sensor in your finger connects to the one in your ear so all you need to do is touch your finger to your ear and then think of the person you want to talk to and in you mind say there name. Then the person that you "called" will feel a prick in there finger and ear. They then need to touch their finger to their ear, you can just speak in your mind and the other person will hear you."

"That's amazing" I couldn't believe that James had invented something that complex.

" So who wants to go first?" Asked James

" I will" James walked towards me and took one of the silver discs and placed it on my ear. Next he took out a metal contraption that I recognized as the thing that they inject serums with,pressed it to my ear and pushed the trigger. He repeated the action with my finger and then agent on and did mom and dad. Once we were all hooked up James said he was going to call all of us and see if it worked. I saw him touch his ear and soon enough I felt a prick and touched my ear. It was amazing I could hear his voice as clearly as if he was standing right next to me.

"Ok children this is truly amazing but now it is time for you to go to bed" my mom said startling me.

As I fall asleep a smile creeps across my face, this whole transfer thing is turning out to be better than I ever thought it would be.

The bell rings signaling the end of the school day and instead of rushing immediately home I walk down the hall to 's classroom.

" Aahhhh May! My favorite student, what do I owe the pleasure!" boomed

"Well I was hoping that I could get a pass go into the member library, I want to find a book on the factions" I say praying that he won't be suspicious.

"Of course, I'm always willing to give my best student a helping hand!"

Soon enough I was rushing down the hall to the member library. It had to be in here, a book on dauntless initiation. I ran up to the counter and gave the woman at the counter my slip. She stared at it for a moment then let my inside. It was, amazing rows and shelves of books some old and some new. It went on forever, and as I looked down the aisles they seemed to never end. "A...A...B...C...C..D..Dauntless..Dauntless" I muttered as I walked down the aisles. "D!" ok I have to be close now, "Dauntless...dauntless where are you?" "Dauntless!" I exclaimed. I was in the dauntless section at last, a book on its initiation had to be here somewhere.

I looked for about an hour in the dauntless section and couldn't find a single book on initiation. Feeling frustrated I walked away from the dauntless section and wandered around the library. Suddenly I found myself lost in some part the the giant library, confused, frustrated and tired I sat down and leaned against one of the bookshelves. Just when I had sat down a very large book fell off one of the shelves above me onto my head. "Ouch!" I exclaimed, the book truly was massive and it hurt quite a bit when it fell. Rubbing my head I looked over at the book, it was leather bound and old, very very very old. As I opened the book it gave a mighty creak as If this was the first time someone had opened it in years. The pages were yellowed and fading but the title on the first page shone bright and new "The Factions…" I whispered for that was what it read. Exited I turned the pages to the dauntless section and started reading. It was late in the night when I woke up. My body was hunched over and the book was stabbing me in the ribs, It's yellow pages bent and wrinkled. Slowly I got up and checked the time on my watch. It read 12:30, "shoot" I whispered my parents must be worried about where I am. I picked up the book and started to find my way out, It took me a little while but soon enough I was out. I ran down the halls to my apartment as fast and quietly as I could manage. As I opened the door to my room and fell onto my bed sleep soon overcame me and I slipped into the dream world.