Here chapter four. See you at the bottom.
Nat POV
I still can't believe that Tobias is in front of me. He looks different. Muscular and I think I see a tattoo peeking out from the back of his shirt on his neck. What could it be?
What makes my day even better is seeing Peter flailing and screaming down to the net. Christina, Tris and I all started laughing. I'm going to have to tease him later.
"Follow me," Tobias says after every transfer is down and ready. "My name is Four, I'm your instructor for initiation. I usually work in the control center." How did he choose that nickname?
"Four, like the number? What, was one through three taken?" Christina asks. Wow, she might want to keep her mouth closed. That could get her in big trouble.
"Yes, exactly like the number," he replies. "Is there a problem?"
"No."
"Good. Now we're about to go into the Pit, which you'll someday learn to love."
"The Pit? Clever name." Christina, again, needs to keep her mouth shut.
Tobias, I mean Four, walks up to Christina. His eyes narrow, for a second he looks scary. I've never seen him do that. It almost scares me. Christina stands her guard, but I still see that she's terrified. Wow, when did my brother terrify people?
"What's your name?" he asks her.
"Christina," she squeaks.
"Well, Christina, if I wanted to put up with Candor smart mouths, I would have joined their faction. The first thing you will learn from me is to keep your mouth shut. Got it?" She nods.
We start moving again. Christina whispers to me and Tris, "What a jerk."
"I guess he doesn't like to be laughed at," Tris says. I smile. Tris is right, he doesn't, we know that for sure.
Four-is that his nickname?- opens a set of double doors into what is called "the Pit."
"Oh, I get it," Christina whispers to herself.
"Pit" is the best way to describe it. It's an underground cavern so huge the other end is hidden with shadows. We stand at the bottom, the ceiling is made of glass. Uneven rock walls rise several stories. Built in the walls are places to shop for food, clothing, supplies, and to do leisure activities. Narrow paths line up the walls to connect them. There are no railings to keep people from falling over the side. Blue lanterns dangle at random.
"If you follow me, I'll show you the chasm," Four-I think it is-says. He leads us to the right of the Pit, which is very dark. We now stand at the edge of a barrier. I hear a roar that must be water. I look to where the sound is coming from. There's a waterfall, to the left the water is calmer, but to the right, it's white, battling with rock.
"The chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy!" Four shouts over the sound. "A daredevil jump off this ledge will end your life! It has happened before, and it will happen again, you have been warned."
"This is incredible," Christina says.
"Incredible is the word," Tris says.
"Definitely," I reply
Four-is that right?- leads us back to the ground of the Pit and through a gaping hole in the wall. In it is a dining hall with a lot of tables and seats. Christina, Tris and I choose a mostly empty table. Tris finds herself between me and Four. I seriously can't get that nickname in my head. I sit beside Christina.
In the center of the table a plate is filled with food I don't know. Two circular pieces of bread a piece of round meat. Both Tris and I take one and look it over. What is this? I look at Tobias-Four- for an explanation.
"It's beef, here put this on it," he says while passing me a small bowl full of red sauce.
"You've never have had a hamburger?"Christina asks Tris and I. We shake our heads.
"Stiffs eat plain food," Four explains to Christina.
"Why?"
"Extravagance is considered self-indulgent and unnecessary." Tris and I say, like we rehearsed it.
She smirks, "I can see why you two left."
"Yea, it was because of the food," Tris says.
Tris POV
The hamburger is delishes! We kept on eating and talking for a while, except Tobias, who will always be Tobias in my mind, but I have to say Four out loud. I keep wondering if he found someone else the last two years. I mean not that I would blame him. I'm not that pretty and still built like a child.
I keep thinking these thoughts while a young man around Tobias' age comes in. He has a ton of piercings on his face.
"Who's that?" Nat asks.
"Eric, one of the Dauntless leaders," Tobias replies.
"Really? He's so young though," Christina says.
"Age doesn't matter in Dauntless."
I could tell Nat was going to ask, what does matter in Dauntless? But Eric spots a table and came toward it. Our table. He sits next to Tobias and looks us over. Tobias stiffens.
"Well aren't you going to introduce me?" he asks Tobias.
"This is Tris, Nat, and Christina."
"Ooh, Stiffs. Let's see how long you last." Both of us gives a look that says "we will." He turns back to Tobias. "So, what have you been doing lately, Four?"
"Nothing, really."
"Max keeps telling me he's been wanting to meet with you, but you haven't been showing up. He requested that I find out what's going on with you."
"Tell him that I am currently satisfied with my position that I hold."
"So he wants to give you a job."
"So it would seem."
"And you aren't interested."
"I haven't been for two years."
"Well, let's hope he gets the point," Eric says and leaves. I can sense some tension between them.
"Are you two friends?" I ask.
"We were in the same initiation class," he says. "He transferred from Erudite."
"Were you a transfer too?" Christina says.
"I thought I would have only Candor asking questions, but now I have both Candor and Stiffs?" He says, and me and Nat know he's being playful to us. So I decide to be playful back.
"It must be because you're so approachable. You know, like a bed of nails."
He stares at me for a while, like he's trying to decide if I'm joking or if I'm serious. Then he looks mad, like real mad. But I see his eyes have a gleam, they do that when he gets a joke.
"Careful, Tris," he says then walks to another table.
"I'm developing a theory," Christina says. Nat looks like she's trying not to burst out laughing. They obviously talked about it shortly, probably when Tobias and I had our little joke pass.
"And it is?" I ask.
"You have a death wish." And then Nat couldn't hold it in any more, she laughs like she hadn't heard anything funnier.
. . Line break . .
After dinner Tobias disappears. Eric leads us to one side of the Pit and through several hallways. He stops in front of a wooden door and fold his arms. We gather in front of him.
"For those who don't know, my name is Eric. I am one of the five leaders of Dauntless. We take initiation here very seriously, so I volunteered to oversee most of your training."
Well that thought makes me nauseous.
"Some ground rules. You have to be at the training room at eight a.m every day. Training takes place between eight and six, with a break for lunch. You are free to do whatever you want after six. You will also have breaks between each stage of initiation. You are only aloud to leave the compound when accompanied by a Dauntless. Behind these doors are where you will be sleeping for the next few weeks."
Wow. I've never slept with a boy in the room with me before.
"We rank things here. In stage one of initiation four cuts are made. The other seven cuts are made after stage three. The first stage you are separated from the Dauntless-born initiates, but that doesn't mean you are ranked separately. The remaining ten initiates are still ranked, to decide which job you get."
"What do we do if we get cut?" Peter asks.
"You leave the Dauntless compound and become factionless," Eric answers.
"But that's not fair!" Molly says. "If we had known-"
"Are you saying that if you had known before the Choosing Ceremony you wouldn't have chosen Dauntless? Well then you should get out now. You chose us. Now we have to choose you."
Hey, sorry I haven't updated lately. Yesterday I went fishing with my best friend and decided that we are going to do a few fan fictions on the Gallagher Girls series and Unwind. You should read those series if you haven't already. Then I played with my little sister, because she wanted me to. I'll try to update as soon as I can, but school's about to start so I will be busy. Please give me ideas and review. Until the next chapter.