Sorry for the long wait...I had a lot of test and math seems to just be getting harder. Ok, I'll shut up now. Enjoy!

Revelation

I don't know how Andrew will take it. He already seems pretty angry, especially of Caleb because he went to the Faction he despise. I don't know about Beatrice, it was probably expected of her. Hellions I think to myself. I wonder if he remembers where I came from...


Like good Abnegation, we stay back to help clean up the mess. It's mostly putting chairs away, though. While I'm stacking, I spot Susan Black, one of Caleb's friends. She looks upset, like she's about to cry. I think it has something to do with him leaving.

I walk over to Susan, wanting to ask her to help me wash the knives.

"Hello Susan, how are you?" I ask.

"Ok, Mrs. Prior. How are you?" Abnegation talk. never saying anything about yourself and deflecting questions as much as possible.

I look into her clear gray eyes and see sadness, loss.

"Fine. Could you help me get these knives?"

"Of course." We gather the knives scattered across the podium. I remember in Dauntless everyone was required to carry a pocketknife at all times for self-defense. I never used mine.

I stack up the bowls and me and Susan walk into the Community kitchen to wash them. I let her enter before me and lock the door behind.

"What's the matter, Susan?" I ask. I know she's taken aback by my question.

"Nothing." She shakes her head a little too vigorously.

" I know it's something. Is it Caleb?" It is. Ever since he was about 14, they've gotten closer, sitting together at meetings, walking to the bus, volunteering together...

All of a sudden she starts crying-no, bawling. She sinks to the ground with her hands over her eyes.

"I-i just...I don't..I wish he..leave me." I could only hear half of what she was saying between sobs. And that was enough.

"Honey, he didn't leave because of you."

" I know...He left because he 'couldn't take it anymore'" Couldn't take what anymore?

"Susan, I want you to tell me every word Caleb said. Remember, this isn't only for my benefit." Andrew came from Erudite. It was the middle of initiation and we both couldn't sleep. He told me on the front steps of Abnegation Headquarters that he thought the Erudite were plotting to kill the 'gifted people'. At the time I thought he was crazy, but little did I know that the 'gifted people' were the Divergent. He also said he had to become Abnegation so he could save these people in the end. I don't know what the end is.

"He said he didn't like the way we were, remaining ignorant because we refused to fend for ourselves, only others. He also said something about legacies and life missions." I was surprised at how clearly that came out. Susan sighs and stands up, probably to pick the the knives she dropped.

Legacy? While Andrew looked angry, it wasn't full of hatred, but revenge. Did he know anything about this? Susan and I finnish washing and head back into the room. She walks over to her parents and they prepare to go home. While I'm holding the door open for them, she gives me a grateful smile. I try to smile back, but it comes out as a twisted smirk.

"Lets go." Andrew says. I follow him out the door and get on the bus. The ride back home is silent and tense. He knows I know. The Erudite teach their children to never go by sense, but solid knowledge. They are often the last to know something because of this. In some cases, sense is stronger spoken knowledge. This is one of them.

When we get to our house, I head straight to the kitchen to start dinner. It's Caleb's turn tonight, but he left so now it's my turn. Andrew silently helps me.

When we are sitting down and served, Andrew looks me right in the eye and says, "Ok Natalie, lets drop both drop this Abnegation act for once and tell it like the Candor." He of all people.

"Ok, what do you want to know?"

"What you know about Caleb and Beatrice."

" Susan Black, the girl who lives next door, said he told her something about life missions." I look at him cautiously, he had too much Erudite in him.

"I asked him to find out, to become a leader and figure out more information. I meant an Abnegation leader. I had no idea he had the aptitude for Erudite." The aptitude test tell you nothing. I have the aptitude for Erudite and Dauntless and I'm in Abnegation.

"What about Beatrice? Did you know anything about her?" I know why she left, I just want to know what he thinks.

" I do not know why she left. I could see it in her, the anger and frustration, but I didn't know she had the will power to actually switch Factions. I guess that counts as being brave." Indeed it does. She left because she knew she didn't belong. I left for safety. A true Dauntless would stay put even if it meant getting killed.

"What about the legacy thing? How is it a family mission? What's happening, Andrew?" I ask, all in a rush.

"I've told you this once a long time ago. During initiation, I believe. The Erudite are plotting to destroy the gifted."

"Why?"

"Because they're better than us. They see more clearly. They could overthrow the government if they wanted to. That's why I wanted Caleb to be a leader, to help others see sense and not kill these people."

"Why not Beatrice?" I know why, because she's not leader material.

" She wouldn't want to."

"Visiting day in about 3 weeks. Please go to Caleb and tell him to research the stimulation serum. This is what they use to determine the Divergent."

"Why can't you?"

" Because I can't be seen there, with my former classmates. The Erudite have excellent memory."

"Ok. Don't you think it's kind of funny how our children end up in the places we started?"

"Yeah, I guess so..."

Sorry, I didn't know how else to end it. I'll try to update within a week. Follow, Favorite, comment, you know the drill. Peace.