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I wake in the morning to Christina shaking my shoulders.

"What?" I groaned.

"Tris get up! Someone has come to look at us." She says excitedly. You see I'm an orphan. I have been since I was 5. It was always a dream for us girls to be adopted or apprenticed. But not many people care for a girl as an apprentice.

I shoot up out of bed and try to find something decent to wear. The orphanage doesn't have much money for clothes so I throw on a simple old grey dress and brush my hair out. I run to the front where all the other girls are and stand in the corner. I want to be adopted but I am scared of who it may be.

"Girls. We have 2 visitors here to pick one of you out." The lady who takes care of us says. I look over to the door to see to similar men standing there. They both wear dark cloaks and leather boots. They walked in and one of them smiled. I hope they are nice.

"Well sirs, what do you think?" The lady asks. The men surveyed us and I saw the shorter one look directly at me. He whispered something to the other men and he nodded.

"Who's that girl?" The taller man asked pointing at me.

"Her name is Beatrice. She is very hard worker but can be a bit stubborn." She explains while giving me a teasing smile. She was really nice to the girls here and took good enough care of us.

"Well then, we'll take her and the tall one with the short black hair." Says the smaller man. They hand some money to our care taker and me and Christina hug each other.

"This'll be so much fun! A new adventure!" She whisper-yells so only we can hear. I'm just glad I'm going with her. We've been best friends since I got here and she helped me out. The men motion for us to follow them out and I wave to all the other girls. Most wave back but some look unhappy.

We follow the men out and I see a carriage sitting out front with two black horses hooked up to it. The men offer their hands to help us in and we take a seat on the back bench.

"May we ask your names, sirs?" I ask. One turns back to me and smiles.

"You may! I am Uriah Hamill. And this here is my far less handsome brother, Zeke." He says with a chuckle. I smile. The man named Zeke, punches Uriah in the shoulder.

"Where are we going?" Christina pipes up as the carriage moves down the bumpy road.

"Well, we are going to London." Zeke says and I cock my head.

"You don't look like Londoners." Christina says and gives them a questioning look. She does not know how to keep her mouth shut.

"Questioning aren't you? Well, we had to disguise ourselves. Our master doesn't want us being recognized.

"So you're not our masters?" I question quietly. Uriah shakes his head.

"No. We work for your new master. He sent us to get some helpers for the household. I tell you be careful, he is quite a mysterious man. If you don't do what your supposed to do there be punishments, but after you get to know him he's a great guy." Zeke says. I nod slightly and pull my knees up and lay my head against them.

I must drift off because next I am again being shaken by Christina.

"Tris! Tris, look!" She says and I open my dreary eyes to see us entering a forest. I had never seen a real forest before, only mere paintings. I look around in amazement. Uriah looks back at us confused.

"We have never been in a forest." Christina says with awe in her voice. I look around and see the sun shining through the leaves. I see colorful birds swoop down above my head and many small animals crawling around the lichen. This is beyond what I had dreamed during sleep.

After we had gotten a bit farther into the forest I heard a rustle in bushes surrounding us.

"Wait!" I whispered. Zeke stopped the horses and turned to me confused. Just as I'm about to say something 7 men jump out of the bushes and surround us. Christina gasps and hides behind my shoulder.

"Hello sirs. How can we help you?" Zeke asked calmly.

"Give 'em up." The biggest man says. I look at all the men and see they are holding small daggers or swords. I reach into my boot where I hide a dagger of my own. Christina gives me a warning look and I pull my hand away. Maybe we can go without harm.

"Give what up sir?" Zeke asks.

"Give up your time for a tea party. What do you think! Give us your purses." The man says angrily. I chuckle under my breath at his frustration. Zeke reaches in his cloak and pulls out a bag full of money and is about to hand it to the man when he slams it into his face.

The men come at us and I grab my dagger. As one man comes at me I drive my dagger into his upper arm and slice down. He bellows in pain and falls to the ground. I jump out of the carriage and kick the legs out from the nearest man. I slice his leg and look back around to see Sir Uriah and Sir Zeke fighting off the rest. One man stand behind Sir Uriah with a dagger and I pounce on his back. Uriah hears my screech and turns to stab the man in the gut. I look around again and see all the men in some state of unconsciousness. I smile.

"Those were some fair moves Beatrice." Zeke tells me.

"Tris. Call me Tris, and thanks." I tell him.