I don't own divergent or any of the characters all credit goes to Veronica Roth.
Chapter 1
Tris POV
"Dad, I'm home." I say walking through the door.
No answer maybe he is in a meeting. I walk to his office to work on my homework and look for a calculator in desk but I find a hidden tablet. Why does he have this hidden? I turn it on and there is a passcode. Turn on my computer and open my passcode breaker software. After few minutes and typing in codes it finally unlocks. To easy, I look through the tablet and see it is letters from my Mom. My mom left right after I was born abandoning me with my Dad. My dad name is David and he is the leader of the Bureau and he is in charge of the Chicago project. My dad never told me what happen to my mom but that she left us. My dad was crushed when she left and still hopes she will come walking through the gates one day. I would be lying if I didn't have the same hopes but I know that will never happen. I read the letters and I can feel tears failing. She fell in love with another man and left to live in the project. My dad has told me about my mom's background and how I'm a lot like her but I can't believe he keep this from me.
"Tris" he says and I can hear the regret in his voice.
"Why? Why would you hide this from me? You know that I wanted to know what happen." I say almost yelling.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean for you to find out like this. I was planning on telling you soon." He says walking towards me.
"No! You lied to me." I say and walk out the apartment. I walk down to the training room and pick up some knifes. I have been training for 6 years since I was attacked when I was ten. There was a man who was in Dauntless from the project that escaped and found me after the attacked. His name was Lucas and he died 3 years ago from a shooting out in the fringe. Then I meet Amar and George. I was training one day and Amar came in and helped me with some pointers. Amar and George are like my big brothers and we can kick anyone's ass. I'm throwing knives at the target and I hear someone walk in the training room.
"Tris" Amar starts but I cut him off "I don't want to talk about it" and continue throwing. He just walks beside me grabbing so knives and starts throwing. That's one thing I like about Amar is he never pressures me to talk about things. He just lets me get my anger and frustration out in training. After an hour of throwing my arm is getting tired and I look at Amar and he doesn't pity me like half the bureau does.
"I'm sorry, its jus-"he cuts me off "David told me what happened and you have the right to be upset, but if the positions were switched you would do the same thing" He is right and I feel bad for yelling at my dad.
"Why do you always have to be right?" he just chuckles and gives me a hug.
"Amar you came from the project did you ever meet my mom?" I ask and he gives me a sad look.
"No" he says and I see George walk into the training room.
"I knew I would find you guys in here." He says and I can see Amar's face light up. Amar and George have been together ever since they came here.
"Where else would we be?" Amar laughs and gives George a kiss.
"Very funny" George says and I smile and then I get an idea.
"You guy's escaped from the project can you guys sneak me in?" I ask and they give me a funny look.
"Tris that is really dangerous. You could be killed and your dad will be very upset." George says and Amar nods.
"No not if I tell him I want to help with his research. I can fit into anywhere you know" I say and Amar gets a scared look on his face.
"Tris that is why it's dangerous, in the project you will be called divergent. Divergent there is a really bad thing to them not like it is here." Amar says
"I will be fine. The choosing ceremony is coming up in what like three days and I know my father will love to have someone on the inside." I say and George sighs.
"She will be safe with Tori" George says and I get a confused look.
"George you can't contact your sister after two years of you being dead." Amar says and George shakes his head. Oh his sister, he had mentioned her once or twice.
"I mean she is most likely going to choose Dauntless. Tori will keep her safe after what happen to me." He says and Amar nods his head in understanding.
"So, that means you will help me?" I ask giving the puppy dog look.
"Only if David agrees" They both say and I give them a hug and run to go find my dad. I run to my dad's office and see him typing on his computer. I run and give him a big hug and he just chuckles.
"I'm sorry for yelling at you and getting anger. You were just thinking of what's best for me." I say and he returns the hug.
"I'm sorry for keeping that from you it's just I love you and I want to protect you" he says kissing my forehead.
"I love you too and I have a question" I say sitting in the chair in front of his desk.
"Shoot" he says turning to me.
"What would you say about me helping you in the project?" I say and he gets a confused look on his face.
"Tris" he says but I cut him off.
