Tobias POV:

It's Choosing Day, again. I sigh because no one from Abnegation will be going into Dauntless. I am the only one that ever has. They are all scared, but I was, too. For a different reason. I am snapped out of my thoughts by Zeke.

"Four! Come here, we can set up the net." I run over to my best friend.

"Hey, your brother is starting today, right?" He nods. After we set the nets up, I run to the ceremony room. I see the line of people filing in. But one stands out in the crowd, a puffy, blue eye girl with long golden hair. Tears are streaming down her face. As the freshmen take their seats, I run over to her.

I crouch down in front of her. "What's wrong? You'll love it here."

The girl tugs at her sleeves and shrugs, "I guess I'm just a little nervous." I nod, it's understandable.

"What faction are your parents?" I ask her in a soft voice.

"Abnegation." Our conversation is ended when the ceremony begins.

Tris POV:

By the time I got off my bike, the tears have slowed, but are still falling. I start to go into the room, but a dark skinned girl grips my wrist. I turn around slowly.

"Hey, what's wrong?" She says in a sweet voice. I keep my head down.

I try to keep my voice steady, but it cracks anyway, "Nothing."

"My name is Christine. What's yours?"

I look at her with the usual suspicion that clouds my eyes. I think for a moment and remember the name my mother called me when she was dying, "Tris. My name is Tris."

She puts an arm around me and we walk through the doors together. Then we are separated by the crowd and I am lost. I walk into the front row, and a tall boy with deep blue eyes walks up to me and we talk for a few minutes. He is trying to be kind to me. But, we are interrupted by the speaker.

"Everyone! It is a happy day for these freshmen." Someone taps me on the shoulder and I turn around. To my horror, it is Caleb. I clutch my stomach, and swallow the bile that burns my throat. I look back at the speaker, "Now let us begin the ceremony." She begins calling out names.

Then I hear her yell the name Caleb, and he walks up, and takes the knife from her hand, putting in his, slicing a wide cut, and putting it over the Erudite table, and lets it drip onto the symbol. "Beatrice Prior!" The woman yells, and I stand up, groaning slightly. I hear Caleb snicker as I walk up the stairs with a minor limp.

I cut my palm with the same knife and put it out. I think for a moment, I came from Dauntless is what my mother said. I need to get away from Caleb and Andrew. I put my hand over the flaming coals and hear the blood simmer as it hits the rocks. I walk across the stage into the section where Dauntless stand.

Then the rest of the freshmen choose their faction. Christina chooses Dauntless and takes her place next to me and so does a boy named Uriah. I clasp hands with Christina and she looks at me as if she is saying, Its all going to be okay. I nod and walk to the train with her. We sit silently in the booth.

Then it is time to jump off, we stand together on the train and she says, "I need you to pull me with you. I can't do it on my own."

The second the time comes, I drag Christina off the train. Uriah comes with us and says that he met two people named Will and Al. We all walk into the room and Christina says to me, "I thought you said your name was Tris."

I bit my lip and tug on my shirt, "I don't want to talk about it. Just call me Tris." We come up to a platform that we are on top of.

A boy with a shaved head tell us to jump, but no one steps forward. That is when I do. I jump let out a scream of delight. It is like I am flying. I land on a net and the boy I was talking to at the ceremony helps me off. "Name and old faction. You only choose once." I think of my mother and shake my wrist with the bracelet on it.

"Tris, Abnegation." He shouts the same and everyone claps.

After Uriah, Will, Al, and Christina jump, we all sit down as the boy I was talking to walks up to me after he finishes passing out papers. "I'm Four. I thought you were from Abnegation."

I nod, "I am. My name is Tris." My eyes have dried, but they are still puffy.

"I know, rarely does anyone forget the first jumper, especially from Abnegation." I nod and again, we are cut off by another ceremony.

After the opening Dauntless ceremony, I walk with Christina to our dorm. A boy walks in front of us, "Come on, ditch her. You don't want to hang out with a Stiff," says the boy.

Christina, "Save it, Peter, I don't have the time for you." Christina pulls me away, I groan and clutch my side. Her face is full of concern, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, let's get moving. Quick." She senses my urgency and we rush to our room and find two girls there. They say their names are Lynn and Marlene.

Lynn has her entire head shaved, and Marlene has long brown hair that is amazing. I clutch my side, again. I begin running to the bathroom with my suitcase.

I open it and take out new clothes and the aid kit. I lift my shirt over my head and look at my side. It has a huge black bruise and I can't stand it. I whimper. But then, I remember my mother, who didn't even let out a cry when she was shot. I felt the life go out of her.

I put some cream on the bruise. I hear Christina yell, "Tris, are you okay?" I grunt and she says, "If you don't open the door the three of us will knock it down!"

"No! You don't want to see this!" I hear her count to three and then there is nothing I can do. Marlene and Lynn just stand there in shock, and Christina walks by me and sees my tears.

"Who did this to you?" I am silent and shaking my head. She kneels down to me and says again, "Who did this to you?"

I know that the secret is out and I say, "My brother. And there are a lot more where that came from. I chose this faction because of him. I can stay away from him and Andrew. But now they are going to come after you, too." I pause and then say, "What am I going to do when visiting day comes? Andrew will kill me!"

"What about your mom?" I pull on a shirt, and lean into her shoulder, sobbing.

"He killed her this morning." The girls have a look of shock on their faces. "She yelled the name Tris when she died. That is why I am Tris."

"You don't have to worry about them hurting you, because we won't let them." I say thank you and then we all go into our bunks. Then Four comes in and sees me crying.

"These are your training clothes. Be ready by 6 am sharp." Then the door closes and Christina turns off the lights. I drift off into a world of nightmares about Andrew and my mom.

Tobias POV:

I can only wonder why Tris was crying. She had this fearful look in her eyes when I first saw her, and I thought it was only because she was scared for her first day. She still has it now.

I know that fearful face, and it used to be on me. I have to know what it was, because if we both left Abnegation, there is a problem. But also, we can be friends, especially because we have something in common: We have both been abused by our parents.

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