The Selfless & The Selfish: Introduction
Lilith had known all along that she never belonged in the abnegation faction. It wasn't the fact that her parents hated her or beat her to submission every night. It wasn't even the fact that she had been named Lilith by her strictly religious parents. It was the fact that she knew she couldn't even help herself, so how was she supposed to help others. It was the fact that she liked to stare at herself and her bruises to remind her why she wanted out. As far as Lilith was concerned, she had only cared about herself for as long as she could remember. That's why her parents punished and despised her.
But, soon, she would be free. Soon, she would be rid of her parents and no one could stop her from doing the things that she wanted to do. She was tired of being controlled and tired of being told how to act. She didn't care what others thought of her and didn't want to help them. Why should she? What had they ever done for her?
The Candor told her things she already knew. The Erudite talked incessantly about minuscule details. The Dauntless could care less about anyone, but themselves. The Amity just cared about their own faction and the peace within it. And the Abnegation are so obsessed with helping everyone else that they don't even care about the people in their own faction, so obsessed that the parents try to break their children's will to care about oneself to the point of physical abuse.
Lilith has had just about enough of all the factions and her parents. And the only faction that sounds remotely appealing to her now is Dauntless. A faction where she could be free, be selfish, and not care what anyone thought of her. A faction where she could get strong and face her fears. As far as Lilith knows, she's only afraid of seven things.
Her Parents
The Unknown
Darkness
Physical Contact
Thunder & Lightning
Animals
Falling
Her parents are an obvious fear of hers for obvious reasons. The unknown scares her, because the world she lives in now with the factions is all she's ever known. The darkness is when she knew her parents would come home to beat her. Physical contact for more obvious reasons. Thunder and lightning reminds her of "God's wrath" as her parents would say to make her submit to their faction's rules. Animals for their lack of submission and own free will. In her mind, those two things are the most power anyone could have. Falling reminds her of feeling helpless and pain to come.
Lilith wants to get rid of these fears for good and the only way she's been taught to get rid of something is by facing it head on. Follow Lilith on her journey to see which fears she eradicates and which ones stay. See how well Lilith does through the Dauntless initiation. Will she fail horribly and become faction-less and scared for the rest of her life? Or will she prevail at the top and remain Dauntless?