"Hear me out. Amar and George will help me get in and they already told me a lot of things about the project. I want to help and you know I'm the best for this. Plus you don't want your little experiment to be destroyed because of the evil Erudite lady" I say and he gives me a confused look.
"How do you know about Jeannie?" he says and I smile.
"Matthew and where do you think I spend all my time?" I say and he shakes his head smiling.
"How many times do I have to tell you to stop listening in on meetings" he says and I laugh.
"Well you know I'm my mother's child and you always say she was too curious for her own good." I say and he just laughs.
"Okay, but you keep your phone on you all times and call me every night. Amar and George will show you were all the cameras are. You already know where most them are because that's where we get our feed from. You will be an abnegation transfer. You will be staying with Jackie she is a good friend of mine you will stay with tonight and tomorrow." He says and I smile.
"I love you daddy and I promise I will be careful." I say
"Okay go text Amar and George and tell them to get a truck ready. I'm going to miss you my Bumble-Bea." He says and pulls me into a hug.
"You will be able to see me on the cameras and I will always call and video call you. I may not be able to contact you for a little while but when I get a chance I will." I say and a few tears fall. I get up and run to my room and grab a bag of things I will need for the night. Amar and George tell me they are ready for me and I walk out of the bureau. I see my dad and give him one last hug and hop into the truck. The whole way there they tell me what to do and not to do. They explain to me how simulations work and that I will be aware when most won't. They tell me how to hide my 'divergence' and I can see the fence. It's about 2:30 am when we arrive and I can see them start to get nervous. They relax when they see Jason and Luke are working the fence. Jason and Luke work for the bureau and let us in. We hop and trains and I know that will love it here. They show me the Hub and we meet Jackie. She smiles at us and gives Amar and George a hug. George pulls me over to the side and hands me a piece of paper.
"I want you to give this to Tori for me. Promise me you will be careful and if your compromised then call I or Amar and we will get you out as soon as possible. Be Brave Tris" he says and gives me a hug and a kiss on the forehead. Amar gives me a big hug and tells me the same thing George said.
"Thank you for helping me Jackie" I say as I'm eating breakfast.
"You are welcome dear. You will were these clothes and you can hide you phone and other things underneath. Your name is going to be Tris Wright and your parents died and I took you in. Wright where have i heard that name before. Jackie must see the confusion on my face. That was your mother's last name and Susan will come and take you to the Hub for your aptitude test." She says and I go change. When I finish changing I hear a knock on the door. Jackie answers and I see a blonde girl in the same outfit I'm in but it suites her a whole lot better. I nod my head like Jackie brief me Abnegation do.
"Hello I'm Tris and it's a pleasure to meet you. Thank you for walking me to the Hub." I say giving her a small smile. I defiantly cannot be abnegation it's so boring.
"It's nice to meet you Tris, I'm Susan Black and My brother Robert and our Friend Caleb are outside waiting and will be joining us if that is okay with you" she says
"It's okay with me should we be going" I say and she nods. We walk out the door and I see two tall boys in grey robes talking. I bow my head in greeting and they do the same.
"I'm Tris Wright, It's a pleasure to meet you too" I say and the boy with brown hair and green eyes turn towards me.
"My name is Caleb Prior and it's a pleasure to meet you too" he says and the other boy introduces himself as Robert. We walk to the Hub and wait to get called for testing. Finally after hours of waiting I'm called into a room. An Asian woman who looks like George is setting up something tells me to take a set.
"My name is Tori and I will be administering your test." She says and I take a seat.
"Drink this" she says handing me a serum and I do as I'm told.
When I wake up I know that I fucked up and I'm going to be big fucking trouble. God damnit if I was prepared I wouldn't have fucked up.
"Get up" she says looking around and I remember George saying that I can trust her.
"What were my results" I ask
"Abnegation and Erudite and Dauntless" she says and I'm shocked. Amar told me I would most likely get two factions not three.
"They call you" I cut her off and whisper "Divergent" and she gets a shocked and confused look on her face.
