Hello everyone!
Here's chapter 1 of the sequel to my Divergent story What Happened? The sequel is about all the children! Disclaimer: This time I own almost all my characters! Except for Tobias, Zeke and Amar!
I hope you'll all enjoy it!
Sera
I groaned as I woke up, stretching my arms without opening my eyes. I was expecting the usual thump of my hands slamming into the wall... But it never came. Instead, I felt something cold and wet, and I opened my eyes quickly and shot up. My hands had been tangled into grass, and I was completely soaked because it was raining. 'What the...' I said, looking around. A shiver went down my spine when I realised how cold I actually was. I wrapped my arms around me as I looked around to find anything I recognised. I couldn't. I laid in an enormous field of grass, no houses in sight whatsoever.
I scanned the sky. The clouds were dark because of the heavy rainfall, however I could see that it wasn't night, the sky was somewhat too light for that.
What the hell was I doing there? There were no fields in Dauntless! I wanted to stand up when I heard someone gasp behind me. I turned around quickly and found my brother Nick. He looked as confused as I felt, and he raised his eyebrows at me. I raised my hands. 'I have no idea,' I admitted. When we looked around to whether we were alone, we realised that we weren't the only ones there. Our little sister Savannah was still sleeping and lied close to me. My boyfriend Julian, who also happened to be Nick's best friend was sleeping behind Nick together with his sister, my best friend, Melody.
I crawled up and walked over to Julian and Melody. 'Guys,' I hissed, shaking them awake. 'Leave me alone, S,' Melody moped, and wanted to turn around when she felt that she wasn't inside her comfortable bed. Her eyes fluttered open and she looked around, gasping as she did. Julian stared at me, and when I raised my hands, he looked at Nick. 'Would this be a prank from uncle Tim and uncle Rick?' He suggested and crawled up, helping Melody up as well. I walked up to Savannah and shook her awake softly. 'Sav,' I said softly. 'Sav, wake up.' Her eyes opened, revealing my mother's green eyes with brown flecks. I suddenly missed my mother, as I would usually call or ask her what to do in these sorts of situations... But I couldn't. We had no idea where we were... Could we be in Amity?
'What is it, Sera?' Savannah asked sleepily. 'Look around, Sav. We're not in Dauntless anymore,' I said softly. She jumped up and gasped. 'But Sera, what about mom and dad?!' She called after she'd located Nick, Julian and Melody. I shook my head. 'I don't know, love. I have no idea why we're here. We'll figure it out though, trust me.' Savannah hugged my waist, and I stroke her long blond hair to calm her down. Looking at her almost made me hysterical though, because she was the splitting image of mom, only Sav was way younger of course.
Nick was a combination of our parents. He had dad's hair and body, yet mom's eyes, nose and mouth. I however was the splitting image of my dad, as I'd got his dark blond hair and dark blue eyes, sometimes black when I was angry. I did get mom's body though, I wasn't muscular- I was quite feminine. Nick and I were 20, and Savannah was our little baby, she was six years old. We were 14 years older, but Savannah had not been planned: she was everyone's little present. Just like Nick and me, Sav had gotten her own number nickname. She was Seven, as she was mom the second, so five + two. Often people called me the Numbers, instead of our real last name Masters. Should mom and dad ever have another child, it would have to be Eight!
At that moment I realised what the last time was when I saw them.
Just last night, we were all having dinner in the cafeteria, kids and parents. We were all having a great time until Jenna, Zeke, Tim and Layla found out that Lake and Melody were dating and hadn't told their parents. One moment we were laughing, the next moment, Jenna and Layla were yelling at their children. Uncle Tim was looking really sad that Lake had done something like that, he probably felt like their bond was better than that. He and uncle Zeke shared a few looks as they let their wives rule the discussion, they were too disappointed. I did get it though, I wouldn't appreciate it if my child wouldn't tell me something like that, but yet again, I told my mother everything.
