Disclaimer - I Don't own Divergent, it's characters and I do not get any money for this fanfiction
I'm on a roll! Yet another episode on time!
On another note my new job role has been going... well. After speaking up and mentioning that I couldn't deal with having 3 separate trainers for the one role (with conflicting opinions at that) they have settled on just one person to train me (not the one I wanted but hey, beggars can't be choosers, right?).
So the moral of this story is speak up if something isn't working for you and there are too many conflicting opinions that are confusing you.
Tris and her gang get into their normal mischief and as usual it causes Tris to get into awkward situations with one of her trainers. She ends up getting some alone time with yours and my fav boy fear landscapes are entered and things are learnt and a kiss is shared along the way.
As Tris walked through the mess hall the room quickly went silent. "Tris!" several people called out her name from across the hall. Abruptly Tris found herself in the air and being spun around.
"Don't you ever do that to us again!" Came Zeke's voice as he put her down. "You really scared us."
Tris found herself surrounded by all her friends while the rest of Dauntless looked on.
"Three cheers for first ever Dauntless to survive the chasm!" Uriah shouted.
Everyone in the room erupted into cheers. Several even came over to congratulate her as if it was some great feat. In the distance Tris could see Eric standing by Four, both looked pissed as they whispered to each other. She followed their eyes and spotted who exactly they were glaring at.
Nestled in the very corner of the room, away from everyone else was Peter and his goons.
"Don't worry about them." Said Christina as she glared towards the corner.
"Yeah, forget about him." Grunted Lynn. "He's weak, Dauntless will eat him alive if he makes membership."
"Come," Uriah slung his arm around Tris, "You're probably hungry."
Tris made her way over to the table with her friends and sat. After directing the conversation away from how she got out of the chasm they spent the rest of their meal chatting about what they wanted to do after initiation, granted Tris only nibbled since she had already eaten at Max's.
"Hey, thanks to you we got the whole day off and they're even having a party tonight." Will cheered cheerfully as they made their way to Zeke's apartment.
It had been decided during dinner that they would start the party early, so once back at Zeke's he cracked open a couple of drinks and shared them amongst the initiates.
"Are we even allowed to be drinking alcohol?" Asked Christina.
"Live on the edge a bit Chris." Laughed Zeke as he took a swig of his own drink.
"She's right." Shauna grumbled as she entered Zeke's apartment. "They aren't allowed to drink until after initiation." She commented as she started taking the drinks off all the initiates.
"Come on Sha, one isn't going to hurt them. And think about everything they've been through, especially Tris. Doesn't she at least deserve one?"
Shauna looked down at the puppy dog eyes Zeke was giving her before she caved. "Fine, but only one!" She said as she handed the drinks back to the initiates.
Tris took a sip from her drink and was surprised by it's sweet taste. Taking another she relaxed into her chair. The late afternoon gave way to early evening and by that time everyone had had a few too many, Tris though had stuck to her one drink limit that Shauna had set.
"Hey Marlene, I bet you anything I could shoot this muffin off the top of your head." Uriah said as he swiped the muffin she was eating out of her hand.
"You're on, you lose and you're a pussycake for life." Marlene giggled as she stood.
"I win and I get to snuggle in your bed with you tonight." He winked.
"Fine, the rest of you guys coming?" She asked as she turned to the rest of the occupants in the room.
Everyone nodded and got up to follow.
"Hey now that you mention it, where's Zeke?" Uriah asked.
"He left a while ago." Tris answered as she stood.
"Eh, whatever. Let's go already!" Shouted Will.
Everyone made their way to the training hall, once there Uriah went to the storage cupboard and came back with a gun.
"Aren't they meant to be locked up?" Will asked curiously.
"Nah, it's just a pellet gun. They only lock up the real ones." Uriah replied as he loaded the gun with pellets. "Now, against the target initiate!" Uriah shouted, in his best Eric impersonation.
Everyone laughed as Merlene made her way to the end of the shooting range and leant against the target before placing the muffin on her head. "Oh wait." She called out as she took a piece of the muffin and popped it in her mouth. "Don't want it all to go to waste."
Uriah rolled his eyes as he lined up the shot.
"Should we really be doing this after having so many drinks?" Christina ever the voice of reason asked.
"Meh, we've done this heaps of times." Lynn replied from her spot leaning against a pillar.
Uriah finished lining up the shot and took it. The muffin bounced off Marlene's head and onto the floor.
"Nice shot." Lynn grunted as she stood up straight and walked over to Marlene. Leaning down she grabbed what was left of the muffin and broke it in half giving one part to Marlene before popping the rest in her mouth.
"Gross! That's been on the floor!" Uriah shouted.
Marlene ran forward and shoved some of the leftover muffin in his mouth before running towards the door. "Tag your it!" She shouted after as she disappeared out the door.
Everyone looked at each other than at Uriah before dashing out the door after Marlene.
Deciding to use the whole compound as a playground everyone quickly ran towards the Pit. Looking behind herself, Tris could see Uriah running close behind.
