I couldn't stop swearing after a long, good hour. How dare he transfer to Dauntless! My faction! MINE! Not only he was going to torture ME, but also he'll torture Keira and Mason! Soooo not fair! I got done after a while and managed to kick over a trash can. Keira rubs my back and says, "It's alright. We'll be okay."

"Stop acting like a Goddamn Amity for a damn second! God, you're killing me!"

Keira glances at me and looks at her feet. I cover my mouth. "Keira."

"No. I get it."

She walks off from the room. Mason lowly whistles and shakes his head. "Cold, dude. Keira! Wait up!"

He follows her.

I'm all alone now. What have I done? I made my best friend cry. THOMAS!

"Yes, dear Elizabeth...?"

I jump and scream. I didn't even SAY anything!

How did he-

"How'd the hell-"

Thomas puts his finger on my lips, silencing me. I shake him off. Even though it felt good...DAMMIT!

"Alright, Thomas…what the hell? Why did you switch factions?"

Thomas chuckles and says simply, "I've studying the Dauntless for a long time now. Your action is really...interesting...! The hype! The rush! All of it! It's amazing! And because, Elizabeth, I didn't want to let you slip from my hands. How could someone else handle your exquisite intensity? No one ever understood you like me, Liz."

He cups my hands within his own. I blush.

"You're mine, Liz Eaton."

Thomas looks over to see if anyone was there. No one was watching. I secretly wish someone was. So he can back away from me.

"I'll let my father kill you."

"Yes. The notorious Tris and Tobias Eaton. The ones who infiltrated Erudite headquarters and killed our leader."

I hiss at her. Jeanine Matthews. The old Erudite Leader. The one who spread lies on my mother's family. On Abnegation. My own enemy, even though she was dead. "Thomas, you'll die. I'll laugh if you die. Please die!"

Thomas chuckles again. "You don't know what I'm capable of, Liz."

He leaves. Turning around, he says, "Hurry. Or else you'll miss the train."

Crap, the train! I run out of the room, with Thomas and the other Dauntless members running and following me. As we come near the train, Keira's arms came close to me. I grab them as she pulls me in. I pull in Thomas and he falls on top of me. I scream as I push him off of me.

"Gross, gross, gross! I got Erudite cooties!", I say as I shake off my shirt and dust off my pants.

Thomas smirks at me as he sits next to me and my friends, making me blush deeper. Keira gives me a strange look, as if suspicious. Mason, on the other hand, looks uncomfortable.

He clears his throat. "So. Thomas. What brings you into our faction?"

"Well-"

"He's being a douche!", I say. Glaring at him. I swear if he utters a word...

Thomas shuts his mouth and smirks. "Says the girl reading To Kill a Mockingbird."

Keira glares at me. "You're reading books!?"

"To get ideas of killing!"

"Oh, really! And you judge ME for acting like an Amity!"

"Amity trash! They make ME sick!"

"Amity are people too, Liz!"

"Who says!?"

"Hold it, girlies!", says Mason. "Calm down. We're on a TRAIN!"

Mason's eyes widen as he sees the Dauntless jumping out of the train. "Good God, I forgot this part..."

We have to jump off and land on the roof.

He goes to the open door and jumps out, screaming out. Keira jumps next, yelling out.

"You're crazy for doing this, Dauntless.", says Thomas, chuckling.

"Did you forget this part..? Does this make you wanna go back to your stupid faction?"

"Nope; it makes me wanna be near you more..."

"Shut up."

I grab him and we both jump off together. We land perfectly. Keira glances at us, waving. Mason was rubbing his knee. In pain. I go over to him and ask him, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah...fucking Christ, that hurts!"

Keira giggles and helps him up, rubbing his knees for him. "Thanks, Keira."

She smiles.

I nod. I hear someone crying as she was looking over the roof corner.

"Calm down. Misty, calm down."

"But, Parker-"

"Misty, come on!"

Parker ushers Misty away. I'm guessing someone didn't make it over. We're not really 'safe'. I glance over. A body was hit hard on the concrete. Her body in all angles. Must be Misty's sister. Miley. Shit. Not another one...This makes it our recent death. Even though I really never spoken to the M-twins, they were okay with me, I guess. My stomach was turning over as I stare at her fallen body, but Keira steers me away before I go on a rampage.

We look at our Dauntless leader. Lawrence. Well...ONE of our leaders. I was hoping that Daddy would be our leader. Yet, he was a trainer for the transfers. Maybe he would be a leader if he wanted to. It would be cool...and yet...embarrassing. Not as embarrassing as Thomas ruining my life! Forever. And forever. And ever. I mentally slap myself.

Shut up, me! Calm down. And shut up!

