In the story, Tobias is 17 and Tris is 15. She didn't take her aptitude test yet and she doesn't know that she is Divergent. This chapter is in Tris's point of view.
I am awaken by the knocking on the door and as I get up from my bed, I notice that it's the middle of the night. Or close to the sunrise. I don't know. I am slightly disoriented and as I hear a woman screaming and then as I hear footsteps coming closer to my room, I panick. What's happening? I put on my shoes and then I hear a man say:
"Beatrice and Caleb Prior. Come here, or your parents die." As I hear this, my heart drops into my pants. Those are the worst words you could ever hear. Without hesitation I walk toward my door, but my father shouts "No! Don't do it! No, Caleb! What have you-" But he is cut off. I think someone hit him, because my mother is screaming and crying and then those screams are joined by Caleb's.
Just as I want to open the door, I hear a knock on my window. I immediately turn around and see someone. She put a finger over her mouth, showing me to be quiet. Then, she shows me to open up a window. Should I? Is she one of them? What's going on? She doesn't look like she's going to harm me. Fear rushes over me as I hear my name again. Those intruders are yelling my name and they are threatening me. I walk toward the window and I open it. The woman is wearing Dauntless clothes. She is whispering now.
"Beatrice?" he asks. I quickly nod and look behind me. The men are looking around my house. They are looking for me.
"I need you to listen to me and listen to me carefully. No questions asked. You need to climb out of this window behind me. They will kill you if you stay. Understand?"
"But, my parents-" I start saying, but she answers me:
"They will be taken care of. We have men that will come back for them. Come on, we don't have time." I look back, but hear footsteps meters away from my door. They will be here any time now. Without hesitation, I swing myself out of the window, behind the woman and fall on the soft ground. I run behind her to the tracks where she says I will need to jump on the train. I don't know if I can do that. She sees that I am worried and she tries to comfort me. She gives me a small advice about jumping inside. I just have to grab the handle and pull myself in. At that moment, the train comes and I do as she says.
I just left my parents behind because of a stranger. Why? What is going on?
Where am I going?
Should I continue this story? Do you like it?