Summery: The Smart Phone is invented and introduced a few weeks before Tris' choosing ceremony. 'Four.4' accidentally add's Tris on 'Communicate' the texting program on their phones. It's the best mistake he ever makes. Will Tris' mysterious Dauntless boy be able to convince her Dauntless is where she belongs? - Will include some great lemony goodness.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Divergent or it's characters. (As you know) I just play with them and make them do dirty things ;)
Chapter 1:
Tris POV
Every member of Abnegation had gathered at the Hub this morning, even us children had been given this morning off school for the special event. This morning our leaders were given the newest technological breakthrough; Erudite has called it a Smart Phone. Leave it to Erudite to claim even their inventions are intelligent. We have not been told a great deal, that is why we are all here now to sit a two hour seminar that will teach us all about the Smart Phone. It isn't ideal, though I would be doing much the same thing if I were at school at the moment.
There is an upside to this seminar; at the conclusion every member in all factions above the age of fourteen will be given a Smart Phone. Every faction is having their own seminar in their personal headquarters as the Smart Phone will be something different for every faction.
All members of Abnegation are seated in the room used for the choosing ceremony, as the Hub is the Abnegation headquarters. A representative from Erudite is doing our Seminar, he is one of the scientist that aided in the development of the Smart Phone. He wears a dark blue suit, his blond hair is slicked back and his glasses distort his eyes, making them appear larger than they really are.
He explains to us that the Smart Phone will not be a selfish object to have as it will aid us in helping others. He has an example of each faction Smart Phone each with a plain black glass screen at the front that is activated simply by touch but everyone with different back; Abnegation – Silver, with the clasped hands emblem in a slightly darker grey, Erudite – Metallic dark blue, with the eye emblem in a lighter blue, Dauntless – Metallic black, with the flame emblem in a dark maroon, Candor – Metallic white, with the scale emblem in black and Amity – Metallic red with the tree emblem in yellow. They have very accurately accumulated the design to the factions.
The Erudite man, whose name is Charles, goes on to explain the features of the Smart Phone. It has several programs; Locate - a program that is a map of the city so we can easily navigate around, it gives you instructions and has a data base of streets, sectors and specific buildings. Communicate, a program that allows us to interact with anyone else in the city using what Charles calls 'texting' and goes into detail explaining how you write by pressing buttons.
He also goes briefly into the three other programs we do not have on the Abnegation Smart Phone; Game – a program that consists of several games you can play on your smart phone, Tune – a program that plays music and finally Picture – that takes photo's. We don't have personal games, music or photo's in Abnegation, these are all seen as self-indulgent.
Charles goes into intense detail on how to switch it on, switch it off, charge it and how to use the two programs we have. Charles is concluding his speech when I start to feel the excitement building up within me. I think of how much easier it will be to interact with my family with communicate and I will never get lost again with locate. It's always such an exciting prospect when Erudite invent something new. Charles also mentioned that we can talk to anybody in the city, anybody, not just those in your family or faction. I have never been permitted to speak to other factions. There could be nothing of importance I would need to say and engaging in meaningless conversation is selfish.
As the seminar is concluded we are instructed to one of 5 different stations that have out personal Smart Phones. I line up at desk 4 with my parents and my brother. We do not speak, it is unnecessary. We wait in the silent line, moving painfully slowly to the front. It is almost forty minutes later that we finally reach the desk. My parents are first to receive theirs, all they have to do is print their name a box to confirm they have picked up their Smart Phone. After my brother I print my name into the box below his. I step over to the person who hands me a box that Charles has told us will contain the device, its charger and all the instructions.
I walk home silently with my family, the curiosity is eating away at me.
"Okay, Caleb and Beatrice you may go to you rooms and set up your Smart Phones whilst I cook out dinner for tonight." My mother informs me. If I wasn't with my family I would have run, I would have been scolded for that though. We don't run in Abnegations, again, self-indulgent.
When I get to my room I close the door and run over to my bed, opening the box. I pull out the Smart Phone. It fits comfortably in my hand, it's about the same size. The glass on the front is frosted and I can't see my reflection in it, this is a feature only found on the Abnegation phones. I pull out the white cord that plugs into the wall putting my Smart Phone 'on charge'. As it charges I read the instructions that tell me how to set it up.
For about an hour I set up my Smart Phone, I input the date and time, I input some personal details it asks for such as my age and name. I also set up my communicate 'account', it will not allow me to use 'Beatrice' as my name because 'it is too close to my real name' which could apparently lead to privacy problems? It takes me a few attempts to get an approved name 'Tris.P'.
"Caleb, Beatrice, dinner is ready." My mother calls to us from downstairs. I get up and head down immediately, my brother a step behind me.
"What's your communicate name?" Caleb asks me.
"Capital T, lowercase r, i, s then a dot and a capital P." I inform him. I then open up my communicate and click on 'add user'.
"What's yours?" I ask.
