Uuuurrghhhh I'm so sad :( I made a Chapter 4 for this story, but then my internet got cut off and I lost all my precious work! Noooo! Then, I had to go to school, and I forgot to turn on my wifi before I clicked the "Save" button! I lost my work TWICE already ,_,. I'm so sorry if this Chapter is not very good, I'm trying to remember everything from before I lost my work! Luv ya guys, byee!
Katniss' POV
I approached the stage as my name was called. An Erudite leader, Jeanine Matthews, handed me a knife. As I brought the knife across the palm of my hand, I winced and looked around at all the different faction bowls. Each faction had different things in their bowls to represent their faction. Dauntless' bowl contained lit coals. Erudite's bowl, pure water. Candor's bowl, clear glass. Abnegation's bowl, gray stones, and finally, Amity's bowl contained earth.
I could stay in Amity. I could live a peaceful life with Prim and my mother. Or I could go to Dauntless, and live my life to the fullest. However, I knew exactly where I belonged.
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath as I thrust my hand over the flaming coals. Joining the sea of black clothing, I discreetly smiled at my family, and they waved back.
The Amity gasped as Gale, too, joined me in Dauntless. Two Amity joining Dauntless at the same time was almost unheard of, but we didn't care. We were together.
I counted the number of Dauntless transfers just to pass the time.
Two Amity, Gale and me. Four Candor. Four Erudite. No Abnegation.
When the Ceremony ended, I was pushed and shoved towards the exit by a clan of black-clothed people. The whistling of a train was deafening combined with the stampede of military boots sprinting to jump on.
With some difficulty, I managed get a grip on a handle and haul myself up. Suddenly, someone grabbed at the hem of my shirt, pulling me down again. I looked over to see one of the Erudite transfers attempting to get on the train.
"Help! Please help me up!" he begged. I grabbed hold of his arm, but he was too heavy for me. Sobbing, he let go, falling to his knees and burying his face in his hands. A pang of guilt struck me, and I turned away.
Someone's hand gently pulled me into the train and I whipped my head around to see-
"Gale! Oh my gosh, where were you? I couldn't find you after the Ceremony and-"
"Katniss, calm down. We're gonna be Dauntless together. Do you really think I would ditch?" Gale smiled.
I hugged him tightly and buried my face in his chest. The other initiates snickered and one Erudite girl chuckled, "Oooh! Looks like we have something already going on here!"
"Isabelle, shut up. What are you, an eight year old? Hi, I'm Alec, her brother" the boy sitting next to Isabelle apologized.
"Gale. Nice to meet you. This is Catnip." Gale joked.
"Gale! My name's Katniss, by the way, not Catnip." I said and rolled my eyes.
"Well since none of you bothered to introduce the rest of us, I'm Finnick, he's Peeta, and this is Annie." a Candor boy interrupted.
Peeta smiled at me shyly, whilst Annie and Finnick held out their hands for me to shake. Everybody except Peeta participated in friendly chatter, and I got to know about some of the other initiates.
That was when I noticed something. Peeta's actually kind of cute.
He had ashy blonde hair that fell in waves over his forehead and eyes that were the colour of oceans.
I think I have a crush on Peeta.
The other two Erudite introduced themselves as Cato and Clove. They were very boastful, and not the kind of people to be volunteering at a puppy shelter if they had the chance.
Isabelle leaned over to me and whispered, "Might not want to get on the wrong side of Cato and Clove. Cato can break your neck in one go, and Clove is well-practiced in the art of knife throwing. Both are extremely strong, and will punch the lights out of you if you insult them."
"Thanks for the advice. I'll watch out for them." I whispered back.
"And anyways, I bet all of you couldn't throw a knife nearly half as good as me! Stop gaping, we're supposed to jump off soon." ended Clove, even though nobody had their mouths open in the first place.
Everybody looked out the window, some going pale, some getting ready to leap off the train. I signalled to Gale that I wanted to get this over with as soon as possible. Gale understood, counted up to three, and we jumped.
