Selfless Love
Chapter 1: First meeting
I am Beatrice Grace Prior and I am twelve years old. I live in Abnegation, the selfless faction. There are four other factions in Chicago, Dauntless, who are the brave ones. Erudite, the smart ones. Candor, the honest ones. And Amity, the kind ones. I live with my mum, dad and my brother Caleb who is about ten months older than me. They are all selfless, but not me. I find it hard to fit in here, I'm not selfless enough.
When you turn sixteen you take a test. A test that will determine which faction you belong in. The next day there is the choosing ceremony where you chose the faction you want to go to, you can stay in the faction you were raised in, or you can transfer to another faction. But once the choice is made it can't be undone.
At the moment I am walking home from school. I'm walking on my own because my brother has a science club that he doesn't want me telling our parents about; he doesn't want them to think he is anything but selfless. He only told me because I discovered the books hidden in his bedroom, which we, as Abnegation, aren't allowed to have. But he made me promise to keep it a secret. So I am. He'd do it for me.
I'm walking through the factionless sector, which is for the people who don't belong in any faction, or they were kicked out because of a crime or whatever.
I'm nearing the Abnegation sector; there are houses and crates around the place. As I'm walking I can hear the sounds of someone crying, a child maybe. I walk in the direction of the crying and find myself in an alley way between some crates. At the end of the alley I see a young boy, maybe about my age, curled up in the corner, crying, he is wearing Abnegation clothes. I walk slowly over to him and kneel in front of him. "Hello." I say. The boy looks up at me and I see his mesmerising dark blue eyes.
"Hello." He says before wiping his tears away with the back of his hand.
"I'm Beatrice, who are you?" I ask.
"Tobias." He says.
"It's nice to meet you Tobias. Are you Marcus Eaton's son?" I ask and he cringes at the name Marcus Eaton, I want to know why, but I don't ask. He just nods. "Why are you crying?" I ask.
"It doesn't matter." He says.
"Yeah it does." I say. "How old are you?" I ask.
"Twelve. How about you?" He asks.
"Twelve." I answer. "Please tell me why you were crying. I won't tell anyone else, I promise." I say.
"My father, he-he beats me." He says.
"Oh, that makes sense as to why you were crying. My dad beats me sometimes as well, and my mum." I say.
"Oh, do you get nightmares?" He asks.
"All the time." I answer, he just nods.
"Why does he do it?" He asks.
"Because I'm not selfless enough for Abnegation. He does it thinking I'll be more selfless, but it doesn't work, I find it hard to be selfless. He beats my mum because she sticks up for me." I answer.
"Oh, my dad does it because he blames me for my mothers' death, even though I did nothing wrong." Tobias says.
"Are you planning on transferring when you get to sixteen?" I ask.
"Yeah, are you?" He asks.
"Yeah." I answer.
"Where to?" He asks.
"I was thinking Dauntless. They've always inspired me. But I'm probably too small and weak to do well there." I say.
"I was thinking Dauntless too. I can help you. I have this secret hide out that no one else knows about where I go to train. Maybe it could be our special place, where we train so we are fit enough for Dauntless initiation. Well, if you want to." He says.
"Okay. Where is this special hideout?" I ask. He stands up and I stand up to.
"Follow me." He says and he leads me through the maze of crates.
Half an hour later we arrive at hall sort of thing with thick brick walls. "This is an old building that I found last year. The Dauntless used it for a few months whilst their gyms were being repaired and they left all of their equipment so I have been using it to train in secret. I usually come late at night. I leave the house through my bedroom window as there is a tree outside it. If you want, I'll meet you outside your house, I mean you are Andrew Prior's daughter, right?" He asks.
"Yeah, so you live right next to me. There's a tree outside my window as well. What time do you want to meet?" I ask.
"At eleven. Everyone in Abnegation will be asleep by then." He says.
"Okay, so eleven outside my house?" I ask, making sure I get the information right.
"Yeah. Let's head home before people wonder where we are." He says.
"Okay." I say. We walk home, telling each other little things about ourselves. For some reason I feel like I can tell this boy anything, that there is a connection between us. He is cute; he has muscles that even his Abnegation clothing can't hide, and his eyes. His eyes are beautiful. They are mesmerising. They are perfect. He is also rather tall. The top of my head reaches up to his shoulder. I can't wait to get to know him better. He seems really nice. We have a lot in common. I think having this boy in my life is going to be a good thing. I've never really had any friends but I think him and I could be great friends one day, soon I hope.
It isn't long before we are outside my door. "So, I'll see you tonight, Beatrice." He says.
"Yeah, I'll see you tonight, Tobias." I say and he walks away. I watch him as he walks to his house which is just next door to mine. When he gets to his door he turns back to me and smiles, I smile back at him, and then he enters the house, and I enter mine, shutting the door behind me. Smiling.
Hey guys, so I thought I'd try something new. What do you think? I hope you enjoyed it. Don't worry though; I will continue to update my other fanfics as well. I will update this one soon, I promise. The next chapter will be their first night training together. Then I will do them training together for a few more chapters, gradually falling in love, and then I will send them to Dauntless, maybe on like the tenth chapter. I don't know yet. Then will be Dauntless initiation, though there will be no war. Please review!
Disclaimer: Divergent doesn't belong to me, unfortunately, it belongs to Veronica Roth, and so do the characters.