Roslyn's cheeks hurt from smiling too much, this all felt like a dream that refused to end. They were all running for the train tracks now, something Roslyn had watched from the windows while she daydreamed during class when the other amity girls were too busy playing one of their dumb singing games, which she wanted no part of.
Her feet picked up the pace as she caught up with the dauntless born, who begun to climb up to the train tracks. The wind in her hair made her think of the apple orchards back home...'dauntless is home now.' Roslyn sadly thought to herself as she waited for the train, which sped ahead of her like a flash of light. "Does it stop?!" Shouted a erudite girl, who looked completely puzzled until one of the dauntless boys jumped onto the moving train.
"Nope!" He shouted at her with a smirk and a little wave. Roslyn rolled her eyes and ran further up the track and grabbed onto the handle of the door and pulled her weight into the carriage, her hand extending and pulling the worried looking, blonde, erudite girl.
"Don't worry! I got ya." They exchanged smiles and sat down together in the far corner of the carriage.
"I'm Kate, thanks for you know...helping me."
The train rapidly went by some of the transfers, who didn't manage to get on the train in time. "They're factionless..." Roslyn mused sadly to Kate, who was looking sickeningly pale.
"Who cares about them? It's ourselves we should be looking out for you know..." Came a deep voice of a candor boy "I'm Chris by the way." He weakly smiled at the two girls sitting on the floor. He took a seat next to them on the ground. They gave each other a look and laughed silently.
"So a smartass and a softie? How interesting!" He chuckled making the other two laugh with him. Roslyn smirked at him and pointed out, "you really are honest aren't you?" After 16 long, lonely years in amity, Roslyn knew where she belonged and that was dauntless!
"Uhhg, he's too honest if you ask me..." Came another Candor boy, they looked strikingly similar. They both were tall, blonde and with dark brown eyes. Chris had a scar under his left eye making him more distinguished than the other boy.
"This is my brother Edgar!" He grinned and pulled his brother down to sit with them. Edgar put up a fight, though not serious, and managed to get his brother to lay down while he sat on his chest, like a proud king on his throne.
"I win! Suck on that Christopher." He began to laugh but just as he started, he also stopped immediately when he saw the others jumping out of the train. It was still moving! They all stood up, looking for an answer in each other but couldn't find any.
They were doomed.
"Guess we gotta jump, huh?" Chris mumbled, his eyes filled with terror and a hint of excitement. Roslyn looked at them with her eyebrow raised before backing up against the wall, taking a head start.
"It's now or never guys!" She ran with wind passing her ears like agitated wasps, her heart sped up and she landed with a roll on the rooftop.
She made it.
Soon, the others joined her with scraps and bumps. "Could of warned us you'd jump..." Edgar ruffled her black hair, which began to annoy her since they were constantly getting in the way.
"Welcome initiates, I'm Max. Now to enter dauntless you need to pass through the member's entrance down below." He gestured to the hole below. 'It's a long drop...' Roslyn thought to herself, her chest tight with fright, maybe dauntless wasn't a good idea?
"Is it safe?" An abnegation transfer questioned, looking almost nervous as they stared down into the bottomless pit of darkness.
"Only one way to find out, any volunteers? Initiates first!" Max smirked at the petrified transfers, they all looked at each other again and again. Hoping for an answer of what to do, but none of them knew. Roslyn just hoped for the best and stepped forwards towards the ledge. Her breath hitched and she shut her eyes for a moment to think.
"I'll go first."
"Well look at that, a softie!" Max smirked and stepped to the side so she could access the ledge better. Roslyn climbed up cautiously before looking down into the dark pit, which she was soon going to be falling into, a wave of vertigo washed over her, she felt sick. Sweat slowly made it's way down her pale skin. 'What if it's a trap? Kill the dumb ones off first?' Her brain argued, she kindly ignored it. Without another thought, she jumped into the abyss.
Wind whistled in her ear. Her chest tight with adrenaline, the fear that was once present was slowly evaporating into a cloud of nothingness. Finally Roslyn could just be herself, no one telling her what she was doing is wrong...
She was free.
Roslyn thoughts were cut seemingly short when she hit into a large net. A giggle escaped her lips, it was rich and genuine that didn't seem to stop. Truly a beautiful sight. The young teen's face looked of pure joy, a large hand pulled her down. Roslyn's breath caught again, she was stood in front of a tall man, with piercings and tattoos along his neck. Something about him screamed danger...She hadn't realised she was just staring at his grey eyes. He gave her an annoyed look. "Name?" The tattooed man asked for the 3rd time.