Melody and Lake started yelling back, and finally, it resulted into unsolved family businesses. My parents were quiet, because our family hardly ever fought or experienced troubles, but after a little while of hearing the others fight with their parents, Nick and I had something to say as well. 'We hardly ever see you,' Nick said accusitively, looking at mom and dad. Mom looked shocked and dad raised his eyebrows.
Nick was right, we hardly ever saw them anymore because we left home when we turned 16 (and after initation we got our own apartments) and they had real busy jobs. Every free time they had they were spending it with Savannah, and they tried to come over as much as they possibly could. Yet dad, being the new Dauntless Co-leader, and mom being a teacher AND baker, there was hardly any time left.
I knew I shouldn't be mad, but I couldn't help it... I stood by my twin brother.
'You only have time for Savannah,' I said, looking at Nick as he nodded. Mom and dad looked at each other and mom's eyes were worried, dad's eyes were somewhat more incredulous. 'It isn't like you come visit us at any time,' he said, shaking his head. 'We are quite busy indeed, we have busy jobs, but you can come look for us too.' Mom nodded silently. 'Nick, Sera, we miss you very much, we really do, but you can't expect us to run around following the two of you because we miss you.'
I knew they were right, yet Nick and I took it further. We threw arguments at mom and dad, they tried to react reasonably but our arguments became stupid. After a while we were just yelling at them. 'It's like ever since we left home you seem to have forgotten about us,' Nick said angrily, and I nodded. 'you have Sav, the little sweetheart. You don't need us anymore. Well guess what, WE DON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE EITHER!' I yelled. 'MAYBE WE SHOULD ALL HAVE NEVER BEEN BORN!' Melody screamed at her parents. Nick and I stared at mom and dad, who looked broken now. Dad's usual hard face looked like he'd been punched in the face by someone he loved, and mom's face looked like her heart was broken into a million pieces.
Before I could regret my decision and apologize, Julian pulled my hand and we ran away. I felt dad's eyes burn into the back of my head, and I started crying into Julian's shoulder once we'd reached the next hallway.
And now we were here, no clue or idea why, we were just there. 'Guys, I don't know about you, but I feel terrible about yesterday evening,' I said. Everyone nodded. 'We broke their hearts,' Melody said softly, her voice trembling. Lake kissed her temple and grabbed her hand. 'Where are the others?' Nick suddenly asked. I frowned, yeah, the others had been fighting with their parents too right? Like Flynn, Catherine and Theo? Why weren't they here?
'We are with the group that slept together last night. Flynn, Cat and Theo went home. We spent the night and Nick and Sera's,' Julian said, ruffling his hair. Melody nodded, 'I think you're right, Juke.' 'We didn't eat peace bread or anything right?' Lake asked, trying to find an explanation for our weird blur. We all shook our heads and tried to crack our brains.
A tear slid down my cheek. I thought of my dad's eyes, they'd looked so hurt that the blue in his eyes was almost transluscent. Mom had grown pale during the conversation and fiddled with her fingers, a habbit she'd passed onto me. The look on her face was so... Full of pain, so hurt. I couldn't believe we'd done this to them. They loved us to death, and we knew it. I looked at Nick and his eyes were blurry, he couldn't believe us either.
'We have to find them and apologise, guys,' he said, scraping his throat. Everyone nodded in agreement. 'Let's start walking then, because we have no idea where to go,' Savannah said, our little smart girl. 'I can see a house far away, we could walk up to it?' Julian suggested. We all agreed again and started walking. I had almost forgot about the rain, had I not stepped straight into a puddle. 'Damn it,' I whispered as I shook my foot. My sock was soaked immediately and I sighed. I deserved it anyway.
