This is a story with my made up character. I just like them to see what will happen if the characters of this world encounter someone from before the war. And I like the fanfics with Eric so why not, why stop now?
Of course, all rights are going to Veronica Roth. Except for my Valeria and maybe others in the future.
So I will stop talking let you read my story ^^

There were muffled voices around me, but my body felt so heavy that I couldn't bring myself to open my eyes or move a muscle. Without a second thought, I took a deep breath that field my lungs with the much-needed oxygen. It felt like I haven't done that in a long time. Only God knows how long I have been asleep. My eyelids started to flutter but the white light coming from above was too bright for my eyes to focus.
It took me a few minutes before my eyes fully focused and I was able to look at my surroundings. I was in a lab. Everything was clean and there were people in blue coats looking at monitors or on their tablets. I started to slightly move my hands and legs and I was happy that I could finally move them.
The sound of clicking heels made me turn to the direction of the approaching sound, just to see a blond woman above me.

"Valeria, I assume?" her voice was full of power and her eyes were looking at me curiously like I was some kind of lab experiment. And maybe I was just that. Considering that the capsule worked and I was in the future, for them to find something extraordinary like a human being in a capsule, was down fall a scientific breakthrough.

I sat up but my head felt dizzy from the sudden movement. The blond woman was still beside me, observing every move I make. I was actually very surprised that she was not taking notes. I held my head with my right-hand fighting the dizziness.

"You assumed right and you are?" I asked finally able to lift my head up to meet the woman.

"My name is Jeanine Matthews the leader of Erudite" she introduced herself but I didn't understand what she was saying. I looked around the lab for something that would probably tell me what year was it. To answer my questions of how long was I asleep. But there was no windows or calendars. I didn't like the feeling of relying on this woman to tell me everything I need to know. Something in my gut was telling me that I need to keep her in mind. The look on her face was something else but not friendly, but she makes a good job of hiding herself behind a fake friendly mask.

"I have so many questions."

"I will be happy to answer them. I just need some blood for testing before we can go to my office so we can talk" her voice was calm and somehow lying to you so she could gain your trust. But I wasn't fooled. I was very aware that I couldn't deny her drawing blood from me. If I deny that would surely make her more suspicious than she was now.

One thing was for sure. I needed answers and she looked smart enough to answer all of them. But I wasn't sure what would be the cost of her answering everything. How did she know my name? I didn't like the feeling one bit, but I tried to play along with her and make her think I was cooperating just enough until I find the basics.

"Sure" I simply answered and pulled out my right hand. I was good at playing roles. For some reason, I have the feeling she knew about me and that gave her the upper hand. I could play dumb and naïve until I have enough information. And as I suspected she seemed very pleased that I didn't protest about the blood. One of her lab minions came toward me with such an awe in his eyes that made me frown. He was gentle with the needle and when he got enough blood he went back to his station. "What do you need blood for?" I asked Jeanine who was still standing close to me like I was going to make a run for it.

"Just some testing. You do understand that we found you in a capsule witch by the looks of it was made before the war. We haven't had something like you here, so this gives us the opportunity to understand you better" she smiled with her fake smile. I smiled back, but I was totally not okay for her to understand me better. I started to shift and with some struggle and the soft supporting hand of Jeanine I was on my own two feet. And God I forgot how to use those. It was definitely a bad idea to wear heals when then put me here. Who would have thought that I was going to have a problem walking?

"I assume the slumber made your muscles a little bit weak, try walking around a little bit and we can make our way to my office" If I knew better she actually looked sincere and caring. But nothing good could come from a leader and she looked quite smart. I nodded and started to walk. At first, my steps were uneasy and I lost my balance quickly, but then my steps became more stable. Just for a few minutes, I was able to walk like I have been always walking, with grace, even with the heels.

The walk to her office was very strange. The corridors were long and everything here was blue. Everyone wore blue clothes and was the only black spot here. I looked uncomfortably at my dark purple top, black skirt and black short boots with heels, that echoed through the hallways. The looks that people were giving me was quite unpleasant and for the first time in my life, I felt so out of place.

"There are five factions. We are the smart ones. We dedicate our lives to knowledge and science. Every faction has its color, we wear blue. People are looking at you strangely because you look way too much like you are a part of other faction. They are called Dauntless. They, on the other hand, are brave and fearless. They are responsible for our security. As you might have guessed they wear black and have tattoos, like you." I was walking a few feet behind her and that made her turn her head slightly back just to see my reaction. Before I was able to ask her about the other factions we were at her office.
She took her seat on her desk and motion for me to sit on one of the chairs in front of her desk. I politely obligated, trying very hard not to look around with hungry eyes. Her whole office was full of books and my hands were itching to touch and look what kind of books she has.

"And the others?" I countinued the previous conversation.

"There is Abnegation, which are selfless, they prefer helping others and are in charge of our Government. There is Amity. They are peaceful and hard working people. They produce our food. Condor, they value honesty and are responsible for our law and order. That it's the short version. I'm sure you have a lot of questions and I'll be happy to answer them, but I need some answers in return"

As I knew she wanted something from me too. It was no need for me to second think my choices. I knew I had to give her some information in order to receive, but I was not going to fall for her charms and friendly smile. She was making me feeling comfortable in order to make me spill my guts out. I smiled at her. Maybe she was able to see right through me as I was able to see right through her, but there was nothing bad at me trying to look friendly.

"Okay, first: How do you know my name?"

She smiled to herself and her eyes wondered on her bookshelves that were all up against the walls.

