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I decided to name the guy from the train Jai after Jai Courtney who plays the wonderful Eric in the movie. I am basing Eric on the movie version of him, which is why I am writing this fanfic. This chapter is longer. Also, I am making a trailer for this fanfic and hopefully will be up on youtube sometime in the future. Hope you enjoy this next instalment of Ashes...

Ashes

Chapter 3

My Name Is Ashe

He's beautiful. That is all I can think. His dirty blonde hair has a side parting that has been shaved around the side making it look like some sort of quiff. He has a black stud in each ear and he has two more black studs above his left eyebrow, right if you were standing the same direction as him. He has tattoos on his forearms that look like a maze of lines with a scale pattern joining everything together and two identical tattoos on his neck that appear to be two lines next to each other in a symmetrical pattern going down from just under his chin to the bottom of his neck. His cold dark grey blue eyes lock with mine. They tell me that he wants to run over and pull me into his arms but he can't. I understand.

The guy who I stood next to waves his hand in front of my face. "That's Eric. You don't want to attract his attention, he's the meanest guy in Dauntless. He's known for beating the shit out of initiates and also, 'coz I know that you think he's hot, every girl who's tried to get him to bed ends up with an injury of some kind," he warns but, it makes me love Eric even more. I ignore the guy from the train and walk up to join the group standing in front of Eric.

Breaking through the excited chatter, Eric yells, "Listen up initiates, I'm Eric." I already know that... "I'm one of your Dauntless leaders." Bloody hell, he's only been in Dauntless four years! "The only way to enter Dauntless is to jump off this roof. If you can't then you are not worthy of Dauntless." I stand on my tiptoes and look over the edge to see a huge black hole that looks like it leads to oblivion. "Who wants to go first?" Eric asks. Everyone goes silent. Something in me makes me do it, "Yeah, I'll go," I say pushing to the front. Eric nods at me, a proud smirk playing on his lips. I step up onto the ledge and look down. I feel Eric watching me, waiting for me to jump into the place where we always dreamed to go. We're so close to our dream Eric, I whisper in my head. I take a deep breath and turn around to face my fellow initiates. I pull off my suit jacket and hurl it into the crowd. And then… I backflip off the ledge.

Jumping from that roof must be scary. Flipping from that roof is terrifying. I don't scream, I can't, I learned not to scream when they cut my back. I fall with my eyes closed, still spinning from the flip. Suddenly I hit something bouncy. I open my eyes as I bounce up and down on a net. "A net, there's a net at the bottom," I whisper to myself. The net dips and a hand grabs my shoulder. I jump in surprise and whack the hand away so that I can climb off the net by myself. Landing on the solid concrete of the Dauntless compound, I see that the person belonging to the hand is a tall, well-muscled, tanned guy with deep blue eyes and light brown hair that is shaved short like the Abnegation. Standing next to him is a short willowy girl with sharp green eyes and long blonde hair in a bun, also like the Abnegation do. There are other Dauntless standing around too.

"Name?" asks the brown haired guy. Finally the moment I've been waiting for.

"Ashe, with an E on the end" I say with coldness to my voice .

"First Jumper, Ashe," he yells.

"With an E on the end," yells the blonde haired girl. I grin at her and then she shows me where I have to stand. As I walk towards my spot, a scream fills the air. When I turn to face the net, I see the guy from the train getting helped out by the brown haired guy. I snigger at him; seriously, a Dauntless screaming at jumping off a roof. The brown haired guy shouts, "Second Jumper, Jai." Jai comes and stands next to me. "What's your name?" He asks.

"Ashe, with an E on the end," I say.

"Impressive," he says. I don't talk to him after that, I don't really want to anyway. Soon everyone is down except the only Amity, a small brown haired boy. I see a streak of black, then Eric jumps off the net. "Amity kid didn't want to jump. Now he's Factionless," he informs us; I notice that his eyes search for mine and they relax when our eyes make contact again. Eric tears his eyes away from mine and walks off down the corridor in front of us. A skinny dark brown haired woman coughs at us for attention, "Hi I'm Lauren, I'm training the Dauntless born with Zeke. Dauntless born follow me," She walks off and Jai leaves my side, thank God.

"Hello, I'm Four and this is Tris," the brown haired guy says pointing to himself and the blonde haired girl who stands next to him.

