*Kate's P.O.V.*
The drop dead gorgeous boy's name is Will. He's my instructor. He's twenty one. His co-trainer for the Dauntless born's name is Melanie. She has a sweet face, big round eyes and doesn't look lethal at all. Her hair is very short, but it suits her well. As our instructors show us around, Melanie quickly dismisses the Dauntless, claiming they don't need a tour. They go away, dissolve into the shadows, probably going to see their families. I haven't thought about them since I switched. I wonder what they're doing tonight. Having dinner with my empty chair, as a reminder that their own daughter left them to join a wild group of people? Perhaps they put the chair away, like they did when my older sister died. Nobody knows why. She was happy, apparently, in her new faction until one day she decided to munch down too many pills and leave us for another place. I still remember the day the Erudite came and told us she'd committed suicide. I remember everything was hazy until the irrevocable truth kicked me into the stomach. My sister, dead. Gone. Forever. I'd never see her smile again, or her warm brown eyes. Never again. Lost forever.
''You will now be entering the Pit. You might have proved your bravery by jumping into nothingness, but if you decide to jump into the Pit, there shall be no net to catch you this time. It's happened once, it'll happen again.'' He brusquely turns left, into a little corridor that leads to another, then another, then to a forked corridor. Will re-evaluates the situation and turns right.
''But wait, isn't it illogical to not have railings around the Pit? Why do that when you can save more lives?'' Charlotte asks, at the back of the pack. We're still going through winding corridors that never seem to end.
Will looks as if he were about to strangle her and answers calmly ''The Pit is there to teach all of the Dauntless the difference between bravery and stupidity. One untied shoe lace here, one cute little rock there, and next thing you know, you're falling to your doom.'' He continues to walk at a quick pace as we encounter a door. Behind it, we hear the faint sound of waves hitting rocks. Our instructor takes a key off of a hidden necklace inside his shirt and opens the door. We huddle through; the Amity boy and Jane take turns throwing me against the wall. A hushed voice comes from behind my back ''How about you guys go pick on someone else, huh? You've got a wide variety of choices.'' I look up to the voice that spoke and see a tall black boy with black and white clothes. The two initiates look at him and go away, laughing. ''Thanks." I mutter. I can fight my own battles, I don't need any help. I know I won't survive initiation with only one friend, so I say "Hi. My name's Kate." He smiles back at me and tells me that his name is James. His grip is firm, and he looks nice. Charlotte comes up behind me and says "Who's he?" with a happy look. He extends his hand and re-introduces himself. She shakes his hand avidly and introduces herself too. Next thing we know, we hear a deep, angry voice yell "COME ON INITIATES! WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY." We realize that the group has been waiting for us. I duck my head out of habitude and walk quickly to the other side of the door. When I walk through, I see a huge, well, pit with a bunch of stores carved into the stone walls of the cavern. The pathway is made of glass and children run across it. People with very colorful hair, tattoos and clothing shout and run every which way, acknowledging friends or running errands. So this is it. The famous Dauntless chaos. It's not that bad, it's actually quite nice to see so much energy vibrating in the air. Will lets us look around for a minute then quickly brings us to our dormitory. As soon as we see bunk beds, Charlotte and I look at each other and yell "I'VE GOT THE TOP BUNK!" at the same time. We both laugh as we race towards the bunk closest to us. I discover that I can jump really high and reach the top bunk first. I lay down on it with a huge smile on my face. Man, these things are way more comfortable than what we had in Abnegation. Charlotte, with her faded blue jeans, navy blue t-shirt and blue fabric shoes, James, with his black and white attire and I decide it's time we go shopping. An hour later, we come out of a small shop with tons of ripped jeans, sturdy black boots, black cloth shoes and black t-shirts. We change and I decide on a tight t-shirt and a ripped up pair of jeans. I don't find the strength within me to throw away my gray shoes, so I keep them. I'll miss my Abnegation clothes. We're all exhausted from our day, so we decide to go eat at the cafeteria. There, we see other initiates. Dauntless born. One of them stands out more than the others; he's got black jeans that bunch up at the bottom, black cloth shoes and a faded t-shirt that says a very provocative string of words. His right ear looks like it's made more out of metal than out of skin and he's got light brown hair streaked with blazing blue strands. His green eyes meet mine as he saunters over to our little group. I see, as he gets closer, that he has a lip piercing also. Behind me, Charlotte asks in a suggestive tone "Who's that?"
