Chapter 1

Flashback, 2 years ago

Tris Pov

"Tris, I won't leave you with him!"

"Tobias, stop it, you have been training for this for years and I won't let you stay here any longer! I can deal with two more years with Marcus and then I'll be out of this hellhole and we'll be together again."

"Fine, but I'll always love you and Marcus will pay, I promise you that."

"I know Tobias, I know."

I jolt upwards, clutching my now burning cheek, greeted with the sight of my devilish father. "Wake up, you little bitch! Today is the choosing ceremony, and get this straight, you will choose Abnegation. I didn't raise you just so you could go and choose another faction, and especially not the faction of those hellcats."

Raise me? What delusion are you under?

"Yes sir, I understand."

"Now turn around."

I take my shirt off and turn around. In the corner of my eye I see Marcus unbuckling his belt to hit me. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6….. I loose count after 6 but I don't give Marcus the satisfaction of hearing me cry or scream. He'll never get that from me. Finally, he stops and leaves me to clean up, because today is the choosing ceremony and he cant have me tarnishing his "reputation", and that's all that matters to him. Thankfully, I can make it to the bathroom so I start gingerly cleaning and patching up the lashes i had received.

My name is Beatrice Eaton, yes I know, Beatrice, I don't know what the hell Marcus and my mother were thinking. I haven't called Marcus my father since I was 10, when he started abusing me and my brother, Tobias. He transferred to Dauntless and today I'll see him again, it's been a long two years. Seeing him is the most important thing to me, well, next to wiping off the smirk from Marcus' face with my fist and then seeing him dead. Obviously, I can't do that now because I, for the time being, still live with him, but I'll get my revenge one day.

I find my longest dress because I have a bunch of Dauntless clothing from my multiple visits to the compound and I intend on making an entrance. I put on a pair of black ripped jeans and a tight black V-neck top. I put my baggy dress over and decide I am ready to go.

I go downstairs and see Marcus eating his breakfast while reading the newspaper, so I go to sit down and wait until he acknowledges me, which could be a while.

"Beatrice, I'm telling you one more time and you better listen to me, pick Abnegation, that's what your test said and that's exactly what you will pick."

"Yes, sir"

What that bastard doesn't know is I had gotten Dauntless and I fully intend to be Dauntless. I am done with this weak, wimpy girl everyone sees me as. Everyone is definitely going to be surprised because let's just say my real self is badass, and I don't hold back. I've been training with knives, guns, and fighting for years intensely. Tobias has helped me with this and I owe it all to him.

As always, Marcus doesn't come with me since he's the leader, and I'm still confused as to why anyone would want him to be a leader. He gets to come later since he's the one reading the boring and long speech which I fall asleep to. Let's just say I got a brutal punishment from that one.

I walk past the factionless section and I feel a sense of disgust radiating through my whole body. I've never been selfless, but I'm not ashamed because of that. I am brave, I am dauntless.

As I walk, I see the Dauntless rushing past me, cheering and running around. To think, in a few hours that'll be me, whooping and running alongside my friends. I am making it through initiation, even if it's the last thing I do.

I walk into the choosing ceremony building and take my seat alongside another Abnegation, I think his name is Nathaniel or something. He just stares at me like a dumb fuck and it bothers me.

"What? Do I have something on my face? Stop fucking staring at me." I hiss.

"It's just, umm, well, you, er, you're just really hot okay?"

What? That's the last thing I expected him to say. I haven't seen my reflection in years thanks to Marcus. His comment still pisses me off though, this guy is definitely transferring to Candor.

"Do you not know how to treat a woman? Do. Not. Call. Me. Hot. Got It?" Giving him my best glare I could muster. which is pretty good.

That seems to do the trick because he immediately shuts up and looks everywhere but me. Finally, after what seemed like hours the ceremony starts. Marcus starts off with his speech that I immediately tune out after he utters the first word.

Then, for some reason, I get nudged by the guy next to me.

"Are you deaf? He called your name get up!"

Oh shit.

What a great first impression, I probably look retarded.

I quickly get up and make my way down the stairs and find myself standing in front of the huge, man-sized bowls. I take the knife from Marcus, slice my hand, and briskly put it over the Dauntless bowl. I walk to the Dauntless but not without seeing Marcus' shocked face.

