CHAPTER ONE

She sighed, it was her birthday today. Her 16th birthday. She looked out the window, seeing the other houses on the street as the sun finally rises. It made beautiful colours in the morning sky, like a sunset but actually a sunrise.

"Happy Birthday" she says to herself, smiling. She turns and stares at her reflection in the mirror.

"Happy Birthday" a women said as she walked into her daughter's room, hugging her daughter from behind.

She smiled and turned around, hugging her mother "thanks mom"

The mother frowns and looks at her daughter. She rolls her eyes "thank you mother" she said in a fake fancy accent.

The mother smiles, oblivious to her daughters sarcasm towards her "good, now come downstairs"

"I'll be there in a second" she says as she goes to her drawers and tries to decide the clothes she'll wear for today. -Red and Yellow- she thought

Her mother walks down the stairs, saying as she glances back "okay love. Be happy, its your birthday"

She chooses a simple outfit, grey skirt and a red shirt with yellow buttons. She got tired of these colours. Yeah, she could wear whatever she wanted but it had to be in these boring same colours.

She walks downstairs as her family happily screams "happy birthday" she smiled as she hugged each member of her family.

First her brother, he was the second oldest sibling in the family. He is 18 now and decided to stay in Amity. He was tall, slim and his dark brown hair always looked like he just woke up. He was cute, in a kinda bad boy way. He had dark brown eyes just like our father. His name is Cayo, which means "Rejoice"

Then her other brother, the youngest sibling in the family. Three years younger than him, so he's thirteen now. He is avergae height for his age. He is slim like Cayo. But a bit more adventurous. He gets in trouble, but not as much as Joy. He has the same hair as Cayo but a lighter brown. His eyes were the same as their mother. His name is Felix, which means "Luck"

She then hugged her mother. She isn't very tall but she doen't mind. She has dirty blonde hair and is slim, just like Cayo and Felix. Her hair is short, it stops right before her shoulders. She had beautiful grey/brownish eyes. Her name is Bella, which means "Beautiful"

Last but not least, her father. He was the second tallest. The tallest was her oldest brother. He wasn't as slim as the rest of the family. He had dark brown hair that was neatly brushed and dark, almost black eyes. His name is Darwin, which means "Dear Friend"

Her oldest brother that was in Erudite was the tallest. He was very smart and wasn't exactly full on Amity, like his sister Joy. He still had some Amity in him, just not as much as the rest of his family. He is 19 now. He has short light brown hair with light brown eyes. His hair is always neatly brushed like his father. He isn't as slim as the rest but still a bit. His name is Cato, which means "All-Knowing"

Joy, she was now finally sixteen and on the day of the aptitude test. -Great- she thought -wonder what i'll get on my test-

The meaning of her name was obvious. It means "Joy" duh! She was average height and was slim, but not as much as her brothers and mother. She was kind, but could be dangerous if she wanted to. She was very smart and everyone suspected she would go to Erudite like her brother Cato. She is also brave, adventurous and usually tells the truth. Its hard for her to tell a lie, but she could. She has light brown eyes and long light brown hair that ends at her waist with a few blonde streaks of hair.

The whole family, except Cato since he is in Erudite, went to sit down for breakfast as the mother serves everyone cereal and a small piece of bread.

"I hope your excited and happy about your aptitude test today" her father says, looking at her with a smile

She couldn't exactly lie so she told half the truth "yeah, I'm excited"

but she left it at that, she didn't want to tell them that she was nervous and freaking scared as hell! After that, they all ate their breakfast in silence.

~APTITUDE TEST~

"Joy Summers, Blossom Mclean: Amity"

When she heard her name she panicked -No, calm down- she thought before following the girl called Blossom Mclean.

She walked into the room, it was well lit and had mirrored walls. In the center she saw a chair which resembles a dentist chair. She saw a Dauntless women next to it. It was obvious that the women was Dauntless since she was wearing all black. She was pretty, long hair and had three tattoos of birds. From her collarbone to the direction of her heart.

"Please, sit down" said the girl

She reluctantly sat down in the chair as the women passed her a glass of clear liquid. She took it and eyed it suspiciously.

"Drink it" the lady said, putting her hands to her waists as she waits for Joy to drink it.

