Chapter two: day one of training

It was the crack of dawn when Tris started banging on a pipe "up, grab some food, then training twenty minutes!" she said. Man she was tough, but if you were to survive in dauntless, I guess tough is what was expected of you.

Ryan was hoping to pass initiation, tris didn't say anything about being cut if you were to weak of to much of a coward. I just hope Ryan makes it. As soon as I am dressed, I run to the pit grab a blueberry muffin and two bottles of water and run to the training room, or in that general direction but once again I run in to Eric.

"where are you going initiate?" he growls "training." I say he looks at me "wrong way." He says and starts walking away and for a moment I just stand there. "move it initiate!" he roars my only thought 'not a morning person'. I jog to catch up. "you were headed for the leadership offices." He explains a bit more calmly, then I notice the coffee mug in his hand. "okay sorry, tris didn't show us where to go, she just told us to get food and get to training." I blurt out. What is wrong with me, I don't ever talk like that, especially to a leader. "slow down kid. Its fine, the compound is a bit tricky to navigate for the first few weeks." He kindly explains. Maybe four was wrong about Eric.

Soon we are at the training room and all the other initiates are already there running laps. "SIX!" Eric roars and tris jogs over "what!" she spits "Kayla got lost because you didn't give her instructions to get here." He explains "but how did the other initiates get here so easily?" he says crossing his arms "Rivers, laps, GO!" she commands.

"look the others asked the full members how to get here, its not rocket science." She spits, he must really hate him to have so much venom in her voice. "give them proper instructions. Or do you want to be with your ex in controls for the next ten weeks?" he threatens. "Fine!" she says

"Line up!" she says and hands us cards. "these are your point cards. They have a thousand points, you don't get anymore until you get a job so be careful how you spend them." She explains "Next this is the score board. Eric will now explain how it works." She says and looks at Eric.

"you will be scored on your performance. If you are below the line by the end of initiation you get cut. The old rules said you would be factionless but rules change. You have three choices: 1. You can choose a new faction. 2. You can redo initiation. And 3. You can go back to your previous faction." And I just look at Ryan, who had some hope. But the factionless were no joke either. They were scarier than abnegation led on, they had more firepower than Dauntless. They were a force to be reckoned with.

"I may be better of in Amity or Erudite." Ryan admits at lunch. "Ryan, you need to at least try it here. And if in five weeks you don't make it then you can go to amity or erudite." I kindly say, "Why did you choose Dauntless?" I ask. He looks down. "Kayla, I was always your shadow growing up, so when you decided dauntless, I wanted to as well, it was more I wanted to be like you, not 'hey this could be the rest of my life'." He explains and is interrupted by Eric. "Ryan, I could help but overhear, and I wasn't eavesdropping, but if you would be more comfortable in amity or erudite, I can have it arranged for you to go and not miss any initiation?" he offers "Eric, I think Erudite would fit me best." Ryan says. "I will have it arranged for you to be picked up in one hour. That should give you plenty of time with your sister." Eric says.

"Ryan, I cant believe that you are just going to leave." I say, " I was wrong choosing Dauntless, you were right yesterday about me being skin and bone, plus if it wasn't for you, I never would have made it on the train." He says "well I am gonna miss ya. But before you leave, I am gonna get a tattoo that you choose." I say.

We head to the tattoo shop and my fellow initiates are already there getting inked, Ryan and I head over to the templates, Ryan looks through and his eyes light up at a simple design, it is the Celtic symbol modified into a heart with a name or message in it. I go up to a lady named Tori and request this design on the inside of my bicep with Ryan's name inside the heart. and she had it done in twenty minutes. As we left Eric was waiting outside the shop for Ryan.

I hug Ryan and say, "you better drag mom, dad and Reese here to visiting day." I demand and look at him "I love you Kayla." He says, "love you squirt." I say. I cried my self to sleep that night I had a piece of me torn away I wasn't whole anymore, I just hope my family comes to see me on visiting day.

In the morning tris tells us to go to the roof, great I know how to get there. As soon as we get there, we are handed rifles and are told to practice shooting targets, I lay on my belly and when tris gives the okay, we all start firing. I feel her standing behind me and watch me hit the bullseye every single time. "goof job Rivers" she says and walks away. Then a more masculine shadow appears and I am thrown off for a second and I miss once. "Come on initiate you can do better that that." He jibes. And I mass fire hitting the bullseye every time "nicely done initiate" he praises and walks away. What is it about eric that gets me all fluttered every time he is near me? "you got the hots for Eric or something?" the candor kid says "NO!" I spew at him "I'm Connor" he says "Kayla." I introduce myself, well I just made a friend. I have been lonely since Ryan went back to erudite.

At dinner I help myself to a plate of spaghetti and Dauntless meatballs and a huge slice of dauntless cake. "how are you gonna eat all that? You're so tiny." Connor jokes. "still have no filter, hey?" I joke back and we just laugh. I feel someone brush against me "hey, Kayla." Four says. "hey, Four! Long time no see!" I greet him with a smile. "hey question for ya?" I say more like ask. "Shoot." He says. "well more like two questions. One where do you work? And why is dauntless cake so damn good?" I say, "one I work in command, mostly surveillance, I don't like working with people, by the way nice shooting!" he says I just smile " two I cant really answer that you will have to talk to Bud, he is the cook." He says stealing a bite of my cake "Hey, Get your own!" I say accidently on purpose smashing it up his nose, Connor just laughs and soon I have cake all over my face. "FOOD FIGHT!" Connor yells.

Soon the whole cafeteria is in mayhem, spaghetti every where and five minutes into the food fight we here Eric "Enough!" he yells "Its bad enough the kids have food fights but you older members need to show a bit of an example!" hey booms "No one leaves here until it is spotless!" he commands. We all get cleaning right away and I smile "way to go Connor this is gonna take forever." I whisper he just laughs.