Sage

My name is Sage Eaton. According to our leading faction, my name is simply Sage. I was never meant to be here, but here I am. The leading faction had to recognize me after they realized I was alive and not dead. If they had killed me or our siblings then others would know. So instead they came up with another plan.

My parents are Tobias Eaton and Tris Prior. My mother is dead and my Father doesn't know who I am. The last time I ever saw them was after my twelfth birthday. I can remember my mother being killed while my father was captured and sent away. My brothers and I had been sent away to different factions to conform and become someone else.

Jeanine Mattews, the lady in charge of our government regularly checks on me. She is responsible for the slaughter of my parents. She is responsible for letting people hunt my family for years until capturing us. It was her that separated me and my brothers. She couldn't kill us because far too many people know that we are alive. So she separated us with the hope that we could be controlled.

I was given to Erudite and my guardian is my Uncle Caleb. He has watched me and kept me in line. I know that Jeanine keeps Caleb in check by threatening me. Caleb is a lower-level leader of Erudite and rather important to their "research." He has done the best he can for me and I will always be grateful, however, some part of me hates that he is still with the faction that killed my mother and the innocent Abnegation.

As I grow older more questions plague my mind and I want answers. I have met my father on many occasions but he does not remember me. He recognizes Caleb but there is ice and he doesn't remember my mother when Caleb brings her up. My father is divergent but yet he is alive, why? I know that Jeanine hates him and once controlled him, so why isn't he dead. I want to know how she convinced everyone that she should be the leader of the government. I want to know why the Abnegation are still a faction if she hated them so much. I want to know why my father doesn't recognize me. I have far too many questions and few answers.

As I stare at myself I can see how much I look like my mother. I have only seen her through secret footage of the Erudite, and a photo that my father keeps hidden. I'm taller than most girls my age and my hair is honey-blonde with some hints of brown. My eyes stare back at me in the mirror and I see their soft blue stare at me. I hate my reflection.

Most people here at erudite know about me and my history. People often stay as far away from me as possible and others pretend I don't exist. Once a week I go to a meeting with Jeanine and we talk and later I'm put under a simulation and then I leave. Caleb told me she is trying to see if I'm like my parents and he prepares me for what comes. From our meetings one thing is certain: I don't belong in Erudite.

The choosing ceremony is only a month away and I'm 16. I'll have the chance to change my faction. Jeanine and Caleb have tried to conform me to Erudite but I don't belong. I have planned on leaving for a long time. Hopefully, my brothers make the decision to leave as well.