When Rome's in ruins, we are the lions

Free of the coliseums

In poison places, we are the anti-venom

We're the beginning of the end

Tonight the foxes hunt the hounds

It's all over now, before it had begun

We've already one

We are wild, we are like young volcanoes!

I wake up to my favorite band, Fall Out Boys, singing their song 'Young Volcanoes'. My name is Beatrice Prior but all my old friends called me Tris. I'm 17 years old and I'm starting at a new school today. That's why I said old friends. But at least now I'm going to school with my boyfriend Zaine. We've been together for a year and a half. I'm starting my junior year at Faction High. It's a kinda weird school. You take a test during summer called an aptitude test which basically asks you some questions about yourself and then puts you in a house or "Faction" that you'll most likely fit into.

There are five factions. Candor are the honest ones. They tell the truth no matter how rude or brutal it is. Amity are the peaceful ones. They are all about love and friendships and are nice to every, single, person. *Gag* Erudite are the smart ones. They everything about everything, Then you have abnegation. They are always selfless and puts others needs in front of their own. And lastly we have Dauntless. They are the brave ones and are really athletic and sporty.

I managed to get 3 of these factions, Abnegation, Erudite, and Dauntless. I don't understand how I got 3. The school says that it's rare if someone even gets 2. Once I get to the school I can choose which one I want to be in. I'm so picking Dauntless.

I get up and get dressed in a cute but casual black sweater, dark blue jeans, short black layer heal-boots, and a black beanie. (AN: The outfit link is in my profile!) I brush out my golden blonde hair that has a black streak down the side. I brush my teeth and finish all my other womanly necessities. I walk down the 2 flights of stairs in my house to get to the kitchen. I have a really big house because I'm kinda…rich? I guess. I just don't like fawning over it. My parents are really well known. My mom is Natalie Prior, the fashion designer that is currently running Gucci so she's everywhere. My dad is Andrew Prior, he's an important person in the Supreme Court.

My house is 3 stories. On the bottom there is the living area, kitchen, 2 bathrooms, the patio, my dad's office, and the backyard. The second story is the bedrooms, my brother Caleb's, my parents, my own, and 3 guest rooms. Each room has a built in bathroom. Then on the top floor is the game room, movie room, training room (my favorite), the indoor pool, and my mom's home studio/office.

I meet my mom and brother in the kitchen. "Hey" I say to them.

"Hi" they say back.

"So are you ready for school?" my mom asks.

"Yeah. I think I'm ready."

"You guys better get going or you'll be late," she warns us.

"'Kay! Bye! Love ya!" I yell as I walk outside. I walk into the garage to see my baby. My black and blue Lamborghini Aventador. Got it last year for my sweet 16! Caleb gets into his red Porshe 911. Caleb is a really cool brother. He and I like to street race every Friday night at the borders of Chicago. Our parents are barely home so they don't notice our absence.

I roll down my passenger window and Caleb rolls down his driver side window.

"Race!" I yell at him.

"You're on little sis!" We pull out of the garage and get our cars into a starting position.

"1!"

"2!"

"3!"

At three we both speed off to school. While we're driving side by side, trying to pass the other, we taunt each other. I see the school ahead and I speed up and get in front of Caleb and block him. We drive by the school and see people staring at us. I make a speedy u-turn at the light right before it turns red and Caleb almost gets stuck at the light. We pull in the school side by side really fast and damn near run over some kids in the street. We park next to each other and get out. I scream "I win!" at Caleb while sitting on my hood. I see a whole group of boys staring at me and my car.

"Sure you did" says Caleb.

"I did you little wuss!" I jokingly say.

"Come on let's go Dauntless" he teases.

"After you Erudite" I tease back.

I walk into the office and get my scheduale.

1st period-Ms. Johanna Reyes-English

2nd period-Coach Amar Atwood-P.E.

Study hall

3rd period-Mrs. Jeanine Matthews-Science

4t period-Ms. Tori Wu-Art

Lunch/Study Hall

5th period-Mr. Jack Kang-History

6th period- Mr. Max Daniels-Math

Locker #: 679

Combination: 01-07-33

It seems pretty good. I look up to see Zaine standing right in front of me.

"OMG! ZAINE!" I scream as I just into his arms. He picks me up and swings me around.

"TRIS! Oh my god, I missed you so much!" he says. We haven't seen each other all summer because his family went on a trip to England to see he's other family.

"I missed you too!" I say before kissing him passionately. He puts me down and says, "I have some people I want you to meet."

"Okay' I say breathlessly after the kiss. He pulls me over to 6 people who are standing next to my locker.

"Wait, why are they around my locker?"

"What's your locker number?"

"679"

"That's because mine is 680!"

"Yes! We'll be together all year!" I say excitedly. We walk up to the group of friends and Zaine starts talking.

"I found her!" he yells at them even though we're standing next to them. "Everybody meet Tris. My girlfriend. Tris meet my friends; Zeke, Shauna, Uriah, Marlene, Will, Christina, Four, and Vera." Hmmm. I wonder why his name is Four. I might ask later. (AN: I'm going to pretend that I described them because we all know what they look like.) And Vera is a tall brunette with crystal blue eyes.

"Hi" I meekly say.

"Hi" they all say back. It quickly gets awkward with a dull silence. But that the lords that Christina speaks up.

"So can I see your schedule?" she says

"Sure" I say and give it to her. She looks at it and they all pass it around. Once it gets back to me, Zaine takes it and says, "Is it weird or not that we all have the same god damn schedule?"

"Really?" I ask.

"Yeah they are changing the system now. Each grade for every faction has the same class. So all the Freshman Dauntless have the same classes, all the Sophomore Dauntless, Junior Dauntless, and Senior Dauntless, and so on with every faction." Zeke said.

"How did you know that?" I ask

Uriah says, "Zeke knows about everything going on at this school. He even knew you were coming."

"Oh. So you're like the schools social newspaper?!" I joke. Everyone laughs and Zeke says "I guess it's like that." Before I can reply the bell rings.

"Well, let's get to class!" says Marlene.

"Why are you happy about that?" I ask

"I don't know! I guess I'm just always happy! " she replies

"Oh well. Let's just get this over with."