I hear Jeanine, the leader of the "City of Brains" call my name.
"Beatrice Prior," she says, I take a deep breath and walk up to her, this is the moment that will change my life forever. She smiles at me and looks down at her paper, reading.
"Dauntless." she says, and I. Can't. Breathe.
"Beatrice, honey, wake up." My mother, Natalie Prior says. She smiles at me as my eyes flutter open.
"Mother." I say, smiling up at her. I get up and put on a grey dress my mother laid out for me, today is the day of the infamous test. The test will decide which city we are best for, and that is how our fate will be decided. I was born into the nicest city, people call it "The Invisible City" because everyone who is sent to this city is amazingly selfless. I am not selfless enough for this place, and I am sure I am made for another city.
My mother hands me a bonnet, I find it ridiculous that we have to cover up so much of our body, but I put my hair in a bun, and cover it with the light grey bonnet my mother has supplied.
My brother, Caleb is making breakfast when I walk downstairs, although it is my fathers turn to make breakfast, Caleb is helping. Caleb has no problems being selfless, it is second nature to him. He smiles at me to assure me not to be nervous, and offers me some toast.
We sit down to eat and I wait until we all finish. Caleb and I do not say anything, we are not supposed to talk unless we are asked a question.
"Beatrice, Caleb," says my mother, "Are you worried?" she asks, my brother shakes his head, so my mother feels better and I follow his lead. I know my brother really is nervous, though. I can tell my mother doesn't buy it.
"Really?" she asks, "Are you sure? You can tell me." I sigh and say
"A small amount, but I'm sure everything will be fine." I assure her, she smiles at me and turns to Caleb.
"And you, dear?" she asks him.
"Yes," he admits, "I guess so, mother." she smiles at him too,
"Everything will be fine." she says. I want to believe her, I really do. But I am not fooled that easily. My mother and father begin to talk again as Caleb and I exchange a look. As our parents finish we get up and begin to wash the dishes.
"Beatrice, Caleb," my father says, we turn to him and he continues,
"You should probably go, we can take care of the dishes." I nod and grab my bag, but Caleb doesn't move, my father, Andrew, assures Caleb that they have everything covered and Caleb grabs his bag and runs to join me. We wave good-bye and walk out the door, we slowly walk towards the bus and meet with our neighbors, Robert and Susan.
We sit with them on the bus and Caleb talks to Susan, Robert and I laugh. They are always together, and Robert and I always laugh about it. As the bus stops, we get off and head into the school. In it are 10 testing rooms, and we all sit in the cafeteria, waiting to take the test. By the time I am called in my hands are sweating and I am very scared.
I walk into one of the rooms and I am greeted by a lady from the city of Dauntless. I can only tell because she has a ring on her finger and only looks about 17.
"I'm Tori," she says, smiling at me. "Please sit down Beatrice, and then we can start your test. I do as Tori says and she gives me a small glass with a dark purple liquid in it.
"Drink it," she says. I am shaking, but I do as she says, and then I lose consciousness. I open my eyes to find myself hanging on the edge of a roof, a girl about the same age as me comes over to me and grabs my hand, but she cannot hold me and she begins to lean over the edge. I see she's going to die if I don't let go of her hand, so I release myself from her grasp and fall down. I land on a hard floor, but I am not hurt. In front of me is a man, and he is saying something. The man tells me that I have to do something, and there is no other way, but for some reason I don't believe him, there is something that I just have to know. The man grabs my arm and says
"You have to do this! You must tell me where this lady was!" he shouts, I have a feeling I shouldn't tell this man, and he begins to push down my hand, it hurts and I punch him in the jaw. He falls to the ground and I wake up in the chair.
Tori is pacing around the room,
"Two in one day..." she says, I am confused, two what? I think, but she just stops and comes over to me.
"If anyone asks you what happened in your test, do not answer them." she says, "Don't tell anyone anything."
"Yes, I know," I say, "We can't tell anybody about our results."
"It is much more complicated than that. You're..." she can't seem to get out the next word.
"You're... Divergent." she whispers, I don't know what she is saying, but she says the word and looks around like she has just committed a murder.
"What does that mean?" I ask her quietly, she just shakes her head and says.
"It's dangerous, if they find out they will try to kill you." I don't know who they are, but she sends me outside and says not to tell anyone, no matter what. I am even more troubled when I arrive outside of the school. I walk home and sit outside, waiting for my brother to come home. When he arrives, he asks me what happened, and why I wasn't on the bus, but I just shake my head. We are later excused to our rooms, so we can pack. We might not get to stay in this city, and who knows where we will go, so we pack all of our things.
By the time I am done, I am exhausted. I lay down in my bed and drift off to sleep. I dream about what will happen tomorrow, and I try not to be scared.
The plot of the story is not fully developed yet so I will explain some things.
1) You don't get to choose your city
2) The city of Dauntless is assigned someone to marry at 16 years old
3) Tris and Caleb are 14
if you have any questions, please review. Thanks for reading!