Chapter 4

Rosalind's POV

Seven. There are Seven people before me until I go to choose my faction.

Candor. She picked Candor.

Six. There are six people before me until I go to choose my faction.

I look over to where the Dauntless are sitting. All wearing black. Their new initiates so far are standing behind them. Most looking scared but the others looking excited and determined. I wonder how I'll look.

I look at the line and see that there are two more people before me. Danielle and a girl from Erudite.

I tug on her hand and she turns to look at me with a worried expression.

It'll be alright.

I hold her hand while the Erudite girl is called. Danielle will be next.

May, I think her name is, picks Dauntless. May walks proudly over to the Dauntless while the Dauntless hoot and holler.

"Danielle Delacorte."

I feel Dani tense up so I give her hand a reassuring squeeze. She smiles at before walking up to the five barrels. She takes the knife - the same knife I saw in my dream - and looks at the Dauntless and Erudite barrels. The water and the hot coals. She slices her hand and watches as it pools up in her hand.

The sight of blood makes me sick. I turn my attention to the two barrels instead.

I hear and see the sizzling sound as she holds her hand over the Dauntless barrel. I hear the Dauntless cheering. Danielle walks over to the Dauntless and stands beside May. She gives me a thumbs up.

"Rosalind Delacorte." I feel my hands go cold as they always do when I'm nervous. I straighten my frilly skirt, afraid that it might look weird from a certain angle and walk up to the barrels.

The choosing ceremony is being held in Amity so I relax a bit when I see Johanna, the Amity representative there. She hands me a knife similar to the one she gave Danielle. I stare at it in awe in my hands. I look up and slice my hand without looking and hold my breath. I walk over to the Dauntless barrel.

Time to be Dauntless.

It's done. My blood spills over the hot coals. I'm Dauntless. I think proudly. I walk over to the Dauntless faction while they cheer. I stand next to Danielle and scan the Amity crowd for my mother. My eyes lock with my mothers. She looks hurt. Have I made the right choice?