I lift myself onto the train easily. Cath stumbles, but I pull her up.

"Hey, Five," she says. We've known each other for a long time. Her parents, Zeke and Shauna, are friends of my parents'.

"Hi, Cath."

"Excited for the aptitude test?"

"A little. I want to see where they think I should go."

Cath tosses her head in a lame attempt to flip her short purple hair. "I don't care about the aptitude test. I know where I'm going." She raises her fist

and says, "DAUNTLESS, baby!" She glances over at me. "How about you, Five? Gonna join me in the Pit?" I shrug. "Maybe."

Cath is Dauntless-born and looks the part. She has short purple hair, three piercings up her left ear, a low-cut black shirt, and a flirtatious smile. I try

to imagine her anywhere else and laugh. "What?" she asks.

"I'm picturing you in Abnegation. They don't even get to look in mirrors there."

Her eyes widen. "Really? How do you know?"

"My mom came from there, remember?" For some reason, my father does not like his former faction to be broadcasted to the world. My mother says he

is trying to cover up his past. He changed his name to Tobias Prior, and still only uses Four in public.

When the train arrives at school, we all jump off. Like birds, I think. It is beautiful.

"From Dauntless: Catherine Patil and Natalie Prior."

I stand up and walk to the door. We are the last to be called. I glance over at Cath. This is the first time I have ever seen her nervous.

I walk into a plain gray room. Standing by the door is an Abnegation volunteer who looks about my mother's age. She seems uncomfortable in a room

with so many mirrors on the wall. "Hello," she says. "My name is Susan Black. I will be administering your aptitude test today." She leads me to a large,

dentist-type chair.

Something about her seems familiar. "Did you know my mother?" I blurt out. She furrows her brow. "Who is your mother?"

"Tris- Beatrice Prior."

"I did, once. We were childhood neighbors." She begins to attach some wires to my forehead. They connect to hers. She hands me a vial of clear fluid.

"Drink this. It will not hurt."