*Blaze P.O.V.*
As I was talking to Skye and Shadow, I see the newbies that were on the train with us. They've changed their clothing. At least they're trying to fit in, not like some of the other idiots that are still wearing their old faction clothes. I notice they're all staring, but one of them stands out in particular; a small girl, probably from Abnegation, (I can tell by the way she holds herself, all scrunched up, back hunched, trying to make herself invisible). She wears a tight t-shirt with a cute little owl design, small skinny jeans and surprise, surprise! She's still wearing her gray shoes. Hmmm… Probably wants to hold on to her old faction even though she doesn't want to admit it. Might as well get the social ball rolling, they aren't going to approach us, that's for sure. Not with that Lola bitch that looks at them as if they were insects. God, we're the same age! What's wrong with her? The best way to bond is over food. They'll probably think the dauntless cake is kick ass and get hooked. Might as well make new friends, that gray shoed girl looks nice.
*Kate's P.O.V.*
The closer he gets, the better he looks. He approaches me and whispers into my ear "Want some cake? It tastes pretty good." He says with a seductive smile. I look at the others and say with more assurance than I actually had "I think we'd all love some. We're so starving. When's dinner?" I flash him a smile and he answers me, still not backing away "Well, dinner's in two hours so might as well eat now. Oh, by the way, my name's Blaze. Wanna eat a pizza?" I look up at him with a puzzled expression on my face. What the hell is pizza? The other two nod in agreement and I look up to him and ask "Ummmm… What's pizza?" I ask awkwardly. He looks down to my feet and points at me "Right. Stiffs don't eat plain food. It's bread with cheese and other toppings that you decide on."
"Wow. You have the weirdest faction." Says Charlotte, puzzlingly.
"I have a weird faction? You guys are the ones that spend all day locked inside with pieces of paper, reading them over and over again!" I retort.
"Touché, dear friend, touché."
Blaze tells us to sit down and walks into the cafeteria walls. He comes out a few seconds later with a huge piece of bread dripping with some red stuff and cheese, with black little things I only assume are olives in one hand, and in the other a mountain of dark crumbly stuff with cream on it. He graciously drops it onto the table. He takes out a few forks from his pocket and tosses them to us. I look at him with a puzzled look and ask:
"Did you steal food to feed the poor little newbies?"
He smiles and throws up his hands behind his shoulders as if he were not pleading guilty to some kind of crime.
"Found it laying around the cafeteria! Finders keepers, right?" he says, with a devilish gleam in his eyes. Charlotte has already eaten a half of the thing they call "cake" and looks very satisfied. James is eating a piece of the pizza and the stringy cheese is all around his face, but he looks very satisfied. I reach for a piece of the pizza and Blaze does the same. Our hands touch ever so briefly. I jerk back, not being used to touching other people, being from Abnegation and all. He nudges a piece towards me and I tell him to go first, out of habitude. He smiles and nudges it closer. I'm about to protest but I think of my newfound freedom and take a huge bite out of the greasy piece. It tastes absolutely delicious. I take another bite and next thing I know I'm grabbing a second piece. Blaze looks proud and James and Charlotte are both smiling widely. I look at them and ask with my mouth full "What?" and they dissolve into laughter. Blaze looks happy as he's starting on his fifth piece. Wow, people here sure eat like machines around here. I'm digging into the chocolate cake in no time and am enjoying myself immensely until that blonde second jumper comes by and looks at Blaze, Charlotte, James then me with a disgusted look. Blaze yells at her as she's walking away:
"Hey Lola! How bout you take the stick that's shoved up your ass out and try to smile once in a while?" She turns around and makes a very rude gesture with her hands and walks away. Blaze is laughing and I'm smiling more than I should. I don't like her, she always looks mean. God, what's her problem?