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Not all the POVs I am doing will necessarily be from initiates going through Dauntless initiation. The main focus will be Dauntless initiation, but I will also be exploring other characters who have transferred to other factions. I am also trying to stay as true to the characters and the storyline as possible.

So, this is a sort of reflective POV from Susan Black, Tris's friend. This takes place just after the Choosing Ceremony. It's a little bit short, but I hope you enjoy it anyway! :)

Susan Black, Abnegation Initiate (Faction-born)

I'm relieved that the Choosing Ceremony is over.

To be honest, I was pretty shocked at the outcome. A lot of the people I knew from Abnegation became transfers to other factions. Even the people I hadn't expected, Robert, Caleb and Beatrice.

Robert decided to transfer to Amity. I guess that isn't so bad. And Robert has always been such a kind and understanding brother to me. He was always selfless too. The night before, he came to talk to me about the choice he was stuck with making. He told me he got Abnegation as his test result, same as me. But he also said that Abnegation didn't feel right for him anymore.

I told him I understood. I really did. And I said I would always love him, whatever he decided to do.

I guess mother and father would have been less lenient with his decision. Both of them were Abnegation inside out, their personality traits later transferred onto Robert and I. I always felt safe in Abnegation, our tight, strong community. I felt like I belonged. And I have always been selfless, and genuine about it. Robert was selfless too, but I could always sense that he felt like he was lying to himself.

Out of everyone, I hadn't expected Caleb to be the one of us to transfer. And out of all factions, Erudite? Our recent enemy? I wonder what influenced that decision. He was like me, selfless and genuine. And I knew him very well too. We were close friends, and we always talked a lot. And it felt like things could have gotten more serious if he had stayed. But he hadn't. And I had to accept that.

And Beatrice, Caleb's sister. She transferred to Dauntless. I was close to her too, though not as close to her as I was with Caleb. I could see why she transferred. For her, life in Abnegation seemed so difficult. I could see how hard she tried to be selfless. But it seemed like no matter how hard she tried, she wasn't selfless enough. I sometimes caught her staring at her reflection in the windows we passed, sometimes I saw her brother stand up because she forgot to even consider giving up her seat on the bus. It isn't her fault, of course. It's just that she probably wasn't made for Abnegation the way I was.

So I guess I am the only one left. And I don't know how to feel about that. I watch my parents with worried faces as they start to help tidy up the room. I see Caleb and Beatrice's parents in a heated argument, no doubt about the fact that both their children have transferred factions. And I see Marcus Eaton, expressionless as he puts out the burning flames in the Dauntless bowl and dispose of the coals and blood. His son transferred to Dauntless two years ago, but it doesn't look like it bothers him.

All the other sixteen year olds around me start to fall in step with the Abnegation members, helping empty out the bowls of the factions, stacking chairs, sweeping floors, gathering lost property. We all do it silently and efficiently, helping people carry big loads, dividing ourselves into pairs and groups to do other jobs. It's the reason why I love my faction. We all help each other out without hesitation, without being asked. Seeing us all work together, I can't help but think about how beautiful it is.

I wonder what the next few weeks will be like. I have seen initiates go through initiation before. It's basically a period of community service. Abnegation initiation is quite easy, and almost everyone who becomes an initiate becomes a member. It's a wonder more people don't transfer here.

But then I think about Robert, Caleb and Beatrice. I wonder what they're going to have to go through now. Caleb will probably have the hardest initiation of all. The Erudite people are a pretty exclusive faction, and you really do have to be intelligent to make it. Beatrice will probably have it tough too. Out of all the factions, I have heard that Dauntless initiation is the cruellest of them all. But I have heard nothing about Amity initiation, so I can only imagine what Robert will have to go through.

I wonder what it would have been like if they all stayed in Abnegation. I would have married Caleb, gone to faction meetings with Beatrice, lived next door to her and Robert. It would have been a nice life.

I do realize it's selfish of me to think this, but I really wish they hadn't left Abnegation.

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