Light streamed in through the window, and a yawn escaped her lips as she slowly started to wake up. Yawning again, she pulled herself up, running a hand through her hair to try to tame it. From down the hall, she could hear her mother waking her sister up, and probably to allow Rose more time to think about today.
The Choosing Ceremony.
This would be the start of her new life.
She just had to carefully choose her new faction.
No pressure whatsoever.
Huffing, she let herself flop back down, covering her eyes with her arm. A knock sounded on her door, pulling her back into reality.
"Gotta get up sweetheart, we have to leave in about twenty minutes." Her mother's voice sounded. Groaning out, Rosemary forced herself up, and got out of bed. She made her bed one last time, and instead of a skirt, chose a pair of pants she had gotten from her mother, not wanting a skirt to slow her down. Sliding a pair of flats and a shirt on, she ran her comb through her hair and tied it up into a bun.
She could do this.
Letting her eyes cast over her room one last time, she let the door shut. Sighing, she made her way to where her family was waiting and ruffled her sisters hair, earning a "stopppp" from the girl.
Laughing, the family left the house, joining up with some of their parents' friends as they started to load into trucks. Rosemary smiled and waved at Aurora, as her friend came into view. The air was electric, as members greeted each other, and started striking up conversations. She sat next to Dalia, and softly spoke to her.
"Make sure you're good for mom and dad. Be the best that you can be and then some. I love you, more than you'll ever know." and pressed a kiss to her head. The girl nodded, and leaned into her sister's touch. The truck started up, and they headed out.
They were the third ones to arrive, after the Erudite and Abnegation, and helped everyone out of the trucks. Heading in, Rosemary stuck close to her mother's side, a sudden wave of nervousness washing over her.
"You'll be amazing." Her mother spoke to her, as they sat down, her eyes wandering around the room time and time again. From her spot, she saw the side door open and a large amount of Dauntless came in, talking loudly amongst themselves. She could see the new leader of Erudite setting the final touches before tapping on the microphone to get everyone's attention.
"Welcome, to this year's Choosing Ceremony. As they are now eighteen, our dependents stand on the cusps of adulthood, it is now up to them to decide who they will be. Will they join Dauntless, The brave? Amity, the kind and peaceful? Candor, honest and truthful? Erudite, the wise or Abnegation the selfless? They start the rest of the Names will be called in reverse alphabetical order." She paused to softly clear her throat. "Alissa Zur."
Rosemary could see a small girl from Candor stand up, and walk over and up onto the stage. She grasped the knife handed to her, and slit the palm of her hand, without a second thought, she thrust her now bleeding hand over the crystal clear glass of the Candor bowl. The girl let out a breath, as she walked back to her seat, recieving hugs from her friends.
She watched as someone from her own faction, Charlie Zale became the first Amity transfer, letting his blood spill into the water of Erudite. It went on like this, with only one other Amity transferring, Alexandra to Abnegation. Finally, her own name was called.
"Rosemary Stone!" With a smile from her sister and father, and a kiss on the forehead and side hug from her mother, Rosemary stood, took a deep breath and made her way from her spot to the stage. Her legs were slightly shaking as she climbed the steps, twisting her fingers together. Cara held out the knife, offering her a smile when she accepted it. Rosemary pulled it across her palm, and set it down, glancing at the bowls. She wasn't always honest and truthful, that ruled Candor out. Having her nose in a book all day sounded terrible, and she couldn't imagine working on the farms the rest of her life, that left Abnegation and Dauntless.
But, for Rose, she wanted something thrilling, something to add purpose to her life. Deciding on that, she let the blood in her palm fall into the burning coals of Dauntless. The Dauntless sector erupted in cheers, as she felt someone hand her a clothe, and she walked over to her new Faction. Sitting next to a boy in Abnegation clothing, she wrapped the piece of cloth around her hand and held it tightly. She watched shocked as Aurora let her blood spill onto the coals, casting her a thumbs up and a smile.
After the last person, -Talia Abel, Dauntless born- chose Candor, the Dauntless born that stayed rose and went out the door where they broke into a run. Finally looking back at her parents, she mouthed an 'i love you' and followed the other transfers out the door. Her and Aurora matched pace for pace on their run to catch up, pausing for a moment as they watched the other climb the track beams. Grinning at her friend, Rosemary placed her hand on the first rung and started the journey breath was coming out in pants as she hoisted herself up onto the side of the track.
"Well that was fun!" Aurora gasped out, take a large breath in.
Rose nodded, and her eyes widen as she saw some of the members way in the front started running.
"Shit, looks like we're jumping!" She called out, and straighten up, watching as member after member took a couple steps before jumping on. Grabbing her friend hand, she gripped tightly as they followed what the people before them started doing. They busted into a run, watching as the edge of the platform before jumping. Falling into a heap on the floor of their department.
"This is easy. Almost two easy." Rose spoke out, a grin on her face. "Now we just wait."
True to her word, around twenty minutes later she saw a building in the Dauntless building. Black blobs started jumping out their respective carts, and landing on the build. The friends jumped together again, separated when they landed. Rose hissed out as she felt her hands and knees scrape against the asphalt roof. Standing up, her wiped the rocks and dust from her knees, Rose helped Aurora up, and walked over with a couple other transfers.
"Alright listen up!" A male's voice rang out, gathering everyone's attention, "I'm Eric, one of your leaders here in Dauntless. You survived two tasks already. Here is the third. This is the way in."
"They want us to jump again?" She could hear a boy ask.
"Either this or your factionless." Was Eric's response. "Any volunteers?"
Aurora's hand slipped from her own, and she watched as her friend called out, "Yeah. me." And marched her way through the group.
God Damn it Aurora!
Her friend smiled and jumped off, and without second thought, pushed her way up. She felt the leader's eyes on her, as she climbed up onto the ledge. The hole seemed a long way down. Gulping down a breath, she closed her eyes and jumped.
The trip down lasted a couple seconds before she hit something rough. A net, she noted as she bounced a couple times. A laugh escaped her, and she felt the net being pulled down. A man with dark brown eyes helped her down.
"What's your name?" He questioned her, eyebrow arched.
"Uh, uhm." She struggled to think.
"We don't have all day, you can change it if you want to."
"Zara, my name is Zara."
"Second jumper; Zara!" The man called out, and sent me a smile.
"Welcome to Dauntless Zara."