What if Tris was from Dauntless and transferred into Abnegation? All of this belongs to Veronica Roth.
Yesterday I took my aptitude test, my test was inconclusive. I am the daughter of Natalie and Andrew Prior both Dauntless leaders, I expected to get Dauntless as my result, but I did not expect to get Abnegation and Erudite as well. A woman from Abnegation administered my aptitude test; she told me that I was Divergent. She didn't tell me anything other than it was dangerous. She said that I needed to go home and say the serum made me sick and she would erase my results and manually put in Dauntless.
I left and jumped on the next train back to Dauntless. All I could think about was that choosing day was tomorrow. What was I suppose to choose? I walked through the front door of my home and I see my mother sitting at the kitchen table.
"Hi Mom", My Mother is seated at the kitchen table with a cup of tea in front of her like she is waiting for me. All I think is does she know? My palms are sweaty I begin to rub them on my black jeans.
"Hello Beatrice."
My mother never calls me Beatrice unless she is serious. I stand still my body frozen and my muscles tense.
"Beatrice you're home early, please come in and close the front door."
I force my frozen body to move and close the front door, but I don't dare move toward the table.
"How did your test go?"
"It was fine." My heart begins to race. She can always tell when I'm lying.
"Beatrice-" my mother says slowly then pauses and she looks like she trying to control her anger. She hates it when I lie. Then she starts again staring me in the eyes.
"Beatrice you are my daughter and I love you. I know you better than you would like, and I know when you're not being truthful, so how about we start again. How was your test today?"
"Mother it's complicated." I lower my eyes and look at the floor. I'm not sure what to do.
My mother spoke again with a more love and understanding in her voice then before. "Well I thought it might be more complicated for you, so how about you tell me about it so we can un-complicate things."
I quickly retell the story of my aptitude test. How a woman from Abnegation administered my aptitude test; she told me that I was Divergent. She didn't tell me anything other than it was dangerous. She said that I needed to go home and say the serum made me sick and she would wipe out my results and manually put in Dauntless.
My mother looks at me as she sits at the table and asks me to sit down. She almost has tears in her eyes, and I don't understand why.
I've never seen my mother come close to crying, but right now it looks like tears could spill out at any moment. My concern for my mother draws me to the table and I sit down.
"Beatrice would you like some tea?"
How is she talking to me about tea at a time like this! I just told her I'm Divergent and that I'm dangerous, and she wants to make me tea! I reply "no thank you. Mother what does this mean?"
"Beatrice what was your other result." She says this matter of fact and sighed after she spoke. She looks so worried.
"I also got Abnegation and Erudite."
She begins to frown and her brow pulls together with worry. Her hand goes to her temple and she rubs her temple and forehead like she is deep in thought.
The silence is longer than I can take. "Mother what does this mean!"
She snaps out of it and beings to speak quickly and quietly. "It is very rare for anyone to get two factions let alone three factions. Beatrice it means you don't conform to any faction you are always going to think like a Dauntless, Abnegation and Erudite all at once. You can't be controlled. "
She takes another long pause.
As she pauses I just stare at her trying to take this all in. How is this bad thing? Why is she so upset? Then I really think about growing up in Dauntless. I've never truly fit in not like my mother, father, or bother. I've always been different.
My mother begins to speak again with a very authoritative tone. "Beatrice no one can ever know about your results I mean absolutely no one. There are people that will try to kill you if they ever find out. Promise me Beatrice you will never tell anyone."
I look into my mother's eyes and say "I promise."
"Beatrice-" her voice cracks those tears in her eyes are beginning to spill over. She sits up straight and takes a deep breath. "Beatrice you must never tell anyone, and you cannot stay in Dauntless and you cannot go to Erudite. "
"Mother?" Did she just say I can't stay in Dauntless.
"Beatrice if you stay in Dauntless I won't be able to protect you. During initiation Dauntless instructors are taught to find Divergents and somehow all Devergents always find their way into the chasm or some other mysterious death. It's the same way in Erudite and Candor. Beatrice the only way I can protect you is to tell you to go to Abnegation or Amity. You just have to understand that the life of the Abnegation is the most difficult of all the factions. To be selfless all the time is almost oppressive. Also it is the bravest of all the factions. Ordinary selflessness is true bravery."
I don't think I can breathe… I can't think… I can believe my mother is telling to leave the only home I've ever known and to go to Abnegation or Amity. Tears begin to fill my eyes.
My mother must notice the tears in my eyes and moves over to me and holds me. We both begin to cry and after a while she straightens up and wipes the tears from my face and hers. I know that the time for crying is over and I need to pull myself together.
My mother stands and she tells me she loves me and she will support whatever I decide to choose tomorrow even if it is Dauntless but that I need to understand that I would be putting us all in danger. She tells me I should go and take time to think about tomorrow and my father and Caleb will be home soon.
With that I stand and walk out of the house to my special spot by the chasm.
I sit in my place by the chasm and find no peace, but all I know is that tomorrow will be my last day in Dauntless. With that I stand and I go to get a tattoo. It will be my first tattoo ever. At Dauntless you can get a tattoo as young as 14 without your parents' permission. I go to the tattoo parlor and find what I'm looking for, and Tori comes over up to me.
"Are you finally going to get a tattoo Tris?" She says with a smile.
"Yes." I reply quickly, I want three ravens on my left collarbone.
"Ok well let's get started." She says.
As I sit there Caleb, Uriah, and Zeek come up to me to see what's going on.
Caleb and I have never been close, but Uriah and Zeek have been like bothers to me since I can remember.
Uriah has a big smile on his face. "Getting some new ink Tris?"
"Yup." I reply
Zeek asks, "are the three of you excited for your choosing ceremony?"
"Yeah I guess." I'm trying to keep my answer short I don't want to start crying again.
Uriah and Caleb start talking about today and the test and about tomorrow. I'm thankful that they don't ask me too many questions right now.
I stare at the ceiling lost in my thoughts, while Uriah, Caleb, and Zeek discuses tomorrow and Zeek talks about what initiation will be like and trying to give the three of us advice. Then Tori's voice interrupts my thoughts.
"Huh?" I say
"You're done." Tori said with a big smile on her face.
I take a look at my new tattoo and I love it. "Thank you Tori!" and I give her a big hug, she has always been one of my favorite people in Dauntless. I think my hugs takes her by surprise.
"Ok Tris I'm glad you like it." And she hugs me back.
Caleb takes a look at it and says it looks good, and adds we should be heading to the cafeteria to eat dinner with mom and dad.
Then Uriah and Zeek say, "well I guess we should be going too. See you guys tomorrow." they say in unison.
"Wait!" I yell and give them both a big hug. I think to myself what if this is the last time I get to see them.
Uriah and Zeek both give me a double bear hug together.
"Ok Guys I can't breathe." I laugh as I say it.
They release me.
Uriah looks at me with a big smile and says, "Tris I don't know what is with you today but we will see you tomorrow ok."
"Ok." I say and head off with my brother to eat with my parents.
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Dinner with my parents goes quickly. I can barely look at them or Caleb. After dinner we head back home and its late and we each start to head off to bed, but I make sure I give each one the biggest hug my tiny body can give and tell them that I love them. My father looks at me strangely and asks if I'm feeling ok and I tell him I'm fine and I'm just tired. Then I head to bed.
