I was still pondering the situation when "Beatrice Prior," was called. The teenager next in line started shoving me towards the front of the room. It wasn't that I was nervous about my choice, I was still apprehensive about being the second child to go to a different faction than my parents. I accepted the knife and stuck the blade in the palm of my hand carefully. I tried to be strong; I tried not to wince as my skin split apart. The blood poured out easily and I shot an apologetic look to my parents. My dad wasn't looking; my mom looked at me with a sad smile on her face. I couldn't return it, so I looked away as my blood dropped into the water, turning it even more pink than clear.

I met up with Caleb after the Choosing who seemed just as surprised that we were in the same faction.

"You had an aptitude for Erudite?" he asked, incredulous.

"Yeah…" I said, only sort-of lying.

"It's good to be here with you though Beatrice." Caleb said, and I smiled softly at him. We followed the path of Erudite initiates towards a bus which I presumed was going to take us to the Erudite headquarters. There was a large plate-like object on the very top of the bus. It reflected the sun's light. I had never seen such thing before, but I assumed it was a solar panel. I got on the large, well-crafted bus after Caleb and we sat together.

"Susan," I said simply, just to start conversation.

"Robert," Caleb shot back with a slight smirk. I rolled my eyes.

"Oh come on Caleb. Everyone knows about you and Susan." I said. He just shrugged.

"We have to go where life takes us Beatrice. I guess we just weren't meant to be." Caleb muttered. I decided not to say anymore.

When we reached the Erudite headquarters, I was in awe just looking at the huge structure of the building. Caleb stayed at my side as we were led to the dormitories. I was pleased to find mine and Caleb's bunks adjacent to each other. On the beds, as well as clean sheets and a blanket, I found a blue T-shirt. Caleb had the same on his bed. I looked at the other people in the room as they pulled off their clothes and slipped on the blue T-shirt. Caleb and I were a bit apprehensive, because after all we were from Abnegation and people there have loads of self-decency as we were not allowed to reveal any part of our body. But Caleb slowly pulled his gray shirt over his head, and I did the same. We both put on our blue shirts and followed the crowd downstairs. The conversation was light in the hallways, not silent like I was used to, but not screaming either. Another initiate walked up to me.

"Hello. I'm Julie," she said with a grin. I smiled at her.

"Beatrice," I said.

"Abnegation?" she wondered. I nodded, and inclined my head towards her. "Amity," she replied. I nodded again. That explained the friendliness.

"Do you know where we are going?" I asked. Julie nodded eagerly.

"My brother is in Erudite. He's nineteen, and my mother and I have visited him every Visiting Day. We are going to get started with training so we can do the initiation."

"Oh ok. Is the initiation hard…?" I questioned.

"If you don't study!" Julie laughed. I forced a laugh along with her. By then we had reached what looked like a meeting place. I stood next to Julie, and Caleb was on my other side. I saw a woman with hair slightly darker than mine step up onto a platform. She wore a pair of spectacles perched on the tip of her nose.

"Welcome. I am Jeanine Matthews."

TBC