Hello fellow readers out there! I'm super excited to share with you my own take on the Divergent World. Just so everyone knows I've only seen the films (sorry to lazy to read… well except fanfiction of course:) This is my first fanfic so please any constructed criticism is much appreciated. Rate and review if you don't mind! I'm a college student so I'm not sure of how often I'll update, but I guess that depends if people take a liking to it. This story will have some mature themes so beware. Other than that I hope you guys enjoy!
Disclaimer: I sadly don't own the Divergent series. I only own my OC and the plot.
Prologue
Rae is Amity and with Choosing Day approaching it was time for her to start thinking about of her future. She had always thought Amity was where she belonged. Her parents were Amity so that must mean she had to be, right? She wished her parents were there to help her through the confusion. The only family she had now was her grandfather, Poppy. Everyone in Amity knew who Poppy was, being that he was one of the oldest Amity members. Which was certainly unusual throughout all of the five factions.
Many of the elderly would end up becoming factionless if they became too fragile to work and could no longer provide for the factions. The faction system was meant to keep everything running smoothly and to provide to all of the factions and those who kept it running. The elderly were seen as a nuisance to the factions as they were just one more group to take care of and why? They didn't provide anything to the factions even though they had in their youth. It didn't matter they served their abled bodied time to give to the factions only to be thrown away like garbage, but this was to be expected. If an older member was severely ill, the absolute last resort was to take them to Erudite even though they had the best medical technology, one look from an erudite doctor and it was a smile and a helping hand out the door to the streets. As Erudite would say there's no cure for old age. This wasn't looked upon as cruel in their society, it was expected; it was everyone's fate.
At Amity the best the healers could do was try to make them comfortable, with an extra dose of peace serum if they were close to death. It was rare for Amity to put anyone out on the streets. Amity was the peaceful faction and tried to keep elderly doing small jobs for the faction. Whether this was peeling potatoes or sewing up patches in clothes (which was constantly happening) it gave the older members a purpose and brought them happiness.
Amity always tries to put the elderly out of sight when other factions came for evaluations. Rae never worried about Poppy during this time though. Poppy was a very strong, fit man for as old as he was. Even when it would seem he was coming down with a cold, Rae would become concern, but Poppy would assure her he would be fine and sure enough the next day he'd be in tip top shape. Poppy was definitely better off then most of the older men at Amity. He still had his strength, which could be said was just as much if not more then most younger men. Being as strong and healthy as he was allowed him to work the same job he's had since he was a young initiate. He was the head of the livestock at Amity. He made sure all the animals were well taken care of. His favorite place in all of Amity was the stables. Poppy absolutely loved horses; he thought they were stunning and majestic creatures. When Rae was little she could remember her grandfather often saying how horses were smarter than people. Anytime Rae faced a problem, Poppy would always try to incorporate horses into his metaphors for her to better understand how to handle life. Many people looked up to poppy because of his wisdom. Even Johanna, Amity's representative.
Since Rae was little she could remember Johanna coming over to Poppy's house for tea and cherry cobbler. Johanna usually went to Poppy's house to discuss future plans, issues Amity was facing, or just to have a regular old chitchat. Johanna valued Poppy and saw him as a great and dear friend to her and Amity. Johanna also deeply loved and cared for Rae. Since Rae's parents died in the fire, Johanna always made sure Rae was taken care of and treated her as if she was her own daughter. She had always protected Rae from the evil in the world, but can she protect Rae even when she's the one running towards the evil.