A/N: Hello, and welcome to this story! This will be an Eric love story, because I love that dude even though he's kind of an asshole. Anyways, Divergent and the characters belong to Veronica Roth. I only own my own characters and plot. Enjoy.

"Out of my way Stiff" the Erudite boy sneers as he shoves an Abnegation girl to the ground. He takes a step away from her fallen form when a shoulder collides directly into his own causing him to stumble slightly to the left.

"Beat it Erudite" I glare at him. He goes to retort but thinks better of it and storms away. I continue to glare at his back until he is lost among the sea of students, before turning to look at the fallen girl.

"Really Tris, when are you going to stand up for yourself?" I ask as I offer her my hand, pulling her up. She quietly dusts herself off.

"Wouldn't be very Abnegation of me" the girl, Tris or Beatrice as everyone else calls her, responds quietly.

"Ya but you aren't a full Abnegation member yet. I mean, look at me" I move my hand up and down my body, as if presenting myself. I am not an Abnegation, nor will I ever be one of those Stiffs, not that I would ever call them that to any of there faces.

I'm an Amity member, but everyone can clearly tell who the black sheep of the faction is. While everyone else is kind, friendly, and wears long flowery dresses I pride myself on being witty, sarcastic, and wear practical clothes such as shorts and tank tops. I'm not a full member, they can't do anything. Not that Johanna would ever.

Because of my difference of opinion of Amity I had no friends from there except for Johanna but she's twice my age and the leader of our faction so she isn't fun to hang out with. My only friend was Tris who I met when we were ten and some Candor boy poured his juice over her head. I found her crying in the bathroom, the Candor boy went home with a broken nose, and I was given my first detention and a month of chores.

Ever since then I've been Tris's friend, and tried to protect her from the bullies. Despite Abnegation wearing grey clothes to blend in they stick out the most.

"We have to get to Faction History" Tris tries to change the subject, brushing a strand of fallen blonde hair behind her ear.

"Please Trisy, do one 'bad' thing with me before we're forced to spend the rest of our lives following the rules" I put air quotes around the word bad, as if skipping class was the end of the world. I think by doing it I'm actually saving myself from dying of boredom.

"Rose" Tris tries to protest but I shake my head.

"You have lived sixteen years and never once broke a rule. Before we are forced to act a certain way for the rest of our lives do this with me. Besides, I would never let you get in trouble" I promised her and she thought about it for a second, before slowly nodding her head yes and I noticed how her eyes lit up a little.

"Well even hang out in the bathroom so there's no way of us getting caught. And if your parents ask say you weren't feeling well because of the test and just needed to cool down" I took her hand and pulled her through the crowd of students. They parted like the sea, nobody wanting to get on the 'crazy' Amity's side.

Geez, you get locked up in Erudite hospital for three months and suddenly you're insane.

That's a story for another time.

Pulling ourselves into the bathroom I instantly hopped up onto the counter while Tris leaned against the opposite wall eyes nervously darting around the room as if searching for a spy.

"Tris I promise we're fine. You're not going to get in trouble" I smiled at her reassuringly. I blew a piece of stubborn hair out of my eyes and huffed as it fell back directly in the same place. My hair was hard to explain. I was a ginger, but I find that it's so hard to explain what exact colour I have. It's in between strawberry blonde and red.

"So how's it going?" I ask Tris who had started to slowly relax.

"I'm nervous actually. The test has me freaked out. Like I don't want to be stuck in Abnegation, but at the same time I can't picture myself leaving" she confessed. I nodded my head in understanding.

"I get it. God knows I don't want to be forced to stay in Amity but at the same time I can't picture myself leaving Johanna. She's done so much for me, how can I even consider leaving her?" It's true, without Johanna I'd probably be stuck in an orphanage.

"Do you know where you would want to end up?"

"Definitely not Abnegation. Sorry Trissy, I can't even wear Amity clothes do you think I would be able to wear yours? Erudite would be kind of cool. But then again they're so stuck up with their 'I'm better then you attitude'. I could probably fit in as Candor, as long as they don't view sarcasm as lying. Dauntless is" I wave my hand as if trying to finish my sentence. Tris grins at me.

