Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
-Robert Frost
Prologue
I never thought I was anything other than Erudite. I had never even considered the other options. I was too curious to be selfless, too calculating to be peaceful, hiding too many secrets to be honest and too rational to be considered brave. But with increasing frequency as of late, I was wrong.
I suppose I should have noticed it. Looking back I can see with the startling clarity my previous faction was known for, that my past was riddled with impulsivity that I was barely able to mask as inquisitiveness. I was never as studious as my peers; instead of reading about how two chemicals would react, I would mix them myself. Instead of calculating the amount of force needed to jump across the roofs on the housing district, I would take a flying leap and then pick myself up and try again. This curiosity was never exactly discouraged because some of the greatest minds in the pre-faction and faction world made their discoveries out of their own experiments, not just reading about the theories of others. Some of my friends thought I was crazy, but it wasn't hard to be considered wild when pre-faction science earned you a reputation of 'daring'.
But now, standing just outside the testing room, the Abnegation woman's soft voice echoing in my mind, revealing my results, I can see all of it. I can see the exact moments that inquisitiveness turned into daring. I can even attribute that first moment where I crossed that line to a name: Alexander Ferraris.
A/N: Hi everyone. I just recently watched the Divergent movie and read the book, and loved them both! So I decided to write my own Divergent story. This will be an Eric/OC story, but it will be a slow burn.
This is just the prologue, so it is a lot shorter then regular chapters will be.
My personal life is extremely busy (I didn't think I'd have time for another story, but this just kept nagging at my mind), so I don't have an exact update schedule.
Please Review and let me know what you think.