"Yes, I put your results as Abnegation and tell them I accidently gave you too much and you got sick" she say pushing me out the back door and I don't look back. Three results I'm fucked if anyone finds out. I walk into the factionless sector and go to where there are no cameras. I call my dad and he answers after the second ring.
"Tris sweet how is everything?" he asks sounding concerned.
"Um, good Jackie is really nice and I got Dauntless as my result" I say not telling him the whole truth but not completely lying to him.
"Just Dauntless or another result" he asks and I know I can't lie to him. He is just going to look it up on the database.
"Erudite and Abnegation" I say and I can hear him sigh.
"That's what I was scared of"
"I'm sorry I promise that I will be more careful. I miss you dad" I say
"I miss you too. I love you"
"I love you too. I better go. I will call you when I get a chance." I say and hang up. I walk around for a couple of hours exploring the city avoiding all the cameras. I get to Jackie's around dinner time.
"Hey Jackie I'm back" I say and I see someone else in the kitchen with her. The woman turns around she drops the plates she was holding. I give her a confused look and look at her more closely. Long narrow face, pointed nose, brown hair, green eyes, where have I seen someone who looks like that?
"Beatrice?" she whispers and tears start to fall from her face. How does she know my name I haven't gone by that name in years. No, it can't be her.
"Mom?" I whisper not trusting my voice. She nods her head and I run and give her a hug and cry into her.
"Beatrice what are you doing here?" she asks
"Um, I'm helping dad and I wanted to come find you but I can't believe I found you" I say with my tear soaked face.
"What do you mean you're helping your father?" she asks looking concerned. How I'm supposed to tell her I'm here to stop Jeanie from destroying the factions.
"Well, something bad is going to happen soon and I'm here to stop it" I say and she must understand what I mean.
"I left you there so you could have a good life and be safe with your father. Not for him to send you here and risk you getting killed" she says getting upset.
"You left me to be safe but did you not think that I would need my mom. You have no idea what happened to me when I was there. He didn't send me here I asked him if I could come." I say and she looks shocked at my outburst.
"I have read the letters you wrote him and you didn't leave so I could be safe you left because you were fucking some other man" I say with tears running down my face.
"Beatrice" I cut her off "It's Tris. Beatrice died 6 years ago"
"Tris, I'm sorry. Yes I did fall in love with another man, but I knew you were special and I couldn't risk you being killed. I thought you would be fine without me and with your father" she says and I'm still pissed I can't even look at her.
"Tris, I love you so much I killed me to leave you when you were born. I wanted to come see you so badly but I couldn't." she says and I look at her and see she not lying.
"Why?" I ask and she looks at her hands.
"After you were born I got pregnant again and I couldn't risk getting caught coming in and out of the fence." She says and I nod.
"So I have a brother or sister?"
"You have a brother and would you like to meet him" I'm shocked.
"Do they know about me?"
"Yes, I told Andrew and Caleb about year ago when they found me looking at a baby picture of you. They have wanted to meet you ever since" she says smiling. Baby picture?
"You have baby pictures of me?" I ask shocked and she smiles.
"Yes and I have pictures of when you were little. I couldn't live without knowing what you looked like" she says
"How?"
"Laurie a Factionless women who is an informant for the Bureau." she says and I'm shocked.
"Can we go right now to meet them?" I ask curious to know what my brother looks like and the man how stole my mother's heart.
"If you want" she says and I nod. We say bye to Jackie and Mom leads me to her home. All the houses look the same just have different numbers on them. We come up to a house number 17 and she walks in the door. I follow behind her and I see the same boy I meet today in the kitchen with and man helping him.
"Andrew, Caleb I have someone I would like you to meet" My mother says and the two men turn around and Caleb looks confused but Andrew just smiles.
"Caleb I would like you to meet your half-sister Beatrice" she says
"Mom, Caleb and I have already met and it's Tris" I say
"I thought you looked familiar but couldn't figure out where" he says with a smile.
"Tris, this is Andrew" she says pointing to the smiling man in the corner.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Andrew" I say and bow and he just gives me an awkward hug.
"I have wanted to meet you since Natalie told me about you. I know I'm not your real dad but I promise if you need anything you can always come to me" he says and I return the hug.
