Here's the second part. :)
Eric showed them the Pit, the center of life at Dauntless, which had many types of shops and clubs. Alec grinned and nudged his sister when he saw a tattoo parlor and she smirked back.
They were on their way into the dinning hall when suddenly, two strong arms wrap around Alec's waist and then another two wrap around Issy's. Two yelps of surprise come from the twins as the arms lift them from the floor and spin them around once. Issy stumbles out of the hold. Dark brown hair and signature blue eyes catch her eye; as does the dark blond hair and the very same blue eyes currently hugging the life out of Alec.
"Declan! Hugo!" she yells, barreling into Hugo's arms. Declan laughs when Alec does the same, 'God that laugh. I haven't heard it in six years.' She thinks with a smile.
"Hey kiddo! I knew you'd both come to Dauntless." Hugo lets Issy go and surveys her. "Look at you! Don't you look good in black." His brown hair falls into his eyes as he grins.
"And it brings out their eyes." Declan pointed to her and Alec's eyes which are glowing golden-blue lightly. The darkness of the hallway makes them seem brighter. "Now stop hogging my sister, I haven't seen her in six years." Hugo and Declan grin at each other, pushing Issy and Alec at each other. Declan's arms wrap around her, pulling her into his chest. "Well, you've both certainty gotten taller." Declan lets her go and looks over her shoulder to where their new friends are stood staring slightly. It appears the rest went into the canteen already. Declan nods at Eric, which he returns with a slight smirk. Declan looked at the group, his eyes widened slightly in surprise. "Cody?" Hugo's head perks up at the name. "Cody?" Hugo echoes, somewhat flabbergasted. Cody grins in response. "Bloody hell Cody! I'd never expect you to be Dauntless!" Hugo exclaims. He looks from Cody to Issy and Alec and back again. "Did they corrupt you that much in the last two years?!"
"We did not corrupt him!" Alec cried.
"He's perfectly capable of that himself." Issy added. "And this is Noah and Bree."
"Nice to meet you, now I'm hungry. So lets sit our asses down to eat and we can discuss what the fuck went wrong with Cody. C'mon." The transfers follow Hugo to a table that's partly occupied already by two men sat on the same side, one of them Issy remembers is called Blake, and the other has brown hair a shade lighter than Hugo's and tanned skin. Hugo and Declan sit on the end, Eric sits in between Declan and Blake, Issy sits next to Hugo with Alec on her right opposite Eric, Bree and Cody take the last two spaces next to Alec and Noah sits opposite Cody at the other end.
"Corrupting initiates already Declan?" the tanned man asks.
"Funny. And no actually, this is Issy and Alec; our younger siblings. And this is Bree, Cody and Noah."
"Initiates, this is Four, your instructor." Eric says. Four lifts an eyebrow, daring someone to say something. When no one does, Declan and Hugo restart their previous conversation of corrupting Cody.
"What do they mean 'corrupt you'?" Bree asked confused.
"Back in Erudite, I was somewhat a goody-two-shoes when Hugo was still there but then I stopped by helping Alec with a few miscalculations for a prank." Cody explained for Bree and Noah.
"He then became our fourth prankster." Alec grinned.
"Fourth? Who's the third?" Declan looked puzzled.
"Pfftttt. Cara of course." Hugo exchanges a look with Declan and turns to Issy.
"Cara, as in our littlest sister Cara."
Slowly, Issy nods her head. "That is the only Cara I know that you know."
"Really? Huh. . ." Declan drawls. The conversation seems to drop as Four asks Declan something to do with security. It's when Alec mumbles something in Issy's ear when she takes a sip of water and she begins to choke slightly that the attention is drawn back to the transfers. Issy ignores them by turning to her brother wide-eyed and grinning. "I dare you to ask him that!" Alec studies his sister for a minute before turning to Four.
"So Four, I bet you get a lot of people asking whether or not it's like the number but I can't help but wonder if it's short for something?" Eric raises his pierced eyebrow at Issy, who's biting her lip to keep herself from laughing, to Alec who's trying to keep his face straight and then to Declan and Hugo who are both smirking in anticipation. Four, however, does not look impressed.
"Short for what?" He says before taking a sip.
"I dunno, something along the lines of 'foreplay' for instance?" Alec asks innocently. Four starts to choke as Declan, Hugo and Blake burst out into laughter, making a few people from the tables around them turn around with a questioning glance. Bree, Cody and Noah try to stifle their giggles with their hands and Eric smirks in amusement. Meanwhile, Four is still choking and it takes a couple of slaps on the back from Blake to stop.
