Chapter 2

Today is my first day at Dauntless. I got a scholarship there by using the paper I got sent in the mail a few weeks ago. I just changed the name and said I was male. Christina did a good job. I actually look like a dude. My new name is Six. That is how many goals I scored in one game. But it was against girls and it was an okay team. Yet no one else was able to score. The dorms in Dauntless have Four bedrooms, a big living area, and a kitchen. So I have three roommates. It's way different from Abnegation. You had a room with two beds and a mini fridge. You had to go to the cafeteria to cook food. I only went to Abnegation for my parents. Otherwise I would've ran to Dauntless at my first chance. I park in the parking lot of Dauntless and run in to my dorm with as many bags as I can carry. I run outside again and bring in the rest of the bags. I see my three roommates and in the living room and my stuff gone.

"We threw your stuff in your room. It's the second room on the right side of the hallway." One guys says reading my mind.

"Thanks." I say in a guy voice. It's not bad actually. I take my things to my room and start to unpack. I put all of my girly stuff in the back of the closet that I have. Then I put my guy clothes in front. I place everything that would be in the bathroom on my nightstand.

I grab the bag of food I brought for the fridge and take it to the kitchen. I throw everything in its place and walk out with a bag of chips. I head towards the living room to see the guys watching a movie. I sit on one of the chairs and lean back.

"Oh my god. Where did you get the food?" One guy asks. He has dark skin and brown eyes and is pretty tall. He's actually pretty cute. But I'm a guy now so I have to throw those thoughts away.

"Kitchen. I brought tons of food." The guys sprint for the kitchen and come back with food.

"I'm Uriah." He says. He the one who spoke earlier. "And you are?"

"Six." I reply.

"Cool, This is Zeke, my older stupid brother." He points to the guy that looks similar to him but smaller and buffer. "And this is Four." I turn to look at the other guy. He's hot. But I'm a guy. And even if I were a girl, he still wouldn't want me. He has tan skin, brown almost black hair and dark blue eyes that can pull you right in. Those eyes are gorgeous. I look away and turn back to the movie.

"Is this your first year of college?" Zeke asks.

"Yeah, what about you guys?"

"Four and I are juniors and Uriah is a freshman too."

"Cool" we watch the movie in silence and at scary points I jump and Uriah screams. Then we laugh. That's how the night ends. I finally go to bed and sleep so I'm ready for soccer tryouts tomorrow.

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Because it was the first day of classes, we hardly did anything. They went over the rules of the class and we met our teachers. I really liked Tori. She is the art teacher. But Jeanine Mathews was annoying. She got mad at everything you do. She's the science teacher. Uriah and I were talking about soccer tryouts before class and she yelled at us to be quiet saying she was ready to teach. But then she didn't teach for another 10 minute. I mean like, what the hell?

I go back to the apartment and throw on black shorts and a black T-shirt. I put on my socks and slides but I bring everything else.

When I get to the field, I notice I am the first one there. I put my cleats on and start to stretch so I can shoot on net. Because I'm small, I've never had a really strong foot. So I've worked out since middle school to fix that problem. This caused my strike to be twice as hard as some of the guys from Abnegation. I've also worked on my accuracy a lot as well. In high school, I would ask Christina to come over to help me practice. She would always complain but she ended up helping me more than you think. And all she did was sit there and call out top or bottom, and left or right. I figured out myself how to shoot the ball right where I wanted it. My dad would come out and help too like throwing the ball in the air so I would volley it. I wonder if they know that I switched schools. Probably not. I don't know if I should tell them.

These memories run through my head as I set the ball down on the 18'. Luckily I don't think anyone else showed up yet. I probably looked stupid just standing in front of the ball staring ahead. Whatever. I take a few steps back moving a little toward the left side because I am right footed. I can shoot well with my left foot too but right is better. Some would call me ambidextrous since I use both feet often. I look at the net. Top right. I take a shot and follow through hitting just between the right post and the crossbar. Perfect.

"Hey nice shot." Someone behind me says. Four.

"Tha- thanks." I say clearing my voice so I sound like a guy.

"Where do you play?"

"Usually midfield but I can play anywhere. You?"

"Striker."

"What about the other guys?"

