Divergent. My whole life led me to the moment where I would find out where I truly belong only to find out that I don't belong anywhere. How can I not belong anywhere? I was brought up to think I was meant to be in Abnegation but I guess that's not the case. Since I can choose any faction I want now that just makes the choice harder. I can choose to leave my parents or join another and experience life in a different way. If Caleb got Abnegation then I won't have go feel bad about leaving my family, but if he didn't then I have more to worry about.
I stand outside my door, dreading the moment I have to go in and tell my parents what I got. How did I get home so fast? I was just in the aptitude test room a second ago.
"How'd it go?" My mom asks as soon as I open the front door. What do I tell her? My parents expect me to get Abnegation since they've taught me to be in Abnegation my whole life. Will they be disappointed in me for not only getting Abnegation but also Erudite and Dauntless? She couldn't possibly. Its my dad I have to worry about.
"It... went well," I say.
"Did you get Abnegation?" My dad asks me. Oh no.
"Um... no..." I say as confidently as possible, but failing miserably.
"What?" My dad says. "Then what did you get?"
"I got... Erudite, Dauntless, and Abnegation," I say.
"You got three?" He asks, a frown on his face but my mom has a smile on her lips.
"I'm so proud of you," She smiles and I smile back at her, feeling relief that one of my parents doesn't hate me.
"Are you upset dad?" I ask.
"No, of course not," he says. "I'm just surprised."
"Surprised?" I ask. "Why?"
"I don't think anyone's ever gotten three before," he says.
"Really?" I mumble. Just then Caleb walks through the front door.
"What did you get?" My dad asks. My mom shoots him a glare for being too pushy.
"I got Erudite," Caleb says. My eyes widen.
"What?" My dad asks. "How did you get Erudite? After all the discussions we had about Abnegation."
"It just happened," he said. How is he being so calm and confident? "I guess I'm just meant to be smart."
"I'm glad you too were put into good places." My mom says and my dad gives her a look. "I don't want you two to be a replica of us, I want you to be your own person. It's all I've ever wanted for you too."
"Thanks, mom," I smile, giving her a hug.
"What did you get, Beatrice?" Caleb asks me.
"I got Erudite, Dauntless, and Abnegation," I tell him.
"Three?" He asks, surprised. "How did you get three?"
"I don't know," I say. "Like you said, it just happened."
The next day is officially the first day of school, where I start my Divergent classes. Yesterday I put all my books in my new locker before I came home so I don't have to bring anything but my lunch.
As I enter the school Caleb goes down one hall to get to his Erudite classes and I head over to my Divergent classes. Thr once crowded halls turns to less and less people as I enter into the Divergent hallways. There really are way less Divergent than I thought.
I look around the halls for my first class, homeroom. I'm not looking in front of me as I look for my classes so I bump straight into a guy and fall on the floor, dropping all my books.
"Hey," I say. "Watch it."
"You're the one who weren't looking where you were going," he says and bends down to help me get my stuff. I look up at him and see the most beautiful set of eyes I have ever seen as his eyes meet mine for the first time. He stares for a minute but then hands me my things.
"Thanks," I say.
"Be careful," is all he says before he walks away. I didn't even catch his name.
I finally find my homeroom and find the same boy I bumped into in the hall in one of the seats. (A/N: Four is the same age as Tris in this one because it fits the story better.) The class is small, only about ten people in the class. I think these are all the Divergent in Abnegation. We must all be in the same classes at once since there is so little of us. The other faction classes have different schedules for each person since there is enough of them for more than one class at a time.
"Please, take a seat everybody," the teacher says as everyone settles down. "My name is Mr. An ad and I'll be your homeroom teacher. We'll start by introducing your names. You can change your name but make it a good one because you can't change it again. Let's start over here. What's your name?"
"Four," the not who bumped into me in the hall says.
"And you?" Mr. Amar asks, pointing to me.
"Um..." I take a moments hesitation.
"Is it a hard name?" Four asks. I look at him for a second but look away quickly.
"My name is Tris," I say.
"Okay," Mr. Amar says. "You?"
"Trenna," a blonde haired girl says in a snobby accent. She must be one of those naturally self-indulgent ones.
"Trenna," Mr. Amar says to himself, writing it in his clipboard. Then the rest of the class give their names. Amatha, Therina, Tyler, Toby, Veronica, Roth, and Taylor. It's hard to tell which names they came up with and which ones are their real name. My parents told me that most people change their name.
"Okay, now that we have that settled lets start with this years syllabus." Mr. Amar says. "We'll be learning about the basics of being Divergent and What it means. Let me just say now that the exact reason for Divergence is still unknow though scientists are trying to figure it out. You'll learn how to survive in this world as a Divergent since this world seems to hate Divergence and think we're some kind of aliens. You'll learn the syllabus for each class as you go along. As you may know this class is the whole Divergence in Abnegation this year so you'll all be in the same classes all of high school. You're dismissed to your next class now."
The rest of the day we just learn what we'll be learning throughout the year. We start by learning the history of Divergence and then slowly move into learning about the other factions. Though next year is when we really start learning about the rest of the factions, as this year is pretty much learning all about Divergence.
By lunch time I was sitting alone in the almost empty cafeteria. They make it a point to keep the different faction classes separated. I'm not exactly sure why, maybe it's to practice being separated from the rest of the factions when we grow up. There are the ten kids from my class in the cafeteria along with three sophomores, that must be a lonely class, five juniors, and only two seniors. Only twenty Divergents in all of Abnegation, the highest of all the factions. This year there must be a lot of new Divergents, so I don't know exactly what happened there.
I am pulled by my thoughts when Four takes a seat across from me at my lunch table. I look around at all the other empty tables and wonder why he sat here.
"Why'd you choose Tris?" He asks as he places his lunch tray down.
"Excuse me?" I ask.
"Tris, why'd you choose it?" He repeats himself.
"What makes you think I changed my name?" I ask.
"I've seen you around school last year," he says. "Your brother called you Beatrice."
"Well, Tris is short for Beatrice," I say. "Why'd you choose Four?"
"I didn't change my name," he says.
"You sure?" I ask. "Or is your name a hard one?" I tease him, like he had done earlier in class.
"Ha ha," he says. "No, I didn't change my name."
"Okay," I say.
"What'd you get on your test?" He asks.
"Abnegation, Erudite, and Dauntless," I say.
"I only got two," he says.
"What were they?" I ask.
"Nothing important," he says.
"Okay..." I say. I finish eating my lunch and when I look up I catch him staring at me but as soon as hr notices me looking back he looks away.
"I have to go," he says after that and leaves the table. He seems very anti-social. He didn't smile once and though he was talking to me, he looked very uninterested in what I was saying. I wonder what's up with him.
(Time Skip bc it won't let me leave a mark on it)
"How was your first day of school?" My mom asks me as I walk into the kitchen and placing my bag by the table.
"It was fine," I say.
"Did you make any new friends?" She asks.
"No..." I say. "There's not much of a selection. Where's dad?"
"He's out talking to Marcus Eaton," she says. "You know his son just started Divergent classes. You might know him. His name's Tobias."
"Hmm... no I've never met him," I say.
"He must be in the upperclass then," she says. "Maybe you'll meet him one day, he seems like a good kid."
"Yeah," I mumble and then get up and go to my room. I plop down on my bed and fall asleep quickly after my long day of Divergence.
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In this story I want Four to be more approachable since he doesn't have to make anyone believe their not together. And he's the same age as Tris because it fits the story better and a younger, non Daubtless Four seems like he'd be more approchable.
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