I see Lawrence and waved. He was balding and dark-skinned. Having his nose pierced and a huge tattoo of the Dauntless symbol on his forearm. He nods at me.

"I'm Lawrence, your leader. Now, for your next test...jump off this roof."

"Jump off the roof!", screams an Amity girl. "Are you crazy! It was bad enough to jump off a moving train!"

Lawrence comes close to her face. "Ready to give up...?"

She shrinks down and says, meekly, "Is there a net, at least...?"

"Want to find out for yourself….?"

She shuts up. Lawrence smirks. Before he said any more...

"Whooooo-hooooo!"

I jump off. Literally. Jumped off the frikkin' roof! I land on a net, getting tangled and laughed. "That was fun, bitches!" I look at a familiar face. Father. Shit. He shakes his head and sighs as Mother and Lauren giggle.

"Hey, guys...", I say, meekly. "First jumper. Remember, Mother?"

Mother blushes while Father and Lauren laugh.

I get myself untangled by Father while I hear a few screams. Keira, Mason and Thomas all jumped out together and land on the net. Keira was laughing hysterically while Mason was heavily breathing. Thomas was unimpressed. Dusting off his shoulders, he looks at me. Winking. I blush. Shiiiiittttt!


"Welcome to Dauntless! I'm sure that you'll like it here. My name is Four-"

An Candor girl laughs with her twin sister. One had her blonde hair in a ponytail while the other one had braids. They were as pale as I was.

"Four? Like the number? Is that like a joke?", the ponytailed twin named Brandy asks.

"Yes, like the number.", says Mother.

"Is there a problem?", asks Lauren.

"No.", says the other Candor twin with braids, Farrah. "It's funny."

Father rolls his eyes and says, "Anyways...let us show you the Pit."

"The Pit?", laughs Brandy. "Why the Pit? Is it like-"

"Shut up, will ya!", I snap. "Let Father talk!"

"Who are you-", started Farrah.

Father stops to glare at the wise-cracking twins and says, "You know what...? If I wanted to deal with wise-cracking Candors, I would've joined your damn faction! Now quiet!"

As we go to the Pit, the color on Farrah's face was drained.

"Oh...that's the Pit."

The Pit was literally a pit! We all look around the Pit. Oooing and ahhing. There were rocks and no railings. None. I saw a bunch of kids running around. Mother was about to act 'stiff' and tell them to slow down, but Father tells her secretly not to. Lauren was looking at them and chuckles. Lawrence shakes his head.

Next was the chasm.

I squeal as we go near a railing over a ripple of water.

"Cool!", I say.

"How is this not scaring anyone!", says Farrah.

"Shut up, Candor.", I mumble.

Father separates us.

"This is the chasm. A daredevil jump over the railing would end your life."

I was about to go over the ledge when Mother spots me.

"Liz-"

Father grabs me by the ponytail and drags me away.

"Ow! Dad-"

"Did you not hear me, Elizabeth! Why would you DO that!"

"I'm Dauntless, Dad! We do stupid things!"

"Liz-", says Mother. Father stopped Mother from speaking and was glaring me with a look in his eyes that I haven't seen before, and it scared me.

"If you do...some stupid shit like that again...I'll..."

He was near my face, but softens up. My face was turning pale and I was panting softly. It looked as if he was about to hit me.

He sighs to himself and says, "Don't do that again."

I almost felt as if I was about to cry. Keira grabs my shoulders and give them a squeeze as my tears couldn't stop.


We all go into a cafeteria to get a quick bite to eat. Hamburgers today. I glance at Thomas, who was next to me. "Hope that you Erudite trash aren't vegans..."

Thomas takes his hamburger and eats it in my face. Swallowing, he says, "Any more jokes, dear Elizabeth?"

"No."

"Heh. Good."

"Why are you messing with me!"

Father sits on my other side, making the both of us silent.

"Don't quit talking because of me.", he says as he ate.

So much for an apology.

Mother sits next to him, kissing him. Gross.

"Gross, Mom!"

"What? I can't show your father love?"

"I thought Abnegation were 'Stiffs'!"

'Stiff' was the nickname for the Abnegation because...well...they're stiff.

"Abnegation is selfless. Sure, we have ways of showing emotions...but..."

"Yes, Mother?", I say as I cock up an eyebrow, smirking.

She stopped talking and looks at Dad. "Tobias?"

Father was looking at her and me. "I don't want to be a part of this."

Seems like Father forgot what had happened a few minutes ago.

I don't want to bring it up, so I joke. To relieve the tension.

"Haha! Mom!"

"Okay, Tobias. You guys win...but, we have to discuss your little 'stunt' at the ceremony."

