Here is my new story. I will still be working on my other two, Erudite Princess Gone Wild and Best Friend's Brother. I just wanted to do one that was a little... different.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Divergent Characters. I only own my OCs.
-Kat
It was just a normal day in Amity. The sun was shining. My parents were going to work in the fields. My friends were still some of the kindest people you could ever meet. And my identical twin, Lily, was working on different ways to wear her hair. The only thing that was different about today was that it was aptitude test day at school and I, Wren Harper, was freaking out.
I woke up that day and immediately looked over at my sister's bed to see if she was up yet. She wasn't. No big surprise. I always got up before she did only because she took FOREVER in the bathroom getting ready. My morning routine is wake up, brush my teeth, take a shower, dry and brush my hair, get changed, and then wake up Lily. She's not a morning person.
I had gotten to the part where I get changed and decided on my usual style outfit, a faded red tee shirt, bright yellow pants and red flats. Although Lily and I are identical twins, we dress differently. She never wears pants, always with the skirts and dresses. To me that is pretty puke worthy.
I went to wake up Lily and was greeted with her usual "5 more minutes, please." To this I respond that I will cut her hair in her sleep if she doesn't get up now. It's the only thing that will get her up and it has never failed yet.
I go to get breakfast and am happy when I see my friends Willow and Blu at our usual table in the Amity dining hall. Lily, Willow, Blu and I have this friendship that is unusual in Amity. All four of us know that we don't belong in Amity. None of us know where we belong, we just know we don't belong in amity. We all know where the others belong but just don't discuss it with them. For example, I know that Willow would make the perfect Abnegation. She is selfless to a tee. She never thinks of herself and always puts others before herself. She's the mother hen of our group. Blu is definitely Candor. He never ceases to tell the truth. He hurts our feelings with it sometimes but we know we can go to him when we need advice on something or if we need opinions on clothes. Lily is a bit more difficult. She would be a good Erudite because she gets good grades (a lot better than mine) but she'd be a better Dauntless. She's brave. She isn't afraid to stand up for what's right and I'm not sure she has any fears. She isn't the strongest person, in fact she's probably one of the weakest but that's not going to stop her. I will never tell any of them what I think they should choose because we made a pact when we were little not to influence each other's decisions when it came time for our choosing ceremony.
Lily comes walking into the dining hall wearing the yellow sundress that hides her big hips and gives her an appearance of a bigger bust. Her long, jet black hair is pulled up into two little knots on her head. Her big navy blue eyes are wide with excitement and a smile tugs at her full lips which just accentuates her high cheekbones. She scrunches her little nose when she smells her least favorite food, eggs. She is a small but a vision of beauty. I don't believe that I could ever look as pretty as she does. I guess we have to look the same since we're identical and all, but I still don't believe it.
Lily sits down at our table and drinks orange juice, that's all she ever has time to have for breakfast. As soon as she says hello to Willow and Blu it's time to go to school. We walk over to one of the many trucks that will be taking us to school. My dad, Jay, drives this truck. Willow, Blu, Lily, and I, as well as our younger brothers (Conner and Jeffery) pile into this truck. Conner is 14 and Jeffery is 12. They are both perfect Amity boys. They are kind and keep the peace. They are not violent and I think are scared to ever get into a fist fight, yet they are strong. They will do well in the fields.
I pick up the guitar that's in the back of my dad's truck and start to play a little tune. Next thing I know Connor is making up words that go with the tune. We just wrote a song. A weird little song but a song none the less.
On the way to school I see my mother, Rose, out in the fields and I think of how this is probably one of the last days that I'll get to see her. This thought saddens me and I can't play guitar anymore.
We get to school with a few minutes to spare before school starts. I say goodbye to my dad and start walking into the school building. Before I can get to the school building, however, my shoulder bumps into something big and hard and I turn to look to see what I hit, or rather whom. I see a boy standing in front of me. He is quite handsome. He has dirty blonde hair and brown eyes. He is at least a foot taller than my 5ft 2in body and fairly muscular. He wears the clothes of a Candor. My group is practically the only people in Amity that doesn't have a problem with the Candor (mostly because of Blu). The boy mumbles a quick "sorry," and rushes into school.
We have half classes today because of the test. Throughout all of my classes I slowly start to build up a fear in my depths. A fear that now spirals through me as I sit in the cafeteria waiting for my name to be called among the 16 year olds. My last name is Harper so it shouldn't take too long to get to me, right? I end up having enough time to look around at all the factions. What stands out to me the most is that in this noisy cafeteria filled with Amity girls doing hand-clap games, dauntless laughing over card games, candor arguing over a topic that is completely unimportant to me right now, and erudite pointing out facts to others, is that the abnegation are completely silent and still. If they are trying to blend in then they better start making at least a little noise. I look over at the candor table and instantly see the handsome boy from earlier. He is sitting by himself near a group of noisy bickering teens. He is staring at me… I think. I smile and look down. He noticed me.
An abnegation woman comes out from the hallway where they are taking the children to get tested. She calls two abnegation names, two erudite names, two candor names, two dauntless names, and lastly "From Amity: Lily Harper and Wren Harper." At least I get to go with my sister. I stand up and grab Lily's hand. She gives it a squeeze. She doesn't look nervous at all. We follow the abnegation woman to a group of 10 doors that I know are for the aptitude tests but I have no clue is to what is inside them.
Suddenly the doors all open. I go into room 10. The room has mirrors for walls. I take this chance to look at my reflection. I do look like Lily if you don't count that our styles are completely different. She likes her dresses, I wouldn't be caught dead in one. She wear s her air up, mine falls flat on my shoulders. A pretty abnegation woman kind eyes waits for me near a computer. There is a dentist like chair in the middle of the room that I'm guessing that I have to sit in so I do.
"Hi, my name is Natalie and I will be administering your test today." She seems nice enough. "Please drink this to start the test." She hands me a clear liquid. I take it and smell it. It smells like the strawberries back on the fields.
"Well, here goes nothing."
