I ran around the apartment frantic to find where Carolyn was hiding. Carolyn was out little daughter four years old. Uri wanted to name her five, so dumb! And it was only because he wanted there to be a Three, Four, Five and Six. I found
her and said,"Carolyn, come on we need to go to uncle Zeke's house!"
"Yay uncle Zeke and aunt Shauna!"
Shauna and Zeke had gotten married right after my mother died. Uri walked out and kissed me. He picked Carolyn up and spun her in a circle. I said,"Come on we can't be late."
I threw Carolyn on myshoulders and ran to Zeke's. Uri said,"You're at the net Three."
"Got it!"
I knocked on the door and Zeke said,"Hey Three."
"Hi Zeke!"
"You ready for the little shits to come to Dauntless?"
Carolyn says,"Mommy what is a shit?"
"Ask Zeke."
I ran down the hall in a rush because Tori called and emergency meeting. I got there and she said,"Surprise!"
I saw streamers and balloons and said,"Tori what is all this?"
"We wanted to congratulate you on your new law."
"Really it was only right. My mother killed them, so this is nothing."
"Bullshit, Three! You singlehandedly saved Divergents and you went outside the fence, you broughtGeorge and Amar back. You got Tris and Four to get married, then they had Caleb."
Caleb was Four and Tris' three year old boy. Or as Carolyn calls him her boyfriend. I look around and see all of my friends here, Lynn and Marlene had been dating, Molly and Drew were engaged, Amar and George came back, everything was perfect.
I said,"Guys Uri said that the transfers just got to the train, come on!"
I thought about what to say to them, my name was Three, or my name was Ellie, Three, I choose Three. Four said,"Oh guys I'm not training this year."
"Ok so I have the transfers alone."
"Yup good luck, Three."
I went down to the net just as the first jumper comes down I look at her and she has, brown hair, green eyes, pale skin, and was lean and tall, I say,"What's your name? Careful, you only get to choose once."
She says,"My name is Bea."
I yell,"First jumper Bea!"
The entire compound explodes with cheers. I say once everyone everyone hits the net,"Listen up! My name is Three,"
"Like the number?" A Candor says.
"If I wanted to deal with Candor smart mouths I would have joined their faction. If you have a problem here you take it to the training ring."
She gulps and I say,"Transfers with me!"
I give a tour and stop at the dorms and say,"Initiation hereis in two stages, only fifteen make it through."
"Wait people get cut?"
"You chose us now we choose you. Anyway when I was an initiate only ten made it, I have changed it, because I am a leader. I did some other important things too, now stage one is fighting, throwing knifes, and shooting. No one gets cut then you
do get ranked. And if anyone gets jealous and tries to stab someone's eye out, you're out!"
Someone says,"Oddly specific."
"It has happened, to me. I also advise that you don't make me mad. You make me mad and we fight, you fight me and you deal with being kicked by a metal leg."
"What the hell?" A Nose says.
"Some serious shit went down last year, before the old leaders were overthrown, stage two is fear landscapes, you do it once on Uriah's fears, Uriah is a Dauntless born trainer, than once on your own fears, all of them. After that people get cut, using
the average of your fighting and time. Any questions?"
One kid yells,"What is the least amount of fears someone has ever had?"
"Three, no more questions, dinner in ten minutes!"
I go to the cafeteria and sit next to Uri and Carolyn on my lap. I see a line of nervous initiates waiting to ask me questions. I yell at them,"What the hell do you want!"
Bea says,"We were wondering, if you wanted to come to the dorms tonight, we were going to play a game."
"Uri do we have plans?"
"No Three. Hey Zeke can you watch Carolyn?"
Zeke yells,"No, sorry Shauna and I have…plans."
Bea says,"She can come with you! There won't be any alcohol!"
"Fine."
I throw on a dress and knee high boots. I run out of the door and into the dorms. I sit in a chair and say,"So what are we playing?"
"Guess who Three is!"
"Dammit!"
"You answer onequestion from each of us, yes or no and we also get one question where you answer honestly." Bea says.
A Nose says,"You're from Erudite aren't you?"
"Good guess, correct."
She whispers to the guy next to her and he says,"Did you dye your hair?"
"Yes"
A Candor says,"I have the honest answer question, what happened to your leg?"
"A crazy bitch cut it off. Also if you figure it out, you whisper it in my ear and get a surprise day tomorrow, everyone else does a twenty mile run!"
An Amity says,"Did you have the three fears?"
"Yes"
A stiff says,"Do your tattoos cover something?"
"One does."
Bea says,"Do you have any siblings?"
"Not anymore."
Bea says,"Do you mean?"
"A factionless killed my sister, my brother died in the Dauntless uprising."
A girl says,"Were your siblings important people?"
"Yes."
A boy says,"Do you have a boyfriend?"
"No, I have a husband, and a daughter."
A girl clears her throats and says,"Are you twenty?"
"No"
A boy says,"Are you twenty one?"
"Yes"
A boy says,"Were you in Erudite when Jeanine Matthews was killed."
"Yes." This time I smirk. I see the nose gasp and I just nod.
Another girl asks,"Was the crazy bitch that cut off your leg in Dauntless?"
"No"
A boy clears his throats and says,"Did all of your siblingstransfer to Dauntless?"
"No, my sister was ten when she died."
A girl says,"So this is,like the last question, okay so was your hair blonde? Cause, like blondes are so pretty and maybe that's why your husband married you?"
"Yes it was, but he married me because he loved me. Now anyone who thinks they guessed follow me!"
The Noses and Stiffs follow me, only four. I say, "one by one whisper what you think it is."
They all say Ellen Matthews and I nod and say,"Don't tell anyone, your surprise is that I will wake you up at seven not five! Then I have something special planned."
That night as Carolyn is sleeping Uri and I have a little…fun.
Two weeks later
"Uri, I'm pregnant!"