Crap. I forgot I lashed out at Grampa Marcus this morning. It was worth it. So. Worth. It. I slide down in my seat and groan.

"Now, Mom. If you were me, you'd do the same thing. Don't go back to that 'Stiff' shit."

"Elizabeth Marie Eaton!"

"Mom!"

"Ooo! Mama Tris whipped out the 'Marie'!", jokes Keira, who was heading to our table with Mason.

"Dad, if you were me, would you do the same thing!?", I say, glancing at Dad, who sighed.

"Listen to-"

"Yeah, yeah. Listen to Mother. I get it."

"She's right, you know. Your behavior was uncalled for."

"You two are making me want to be factionless!"

"Don't say that!", says Mother.

"Chill out. We need to calm down before Lawrence sees.", says Father.

"Has it been years since they killed the other leaders?", I ask.

Max was killed for a FACT, Eric's whereabouts were unknown to me though. The Erudite bastard! I knew that he was supposed to be executed, but I don't know if he was...

"Yes.", says Father, glaring at me. I sink in my seat a bit. I'm sure he didn't want to talk about it. Mother tries to dissolve the feud between us by talking to Thomas, who was interested in our conversation.

"Thomas, is it?", asks Mother as she sees him next to me. "Nice to meet you."

She shakes hands with Thomas. "Nice to meet you, Mrs. Eaton."

Gross.

"Dad, what are we doing today?", I ask.

"Today's a free day. Tomorrow, you'll report to the training field to learn the ropes of being a Dauntless. Shooting. Combat. The works."

"Combat? Like in Street Fighter? Sweet!", says Mason.

Ugh. I thought that we were going to do something awesome! Now I have to find something to do! Maybe I will get a new tattoo or something. Hang at the Pit with my fellow friends. As we get done, I walk by myself. I needed a breather after the fiasco with father. What was up with him, anyway? It WAS like he WAS about to hit me. I shake my head and walk alone again. Thomas follows me. Shit. I move away from him, but he was like a parasite!

"Quit it!"

"Never."

I run and he follows.

"Stop it, stop it, LEAVE ME ALONE!"

I end up with my back against the wall.

"Why do you keep bugging me!"

That's when he did it. He kisses my lips.

"Because I love you."

I look at him. Was he serious? Thomas kept kissing my lips, but he later stops as Father sees us.

"Oh. Are you two-"

"NO! Thomas was leaving!", I say, leaving from where I stood and coming close to my father.

Thomas looks at the both of us while the other members of Dauntless were following Father.

"Tomorrow, we'll meet up in the training field. You'll report there from eight to six, with a break for lunch. After six, you're free to do whatever you want. There will be three stages. Stage one prepares you physically, Stage two prepares you emotionally, and Stage three prepares you mentally. Be prepared for tomorrow morning."

Father turns to leave, with Mother, Lauren and Lawrence following him after showing us the dormitory that we have to share.

There were only ten bed and ten bodies. So, we didn't have to fight for the death, unfortunately.

Mother comes back, saying, "This is where you guys will be staying for the next ten weeks."

"In Dauntless, you'll be ranked.", says Lauren.

"Ranked?! Why?", spazzed Farrah.

"For one," says Lawrence, smirking. "To show where you place you in a job. There are only a few desirable positions."

I shudder. If I'm going to get a job, it must be a smart choice. I see Thomas smirking in the corner of my eye. I blush.

"And for two, it'll show us how to cut you."

"WHAT!", says Brandy. "If we knew-"

"WHAT! If you knew, you wouldn't have chosen us?! Leave if you feel that way!"

I shudder again as Lawrence was yelling at her. Like how Father was yelling at me.

As the leaders left, Lawrence goes into the dormitory, saying, "You chose us; now we choose you."


It was getting hader and harder to sleep. I couldn't sleep. This place was different from my room. I didn't have to share with anyone. No one would see me; I wouldn't see them. I sigh as I shift positions in my bed. Suddenly, I feel someone sitting near me. I freeze. I'm scared to turn around.

"Liz."

It was a boy.

Thomas.

"What...?"

"Good; you're awake. Are you afraid, too?"

Too?

"Meh. I'm okay...I guess."

"I mean. Taking how your dad yelled at you..."

I sit up.

"It's nothing."

He kisses my lips. I stare at him.

"Good night, Liz Eaton."

"Good night, Thomas Marshall."

As he was about to go back to his bed, I ask, "Do you like me...?"

He looks at me. "Is it a problem...?"

I hesitate.

He chuckles lightly and kisses me.

"Good night. Liz."

"Night, Marshall."

Thomas goes back to his bed and falls asleep. I, on the other hand, couldn't sleep. I was too busy thinking about Thomas and his kiss.