Hello everyone! I'm here with another chapter for you guys. I hope that you all are doing well. I'm doing okay. Stuff is crazy over here as usual. Anyway, enough about that.
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On to responding to some reviews. I do want to say that writing reviews as a guest makes it a little difficult to respond to you directly, but I can respond to you in the story. So, I guess that it really doesn't matter.
OwlMaya: I'm glad that you like the story. I'll see about putting more songs and more scenes of Adira talking to God in the story. I have fun doing those. As for the part that you're confuzzled about (I like that word. It made me laugh when I saw it), Judd has seen what Jeremiah has done to her. The punishment that they would give out, was not always behind a closed door. Her family, at least the majority of the family, hated her after what happened with Emily. Some of what happened to her was behind closed doors and some of it wasn't. For me, I think that Judd may have even been told how to do to Adira by his family because they hated her so much. I try to update as much as I can. I know what it's like to be waiting on an author to write and they don't write very often.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Divergent. Divergent belongs to Veronica Roth. I don't own Phoenix Shea. Phoenix Shea belongs to CandorOrDauntlessFanatic. I only own my OC's and the idea for this story.
Here's Chapter 10! Enjoy!
Chapter 10
Tzofiya's P.O.V.
I woke up early to make breakfast for us. Sometimes, one of the others will want to make breakfast, but I tell them no. I love waking up early and making breakfast for everyone. I'm already used to waking up early with how Abnegation as its members up early to serve and doing something in that manner before you head off to school. Plus, I love the sound of the animals waking up. I love the mornings. For me, making breakfast is a way that I can still be Abnegation. I sometimes miss the quiet ways of Abnegation. I know that I could have stayed there. There were times that I didn't feel like I belonged in Abnegation, but there were times that I did feel like I belonged in Abnegation. I still would leave if that meant that I could be with Adira. I love her to death. She's my best friend. I wouldn't leave her. She's been through too much. I will stand by her side any day, any time. She means the world to me. I know that there will be a time when she'll marry Bryan, but I'll still be here for her if she needs it. And I know that she'll do the same for me.
I decide to make French toast with eggs and sausage for breakfast. I hope that they enjoy it. I know that they probably will.
I'm still worried about Adira and Phoenix. Two days ago, Adira watched her family go through their trial and yesterday, Phoenix watched her exes go through their trial. They've gone through a lot. Six informed me that Kira, her squad, and the transfer initiates' trials are set for today. Six sent me a text late last night about it. I know that my friends would want to know, but after we got home last night, Bryan and Adira came home. We were very excited to have them back home, so we stayed up really late. I didn't want to tell them about there being another trial today. I'll inform them today at breakfast about it. I'm kind of hoping that we can just watch the trial at home today. Adira still needs her rest. She really doesn't need to be out if she doesn't have to.
I set the table up for breakfast and I put the food out on the table.
My friends come down to breakfast. Bryan and Adira come down the stairs together, hand in hand. I love watching those two. After everything that Adira has been through, she deserves to be happy. I love watching them. I'll be sad when they get married and they decide to get a house of their own. I won't be able to watch them as much anymore. The way that Bryan and Adira act together, it makes me want a boyfriend myself. I know that in God's timing that I'll get one. I just want to have something similar to what Adira has for myself. I just have to be patient.
Phoenix comes out soon after. She doesn't look like she got much sleep last night. I guess that after her exes' trial, she must have had some nightmares. I don't think I'm surprised about it either. If I had gone through what she has, I probably would have nightmares too.
"Good morning," I say.
"Good morning," my friends say in unison.
We sit down at the table and get our food. After everyone has their food, I tell them about the news that Six sent me in a text last night.
"Kira, her squad, and the other initiates are having their trials today," I inform them.
"Oh really?" Bryan says.
"Yes, Six sent me a text late last night. I didn't want to ruin the mood last night with you and Adira coming back home, so I didn't say anything. I figured that I could just tell you guys today about it," I say.
Adira looks down at her food. She's just moving her fork around in her eggs.
"I don't want to go and see their trials. Can we just stay home and watch it?" Adira asks.
"That's fine with me," Bryan says.
Phoenix and I agree to watch it at home with them. I'm really glad that Adira didn't want to go. Kira, her squad, and the transfer initiates, have caused a lot of harm to Adira. She's going to have a lot of scars of what they've done. I can't blame her for not wanting to go.
We eat the rest of our breakfast in silence. We finish our finish breakfast and I do the dishes.
After breakfast, we head to the living room to watch the trial. Adira looks pale. I don't know if it is because she's still healing from the poison or if she's having all of the memories come flooding into her head of all of the things that they've done to her. I slide over to the spot next to her.
"You okay?" I ask her.