" Beatrice Eaton, Dauntless." He manages to get out.

Then, all the dauntless stand up and cheer like crazy. Before I know it, the ceremony is over, and I know exactly what's happening next. I bolt and start running up the stairs and I let myself be, I feel free for the first time in my life. I find myself in front of the Dauntless crowd. I don't miss the dirty looks I got from the transfers and the appreciative from the Dauntless-born.

I see the train and prepare myself to jump, I gather all my body weight and I jump effortlessly into the train without the handle.

"Damn, Stiff, I got to give it you, you're good! I'm Uriah!" says a tall guy with milk chocolate eyes.

"You know, this stiff has a name and I am not a motherfucking stiff anymore, I'm dauntless. Oh, and my name's Tris." I've had enough of that horrible name, so I needed a new one.

"You know, I think we're gonna be fast friends, I like you!"

"Time to jump off, Tris, ya think you can do it?"

"Hell yes, in fact, want to bet I can make it without stumbling?"

"You're on! If you can make it without stumbling, you get a piece of Dauntless cake, but if you don't you have to give me a piece of dauntless cake!"

"What's Dauntless cake?" I know what it is, but he can't be suspicious that I've been here. Also, Dauntless Cake is the best thing in the whole wide world!

"You'll find out!" is all he says.

I step back until I'm at the back of the train, run, and make it onto the roof without stumbling, like I knew I would.

"Looks like you owe me some cake Uri!"

"Uri?"

"Yup, I think it works."

"Ok then, Trissy!"

"Oh, hell no!"

"You sure you were ever Abnegation?"

"Nope I'm Dauntless now, Bitch."

"Ok, Initiates, I am Max one of your leaders and you will respect me as long as the fellow Dauntless!" Max was a shorter guy, but he was buffed up and looked like a guy you didn't want on his bad side.

"This here next to me is Eric, he is another one of your leaders, and also will be coming from time to time to check on you."

Damn, was he hot. He had short blondish hair and had two eyebrow piercings. He had multiple bold tattoos and had piercing blue-gray eyes. Also, he had huge muscles but not overly bulky.

"Initiates, I do not tolerate talking back and cockiness, you will respect me and faction before blood. There's no crying for your mommy's here and if you think like that you can leave right now."

Wow, he seemed intimidating, but I'm not scared.

"Not all of you will make it past initiation, after stage one, two, and three you will be evaluated, and at each stage someone will be eliminated and be factionless."

"What? We weren't told that, if I had known- "a Candor girl screeched.

"Known what? You'll be factionless? If this changes your decision you should've stayed in your old faction. You chose us. Now we get to choose you."

"Now, in order to make it into initiation you will jump off this ledge!"

"What?"

"We'll die!"

"Is there water?"

Wow, they were huge wimps.

"I'll go!" I wasn't afraid I've been through worse, at least if it was a trick I wouldn't feel the impact.

"The Stiff, seriously?" Some Candor asshole said.

"Shut up, you jackass I don't want to hear your fucking annoying, whiny, little voice!" I've had enough of him. I heard all the gasps, what never heard a Stiff curse?

I tore my dress off, revealing my Dauntless clothing, and threw it at the Candor kid. Apparently, they thought I wasn't hiding anything and I was flat and stuff, well, I'm not. I heard catcalls, so I stood on the ledge turned to face the Dauntless initiates and shouted," Suck my dick, bitches!" Flipping the middle finger to them and fell purposely backwards. I could've sworn I saw a smile on Eric's face as I fell.

"WOOOHOOOO"

This was so exhilarating, possibly the best feeling imaginable.

All too soon it ended, and I felt something hard on my back, a net, of course.

I grabbed a hand and it turned out to be my brother's

"T- "

"Name, Initiate?"

What? He doesn't recognize me? He quickly mouthed later.

"Tris."

The woman standing next to him said, "Make the announcement Four!"

Four?

"I think I'll make the announcement!"

"Ok, then, stiff."

"YES, I WAS FUCKING ABGENATION, BUT NOW I'M DAUNTLESS BITCHES, I'M TRIS!"

"First Jumper, Tris!" Tobias bellowed.

I turned around and saw all of Dauntless cheering and yelling, and I couldn't be happier.