I slowly make my way back to the dorms and am surprised to find it mostly empty. I guess everyone went to breakfast.

I change into what I want to wear to training and head over to the cafeteria hoping to find my brother there. I go to where I think the cafeteria is and I end up in a dead end hallway. I backtrack and head down another hallway but this one doesn't seem to be right either. Every hallway looks the same in this dim lighting.

I go to turn down another hallway when I notice a guy laughing at me. 'What's so funny?' I ask.

'I was just wondering how many hallways you were going to try before asking for help.'

'Well, would you be nice enough to help a girl out?'

'Nope, sorry. I'm busy.' And with that he turns to walk away.

What the hell!

'Just kidding!' he turns around with a big smile on his face.

'I guess I could spare a few minutes. Where are you headed anyways?'

'I'm trying to find my way to the cafeteria. I think my brother's there.'

'Well you are in luck cause that's the way I'm going. Follow me.' Without waiting for a response he starts down the hallway.

'I know it's a little confusing at first but you'll be surprised how quickly you'll get used to it.'

'You sound like you've had a similar experience. Did you transfer in?'

'Yeah. I came from candor a few years back.'

I smile. I'm just about to ask him some more questions about his transfer when we enter the cafeteria.

'Good luck initiate.' He walks away before I can say thank you or even ask him his name. Hopefully I run into him again later. It would be nice to have a friend here.

I look around the cafeteria and there is a sea of black and red. How am I supposed to find my brother in here?

I walk around for a minute before catching someone waving in my direction. It's christina. I smile. We were sort of secret friends in candor. I was happy when she chose Dauntless too. Back in Candor we would pass notes in class and hang out when my brother was busy. He never directly said I couldn't hang out with her but I knew he didn't like her and I tried my hardest not to set him off.

I glance around one more time for my brother but when I come up empty I start to walk towards Christina. I only make it a few steps when someone grabs my arm. 'Hey mea. We're over here.'

I allow Molly to lead me over to a table she's sharing with my brother, drew, and a group of people I don't recognize. I sit down next to my brother with molly and drew across from us.

I give christina a smile to say im sorry. She smiles back. The best thing about christina is that shes always understanding.

'Hey sis. Thought we lost you.'

'Hey peter. I woke up early and went for a walk. Sorry I didnt make it back before you woke.'

'No biggy. Have some breakfast. We'll have to leave for training soon.'

At the center of the table is sort of a buffet of food for people to grab. I grab an apple and some toast. Molly is going on about how she heard we'll be fighting during initiation. She's pretty excited. Peter just laughs and he eyes up the abnegation girl sitting with christina. He's been giving her crap since the rooftop. I think he's annoyed that he didnt jump first. Hopefully he lets it go.

We head over to the training rooms and wait for Four to begin.

The room is massive and there are white mats on the floor towards the center of the room, one wall has punching bags, and one wall has targets. I get nervous as I look around. We just got here and everything looks so foreign.

Four says we'll begin by learning how to shoot a gun then he'll teach us how to fight. Peter being peter manages to piss four off in the first few minutes earning him a gun to the head.

After Four has made his point about paying attention and lowers his gun I grab onto peters arm. I'm not sure if I do this for him or for me. Part of me is afraid he'll lunge at Four. I don't know Four well enough yet to know how he'd react if an initiate attacked him and I really don't want to find out. Four seems pretty serious. I don't see him just brushing it off. Maybe if Peter feels my hand on his arm he'll remember what we could lose here. Luckily he stays quiet even though I can see how angry he is.

After Four demonstrates how to use a gun it's our turn and we make our way to our spots in front of the targets.

I stand between Peter and Molly. I try to position myself the way Four was but no matter how I stand this just feels awkward. After a moment I settle in a position and fire. The gun almost flies out of my hands. I wasn't expecting the kickback. I try again. This time I manage to at least hold onto the gun. I couldn't tell you where my first few shots go but then I start to hit the edge of the target. Now that I can see where my bullets are landing it's easier to adjust my aim. After a while my bullets are landing mostly in the center. I'm pretty proud of myself. It's only my first day holding a gun and I can hit the target. Yay me! Maybe initiation won't be that bad after all.

I take a moment to look down the line of targets and Peter seems to be doing well too. Molly isn't doing as well as me and peter but at least she's hitting the target. Some of the other initiates aren't doing so great. The girl from abnegation I notice hasn't hit the target yet. Peter notices to and lets out a chuckle and opens his mouth to stay something. I grab his arm and mouth 'please dont'. Luckily he seems to be in a good mood and goes back to shooting without saying a word.

After shooting for what feels like forever Four dismisses us for lunch. The rest of the afternoon passes in a flash. We spent the afternoon learning how to fight with four. I used muscles I didnt know I had and just want to lie down and rest. Peter insists I join them for dinner before I lay down and I oblige. I am pretty hungry after training. The cafeteria was crazy loud and after I finished my burger I'm ready for some quiet. Molly tries to talk me into going shopping with her but I am exhausted so I leave my brother and his friends in the pit. Hopefully they don't get into too much trouble.

I walk back through the hallways in a daze when I walk into something hard and fall to the ground. I look up to see Eric staring down at me.

Not again!

He grabs my arm and pulls me to my feet.

'Sir...' I begin but am quickly interrupted

'you seem to have a bad habit of not looking where you're going initiate. If your vision is that bad maybe I should have Four disqualify you before we have any more problems!'

Oh no! He wouldnt!

'Sir please dont!' I beg 'I swear it was an accident! Im normally not this clumsy. Im just tired from training today.'

He laughs. 'Initiation doesnt truly begin until the fighting begins. If you're already exhausted then watching you try to fight should be interesting.'

He looks down at me with a grin on his face. 'Ill let you stay even if its just for entertainment. Sleep well candor. Tomorrow things will get much harder.'

He releases my arm and walks off.

Shit.

How did I manage to piss him off 2 times in one day?

I need to start being smarter or I'm never going to survive initiation.