Author's Note: This is my very first FanFic. I had this idea of what I thought should happen in Allegiant, which obviously didn't happen, so I thought I would write it myself. Reviews tell me whether or not you guys like my storyline and whether I am doing a good job or not. Opinions and constructive criticism are welcome! The story starts out a little slow, but by chapter 4/5 the story really develops! Stick with me and enjoy.

-Kate

Prologue

Tris

I slam my hand onto the green button as a slip down to the floor. I feel hot liquid running down my neck. It's blood. David shot me.

I get a glimpse of him in my peripherals and it appears as though he has passed out in his wheelchair. He must have been exposed to the memory serum. At least if I'm going to die now, I die knowing that I completed my mission and hopefully, all of my friends will now be able to live a better life.

Everything is starting to get dark but I see a figure walking towards me. Wait, no… There are two figures, a man and a woman. As they approach me, I recognize their faces. It's my parents! They must have come to bring me with them to whatever afterlife exists in this massive and confusing world. Everything I have grown up knowing has been a lie, but I am so happy to know that I will be able to be with my parents again. I just wish I didn't have to leave Tobias behind.

It feels like it has been a lifetime since I saw my mother take those bullets for me. She sacrificed herself to save me and I couldn't even live through this war to honor her sacrifice. She would never feel as though I disappointed her, but I most certainly do. I feel her presence; I can smell her scent. There is something magical about it. It brings me back to my childhood in Abnegation, back before life got complicated.

What happened to us? It seems as though our world was flipped upside down in an instant. Perhaps it was my innocence or my ignorance that makes me feel this way. Maybe this whole war was a long time coming and I just didn't know because I didn't know much of what was outside of my school and Abnegation.

I suppose it doesn't quite matter anymore. I am reunited with my parents now, and for that I am grateful.

Chapter 1

Tobias

Mediating a peace agreement between my parents for the leadership of my city is something I never though I would have to do. More so, however, I never though I would have to tell my best friend, and his mother, that I let his little brother get hurt on my watch and now he will never wake up again. I feel like I killed Uriah myself.

I am glad all of this will be over soon. I can't wait to get back to the compound and see Tris and tell her the good news.

The ride back to the compound with Zeke and Hana was quiet and slightly uncomfortable. I am not sure how to comfort my best friend in a time like this. I feel like he is disappointed in me. Like there was something more I could have done to save Uriah.

I can tell how much safer everyone feels, though. That is, everyone besides Zeke and Hana. The looks on their faces is of utter confusion and sadness. I hear Amar explaining everything to them as we drive to the compound, but I am not really listening. All I can think about is how Tris is taking the death of her brother after his courageous feat of releasing the memory serum in the compound.

When we arrive at the gate to enter the compound, there are no guards around. It looks abandoned.

As we pass through the security checkpoint, I see Cara standing ahead of us. Her face is badly bruised and she is wearing a troubled frown.

"Cara, what's happened? What's wrong?" I question.

Cara's lips tremble and I know what she is going to say next.

"Tris took Caleb's place and ran into the death serum. She was able to survive it, but when she arrived in the Weapons Lab, David was already inside waiting for her. She was able to set off the memory serum before David shot her in the head." Her eyes fill with tears and her mouth trembles uncontrollably. As she finished speaking, she buried her face in her hands.

I don't know what to think. I can't believe my soul mate was shot in the head trying to give all of the test cities a better life, free from gene discrimination.

"No," Christina blurted. "There's no way Tris would do something that stupid."

It's only then when I stare at Cara and her uncontrollable emotions that I realize what must have happened.

"Cara, I have to see her. Where is she?"

"They've taken her to the hospital. They're not sure if she will make it through the night. She may never wake up. If she does, she may have severe memory loss. There's no way to know," Cara explains.

I start walking around. I am not quite sure where I'm going. I feel like I'm in some sort of haze. I hear footsteps behind me, but I just want to gather my thoughts before I head to the hospital.

"Tobias, please. Wait!" I'm not sure who it is, but the voice is oddly familiar.

I snap out of my haze and turn around to see Caleb standing there. He is the last person I want to talk to right now. This is entirely his fault.

"What do you want, Caleb!" I am nearly screaming in a silent hallway, but I don't care. He is a coward and he is not worth even half of Tris's life.

"I just want to explain what happened. It happened so fast and there was nothing I could do to stop her," Caleb began. His eyes were pleading for me to give him a few minutes and listen, so I obliged.

I stare off at the wall somewhere above the right side of his head so that I don't have to look at him anymore. I can't look at him and know what he has let happen to her.

"Tobias, she held me at gunpoint and there was no way I could have gone in instead of her. She wasn't going to have it." His eyes were bloodshot and I could tell he had been crying.

"She loved me enough to die for me. I don't understand why after what I did to her, but it's just who she is," Caleb explained. "She did want me to tell you something, though."

"What?" I am getting so frustrated at him. I just want to beat the shit out of him. The fact that Tris died for him because she loved him means that I need to find it in my heart to love him too, just the way she did. I told her that I was her family now, and I have to do the same for Caleb. It's what she would have wanted.

"She told me that if she didn't survive, she wanted you to know that she didn't want to leave you." Caleb is on the verge of breaking down.

I am glad that he told me that Tris was thinking about me in possibly her last few moments alive. She wanted me to know that this wasn't another lie or scheme she concocted. She was being selfless. She was being Abnegation.