We kept walking, avoiding most puddles, but we were soaked because it was pouring, as if the sky was crying because of our stupidity. When we arrived at the house, we decided to put our sorrow aside. It wouldn't get us anywhere at that moment, we had to find our way home and then we could get back to feeling like crap. The house looked beautiful, it was big with a wooden roof. 'I wouldn't want to have a wooden rood in an open field,' Nick said perceptively. 'Hopefully thunder doesn't strike here.' I shook my head, he was right, it was quite a risk the owners had taken.
Nick knocked on the door and we waited for someone to answer. It didn't take long until an old lady opened the door and was able to tell us how we could get back to the city centre. 'Ma'am, shouldn't you go with us?' Lake asked, slightly worried. 'If the thunder strikes here, the roof will burn down.' The lady smiled at Lake and shook her head. 'Thank you dear, but I have lived here for years. Sometimes you have to just have faith in what you are doing. You can't always hide from a storm. Sometimes you have to face the storm and beat it.' We thanked her, and she closed the door. She left us all thinking.
After a little while, the field finally came to and end, and houses started dooming up. We exulted and walked the last part with renewed hope. 'It looks different, or is it me?' Julian asked as we approached the city centre. I shook my head. 'You're right.' All houses were different. Different shapes, different colours, patterns... But it were the people on the street that caught our attention. Non of them were wearing colour-coded clothes? Colours mixed with grey and black...
My heart skipped a beat. Where the fuck were we?
'Excuse me, ma'am?' Nick said as he approached a woman, dressed in green. The woman looked up and smiled. 'Hello, can I help you?' She asked. Was she from Amity? Uncle Tim told me once that he used to wear all sorts of colours, even green. 'Yes, could you tell us where we are?' Melody asked confused. The woman looked surprised. 'We're in Chicago. Poor dears, are you lost?' She asked as she looked at Savannah. My mouth fell open, as did Nick's. Chicago?! That's where we lived!
'A-Are you sure?' Nick asked confused. She nodded. 'Thank you very much, miss,' Julian said politely. 'Do you happen to know a place where we could get something to drink nearby? And to seek shelter from the rain.' She nodded immediately. 'Yes, there is a little bakery nearby. Those girls are very sweet, they will take care of you. It's called Isenna's Dauntless, it's down the road.' My heart skipped a beat again, and my eyes caught Melody's. 'Thank you very much,' we said in unison, and started walking down the road.
'I can't believe this, Isenna's?' Julian asked confused. Nick nodded, 'how is this even possible?' 'What is this for sick joke,' he mumbled, and grabbed Savannah's hand because she looked scared. 'Yeah, we're in a factionless Chicago. I'd always imagined how it would be, but now I would want nothing more than to see the gates of Dauntless. I'll even jump down into the net, I promise.' I shook my head, it was all a big riddle to me.
'Guys!' Lake said, stopping dead in his tracks. He pointed towards a bakery, just a little down the road. There it was... Who would we find inside? Would mom be there? Would she recognise me? A loud thunder strike caused me to jump up. 'Let's go inside!' Savannah said quickly, and pulled Nick and me towards the door. I took a deep breath when I reached the door, and crossed my fingers that mom was in there. Nick opened the door, let all of us inside and quickly followed himself.
The warmth of the bakery welcomed us and the smell of chocolate croissants and multiple sorts of cake entered my nose, causing my stomach to grumble. 'Seriously, I smell your mother's brownies, S,' Julian said, leaning towards me. 'Yeah, and I smell your mother's pies,' I whispered, looking around. We walked over to a table and grabbed an extra chair. 'Guys, this clearly isn't our Chicago, we can't pay for any of this, our money isn't valid,' Melody said as she scanned the menu. I shook my head and looked up, only for my jaw to drop. 'What is it?' Julian said as he looked at what I was staring at.
It was his uncle Rick! He was walking around wearing an apron, bringing food around. 'Mel,' Julian hissed, and pointed at Rick with his head. She gasped. 'That means that mom MUST be here, for sure!' We all nodded and scanned the place. 'Oh my God,' Melody hissed, pointing at another part of the restaurant. 'It's aunt Emma!' I looked at the spot she'd pointed to, and saw aunt Emma and uncle Rick laughing about something as they were cleaning a table. 'They look young,' Savannah said with a frown. They really did, how was that even possible? 'Why is this so WEIRD,' I said with a sigh.
