A/N: Wow, so, look, I wrote a thing….he he. This is my first Divergent fic, and also the first AU/OC fic I've ever written. I guess a few things to know

1. I do not own the world of divergent, tobias eaton, tris prior, jeanie matthews, eric, or any of Veronica Roth's other characters that may appear in this story.

2. I do however own Lily, Gideon, Xavier, Sarah, Carla, and any other OCs you might see. Although I do have to give credit to my gf Kaitlin (who does not have an ff account, idk why) for helping me create Lily. If reading this makes you want to borrow them, please ask, I like sharing.

3. Lily and Gideon are meant to be one year older than Tris, except in the prequel, in the prequel they are 10 years old.

Prequel

Lillian Abercrombie was not brave. She had been told this ever since her first day of school. The Dauntless are brave, the Amity are not, no Amity has ever completed Dauntless initiation. From her long blonde hair that went down to her waist, to her soft red and yellow dress, with one look you could tell, Lily Abercrombie would never be brave.

But she wished she could be, every day as she watched the Dauntless jumping from trains and climbing walls, she wished she had their courage.

"You're staring again" Sarah said. Sarah was Lily's cousin. A short thin girl with dark hair and a pinched face. Her mother, Lily's aunt, had transferred to Candor on her choosing day, so her daughter had a knack for making all observations out loud. "For the sake of honesty", she claimed, though Lily thought it was really just because her cousin had nothing better to talk about.

"I know" Lily said passively, "I like to watch them."

"Why? Aren't you supposed to hate them?"

"I'm not supposed to hate anyone. Besides, I think they're graceful, it reminds me of dancing, the way they move."

Sarah stared at the Dauntless for a moment before sneering "they look like a bunch of monkeys if you ask me."

A Dauntless boy, running past them, stopped in his tracks and turned towards Sarah, "You're just jealous." He said, "Candors walk around running their mouths acting like that makes them strong, but really you're just jealous that you're not brave like us."

"I am not!"

"Liar!"

Lily gasped, Sarah had been called a lot of names, all the Candor had, but no one would dare call one of them a liar. No one except this boy apparently.

His name was Gideon. He was tall for a 10 year old, with striking blue eyes and black hair. He dyed the tips of his hair a different color every week. Today they were silver.

"Don't fight guys, please." Lily whispered, cowering a little. By now a group had formed around the three of them, the whole fifth grade seemed to be gearing up for a fight.

Gideon's gaze darted between the two of them for a moment, "Aw whatever, you're not worth my time." the crowd around them groaned in disappointment.

"Come on Gideon," another Dauntless boy shouted, "don't give in that easy!"

"Hey," another one said, "if he won't show 'em who's boss, I will." The boy broke from the crowd and snatched Sarah's scarf from her shoulders.

Sarah grabbed at it, but this boy was taller than her. She stomped her foot "I'm telling the teacher!" she cried and ran off.

The boy turned towards Lily, "Are you gonna run away too pansycake?"

Lily straightened her back, standing up real tall the way she'd seen the Dauntless do before a fight, "Give it back" she said, trying to make her voice sound strong.

The crowd around her echoed with a chorus of jeers.

"You want it? Go get it!" The boy balled the scarf up and threw it high in the air, where it landed over the statue the Dauntless climbed. He smirked and walked over to the other Dauntless, who cheered and slapped his back as everyone headed back towards the school.

Soon only Lily was left, staring up at the structure.

"You may as well give up" a voice behind her said, she turned to see Gideon standing a few feet away, "even I can't climb that high, and I'm the best in the whole grade." The comment wasn't boastful, just a gentle fact.

"I can get it." Lily grabbed onto the first handhold of the structure.

"Are you crazy?" Gideon grabbed her shoulder, "you're gonna get killed!"

"No, I won't. I can do it. I've watched you all climb this thing for years, I know how to do it." Lily pulled her self up, climbing higher and higher. She tried to remember every Dauntless she'd seen climb the structure, every placement, everywhere they'd gone wrong. Below her she could still hear Gideon calling to her, and not long after Sarah's voice joined in, along with a teacher's voice telling her that if she didn't come down she'd be in trouble. But she couldn't go down now, she was almost there; and she definitely couldn't look down to tell them that. Lily grabbed the scarf and began her journey down the structure, searching her memory for ever step she'd taken to be sure she wouldn't miss one. Her arms were beginning to tremble and she silently thanked her mother for making sure she never missed a yoga class.

After what seemed like forever, Lily felt her feet touch solid ground, and seconds later there were hands all over her.

Sarah was hugging her and crying "You're such a dummy, how would I have told Auntie Steph you'd died trying to get my scarf, huh. You're completely insane and I'm so glad you're alive!" Meanwhile the teacher was checking her for injuries and muttering about "crazy Amities, don't know the difference between kindness and stupidity" and Gideon was ruffling her hair and going on and on about "so cool!" and "never seen anyone climb that high!"

Once they'd all calmed themselves, Lily handed the scarf to Sarah and smiled "I got it down for you."