Hey y'all. This is a very filler chapter. Oh and I changed somethings about order and stuff. Please don't get mad.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Divergent Characters. I only own my OCs.
-Kat
I step over to the side where the red haired girl told me to go and waited for the next jumper. To my pleasant surprise it was Al. I see Four and Al talking back and forth my guess is it's the what's your name speech. Suddenly I hear "Second Jumper, Al." I cheer and so do the other dauntless. He smiles at me and I smile back.
I decide to ask him a question that is burning in my mind. "I know why I jumped first, but why did you jump second?" He didn't seem like that type of guy if you know what I mean.
He scratches at the back of his neck and says, "Oh, no reason really. Just felt like it." He's hiding something for sure. But I'm not going to push him… now.
"Third Jumper, Tris." I cheer again and watch as Four watches Tris (formerly Beatrice) all the way back to where we are. I know that look. That's the look Jeremy used to give me. It's one of interest and intrigue. Was that all I was to him was interesting? Something to keep him occupied?
Once the last initiate to jump (Jeremy) was down, Four told all the dauntless born initiates to go with Lauren (the redhead girl) and the transfers to stay with him. We were going to go on a tour. The tour was all in all pretty cool. Tris's friend from Candor (Christina) made some comments to Four and he scolded her which was kind of funny and scary at the same time. We went to the pit (the entertainment center/mall of dauntless) and the chasm. I absolutely love the chasm. Running water always calms me down. I think I'm going to be spending a lot of time here. We went to the cafeteria next and I smelled deliciousness immediately. I have always loved meat. We don't get a lot of it at Amity so it's a delicacy. Here there is a bunch of hamburgers right on the table just ready for my mouth to swallow. Lily would have loved this. Lily…
Now I know that I not only have to make it into dauntless for myself but for Lily too since she never got the chance to even try properly. I'm fighting two-for-one.
Al and I make our way over to the table where Four sits with an Erudite transfer. They are not talking. I sit across from Al and take two hamburgers and some ketchup. We talk to the Erudite transfer for a couple minutes before Tris and Christina walk over and sit down with us. They start talking to us too. Apparently Al knows Christina and I recognize her as the girl who pointed out that I was staring at him the day before. I zone out during the conversation and think about Al. He is really handsome. He tried to help me too when I most needed it. I still can't figure out why he jumped right after me but that doesn't matter at the moment. What does matter right now is that the room just got really quiet. That snaps me to attention. I look around and see a scary looking man with a slicked back Mohawk-like hairstyle and double eyebrow piercings coming toward our table. This makes me nervous. I grab the sides of my seat instinctively. He goes over and talks to Four. It's clear that they aren't friends. Anyone with eyes can see that. He eventually asks Four to introduce us to him. And by "us" it's clear he means only the girls.
"This is Wren, Christina and Tris." He goes in order of how we are seated pointing at each of us in turn. I can say I'm terrified that this man knows my name now. The man says something to Tris about how she's a stiff and wondering how long she'll last. My bet is she's stronger than most of us. Not physically of course.
A few minutes after that, the man leads us transfers down a couple hallways and toward a set of double doors. He stops and turns around. "For those of you who don't know my name is Eric and I'm a dauntless leader. A few ground rules. Training starts at 8AM and finishes at 6PM with a break for lunch in between. After 6PM you are free to do what you want so long as you stay on dauntless property. The only time you are allowed to leave dauntless property is when you have a full-fledged dauntless with you. When shopping you buy things on a point system. The better job you get the more points you get. Initiates get the lowest amounts of points.
"There are three stages of training. The first is physical, the second is emotional, the third combines the two. You will be ranked based on how well you do in training."
"Ranked?" That came from a mousy brown haired girl holding hands with a tall guy with lots of muscles. It's clear that the only reason the girl transferred was because of the guy.
"Yes. The rankings serve two purposes. The first to help assign jobs. The hire you rank the quicker you get to choose your job thus the more favorable your job is. The second reason is to determine who gets cut." With this he smirks evilly.
"Cut!" A dark brown haired girl from candor says this. She is kind of thickset and not very attractive. "If we would have known…"
"You would have chosen differently out of fear? Because then you wouldn't belong here in the first place so I suggest you pack your bags and get out now." Eric is a cruel bastard. I can tell already. He leads us though the double doors. "These are your dorms for the remainder of initiation." Al asks if boys or girls are going to be sleeping here. I'd like to know too. Eric replies that both will be sleeping here. There is a groan from the girls and high-fiving from most of the boys. Not Al though. There are 6 bunk beds in the room, three on each side of the room. Eric then takes us to see the bathrooms. Let's just say that privacy is not even an option. I go over to the bottom bunk on the left closest to the bathroom and claim that. Al takes the bunk on top of me. Eric frees us to do whatever we want to for the rest of the night with one more warning. We have to be in bed with lights out by 11PM every night.
My mind wanders back to Lily for a moment and a tear rolls down my cheek. I want to do something to celebrate her memory. Al wants to become more dauntless. So we decide on getting tattoos. We invite Will, Christina, and Tris along to make it a group thing. Once we get there I go over to the area where all the flowers are and it's like the tattoo was speaking to me. I found it in less than 10 seconds. Some people might find that rash or impulsive, I see it as love of my sister and a beautiful tattoo. I go over to an artist and hand him the piece of glass that the art is on and say that I want that one on my left shoulder blade. It's a lily. He gets to work and before I know it the tattoo is done and I get to look in the mirror at the permanent memory of my twin.