'Well, they will not recognise us, they look like they are as old as we are, which means that we should be two and a half to three,' Nick said. 'We are in such big trouble,' Lake sighed. Nick shot me a quick look. 'There's uncle Tim, guys,' he said, pointing at the counter. Uncle Tim was helping customers as Emma and Rick were waving at him like idiots, causing him to laugh and apologise for his colleagues. I smiled, my family was crazy.
'I have a feeling that we've been sent here for a reason,' Lake said as he looked at his father. 'However I'm quite sure it's not to see our parents and family being weird.' Melody shook her head, 'and I don't think that all our parents would be working here, that would be too easy, wouldn't it?' Nick and I stared at each other, then stared at Savannah. We were all there, the ones who'd been fighting with our parents last night. Except for Sav, but she ran after us to talk to us after the fight.
Wait. THE FIGHT!
My mouth fell open. 'Guys! It's because of the fight! We have to-' I started, but was interrupted by a certain voice.
'Hello,' a girl's voice said. Nick, Savannah and I turned around quickly.
It was mom!
Well, the 21 year old version of mom. If she was 21, she would be married to dad right now, or at least engaged. I checked her hands, but I only saw a ring I didn't recognise, but I knew enough to see that it wasn't an engagement or wedding ring. Oh God.
Her blond hair was very long, it almost reached her lower back... And her eyes were so familiar. She looked so young, like she could be one of my friend instead of my mother. I could see why dad had fallen for her. I already knew before, but in my memories she was older of course, she was taller (because I was shorter) and when I was finally taller, she was 36, so I couldn't remember her being this young and short.
When she was 21, Nick and I were four... But where were we now... Were we alive? I wanted to hug her so bad and tell her I was sorry, but something told me that she would look at me with a weird look on her face and call a shrink. That realisation caused a lump to form in my throat, and I tried my best to swallow it. 'Welcome to Isenna's, I haven't seen you before, have I?' Mom asked surprised.
No wait, I couldn't call her mom... It was weird, she was my age. I wanted my real mom, this was Iris.
We shook our heads and smiled at her politely. 'Gosh you're all wet, it's brutal outside isn't it? Well welcome to my little bakery. Isenna's Dauntless is a combination of a restaurant and a bakery that my best friend Jenna and I, Iris, own together. We combined the named, and came up with Isenna's!' She explained happily. 'And what about Dauntless?' Nick asked, his voice small. We were talking to our 21 year old mother, how weird is that?
She stared at Nick for a little while, then shook her head. 'I'm sorry, you look a lot like my brother,' she laughed and smiled. 'We chose the addition of Dauntless because we took a leap of faith. We were Dauntless when we put all our savings into this business,' she explained. I nodded. 'Well, it seems to be running quite smoothly, doesn't it?' I asked. She nodded excitedly. 'It's going very well, thank you!' She took out her little notebook to take our orders when Melody eyed me nervously.
'I'm so sorry, Iris, we're not from here. We just found out that your money is different from our money, we haven't got any,' Julian said, somewhat embarrassed. Iris' mouth fell open. 'Oh, that's not good! How did you get here then?' Nick's eyes widened. 'By train,' he said quickly. 'We're searching for our parents,' Savannah said softly, staring at Iris who looked like she felt really sorry for us. 'You can stay here as long as you want, okay? We're known for our atmosphere and music,' she smiled, sensing she shouldn't ask more questions. 'Thank you, mo- IRIS,' I said, then called her name to cover up my almost screw up.
My face grew red, and my cheeks felt hot. The others looked shocked, and Iris raised her eyebrows.
'Did you just say... Mom?'
