Author's Note: Gah! Two more weeks until I graduate from high school! It's exciting! I have so much energy! So I'm using it to write! Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Teen Titans or Divergent or the picture that I used as the cover photo. But did anybody seriously think I did? No? That's what I thought.

Chapter 3

Once all of the initiates are on solid ground, Selina leads the Dauntless-born initiates to their dorm and Robin gives the rest of us a tour of the compound. As we walk, I of course pay attention to what he's saying but I also can't help but smile as I realize how free I am. I can do so much now that I couldn't before. I can wear tight clothes and make up. I can grow out my hair as long as I want or chop it all off and dye it purple. I can get a tattoo or pierce my ears. I could even pierce my navel if I wanted to. Not that I'm gonna do all those things. Just the fact that I could is enough to put a smile on my face.

"Stiff, are you paying attention?"

The sound of Robin's voice snaps me out of my day dreaming.

"Yes, sir."

Robin very visibly shudders.

"Hnn… Never call me sir again."

"Gotchya."

"Alright, now that THAT'S out of the way… As I was saying, this is the training room. You will be practicing hand to hand combat here. Initiation will be split into three segments, the first focusing on training your bodies and the other two preparing your mind. At the end of initiation, you will be ranked along with the Dauntless born initiates. The top 10 will become official members of Dauntless."

The last sentence catches us all off guard. Rachel finally breaks the silence.

"The top… Ten… But there's already nine transfers!"

"Yeah, there are. I suggest you train hard to avoid getting cut. Now if you'll follow me, we have one more stop to make before dinnertime."

We all follow Robin to a place he calls the Pit. When we see it, the name is obvious. It is literally a giant cavern with a waterfall running down it.

"This represents the fine line between bravery and stupidity." His face was very serious yet it almost sounded like he was making a joke. "You will never see what's at the bottom of this cavern cause if you reach the bottom, you'll be dead. Be aware that you may think because you chose Dauntless that you're invincible, but nothing can save you from death."

We walk to dinner in silence after that. Robin and Rachel sit at the table with me. I don't know why Robin chose to sit with me; his constant use of Stiff instead of Kori gave me the impression that he didn't like me. The food we are given is some kind of meat on a round kind of bread.

"What is this?"

Rachel looks at me in disbelief.

"You're saying you've never had a hamburger before?"

"Stiffs eat plain food. Here, put some of this on it."

Robin passes me a bowl filled with a tangy yellow sauce.

"What is it?" I stick my pinky in the bowl and taste the stuff. It is the most amazing thing I have ever tasted. I immediately dump the entire bowl on my hamburger. Now it was Robin's turn to give me a weird look.

"Uh… It's mustard."

"Is there more?"

Robin sees me reaching for the other bowl and pushes it away from me. It almost looks like he's smiling at me.

"You're a weird one, Stiff."

Yet he keeps calling me stiff. I don't let it show that the slur stings me.

"Well, I'm not here because I'm normal."

Robin actually laughs and I start eating my mustard soaked hamburger. Robin's expression hardens as another guy walks by. This man has dark hair and dangerous looking dark eyes. Just looking at him makes me shudder.

"Who is that?"

"That's Jason. He's a Dauntless leader."

"Really? But he looks so young…"

"Yeah, he's my age, but age isn't something that matters around here."

As if he heard his name, Jason comes over to our table. I can see Robin locking his jaw.

"Robin."

"Jason."

"Slade has wanted to talk to you for quite some time now."

"I know. And I'm still not interested in his offer. So there's nothing to talk about."

"Come on, Robin. You can't honestly tell me you're fine sitting in the control room staring at security screens all day."

"Well, believe it. Now leave me alone."

Jason almost looks angry but his expression relaxes and he shrugs.

"Fine. You should seriously consider his offer though. It would be very beneficial to you."

Jason walks away and Robin growls softly.

"Offer for what?"

"To be a Dauntless leader. But I don't want to work with creeps like Jason." He looks around awkwardly, as if he's said too much. "I, uh, gotta go. See you tomorrow."

He gets up and leaves and I'm almost tempted to tell him to not go. I shake off the urge quickly.

The rest of the night passes uneventfully and we all head off to our dorm. I was so excited to be free earlier, but now I feel myself missing my home. I betrayed my family. My parents… Now that I am alone, it couldn't hurt my image if I cried a little. As I think this, I feel a few stray tears fall down my cheeks. Alright, fine. Cry today, but tomorrow, you are brave.

Speaking of crying, I hear someone sobbing so hard, they're shaking my bed. I try to remember who took the bed directly in front of my head. I think it was the largest transfer, from Candor. I think his name is Sergei* I never would expect the guy who's built like a mountain to be the one to crack. I don't know I how fall asleep, but somehow I do.

I don't get to sleep for too long however. It feels like five minutes later, Robin comes into our dorm telling us all we have an hour until we need to be in the training room and that we all need to shower and eat breakfast. The hour flies by and soon we're all in the training room. At the far end of the wall, there are targets set up and Robin hands us each a gun.

"The first half of today will focus on target practice. Then after lunch, we'll move on to hand to hand combat."

Xavier, who still looks half asleep, speaks up.

"I don't understand why we have to… learn both…"

Robin does not look happy with Xavier's mostly yawned out comment. He picks up a gun and snaps a bullet into the chamber. Then he puts the barrel of the gun directly on Xavier's forehead.

"Wake up, you idiot! You are holding a loaded gun. Act like it!"

Robin's snarling is enough to wake us all up. After a demonstration on how to shoot, we all get our own targets. I'm nervous, needless to say, guns are something that are frowned upon in Abnegation and just holding one feels like I should be scolded. Yet I also feel power. I hold my arms far enough away that the rebound from the shot won't hit me in the face.

I fire and completely miss the target. Robin sees my struggle and comes up behind me to help.

"Your stance is too tense. Relax."

He wraps his arms around mine; I feel my heart start to race. He loosens my arms and relaxes my shoulders.

"There. Now try."

He steps back and I fire again. This time I actually hit the edge of the target.

"Better. Keep trying."

He walks away and I keep shooting, hitting nowhere near the center of the target. The scrawny blond boy who transferred from Erudite smirks at me.

"You know, statistically speaking, you should've hit the target at least once."

I grit my teeth and shoot again, hitting the center this time.

"See? The numbers don't lie." He extends his hand. "I'm Gar."

Gar? What kind of name is Gar? I shake his hand anyway.

"I'm Kori."

"Oh, I know who you are. You're the first jumper."

I smile. Good, I have a reputation here other than just the Stiff.

"Hey! Less talking, more shooting!"

I didn't see Jason come into the training room, but hearing him bark orders at me tempt me to turn around and shoot him. I push away that disturbingly violent thought and turn back to my target.

*Sergei= Red Star

Yes, I put Jason Todd and Xavier Redd in the same story. Did I just blow up the universe?

*turns to the smoldering remains of the universe*

Oops… Well, if any of you survived that… Grab the surviving Twinkies and R&R!

-Starprincess