Chapter 1

2 years later

Katrina's POV

I looked and saw a table with cheese and a knife.

"Choose." A voice said.

Not wanting to argue with the voice I quickly picked the knife. If anything came at me, I could defend myself. As soon I picked up the knife, the cheese disappeared. Suddenly there was a growl from behind me.

I turned around to see a snarling dog. I looked at the knife, then dog, and then my knife again. I couldn't kill a dog, I just couldn't. Instantly I dropped the knife. I took in a deep breath, kept my cool and walked over the animal.

I stretched out my hand to the dog's nose. It sniffed it skeptically before conforming into a small pup. Laughing, I petted the dog thinking about how anyone could be scared of such a harmless animal.

"Puppy!" A young voiced shouted. I looked up and saw a young girl in abnegation clothing. It took me a while to realize that the girl was me. The puppy sudden turned back into a big viscous one. As soon it started running towards the girl, I picked up the knife that was still lying in the ground next to me. I ran after the dog and as soon as it was about to pounce, I jumped on the dog and stabbed it.

Then the scene changed. I was suddenly on a bus full of people. As the bus hurled forward, I clutched on to the pole the was in the center on the bus.

"Excuse me." I look over to see a man holding a newspaper. "Do you know this man?"

I looked at the newspaper seeing headlines from a serial killer from years back. I compared the face of them man and the serial killer, and I couldn't help but notice the similarities.

"Ma'am please." The man begged. "If you know this man you could help me."

"Yes I know the man."'I finally answered. "But the man is you."

The simulation went black.

As soon as I woke up from the simulation, the Erudite last grabbed my arm and pulled me out of my seat.

"Wait what are you doing?" I asked as she dragged me to the back door. She didn't answer.

I forced myself out of her grasp. "Stop! What's my faction?"

She pursed her lips. "Erudite."

"You're lying." I said bravely.

"Fine, Dauntless and erudite." She continued. Her eyebrow twitched a bit.

"And…" I urged.

She sighed. ", Erudite, Dauntless and Candor."

"Wait how is that possible?" I asked. "This was supposed to show me what faction I belonged in, I can't sign up for three factions"

"Of course not. But you must stay in abnegation, it's safer. Erudite have something against people like you, Dauntless… If they find what you are…" She trails off.

"What am I?" I asked. People like me? What was that supposed to mean? Does she have something against me? She is erudite after all. Plus I couldn't stay in abnegation. That'd be lifelong torment.

"Leave now. You're lucky you got me instead of someone else. If anyone asks, the test made you sick." She tells me.

"But-"

"Leave." She opens the back door and pushes me out. I stood in the dark hallway, confused, scared and mad. What was I going to do tomorrow?

Marcus wasn't there when I got home. Thank god for that. I didn't want to tell him my aptitude results. If he asks tonight, I'll tell him I got Candor. If anything, he'll get scared and beg me not to go there. For initiation in Candor, they put you under lie detector and basically interrogate you. Then they inject you with the truth serum for the final test. I had heard some Candor kids talk about it when passing in the hallway.

Days like this I wish I had Tobias with me. He would tell me what to do. He would hug me and tell me I was going to be okay. Not to mention, his chin would be resting on my head since he was so tall. I smiled sadly, thinking about him.

"Soon." I whispered to myself. Despite what the Erudite woman said, I was switching to Dauntless. I was going to see my brother again. Oh god, I hope he was okay. Dauntless is a tough place, I wonder how he did during his initiation.

I shook off all those thoughts and went to the kitchen. I still had to make dinner for Marcus and I… Well if he'll let me eat dinner tonight. Many nights I went starving. I took out the chicken, green beans, and corn and started preparing dinner.

By the time Marcus came home, everything was set and ready. He threw his jacket at his sitting chair. He looked at the table and sighed. He walked over and pulled out his chair tiredly and sat down. Sometimes I felt bad at how much he worked. He was a terrible person but still.

"Well," he looked at me, I was still standing. "Sit down and eat."

I obeyed quickly and sat down. I dished out myself some food, trying not to take too much. I was a big eater, but I never could show it. Marcus and I both ate in silence for about five minutes.

