What if Tris was from Dauntless and transferred into Abnegation? All of this belongs to Veronica Roth.

Today is choosing day. I got ready this morning by brushing my hair and I decide to wear it down. Then I put on my favorite black jeans and a black t-shirt that would hide my new tattoo. All of the sixteen year olds make our way to the Hub where we will make the choice between the five factions and decide our futures. Sometimes I don't think that a sixteen year old is old enough to make this kind of choice. I'm not ready to make this choice to leave my family, but I need to keep them safe and keep myself safe.

We enter the room in which the choosing ceremony will be held. Abnegation is hosting this year so one of their leaders goes up on stage, I believe his name is Marcus Eaton, My mother doesn't like him. Last night she came into my room and told me how she was from Abnegation and my father was from Erudite. That they met in school and decided they wanted to go to Dauntless together. She also told me how growing up she lived next to the Eaton family, and how Marcus Eaton is someone I needed to avoided. I look at Marcus as he is standing on the stage in front of the room with the five bowls depicting the five factions in front of him; water for Erudite, hot coals for Dauntless, grey stones for Abnegation, earth for Amity, and glass for Candor. They call all the sixteen year olds in reverse order so Caleb will be called to choose before me. I'm sure that Caleb will stay in Dauntless, but I am still undecided.

I turn and scan the people in the auditorium and find my parents. My father looks stern but he stands with the confidence that can only come from being a Dauntless leader, he has no idea that I might leave, and my mother locks eyes with me, she looks strong and confident, but her eyes deceive her, there is worry in them and she smiles a loving smile at me. I turn away and look ahead as others take the knife and choose, they make it look so effortless. My Mother told me last night that no matter what my decision was she would love and make my father understand.

I look over to Abnegation trying to imagine myself dressed in grey, and then I see a young man with dark blue eyes dressed in gray standing in the back of the room. He stands there no different than the rest of the men from Abnegation with the same short hair cut and serious stiff look, but unlike the rest of his faction his dark blue eyes aren't lowered to the floor like the rest of his faction members, his eyes look alert and full of life. Suddenly he locks eyes with me and gives me a small half smile and then returns his eyes to the stage. My heart flutters and I immediately return my eyes to the stage and rub my palms on my black jeans, for an Abnegation man he is very tall, handsome, and you can almost tell he is muscular in spite of his clothing.

I snap out of it when I hear Caleb Prior, I'm next.

I know Caleb is going to choose Dauntless, but I am shocked when Caleb cuts his hand and reaches it over the bowl of water, choosing Erudite. How did I not know my brother was going to do this? He walks off stage and goes to Erudite.

"Beatrice Prior." Marcus calls

My feet begin to move but my mind is going a thousand miles a minute. I slowly make my way to the front of the room and on to the stage where the bowls are. Marcus hands me the knife and I slice my hand. I scan the crowd for my parents again and they both look shocked and worried, but my mother gives me an encouragingly nod and I know that I have to keep them safe and I can't put them in danger.

Marcus clears his throat. I'm taking too much time. The blood has pooled in my hand and some drops have hit the floor. I walk forward and place my hand between the Dauntless and Abnegation bowls. I close my eyes and let my blood drop into the Abnegation blow. I'm a coward.

I slowly walk to my new faction and look at my parents, Uriah, and Zeek and they all look at me in shock. I hang my head in shame for being such a coward. I take a deep breath and think this was the only way to keep my parents safe. I look to my new faction and see familiar set of eyes looking at me. He greets me with the abnegation bow and speaks quietly.

"Hello, my name is Tobias Eaton and I will be your instructor for the next 30 days. Please stand with the other initiates until the ceremony is over."

"Hi my name is Beatrice but you can call me Tris." I say trying to sound happy and with a smile on my face and stick out my hand to for the traditional hand shake of Dauntless.

He looks at my hand and tilts his head to side very slightly and I realize I'm Abnegation now.

"I'm sorry" I say and lower my hand and bow my head and walk over to the other initiates. I'm such an idiot. I need to act like Abnegation.

As I stand with the other initiates and rub my palms on my jeans. I see that I'm the only one not in grey. All of them stand with their stiff posture holding their hands in front of them and their eyes slightly looking at the floor with a serious looks on their faces. I correct my posture, my hands and my eyes. As I stand there watching the last few people choose, I feel like electricity is on my skin and look around and meet his eyes staring down at me. I didn't realize that Tobias is standing right next to me. My checks immediately blush. He leans down and whispers in my ear.

"You might not want to smile so much you're in Abnegation now." He then quickly walks away.

The electricity is gone and I can almost think again. I need to stop smiling but how can I when my heart is racing as I can still feel his breath on my ear. I forcible remove my smile and it looks like the ceremony is over and I look around and there are a total of eleven of us. All are in grey except for me.

