From Gray to Blue

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Summary: Beatrice decides to follow Caleb to Erudite. Old secrets are revealed and the two quickly realize that Erudite was never the enemy, but their old faction.

Chapter 1

Beatrice's POV

"Caleb Prior." I look at my brother as I hear his name called. He looks dazed for a moment and then smiles at me before walking up to the bowls.

I see my father beaming with pride at Caleb as he picks up the knife. My mother looks sad almost. I frown at that. Why would she be sad?

I look back at Caleb. He seems to be hesitating. Why? He opens his eyes and reaches out his hand and lets his blood drop in a bowl.

"Erudite." Marcus announces, glaring at the back of my brother's head as he walks over to his new faction.

There were gasps from the normally reserved Abnegation. The Erudite just clapped and shot us prideful looks as they happily accepted Caleb. My father looks a mixture of furious, betrayed and fearful.

"Quiet, please." Marcus called out. Finally, everyone quieted down. "Beatrice Prior."

I sit rooted to my seat. What should I do? I don't belong in Abnegation, no matter what my test said. I can't stand the idea of being the quiet housewife. I don't want to be alone, but that would mean joining the enemy.

I decide to leave it up to fate as I swing my cut hand over a bowl with my eyes closed.

"Erudite." Marcus says, horrified.

My mind goes blank as I briefly look up at my parents. My mother seems understanding, but there's a blazing fury in my father's eyes and I can tell it's taking everything in him not to come up here and shake us and ask us why we chose Erudite.

I finally took a seat beside my brother.

"You chose Erudite." Caleb said in surprise. "I thought you'd choose Dauntless."

I shrug, not really knowing how to respond. I watch as the last of the initiates chooses and the Erudite walk out of a side exit. I start to turn for one last glance at our parents, but Caleb stops me.

"Don't, Beatrice." He murmurs. "It… it'll only make it harder."

I swallow and nod. I can see the tormented look in his eyes. Had I just missed it the night before, or did he hide it? I smile half-heartedly at him. "At least we have each other, right?"

"Of course." He nods. A true smile graces his lips. "We're going home, finally."

I stare at him. Was this really my brother, my perfect Abnegation brother? I shake my head as we see a group of cars.

"Four per car." Jeanine calls. "Erudite-born initiates may not ride with their parents or non-initiate family."

There were several mutters from the Erudite-born initiates. We get into a car with an Erudite-born and a Dauntless transfer.

"What's wrong?" My brother asks the Erudite-born girl. It's just now that I notice that she has tear-tracks down her face.

She looks at us with bloodshot eyes. "My brother transferred to Dauntless." She says.

"Oh." I say sympathetically. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." She waves off. "We… we always knew he didn't fit in here. Not that he wasn't smart, he just wasn't the type that enjoyed always having to read. It doesn't make the reality any easier, though. So… Abnegation, huh?"

Caleb looks away, ashamed. "Yes." He mutters.

Seeing his discomfort, she changes the subject. "I'm Cara."

"Fernando." The other boy says.

"I'm Caleb, and this is my sister, Beatrice." Caleb says.

"Just Tris, please." I say. I wanted a new start, with a new name.

"Twins?" Cara asks.

I shake my head. "Caleb's almost a year older than me. He was born the day after the choosing ceremony and I was born a week before the next one. I was a month premature."

"Ah." Cara nods. "That makes sense, I suppose."

"Too bad there's no Dauntless cake in Erudite." Fernando says. "We'll have to make something for your birthday tomorrow."

"Um, what?" Caleb asks in surprise.

"Abnegation don't have birthday parties, idiot." Cara says to Fernando.

His face turns red. "Oh. Why?"

"It's self-indulgent to celebrate yourself." Caleb says.

How did I never notice that it sounded more like he was quoting some textbook when he made such statements? "Technically, we aren't even supposed to know our birthdays." I add. "Our parents were a little less traditional."

"It's very unusual for two siblings to transfer, much less to the same faction." Cara says. "Was one of your parents Erudite-born?"

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After the tour of the compound, Caleb and I decided to go to the library.

"I wonder if they have any good books on Psychology." Caleb said to me.

I look at him in surprise. "I'm sure they do. It is Erudite after all."

"What about you, Beatrice? What do you plan to major in?" He looked over at me.

"Uh…" I frown. I hadn't actually given it any thought. We hadn't been allowed to read in Abnegation except for school. "I don't really know. I guess maybe Mathematics. I was always pretty good at it."

Caleb smiled. "Yes, you would probably enjoy that. It would be a hard subject to learn in such a short period of time, though."

"What's life without a good challenge?" I joke. I pick through some of the Math books. Caleb and I had both taken through Calculus III in upper school. I found a book called 'Intro to Analytic Number Theory'. "This looks promising. So do you know what project you're doing?"

"I've had that planned out for years. I have everything planned from the outline to the title. The Psychology of Transferring: How to Tell if Your Child Will Transfer."

I laugh. "Seems appropriate, coming from the secret Erudite in Abnegation."

He sticks his tongue out at me childishly. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." He laughs. "Although there is one minor issue. I was going to interview at least one person from each transfer type, but I have no idea where I'll find an Erudite-born Abnegation."

I raise an eyebrow. "How are you going to find any of the transfer to Abnegation types? I doubt we'd be welcome there anymore."

"I actually already did 16 of the 20 since I didn't have easy access to Erudite without raising suspicion. All that left are Candor-born Erudite, Dauntless-born Erudite, Amity-born Erudite and Erudite-born Abnegation. Three of which I know who to interview."

I'm about to speak when a shadow envelops our table. I turn to see who it is and my jaw drops when I see none other than…

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