Hey guys! I loved writing this chapter. There is one curse word. Just a fair warning. Also make sure to review! Enjoy!
"Well, who's it going to be?" Eric says with a smirk on his face.
"Come on guys someone needs to go!" A small Erudite girl with deep brown eyes, dark skin, and brown, curly hair says.
"What is your name initiate!" Eric yells getting close to her face
"L..Lola" she says with a nervous stutter.
"You guys must be lucky! Because Lola just volunteered to jump!"
"What no I didn't!" Lola says with anger building in her eyes.
"Jump or be factionless. Your choice," Eric says with a stern voice. Lola rolls her eyes and walks up to the ledge. When she steps onto the ledge she over estimates the step and trips falling off the Building. We hear screams all the way down, then silence. After a few seconds we hear cheers. Not from one person, but an entire group of people. "That looks like fun!" A dauntless boy says walking up. He is tall with blonde hair and bright blue eyes. He jerks his head so that his bangs move out of his eyes and steps to the ledge. He turns around and steps up backwards. He waves his hand and falls backwards his arms spread wide. "Woohoo!" He screams as he falls. Again a few seconds later we hear cheers.
"Freaking Bentley." Eric mutters "everything's joke with that guy."
"Come on!" Tabor says grabbing my hand
"I don't know."
"It's not like they are going to kill us!" Tabor says complaining. It's true, if they did kill us then they would already be extinct as a faction.
"Fine" I says grumbling. He pulls my wrist even more and I walk behind him. We step to the ledge and jump. I scream at the top of my lungs as wind hits my face. I close my eyes and we hit something, a net. Tabor lands on top of me. "Lucky me!" He says. He leans down and kisses me. I hear someone clear their throat and I look over. There is a man there "Hey Six!" He yells. A small woman comes over. "Yeah Four. Oh my God!" She says laughing. "has this ever happened before?"
"Not that I know of." He turns back to us and helps us out. "What are your names?"
"Tabor and Addy." We say together The man turns to the croud.
"Third jumpers! Tabor and Addy!"
Everyone has a confused look on their face till they see us. The woman, who I believed was named Six, walks us over to the other initiates. "Can't keep you two apart can we?" The Erudite girl asks in a mocking tone. If I play along I should be fine. I walk up to her and look down to see her face. "I guess not." I say smiling. I walk back and hold Tabor's hand. I see a pure look of Anger when I do this. I decide To make it worse By kissing him on the cheek. I must have missed the next person called, because I hear Hemma squeal when I do this. "I guess you had something to do with this?" The dauntless boy asks as though he was investigating her. "I wish!" She says. "Those two some how figured it out by themselves!" They go on talking for a while and Tabor and I just stand and listen.
Finally, after twenty minutes we hear "Last jumper! Jax!" Six walks the Erudite boy who was on the train car with us over. "Jackson!" The Erudite girl calls. Jax lifts his head and walks over to her. "Lola! How are you! I feel like I haven't seen you in forever!" He hugs her. It isn't a romantic hug, but rather a hug you would give your best friend. "So!" The dauntless boy pokes his head in between mine and Tabor's. This scares me and my heart starts racing. "I have started coming up with nick names for everyone and here is what I've got! She" he points to Lola "is books because she brought books on the train. They made her leave them on the train, though. And, he" he points to Jax "is Jackie. Let me know if you come up with any more! Oh! Where are my manners!! My name is Bentley!" He says energeticly "Hi Bentley." I say trying to be polite. "I'm Addy"
"What's it short for?" He asks
"Addison Gayle."
"Gayle, as in a storm?" He asks obviously getting an idea.
"Yes?" I say with a questioning tone.
"Alright! You are Stormy! No take backs! Once I give you a name it sticks!"
"That's ok! The name sounds alright."
"Good!"
"Oh, and Bentley?"
"Yes?" He says still putting his head on our shoulders
"Can you please give me some space. You are like, right in my face."
"Oh! Sorry about that!" He moves to the side of me and I place my head on Tabor's shoulder. "Alright Everyone!" I hear the man shout "I am Four and this is Six!-"
"Do they give everyone numbers around here?" Hemma asks, oh god, I wish she didn't ask that. Six starts to walk up to Hemma. Hemma is about a head taller than her. She looks up. "Alright. Here is something you might want to learn real quickly. If I wanted to deal with Candor smart-mouths like you. I would have joined their faction. But I didn't did I?" Hemma shakes her head and Six walks back. I swear I can see her smiling as she walks back to her spot. "To answer your question." Four says "they only give them to the Talented people, so you probably won't get one." This remark is followed with "oohs" and laughter. "Alright! Dauntless born go with Lauren and Uriah. I assume you don't need a tour. Everyone else come with Six and me." every dauntless born goes over to the other two trainers except for one. That one was Bentley, of course. Four and six lead us through some hallways that are extremely dark. I assume that I will get used to the dim lights. The hallways lead to a giant cavern with a glass roof. "This is the pit!" Six says "This area is the heart and soul of dauntless. You will grow to love it as much as we do." Rock goes all the way up the walls and there are stores chiseled into it. "Bentley!" I hear Four yell "go to the dining hall wIth the rest of your friends."