"What is going on here?" A new voice boomed, demanding attention. A man with brown skin, similar to Lilah, stands at the end of the table, flanked by two other Dauntless.
"Nothing sir." Four answers quickly.
"It's obviously not nothing if Declan, Hugo and Blake can't stop laughing and clapping like retarded seals, gasping for air?" The men in question carry on clapping, laughing silently.
"It's just an initiate pointed out something that we've never thought of before." Eric replies. "Initiates, this is the leader of our faction, Max. Max, this is Noah, Cody, Bree and Issy and Alec."
Max's eyes narrow at Issy and Alec and looks to Declan and Hugo and back again. Hugo, who had finally calmed down noticed.
"Yes, we're related. They're our siblings."
"How many more of you are there?"
Declan suddenly sobers up. "Only one more." He says almost quietly.
Max smiles. "Are they as bad as you two?" Both Declan and Hugo place a hand on their hearts, looking offended.
"Ouch. We weren't that bad. And if anything, they're worse."
"Worse?" Alec questions.
"Pranks."
"Oh, haha, well. . ." Alec rubs the back of his neck and looks away.
"Ah! That reminds me." Issy raids through her pockets before handing something to Max. "There's nothing dangerous on there, I just thought I'd be best to hand it over to Leadership while I go through initiation." Max raises an eyebrow at Issy then looks to the phone in his hand. "Check through it if you like," Issy suddenly grins. "A few songs and there's some lovely videos and pictures of Declan embarrassing himself on there." Declan's eyes go wide and he glances at the phone then to Issy who looks smugly at Declan. He reaches out to grab the phone back.
"Oh, no nono no no! Please. Let me delete them then you can have the phone back. Please?" Eric grins at Declan and then to Max. Alec snorts at Declan.
"As if we'd make it that easy to delete them." Alec smirks to Declan and then grins at Issy.
"Yeah. There not just on that phone, ya know. We're not that stupid." Issy turns to Alec. "What did we put them on again? Some of your devices-"
"My phone, tablet and laptop and on Cara's devices-"
"So that would be her phone and her tablet. . . Didn't we manage to put some on dad's laptop then put a lock on the file?"
"Either that or we did it on mum's. . . Or both." Declan starts to pale slightly while Hugo smirks and shakes his head at the twins' antics.
"Even if you did manage to delete all that-" Issy carries on.
"Which I doubt." Alec broke in.
"-There's still the back-ups."
"And the back-ups for the back-ups."
"Oh! And the back-ups we sent by email."
"Ah! So that's what it is. . ." Cody clicks his fingers in understanding. "I wondered why Alec sent me a video of Declan in a pink dress. . ." Noah starts laughing and Declan goes bright red.
"You saved it, right?" Alec asked.
Cody snorts. "Of course I did." He assures. "Whenever I was down, I'd play that video." Cody turns to Issy. "What the hell do you do to him to get him in a pink dress! It even had wings!"
Issy shrugged her shoulders and smiled. "He lost a bet."
"Remind me never to bet against you if that's the consequences. . ." Noah mumbled.
"Alright, alright they get the picture." Declan waves his hands to stop the twins from talking.
"No, I don't think we do. Carry on." Eric's grin is almost feral.
"Eric! Shut up!"
"Yes, I can see how you're related now." Max smiles wider. "If indeed you feel the need to prank someone," Max ignores the frantic shaking of Declan's head. "Make sure it doesn't hurt them or others and if it makes a mess clean it up?"
"Yes sir!" The twins salute him.
"Thank you for unleashing that. Now my life's going to be a living hell." Declan grumbles.
"Love you Dec." Issy and Alec say at the same time.
"Yeah, yeah whatever."
Once diner was over, the transfers were gathered by Eric and led to the dorms. Four introduced himself to the whole group as Eric walked off. Jess, one of two Candor transfers, snorts. "What, like the number?" Four's jaw starts to clench.
"Yes, like the number." He practically seethes. "What else would it be?" The twins start to deliberately cough. Four throws them an annoyed look, making them shut up. "Some ground rules before you go to bed. "You have to be in the training room by eight every morning. Training lasts until six, with a break for lunch at twelve. You are free to do what ever you like after six. You will also get some time off between each stage of initiation." Four looks at each individual. "Training starts early so I suggest you go to bed now." With that, Four leaves the initiates in the dorms. The last thing Issy remembers once she had swung herself up to the top bunk was thinking that she was finally home.
Another chapter written and posted. Hopefully the next one should be soon . . . :)