just so you know, the main character will not be revealed yet. then again, I am not good at keeping secrets. if you figure out the main character, I'll send you a virtual cookie. please review!
Luna POV (because she's laid back enough to have a good pov)
we are all sitting by the tracks. all twenty of us.
"this will go well" says one of the girls from Candor "all of the factions together. what idiot designed this"
I notice that the girl and boy from Candor are holding hand and keep giving each other shy glances. ah, love. will it survive a life or death situation. I hope it will just for them. and there my amity is again, I think, grinning
then a silver train comes speeding toward the tracks. as it slows, I see the four from Dauntless tense to run, and I wonder why. then the train stops and they look totally bewildered. I laugh. who knows what they are used to. the laugh helps cheer me up, and I happily hop into the train. the other Amity have similar reactions to me, and they start laughing and playing games as soon as they mount the train. I think it is to help the stress. I watch the other Amity. I didn't watch the choosing of the Amity in case one of my friends got chosen. I just couldn't bare to watch if they did. so, now I have no idea of who is on the train. I see one of the girls with blonde hair and gasp. I come up and tap her on the shoulder and she turns around.
"Alice?" I say
"Luna?" she has a similar reaction to me, mouth wide open, then she begins to smile.
we hug then put our hands on each other shoulder and jump up and down, squealing like the teenage girls we are.
"I can't believe it" she says, grinning "I thought I'd never see you again"
"so did I" I say, my eyes shining with joy. then we hug. again.
"get out of my way" Karla says, pushing me. "you'll have plenty of time to reunite in the arena" then an evil grin comes onto her face "if you survive long enough"
"and that is why I still wonder why you switched" Alice says, gesturing at Sarah
"its complicated" I say
"isn't life always complicated. but if you want to keep your secrets, that fine by me"
"thanks"
"but remember, secrets don't make friends" she pokes me in the nose, uttering one of the silly mantra we used to have when we were kids. we both laugh, then sit down on the red silk seats
"this must cost a fortune" one of the others says "and yet the factionless have absolutely no food" the girls says, showing that she is abnegation.
Alice and I roll our eyes at each other. Then Monica comes out from another compartment.
"hello, and for those of you who don't know my name, I am Monica"
"we know your name alright, murderer." one of the girls from Candor says.
Monica just ignores her "you will all be staying on this train for the week until we reach the stopping point. there, you will be-"
again she is cut of by the same candor girl "yeah yeah, shown of to everybody in hopes of sponsors. we get the jest."
"shut up, will you. your always blabbing off in the middle of everything, Sarah"
"and your not, Mariah?"
"girls, girls, will you please stop fighting." says Monica
"for now, I will, but later, I can't promise anything." Sarah says, glaring at Mariah, who glares right back.
"as I was saying," Monica continues "you will be brought to the center city. there you will be shown off to every one. after that, you will have one week to hone your skills and practice, without killing each other, for the games. the nest day, you will be brought to the arena and the games will start. and after that, nothing is certain." she looks troubled "now you must get to know each other. you will be spending a lot of time together, and it will be nice for you to meet the people you will be living with. I am also required to take a roll call. here we go: Ella"
"here" says a Abnegation
"Mariah"
"here" say two girl, one abnegation, one candor. the candor narrows here eyebrows the abnegation
"oh, I see we have a problem. well you can come up with nicknames for each other."
"I'll be Riah" says the abnegation
"and I'll be Mariah" says the candor, acting all high and mighty
"Riah" says Monica, writing something on her clipboard
"here "says the abnegation
as Monica continues down the list, I notice that it goes by faction. I try to pay attention to the names, but some slip my mind. I sigh. this is going to be hard.
Monica soon after disappears into a compartment through a locked door, leaving us together. can expect that their are camera, probably soldiers to, to make sure that we don't kill each other a little early.
Monica POV (didn't see that one coming, did you?)
I sigh as I disappear into my compartment. I make sure that my door is locked. most of the people in that room would happily kill me. but they don't understand. the leaders that have planned this, planned it perfectly. as soon as I wanted to leave this job. they took my daughter. now they brought her here so they could control me even more. this wasn't about war. this was about control. who could control who.
I pour some wine into a wine glass. ever since they took my daughter, I have become addicted. it seems like it is the only way to deal with life. I brush hair out of my face and tears out of my eyes. I can't bear to see my daughter die. I must cooperate if I want to see her survive this, or even have a chance to. I was try to be the best actress I can, which is hard when your on camera 24/7. my whole life is an act.
I walk up to the mirror. I remember how I used to look. my hair used to be a light brown. now all this time trapped inside with no connection to the outside world, has turned it dark brown. I still have lighter highlights, but that is about the extent of it. my eyes have also changed. they used to be blue, but now they are forest green. I don't know what has caused my eyes to change, but they have. and my memories have also changed. the only memory they left my was of my daughter, how she looked, and how much I loved her. they took away every other memory. I don't even remember my own faction. how despicable can I get. I look back up into the mirror and see tears falling down my face in a river. again, I wipe them away. my daughter must survive.
Luna POV
we all hear sobbing coming from Monica room.
