"I trust you will do what is right for this faction when it comes time to chose this evening." Jeanine said stiffly as I looked through my closet. Right for her, she meant.
"Of course." I replied as I pulled a grey tank top off of its hook and set it on my dresser, next to a navy blue skirt.
Jeanine nodded stoically and hesitated for a moment.
"I have-" She paused to swallow and began walking toward me. She began speaking again, "Wear this blazer to the ceremony. With mothers pearls." She finished standing in front of me, handing me the same navy blue blazer she wore for her choosing ceremony.
My eyes met hers as I grabbed the fabric from her. For a small second I saw something that could be considered love or sadness in her eyes. It disappeared as soon as she opened her mouth and said, "Faction before Blood."
"Natasha Mathews." Marcus reads off the notepad. The cheers from the Amity ceased as their newest member took his seat.
I stood, smoothing my skirt and kissed my mother and father on the cheek for the last time.
Jeanine, seated in the front row watched me descend the stairs confidently, my white heels clicking softly. Her expression was difficult to read, for anyone who was interested. I saw fear in her watery gray eyes, fear that I would stay and overtake her power, fear that I wouldn't stay and possibly shame her. There was no positive outcome to this situation for her.
For me, anything was positive.
I smiled at Eaton as I picked up the knife. It felt light as I moved it over the heel of my hand. The cold steel slid against my skin easily, slicing my palm with little pain.
It seemed to take forever for my blood to bubble up to the surface of my skin. My mother used to say that sometimes forever was only a second.
In that second it took my blood to fill the cut in my palm my entire sixteen years of life disappeared.
My family and past faction washed away in the river of red that began to flow down onto the hot coals in the porcelain bowl.
In that second, my life changed forever.
A/N Hello! I updated this chapter just because I realized it did not save in the correct format and it was all one big paragraph, which is kind of hard to read… I should be maybe posting the next chapter tonight or tomorrow. Let me know what you guys think!