Today is the aptitude tests. I am really nervous. My mother Natalie, is cutting my hair which only happens every 3 months and the only time I can look at my reflection. Our society is divided into 5 factions. Candor the honest, Amity the peaceful and kind, Dauntless the brave, Erudite the intelligent and Abnegation the selfless.
In Abnegation which I'm born into is simple and plain, we always just wear gray. Our clothes are simple and we eat simple food. We are the selfless. We help people like the faction less who don't fit into any faction. For me, it's difficult to be selfless. My brother, Caleb, he is just naturally selfless. He helps everyone, even when he isn't asked.
I feel like I don't belong. Today every sixteen year old will take the tests to see which faction they belong to. And tomorrow is the Choosing Ceremony where we can pick any faction we want.
We will have to leave our parents and won't see them again except on visiting days. I don't want to leave my parents and brother behind. Mother finishes cutting my hair and I peek at my reflection one more time without her catching me, and she closes the sliding cupboard which the mirror is on. " Good luck on your test. And remember I'll always love you no matter what faction you choose." she says softly.
She hugs me and sends me off to school on the bus we take every day. The school is full of high school students in different colours of clothing from their factions. The aptitude tests are starting now. My hands are sweaty and white from clenching my fists too tight. I am anxious.
I wonder what my test results would be. It is my turn, so I go into a room with mirrors as walls and a chair with a machine next to it in the middle of the room. " What's your name?," a lady says. I would think she's from Dauntless because she has a tattoo of a hawk on her back and a couple piercings. "Beatrice," I answer. "Well Beatrice, take a seat."
I sit down in the chair which is made of hard metal and the woman whose name is Tori gives me a tiny cup. "Drink this." I don't know what it is but I drink it anyway. A minute later I drift into a different world. I am in the same room but with no one else in it. Just me in the metal chair. The mirrors reflect my reflection in every direction.
And then I see two objects on a table. A knife and meat. "Choose", a voice says. "Why?" "Just choose." it says again. I cross my arms. If I don't know what it's for then I'm not doing anything. I guess I'm stubborn that way. "OK have it your way." Then I hear a growl from behind. It is a brown snarling dog. Now I know what the meat or knife was for.
It looks at me with fierce and aggressiveness in its eyes. I know a bit about dogs but not much. If I look into its eyes it would be a sign of aggression. I don't have a choice but I have to crouch at the dog's level and look away.
It stops in front of me and whimpers. He sloppily licks me on the side of my face. It worked. Then I see a girl and the dog bars and charges at her but before it reaches her I jump on top of it. Then I wake up and see a surprised expression on Tori's face. I shake off the drowsy feeling and ask, " what were my results?" She doesn't say anything. " Is something wrong?"
After a while she answers, " The test didn't work on you. You can be in 3 factions." She looks very uptight and concerned. " Erudite, Dauntless and Abnegation. You are divergent." Tori whispers so quietly that I can barely hear her. I am shocked.
" You have to promise that you won't tell anyone. Not your family, friends, no one. It's extremely dangerous. They want to kill divergence. People can't control divergence because they are different from the others, and they can fight the serums and simulations." She ushers me out the door and tells me to go home. Tori says in a serious tone, "be careful."