"I know your name because I had read about you when I was a child" she simple answer leaving me with my mouth hung open.

"I made it as a children's book?" she let out a small laugh.

"You made it as a myth until we found you in the capsule. You see there are stories about people before the war that could know things that others don't know and your kind are very know for making a lot of things out of herbs that heal or even make people ill. It always fascinated me how those recipes were passed on from generations and were used for good and for bad." Something I didn't like in her fascination. She looked smart enough to know just what she wanted and right now I got the feeling that it would not only be me, but it would be also and the recipes. I could only imagine this kind of knowledge in her hands and just the thought of that made shivers run down my spine.

If I was that far in the future and science was evolved I didn't want to think what could they do with my knowledge of things. And how I could help them to expand their not only knowledge but the science too.
I tried my best to look natural like I haven't just figure out her master plan. I knew she would try to manipulate me in order to obtain the information she needed, but I wasn't ready to give it up just like that. I had nothing to lose.

"So how long I slept? What year is it?"

"It's 2146" For the second time my mouth flew open and my eyes widened.

"What?!"

"By the looks on your face and how the capsule looked, I would say that you were put into it just before the war started? Also, it's fascinating how the capsule worked. I'd never seen something so complicated yet simple like this." she asked, but she didn't need to ask. She already knew the answer to her question just from deducting.

"Yes the rumors started and they put me into the capsule so I could survive. I didn't think I would make it so far" I looked at my hands. That was a lot of years that I had missed. The world around me was probably not the same as it used to be and that somehow scared me a little bit. How was I suppose to fit in now, in this new society? "Look I have a lot of questions and it looks like your faction would have the biggest library there is. So what am I asking is full access to it, in order for me to understand what happened after the war." I felt like I have asked too much of her and I knew it would bite me in the ass afterward. I thought I wouldn't need her for answers and I wouldn't tie myself to her in any kind of way. But here I was relying on her to provide me information and without a doubt, there would be a price for it.

She seemed very into her thought but then she turned her head to me and her eyes focused on mine she wasn't playing nice anymore.
"Here is the deal. You need your place in our society. I don't need you running around and be above the law. We make a testing for each 16 years old in order to see in which faction they belong to. But I guess I could give you a choice. But choose wisely because there would be no second chance. If you decide to join us you would have full access to the library and I'm sure with your knowledge you would be very useful here. But if you chose something else I'm afraid that I can't let you go around and research. You see, here you can be just one thing. You can't be Abnegation and be knowledge hungry. You can't be brave and peaceful too. So if you choose one you stick with the one" the warm smile and friendly face were gone. Now she looked intimidated like hell. Her voice was cold and made me shiver.
The society was nothing like it was before. And now I had to make a choice of either getting stuck with the smart asses just to learn what happened to the world or go somewhere else where it might be better than here, but never know what happened.
I'm also risking what I know to fall in her hands. I was sure that if I choose to be here, she would squeeze everything I know from me and use it as she felt fit.

"There is always the chance of you not passing the initiation of the current fraction you choose and you might end up factionless. You see they are the poor, homeless and hungry once. So I would advise you to choose wisely. But I couldn't image what it's like to wake up after all those years and not know what happened to the world"

With every word she spoke, I didn't like her more. She finally showed her true colors and as I figured she was very manipulative.
My choices were a lot. One was sure, I cannot stay here. The first thing was that I might be smart, but I could never get that smart. Science was never my strongest subject. And I didn't want to risk everything I know to be in her hands.

I looked at myself. She told me I looked like I was a Dauntless. I needed to pass initiation. If they were the fighters I was sure I could do that. Not that I wasn't trained in the past. My mentor made sure I was able to defend myself as well as help the others that needed help. I looked at my circle tattoo on my right hand, that looked like entwined roses and different kind of herbs and I looked at my left hand where I had the fearless rune tattooed. So silly of me back then, to tattoo myself with something from a book, which probably didn't exist now.

"I want to go to Dauntless" I finally made my decision and looked up at her. She was not happy. I was only hoping that I made the right choice.

"I was sure you would choose Erudite. With the knowledge you possess, I would be happy to have someone like you here." She said with a little mischievous tingle in her eyes.

"Science was never my strongest."

"But you think you can pass Dauntless?" her one brow rose up.

"Yes," I answered confidently. "You were the one to say a looked like them"

"So you're giving up the information that we possess about the world now?" she asked unbelievingly.

"Yes, I am"

She looked at me skeptically but I had put my confident mask on. The game was on and two could play it. I was not going to let her get what she wanted from me. I was sure this was not going to be her last attempt to get the recipes, but at least for now she was defeated. She didn't push it, maybe because she didn't want to look like she was a threat to me. But I knew better.

"Okay, then I will contact the leaders of Dauntless to retrieve you. I would make sure you are legally part of our society without any questions asked"

She took her time talking on the phone. Which was nothing unusual for her, but for me was useful information. So there were still phones, computers, and clocks. I wasn't sure about the internet. But the looks of her office and by the looks of some book titles I read I could see that they were some old books even I had read or seen before.

"One of the leaders is on his way," she said finally putting down the phone.

"How did you know it was me? I'm sure you have read about the others like me."

"Your red hair gave you up and once I saw the tattoo on your right hand I just knew. Were you the only one that they putt up to sleep?" her curiosity was back.

"I was the first one I don't know about others" she nodded, she didn't look convinced but she didn't push the subject further. I was aware of how closely I have to pay attention to her and be careful of what I do and say around her. One wrong move and it might end up bad for me.