I wake up to the sound of my alarm clock blasting my Nickelback playlist in my ear. I groan this means it is 6 am and my first day at my new school. And if going to a new school in a new state is not bad enough the fact that it's already three months in the semester is. As I pull myself out of bed I ask myself for what has to be the umpteenth time why my father took this new government job. This new job of his has made us move from New York City all the way to Chicago , a city so messed up that it needs to have factions to function properly. Each faction has a different part in keeping the city running Erudite is in charge of all the doctors and geniuses of the city, amity is in charge of all the farming and food supplies, Dauntless is in charge of law enforcement, Candor is in charge of all the Lawyers and Judges and finally Abnegation is in charge of running Chicago's government. And I Beatrice Prior have moved to Abnegation which has to be the most boring and plain faction and the next few years are going to be hell , all because of my father's stupid new job.
A knock on my door pulls me out of my daydream. I turn down my music and open the door to see my geek of a brother on the other side wide awake and ready to take on the day.
"What do you want Caleb?"
"I just came to see if you were up. I don't want to be late for the my first day at a new school."
"Well I'm obviously up seeing as I'm having this conversation with you. And I have my own car so you don't have to wait for me . Now get out of my room so that I can get ready."
I close my door and I turn my music back up. I go over to my closet and pull of my dark blue skinny jeans, grey crop top and grey flats. Once I'm finished getting dressed I go to my bathroom and straight my blonde hair the falls to the middle of my back and I apply my make up which consist of mascara, eye liner, and lip gloss. I go down to the kitchen to see that a fresh pot of coffee has been made and that there are muffins on the stove which means that both my parents have already left for the day. There is a note saying that my dad left for the office and wouldn't be back till late and that my mom went to work at the preschool and has to cover the after school program so Caleb and I are on our own for dinner. I grab a muffin on the stove and then go to the living room to see Caleb sitting on the couch watching the news,drinking a cup of coffee so he clearly saw the note too. About fifteen minutes later Caleb tells me that he is heading to school. I sit around watching tv for another half hour then I go and get my school bag, gym bag and car keys from my room then make my way to the garage. I walk over to my 2015 Black Convertible Mustang and put my gym bag in the back. I get int the driver seat and put the top down because it is a surprising nice day for November.
It was only a fifteen minute drive from the house to the school so I have plenty of time to spare when I get there. I pull in to the parking spot next to my brother. His car is almost and exact replica of mind except his is silver and not black. The cars were a bribe from our father so that we would agree to the move but it's not like we had much of a choice in the matter either way. We got out of our car and made our way in to the main building for the school. Caleb and I headed to the main office to get our class schedules.
"Hi I'm Tori. Is there anything that I can help you with?"
"Yes I'm Caleb Prior and this is my sister Beatrice it's our first day we would like to pick up our class schedules."
"Okay give me minute to look it up in the computer."
She walks over to the computer and starts typing. She comes back a few minute later.
"Okay so I found your schedule but not your test results so I don't know which academy to put you in."
"What do you mean academy?" I ask
"So basically their is an academy for every faction and up until your 16 you take class in your factions academy but when you turn 16 the school requires you to take a test and based on the results you get a recommendation for an academy. You can go to that academy or stay in the on for your faction."
"Oh okay so when will we be needing to take this test?"
"As so as possible so that we can make the proper changes to your class schedules."
"Is it possible for me to take us to take in now because we have free block first so we won't be missing any important classes."
"Yes if you would follow me please."
we follow her behind the desk and down a long hall way until we come to a door we go inside and wait a few minute later she comes back with the test and explains it.
"Okay so the test is not only about your academic skills but also what you would do if you were put into a certain situation. Okay you can start when ever you are ready and no talking to each other."
the test is a lot easier then I thought it would be it was three pages long and looked really intimidating but once I start I finish with a half hour left to first block so did Caleb. When we were done Tori looked it over and told us the results. She turned to Caleb first.
"Okay Caleb so your test results were for Erudite. You can either take the classes in abnegation academy or switch to the erudite academy which the classes are a lot harder."
"I'm going to go to erudite I could use the calla he."
"Okay well I just have to make a few notifications to your schedule and your free to go."
I walks over to the computer taps a few keys then comes back with Caleb's new schedule.
Caleb collects his schedule and bag and goes off to his second block like the nerd he his.
"As for you Beatrice.."
"Please call me Tris I had the name Beatrice no one outside my family calls me that."
"Okay Tris your test result were rare only a small percentage of our students get them. You had results for three academies abnegation erudite and dauntless, so which would you like to go to."
I read the packet about the school on the trip here from New York and it explained about each academy. I already knew I was not going into Erudite so that left abnegation and dauntless. I never felt like abnegation would be a good choice for me from the beginning so I think my choice is pretty clear.
"I'm going to go with Dauntless."
"Okay then let me go see if any changes need to be made to your schedule."
She comes back I few minute later with my new schedule and a girl following behind her.
"Okay Tris so here is your new schedule and this is Christina she will show you around and help you if you need it. "
"Okay thank you Tori"
"No problem Tris have a nice day."
"You too " I say then turn around and walk out of the office with Christina.
"Hey Tris can I see you schedule."
"Yeah " I say handing it to her. I gets really excited jumping up and down clapping.
"Okay so we have all class except to together. You have advanced combat with Four and Zeke and Art with Four and my boyfriend Uri. And our lockers are right next to each other. If you want after art walk with Uri and Four and you can sit with us at lunch."
"Okay that sounds good."
On the walk to our lockers and the to class she continues to babble on about the school and how much fun this year going to be but I kind of just tuned her out and occasionally nodded. Fun is one word you could use I would have picked hell but every on has their own opinion but one thing I was sure of it Christina didn't tone it down soon I won't even make it through the first class with let alone the whole day.