Chapter 2

Max POV

I'm in the lunch room all by myself. Two baskets appear in front of me, one with a knife and one with some cheese. A female voice tells me to choose. I take the knife.

An angry dog comes out of nowhere. That's how I remember: this can't be real; a dog can't just show up in a room out of the blue! It didn't have anywhere to come in from. This is a simulation. I can do this.

The dog lunges at me and I stab it in the neck.

A little girl opens the door and sees the dog and screams "You killed my dog!"

"No I didn't kill your dog. It was like this when I got here. I'm sorry."

I am suddenly in the middle of a crowd. I feel an urge to go see why everyone is here at the hub, so I go to the front of the crowd.

When I get there, there is a Dauntless man pointing a gun at my brother. He says "This abnegation boy is accused of murdering another abnegation man. He will be killed for his actions. Does anyone have anything to say in his behalf?"

Without thinking, I raise my hand and lie. "I did it and framed him. It is all my fault."

"Then come here and take his place."

I go up and take his place. Some men tie my hands behind my back. Then, they shoot, and the world goes black.

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I wake up gasping for air. I'm in a simulation chair. It wasn't real. Thank God.

I look up at Tori; she has her head in her hands.

"Another one! That's two so far and we haven't even gone through half of them!" Tori exclaims.

"What's my result?" I try to ask, but it comes out as a low whisper.

Tori probably heard me, because she answers. "Maxine, your results were inconclusive. You took the knife, which indicates Dauntless and rules out Amity. You lied to the little girl, which rules out Candor. You sacrificed yourself for your brother, and that indicates Abnegation. You could have found a smarter way to save him though, so that rules out Erudite. You were left with two responses, Dauntless and Abnegation."

"That's impossible! The test is supposed to tell us where we belong!"

"The test didn't work on you!" Tori whisper-yells. "They call it Divergent. You can't tell anyone. If they figure out, then you're dead."

"What if they already know?"

"Then you're already dead"

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Hi, thanks for reading my story. And thank you for the review avidreader28. I'm glad you like it! And guest, I think I'm going to include them, but in another way. Thanks anyway! Sorry If I stole some lines from the book or the movie! Thank you!

~Lia