Chapter 1
For the most part the aptitude test was a good thing. But then might influence my choice to choose Amity tomorrow. And walking to the test didn't help. Lola wasn't nervous beside me. For her it was natural, she was Candor. My sister never lies.
"How are you Amelia?" she asked.
"Good"
"You're lying"
"Yeah, so Lol, what are you planing to choose"
"Candor"
Of course. Then I realised she was asking me.
"Amity"
We walk to the testing rooms downstairs where a blonde, tall woman stands almost still. I walk to
my friends who are talking about an abnegation girl who defined the rules of her faction by asking for help when she fell. Selfish. "Hey" I said. There are five of us. Emily was from Amity, Tessa was Candor, Jess was Erudite and Nikki was Candor. "What will you choose tomorrow?" Emily was quick to reply. "Amity" she replied with a grin. I shot her a grin. "Dauntless" Nikki said. "Too dishonest"
I heard Tessa give a weak chuckle before saying she was choosing Candor. I looked at her. Jess said "Well probably Amity. It depends"
She was cut off by the woman talking about the test."...Will determine who you truly are..."
And where we truly belong. Mum had told us millions of times. "...First up from Dauntless: Jackson Parker, Lynn Jones. From Amity: Emily Peaches, Karla Mai Lilidale. From Erudite: Athena Grey, Diana Clint. From Candor: Halli Herp, Sarah Kline. From Abengation: Ruth Ave, Gwendoline Selfless"
I give Emily the thumbs up and she walks toward room 4. We hold hands. Five minutes later another group is called. I'm in it. I walk toward room 4 as Emily walks out. She looks starstuck. I walk in and a stiff abnegation woman looks at me. "Head, Amelia?" she says. I nodd. She was young but not much older than 30. She bobbed her head. I grinned. She poured the vial. Handing it to me she grinned. Abengation typical. But as I drunk the vial of liquid the surrounds changed. Looking around the room I saw two plates: knife and cheese. "Choose" a lady said. I struggled. Picking up the cheese I ran away. "Your creepy" I muttered. But a vicious dog appeared, making me drop the cheese. The dog ate it. "No-no-I-ur that's mine"
But there was nothing I could do...
Then a girl appeared in Candor black and white. She extended her hand. "Hi" she said but the dog bit at her. I grabbed her hand and ran. I am a nice person...I am a nice person...I am a. "Well done. Your result was Amity." It took me a minute to realise I was back in the test room. "Can you say that again?"
She repeated my result. Amity. I am a nice person right?
I walked out. I wasn't permitted to share my result. But glancing over to my friends it was hard. Amity. The girl who would pick Amity.
There where buses going to the Candor sector so I caught one home. When I got there my mum was chopping onions. "Honey, you have a choice to make tomorrow..."
"I know"
Lola walked in two minutes after, sure of herself she was going to chose Candor. Mum held us and presented us with a locket each. Our house looked over the Candor compound, so I was sure that was what she was looking at. I was a great actress, artist and nice person. I belonged in Amity. Not with all these truth tellers. I walked up to my room, admiring the artwork (black and white of course) but the rest of my house was dull. Monochromatic. I tossed a ball in my hand, and walked over to my self, to put something special in my pocket tomorrow before I left Candor. I settled on a pearl necklace, mum had given me when I was born and I strung it around my neck and a pin of a diamond flower mum had given me. The locket was around my neck. Emily was choosing amity but I was not sure of the rest of my friends...and not until tomorrow I was sure of this.
The ceremony was crowed. I walked to the Candor sector just as Johanna Reyes, walked up. "100 years ago, our system was created for peace." The amity grinned at each other as Johanna spoke on. "The factions."
She explained it all and called out the first girl. "Alli Zebrino"
She was a dauntless, one that didn't hesitate before re choosing Dauntless. The first transfer, Lucy Wind was an amity born. She went and held her hand over abnegation. Blood dropped. Emily and Jess choose Amity and surprisingly so did Tessa and Nikki. Really? Nikki was going to choose Dauntless. Maybe she got amity on her test. Tessa was pretty peaceful so I'm glad she changed her mind. Then Lola got called. She walked up and slide the knife down her palm. The blood slid down her palm and onto the glass. Candor. I stood up, because I'm supposed to. I walked down. Johanna hands me the knife. Cutting my palm was the hard bit and then I turned to the amity bowl. Remember...you are...a...nice person. The blood dropped into the amity bowl. Amity. I'm a nice person. And I'm proud of it.
