After my heated discussion with Eric I immediately head for the dining hall in search of Justin and Mya. When I walk in I really notice how many members Dauntless has. Even though I can't see much over everyone, I clearly see Justin sitting with the other initiates at a few tables in the corner. As I get closer I realize Four is also sitting with them.
"Look who finally showed up," Justin said when I reach them, "what took you so long?" It's then I realize all the initiates are looking at me. I sit down between Justin and Mya, across from Four before I answer.
"I wanted to sort of memorize the compound a little bit since we have to go to the training room everyday. This place is huge; I guess I got a little lost."
Justin just chuckled and shook his head a little before returning to his food. My excuse worked for everyone. Everyone except Four. He looked around the dining hall before looking at me with a puzzling gaze before brushing it off.
I was introduced to some of the initiates that I wasn't familiar with before we came to Dauntless. Most told me how I was crazy for being the first jumper. The only initiates whom I would have a problem with are Caleb and Sam, who have also been getting close with Ricky. Caleb and Sam are both from Candor and Candor "always" tell the truth. That being said I have been told many times that they do not like me. It's never been a problem before, so hopefully they keep to themselves.
We stayed in the dining hall for about a half an hour before Four told us we should get some sleep due to the first day of training being the hardest. He didn't have to tell me twice.
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The next morning I'm the first one up, which I am happy about. The bathrooms provide no privacy at all so I take the opportunity to take a nice shower.
After I'm showered and dressed in a black tank top and black yoga pants, I walk into the dorm to find the other initiates waking up. Justin is the only one still in bed. I put my clothes in the trunk they provide each of us and walk to the other side of my bed, the side closest to Justin's.
"Justin, we have to be at training in fifteen minutes," I say lightly shaking his shoulder.
He mumbled something incoherent and rolled over covering his face with his pillow. I sighed, "Seriously we can't be late the first day of training. Get up or I'm getting some water."
He got up.
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We walk in the training room with two minutes to spare, but Four was already discussing something with the initiates when he turned to us.
"You two are lucky Eric isn't here. Even though you weren't technically late he wouldn't have been happy." We both nod and the man himself walked in.
"Just so we're clear if any of you are late punishments will be handed out, and I don't think you will like that very much," he said with a smirk. Several initiates nod and Four continues his discussion on ranks, earning gasps and murmurs from those expecting an easy ride into Dauntless. Eric walks up to Four and whispers something and he nods. At some point in their short conversation I hear Eric say something about Four handling today's training. He responds that it's no problem and things will get important tomorrow. Eric chuckles and says something I don't catch before turning to leave.
"Have fun on your first day initiates, hopefully you didn't eat a lot," he says as he walks out the door.
"Alright let's get started!" Four shouts. "Your training will take place in three parts, each stage weighted more heavily than the last. The first stage is physical, we will push your bodies to their breaking points. The second is emotional, and the third, mental. Today's training will be strictly conditioning. So to start we're going on a little run."
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Four's "little run" turned out to be a lot more exhausting than we imagined. He led us outside to a large field that had a track running around it and tons of workout equipment, even more than in the training room itself.
"This was set up specifically for this year's initiates, use it to your advantage."
We ended up running the track for a full two hours. Justin and I kept a good pace right behind Four the entire time. It was nice though; Justin and I had a really nice conversation about our old factions and what we look forward to at Dauntless. A couple of times Four scolded us about how we're Dauntless now, and he didn't want to hear about our old factions. At one point Caleb caught up to us and started making smart ass remarks.
"Hey nose, I though the Erudite only cared about learning and didn't do any physical activity. How come you're so fast?"
Four sped up the run after Caleb started teasing me which I was grateful for. The physical toll started setting in on some of the initiates; Mya couldn't run any longer after an hour and a half so Four had her sit out. By the end of the two hours only seven of us were still standing.
The next two hours were pretty boring. We did all sorts of exercises that most I worked on when I decided I wanted to train for Dauntless, sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups, and weight lifting. I had a very strong core; you could definitely see the toned muscles in my stomach. As for upper body strength, that needed some work.
When Four dismissed us for lunch I sat with Justin and ate a little fruit, not really wanting to make myself sick because we still had five hours left of training. An hour later we all headed back to the training room and had an exact repeat of this morning's training.
By the time training was over my entire body ached. I did about two thousand sit-ups and push-ups over the duration of today and I never want to do them again. Everyone cleared out right when Four dismissed us. I stayed back though to stretch out a little and waved Justin ahead when he said he'd wait for me.
I was just about to walk out the door when I walked straight into a hard, muscular chest. I looked up and smirked as my brown eyes met Eric's green ones.
A/N- So if you didn't notice I haven't uploaded in a while and that is because this chapter was a really difficult one for me to write. I have all the major events already planned it's just the sort of fillers leading to them that give me trouble. Anyway I hope this wasn't too bad, sorry if it sucked. I'm going to start writing chapter seven right after I upload this so be ready. And please review! :) I love those.