Tris POV
There is a good group of kids this year,
2 Amity- Ari and Kaylor
3 Candor- Kim, Jake, and Dylan
5 Erudite- Mer, Carter, Megan, Isaac, and Connor
12- Dauntless born.
I turn my attention to Tobias who starts to talk and I stand next to him with the same blank face, drained of all emotion.
"My name is Four, this is Six." He gestures to me "I usually work in the control room and Six here is a tattoo artist." He then points at Christina and Uriah. "That is Christina and Uriah they will be the dauntless born instructors and we are the transfer instructors. This is where we split, Dauntless born go with them hopefully you don't need a tour."
"Wait- you names are numbers? Is that even a thing? What were one, two, three, and five taken?" One of the Candors interrupts, great Christina all over again, I give Tobias a nod to tell him he can take care of him.
"What's your name?" He says in his quiet terrifying voice.
"Jake," He squeaks out.
"Well, Jake, If I wanted to put up with Candor smart-mouths, I would have joined their faction. The first lesson you will learn from me is to keep your mouth shut. Got that?" He turns back to me and it takes everything to not laugh at the terrified expression on the boy's face. However as soon as we turn around my face in in a huge grin and I see Tobias wink at me making me blush, but the smile disappears sooner than I wish because I have to face the initiates again. I push through the doors to the Pit.
"This is the Pit," luckily no one makes a comment about that name. "This is where you will do your shopping and eating.
"And this is the chasm." He says. Most people are staying back from it but a small girl from amity and a nerdy looking boy from Erudite stand leaning against it. "The chasm reminds is that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy! A daredevil jump off this ledge will end your life. It has happened before and it will happen again. You've been warned." We lead them into the cafeteria and we go our separate ways. Tobias goes to get us food and I go sit with our friends to discuss the new initiates.
Ari's POV
"So what do you think about this place?" I ask Carter sitting down across from her and I put a hamburger on my plate. I have only had a hamburger once before but I loved it.
"I like it here, but the instructors are kind of scary and strict."
"Maybe they just don't like laughing or being laughed at." I look over to the instructor table to see Six blushing and everyone else laughing hysterically, I wonder what they are talking about. "Or maybe they don't like us." We laugh as Connor and Jake walk over and sit down next to us.
"Hey, is it ok if we join you?" Connor asks me. He is really cute with his shaggy brown hair and green eyes, kinda like mine.
"Yeah, that's fine." I say snapping out of my trance, he slides in the spot next to me and Jake sits next to Carter. "So what do you guys think of this place?"
"I like it here and I'm excited to see how they run initiation, it's probably going to be intense." Jake says and Connor agrees. The rest of lunch we spend laughing about our old factions and picturing what our lives will be like when we all officially become dauntless. Six stands up and yells for all of the transfer initiates to follow her and four to our dorms where we will be sleeping throughout initiation. I have to say, I will not be looking forward to sleeping. I really don't want to share a room and bathroom with all the guys and by the look on Carter's face, she doesn't want to either.
"You have the rest of the evening to do whatever you want but make sure to be in the training room by eight, and I hope you remember how to get there because we are not going to show you again." Four says.
"Let's all go get tattoos!" Carter says to me, Jake, and Connor. There is a mummers of oks and yeah sure. "Great, then we can go shopping!" she nudges me with her shoulder.
"Wait, do we have any money?" No one knows so I run out the door trying to catch up with Four and Six, I turn the corner and see them walking down the hall. "Hey Six, Four!" I yell trying to get them to stop. They turn around with their hands glued to their sides and Six's face is starting to turn red. "I was just wondering how we get money to get tattoos and stuff." I pause, "Are you ok?" I say addressing Six.
"Yeah, I just uh, never mind. Yeah you get cards with points on them that I forgot to give you, crap. Anyway, we use points here and every month you get a certain amount of points as dauntless courtesy."
"Funny, I never thought of anyone in Dauntless being courteous."
"Hey, Four and I aren't bad once you get to know us; well at least I'm not bad." With that comment Four punches her lightly in the arm.
"Hey, I'm great." He says and I can see the corners of his mouth twitching, trying not to smile.
"Sorry Four, I'm going to walk back with Ari to the initiates to give them their point cards. Go ahead, I'll catch up." I nod my head and turn the corner, I hear a whisper and what sounds like kissing so I turn around but Six is already on my heels and Four is headed the opposite way.
"Can I ask you a question?" I say to Six.
"Sure, shoot."
"Are you and Four dating?"
"What? Why would you ask that?" She says suddenly getting very defensive.
"It's nothing never mind I should not have asked I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize, its fine. At least you're respectful."
"Thanks," And with that were walking back into the dorms. "So, Six here has point cards that are used like money and we get a certain amount of points every month to spend on food and stuff on top of whatever we get paid for whatever of we have." I explain to everyone. She starts to hand out the cards and tells me to have fun doing whatever were going to do. I smile as a thanks and she runs out of the room, probably to catch up to Four. Even if they aren't dating, they would make a cute couple.
"Alright, Let's go get tattooed!" She drags us all out the door drags us towards the tattoo parlor. A girl, Tori, greets us at the door and tells us to pick out a tattoo and get ready. I pick out a tattoo that is two words, Be Brave. I want that to be a constant reminder that no matter what I'm facing I am dauntless now and the Dauntless are brave. I also want it somewhere that I will always see, so I choose my wrist. But that's not enough. I'm free now. What symbolizes being free? I think to myself but can't come up with anything so I ask my friends.
"What's the first thing you think of if I asked you what symbolizes being free?" Carter said the Dauntless flame but that's too big, Jake couldn't think of anything and Connor said birds. I like that. I walk up to tori and explain what I want. I sit in the chair as she gets to work prepping everything she needs. I'm getting looks like this Be I'm really excited, Tori puts a bandage on it and gives me some i Brave
Medicine to put on it so it doesn't get infected. Carter gets the Dauntless flame on her lower back and so does Jake, Connor gets a single bird on his arm to remind him that he is free too. After everyone has been tattooed we go buy an alarm clock to make sure we are up for training tomorrow and head back to the dorms to sleep.