"Thank you" I say and stand there awkwardly. Caleb wipes his hands on his apron and walks over to me and gives me a hug. I hug him back and I see my mom smiling standing next to Andrew. I eat dinner with them and Mom and Andrew talk about Jeanie and a man leader named Marcus and rumors about him abusing his son. Andrew believes that the rumors are false but I remember Amar telling me they were true. After dinner I tell them all goodbye and leave to walk back over to Jackie's.
Mom walks me to the choosing ceremony with Andrew and Caleb. We listen to the boring speech and wait for our name to be called. I want to stay with my mom but I know I need to help my father. After a bunch of names are called I hear Caleb's. Caleb walks up there and I know he is the perfect Abnegation but he is too curious for his well-being. I wasn't surprise when he chooses Erudite and as the looks of it Mom isn't either but Andrew was oblivious to the idea. After many more names I hear my name Tris Wright and my mother gasps. I never told her I was using her last name and I give her a small smile. I see a tear escape her eye and I walk over to the bowls. Marcus the Abnegation leader hands me a knife and I don't even look at the cruel bastard who likes to beat his children. Amar told me about his son but I can't remember who he said it was but that his only regret was living the boy or man I guess you could say now. Without hesitation I cut my hand and drop my blood over the coals. Dauntless cheer and clap and soon we are running to the trains. I make it on with easy and help a tall tan skinned girl with brown hair and wearing black and white clothes.
"Thanks, I'm Christiana." She says sitting down next to me. I sit on the edge with my feet dangling and everyone looks at me like I'm insane and then I remember I'm supposed to be a stiff. I just shrug and turn my head to Christiana.
"You're welcome, I'm Tris" I say and she tells me I'm not like any old stiff. We pass buildings and I see people are starting to jump.
"There jumping" I say standing up and Christiana leans her head out the door.
"I don't think I can do it" she says and I grab her hand.
"Well do it together" I say and we are getting closer.
"On three" she says
"One…Two…Three…" I say pulling her with me and jumping onto the roof. My landing isn't very graceful but I just start laughing and Christiana joins me. I see a man dressed in all black near the edge of the roof and he has greasy hair and several piercings.
"My name is Eric and welcome to Dauntless. There is only one way in so who will go first." He says and everyone is quiet.
"Me" I say and everyone looks at me. I walk up to the ledge and take the long grey robes off. Underneath I'm wearing a tight long sleeve grey t-shirt and grey sweats.
"Yeah take it off…Put it back on" I hear an annoying douche bag.
"Today initiate" Eric says and I turn around staring at everyone. I give everyone especially Eric the bird and fall backwards. I float in the air for a few seconds before I hit a net and start laughing. I grab someone hand and they help me down from the net.
"Did you get pushed?" he asks and I look up and see the most gorgeous blue eyes ever.
"What? Fuck no" I say and he looks shocked. Fuck I really need to learn to control my mouth but I'm Dauntless I can't help it.
"What a stiff a first to jump?" I hear a girl say
"There is a reason she left" he says "What is your name?"
"Tris" I say
"First jumper Tris" he yells and everyone starts screaming and clapping. Soon all the initiates are gathered around Four and the other girl.
"My name is Four and this is Lauren. Dauntless born will go with Lauren, Transfers you stay with me" he says and all the Dauntless born follow Lauren.
"Like I said my name is Four" Christiana cuts him off "Four like the number"
"Yes, like the number. As I was saying I will be your instructor and follow me and I will show you the pit" he says walking away.
"The pit what creative names" she says and Four turns around.
"What is your name initiate?" he says quietly.
"Christiana"
"Well Christiana you will learn her in Dauntless we don't tolerate smart mouth candors" he says and Christiana looks like she just shit her pants.
"He is so fucking scary" she says and I laugh.
"Maybe he doesn't like to be made fun of" I say and I can see him smirk. He shows us the chasm and leads us to the cafeteria. The only two seats are next to Four and a Erudite transfer. Chris sits next to the transfer and I sit in-between her and Four. I look at the burger in disgust and grab an apple.
"Don't know what a burger is?" she looks at me.
