-CHAPTER 3-
CASSIDY POV:
When I first jumped down into the net, I instantly recognized Beatrice. I don't think she recognized me, however. She was going to be training us with Tobias, who also didn't recognize me. They both were quite intimidating, and even scared me a bit. I wasn't, however, going to let anything ruin my life here. I had high hopes for my life here. Nobody knows that back in Abnegation I used to take the train to the old abandoned gym. There was old punching bags and some weights that I used to train. I've wanted to be Dauntless since I was 14, and that hasn't changed.
After they give us a small tour, I choose a bunk next to Jayde and Cassidy, with Brooklyn on top of me. Under our bunks were sets of clothes, seeming to be the same for both genders. I put on the tight, yet breathable black shirt with black pants and a type of jacket. I heard whistles from some of the guys as the girls changed, but I just flipped them off, which just earned me more whistles.
"Hey, Cassidy, do you know where the cafeteria is?" Jayde asked, with Asher behind her. I stared at him. He had the prettiest black hair with ice blue eyes. I shook myself out of my fantasy and responded to Jayde, "Nope, but we can find it together." Brooklyn, Cole, Sam and Atticus ask if they can all come and we set out in search of food. I took a sharp right and went down some stairs. We all ended up in the pit. I looked around, seeing many eyes on us. I heard some whistles and I quickly led the group into a passageway.
"That's it, I think!" Atticus says as he points to a bright-lit area with loud noise coming from that direction. We all walked in, looking around. I quickly spotted Four and Six sitting the leader, Uriah and some other people. "Lets find somewhere to sit." Cole suggested and we nodded in unison, grabbing an empty table next to the instructors. They gave us glances and went back to their conversation. I looked around, and saw a place to grab some food. We all got whatever we saw. Most foods i recognized, but had never eaten. I grabbed a slice of cake, and some potatoes cut into wedges, which I think are called fries.
I quickly made my way back to the table and sat down. "Abnegation huh?" Six asked me from across the table. I shook my head no. "Nope, not anymore." She nodded with a faint smile. "Good attitude, Cassidy. Keep that up during training and you might just do good here." She took a sip from her cup and ended the quick conversation. The group gave me a look. "Already making friends, it seems." Asher smiled, and I returned a smile back as i ate the food, amazed with how good it was, and I finished the rest of my meal in silence. Yeah, making friends, not like I'm gonna keep them when they find out I'm Divergent...
ASHER POV:
I watched Cassidy as she ate. She seemed to already be adjusting to the life of Dauntless. I looked around, seeing what everyone here was like. I spotted some other transfers at another table, laughing and talking like us. I heard a loud snort, which could only be from my sister laughing. I looked and saw Cassidy holding the large piece of cake in her bare hands. "No no no, you use a fork, cut it into small pieces then eat it." Jayde explained, and Cassidy nodded, smiling with her adorable smile. I was startled as i heard loud banging, I looked around and saw people banging their glasses against the table. What the fuck is happening?
It stopped and I followed everyone's gaze up to the balcony. There stood the leaders, Max, Eric, and Uriah. Uriah spoke, "Welcome, Dauntless, as well as the new transfers. I'm one the leaders, Uriah. On behalf of all of us, I'd like you welcome to Dauntless our 13 new transfers!" Everyone banged their cups again, loudly. "I would like to announce a new change to training. Last year, about half the initiates got cut from dauntless, meaning they become factionless. This year, that will not be the case. Only 5 members will be cut, for a total of 19 new members!" I heard mumbling from Four's table. The leaders talked more about what I considered nonsense, and then we all put our dishes away and went back to the dorms.
We spent most of our time today chilling and talking. I was talking to Sam and Cole when I snuck over to Cassidy and whispered in her ear, "Wanna go to the tattoo parlor, see what they got?" She nodded reluctantly as we went out of the dorm. It took us a while, but we found the tattoo parlor. "Wow, so many options.." Cassidy said in awe. I saw the girl behind the counter come towards us, "And you can request custom ones, too." She said. We nodded and kept looking around. Cassidy quickly took a liking to a symbol she found.
"What does it mean?" I asked. She smiled, "Strength, in Chinese, which is a old language they used to use. I'm gonna get it small. on my wrist." I nodded, liking the idea. She showed the girl Tori it, and she quickly got to work. Very quickly, she finished it. Cassidy smiled. "Free, just cause you're new." She thanked Tori as she added on that it was almost curfew, and we should return to the dorms. Taking her advice, we left.
By the time we got back to the dorms, it was 7:56, and everyone seemed wide awake, talking about what tomorrow would have in store for us. at 8 P.M Sharp, one of the Dauntless-born trainers came in and yelled "Lights out!" and shut the lights off. I laid in bed, trying to sleep. I was happy with my choice, I didn't belong in Amity. I have a whole new life
-END OF CHAPTER 3-
I hope you liked the initiate POV, Next chapter will probably be in Tobias's POV. BTW these past 3 chapters I have done in one day cause the ideas keep flowing!