Day's POV

It is my tenth birthday and the day of my trial. I know that the test will change the whole course of my life. I know that I have to study but I don't know what to study. Maybe it is about the government but they change the subject of the test every day. I sit down on the couch. I have to be calm when they pick me up with all the other ten year olds in the sector. I wait for that one knock that will change my whole life. I sit there and then I stood up to go say bye to my mother. Then there is a knock on the door. I walk over there trying not to trip over Eden. Then I open the door.

"Are you Daniel?" the solider said.

I nod. I go out into the van. Then I see my family right after the door closes. I barely had the chance to wave good bye. I sit there waiting for the next few stops in the sector. They looked all shakey. I see the families of the children waving knowing that their children will go under the Republic's custody, stay in the poor sector, or if you are lucky in a sector like the Ruby Sector. I sit there quietly looking at all the children in the van seeing their faces. After the last stop we start going to the building where the trial is held. We go pass some of the rich sectors on the way. Everyone is staring at the majestic houses covered in gold and diamonds. Through the sector we see all of the rich families and the places that they work. All of us stare in awe while the time goes past quickly. The van stops and we are in front of the building.

One of the soldiers opened the door to the van. Everyone looks at each other waiting for someone to go out of the van first. I decide that I have to be brave so I stand up and go outside. Soon after other children comes outside. As soon as the last person comes outside the van, the solider told us the procedures of the trial.

"We will call you in five at a time. There you will take a test about the government. Then you will go outside in the courtyard and we will see if you can do the obstacles we had set up for you. Everything clear?"

The whole group nods. The solider went into the room and left us in the waiting room. We all started whispering about how we had wanted to become a soldier. I stayed in a corner away from everybody else. I waited for my turn for the trial. They call us up in order of first name from a-z. Five people already went into the room to take the trial. I was to be next to take the trial. I still was in the corner waiting for hours. Then it happened I was called up to take my trial along with a three girls and a boy.

I walked through the door into an isolated room. I look around the room and see that there is a table with a pencil and paper. I knew that this is the interview stage. I sit down and wait for the soldier to come inside the room. Then a door opens and the test begins.