I never though I could run like that. The power they all gave me was phenomenal. Is this what it is to feel free? Maybe it was. I saw my bright haired cousin a few meters in front of me, pumped up my run and caught up to him.
"Hey Ash! Guess what?" I yelled as the wind was messing my hair up.
"KYE!" He shouted with a huge smile "Didn't know you had it in you nerd!" I smiled back, it was good to have him around. We ran together all the way to the train tracks. Ash gave me a boost, I caught the pillar's edge and climbed up. The yellow light peeked at the corner of the rails, and everyone started running. I clenched the metal bar next to the door, pushed the button and pulled myself in. I let out a sight and turned around to give a hand to my cousin.
"Damn you're fast nerd!" He laughed. He messed up my hair and I shrieked. The blond guy I saw him sit next to at the ceremony walked over and asked my cousin
"Who's she?" He had such a deep voice, harsh and cold.
"Oh hey Eric! That's Kye, my cousin!" Ash smiled. I didn't really know what to do, so I just took out my hand, so Eric could reach to shake it. He gave me a petrifying look, and grunted.
"I don't shake hands with new recruits. Get in line, we're almost there" And he turned his back.
"Rude much." I whispered to my cousin.
"Naaah, don't worry. He's a dickhead, but he's still a friend. He's a really good leader, but everyone is kind of scared of him" Ash chuckled and guided me next to all the other new transfer recruits. "Sit tight, the worst is yet to come" He winked and left me at the back of the train, whilst he ran back to the front, probably meeting up with the Eric dude. I was seriously hoping Ash was joking when he said the worst was yet to come.
I turned around and looked at all the other recruits. We weren't a lot this year, it almost seemed odd. Four candors, three boys, one girl, one amity girl, and one abnegation guy. Was I the only Erudite? Not possible! To other ceremonies I attended, bunch of Erudites went to the Dauntless... Oh well, I guess I'll be called the nerd then. The doors of the train opened in a creaking noise, and everyone started to run out. I sat there, startled. What was going on? I got up in a jump, came close to the doors and saw a huge rooftop in front of us, and all the Daunties jumping out of the moving train. What was that, suicide before even getting to the place? I shook my head, wondering what I put myself into, and didn't think twice before jumping out. I hit the concrete rooftop, and finished my jump in a roll. Those damn Erudite pants where preventing me from actually moving correctly. In a mini fit of rage, I started ripping them off. When I managed to get my knees free from the fabric, I just pulled, and ended up with some kind of shorts. I was looking somewhat ridiculous, but I didn't care, now I could properly run.
"HEY! ERUDITE! GET OVER HERE!" I heard yell in my back. I turned around to see all the recruits gathered around the Eric rude dude. What now? I approached in a little jog pace.
"Okay, so if you want to get to the Dauntless compound, you have to jump. This drop is a few stories high, but I don't guarantee what's a the bottom." He gave the assembly a daring look. Nobody was volunteering. He wasn't going to pick us out, it hope?
"You, Nerd! Get on that ledge!" He shouted, looking dead straight into my eyes.
"Seriously?" I asked, looking down the hole in the building.
"Yes! Do it, or I'll push you myself." I swallowed my excess of saliva. It tasted sour. I climbed on the ledge, and looked down one more time. I was not afraid of heights, but damn was that drop long! I threw my glasses on the floor, anyway I didn't really need them, except for reading. But I had the feeling i wouldn't have the time to read much in there. I almost jumped but decided to get rid of my hair-tie that was still tangled inside my messy hair.
"Ya done? We don't have all day" Spit out the Eric rude dude.
I looked at him with a murderous gaze, grinned and showed him my middle finger before plunging forwards into darkness.
I landed in a huge net, bounced around a couple of times, before someone grabbed the net to make me drop out.
"What's your name?" The woman asked. She was tall, like super tall. She had some "Asian" traits, as the ancestors liked to call them, really dark eyes, and long black dreads.
"Skylark" I whispered softly.
"You can change your name. But choose wisely. You won't get to change again." She said.
"Kye. I'm Kye then."
"Okay. - FIRST JUMPER KYE!" She shouted to other Daunties standing nearby.
The last jumper was the Amity girl, and she came out of the net all shaken up, she really looked like she was going to pass out. Eric, the girl who helped me out and the few other elders that jumped after us started walking through all the tunnels. The stone was of a pale grey tone, fresh to the touch. It made me shiver when we walked over a running river.
"This is the Chasm" Said Eric as he stopped to the other side of the bridge. "It reminds us that there's always a choice when being part of the Dauntless. And that there's a fine line between bravery and idiocy." He smirked and brought us to another huge cavern. I was at least 30 meters high. We could see various shops, parlors and bars around, and what seemed like apartments all the way at the top. None of the paths or stairs had rails, but it didn't seem to bother any of the faction members. So I guess it must be the same everywhere here.
"And this is the Pit. It's the center of life here. You will find everything you need."He waved at someone down in the Pit, then turned back to us. "You will be trained by Christina and Will, the Dauntless born will be trained by Ash and Tori." He explained, designating the people as he named them. Dauntless born, you can go to you quarters, the transfers, follow me! Time to get changed now." Eric showed us the way to our 'dorms', through an intricate path in the stone. He opened a set of big wooden doors, and let us all in our 'quarters'. It was just a huge room with 10 beds, and a common bathroom.
"Oh that's just great!" Laughed one of the Candor guys.
"Pleased that you like it." Answered Eric sarcastically. "Now get changed and go to the Hall, and eat. Training is tomorrow, 8 a.m. SHARP" He yelled the last word before slamming the door behind him.
"That's a pretty nice welcoming party" Railed the candor girl.
I picked up the clothes in one of the beds in one corner and stripped down without even thinking about the guys around. So what? I was going to train with them anyway, they were bound to see me without any clothing.
"YO NERD! What's your name?" Someone asked. I turned around, only wearing my sport bra and boxers, holding a pair of multi-pocket trouser pants in my hands.
"Kye! You?" I answered with a faint smile.
"Steve" Answered the candor guy. They then proceeded to all give their names. The candor girl was Leecha, the two other candor guys, Louis and Reid, the amity girl Zoey and the stiff was Brad. I could see Reid was eyeing me up, since i was in underwear facing them, so I quickly put on the pairs of jeans I was holding, grabbed the first top on the pile and quickly dressed up. I brushed my hair carelessly with with fingers, but abandoned the idea, seeing the mass of knots that decided to take place in there.
We finally found our way through the corridors and tunnels of the compound. The Hall was huge. I couldn't believe the noise that was in there. People shouting, laughing and screaming around. For the moment it wasn't as bad as i though it would. I felt alive.