"I hope she's sad" says Sarah (Candor)
"hey, you don't know what her situation is" defends Ella (abnegation)
"guys, calm down. we can't go on fighting each other. we can survive if we all do this together. we are stronger as a group" says Ryan (candor)
"easy for you to say, lover boy"
"I'm going to my room" I announce
"same here" say most of the abnegation and the amity.
"and how are you going to find those" ask Shadow, who's name is easy to remember because of his appearance.
I point to the hall wall labeled 'Tribute Rooms' "I think I'll just go that way"
"oh." he says flatly, making it obvious that he didn't see them.
I notice that everyone form the other factions stays in the nicer room. as I walk down the hall way, I see that, again, everything is separated by factions.
Alice comes up behind me and jumps on me, tackling me playfully. I laugh. "come on" she says. "we should go to your room, then to mine and then compare rooms, seeing if they stereotype"
"ok, I'll race you there" I say, then I start running
"no fair" she whines " you've always been faster
as expected, I do get to my room first. It is in the last section of the rooms because they put them in order alphabetically by faction. so first is the abnegation rooms, then the amity rooms, then the candor rooms, then the dauntless rooms, and lastly, the erudite rooms. my room has my name on it. I walk into it to see how it is. my bed is a twin sized and the covers are a boring white. the bed is oak. I see book selves, four of them to be exact. and they are chocked full of books. I see that onto of the first bookshelf, there is a label that reads 'books A-F:500', the second says 'books E-M,650', the third says 'books N-R: 400' and the last say 'books S-Z: 300'.
"to many labels" complains Alice
"well" I sigh "the erudite do like order. and sorting. and reading. and information"
"yeah yeah" she scoffs "all that boring stuff"
I see a closet in the corner and expect to see something exciting. I open it quickly, but all it has in the stupid blue uniform that I see every day. in the corner I see that I also have my own dresser and bathroom. in the bathroom, I see a weird panel with tons of buttons. I read the labels on some of them. extra heated bath, foot scrub, instant hair dry, lavender scented soap, auto hair comber, scalp massage, scented shampoo and conditioner: pick your scent, back massage, perfumer, and heated towel, was only the first row.
"this is slightly ridicules, slightly cool" comments Alice. "now lets go see my room"
as we're walking down the hall, I ask her "how did you feel when you got picked"
she hesitates "I felt like a child again. I was nervous and scared. I wasn't sure that if I got picked, I could make it out alive. I felt helpless, like a little child again. how did you feel?"
I hesitate the same way she did, but she told me how she felt, so I will tell her how I felt. "I felt like I had nothing to lose. but at the same time, I knew I would I would die. I felt like if I died, no one would care. I didn't want to die, but no one would care if I lived or not" I confide in her.
"oh Luna" she wraps her arms around me. "why did you have to leave"
I hug her back.
when she lets go, I ask her "how is Tara doing?"
again, she hesitates. "she was sad after you left, but she has been doing better. right now, though, she is heart broken. she picked Mali."
I grin. "if Tara is sad, then we must return to comfort her. we must return together."
she smiles back "yes we will"
we walk into her room. "oh my goodness, I am so jealous " I exclaim. she giggles
her room is colorful. the blanket that covers her bed is printed with hummingbirds and flowers. the walls show the apple orchard. her closet has all the red and yellow. were my bookshelf was, she has a ton of games, both electronic and hand held. her bathroom is the same as mine with the panel and all, except, in place of my read to me button, she has a games button.
I shake my head "you lucky dog" she giggles.
we walk back into the main room and I realize that we are the last ones back.
"you two done skipping like the idiots you are" says Karla (Erudite)
I roll my eyes. "if I flush, will you go away?"
"that smart, are you" she sneers
Alice laughs, totally oblivious "I get it, cause when you flush, you throw poop away, so your, like, calling her-"
"Alice, please stop" I say calmly
"ok, jeeze." she says
"now, as I was saying before we were ruddily interrupted by these two fools" says Karla
"actually, you interrupted yourself by pointing us out" I say matter of fact.
"you little fool, you think your so smart. well your not!" she yells
"at least I'm smarter than you" I retort
"oh, just leave each other alone" Vera (candor) says wearily
"why?" why should we listen to you?" Karla says
"you leave her alone" yells Ryan (Candor) stepping in front of Vera
"everyone, shut up right now" says Maya (dauntless) in a quiet deadly voice
if she had been yelling, it would have still been scary, but not this scary. her black tattoos and dauntless clothing were also scaring us.
"now why don't we all go to sleep, because, if no one's noticed, its 10:30 and we should get sleep before the other days" Maya continued
the scramble to get to our rooms would have been hilarious if I wasn't also scared. I went to sleep that night with fevered dreams
any there is my first chapter with all the tributes. if you lost track of who is from what faction, just pm or review and I'll respond. I hope your enjoying my book. please r&r. also, a special shout out to:
song of falling feathers for being my first reviewer and my first follower. thank you very much
firestar zero for being the first person to favorite my story
p.s.:: yes, I am the kind of author who dances around the living room squealing every time I get a review, follow, or favorite. I have a similar reaction to favorites, follows and reviews as the girls at my school do to boyfriend, if that gives you any ideas of how I react.
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