My shoulder stung as it hit the rough gravel on the roof. I groaned, clutching my right arm as I angrily hobbled over to where two people with a badge saying "INSTRUCTOR" were standing.
There was loud scream at the other side where the real Dauntless were gathered to watch us, the initiates. A girl started crying and sobbing uncontrollably as she pointed her finger at something below the building.
Sneakily, I joined the real Dauntless to have a look.
When I looked down, there was the lifeless body of a once very pretty girl. Her limbs stuck out at odd angles, and blood poured from her head, surrounding her in a pool of crimson.
I tell myself, as sternly as possible, that is how things work here. We do dangerous things and people die. People die, and we move on to the next dangerous thing. The sooner that lesson sinks in, the better chance I have at surviving initiation.
I cannot stand here and mourn. I must return to the others.
Still in shock of what had just happened, I limp back to where Gale is standing.
Looking around, I noticed that other people had the same problem as me, trying not to cry as they gripped their bumps and bruises. Cato and Clove, however, had smug expressions on their face as they looked at everyone in mock pity.
"Initiates! Silence please!" yelled the woman instructor. Her wavy brunette hair was tied up in a loose ponytail, and she had the sparkling bright eyes of a young child.
The chatter died down, and the other instructor, a boy, stepped out.
"Our names are Marlene and Uriah! We will be training the Dauntless-borns." he greeted the initiates with a bad attempt at a poker face. Isabelle piped up,
"Your name is Marlene? Isn't that a girl's name?"
Everyone burst into peals of laughter, even Uriah and Marlene after a few moments of trying to keep their giggles in.
"Please don't tell Eric or Max that we started of with a not-so-straight face. They'd kill me. Anyway, I'm Uriah, and this is Marlene." he chuckled. The laughter ceased and this time, Marlene spoke,
"For the first part of initiation, I'll just say it straight out. We want you-" She pointed at all of us. "To jump off this ledge." Marlene finished with an evil grin.
Gale, Isabelle, Alec, and I snorted as Cato neared the edge of the building. He looked as white as a ghost, and asked Marlene, "Is there water or something at the bottom?"
He was right, when we looked down, all we could see was darkness.
"Why don't you find out? You seemed pretty tough on the train." Uriah snickered.
Cato mumbled something about heights and joined Clove at the end of the line. I was next.
I stared at the dark shadows, wondering what awaited me in this strange and crazy world.
Holding my breath, I plummet, cannon-ball style, into the shadows.
For a moment, I feel weightless, as if I am flying. The next thing I know, I have landed bottom-first into a net.
I did it. I jumped.
A hand is offered to me from the side, and I stumble uneasily across the net. I grip the offered hand, and is pulled over the edge of the net.
The help had been offered by a tall man with deep blue eyes, so deep they were almost black.
He was standing next to a short woman with blonde hair, piercing blue eyes lined with coal, and an interesting tattoo of three ravens on her collarbone.
Both the man and woman bore badges also with "INSTRUCTOR" written on them. I suspected they were a couple, by the way she was discreetly holding his hand.
"An Amity? First to jump? Unheard of." says the woman. They stifle a giggle, I manage to catch the words "awful impression" and "Lauren would not approve" as the man turns to me.
"What's your name?" he asks me.
"Um... I uh..." I stammer.
"Think about it. You don't get to pick again." the woman grins.
"Kat. No wait- um...Katniss. Yeah, Katniss." I reply. If I am to recognized in this faction, I want to be recognized with my real name.
"First jumper, Katniss!" yells the man.
The woman shakes my hand awkwardly, guiding me towards the stairs, and smiles, "Welcome to Dauntless."
Ahahaha I just realized why I put Isabelle and Alec in and they seemed so familiar. I couldn't figure out why for the past few days cause I was just thinking 'Why are Isabelle and Alec sound like people I know?' and it hit me.
THEY'RE CHARACTERS FROM MORTAL INSTRUMENTS
MY FANDOMS ARE INTERFERING EVEN WHEN I DON'T WANT THEM TO.
Anyway...
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