This Story is for a project in my 8th grade ELA class. Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 1 Serenity's POV
Today was an average day, just like any other Serenity Johnson had ever endured. She walked out of the bus parking lot to inside the school, chatted with her circle of friends, then went to her first class. Boring. Second class. Math. Boring except for the heated argument between the teacher and some random know-it-all kid. Third class was where things changed. World History- and the names of her Parents written on the board. Puzzled, confused, curious even, were some of the feelings she felt when walking to her seat in the back corner of the class. The teacher, Ms. Ritter, began with a bang. Quite literally. She slammed her fist on the desk at the front of the room, causing all the students to look up. "Today we will be learning about the history that shaped many of your parents. They lived in a society where people like us were called Divergents. Divergents had an aptitude for more than one faction, as they were known. Dependents took a test and this so called aptitude test served the purpose of telling the dependents about who they were. They would fit into a faction based on their dominating traits. They were either selfless, kind, honest, intelligent, or brave." she said. "There were exceptions, though. These exceptions were called by a different name, one that has been forbidden to speak. We will just call them special. Two of these special people brought us to where we are today. Their names are Six Prior and Four Eaton. They saved the city from a dominating power caused by the intelligent faction. This faction was destroying specials, and they would not stop until they opened a secret file, which led them outside the fence that surrounds the city. This file contained a video. Your task this semester is to create your own distopian society. You will each take an aptitude test like the dependents did, and will be given a faction to live in. The names are:
Selfless- austerity
Kind- concord
Honest- sincerity
Intelligent- Highbrow
Brave- skookum "
The class gasps. "In addition, you will be asked to move into their old city for a month, living the life they did, with your parents should they want to go. This trip is free of charge and all of you must go" she concludes with a grim smile.
-Oh no, The page broke and i can't put it back together!-
Serenity POV
I walk home after school, still thinking about her World History class. There were so many questions she needed to ask. Why are my parents so important? What is the word they were called? Will they go with her to the city? What about Gma E? By the time i'm done thinking, im up on the front porch of our house. I open up the door " Momma, Daddy, I'm home" I yell. "Sara, what did you do in school today?", Momma yells as she walks down the spiral staircase in the middle of our 3 story smart home. I sit down at the table and she follows suit. " We kinda learned about the um, uh, special war from about 17 years , Momma, your and Daddy's names were up on the board. I gotta take an aptitude test and move into the city, hopefully with you?" I say. Momma sighs, then gets out of the chair. "Im going to call your father, stay in the house, and try not to break anything." she says. I walk up the staircase to my room, which was quite large, according to Christabeth, my friend. I laid down on my plum purple mattress, pulled out my phone, plugged in my headphones, and bobbed my head to the music, eventually tiring. I curled up into a ball, and fall asleep to the interlude of Enter Sandman (Metallica).