"What did you get on your aptitude test?" He asked.

This was the time to show him up… And to lie for the first time in my life. "Candor."

"What?" He said between clenched teeth.

"I got Candor." I repeated. Technically this wasn't a lie, actually.

"I told you how to get abnegation as a result. How the hell did you get mess it up?" He growled.

My pointer finger started tapping on the table, signifying I was trying not to get nervous. Breathe, just breathe, Katrina. Just think of how a Candor would answer the situation

"I, I grabbed knife but I didn't use it, I dropped the knife as soon I saw the dog. I told it to back off. For some reason it calmed down but a girl came and, and, and I told her to stay away because the dog would become viscous. Then when the simulation changed to the train, I told the man I knew who it was he was pointing at on the newspaper." I explained.

"You disobeyed me. You idiot, do you realize what you've done?! You're probably not even going to candor. You're going to join your brother in that god forsaken faction." He yelled at me. He stood up and stomped over to the opposite side of the table where I was sitting. He grabbed my hair and pulled me out of my seat. I couldn't stop apologizing as he dragged me upstairs and threw me into the closet.

Way to stand up to him Katrina.

I tried my best not to cry. I just wanted tomorrow to come so I could see my brother again.

Oh Tobias… I miss you so much.

Choosing day.

The next morning I woke up still in the closet. I wanted to get out so I could get ready but I knew it would be best to wait for Marcus to come and open the door. Then, as if right on cue, I heard footsteps trudge over to the door and open it.

"Get ready." Mad he grumbled already going back to his room.

I crawled out of the closet and stood up. I stretched out my legs and my arms, then went back to my room. I quickly brush my teeth, take a shower and change. I go back downstairs to see Marcus drinking some coffee and reading the newspaper. For once, he looked like an average father. Once he saw me, he folded the newspaper and stood up.

"Are you ready?" He asks. I nod.

We left the house. As we were walking out of the Abnegation section to the train, multiple people skilled and greeted Marcus. If only they knew the things he was capable of.

As soon as we got on the bus Marcus gave up his seat for an elderly Amity woman. I was already standing out of pure habit. Before the bus left the Prior family came on also. I didn't know a lot about them but Beatrice and I were friendly with each other. One thing was for sure, she was NOT staying on dauntless. Nor was her brother, Caleb. The boy was always trying to learn something new.

Abnegation was going to be shocked that we would be switching. We were children of Abnegation leaders after all. People expected us to be the most selfless people on earth.

The second Caleb saw me standing, he offered me his seat.

"Thank you." I said quietly. I was now sitting next to Beatrice. I could tell her mind was swarming in many different direction.

"Hello Beatrice." I greeted. I tried not to make my voice to loud.

"Hello Katrina." She said giving a small smile.

"How are you doing today?" I asked. I winced. I tried so hard to be like everyone in this faction but it never worked.

"As well as expected, a bit nervous." She told me. I could see her holding back a chuckle. She obviously knew what I winced for.

"Me too. But you are excited right?" I asked. I glanced over at our parents who were lowkey eavesdropping. Beatrice followed my glance. "Abnegation initiation should be refreshing, don't you think."

Her smile grew. "Definitely."

The bus then stopped ending our conversation. We were at The Hub. Everyone got off the bus and states walking toward the building. Of course Erudites and Candors took the elevator, while the Abnegation took the stairs. But Marcus had to branch off to get to the stage. He didn't bother to tell me bye before going. Soon the stairway opened up to the huge auditorium. There was already a line of teenagers in alphabetical order for the ceremony. Above were all the faction in spectators areas. Each area left the first two rows of seats open for initiates.

I stood between an Erudite boy and Dauntless girl. I have never says this about anyone, but I had to admit the Dauntless girl looked pretty badass. She had a shaven head, but soft facial features, along with an eyebrow ring.

She must've noticed me glancing at her so much because she said, "What are you looking at?"

I shook my head. "Nothing."

"Whatever." She grumbled.

