Hi guys! So someone asked in the reviews about Marlene. I know that she, along with a lot of other people, die in the books. I don't really want to kill anyone off too much, but I wanted to keep Marlene - just not with Uriah. Right before Lynn dies, she confesses to Uriah that she was in love with Marlene and I thought it'd be kinda cool to have Marlene and Lynn together. What do you guys think? Leave your comments in the reviews section (:

The next morning I wake up with a start. I dreamt that Jackson was chasing me through the long, Dauntless hallways until I finally got to the edge of the chasm. Then I woke up.

I smell like sweat and vanilla, vanilla somehow being my natural scent and sweat from my nightmare, and decide to take a shower even though it's 5:30 in the morning and the other initiates are fast asleep. Everyone looks so peaceful in their sleep. I wonder how they can look like that and be savage monsters when they awake.

I shower quickly, an Abnegation habit that I wonder if I'll ever lose, and change into a new set of clothes - a loose, black, tank top and black leggings. I find leggings easy to move in.

It's around 6:15 when I finish getting ready and still the rest of the initiates are fast asleep. I decide to walk around since I know I will definitely not be able to sleep again.

The hallways of Dauntless vary in length, but all have the same look. Dark black walls made of blocks I don't know the material of and dark concrete floors. The hallways have strips of light that vary in strength depending on the time. Since there arn't any windows, some may say that the color scheme of Dauntless is depressing, but I think it's beautiful.

I walk for so long, I lose track of time and make my way to the cafeteria. There arn't many people there. I spot Four, Zeke, and their friends along with Eric talking to Max and a few other Dauntless not too much older than me. I walk over to the lunch line and begin piling up food on my tray. I make my way to a table near Four's and sit at the end of it.

I start messing with my food until I notice that Eric is staring at a group of boys who are looking over at me, one being overly flirtatious. The boy gets up and walks over to me and as if he had a radar Eric notices and watches intently. When the boy sits down across from me, I notice that many people are watching - not just Eric but Four and his friends, the boy's friends, and a few others nearby. "Well, I heard the first jumper was pretty but I didn't know she was beautiful," the boy across from me says. He rests his elbows on the table and is about to reach over with one hand and brush a loose strand from my face when a large hand reaches over and grabs his, stopping him.

The boy looks up in shock only to see Eric's face looking down at him.

"What the hell man?" the boy asks, clearly angry Eric ruined his chance.

"Real smooth, Jared. Stop trying to hit on the my initiates and get lost," Eric says. He sounds bored but angry at the same time. Jared gets up and walks back to his friends with a scowl on his face. I look up to see Eric following the boy with his eyes until he looks back down to see me, nods, and walks away.

How strange it is that Eric finds the need to keep an eye out for me... I look around and see Four glancing his eyes between Eric and I, until the sound of a familiar voice brings me out of my trance.

"Hey Belle!" I whip my head around to see Uriah walking up to my table with a grin. "Hey," I say back with a smile. He sets his tray down and sits across from me and notices the tension with the table behind us and asks, "Did I miss something?" with a mouthful.

"Some guy came up to me and started hitting on me and Eric told him to knock it off."

Uriah almost chokes on his food at the word hitting.

"Some guy was hitting on you?" he asks, clearly angry.

"Yeah that guy Jared over there," I say nodding my head in Jared's direction.

"He- he didn't do anything did he? I can take care for him for you if you want. What did he d-"

I cut Uriah off mid-sentence. "Uriah, it's fine! Eric came over here and told him to knock it off. I don't think he'll do it again."

Uriah's face immediately turns into a slight frown and I worry that he feels that I am undermining his masculinity. I reach my hand out and lay it over his across the table lightly and smile at him, "But thanks." Uriah flips over his hand and brushes it against mine, "Anytime," he says with a shy smile.

Soon the other initiates begin to pile into the lunch room and at 7:55, all the transfers walk to the training room to work on today's lesson.

"Today, we will be working on the basics of hand to hand combat and tomorrow you will be fighting each other. There are an even number of you, so all of you will be fighting,"Four says.

"We have to fight each other?" Christina asks, shocked.

Four turns around, takes two long strides towards Christina, bends down to look her in the eye and says, "Yes so I suggest you stop asking questions, Candor, and pay attention." Christina immediately closes her mouth and ceases all her questions. "First," Four begins, "we will start with technique."

"I highly recommend paying attention," adds Eric,"this training can further help you in later stages." Four starts demonstrating punches and kicks at the air first and then onto a punching bag. We each get assigned a punching bag and are expected to begin trying them out ourselves. I watch Four closely because I know this is the part I will have the most difficulty with. I don't have much muscle or brute strength. I need to learn technique.

Some initiates like Myra arn't very good; others on the other hand, like Peter for instance, have lots of muscle. I can see Peter's veins that run through his arms and all the muscle in them.

I pity the initiate who has to fight Peter.

I stop looking around and focus. I do a punch, I think what Four called and upper-cut, and send my fist into the punching bag. Less than a second later, I can't feel my hand.

Before I know it, Eric comes over to me and looks me up and down, not exactly the way most guys look at a girl, but his eyes do linger - not where you would expect. Mostly my elbows and knees. "You arn't very strong, but then again most Abnegation arn't. You have the best chances in a fight if you use your elbows and knees. You are quick though, I'll give you that. What you're going to have to do is knock out your opponent before they do any serious damage to you. Keep working, and fights shouldn't be too hard." Eric offers me a slight smile and walks away.

I try working on what Eric said. I slam my elbows into the bag multiple times until I can't feel them anymore and then work on my knees. Four comes over to me after helping Edward, an Erudite transfer who is an expert in hand-to-hand- combat, with an advanced punch.

"It seems like you understand how to use your knees and elbows, but what you should really be working on are combo's. If you know how to use them fast enough, you can win even when you don't have much muscle."

Four begins showing me a few basic combos that he leaves me to practice with. The entire rest of class I keep training on the combos until training is over. The next morning, I walk into training and see my name, along with many others, on the blackboard.

My name is across from Peter's.

I am going to have to fight Peter.