This is an episode which shows how Uriah first started to love Dauntless. I really loved the thought that he was actually a sensitive kid when he was young who had planned to be a faction transfer to Amity.
I don't know why he's talking to me. What does he have to say to me? All he has ever done to me in the twelve years we have known each other is humiliate me, hurt me and constantly try to push me into the chasm. I watch his lips move, his eyes burning with hatred, but I don't hear a thing, I'm too stunned. I feel like that time I first learned to swim and I sunk underwater : all is completely silent except for one low, rushing sound in my ears. I'm in Keep Inside Myself mode. I don't move an inch.I keep on watching him. He has stopped talking and is waiting for an answer. As if he was getting one from me! That bully has none of my respect.
At that thought, my previously blank eyes light up and a grin spreads on my face. The rushing sound is gone and I can hear him clearly now, so I listen to his angry, rasping breaths, to the eager chatter of the onlooking Dauntless kids, to my own thumping heart. I watch Cedric's hate-filled eyes grow wide at my smile... Oh no. As he suddenly swings his fist to my head, I realize this fight will end in pain with a real winner and an injured loser, like during the over-sixteens' training. I've never liked fighting, but although I don't believe I'll win, I intend to damage that rascal anyways.
I quickly duck, grab his knees and jerk them towards me, making him fall backwards on his back. Although he's terribly winded by the impact, he tries to jump back up. I move in before he has the chance to and slam my heel in his face, then kick him in the stomach. That's it. I've asserted my superiority before the jeering kids, but I am not going to get carried away by their shouts. I don't mean to kill him, I think the damage I've already inflicted is quite enough. Somehow, my lip was burst in the fight, so I suck on the blood to staunch it. Disgusted by what I have done, I push past the line of laughing kids and stagger off without uttering a word, leaving Cedric crawling on the ground, wheezing and bleeding.
I hate fighting. I never fight outside lessons. But I've never been this elated : I won a fight against Cedric. I won a fight against Cedric!
What was that feeling of coolness that came over me during the fight? I knew what I was doing, I could see what we was planning a second before he did himself. I was in synch with my adversary for the first time since I have started school. I've always been a top student, but only because of my technique. This time, I felt like fighting was in my blood. For the first time in my life, becoming a real Dauntless is starting to have its appeal.
Hope you like it! Don't wait for the rest to early because with school starting and everything I'll have a harder time to update regularly. But don't hesitate to review, favorite and follow to know when the next chapter is comin' !