Hey! Sorry it took so long to actually make the first chapter. I don't own anything, since all Divergent characters and that jazz belongs to Veronica Roth. I'm a mere fanfiction writer trying to be creative. Try to be mindful of inevitable grammar mistakes, I'm not exactly a prodigy author. Lastly, enjoy!
Chapter 1:
There have always been five factions. They define us. Our friends, our future, who we are. Sometimes they can't even define us. Why do I have the dauntless power of fire, when I'm a quiet abnegation girl? I don't know. It's called divergent, we had to learn about it in faction history. That's why I was scared to find out I am one. Divergents started the Purity War, that ruined the landscape and forced us into this town, not big enough to compensate for the amount of people living here. Most of them live in the rubble, factionless, the ones detached from our society. Mother says we should help them, the other factions think they're a waste, draining the precious supplies we have left. Amity can't provide enough food these days. It's all paste of varying textures. Except for the hunk of cheese in front of me. Next to it, the sharp blade of a knife. The problem was, I knew I was in a simulation, I knew I was divergent.
"Choose!" Hissed a voice I couldn't identify. I couldn't take the weapon, being an abnegation means no methods of self-defense. Self-defense is selfish. Taking the cheese would also be selfish. Realistically, I shouldn't take anything.
"No," I tell the simulation.
"Your choice," it hisses at me. Simulations are all in your head, I remind myself as everything around me dissapears. Though the reminder didn't stick as fear struck through me as I heard the growl of what sounded like a rabid animal. It sounded like a rabid animal because it was. I turned around to come face to face with a full grown German Shepard, releasing chaotic growls and shredding howls. Simulation. My mind chants. I look the dog dead in the eye, until it bows before me. Dogs smell fear. Dogs are nothing to be afraid of.
"You're not such a rabid animal now, are you?" I muse, petting its black and brown coat.
"It's a puppy!" A little girl's voice shrieks in delight. The German Shepherd leaps to its feet, bolting for the girl, transforming back into it's wild state. This little girl wouldn't understand what to do, I needed to save her. Self-sacrifice. The little bit of abnegation in me is seeping out. I run and tackle the dog to the ground, but there is not ground to land on. I'm somewhere else. I'm on a bus. It's the same one I ride to school on every morning, this morning as well. Except the eeriness of it. The deadly silence was broken by a desperate plea.
"Do you know this man?" A grimy man shoves a paper in my face. Brutal murder finally apprehended. Read the headline. He felt familiar suddenly. Do I? Have I seen him around? At a council meeting or maybe he's a teacher.
"Uh, no," I answer. His eye twitches creepily, I feel the urge to turn and run. Obviously I wasn't too good at hiding the hesitance in my tone.
"It could save my life, just tell me who it is. You're lying!" He screams at me, face red except for where his untrimmed beard hangs off his chin limply.
"I am not lying!" I reply defensively, shoving past the grimy old man and exiting the bus.
I 'wake up' in the simulation room I started in. I feel the cold of the metal chair seep into my skin as I sit up. The woman administering the test, Tori I think she said her name was, turns around. Not quick enough so I didn't see her frown and her eyebrows draw together. Does she know? The secret I kept for sixteen years of my life.
"That was perplexing," Tori finally states. I raise an eyebrow at her, hinting to elaborate. "I'll be right back," she tells me before exiting out the back door. Did I do something wrong? Does she know? Is she going to get a gun and kill me? She comes back in, seemingly empty handed.
"So… what are my results?" I ask.
"You got Abnegation," Tori answers, "and Dauntless. And Erudite." Three. Regularly divergent get two results, in some cases just one, but three?!
"So are you going to kill me now?" I ask nervously.
"No, of course not. Divergents aren't dangerous, they're special. What's your power?" Tori answers. It's surprising that someone is actually fascinated with my divergent power, most people would be trying to kill me right now.
"Fire," I summon a flickering flame to my palm.
"A dauntless power. Amazing," Tori tells me, "very few show bravery and selflessness. I have a friend, who claims that the two traits are connected."
"So where do I go?" I ask.
"Most would go somewhere safe, but you need to go where your heart desires," Tori answers, sounding philosophical. Then that's my choice. Dauntless, here I come.
"Thank you," I tell her on the way out.
"Your welcome Beatrice. Stay safe," she advises. I can try, but people say divergents are unpredictable. I am divergent. I will be dauntless.
So what do you think? Reviews are always welcomed. I already have three reviews on my summary, I was blown away. This is my first multi-chapter story. Some stuff may be modified from the book, but this is fanfiction, so it's kind of supposed to be. Anyway, that was a pretty short chapter, wasn't it? German Shepherd was based off one of my dogs that died recently, though he was really nice, not rabid at all. Also if you have any suggestions for powers for the people in the factions. By the way, if you want to re-read the summary, I made a minor change that may affect the plot. That's enough rambling on for now. Imma head out!