Soon the ceremony began and Marcus gave a long speech about the factions which I didn't care much for. Soon he started calling names. My hands began to sweat. My life was about to change status drastically. The heaviness I felt in my soul when Tobias left was now slowly leaving my body. In a way I felt renewed.

"Katrina Eaton." Marcus called. I could hear whispers start from different areas of the auditorium as I walked up onto the stage. Everyone expected me to stay, I know it.

Marcus avoided eyes contact as he handed me the knife. My hands started trembling.

Breathe.

I slit the edge of my hand and blood immediately poured out. Just like Tobias, I cut my hand too deep. I bit my lip, ignoring the pain. I stretched my hand over the dauntless coals and watched as my blood sizzled.

"Dauntless." Marcus announced, his voice shaking.

Whispers were exchanged.

Cheers erupted.

Knowing looks were exchanged.

I quickly made my way off the stage and straight to the dauntless section. As soon I sat down, people gave me pats of the backs and ruffled with my hair, causing me to laugh awkwardly. I tore part of my sleeve off from my sweater and wrapped it around my hand that was still gushing with blood

The ceremony went on and a riot started when Robert Black switched to Amity, Caleb Prior switched to Erudite and when Beatrice switched to dauntless.

Beatrice sat a row down from me, since the seats down there were empty. I really want to give her reassurance but she was too far away. Soon the ceremony ended and all the Dauntless stood up and ran toward the staircase. I didn't even bother looking back at my father. I already knew what his reaction would be. He would pretend to look heartbroken so all the Abnegation would feel bad for him. There were shouting and cheering as the dauntless went down the stairs. Some even slid down the railing. As soon as we stepped outside the train horn was blaring. I knew I had to jump on or else I would be factionless. I started running toward the train. I'm not saying this to sound self centered but, I'm a pretty fast runner. There were times I would go to abandoned buildings and just stay there whenever I was avoiding going home. I would lose track of time and I would find myself sprinting home.

Next to me was a Dauntless boy with bronze skin, brown eyes and black hair. He was running pretty fast, meaning I was too. We kept glancing at each other but never said anything. When we were close enough to the train, the Dauntless boy jumped onto the side if the train and opened the train doors before hoisting himself onto the car. I followed the same suit and jumped onto the side, then hoisted myself into the car.

"You're fast for a stiff." The boy said once I was on.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I questioned. More initiates started jumping on the train.

"Whatever you want it to mean." The boy shrugged with a small smirk on his face.

"Already flirting I see, hasn't even been ten minutes since the ceremony, Uriah." A dauntless girl and her friend walked up to us. The girl who said it, was the same girl in front of me in the line. Her friend had blonde hair, brown eyes and an innocent smile on her face.

"I'm not flirting. I was just commenting on her speed." Uriah defended himself. I suddenly felt invisible.

"She is pretty fast. Maybe even Four fast with training." The girl I had previously met had said.

"That's impossible no one is faster than Four." The blonde girl scoffed.

"Who's Four?" I interrupted.

"He's trains the initiates, most likely your group this year. He's a Dauntless legend, one of the fastest runners, one of the best fighters, not to mention he only has four fears." The blonde explains.

"How do you know how many fears someone has?" I ask.

"You'll see." Buzzcut hair girl smirked.

"Okay… how old is this dude?" I asked.

"Never heard a stiff say dude before." Uriah muttered. As soon as he sees my expression he held up his hands in defense. "I'm teasing. And he's only eighteen, he's my brother's best friend."

Tobias should be eighteen by now. I wonder if this "Four" guy knows him.

"What's your name. I'm tired of calling you stiff, stiff." Buzzcut girl asked.

"Katrin-" I started. Katrina was the little abnegation girl who flinched at her father's name. I needed a new one.

"You know a lot of initiates change their names when they switch factions. I'm guessing your name was Katrina." Uriah says.

"How about Trina." Blonde girl suggested.

"Trina does sound pretty badass, nice Mar." Buzzcut girl said with an approving nod.

I thought the name over in my head. Trina, it wasn't too far away from my actual name, but it was still different. I liked it.

"I like it." I told them.

"Well then, nice to meet you Trina, I'm Uriah." Uriah smiled.

"And I'm Marlene." Mar chirped.

