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Tris POV
As soon as Tori looks at the monitor she spits out her coffee and whispers to herself an almost mute, "Oh no."
"What's wrong?" I practically beg with anxiety traced in my voice. Tori scans the surveillance camera etched onto the wall in the upper right corner of the mirror room and lowers her head to me.
"It seems that your results are inconclusive." Tori calmly responds. Fear shivers down my spine. Oh no is right. I'm going to be factionless, a fate worse than death. My life in the factionless sectors will be numb and melancholy, not belonging to society and being away from my family. I'll be an old lady living in a cardboard box with ten cats.
"What can you possibly mean by that? The tests are supposed to tell us where we belong!" I protest. I can't tell if I'm scared or angry at myself or at Tori. The worst I thought would happen is not getting Abnegation as a result, even though I'd find myself a bit happy with that.
"There's a word people call you. You are Divergent. It means that you qualify for more than one faction." I gape my mouth open and then close it. I really am speechless. Belonging to two factions? Is that legal? Tori continues to speak, "You see you didn't take the cheese or knife, which is a sign of Amity. You stood still in front of the dog which is Erudite, and you risked your life for the little girl's which is Abnegation and Dauntless. You told the man you knew the killer, but said you didn't want to tell him, as a way to protect your father. That shows Abnegation and partly Candor." My eyes went wide.
"Are you telling me I qualify for all five factions? Are you sure this isn't a screw up with the simulations?" Surely this is not possible. I'm also too weak-willed to have all that in me. I'm just a shy, selfish, plain girl from Abnegation.
"The tests don't lie, but you have to understand Beatrice, you will not tell anyone. Divergents usually have two results in their aptitude test. I've never even known someone who has three. You are by far the first to qualify for all factions. Divergence is extremely dangerous and some factions like to eliminate anyone who is Divergent, especially the Erudite. I'll change your results, but just be aware if anyone is watching you." This is scary. I'd have to hide for the rest of my life, then a question floods my mind.
"But why is it dangerous to be Divergent? What's wrong with belonging to more than one faction?"
"Beatrice what you don't know is that you're more powerful than you think. Divergence allows you to be aware you are in a simulation and sometimes manipulate it. You're able to think better than others and people don't like that."
"Why are you helping me? Why not turn me in?" How does she benefit from this, she is just putting herself in danger by helping me.
"I can't give you a story right now, we're running out of time and it's a good idea not to raise any suspicion. Go home right now and pretend you have an upset stomach from drinking the serum. Stay in Abnegation or got to Amity. Dauntless and Erudite are tracking divergents and Candor would make you expose your secret. Plus, you don't seem like a Candor-type, your results anyway counted it for a low percent."
"What are my official results?" I guess Erudite really does take out my curiosity.
"30% Abnegation, 30% Dauntless, 25% Erudite, 10% Amity, and 5% Candor."
"That's umm… wow." There really is nothing to say about that.
"You're pretty impressed, but the same time scared to crap." I nodded. She motioned me to the door, "Goodbye Beatrice, I really do wish you best of luck." I then waved to her and stepped out of the airless room. Maybe it's just me because my lungs refuse to let me breathe properly with all the tension rising in them. I walk passed the cafeteria and swiftly walk through the empty halls filled with echo. That's better, I needed some space. I swiftly exit down the stairs because the elevators won't be able to handle the nervous adrenaline I feel right now.
Author's Note: This chapter is so short and you barely get a story out of it, but don't worry the next ones will be longer and better!