From the Journal of Sarah Miller

There was gasp of surprise after Stephen announced that I picked Dauntless. Then, there was silence. I turned around and was met by a vast expanse of shocked faces from all the fractions. I guess no one counted on me joining the warrior fraction given that I was Amish. Or had been Amish

The Dauntless members were the first to recover. They started clapping and cheering for me as I made my way to where they sat. A man, who appeared to be in his early twenties, grasped me by the shoulders and gently shook me.

"Welcome to Dauntless" He said to me, appearing to be happy. However, I couldn't shake the feeling that he was wondering what the hell I was doing for someone to join a fraction like Dauntless. Especially considering that it had been literally non-existent that Amish joined the military

Then again, I wasn't Amish any more. If the Amish community had been more active than it was now, I would've been shunned. Probably would be still despite the quick dwindling numbers. However, as I remarked before, I wouldn't care. Those that I care about are now in the ground. One more is about to join them. There is nothing left for me back at Arcola if I decided Chicago, let alone this fraction, wasn't for me.

Eventually, members from other fractions began clapping about my choice. I looked for my husband in Amity. He was clapping for me. I noticed something on his cheek. I had to really squint to see what it was. It was a tear. Then, I felt a tear slip out and slide down my cheek. I quickly wiped it away before the Dauntless members could see it.

I was the last one to choose. So, we were now free to go as members of society...even though Jeremiah and I had been when we were Amish. Considering we sold stuff to the English society

There was no organized way for people to leave the building. However, as one, the members of Dauntless left as one. My eyes looked back to Amity and they fell upon my husband as Amity members were leaving out of the door on the other side of the building. We watched each other as we left the building. That would be the last time we saw each other until it was okay for the two of us to meet.

The Dauntless members and the initiates began to run. I followed them. I wasn't that far off though, which seemed to surprise a lot of them. Unknown to them, I spent the majority of my Rhumschpringa traveling the world and doing many interesting things. One of them was playing a lot of sports and doing physical courses. I had at one point thought about not joining the Amish church because the temptation of becoming an athlete was high. The Olympics had been on while I was in my "Running Free" period. It seemed like a great accomplishment to get a medal as an athlete. Of course, the Olympics were done away with by the end of the war. If they would ever return really remained to be seen...especially given how no one really knew who else survived the war that seemed to effect the whole world.

We eventually ran to a pair of steel beams that held up the train tracks. They started to climb it. I was one of the last few to make my way up on the narrow platform. The Dauntless members talked among themselves while most of the Candor and Erudite members talked among each other.

Lily and I stuck out like sore thumbs. It had seemed during the Choosing Ceremony that Abnegation members rarely joined Dauntless. Lily was panting more than I was. I may have not done much athletic sports since I joined the Amish church twelve years ago. However, I was pretty fit when it came to running considering I had to run after little ones. And I had six of those

It didn't take long for the train to arrive. Lily and I noticed that the Dauntless members began running. "I don't think it's going to stop." I said before I began to run. Lily then started to run.

The first of the Dauntless members were able to get on the small step on the side of the train. They hit a panel on the train's side and the door slid open. They got it, which allowed others to easily get in. People began to get on the train.

My lungs began to burn though. However, I had to power through it if I wanted to make it to Dauntless. Something told I would be shit out of luck if I didn't make it on this train. I grabbed a hold of the train and dug my foot into that small step on the train's side. Then, I swung myself in. I collapsed on the floor, breathless. I took my inhaler out of my pocket and clicked a few times before inhaling the medicine. Darn asthma!

Lily eventually got on and collapsed before me. A girl from Candor came on after her. She collapsed besides us. She then crawled to the opening and peered out towards where the train had just been. Her mouth dropped in surprise.

"My sister missed the train!" She exclaimed.

"Then, she is shit out of luck." A tall, black woman said indifferently. She wore purple with black rather than maroon. I guessed the purple indicated leadership or something.

"What happens to her now?" The Candor girl asked nervously.

"She won't be in Dauntless. That is for damn sure"

"So, she is fractionless now?" The Candor girl asked, close to tears.

"She has that option. Or she goes back to Candor"

The Candor girl sighed with relief. "I guess I should be happy that she didn't at least fall off the platform, huh?"

"Whatever you feel better about" The woman said coldly as she walked away.

"What a bitch" The Candor girl muttered.

The woman turned back around and stalked to the Candor girl. "Excuse me? I know you didn't just call me a bitch, sweetie. If I were you Candor, I watch that sweet little mouth of yours. Otherwise, someone will punch it." Her eyes swiped through the whole car. "That goes for all of you Candor initiates. Keep your mouths shut if you want to survive being in this fraction. That is, unless you want to be missing some teeth or lose the ability to talk since someone would damage your throat." She turned around and walked towards the other end of the car.

While she did that, there was a look of horror on Lily's face. She actually mouthed "Wow"

The face of the girl from Candor was beet red. "Not a good first impression" She remarked softly to me and Lily.

"It wasn't nice." Lily agreed.

"What she said wasn't nice either, Stiff." The Candor girl retorted.

I sense there was going to be another argument. "What is your name?" I asked the Candor girl curiously before things could go far between her and Lily.

"Cadence" The Candor girl replied. "What's yours?"

"Sarah"

She smiled at me. "I can't believe you joined Dauntless." She looked at Lily. "I can't believe you joined Dauntless too. You two are in for a world of pain."

"I'm used to it." I said with a smile, even though it didn't reach my eyes. "I've given birth to six children. I think I can manage."

"Six children?" Cadence exclaimed. "Oh, my God! Whoops! Sorry! Don't the Amish have issues with blasphemy?"

"I'm not Amish anymore." I said curtly.

"Of course" She said quickly. She swiped a hand over her head. "I'm sorry about my behavior. I'm just still shocked that my sister didn't make it on the train."

"It's okay." Lily assured her. "We understand."

Cadence looked at Lily. "What's your name, Stiff? I know you're the leader's daughter. I just don't know your name."

"Lily"

"Fitting" Cadence remarked before she leaned back against the wall with her eyes closed and her hands tucked beneath her head.

Lily looked at me angrily. She mouthed "What does that mean?" I shrugged my shoulders.

Before she could ask Cadence what her remark had meant, the woman that had given a tongue lashing to Cadence spoke up. "Get ready"

"For what?" A guy from Erudite asked curiously.

"To jump"

All the initiates shared a confuse look. I went to the opening and peered out. We passed a glass pointed roof next to a pair of train tracks on the ground. Then, there was a brick building. I started to see people beginning to jump onto the building's roof.

"We have to jump on the roof." I told the initiates. Some of them looked shocked. Others looked flat out terrified.

"What if you don't jump?" The same guy from Erudite asked.

"Then, you won't be in Dauntless." The same Dauntless woman replied.

As our car started to pass the building, people began to jump. I took a running start from the other side of the car. When it was clear, I started to run.

Please give me wings God, I prayed as I ran towards the opening. It was the first time I had prayed to God for something in a month. I have prayed to him before each meal. However, to ask something personal of him...it had been a while. I had stopped because I figured he didn't want to listen to me.

I jumped and I soar through the air like a bird. It was scary and exciting all at the same time. It incurred the same feeling I got when I did the physical courses during Rhumschpringa. I was relieved when I made it onto the roof. I landed roughly though. However, I was happy to still be alive after doing that. Lily came in hard next to me followed by Cadence. Unfortunately, there were a few that weren't lucky to land on the roof.