"Uh-oh, instructor alert." Will shouted, but it was too late for Tris.
Tris collided with someone from the group, landing hard on top of them with his arms wrapped around her tightly.
"Mind getting off me?" Four asks from below her.
Tris tried to get up but found the arms around her still securing her in place.
"Hey Four," Called out one of the guys for the small group. "You need to actually let her go for her to get up." He laughed.
"Oh." Four grunted as he let go of Tris' waist, but not before whispering only for her ears, "But I don't want to."
Tris flashed red hot as she got up. She could hear her friends in the background giggling and someone else making the comment 'At least it wasn't Eric again.'
Once up she offered Four a hand up, he took it and swayed a bit as he stood.
"What are you doing?" Tris eyed him up and down, noticing the pink that dusts his cheeks and the way he swayed a bit.
"Flirting with death," He said with a grin, his friends in the background whistling while Tris raised an eyebrow. "Drinking by the chasm, probably not a smart idea." Four leant heavily against the rail for support.
"No, it's not." Tris replied, crossing her arms. Thinking about it she decided that she didn't like this side of Four, it was unsettling.
"Hey Tris," Zeke called out, Tris couldn't help but wonder when he had shown up or had he been there the whole time?, "Four seems to have had a bit too much to drink, mind taking him back to mine for me?" He said with his normal shit eating grin, but with something else hidden behind it.
"Uh, sure." Tris said unsurely as she wrapped an arm around Four's waist.
Several of Four's friends made kissy faces at her as she helped support Four who was giving them the finger, while her own friends looked at her confused, all except Christina who was winking at her. Tris rolled her eyes and continued towards Zeke's.
As they got to the chasm's bridge Four stopped, "Wait." He said sluggishly, "I want to show you something." He swayed a bit as he let go of Tris and instead grabbed her hand.
He jumped the rail a little away from the bridge, causing Tris to yell at him to get back on the safe side.
"Do you trust me?" He asked, still holding her hand. When she nodded hesitantly he said, "Then follow me." Tris followed Four as they hugged the side of the chasm, continuing along a small ledge till it opened up to a flat spot just above where the water disappeared underneath. "This is my secret spot, I've never shown it to anyone else." He said as he sat down and leaned against the wall.
It was somehow quieter here than it was standing beside the chasm.
"It's nice." Tris replied as she sat down next to him.
"I found it during my initiation."
They sat there for a while, just listening to the soft sound of the chasm when Tris felt something warm touch her hand and turned to see Four's fingers touching hers. Heat rushed up her face as she moved her hand closer to his and soon his hand was on top of hers.
Taking a deep breath then letting it out Four asked, "If I asked to kiss you, would you say no?"
Tris bit her lip as heat rushed up her face before she shook her head.
Four leant over, using his free hand he turned Tris' face to his and kissed her. At first it seemed both of them didn't really know what to do, but the longer the kiss went on the more her own confidence built till her free hand raised to the back of his neck and she opened her mouth and allowed him to explore it with his tongue. When they finally broke for a much needed breath they opted to just lean their heads against each other and stare.
"God you're beautiful." Four breathed out, his breath smelling of beer.
"I think your beer goggles are messing with your vision." Tris laughed off her embarrassment.
"Don't put yourself down, I wouldn't have been watching you this whole time if I didn't find you attractive." Four pulled away, opting to watch the water flow underneath them again, his hand still entwined with hers.
"Been playing close attention to me have you?" Tris played.
"Maybe," He side glanced her.
"Only maybe?"
"Fine. I like you okay, so I've been watching you."
"But you're older than me and I'm way younger." Tris tried to defend why he shouldn't like someone like her. "And not that pretty."
"Yeah, by a whopping two whole years." Four laughed.
"Seriously? You're only eighteen?" Tris turned to stare at him.
"And by the way, you are pretty, maybe not to other peoples standards, but shouldn't only my opinion count? Plus you're brave as hell and I love that about you."
"How can you be such a charmer Four, when you scowl so much." Tris laughed.
Four rolled his eyes at her. "I wish you wouldn't call me that."
"Call you what?"
"Four."
"But it's what everyone calls you?" Tris said, confused. "If you don't want me to call you that then what's your real name?"
Sighing, Four stood, letting go of Tris' hand before offering it to her again, when she took it and he pulled her up to him and kissed her again. "I want to show you something else."
Four lead them out of the little hidey-hole and up to the fear landscape room. On his way he grabbed two syringe guns and two serum vials.
"What are we doing here?" Tris asked.
"You want to know who I am right?"
Tris nodded as Four shut and locked the door to the fear landscape behind them. He quickly set up and calibrated the computer before connecting the electrodes to himself then to Tris. He proceeded to fill both syringe guns, handing one to Tris. Sweeping her hair to the side he put the gun against her neck and injected its contents into her while kissing her. Then turned his own neck for her to inject him.
Once done he sat in the chair and pulled Tris into his lap encouraging her to close her eyes.
When Tris opened her eyes again she noticed that they were on top of a tall building, the wind roaring around them.