"That's the problem, Four. I don't have any!"
"Then go make some! Just get out of here!"
Bentley puts a frown on his face and walks away waving goodbye like he did before he jumped. Everyone laughs after Bentley left. "Shut up! You will just encourage him!" Six yells. Four and Six lead us further into the pit till we see a rushing river at the bottom of a chasm. "This is the chasm. This shows the fine line between bravery and stupidity. One jump into it and it will end your life." Four says. Six chimes in "It has happened before and it will happen again... Move along." They finally lead us to the dining hall for dinner. Hemma has picked up the Stiff on the way. I see Bentley at an empty table and we sit down. "Stormy! How are you!"
"Wait did he just call you Stormy?" Hemma asks
"Yes. That is the nick name he gave her." Tabor says
"I like it! It sounds kind of cute!" Rosie says
"That is why I chose it! Well, Stormy how are you?" Bentley says urging me to answer.
"Good." I say "I do have one request."
"What is it?"
"Right now our dear friend over here is going by Stiff. She needs a nick name."
"I will see what I can do."
"Great!" I say looking at the Stiff. What is she doing with the hamburger. Why is she staring at it like it's a ghost.
"Do you know what that is?"
"No. What?" She asks
"A hamburger. Here. Try it with this." I hand her some ketchup and she puts it on and takes a bite. She closes her eyes and leans her head back. "I suppose this is your first taste of real food?" Hemma says
"I have eaten food before, but never something like this." We all laugh as she enjoys the burger. "Oh my gosh!" Bentley exclaims. "I will be right back!" He gets up and walks away. Cups start banging on the table and the Dauntless leader, Max walks in. Everything goes quiet "We believe in freedom from fear, ordinary acts of bravery and the courage that drives one person to stand up for the other. If you do not wish to abide by this then dauntless is not for you, but those of you that do. Welcome to dauntless." Max says. Everyone starts cheering. This goes on for a minute or so then they sit down and go back to talking. Bentley walks back in with seven plates each with a piece of cake. "The all famous, Dauntless cake!" He says passing everyone a slice and a fork. "Dig in! This will be the best experience ever!" We all take a bite and lean our heads back just like the stiff did with the burger "mmm" everyone says. The cake is moist and chocolatey. "I know right!" Bentley exclaimes "you know what would be good with this?" I say
"Nothing, because dauntless cake can't be any better as it is already sheer perfection." Bentley says giving me the death glare
"Yeah, but some Candor ice cream with it would just, like, complete it." I says
Hemma and Tabor both nod in agreement. Bentley gasps and stares at us. "We can't really be apart of this because We haven't had ice cream." The stiff says. Hemma Tabor and I gasp "what!" We say in unison. "We didn't come from Candor. I came from Abnegation and those two from amity." She says motioning to Asher and Rosie. "I do wonder what Abnegations treat would be."
"Oh god don't bring that up! It would probably be something like air." Hemma says.
"I think that's what it is" the stiff said joking around. "At least we had pie." Asher and Rosie say together. We all laugh and get up as Four and Six call us out. All the transfers have to go to the dorms to see where our sleeping quarters are. We follow as They lead us to the dorms. "This is where you will be living." Six says
"boys or girls?" Asher asks.
"Both." the girls groan and the boys get excited.
"Don't try anything boys,"
"She's right! In dauntless we treat our women with respect. Anything less then complete respect and you will have to deal with me." Four says.
All the boys straighten up and try to make themselves look nice. I put my hand on Tabor's shoulder to stop him. "I have known you almost my entire life. Trust me, you have nothing to worry about" I whisper in his ear. "Lights out in five. You all have a big day tomorrow." Six yells. We all claim our beds. I sleep on the bottom bunk next to the door and Tabor sleeps on the top. Across from us Asher and Rosie share a bunk. Asher on bottom and Rosie on top. Next to us Hemma is sharing a bunk with Jax, Of course. Jax gets bottom bunk as well. We all get changed into our clothes. The Erudites, stiff, and Amities are all trying to cover up as they change. As long as I don't have to completely strip away I am fine. You didn't get much privacy in Candor. All of the Candor transfer take off our clothes and sleep in our underwear. I hadn't realized how muscular Tabor actually was until he took off his shirt. Everyone else either finds a big shirt in the pile of dauntless clothes or sleeps in their own clothes. I lay down and I see Tabors arm fall of the bed.. I hold his hand and fall asleep just like this, feeling safe; just because someone I love is holding my hand.
Hey guys! I loved writing this chapter! This was a load of fun. Please try to come up with nick names for the other characters. If I like it it might just end up in the fan fiction! Also, I was wanting to join together with my other fan fiction and have this one from the initiate's POV and one from the trainer's POV! Let me know if you want to see that! Remember, stay awesome, stay lucky, and peace out!