"Four, like the number?" a pale, ginger haired, Candor named Elijah asks.

"Exactly like the number," Four says. Elijah sniggers and whispers, "Are his brothers called 1 2 and 3?" Four walks up to him and grabs him by the collar. "One thing Elijah, if you want to survive here then keep your mouth shut," Four spits, his voice low and quiet. He lets Elijah go and walks ahead. "Follow me," he says gruffly.

We follow him quietly and he tells us about the different places. "This is the Pit," he says as we enter a huge room. I see why it's called the Pit, it's literally a pit. There is a wide rock path leading around the side and, in the walls, there are several shops. "You'll get several points each month, depending on which job you get. Though seeing as you won't have a job in training we give you a hundred points each; it may seem like a lot but it's not much at all. People like Eric earn about 2,000 a month," Four mutters, spitting out Eric's name with venom to his voice. I have a feeling that Four and Eric don't get along.

Four starts walking again and takes us down through the Pit until we reach the bottom. What is at the bottom looks like a huge crack with a tiny rickety bridge stretching across it. "This is the Chasm. It shows us the fine line between bravery and idiocy. If you were to fall or jump in then," Four pauses for a second, a grim look on his face, "there is no chance you would survive." I have a feeling that, from the looks on both Four and Tris' faces, suicide isn't uncommon here. Four starts walking again, leading us through the rest of Dauntless, showing us the canteen, the training room, and several other places that we may want to visit later.

We enter a room filled with small cot-like beds. "This is where you'll be sleeping for the next ten weeks, boys and girls." Some girls start pulling disgusted faces at the fact that they will have to share a room with boys for ten weeks; I've stayed in a room with a boy for 12 years, his name is Eric. "If you like this then you'll love the bathroom," Tris grins. I walk up to the bathroom and look inside, there are 3 showers and 8 toilets and a few dirty looking sinks and some urinals as well. The urinals and sinks are out in the open but the toilets and showers are enclosed in rusting metal cubicles.

"Eww," Trinity, an Erudite girl, wretches. She makes gagging motions and then zips over to a cot on the other side of the room. I don't get why she did that, she... A jolt of anger passes through me and I glare coldly at the girl that I know will get on my nerves.

Four and Tris leave us to get changed into our new Dauntless clothes, so we can burn them and then go eat dinner. I quickly change into my new clothes, the tight leggings and tank top with leather jacket fit well. Amy, an Ex-Candor, asks why I have the scars on my back. I say that I got attacked by Factionless when I was a kid. Everyone believes that. They also ask why I have a small six pack of abs, it's because I had to do lots of physical work at the Erudite cells, but I tell them that I tried to teach myself to fight after the Factionless incident. They believe that as well, suddenly wary of my 'advantage'. Stupid idiots. Even the Candor can't tell I'm lying.

We walk into the furnace room. Some people hold on to their old clothes for a little longer. I chuck mine straight in. Why can't they just let go of the past.

We walk to the canteen. When we reach the hall the Dauntless are chatting, and all the seats are nearly taken. I see an empty table with just Four and Tris on it. I wouldn't want to sit next to Eric, it would look weird, but anyway I can't see him at a table. I plonk myself down next to Tris. "Hi Ashe, enjoying Dauntless so far?" She cheerfully asks. " Absolutely, it's awesome. I can't wait to start the first stage," I smile.

"Do you know what the first stage is?" She asks.

"I've heard that it's fighting," I answer truthfully; whilst we were getting changed some people were discussing it and I had the nerve to eavesdrop.

"Well, you've heard right. Tomorrow we start fighting in the morning til lunch then we do shooting in the afternoon. The next day in the afternoon we do knife throwing. And then it alternates between the two. Also we may take you for a jog around the city."

I feel someone sit next to me. "Hi Jai," Tris says. Great, the guy from the train. "Hi Ashe," he says.

"Hi," I say back. I pick up a delicious looking food that I heard someone say was a hotdog. I take a bite and then realize how much I have been deprived of good food. "Are you alright Ashe? You look kinda pissed. Is our Dauntless food too bad for your exquisite Erudite palette?" Tris giggles. Taking another bite of realization, I sigh, "No, I like it. I'm thinking about something else. It doesn't matter."

