Chapter 1 I wake up as any other day in a Erudite household. Take a shower, dress in my blue attire, and head downstairs for breakfast. I only live with my mom because she chose not to meet anyone else after I was born. She felt she had enough on her plate with me and her job as a teacher at the school. "Good morning" I say to her as I'm coming down the stairs. She is already preparing a meal for the both of us. Normally it is just pancakes, but today she has a feast in the making. "Good morning sweetie. Ready for your big day today?" I look at her with a confused look on my face. What could be today thats so important? "Yes of course I'm ready. Could you remind me what I'll be doing today again?" "You'll be taking your aptitude test today. Why else would I be going overboard with the food this morning?" I couldn't believe the day has come. The day I'm told what I should be. But what if I get a result that I do not like? I would hate to be stuck in dull Abnegation. Amity is too loose to be a "fit" for me. I laugh slightly while I am eating at the thought of me in Amity. My mother gives me a look that I've seen too many times. Even though it is just us two, she wants me to be serious about my choice. I look back down at my hash browns sitting before me. I think of myself in Candor. I feel I would have too many secrets that even I don't know about to spill. I think of Dauntless for a bit. I remember my Mom saying that my father is Dauntless, but she would tell me that he was not a good man for leaving her. They live by the phrase "Faction before Blood" there. Here we just say it and don't really think it. It is difficult to leave family, but apparently not for my Father. Otherwise I might know more about him. I start cutting my pancakes up into halves. Then quarters. And then eighths. I love syrup more than anything. Then I start thinking about staying in Erudite. Yeah, I'd be comfortable here, but I still wouldn't feel like I belong. As much as I feel like Erudite is the safest choice, I don't think its the best. I always feel confined here. I get up and clean off my plate at the sink. I finish doing the dishes and head out with my mom to the Hub. She is administering the test for the whole city. She doesn't run the machines, but she keeps everything in line. We pull up to the Hub, a towering black building built before the war. Before the war, people used to roam freely throughout the city and even beyond. The thought runs through my mind. They told us stories of monsters that live outside the fences. I've always been curious, but curiosity used in the wrong way could lead to unintended consequences. I always liked that saying. I step in line with my fellow Erudites. They seem to be mainly discussing theories about what the test is like or what they might choose. We actually aren't supposed to talk about the results out in the open, so I guess this is the only way to talk about the possibilities without the chance of getting in trouble. I see some of the Dauntless messing with the Abnegation. Most of them are just joking with them about their lack of freedom, but not in mocking way as some of the Erudite do. They do it for fun rather than to spark spite in them. I don't like it though. And I feel I 'm going to regret letting my instinct take over.