"Capital C, the dot, capital P, lowercase r, i." He answers. I type ' ' into my communicate and add it. My parents have decided the rule that we are not allowed to use our Smart Phones at the kitchen table, so we all put then face down beside our plates to eat.
After dinner Caleb and I add our parents on communicate, 'Nat.P' and ' ', and they add us. We spend a small amount of time discovering the in's and out's of using Locate together then our parents send us upstairs to shower and go to sleep.
Caleb allows me to shower first. I take the two minute shower we are allowed per person each day in Abnegation and get into my sleeping clothes.
I am very surprised when I am getting into bed that my Smart Phone beeps, signalling activity. I look at a small message that has shown up says 'You have a user request on communicate'. This is very strange I already accepted all of my family. I open up the communicate program and see I have a request from someone called 'Four.4'. I have no idea who that is? I feel it would be rude for me to not accept, so I do.
I then send my first message with communicate. I click on 'Four.4' and a keypad shows up for me to type with.
Tris.P: Hello, may I ask who this is?
It is a few moments later that my phone beeps again, this is when I flick a small button that turns off the beeps and makes the phone vibrate instead as I am meant to be going to sleep.
Four.4: It's Four? This is Tristan right?
I am very confused until I realise that this person – who is apparently named after a number – has entered the wrong user name.
Tris.P: No, sorry.
I reply simply. I do not expect any more messages from this person so it is a surprise to me when I receive another.
Four.4: Oh... Sorry. Are you in Dauntless?
Dauntless? Is this person from Dauntless, woah, I've never spoken to someone from dauntless.
Tris.P: No.
I remember being excited to be able to speak with people from different factions.
Four.4: Really? I didn't know I could add people from different factions. What faction are you?
Tris.P: Abnegation.
Four.4: I'm Dauntless.
I'm incredibly interested to know more about this person from Dauntless. I've always been fascinated by their faction.
Tris.P: I guessed that. How old are you?
Four.4: 18, you?
Tris.P: 16.
Four.4: You haven't gone through your choosing ceremony yet?
This person seems as curious about me as I am of them.
Tris.P: No. Not for another few weeks.
Four.4: Well, this is a very big year for you. Are you a guy?
Tris.P: Yes it is, and no, I'm a girl.
Four.4: Then 'Tris' isn't short for Tristan is it.
Tris.P: No it isn't. Is Four your real name?
Four.4: No, but that's what everyone calls me. I don't go by my real name. Is Tris short for something?
Tris.P: Yes, but I guess if you won't share than I won't. You can just call me Tris. Maybe I'll start going by that now.
Four.4: You don't seem very Abnegation.
Tris.P: Maybe I don't fit in.
Four.4: I know how you feel, neither did I.
Tris.P: You transferred to Dauntless?
Four.4: Yes, from Abnegation.
This person is from abnegation? They are eighteen, so they were here two years ago. I don't remember who transferred two years ago, I don't really keep track of things like that. This person is perking an interest in me I'm not supposed to have. No one can tell me off for having this conversation, no one knows about it?
Tris.P: You didn't like it here?
Four.4: No, I didn't. Do you?
Tris.P: I'm not sure.
Four.4: That sounds like a no.
I've never really thought about it? Did I like being Abnegation. I had thought about transferring to another faction on choosing day. I don't really fit in here, but I don't think I could leave my family. I love them.
Tris.P: I love my family. Wasn't it hard for you to leave your family?
Four.4: I wasn't very attached to my family.
Tris.P: I find that hard to believe.
Four.4: You wouldn't understand.
Tris.P: I don't think I would. My family are the most important thing to me.
I realise that I still don't know whether Four is a male or female.
Tris.P: Are you a male or female?
Four.4: Male or Female? You're abnegation is showing. I'm male.
With that simple statement things changed. It is very strange to talk to a boy. I don't often talk to people, but when I do, they are usually my family or females.
Tris.P: Why do people call you Four?
Four.4: There's a test in dauntless. I scored four, it's a very good score, actually the highest ever achieved. That's why.
Tris.P: Well, congratulations on being extraordinary.
Four.4: Thank you. Shouldn't you have been sent to bed by now?
I find it weird that he asked that, before I recall he's from abnegations and he would have once had the same sleeping rules that I currently abide by.
Tris.P: Yes, I was getting into bed when you sent me a request. I was curious.
Four.4: You just break all the rules, don't you? Seems like you belong in Dauntless more than you do in Abnegation.
This comment takes me aback. I've thought about the possibility of leaving Abnegation at the choosing ceremony, but I never thought of where I would go. Would I fit in Dauntless? I sure don't feel like I fit in here.
Tris.P: I don't know where I belong. However, I should probably go to bed. I do have school tomorrow.
Four.4: Ah, yes. I forgot you're still in school. Have a good sleep, I guess I shall talk with you tomorrow, if you want to.
Tris.P: I will talk to you tomorrow. Sleep well.
This is very strange. I do not want to go to sleep. I'd like to talk to this relative stranger, learn all about this mystery Dauntless boy, Four.
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