"What if i don't want to" she snapped at the women, glaring

"Its either that or im forced to use a needle" the women said with a smirk

"Fine" she said as she slowly drank it and closed her eyes.

When she opened her eyes, she was in a room. The walls were all mirrors and she saw two items. Cheese and a Knife.

"Choose" a female voice said behind her

She hesitated, then turned around. There was no one. But she glared at the direction of the voice

"No" she said simply, pitting her arms on her waist.

There was a silence. Then the female voice screamed back "Choose!"

She screamed back "No!" Then, the cheese and knife disappeared. She turned around and saw a dog. It was huge, with sharp fangs. It growled as it walked slowly to her.

She ran to it and stopped in front of the dog, not scared. She slowly smiled and petted it. It stopped growling and barked playfully. She laughed as it licked her face.

"I could never kill you, that would be cruel" she said with a smile.

Suddenly, she heard a voice of a little girl "Puppy!" The girl said as it ran to the dog.

The dog turned evil again and barred its fangs as it pounced to the girl.

"No!" She screamed as she jumped to the dog, tackling it. Then, everything dissapeared.

She finds herslef in a bus, sitting across a man with scares and looks horrible. He looked up at her suspiciously

"Do you know this man?" He asks, pointing to a man in the newspaper. Shestares at the man, he looks familiar

"Im not sure, i think i saw him, but only for a second. He just looks familiar" she answers truthfully

He looks angrily "don't lie to me!" He looks sadder "you could save my life!"

She frowns "im sorry but i don't know him. I just saw him once and we didn't even talk" she did not know where and when she was describing this from but a wave of memory washed over her. She saw the man.

"If i could, i would definetly help you. I'm sorry i can't" she says kindly.

He smiles a bit and disappears

She wakes up with a start and looks at the women. The women looks up from the computer and frowns.

"I'll be right back" the lady says as she walks out.

She was scared -what's happening?- she thought -did I do something wrong?-

A few minutes later, the women came back.

"So what are my results?" Joy asks worried.

"Inconclusive" the women said calmly

"Um... What?" She asks tilting her head "what faction?" She asks again, she needed to at least have an idea of which faction to choose at the Choosing Ceremony.

"Well, you got Erudite for not choosing and submitting to the dog. And Dauntless for running up to the dog fearless. You got Amity for not killing it and what you said about not killing it was also a bit Amity. When you threw yourself at the dog, it was Dauntless and Abnegation. Finally, telling the man the truth gave you Candor and saying that if you could, you would help is also Amity and Abnegation." The women says looking over at the computer again

She looks shocked, she barely listened and stared at the women "Could you sum it up please?" She asked nervously

She lady clears her throat "you got Erudite, Dauntless, Abnegation, Amity and Dauntless" she says at the girl "it's called being a Divergent" she said the word 'Divergent' so quietly that it was barely audible.

"What!?" She asked in shock. The Dauntless women panics a bit "please call down" she says before she rereads what it says "your strongest traits are Erudite and Dauntless actually, even if the test we did didn't really show that"

She stares at the women. After a few moments of letting the newfound information sink in, she shoots up and runs out the door. The Dauntless lady screaming at her to come back.

Before disappearing, she hears one last scream from the lady "Don't tell anyone what you are!" She women screams as she runs outside, it was raining.

"Great" she sighs, putting her hand out, feeling the raindrops on her palm. She hugs herself and starts to walk towards her home.

She makes it back home. She was soaking wet as she sees her parents wait for her calmly in the living room.

She gulps "hello" she's says nervously. She wasn't as scared, her parents are never angry. It goes with Amity, they aren't supposed to be angry. But worried... Is totally allowed in Amity.

Her mother frowns slightly "we were worried about you... Where were you?" The mother asks, her arms crossed. She was literally never angry since both her parents are full born Amity. Tree-Huggers, they call us.

The father sighs in frustration, he wasn't naturally Amity since he was born in Dauntless. Weird, I know. But his mother was Amity and father from Dauntless.

She responds bravely, well... At least with a brave attempt "I decided to walk home" she says, shrugging slightly..

The mother sighs and uncrossed her arms "okay, my little joy" she says hugging her daughter tightly.