She shakes her head. I know that the last few days haven't been easy for her. She's human too, after all, there's only so much that she can take before she either pops or breaks. I gently rub her back. I know this isn't easy for her. I mean, to see all of the people that have hurt you and have wronged you, and see them go through their trials and receive their sentence, it's got to be hard.
"It's okay. You don't have to watch this. We can just inform you of what happens," I say.
She shakes her head again and says, "No, I need to do this. I watched my family's trial. I need to watch theirs."
I nod my head and just sit there next to her. She needs all of the support that she can get. This is very difficult for anyone to go through. We, her friends, just need to be there to love and support her through this difficult time. I was there for her as she went through what she did with her family. I need to continue to be there for her. I want to be there for her until the very end. I know that she would do the same for me if I was in her shoes.
After about five minutes passed, the trial comes on the T.V.
The camera show where everyone is sitting. There aren't a lot of people in the Dauntless trial building like there was yesterday and the day before. I'm kind of surprised at that. Oh well. I guess that it's not really a bad thing. This trial really isn't as big as the stuff with Adira and Phoenix. This is still big, but not as huge.
Four informs Jack and all of the people in the Dauntless trial building of why they're here. He tells them all that Kira, her squad, and the transfer initiates did to Adiar, Phoenix, and I.
I shudder as the memories of what Phoenix told us that the transfers had done to our stuff. If it hadn't been for the leaders, we wouldn't have anything right now. I'm grateful to the leaders. I know that Phoenix and Adira feel the same way.
Jack tells Four to go ahead with the trial. Four gives the truth serum to Kira first.
Kira tells how Adira's family sent her to Dauntless as a spy for them. She was supposed to get Adira either to leave and come back to Abnegation or she was to kill her. She tells how she had her own grudge against Adira. She had seen Adira in passing at school and other times in Abnegation. She felt that Adira was too proud and needed a lesson. She had heard around Abnegation about what was going on with Adira. She only heard rumors about what was going on. But to her, the rumors were true. She felt that she deserved it. So, when she had the chance to help Adira's family, she took it. At the choosing ceremony, she had to choose Dauntless to be able to do what Adira's family was wanting her to do. She chose Dauntless. When she got to Dauntless, she didn't waste any time. She started to recruit transfers. She would give little tidbits of Adira's life and what had happened to her. As time went on, she got her squad together. Kira told of what she and her squad did to her.
After Kira's testimony, Four injected Kira's squad. They revealed how when they heard what Kira told them, they believed her. They felt that someone like Adira shouldn't be in Dauntless. They felt that Adira should be back in Abnegation or dead. They didn't care if they were caught. They wanted Adira out of Dauntless. So, they followed Kira. They did everything that she asked of them.
After their testimony, Four injected the transfers. They revealed that while they didn't believe Kira at first, after some time, they started to believe her. They felt that Adira needed to leave and that the people that associated with Adira needed to be either convinced of their wrong doing or they needed to be treated just like Adira.
I can't believe this. Adira's family really influenced a lot of people. Just through their hatred and finding other people that did as well, it has caused a lot of damage and hurt a lot of people. I can't even imagine what's going on in Adira's head as she's hearing all of this.
I look over to Adira. She's crying. I see tears running down her face. She's hurting and I don't know how to help her this time. I used to know exactly how to help her and get her focus on something else. But this feels different than all of the other times something has happened to her. I really don't know what to do for her this time.
I guess that Bryan may have idea of what to do for her, because I see him rubbing her back and whispering something to her. I guess that that is also part of what a boyfriend/husband does for the one that he loves. She seems to calm down with whatever Bryan told her.
I look back at the T.V. apparently, the jury has taken a break to decide what to do with Kira, her squad, and the transfers.
I decide to get a snack. All of this trial business has made me a little hungry.
"Does anyone want a snack?" I ask.
"Sure," Phoenix says.
Bryan and Adira say that they wouldn't mind a little snack.
I go to the kitchen to grab some snack. I grab some fruit and some chips. If any of them want something different, then I can go back and get some. I bring some water as well.
I bring the snacks and drinks back to the living room.
I hand out plates, put some snacks on the plates, and pass some water in cups to my friends and myself.
After I have done so, the T.V. has come back on to the trial.
Jack gives the verdict of Kira, her squad, and the transfers. Their sentence: death.
I'm somewhat relieved and grateful that they are going to be killed. I really don't have to worry about Adira's safety for awhile. We can finally just focus on initiation. We can finally have a normal life.
That's a wrap! All of the trials are done! It looks like things are going to go back to what normal initiation should be like. What will the fights be like? What will the fear landscapes be like? What will the wedding be like?
Should Tzofiya get a boyfriend from a Dauntless born? If so, what should he be like?
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