"Dauntless is rugged, brutal, and crazy. It's perfect" I nod and laugh along with her. Leave it to us to pick the craziest faction. Dauntless jump off moving trains, dye their hair crazy colours, and tattoo and pierce all of their body.

"So is that where you want to end up?" I ask Tris. She looks at the ground when she answers.

"Either that or Abnegation"

We talk until the period ended and made our ways to our separate classes. We met up again for lunch, where I stuck out like a sore thumb sitting among a sea of grey. No way in hell was I going to sit with the other Amity's, sitting on the floor clapping and singing. Not in this lifetime.

I can feel the glare from the teachers as they eye me. I was breaking the rules by sitting here. The rules state that we must act the way our faction is supposed to, but I don't. I am definitely the bad girl of the school.

I wait until my name is called and stand up to go to the exit. Tris's name is also called, so she follows behind me. Outside the exit there are ten rooms; one for each person called. Before I enter mine my eyes find Tris's who was already looking at me. I offer her what I hope was a reassuring smile.

I wouldn't tell her but I was terrified.

Inside the room an Abnegation woman waits for me. I eye the room, my nerves going from a six to a straight ten. This looked like Erudite's hospital. There was an exam chair, and an overhead light, and wires, so many wires.

"Hello sweetheart, my name is William. I'll be doing your test today" he smiled at me before turning and began to grab some wires, sorting out the ones that had tangled together.

"I didn't know that Abnegation were any good with technology" my voice faltered a bit as I spoke so it hadn't come out harsh.

William only continued to smile at me.

"Is that a bit of Candor I am sensing?" He teased and I wanted to say 'wow Abnegations can make jokes' but nothing came out. Instead I sat tense in my chair as wires were connected to my forehead.

"Alright then, I'm going to give you something to drink. After you've swallowed it the test should begin about a minute after. Just sit back and relax" he handed me a clear vile, that I eyed with distrust.

"It's not going to hurt" he soothed me, gently rubbing circles into my wrist. I nodded before swallowing the liquid, and leaned back in the chair. I started to count to a minute, but only made it to 45 seconds before I couldn't count anymore.

"Choose" a voice woke me and I took a sharp breath. Where was I? The room had mirrors covering every inch of it and in front of me, there was two stands. One had cheese and the other had a knife.

"Choose" the voice said again, getting louder.

"Can I know what's going to happen when I choose?" I called out, wondering if the voice could hear me.

"Choose!" The voice shouted, and I knew that if I didn't grab something that the voice would only get more angry.

'Ok, so cheese could help me if whatever is going to happen requires food. However it's not an ideal weapon. Unless someone's allergic to cheese then it could be very useful. But a knife would be even more ideal than cheese if I need to fight. But if I need to eat? I can't eat a knife' after my long and tiring inner monologue I tried to grab for both the knife and the cheese only to have my hands reach for air. The podiums were gone.

"I said choose. Not grab both. Now, you'll have neither" something growled from behind me and I turned to see an aggressive looking dog.

"Fantastic" I muttered, and began to back away slowly. That seemed to only anger the dog as it lunged at me teeth snapping. I froze.

'Ok think. What do I do? Well for starters don't make eye contact. That's a sign that you're targeting their dominance. But I can't take my eyes off it completely so watch the legs' I eyed the dogs legs. This way I would be able to tell if it was going to charge me again.

'Ok what else do we know about dogs? This is why Johanna should have let me get a dog, then I'd know what to do. Ok focus, dogs like to smell things. So palms out. Slowly' very slowly I moved my palms out in front of me. The dog growled again, but I could tell I had peaked its interest.

'Ok what else. This dog is clearly still on edge, what else do I need to do? Think Rose think. The dog needs to show it's dominance over you' as I continued to stare down at the dog that's when it hit me. I was looking down at the dog, not looking up.