"No I know what a burger is, but I'm a vegetarian." I say and she looks at me confused.
"Vegetarians don't eat meat" the Erudite boy says next to Chris. "I'm Will and this is Al he says pointing to the tall husky built boy.
"I would think you're Amity" she says and I scowl.
"Hell no, I'm not a fucking hippie. I just don't like meat" I say and I see Four trying to hide a smile.
"Four" I hear Eric say and see Four sigh.
"Eric" he says coldly.
"Aren't you going to introduce me?" he says and Four looks annoyed.
"Eric, this is Tris and Christiana." He says and Eric scowls at me and Chris laughs.
"Oh, the stiff we will see how long you last" he says with a smirk and turns his attention back to Four.
"Four, Max wants to talk to you" he says and Four glares at the table.
"Tell him I'm currently happy with the position I hold" he says and Eric smirks and walks away.
"Are you two friends?" I ask and he looks at me.
"What thinks you can talk to me?" he says and I laugh.
"It must be because you're so approachable, you know like a bed of nails." I say and he scowls.
"Careful Tris" he says and walks away. I watch him go sit next to a dark skin boy.
"'I'm developing a theory" Chris says and I look at her. "You have a death wish" I laugh and she smiles. Four yells at us to follow him and he shows us the dorms. He tells us that we are sharing the bathrooms and dorm room and leaves. We meet up with Al and Will and Chris decided she wanted to get a tattoo. I remember the note George gave me and I have to remember to find Tori. I put the note in my black skinny jeans, grab my phone and hid it in my bra and follow them into the pit. We reach the tattoo parlor and I see Tori works here. Well that was easy I thought and walk up to her. She sees me and walks to the back and I follow her.
"You made a mistake choosing Dauntless" she says and I shake my head.
"You will be surprised but that not what I wanted to talk to you about." I say and she looks at me confused.
"Your last name is Wu correct?" I ask and she still looks at me confused and nods her head.
"Yeah, why do you want to know?" she says and I smile.
"I have something for you" I say and grab the note out of my back pocket. I hand it to her and she looks at me confused. She reads the note and I can see tears streaming her face.
"This isn't real" she say handing me the note and I read it.
Tori,
I'm sorry that I put you through hell. I want you to know I'm okay and alive. They found out I was divergent and was going to kill but I escaped outside the fence. I promise one day I will come and see you and Tris will tell you were to meet me but I need you to protect her for me. I love you baby sister and don't let anyone know I'm alive. Also Amar is alive and we are dating and I hope you found a good man. Please look after her for me and make sure she stays out of trouble and I will see you soon.
Love, Georgie
I smile at the note and hand it back to Tori.
"It's real" I say and I pull her into a hug.
"Do you want to talk to him?" I ask and she looks at me in disbelief. I grab her wrist and pull her down hallways that I know there are no cameras and into an abandon room. I pull out my phone and she looks at me confused. I dial George's number and he answers almost immediately.
"Tris are you okay?" he asks super concerned and I laugh.
"You don't think I can take care of myself do you?" and I hear he sigh a breath of relief.
"You scared the shit out of me. What do you need Trissy?" he says and I scowl.
"One don't call me Trissy or I will cut your dick off" I say and Tori laughs.
"Second I have someone who wants to talk to you" I say and hand Tori the phone.
"George?" she says cautiously
"Tori?" he whispers
"Is that really you?" she says and I can see tears starting to fall again. I step outside the room the give them some privacy. After thirty minutes Tori came back out saying George explained everything and that she will look after me.
"So did you just come to tell me my dead brother was alive or did you want a tattoo." She asks smiling.
"Both" I smile and we walk back to the parlor. I don't see Chris, Will, or Al I'm guessing they went back to the dorms. I pick out the ravens and tell Tori that I want three on my collarbone. It hurt like a bitch but it turned out beautiful. I got the three ravens for my family even if it is fucked up. Tori says its free of charge and head back to the dorms. Everyone is asleep but I have to start working. I make the bed so it looks like I'm sleeping and walk down halls I know have no cameras. I'm walking down a long hallway until I see two figures come walking out a hidden room.