Tobias stands in front of us and begins to talk and I look behind him and see my parents walk toward the door. I meet there eyes and all I can see is sadness in them. Then they look away.

Tobias looks at me and says, "Beatrice am I boring you?"

I snap out of it. "No sir."

"Well pay attention then." He says with an authoritative voice.

I take a deep breath, and listen to everything he says. First we are going to clean up and put away all the chairs. Then initiates from Abnegation will be allowed to go home tonight and be required to be at the dorms at 9 am. With that we start to clean up.

I find the closet where the chairs go, it down a dark hallway. I begin to take chairs to the closet and a man comes up behind me. It's Marcus.

"Hello Sir" and bow my head.

He looks down on me with his ice cold eyes and says "Hello Beatrice. Beatrice why would a Dauntless choose Abnegation? In all my years I've never seen someone from Dauntless pick Abnegation."

I look up at and stare him in the eyes, I feel like he is challenging me or testing me. I need to play it safe; I need to be a small quiet Abnegation girl. I look to the floor and say, "Well Sir as you can see I am quite small and I didn't think I would make it through Dauntless initiation."

Someone else enters the room and it is Tobias. His body looks tense and ridged.

"Tobias what are you doing here." Marcus Snaps

"Father I noticed Beatrice was missing and I wanted to make sure she was working. So I came to find her."

Marcus turns his attention back to me. "Well little girl if you think that Abnegation's initiation is easy you are wrong. Some don't make it though initiation and fail and are forced to become factionless."

I keep telling myself be small be quite, but I can't. "Sir I don't believe initiation will be easy but if I do fail I believe my failure would be a direct reflection on my instructor. Being your son in my instructor I have full confidence that your son will lead all of us this year to successfully complete initiation. After all isn't your son a reflection of you?"

Marcus looks at with hatred in his eyes and leaves.

Now its just Tobias and I in this small room. I didn't realize how close he was to me again and the electricity is back. His body is tense but after his father leaves he unclenches his fists and looks down at me with a half smile on his face.

He softly says, "Be careful Tris." His eyes are full of concern.

"I will." I say looking into his eyes.

He helps me put away the chairs in silence and we walk back to the others. Tobias addresses all of us.

"Everyone is released for the day to go with their families except for you Beatrice. You will go to the dorms tonight with me." He stares at me and chill go down my spine with the thought that it will only be him and I tonight. Tobias than begins to walk away and all the initiates begin to go different directions while I just stand there. Then Tobias speaks again.

"Beatrice are you coming to the dorms or would you like to stay here?" He says flatly with his normal stern face.

I quickly catch up to him and we begin to walk to the dorms and of course the electricity finds me. As we walk he looks around the streets and so do I. There aren't many people out. Most people have already made it home and begun to cook dinner. Tobias begins to speak quietly.

"Tris you have to more careful around Marcus. You can't get on his bad side. Talking back to him is not the way to do that." He speaks with concern and sincerity in his voice.

"Tobias I don't understand, he was the one threatening me for no reason." I speak a little too harshly.

"Beatrice it doesn't matter. He is your leader now you need to treat him as such. He can make you factionless so quickly people will forget that there was ever someone that transferred from Dauntless to Abnegation." His voice is quick and harsh.

"Ok." I say. I'm frustrated I didn't do anything and I'm beginning scolded like a child. I was minding my own business and Marcus found me just to bully me. I'll stay quiet for the rest of our walk. I don't want to be scolded again.

"Beatrice are you ok?" Tobias asks. I guess my silence is getting to him.

"No I'm not. Today I've made the biggest choice of my life. I didn't get to say good bye to my family and I might never see them again. I've been bullied by the leader of the "Selfless Faction" and told if someone doesn't like me I will be made factionless how is that selfless, and also I have been scolded by my instructor for standing up for myself. And Can You Please Pick A Name To Call Me?"

He looks down at me with that stupid but cute half smile and looks toward a building. "Well this is the dorms." He says.

We walk in and it's a very simple building with 15 small rooms for initiates and a large living room and a big kitchen.

Tobias finally speaks. "Well this will be your room you'll find clothes to change into and I'll begin making dinner."

He never answered my question about my name. I guess I'll have to ask again.

"Are you going to pick a name to call me or are you just going to stop using a name for me at all?"

He looks at me and tilts his head ever so slightly with a half smile and says, "how about we discuses it over dinner. Right now how about you change and get ready for dinner."

"Ok" I say and smile back at him and begin to blush. I turn quickly hoping he didn't see me blush. Why am I blushing? It's not like this is a dinner date. He is my instructor I can't like my instructor.

I quickly get out of my Dauntless clothes and dress into the grey over sized clothes and quickly try to fix my long hair. I wish I had a mirror. I step out with my hair down and grey clothes on and somehow I feel like I'm doing something wrong.

"Tobias" I say and he looks up at me from the kitchen and stares. "Tobias I feel like look weird, like I'm wearing something wrong."

