It felt wrong, to leave my family, my culture, my everything, for something as selfish as an adventurous life. But it felt so right to be selfish just this once. To finally be free from the constraints of this life and be free to move on towards the next challenge.
I was headed out the door when my adopted sister, Wendy, came down the stairs. We had adopted her shortly after we found her wandering aimlessly through the faction-less sector of town when we were feeding them. Since then she has been my little sister. She was my families proud and joy, a child who was always kind, selfless, caring, and always lost herself when it came to helping others. She was nothing like me, and I guess that's what made my parents proud. As perfect as she seemed on the inside, she was on the outside. She had shoulder-length blue hair and warm chocolate brown eyes, which contrasted greatly with the gray clothes we Abnegation wear, and had very light tan skin.
She waved at me and I nodded in response. As much as it hurt me to think that someone else made my family proud, I couldn't bring myself to hate her. She was just to nice.
She also accepted the fact that I was different from everyone else, not just in personality, but in appearance and genetically as well. She had not made fun of me or was repulsed when she learned that I was a hermaphrodite and I had both female and male also wasn't mad that I was secretly a Mage. In fact she was excited. She was one of the few people that actually accepted me and my darkest secret, a secret I hadn't even told my parents.
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We were silent as we walked towards the bus that would take us to school. That is, until Wendy decided to break the silence."Are you ready for the aptitude test today?" She asks. "Yeah. And you?" "Yeah me too."
The aptitude test, like I was saying earlier, decided everything from where we slept to where we ate to even whom we'd marry. It was usually for the next generation, mainly the 18-year-olds. But there were some exceptions here and there. The main exception is that if someone had an abnormally high IQ, they could take the aptitude test. That was the reason why me being 15 and Wendy 14 was a strange occurrence.
"Natsu?"she said uncertainly, "Yeah." " What if we're not chosen for Abnegation? What if we're separated? What if I'm not cut out for any faction? What if I become faction less?! What if—"
"That's enough Wendy. Stop doubting yourself, you're going to pass the test with flying colors, and you know why?" I questioned. She nodded uncertainly. "No why?" "Because not just anyone can take the aptitude test when they're 14."
She smiled a small smile and said " Yeah, you're right."
Shortly after that the bus arrived. Once we boarded, a candor man in his black and white suit, looked around the bus for a seat. When he saw one he was going to stand by one of the poles, but Wendy gave her seat up for him. Wendy, my selfless sister.
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Once we I boarded at the school, we split out according to our home room and waited to be dismissed. Since I was a freshman and Wendy was a 8th grader, she was in a different line than me.
As my class was dismissed for home-room, I stopped by the window near room E3-19 to watch the Dauntless-born jump of of the speeding train that passed by Magnolia at exactly 7 : 25 am every day. I could only stare longingly as they whooped and screamed as the ran at break-neck speeds towards the schools entrance.
Once the train left and all the Dauntless were out of my line of sight, I walked away towards FactionHistory.
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Since today was aptitude test day for group A students, that included me and Wendy, classes were only 30 minutes long.
We waited in the cafeteria for our names to be called one by one to take the test in our designated rooms. Since they called our names in reverse alphabetical order, I was going after Wendy.
"Wendy Marvel?" One of the administrators asked. She was a young Female Daugntless with her hair tied in a messy brownbun. I watched as Wendy took in a shaky breath and walked over to her.
"Natsumi Dragneel?" A buff, tan skinned Dauntless man in a weird purple cape and headphones called. He had a lightning bolt scar over one of his eyes and a beaded necklace. I followed him to a room marked 2B.
Inside the room were mirrors. A LOT of mirrors. Were there were supposed to be walls were mirrors and in the center of the room was a chair, like those you see in the hospital, and a computer. Sprouting from the chair was a single set of wires connecting directly to the computer.
My eyes wandered to one of the many mirrors in the room and I got to see my reflection for the second time today. I was very small compared to the man, I was only up to his shoulders. He seemed to notice me staring and smirked.
" I thought you Abnegation didn't like mirrors. Thought they represented vanity or something like that." He said.
"They do represent vanity, and we do like them, we just don't use them often" I huffed.
His smirk only grew. "So you can talk. I thought all Abnegation were mute." His comment seemed to tick me off so I did what came naturally: I flipped the bird at him and stuck my tongue out.
At that he burst out laughing. It was a deep rumbling sound, like the thunder before the lightning strikes.
I huffed angrily and turned away from him. Something about him made me want to punch his face in.
"Don't be like that Stiff," he said, "I didn't mean to be rude."
Stiff was slang for us Abnegation.
"Whatever." I said in response. He motioned for me to sit down on the chair and I did.
"Okay brat, I need you to relax. This might feel a little weird" he said as he put these suction cup things around my temples and on my arm. I felt irked that he called me a brat.
"Okay now that that's done, here's the hard part. Your going to be given something to drink, don't spit it out ok?" I nodded and he continued. "Once you drink it, the test will begin. I'm not supposed to tell you this, but it's gonna be hell. Look kid, your going to be put in a simulation. It will show you some scenarios that help to pinpoint your aptitude. Your going to be under the simulation until you pass, understood?"
"Aye."
He handed me a small vial filled with a green liquid. He motioned for me to drink it and I did.
The last thing I herpars was "Relax."
That's when my whole world went black.