"We play a 4-4-2. Al is keeper. Uriah, Will, Gabe, and Drew are defense with Uriah and Will as the centers. Peter, Edward, Zeke, and you are trying out for midfield. You and Zeke would be in the middle, and Peter and Edward would be wings. Then Eric and I would be up top as strikers. There are some other newbies though and some older Dauntless that I still don't know the names of. Oh and I'm captain, so you have to make a good impression on me too. But by the looks of it I think your good."

"Thanks. That helps."

"Yup, now let me see more shots."

"Okay."

He calls where to shoot the ball and I aim there every time. I only miss once but it wasn't that bad. He then throws the ball for me to volley. This is just like what I do at home. I do better than I've ever done. I don't know why though. I'm doing the same thing that I always do. It's like Four gives mea good vibe and it comforts me. With him here I seem to do better. We do this for about 10 minutes and everyone shows up. Amar is the coach and has been coach for a few years now. Four says he's the best coach he's every had. Apparently I was 20 minutes early and Four was 15. At least I got to show him what I got.

We go through stretches and then shoot again. After that we have a juggling contest. I have been able to juggle over 200 juggles since I was 13. This was easy. We had 3 tries to get as high as we could. I got 76 on my first try and didn't do anymore seeing as most people were getting in the fifties. And I didn't want to tire myself out. He picked the top five to move on. Four had 91, Eric had 87, Zeke had 84, I had 76, and Peter had 72. He was then going to pick the top two to move on to see who the best was. We had two tries. I lift the ball off my foot and count in my head. I become mesmerized in the ball that I forget where I am just me and the ball. I use my feet, knees, head and chest. 150, 151, 152, 153, 15-.

"Yo you can stop now you made it to the next round." Peter yells. I look around to see everyone gaping at me. Oops. Only Four and I are left. He got 115. Now it's between me and him. We start off at the same pace but I hear him speed up after 105. Normally I would go faster too and have a race back and forth. But I think he's trying to trick me into messing up. I stay at my own pace. I took at test to find out what school would fit me best in the community. I got Erudite, Abnegation, and Dauntless. Divergent. I meant that my mind works in different ways and I can outsmart people with my Erudite in me. It works right now. I notice that because Four went faster he couldn't really slow down. That caused him to mess up. I keep going making sure to at least pass him. I don't know what he got and but everyone seems to know what I got as they are counting out loud.

"120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131." I keep going and block them out. If I pay attention to them I will definitely mess up. But I still count in my head 140...150...160...170...175,176,177,178,179,180,182,182. I drop the ball when my foot becomes too tired to continue. Every one gapes between me and Four. Everyone knows I got 182. So how many did Four get when he was going too fast for us to count?

"179."

I beat him. I beat the captain. Awesome. We continue practice by scrimmaging and then Amar tells us to go to the showers. Obviously I don't. I grab my bag throwing in my cleats and shin guards and sliding on my slides. I walk back to my room and get a shower. When I finish I go to the kitchen and grab some pirogies out of the freezer. I beat up the water and wait for it to boil. When it does, I plop the pirogies in and wait for them to be done. I put them on a plate and walk to the living room. I turn on the tv and eat my pirogies. Leaving some for the guys. As if on cue Uriah runs in.

"I smell pirogies!"

"Kitchen."

"Yay!" He screams running into the kitchen and coming back with a bug plateful. I'm glad I made the entire bag.

Zeke comes in followed by Four.

"Did I hear you say pirogies?" Zeke asks.

"Yup." He runs in and comes back with a plateful as well.

Four shakes his head in disbelief and I laugh. He goes in and comes back with less than them but more than me.

"These are amazing, can you cook for us all the time?" Uriah says. Everyone nods.

"Sure, why not." I reply. They cheer and I laugh.

"You know, great job today, Six. Nobody has ever beaten me in juggling before." Four says.

"Really?"

"Yeah. I sped up and usually they would go faster too but you didn't. I usually like to mess people up and see what they do. You stayed at the same pace to win. But don't think you will win next time. I won't loose twice."

"Thanks. Your on Four. Next time we will see who wins."

"Yes we shall see."

I've never had a tryout like this. I'm glad they cut the girls team. I never would've been able to come to Dauntless.