"Lynn."

"Time to jump." Uriah says looking outside the open train door. I didn't even notice how fast we were moving.

"J-jump?" I stuttered looking out the door seeing nothing but the tops of building.

"Come on, don't be a wuss." Lynn smirked before walking to the edge of the open door. She took a few steps back before sprinting ahead then leaping out of the train. She just jumped off a train onto a tall. What have I gotten myself into? What if I didn't jump? But then I'd be factionless and being dead is better than being factionless. Maybe I shouldn't have switched factions.

"C'mon." Marlene interrupted my thoughts. She held her hand out in front of me. "Once Uriah jumps, we'll jump together." I took a deep breath before taking her hand. As soon as Uriah jumped, we got ready to. Marlene and I took a few steps back before running ahead and jumping out of the train. For just a brief moment I felt like I was flying, and that terrified me. Pain shot up my legs as I landed on my feet. I winced but knew I could walk this off.

"Not bad right?" Marlene chuckled.

"Sure." I mumbled. I looked around for Uriah and Lynn. I spotted them and started over, but then a bloodcurdling scream stopped me in my tracks. A Dauntless girl stands at the edge of the roof, staring at the ground below, screaming. Behind her a Dauntless boy holds her at the waist to keep her from falling off. "Rita," he says. "Rita, calm down. Rita—"

It was obvious what had happened. Someone didn't make it. I bite my lip listening to Rita's sobs.

"Come on, let's keep walking." Marlene encouraged but her voice cracked. We caught up to Uriah and Lynn who were in the midst of the group of initiates. We were all in front of a man with dark skin, dark eyes, and a look that gave me all kind of bad vibes.

"Listen up! My name is Max! I am one of the leaders of your new faction!" He shouts.

"Several stories below us is the members' entrance to our compound. If you can't muster the will to jump off, you don't belong here. Our initiates have the privilege of going first."

It took me time to process this. Someone had just fallen off the other side of the roof and died, and now he wants us to fall off this roof. This was a test. Whoever didn't have the guts to venture into the unknown, was factionless.

"You want us to jump off a ledge?" asks an Erudite girl. Classic Erudite. They had to know everything before doing it. Couldn't blame them though, I'm the same way.

"Yes," Max says amused.

"Is there water at the bottom or something?" An Erudite boy asks.

"Who knows?" Max shrugs.

The crowd split in half but no one volunteered to go first. I was a fan of heights, or fall off of buildings but I knew I had to do this to make it into dauntless. I was about to go up to the ledge, but other footsteps started shuffling up.

It was Beatrice, she was going to be the first jumper. I felt some relief wash over me.

"Whoa." I heard Marlene breathe.

Beatrice hoisted herself on the the ledge. She looked down at the bottom for a while. Thoughts must've been racing in her head. What was going on in there? She then took a deep breath and stepped off. I heard multiple people gasp. But Max, all he dead was look down for a minute before saying "Next?"

Before I could process what I was doing, I walked up to the ledge.

I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die. Those were my only thoughts. The jump seemed so far down. I felt my breathing pick up. I just had to do it. It would be over in seconds.

"I'm going to di—" I said stepping off the ledge. The end of my sentence turned into a scream. But before I knew it, I landed. But the thing I landed on bounced my back up then down again. It had multiple large holes and felt like rope.

A net. A huge sigh of relief escapes my lips. All that fear was in my head. Though I felt so much fear, i wanted to do that again. It was exhilarating.

"Wow, another stiff, also unheard of." A woman's voice said. I didn't notice the hand reaching into the net until I sat up. Not bothering to look at the person, I took the hand. The person helped pull me out of the net. It wasn't until we stood across from each other when I had finally got a look at the person. The person was a boy, no man, brown hair, well defined face and dark blue eyes...

I gasped, feeling joy overwhelm me. I felt so many emotions I just stood there in shock.

"Gotta name stiff?" He asked a smile tugging on his lips. He looked so different, older, darker skin,

"Trina." I choked out.

"Second jumper! Trina!" He shouted.

In a quieter voice that no one else could hear, he said, "Welcome to Dauntless little sis."