Divergent is and hopefully always will be owned by the great and awesome Veronica Roth. If I owned it *SPOILER ALERT* Tris wouldn't have died and neither would Will have. The only character I own is the adaptation of Tris based on my personality. I know it must seem a little vain or egotistical to write something that's a kind of about I but you all have imagined what you would do in certain situations, I just wrote it down. Anyway you will recognize a lot of paragraphs because this is divergent except if I was Tris. It will however probably divert when my personality would make it divert. For the purpose of the story I am going to let you know a little about myself. Firstly I also changed Tris's appearance to match those of a friend of mine (she begged and I folded) also I myself do believe in God (if that offends you, stop reading, and I don't need any nasty comments about it either) that belief will only come into play when the story refers to God and religion. Other than that I think you can infer every thing else about me from the changes in the story. Also sorry for the really long Authors note I promise there will be minimum notes after this one. Thank you for reading.
There is one mirror in my house. It is behind a sliding panel in the hallway upstairs. Our faction allows me to stand in front of it on the second day of every third month, yep one day every third month, you read that right. And that is only because that's the day my mom cuts my hair. This is definably the one thing I hate about my faction more than the bland as cardboard food. Also the fact that I feel as though I never get to state my opinion and never speak my mind. Anyway back to my story. I sit on the stool as my mom cuts my hair. The strands fall on to the floor in a light brown ring.
When she finishes, she pulls my hair up into a bun. I note how calm she looks and how focused she is. I also note how different she is from me. She is well practiced in the art of losing herself. I'd be lying if I said I was anything like that. Sometimes I think I belong more in Erudite or Dauntless. I'm not very selfless but I love to learn and ask questions, I also have quite the attitude, I love danger too. None of those qualities are very Abnegation like.
I sneak a look at my reflection not entirely out of curiosity. I have to admit it was a little bit out of vanity too. A lot can happen to a person's appearance in three months. And I love looking at how I have changed in that amount of time. In my reflection I see a narrow but wide face, round eyes and a long, thin nose. Though I do look older. We don't celebrate birthdays, like the other factions. That would be considered self-indulgent. I do wish I knew when my birthday though. It would be nice to know when I was born.
"There" she says when she pins the knot in place. I would personally like to let me hair down and loose. But that wouldn't be modest. Her eyes catch mine in the mirror. I quickly look away and prepare for a scolding. But it never comes instead she smiles and says "So today is the day".
"Yes" I reply
"Are you nervous?"
I stare into my own eyes for a moment. Today is the day of the aptitude test. The test that "Will decide my future". The test basically tells me which of the five factions I "belong" in. And tomorrow, at the Choosing Ceremony, I will decide on a faction; I will decide the rest of my life; and most importantly, at least to me, I will decide to stay with me family or abandon them; I will choose to be able to see my family whenever and make them proud, or see them once a year if at all and always fear that they are disappointed in me.
"No", I say. "The tests don't have to change our choices" It's true they don't and I don't think it will change my choice. I am going to choose to stay with my family. I love them and I don't ever want to disappoint them, but at the same time I don't think I belong here.
My thoughts were interrupted by my mother. "Right." She smiles. "Let's go eat breakfast."
This is the shortest I will post. I am kind of just testing the waters with this story. So 3 comments and I will post another.