"If you like this food then you'll love the Dauntless chocolate cake; I can assure you that it's beautiful. But not as beautiful as you, Ashe," Jai flirts. I glare at him. He looks quite shocked. Tris giggles, "Jai! Stop flirting; not every girl likes your philandering." I smirk slightly and continue to eat my hot dog. And as my mood returns to being relatively happy, I find myself tucking into everything on the table as I have never tasted anything but the muck that they used to feed us in the cells. Within a matter of minutes my stomach feels as if it is going to burst; another thing I have never felt before. Smiling, I say, "That chocolate cake sounds really good now; could I have some?" But, looking around, I can't see any chocolate cake on our table.

"Hey, anyone got cake on their table, we don't have any," Tris shouts, also noticing that there is not chocolate cake on our table. I see Zeke and some others following him. Zeke picks up some cake from a table and places it in front of Tris. "There you go my lady Tris," he says in a posh voice.

"Oh, it's not for me, it's for Ashe," she slides the plate to me as Zeke and the others sit down. "Thanks," I say

"Hi Ashe, this is, Marlene, Christina, Will, Al, Lynn and my brother: Uriah," Zeke introduces, pointing to everyone as he says their names.

"Hi Ashe; was Ashe your old name? It's such a lovely name." Christina asks.

"No; can you let me eat my cake?" I ask, almost drooling at the chocolatey goodness that I have been deprived of. Christina laughs cheerfully and then turns her attention to her friends.

I dig into the cake. It is the most delicious thing I have ever tasted. No wonder Jai recommended it, though I could have done without the flirting. Soon my plate is empty but even though I feel quite full, I still want some more of the delicious Dauntless pudding. But everyone else needs some as well. Pushing my plate away, I say in satisfaction, "Well, that was good."

As I finish my sentence a black man with greying brown hair walks up to the railing on the overlook above us. "Initiates stand," he says. We stand as he commands. "I'm Max, your leader here at Dauntless, for the next ten weeks you will go through initiation to make you full members of Dauntless," The Dauntless whoop. "Welcome to Dauntless," Max yells. Suddenly I get lifted up and I realize I'm crowd surfing with the other initiates. Laughing, I look up at the overlook and see Eric standing among the other leaders. And for the third time in four years we lock eyes but, this time we are smiling at each other.

After the crowd surfing I decide to explore Dauntless on my own. Walking through the almost barren corridors, I realize that I have never been free to do whatever I please. And I certainly do feel free. My gentle plod around the corridors turns into a quick walk, then a light jog to a slow run. I run through some glass doors that lead outside. The sun is starting to set, basking the walls of the red brick Dauntless compound in an orange glow. I run around the compound but suddenly stop when, "Initiate! What are you doing?" calls a familiar deep voice. I spin around and cry, "Eric!"

"Abigail," he says, running over to me. I stand there smiling; he stops in front of me, grinning. "Somebody tell me this is real," he whispers, looking into my eyes. "Yes, this is real," I whisper back. Slowly, I wrap my arms around him and he pulls me in. "Abigail," he whispers again.

"I call myself Ashe now. But not spelt A S H. My name is Ashe: A S H E."

"Ashe... I like it. Why did you choose that name?"

"My mother died a year after you left. I scattered her ashes where we used to run. It's a way to remember that moment when I actually felt genuinely happy."

"I'm sorry,"

"You don't need to be sorry."

"I love you Ashe," Eric mumbles. He then pulls away and looks at me. "You're nearly as tall as me," he smiles. Giggling I say: "And you're a bigbadleader of Dauntless," Eric smiles and then places a gentle kiss on my lips. He pulls away and says, now looking slightly torn, "I have to go now. I have meeting to attend."

"Leadership duties! Oh the horror!" I laugh. "Good night then,"

"Training starts at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. I have to help train both transfers and Dauntless born so I'll see you in the Pit. And one last thing Ashe. We can't let anyone know of our relationship 'coz people might think I'm favouring you over the others. Good night." He places one last soft kiss on my lips. He turns away and walks off. I stand there and watch Eric until he disappears from view.

I lay in bed happy, happy that I am out of that hell hole, happy that I am here, happy that I am now with my beautiful Eric...

Hey, please review, I would like to know what you think. It's four o'clock in the morning, i had a nightmare, went to the loo and guess what I found. A huge bloody spider! I managed to stop myself from waking up the whole street but now I can't get to sleep because I can just imagine... I'm not even going to think about it.

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