The train was massive, looming up against the dark skyline. Maybe I wasn't so Dauntless. Maybe I should just go catch up the new Erudites. I'd got Erudite in the aptitude test, but that was more because it was what I'm programmed for.

I stand there and hope I can survive in Dauntless. Even jumping on a train frightens me, never mind punching people or whatever. But as I look round at the other initiates, the only one looking okay is the Abnegation boy. His face is serious,not daunted. I see why he left Abnegation. The train is approaching, so we all run at it, together heaving ourselves into the carriage. Everyone made it except for a Candor girl who was desperately trying to catch us up. I feel a stab of pity in my heart for her. She hasn't even made it to the Dauntless H.Q., never mind passed the initiation.

I glance around the carriage. Everyone is panting. I look over at the Abnegation boy, more to check all his limbs are still intact than anything. I vaguely recognize him from the newspapers my mother had made me read. "Tobias... Eaton." I say tentatively. He nods. I remember the story about some abusive father or whatever. I look round at the other initiates. Eric is the only one I recognize, as he's from Erudite, too. I disliked him at school greatly, mostly because of his attitude. He's so self-centered.

Only one Amity. He has sandy hair and smiles a lot. Slightly too much. Four Candors, not including the one that didn't make it. All of them sit in a circle, talking. Nine Dauntless. These will have an edge. I will watch out for them. Suddenly I spot a man in the corner. He lurks there, hiding. "Hello Sir. May I ask why you are sitting there in the corner?" I cannot help but talk Erudite to strangers, although I am suddenly aware of what I am doing.

"Sure. I'm your supervisor, Jack."He raises his voice above the hubbub of voices,"Guys, ya gotta jump off soon, so get to the door. I looked at him doubtfully, but followed the others. "Onto the rooftop." He says and jumps himself, leaving no choice but for us to follow. I made myself push off the train and the sudden gush of wind left me gasping as I hit the roof. I love this life already.

"Why on Earth can't we take the stairs?" I hear a Dauntless born guy ask Jack.

As some kind of reply, Jack shrugs and says, "I can't be bothered." I see him smile and tuck his hair behind his ear. (Note to self: Get rid of the silver Erudite pins in my hair and cut it short.) I take the pins out and chuck them over the roof edge. It is freeing to do so. "Okay, guys, we gotta move fast now. Who wants to jump off the roof?"

I gulp and step back from where my silver hairpins had plummeted to their death. I was not gonna follow in their path. To everyone's surprise the Amity boy who smiles too much stepped forwards, and with one swift movement, pushes himself upward and forwards, like he has done it a million times. I scream because I cannot help it. He will surely die. I hear a faint shout from below, "First jumper-Josh!" I also hear a song-like Amity voice cheering, "I'm alive! I'm alive!" Thank God. It was a test. We won't all be forced to commit suicide on our first day. I smile and step casually off the roof. I won't have to follow my hairpins to death, I think as I plummet downwards, finally seeing a safety net below me. I collide with a faint whine. Just a crick in my neck is to show for a 50 meter drop, and frankly, to me, that's ace!

"Hey, Nose, what's your name?" I look down at myself. My name. What is my name? Josh isn't an Amity name, but Joshua is... so I can edit my name. I saw a hand reach down to help me up and grab it eagerly. I am hauled up into what I guess must be the Dauntless compound. "Tell us your name! C'mon, is there anybody in there?"

My name. No, it can't be Hannah anymore. Not in Dauntless. "Anna." I say.

"Sure. Now, get on with it, the next one will be down soon."

"Hey." I say to the Amity boy.

"Hi. Anna, was it?"

I nod. "Josh?"

"Yeah. Anna's not an Erudite name. You changed it?"

I nod again. "Yeah, from Hannah. You were Joshua?"

He nods. And smiles. It seems a change of name didn't change his over-the-top Amity smiling habits, then.

The others came and one by one I learned their names. The four Candors jumped one after the other and were called Jo, Harvey, Chloe and Sadie. Sadie looked a little bit like she would have rather gone to Amity, as she was very pale and shaking like a leaf. I thought Tobias might change his name to something like 'Toby', but I guess he felt too Abnegation to do anything that drastic. The Dauntless borns had cool names like Zeke.

Oh boy, if Dauntless doesn't work out for me, nothing will.