Four listens to conversation at the next table about the initiation tests. He's not sure why it came up but his ears perk up as they talk about their results. Each one shares how they had to kill the dog. The conversation revolves around to Tris and she stumbles with her answer. Four listens even closer as she attempts to cover up her lie. His breathe hitches as the others realize and call her on it. She is so close to revealing herself he wants to jump across the table and clamp his hand over her mouth to stop her. "I didn't kill the dog." "How did you get Dauntless if you didn't kill the dog?" He hears her hesitate again. "I got Abnegation," she says unsteadily. Christina continues to question her. Leave it to a Candor to continue to call out a person until they cave. Christina has no idea how much she is endangering her friend's life right now. "But you chose Dauntless anyway? Why?" "I told you, it was the food." Four let his breath out thinking Christina must be convinced as she laughed and the discussion turned toward hamburgers. This conversation has confirmed that she is Divergent and Four needs to come up with a plan to get her to trust him and discuss keeping her safe.


Four leaves the dining hall to get the rankings set up in the dorms. Just as he finishes the first initiates enter. When they see him, they rush the board but he pushes it behind him. He sees her blonde head come in last but sadly her stature doesn't allow her to see anything clearly over the crowd. "For those of you who just came in, I'm explaining how the ranks are determined. After the first round of fights, we ranked you according to your skill level. The number of points you earn depends on your skill level and the skill level of the person you beat. You earn more points for improving and more points for beating someone of a high skill level. I don't reward preying on the weak, that is cowardice." Four makes sure Peter knows he's talking about him but he doesn't let his eyes linger too long. "If you have a high rank, you lose points for losing to a low ranked opponent." Four hears Molly grunt at that news.

"The next stage is weighted more heavily because it is more closely tied to overcoming cowardice. Because of this, it is really hard to rank high at the end of initiation if you rank low in stage one. We will announce the cuts tomorrow and it doesn't matter whether you are transfers or Dauntless born, you will be ranked together and judged the same." With that, Four hangs the board and steps back so they all can see the rankings.

1. Edward

2. Peter

3. Will

4. Christina

5. Molly

6. Tris

7. Drew

8. Al

9. Myra

Four watched Tris' face fill with surprise as she sees her ranking. There was no doubting it, she earned her ranking from how much she improved, her performance during capture the flag, and her fight against Molly. The room was very quiet and Four hates this point in initiation. Not only does it cause unnecessary tension between all the initiates and can cause dangerous situations to arise, but it puts Four in a bad spot. He sees a perfect example of this in Molly who is currently boiling at her ranking. "What? I beat her in minutes! How is she ranked above me?" Four wasn't sure how to put this without hurting Tris but he had to be an instructor first and protect Christina from Molly's rage.

"If you intend to secure yourself a high rank, I suggest you don't make a habit of losing to low-ranked opponents." The rest of the group stopped talking and stared at Four. He rushes out of the room without looking at Tris, knowing if he made eye contact with her he would take back every word he said. She wasn't weak, she was the strongest one here. Little does he know, he just made it worse for Tris with that comment.


Four is woken up by Lauren beating on his door in the middle of the night. "You have to come quick. One of your initiates….so much blood….knife in the eye." She could barely speak as she grabbed Four and rushed him to the infirmary. He sees the nurses scrambling around a table and notices Myra sitting in the corner rocking back and forth. "Myra, what happened?" She looks up at him with a vacant look in her eyes. 'We were all asleep. All of a sudden I heard Edward scream and then the lights came on and there was blood everywhere. I saw Edward lying there with a knife poking out of his eye. Everyone was scrambling around except for the stiff, she ran to his side and-" "Tris, her name is Tris, " Edward managed to say. We looked over and saw his face wrapped in heavy bandages. "Don't use those words for someone who may have saved my life." 'Tris saved your life?" Four tried to ask nonchalantly. "After it happened, she calmed me down and convinced me the worst thing to do was remove the knife. She stayed by my side until the nurses arrived." Edward grabbed Myra's hand and squeezed. Four was jealous of their openness and wished he had that. "Did you happen to see who did it?" "No but I can take a good guess. The only person who would be bothered by my first place ranking." Four came to the same assumption that Edward did but if they didn't have proof, Peter won't be charged.

"Well tomorrow is a day off so you can rest up but I have to be honest that it's going to be very hard to continue in the program." He saw Edward and Myra share a glance and knew the decision was already made up. "We've decided to leave. With my eye and Myra's ranking, we won't last long anyway. We chose to become factionless." Four couldn't believe he was losing two of his initiates, especially Edward who was so strong. "Well, I am sorry to hear that and you are welcome to stay in the hospital until you are healed up. I will let Max know of your decision. Good luck to you." Edward and Four shook hands and he gave Myra a small squeeze on the shoulder. "Oh and Four?" Four turned back to Edward, "Yeah?" "Keep an eye on Tris, Peter has been out to get her since day one and is just biding his time." With that Edward turned to Myra and they wrapped each other up in their arms. Four left the infirmary wondering how Edward knew Four was so obsessed with protecting Tris.

Four shared with Christina, Uriah, Marlene, and Lauren that Edward and Myra had chosen to leave. He figured they would spread the word accordingly. He was exhausted and needed to catch up on some rest. He headed back to his room to do just that.