Tris
A few months ago the factions were destroyed.
Many lives were taken.
So some of us were placed in districts and others were placed in different experiments the government's conducting.
Tobias and I got placed in district 12 a few weeks after we got married.
It's almost like being factionless here. Many nights we are forced to go to bed hungry.
I sit at my table tapping my foot and stare out the window.
We are not allowed to have weapons but Tobias has a knife from who knows where under his pillow.
Tobias will not get back from the mines for a while so I decide to take a walk.
I walk along the edges of the fence that keeps us inside district 12.
I see a girl going under the wires of the fence and run off into the forest.
I spot bushes outside the fence that may have berries or maybe there are some vegetables some where
Tobias and I have not eaten in a week. Each day he comes home from the mines as pale as a ghost.
I decide to slip under the fence to gather some berries or vegetables to throw in a soup for him.
I'm not that much of a good cook but it's food.
I sneak back into town with a bag full of food and try to run home as fast as I can before I get caught.
Our home is just right around the corner when a hand grabs my shoulder and whips me around.
Then I know I'm in trouble when I realize that the person who grabbed me is dressed in a white suit. They are the guards who punish people when they get caught doing something.
"What's in the bag?"
My heart stops. I glance at the bag, and he lunges for it.
I try to turn and run but he grabs my leg and tumble to the ground.
And that's when people start gathering to watch.