Amar: "If Kat owned Divergent she wouldn't be writing fanfics about it."

Kat: "Exactly! Thanks, Amar."

Amar: "No problem, anyway, I gotta go, Six and Zeke are throwing knives and we don't need someone stabbing someone else.

Kat: "Okay! Be careful! Cya!

Chapter 12

Knives & Factionless

Six:

I snickered and let go of his wrists while pushing myself back up. Once I was standing I held out a hand for Zeke and he grabbed it, I helped him up and Zeke started to whine about how it's unfair that I'm so good at fighting already. Amar and I started to laugh the more he sounded like a five-year-old who was just banned from having candy.

I sighed and looked around the room until my eyes landed on the targets. I looked over at Amar and smiled before asked, "Can we throw knives?" in a sweet, sugar-coated voice.

Amar groaned and muttered something that I couldn't hear properly, but suspiciously sounded like, "how can I say no to that voice?" He sighed and finally answered me, voice louder and clearer. "Fine, but I'm supervising all of it. I may trust you, but I don't trust Zeke," Amar stated, causing Zeke to groan and me to laugh in amusement at their interactions.

We followed Amar as he moved towards the storage room and pulled out nine knives, three for each of us. Zeke and I watched Amar he pulled himself into the proper stance and watched him steady himself. He took three breaths, just like he does before shooting a gun, and threw the knife. His legs were spread slightly and he held the knife by the blade as he drew his arm back and swung it forward. The blade landed in the center of the target, the handle poised, poking out of the target.

I laughed in awe before cautiously taking the three knives Amar had handed me earlier and moved towards the targets. I set the knives down next to me and began to practice the motion and stance for knife throwing. I could feel the judgmental stares of the two Dauntless men as they watched me. Once I felt comfortable with the stance and motion, I picked up the knives and practiced the motion with the weight of the knife in my hand. After finally feeling comfortable with the weight of the knife in my hand, I went through the motion and this time, I let the knife fly towards the target. The boys gasped in shock as the knife landed left of the center, and I snickered in amusement, trying to hide my own shock at my success. I moved another knife into my other hide, corrected my stance, and went through the motion again, throwing the knife and hitting closer to the center, but just not there yet. I took a deep breath and took the last knife in hand and took another deep breath before swinging my arm back and launching the knife forward. I gasped in shock when the knife finally landed in the center of the target and smiled after the shock passed. I jumped when I heard more gasps than there should have been and turned around to see that my group of initiates were there and had just watched me hit the center for the first time.

"Why does she get special training?!" One of the initiates shouted; it sounded like Izzy.

I groaned and let Amar take care of it while I moved forward to pull the knives out of the target. While I worked, I heard Amar as he told the initiates, "She's not getting special training, I'd teach all of you the same if you just bothered to ask. Six over there wanted to train more and asked if I could fix any mistakes, I was with Zeke at the time so he tagged along. Those two fought and I corrected their mistakes, then Six wanted to practice throwing knives because she knows it's going to come up sooner or later. Six uses her brain and Zeke's a Dauntless-born, what do you expect from them?" He questions the initiates who start to look guilty at their accusation, "Plus, Six is using her time wisely after Max announced at breakfast that training was canceled for the day. If you actually woke up on time, then all of you would know this, it's not my job to wake you up and by tomorrow you better have something to wake you up cause I sure as hell won't do it."

Zeke and I snickered at the guilty looks of the other initiates who accused me of getting special training, but someone noticed something and everyone looked confused as the question was asked.

"Hey! Where's Eric, Amy, and Axel!?" A girl called out, it sounded like Alisa.

Amar, Zeke, and I all shared looks before I spoke up, "Max needed the three of them for something, it's why training's canceled for the day. Hey, Zeke, what time is it?" I explained and then asked.

"Lunch time!" Zeke called back.

My eyes widened and then I shouted, "To the cafeteria! Max has an announcement!" I sprinted out of the room after placing the knives on the table with the empty guns, Zeke and Amar next to me and the pack of initiates behind us.

We all reached the cafeteria in time for Max to shout at the Dauntless members to shut up because he has an announcement. We all made our way to our respective tables, though Amar, Zeke and I stayed close, moving to sit at the same table that Tori's at. We watched as Max stood there and made a motion with his hand, which I suspected was a signal as three Dauntless guards walked on stage, each dragging Eric, Amy, and Axel with them.

"Six, come on up!" Max called out into the crowd.

I looked at Amar and he nodded, so I slowly stood up and the Dauntless finally became completely silent. I slowly wove my way through the tables where many Dauntless members sat and held myself tall, not to show the arrogance that many people, Eric included, do, but to show that I am strong and brave. To show that I am Dauntless.

Max nodded to me once I made it to the stage and he had me stand next to him, "Just yesterday, a little incident had occurred involving these four initiates. Six, would you care to explain?" Max asked, the wording of the sentence makes it sound like a question, but the tone he spoke made it sound like an order.

"Well, I had just recovered from a broken elbow from my fight against Lauren two days ago," I began, explaining my encounter with the three initiates.

As I spoke of the attack above the chasm, the Dauntless members started to growl at the three initiates, and the guards holding them in place gripped onto their arms tighter, causing them to wince in pain. Though, as I retold my victory over the three, the members started to whoop and cheer as I explained how I knocked out Amy and threw Axel at top Eric before Max, Amar, and Tori arrived. I smiled as the Dauntless started to stamp their feet and slam their cups into the table as they cheered their own kind of cheer at the knowledge that I came out on top and defeated three other initiates that decided to attack me together.

Max shouted above the cheering crowds of Dauntless, "They may not be members, and they never will! Attacking another initiate is not accepted here, attacking someone, in general, is not accepted! These three will now be factionless!" Max declared and the cheering of the crowd grew louder.

I stepped down from the stage, a smirk playing at my lips as the three were dragged out of the faction, trying to fight the three older, stronger, and more experienced Dauntless members. The minute I stepped down from the stage, I felt the hands of the members grab me and lift me up, pulling me over the crowd and back towards Amar, Tori, and Zeke as they sat there, cheering for my victory and the downfall of the three initiates.

I crowd surfed my way towards my new closest friend, and parental figures and the minute I landed next to them, the three of them pulled me atop the table and Amar shouted above the crowd. "Party in the pit to celebrate Six's victory and the new factionless members!" causing more cheering to go up around the room.

It took a long time, but everyone soon calmed down and the volume of the cafeteria went back to normal Dauntless volume. Shouting. Everyone continued to eat their food and the Dauntless around me, congratulated me for beating three people without any help and for getting them all kicked out of the faction. As I ate, I looked around the cafeteria and smiled, a wide smile that I never thought grace my features. This is my new faction. These are my family and friends, and I wouldn't give this up for anything. These people, cheering and congratulating me, are the people that I will fight for. The people that I will do everything to protect. No matter what it takes.

This is my family now and forever. I thought, watching the Dauntless argue and laugh and joke and fight and love and live. This is my faction and nothing will change that.

A/N:

I know, I know it's short, but I didn't know what else to add to it. Yes, Eric's factionless now, but there's still more to come ;3. Also, I'm sorry it took me forever to get this out, I just had little motivation to write for a while. I'll try to get the next chapter out faster, but no promises. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed, have a nice day!