Falling harder to the ground then necessary I got into a low pose. The clicking of nails on the floor told me the dog was coming closer, and I held my breath. The dog stopped moving and I knew that it was right in front of me as some of my hair blowed back as it breathed on me.

Slowly looking up I wasn't met with sharp teeth like I expected. No, instead I was met with a tongue licking me from my chin all the way to my eyebrows.

"Ew" I whined, wiping some of the slobber from my face. The dog was no longer mean looking, instead it sat on its legs, tail wagging behind it.

"You are the cutest thing I have ever seen" I gushed petting it's head.

"Puppy!" A voice squealed from behind me, causing me to jump. A little girl was walking towards us, arms outstretched wanting to latch on to the dog. The dog didn't seem to like this, as it's teeth bared and it went to lunge. Thinking fast, I wrapped my arms around it's neck and screamed as it's teeth bit into my arm.

Gasping for breath I realized I was no longer with the dog. Instead I was on a bus, a man reading a newspaper was across from me. On the front of the paper was a wanted sign.

'I think I know that man' I thought about the wanted man, but I was puzzled as a name didn't pop into mind.

"Do you know this man?" a gruff voice questioned from behind the paper, and when it lowered slightly I could see burns covering his body.

"I don't know" I answered honestly.

"You could save me if you do" the man pressed on, and I felt a shiver run through me as he leaned closer.

"I really don't know. Please sir just stay calm, I'll try and help you" I tried to keep my voice level but with the crazed look in the mans eyes it was hard.

"Liar" he whispered before he shouted it again, getting into my face, reaching towards me. So I did the only thing I could think of; I punched him.

I bolted up in the chair, taking gasping breaths. William stood beside me, but unlike when I went into the test he wasn't calm and soothing. Now he was tense. He didn't say anything just continued to stare at the monitor.

"So how did I do?" I wince at how scratchy my voice was, almost as if I had been screaming for hours. William didn't say anything just continued to stare at the screen.

"William?" I questioned, a sense of fear running through me. He finally turned to me, but his eyes were wide and I noticed how he slightly shook.

"You got Dauntless" he told me, his voice sounding so emotionless and robotic.

"You're not Candor for a reason" I told him, not believing him for a second.

"No listen to me. You got Dauntless. Never think that you got anything else. Do everything the Dauntless way, even if you feel like you shouldn't" he grabbed my shoulders and I winced at how hard he gripped them, and tried to pry him off.

"William, seriously you're freaking me out" I told him, panic beginning to course through me.

"Listen to me Rosalie; I am protecting you. You need to firmly believe you are Dauntless. You showed mainly Dauntless traits, hence why I chose that faction. Come find me when you're secure in Dauntless and I'll explain more. Never tell anyone that something went wrong with your test. The rule of not sharing your results especially applies to you" he pulled me from the chair and led me to the back door in the room. He opened it and basically threw me out.

"You were sick after the test so you went straight home", believe me, I feel sick now, "and remember; Ignorance is bliss" and with that the door slammed in my face.

Well shit.

I stood in front of the door for a few more minutes, wondering if it was going to open and William would shout 'got ya, everything's fine' but then I remembered that Abnegation don't joke. So I turned and made my way out of the building.

I walked back to Amity in a daze. What had the problem been with my test?

I kicked a pebble from the road as I walked. Why was my life the one that had to be so difficult?

The scenery changed as I walked, until I was surrounded by apple trees and long grass. I made my way directly to my house, not in the mood to deal with any hippies.

Not that I ever was.

Everyone waved as I walked, but that's because it was an Amity thing to do. Also they were drugged on peace serum.

My house was closest to the stables, so I stopped in there to pet and feed the horses. This was by far my favourite chore.

I gently stroked the face of a black and white coloured horse, and fed it a handful of oats.

"Got any advice for me Domino?" His response was to blow in my face, which was his way of demanding more food.

"Thanks" I smiled before leaving the stables to go to my room. All houses were the same size in Amity but this was the most important. Johanna's office was on the first floor, the bedrooms and bathroom on the second. Because of the kindness in Johanna's heart I got the biggest bedroom. Because of my lack of kindness I didn't refuse.