"Well…" he says with a pause. "You sure don't look weird" as a big smile comes across his face, and it looks like he wants to say something else.

Then he puts down what he is doing in the kitchen and walks over to me.

With a playful smile on his face he says, "I need to be a little closer to be sure." And he says, "yup nothing weird," as he looks into my eyes, "but the only thing is your hair." He takes his hand and moves my hair out of my face and the back of his had touches my cheek.

It feels like I've been struck by lightning, my heart beats so fast I think he is going to hear it. I look into his dark blue eyes and I ask "what's wrong with my hair?" With concern in my voice

He lets out a big laugh and then smiles, "nothing is wrong with it, it is beautiful but Abnegation women always put their hair up in a bun so they don't draw any attention to themselves. Tonight you can wear it down but tomorrow I'll have Susan help you with your hair if you want."

"Sure." I say with a big smile on my face. Then I think we both smell something burning. We look towards the kitchen and race in to see what is going on.

Tobias laughs as he says, "Looks like we will be having blacken chicken tonight."

Then I begin to laugh too. We finish making dinner and sit down with our burnt chicken and green peas.

Tobias still has big smile on his face when I begin to eat and he clears his throat.

I look up at him and he says, "In Abnegation we say give thanks before we eat."

I look at him and say "thank you for cooking dinner."

He laughs and I don't understand why. Then he says "you're welcome but I didn't mean to me. In Abnegation at all meals no matter if we are alone or with others we take a moment to give thanks to god for our meal. If we are with others we hold hands and give thanks together and at the end we say Amen."

He holds his hands out across the table and I place mine hands into his. Now we bow our heads a close our eyes and he says, " Thank you God for this food Amen." Then I say "Amen" and we open our eyes and my heart is beating out of my chest. My eyes meat his and then he lets go my hands. The electricity between us is pulsing. Then Tobias begins to speak.

"So I was thinking if its ok with you that I will call you Beatrice." He says a little unsure of himself.

"I would rather you call me Tris, but if you want you can call me Beatrice."

Tobias speaks again with that half smile on his face." I would love to call you Tris all the time but its not right in Abnegation to have nicknames. So if we are ever by ourselves I will call you Tris but around others I'll call you Beatrice. If that's ok?"

"I would love that Tobias."

Then Tobias has a more serious look on his face and his smile fades. "Tris can you make me a promise?"

I look at him and say "yes." I said it too quickly. I don't even know what I'm promising too.

He speaks again, "will you promise to be careful around Marcus?"

I take time to think," first, why do you care if I'm careful around him? Will you tell me why do you call him Marcus and not dad or father? Do you have an issue with him?"

His body goes stiff and his face is stern. "Questions like that are not very Abnegation like Beatrice."

My face instantaneously turns red and it is from anger this time. "You know Tobias I really don't like your split personality you can ask me to make me a promise and I can't ask you why?"

He looks and me with his dark blue eyes and they go from the stern Abnegation eyes to Tobias' warm and full of life eyes. "Tris I'm sorry. My father is dangerous ok. I'm not going explain why, I only want to protect you, but I can only do so much I need you to be more careful, and you don't strike me as the careful type. I will answer you other questions one day but not today. Ok?"

I let out a sigh and look at him. My mother said Marcus needed to be avoided, and his son whom I just met is telling me he is dangerous and that I need to be more careful around him and he will try and protect me from his own father. Maybe I should trust him.

"Ok Tobias I promise I will be careful and try to be the perfect Abnegation girl when I'm around him. On one condition… I will make this promise only if I can be me when I'm only around you."

"Of course Tris." He says with a smile and what seems to be a sigh of relief.

Dinner goes quickly after that we make small talk and I try and eat but my mind is too full with thoughts and my stomach is full of butterflies so I don't eat very much.

Dinner is over and we pick up the dishes and I begin to wash them and he comes over to help.

"Tobias I can clean you cooked so let me clean."

"Tris I can't stand by while you work that wouldn't be very selfless of me."

He smiles at me how can I tell him no? "Ok fine I'll wash and you can dry." As I pass him the clean dishes and our hands touch and it feels amazing the electricity is buzzing around us I wonder if he feels it. Before I know it he is standing so close to me that his arm is brushing against my arm. Then the dishes are done. I'm disappointed that there done. Well I dry my hands and he does the same and he looks at me and tucks my hair behind my ear and his hand lingers at my cheek. Then he speaks.

"Well goodnight Tris we should be getting into bed- he begins to stutter he looks flustered. I mean I should be going to bed and you should be going to bed." He removes his hand from my cheek and quickly turns and begins to walk to his room.

I grab his hand. And he stops and turns with a big smile on his face. "Before you run off I want to say goodnight and thank you again for everything." With that I let go of his hand, and he walks back to his room. Then I walk into my room. It has been a very long day.