Roslyn shook her head to clear it, she made herself look like an idiot "Uhh..."
He rolled his eyes like a perpetuate teenager going through puberty.
"You can pick a new one if you like."
"Rosy."
"First jumper Rosy!" He shouted to another man, who jotted it down onto a notepad. Rosy walked to the side. A moment later Edgar had fallen onto the net with a loud scream. The ex amity just giggled gently to herself 'maybe it's not so bad here?' Eventually everyone had fallen into the safety net, everyone looked shaken up apart from the dauntless borns, they all looked excited for the next step.
'What happens next?'
"Dauntless borns with Eric, transfers with me! I'm Four. I normally work in the control room but I come out to train the initiates." He guided them towards the pit, it was filled with life and energy. Rosy was in awe of everything. People were laughing and fighting playfully with each other.
"We're going to head to the chasm, it's to remind us there's a fine line between bravery and stupidly. A daredevil jump will end your life, it's happened before and it'll happen again." The ebony haired teen looked down at the rushing water with fear, below were some jagged rocks. Another wave of vertigo hit and Rosy immediately grabbed onto Kate for dear life.
"Looks like someone is scared of heights." The erudite girl smirked playfully, which was only greeted with a grumpy scowl. Rosy took a shaky breath as they left to grab some lunch. She never really thought about her fears before, but she never really thought she was the most fearless person. Her mind wondered to back home when she was younger, she climbed the orchard trees, much to her parents disapproval and constant telling her not to and then suddenly...
A broken gasp escaped her. "What's wrong?" Kate's face changed to one of worry. Rosy shook her head gently, clearly the bad thoughts away, she didn't want to think. Not now, now ever!
"Nothing...I just got a flashback from something. I'm just being dumb okay?" The erudite knew better than to question so she just dropped it as they walked to get some food. All of the seats were taken apart from the ones next to Four, which they quickly filled up. Edgar and Chris were talking, Kate was laughing a little too loud and Rosy was staring down at her food, in thought, out of no where a hand landed on her shoulder making a mouse like squeak escape her mouth. She whipped her head around to see the guy from before, Eric.
"So Four are you going to introduce us?" He smirked cruelly, his grey eyes sparkled with mischief. Four rolled his eyes at him, almost looking bored with the conversation already. 'They must not get on...' Rosy became more aware of the hand on her shoulder, his thumb drawing patterns into her shoulder. It was almost soothing.
Four cleared his throat before continuing on "this is Edgar, Chris, Kate and Rosy." He scanned their faces for a moment before settling on the Amity girl. His smirk intensified greatly, showing off his sharp teeth, it was almost animalistic.
'Almost.' Rosy repeated in her mind. Her heart beat quickened as his hand moved up a little to rest on her shoulder.
"A softie? Wonder how long she lasts!" He laughed wickedly and walked away. Rosy swallowed and shut her eyes. She felt sick again. 'Maybe this was a bad choice.'
After lunch the initiates went to the training room, it felt of a cross between sweat, blood and pride. "We're going to learn how to use a gun, pick one up and aim for the target. Understood?" After hearing a murmurs of 'yes's Four let they start firing. Rosy had never seen nor touched a gun before. Her first shot made her shoulder go back painfully, she continued on through the aching in her upper arm.
"You're doing it wrong." Came a voice from behind, again she jumped a little but didn't turn around. A chuckle filled her ears, making her annoyed. An arm wrapped around her pushing her in the right position, his hand straightening up her back.
"Spread your legs a little and fire." Rosy took a deep breath and fired the gun, the bullet went right into the centre on the target, it left her dumb struck. The teen turned around and Eric was gone. 'Better thank him later...'
"Tomorrow we will learn hand to hand combat, you can all go now." Four waved them away before leaving himself. Rosy remained in the training room for a moment longer, collecting her thoughts, she felt like a mess.
"Not what you expected Amity?" Eric smirked, arms folded over his chest making him look bigger than her. Her eyes scanned him for a moment before dropping to the floor. Rosy could of lied or told the truth at that moment but she let her brain do the talking.
"No...but it feels like home." With that she wondered off to dinner to find her friends, leaving Eric looking at her blankly.
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Disclaimer I don't own divergent (I wish!)
Sorry to leave you on a slight cliff hanger ;)
Tell me what you think guys, I'm trying to upload every other day now. I was sick for the last couple of days :( so hopefully I can do some more tomorrow!
Bai xxxx