My room was pretty Amity; light orange walls, red bed set and a dark oak dresser and vanity. Of course I added my own personal touches to the room; the walls, and some of the ceiling were covered in drawings and quotes that I liked. And on top of the dresser were three dried and wilted roses. One for each member of my family that had left.

I stumbled a little as I went to my bed, and I'll blame it on how stressed I am and not how much of a klutz I really am.

You're probably wondering what happened to my family and why I now live with Johanna. To make it simple; dad died in a farming accident, mom committed suicide in the barn they got married in, and brother ran away and was never seen again. That left me, all alone.

This all happened by the time I was 8, and I got really depressed. I ended up being brought to Erudite's hospital and was sent to the psychiatric ward. I stayed there for three months before being deemed ok, and Johanna took me in. And ever since then I've lived with Johanna.

And that's my tragic story.

I laid back on my bed, and stared at the ceiling. I didn't feel like joining everyone at dinner today.

Tonight was it; tonight would be my last night in this room. The last night Johanna would be my guardian.

I got off the bed and opened my closet, and pulled out my art supplies and my painting clothes. It was a large button up plaid shirt that went to my thighs and a pair of shorts that hid under it. I could paint my leg to test out colours this way.

I grabbed some red, yellow, and orange paint and took it downstairs and into Johanna's office.

I had never painted anywhere except my room before, but I felt like this was a special occasion. Hope Johanna isn't mad.

I was in the middle of painting a rose in the giant heart when there was a knock on the door. I looked up to see Johanna fondly smiling at me a tray of tea and sandwiches in hand.

"Is this the part where I yell at you for vandalism?" She teased. I grinned at her.

"Sorry, I wanted to give you something before tomorrow"

"I think it's beautiful. And thank you for using our factions colours and not something disturbing" she set the tray down on the desk.

"Drink this when you're finished and eat at least half a sandwich"

"I don't really like tea" I told her. I thought she would remember this, it's not like I haven't lived with the lady for many years.

"It will help you sleep tonight" she told me softly and I knew it was laced with peace serum. Johanna kneeled down behind me and pulled my hair out of the messy bun I had put it into. She started to run her fingers through it, pulling out the tangles. I continued to paint the inside of the rose. I let out a deep breath before approaching what I wanted to say.

"How can you be so kind to me? I get that we're in Amity but how can you act like this to me. You've done everything for me, and yet we both know tonight is my last night here" my hand shook a little as I spoke and I cringed as a little bit of paint dripped into an area it wasn't supposed to.

Johanna didn't respond right away, instead starting to pull my hair into a braid.

"I left my family back in Candor. I cried like this too, I felt so guilty. How could I abandon the ones who raised me? But I did what was best for me, I thought of my happiness. And I know you Rosalie, you aren't happy here. You were always a reckless child, hard to control at times. So I know Amity isn't for you. But just because you don't belong here doesn't mean I don't love you any less. When I took you in I knew you weren't always going to be here, and if I knew I would be mad at you for choosing to leave I would have never taken you in. Your happiness comes first" she finished her statement by tying a red ribbon at the end of my hair. A wave of relaxation took over me, despite not drinking the tea and I wondered how I'd get through times like this without Johanna's soothing voice and gentle hands.

"So what happens now?" I asked even though it should have been me deciding what I do, I turned to Johanna hoping she'd make the decision for me just like she did when I was growing up.

"I figure you'll be going to Dauntless as I have a feeling that's where you'll be happiest, so this is what you'll do; train there, become the best you can. And I will be here in Amity cheering for you and still loving you. And should anything happen you hop on a train and you get back to Amity" my eyes watered a little as she said would commit a crime for me. Maybe I have been a bad influence.

"Now, you have a big day tomorrow. Get some rest. We can worry about cleaning up in the morning" she stood up and kissed my forehead like she did every night. She nodded her head towards the tea and sandwich, before gracefully exiting my room.

I sighed and put my paintbrush down having finished.

I really hate tea.