Three years after DV. No war. Max turned to the other factions to stop Jeanine from taking the situation with the Divergent too far. He did not want Dauntless to become something they were not, and wanted things to remain the same. The other factions agreed and kept the two factions on a sort of probation in the years following. Aptitude tests are all entered manually, enabling Divergents to hide their results, so they are not subject to ridicule. Things changed among all factions, but Abnegation and Erudite still shared indifference. The system was still rocky but had gotten better in recent years. Initiation at 18 not 16.
Natalia's father, Calvin Stephenson, is a Candor leader. Her older brother William had died when she was fifteen, he had been eighteen and was only three months away from taking his aptitude test. Their mother, Jamie Lynn, had been Jeanine Matthews twin sister. She had transferred with Calvin from Erudite. She died giving birth to Natalia. Since her brother had died, Natalia had changed completely, becoming closer than ever to her cousin Matthew (Jeanine's son) who was only a week younger than her. There's much more to the story, so read and find out! (Eric/OC eventually)