"Fear of heights." Tris said to Four as he nodded, "We're in your fear landscape." Again Four nodded. Tris turned away from the ledge to look at Four. She could see him shaking slightly, so stepped in front of him blocking his view of the edge. "Four look at me." She said as she took both of his hands. When his eyes darted to hers she smiled warmly at him. "We're going to get through this together, okay. How would you normally get through this fear?" She asked.
"Jump to the next building… but I never make it." Four replied in a small voice.
Tris took a step backwards towards the edge, his grip on hers tightening. Tris continued to whisper to him as she wrapped his arms around her waist. When he was secure she started to lean backwards. Four began to resist and pull away, so Tris kicked off and threw them both over the edge. Four buried himself in her neck as they plummeted towards the ground.
Soon Tris realized they were no longer falling, rather they were laying in a small metal room. Sitting up she looked around, "Confinement?" She asked. Looking at Four he shook his head as he stood and looked around frantically.
Soon the walls began to move inwards. "Costiphobia." Tris breathed out. "How do you normally get out of this one?"
"Fight against it or break the simulation," He said looking down at her, "For the record you lose points if you do that."
Tris nodded calmly as the walls creped closer. After fighting the walls to the point that he could no longer move or stand straight Four relented and sat down with Tris. She was quick to sit in his lap and wrap his arms and legs around her. "Make yourself smaller."
"What?"
"By making yourself smaller you give yourself over to your fear."
Four did so and buried himself into Tris again.
"You know, most boys would enjoy being trapped in close quarters with a girl." She joked.
"Not claustrophobic people Tris!" Four sounded desperate as he hugged her tighter.
"Okay, okay." Tris said as she set her hand on top of his, she moved it to her chest just over her heart, "Feel my heartbeat?" She asked, "Can you feel it?"
"Yes." Four nodded, his head still in her neck.
"Feel how steady it is?"
"It's fast." Four replied from her neck.
"Yes, well that has nothing to do with the box." Tris remarked.
Suddenly the walls fell away and they were in a dark room. In the centre was a young girl sitting on a chair, on the table next to her is a gun.
Tris watched as Four stood and ran a hand through his hair before picking up the gun, "Forced to kill an innocent." Four said as he walked behind her and shot her before backing out the door behind him.
Realization suddenly hit Tris as she followed him, "Four, as in four fears." She said as she stared at him and he nodded, "But how is this meant to tell me your real name then?"
"You're about to find out." Four said as he swallowed hard.
Tris looked around the room and saw it's blank grey walls. When you've seen one Abnegation house you've seen them all.
"Four, why are we in Abnegation?" She asked as she looked around. "Was…. it your original faction?"
Four nodded as he looked towards the steps leading to the upstairs floor. Tris could now see someone slowly coming down them. "You know I only do this for your own good boy." Said the man as he descended the steps, a leather belt gripped in his hand.
Tris had to double take the man before she recognized him, "Marcus." Tris whispered, he was the leader of Abnegation.
"Here's the part," Four said, with a shaky voice, "Where you figure out my name."
"Is he….." Tris looked at Marcus as he walked towards them, then looked over to Four, who was slowly inching backwards. "Marcus had a son, a son that left and joined Dauntless." His name was, "Tobias." Tris said softly.
Marcus stretched out the belt in his hand before letting it fall to his side. "This is for your own good boy." He repeated again, his voice echoing around them as more Marcus' suddenly appeared.
Tris looked over at Four, he was frozen in his spot, sagging a bit as the words continued to attack him mentally. The first Marcus reached out towards Four, gripping him by the arm. As he brought the belt in his hand back. Tris lunged forward just as he brought the belt down.
The sickening sound of hard leather meeting flesh rang out throughout the room, while a burning pain ran up Tris' arm. As if that was what was needed, Four snapped out of his trance and saw the belt wrapped around Tris' arm.
Tris uses the belt wrapped around her to yank Marcus towards her and lands her fist hard against his face causing him to crumple to the floor.
Four regained himself after the shock of someone standing up to his father for him and attacked the next Marcus as he yelled and lunged for Tris.
Soon all the Marcus' were unconscious and the simulation ended.
Between the two websites I upload on I have had a couple of people asking me when Four and Tris would get a move on with their relationship, I would like to stop and mention that this is a slow burn and there wont be anything serious till the next series (which I am writing at the moment).
I have also had several concerns about this being a Eric x Tris story, lets clear this up too. This is a Four x Tris story, it is in the tags. Eric is a side character that I need in the future so I need him emotionally invested in her from the start. His 'relationship' with her will be revealed later on in the next seasons (yes I said seasons - as in I have layouts for three seasons - maybe a fourth - for this story! so stay tuned, we're here for the long run)
Comments and Favourites welcome!
Spoilers Sweety -
On the next episode of Alternate Divergance - Four and Eric get there territorial macho on again, to which Tris promptly slams the door in their face. Everyone's favourite Hick makes an appearance again. An Tris teaches some of the Dauntless born initiates why you don't take her for granted!