Tris POV
I stare at Tobias for a minute, before we hear a sudden shout above us. I grin, and so does he, briefly, before putting on a neutral face. A rush of black hits the net and smiles at me as I lower it, Christina helping him off.
"What's your name?" I ask.
He looks back at me before shrugging, "Sam."
I look at Tobias, and he shouts out, "First jumper, Sam!" There's a cheer from behind us as people come and take him from us.
"Welcome back," I say to him with a smile. He nods and allows himself to be moved with the other members.
The next to hit drops in a flurry of yellow, then white, then grey, then several blacks. It takes over thirty minutes for them all to be down and moved into another room.
The order of jumpers went:
Sam, Dauntless
Grace, Amity
Emily, Candor
Becca, Abnegation
Hunter, Dauntless
Noah, Dauntless
Dave, Dauntless
Nadia, Erudite
Logan, Erudite
Daniel, Amity
Mia, Dauntless
Olivia, Dauntless
Lucas, Erudite
Eric, Dauntless
Jace, Candor
Aiden, Dauntless
Jay, Erudite
Ethan, Dauntless
Athena, Candor
Alex, Candor
Toria, Dauntless
William, Dauntless
"It's a lot this year," Tobias whispers to me, and I nod.
"More to get rid of," I said back, sadly. Some of these Initiates would become my friends, so getting rid of them is going to be hard.
"Just don't get to attached," he replies, and I stare at him. He looks at me guiltily and laughs before turning to the initiates, changing his voice to his 'Instructor 4' voice. "Initiates!" He calls, and they all fall quiet. "Welcome to Dauntless. My name's Four. This is Six-"
"You're named after numbers?" One of the males from Candor says, I glance at Tobias before speaking.
"What's your name, Candor?" I ask.
"Jace," he responds quickly. The others around him stare at him for a minute. I'm about to reply when Christina takes over.
"Right, I'll tell you before they get to," she gestures me Tobias and I, "We're not in Candor. Listen now, ask questions later." She glances at Tobias to let him know to continue.
"As I was saying, I'm Four, this is Six, Christina and Uriah," He indicated to each of us as he said our names. "Christina and Uriah will be the instructors for the Dauntless born initiates among you, and Six and I will be the instructors for the transfers. If you need to find us on your days off, I work in the Control Rooms, Six is a Leader in training, Uriah is part of the City Security Force, and also has his name down to be a Leader in training, once a space opens, and Christina is a tattoo artist."
They all nod but remain silent. "Dauntless born with us!" Uriah calls, "I assume you won't need the tour." He leads them off and we wait, before turning to the transfers.
"Follow us." I say to them, "We're going to show you to the pit." Tobias and I walk in silence for a while. I'm tempted to reach out for his hand, but refrain. We'd agreed to wait for the initiates to find out before they realise we're together.
"This is the Pit," Tobias says, "The centre of life here at Dauntless." He watches the initiates take it all in, before continuing. "Follow me. I'll show you the Chasm." We walk again for a while. The initiates are mostly quiet, there's a small amount of chat between a few of them that know each other.
We stop, finally, and turn to the Initiates. "This is the Chasm," they all look down, so I carry on shouting over the noise of the water, "It reminds us there's a fine line between bravery and idiocy! If you jump off this ledge, you will die. It's happened before, and it will happen again." I nearly choke at that, thinking of Al, but refrain. Tobias looks at me and gives me a smile, trying to comfort me.
"Wow," I hear from one of the girls say, and a few of them nod along with them.
Tobias walks off and I follow half a step behind, "Were we all like this?" I ask. I can hardly remember my first day here, going on everything else that's happened since.
He smirks and nods, "Yep. You and Christina wouldn't stop asking questions." I blush, but he just laughs, "It makes sense, considering you test."
I glance round and notice the others following silently, listening into us. I glare at them and they take their eyes away from us, some of them start talking again but most stay quiet. Across from the Chasm is the dining hall, Tobias and I hold the doors open for the transfers, and they walk in as the Dauntless in the room stand and start cheering and banging on the tables, making as much noise as they can. Some of the Initiates look stunned, others smile, but they all end up laughing. Tobias and I go and sit down at a table with Marlene, Uriah, Christina, Zeke, Lynn, Will and a few others, and grab a few burgers. The initiates all sit around the room, but none of them are on the same table as us this year.
"What're the Dauntless born like?" I ask Christina.
"Loud, idiots…" She shrugs, "What you'd expect," Uriah turns and punches her arm, slightly harder than he meant to. "Ow!" Christina glared at him while Tobias and I laugh.
"What do you expect with Dauntless borns on the table!" He glared playfully at her, and we all laugh. "What about your lot?" He asks Tobias and I.
"Quiet," He shrugs, "I don't have initiates constantly asking questions this time," he grins at me, and I poke his side while Christina looks embarrassed. We eat in moderate silence after that, a few odd questions thrown among us, but no one feels the need to speak anymore when around each other.
"Ready?" Tobias asked me after a good length of time. I nod and we both stand. "Initiates," He says to get their attention, they all look our way, and he continues, "Time to go."
We head towards the door, and the initiates all follow behind. I wave to Christina, in all this time; we're almost inseparable, like sisters. We fight together though; we weren't there to cry on shoulders, we were both stronger than that.
"Okay, ground rules!" I shout over the initiates chatter. We'd walked to the dorms, and they were stood waiting for us to let them in. "Training is from eight till six, with thirty minutes for lunch for the first few days. If you're late, there will be a punishment. After six is your time to do what you want, I would recommend early nights though, as you're going to need your rest!" I glance to the side and see Tobias nodding next to me; I smile at him before continuing. "You will have a day off between each stage of initiation. Some of you will also be cut after each stage, so if you're not trying your hardest, you might as well not bother to be here!"
Tobias takes over from me now, he told me to say the worst bits, as it'll make me seem harsher. I wasn't sure if I liked that idea or not. "You're only permitted to leave the compound with a Dauntless member. Please ask myself or Six if something is desperate, most of the time you'll find us in the pit or at our jobs, the areas should be self-explanatory. Behind you is your dorm for the next three weeks. After that, the highest ranking initiate will get the best apartment on a certain floor, and lowest ranked will get the smallest." We turn and open the door; Tobias holds it open for all of us, so I walk in.
"There are only ten beds in here, and eleven of you. We're used to fewer people making it to the compound, so for the first few nights, someone will have to take the floor. Four will get some blankets for you to choose who goes where." I walk through towards the other side, "Boys and girls will be sleeping in here, unlike some Factions, we don't care how you mix yourselves." I continue walking into the shower and toilet area. "This is the bathroom…" I pause for a moment before continuing, "Candor should feel right at home here, everything out in the open." I hear Tobias let out a snort of laughter, and I roll my eyes at him.
"Remember, eight am, training room!" Tobias shouts, "If you want breakfast you'll have to get up earlier!" He dumps a pile of clothes on the floor. "I expect to see you all in Dauntless colours tomorrow. No exceptions." He says, walking off. I quickly follow, nearly sprinting after him to catch up. I waited till we would be well out of site of the initiates before grabbing his hand and grinning up at him.
"Movie?" I asked. I saw his shoulders shake a small, almost unnoticeable amount, before he nods.
"Be at my place in ten," he said. I leant up and gave him a chaste kiss, before running off to change into sleeping clothes. We often had movie nights, and it ended up with me staying over at his for the night.