This is my new story, My Life as Cora. I hope you will like it, even if it is not based on Four and Tris.

I was hacked and all my stories got deleted. I finally got back in. I hope I still have some internet friends out there, somewhere.

Cora is a year younger than Tris and the war did not happen.

Cora POV

I wake to my mother calling me from the kitchen. I glance around my room and groan. Choosing day. I pull back my black and white comforter and get out of bed, yawning.

I walk into the kitchen to my annoying 8 year old brother jumping around. "Mom, did we get Jamie from a bunch of monkeys?" I tease.

"Hey!" He yells and smacks my arm.

"Sometimes, I think the monkeys brainwashed us to forget we adopted him from them," She laughs. "How are you doing?"

"Excited," I lie. Lying is against Candor rules. I'm not staying in Candor.

"I was nervous at my choosing ceremony," She smiles and puts an omelet on my plate as I sit down. I dig in immediately. I have butterflies in my stomach, but I ignore them and gulf my food down.

"You hungry?" My dad chuckles and kisses my forehead as he walks into the kitchen.

I nod and get up abruptly. I go into the bathroom before Jamie has a chance to stink it up.

I see my Mom has hung up a beautiful high- low dress that flows freely on the door. It is the general black and white. "It's amazing," I mutter and start tearing up. I dab my eyes off on my sleeping shirt and sniffle. I will really miss my family.

I put on a minimum of makeup after I brush my teeth and get dressed. I put my hair into a French side braid. I examine my fiery red hair. I hate it. I have green eyes as well. With freckles. Jamie was blessed with chocolate brown hair and hazel eyes. He looks so much like Dad. I look nothing like any of my family. Except for my body type. I am not traditionally skinny. My Mom has the same body type. She's 5'4" but I'm 5'4" as well. I have my Dad's height. He's 6'1".

I sigh and glance in this mirror for the last time. I go into my room and take pictures of me, my friends, and my family. I stick them into a small over the shoulder purse colored in black. I put the purse on and look around my room, taking in the familiar smell of crayons and books.

We're at where the Choosing Ceremony is held.

I'm thinking over my aptitude results. "I got Dauntless and Erudite. But which one?" I ask myself over and over. "You are Divergent," rings in my head. "It's highly dangerous. Don't tell anyone." I haven't told anyone. I have told my stuffed bear I have had since I was 6, although. He didn't say anything like usual.

I realize I'm waving goodbye to my parents and brother, giving them their final hugs. They don't know that though. "You're growing up too fast," My Mom says through tears. "We will see you later."

"See you later," I lie and smile. I'm such a bad person.

I take my seat on stage and wait for names to be called. This year, Johanna Reyes is calling out names. My last name is Acidia, so I will most likely be called first or second. I was always first on roll call in my year at school.

"Cornelia Acidia," Johanna calls out. I get up and walk over slowly, her holding out the knife. I examine the blue water and the black coals. I take the knife and cut into my palm. It stings, but it's not bad. I start thinking about how I hate my full name. Too old fashioned. I push those thoughts out of my head and turn my palm over.

I hear sizzling coals and I look straight at my family. They're crying.

We're running. A train whistle blows. I know what we're doing. We are jumping on the train. I see blurs of black already jumping on. I start getting closer and closer. The train is moving fast. I'm launching off my feet. I'm in the air. My dress gets caught on one of my feet and I stumble when I hit the train's floor. I almost fall out, but someone strong grips onto my arm and pulls me in securely.

"Thanks," I say and look up to the person who saved me. My breath catches in my throat. He's Erudite born, but incredibly cute. He has dark brown hair and piercing blue eyes.

"No problem, Candor," He smiles. "I'm Xavier."

"Cora." I smile back. "I probably would've decapitated myself if I hadn't been caught by you."

"Yes, most likely. Right now, you'd be a bloody pulp to my observations," He laughs.

"Very Erudite," I say.

"Yeah. I am gonna have to break that habit," He says, staring at me. "I believe we have to jump." He motions over to the door to see Dauntless jumping out of the cars in front.

I nod and pull my skirts up a little, jumping out onto the building when the time comes. I land on my back and am pulled up by a girl. "Nice to meet you!" She yells in my face while I brush dirt off my dress. "I'm Lana!" I look at her and see she has Amity red and yellow.

"Cora," I say. "You have a lot of energy." It came out before I thought about it. Stupid Candor.

She looks down. "I suppose."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean-" I get cut off by someone yelling.

"My name is Max and I am a leader here at Dauntless. Now, I'm going to be straight forward right now. You have to jump off this building into this hole," He points down at a dark hole and everyone leans over. "Who's going first?"

I step forward. "I will." When the hell did I decide that? And when did I start saying hell? Dauntless is changing me already and I have been here not even five minutes.

"Go ahead, Candor," He says, sizing me up.

I step to the edge and everyone is silent except for a few. I look down at the hole, and before I can chicken out, I jump down. It is extremely fun and I shriek in pleasure. I hit a net soon. Hard. I groan in pain and see a hand. I take it and it pulls me out.

"Name?" A gargantuan man asks me. He's the one who helped me.

"Cora," I say.

"Make the announcement, Six," He calls to a small girl about my height.

"First jumper, Cora!" She exclaims and a cheer erupts from a crowd. I am told to stand by the crowd.

Another 'Oomf,' is heard and the guy asking for a name. "Xavier," The voice replies. He comes and stands by me and he smiles. I return the favor and wait for everyone else to jump down.

We start walking down a hallway and rushing water is heard from a distance. "I am Four, and this is Six. We will be your instructors here at Dauntless for the next few weeks." I want to say something about their names but I don't what to get on their bad side. We walk into a big opening with a ton of shops and a giant river like area.

"This is the pit," Six calls out. We walk over to the rushing water. "And this is the chasm. This is a fine line between idiocy and bravery. Jumping in is instant death."

We walk into another hallway into a dorm room. "You will be sleeping here with all of your fellow transfers," Four says. "Get ready for dinner. It's at 5:00. Eric, a leader, will come and get you." Six and Four walk out, leaving us to choose bunks. The Amity girl, Lana, comes over to me. "Wanna share a bunk? You can have top."

"Sure," I smile. We walk over to an empty bunk. "I'm very sorry about what I said. I don't have a filter sometimes."

"It's fine," She smiles and hugs me. I like Lana. We can become best friends I think.

Xavier and another Erudite take the bunk next to ours.

Lana and I walk over to chat with Xavier and the other Erudite. I learn his name is Jack.

"I like your dress," Xavier whispers into my ear. I feel my cheeks heat up.

I clear my throat and thank him. "Lana, I wanna go shopping. You wanna come?" I ask, turning to her.

"Sure," She replies and we walk out together after bidding goodbye to Xavier and Jack.