Sorry it took so long to update! I've been busy! To make up for it, this is the longest chapter I've written so far! :D Enjoy!
-Chapter 3-
***Tris's POV***
I rush over to help the person who jumped. I see that it is a small brunette girl wearing red clothes. We don't get many Amity transfers and she is the first of them to jump first. I help her off the net and ask for her name.
"Natalie," she says. My heart breaks a little. That is the first time I've heard my mother's name since the war ended. She even looks like her too. I look to Tobias, begging him with my eyes to make the announcement. I know if I say her name that I will break down.
He seems to understand my silent plea because the next thing I know I hear him yelling, "FIRST JUMPER, NATALIE!"
Then all of Dauntless cheers. Oh, how I love that sound. Most people find it loud and overwhelming, but there's something about it that makes me feel 10x happier.
Within 15 minutes everyone has jumped. There are 13 Dauntless borns, which means everyone stayed, and 8 transfers. There are three from Erudite, three from Candor, one from Amity, and one from Abnegation. The transfer from Abnegation is a girl named Lunabeth with dark brown hair and deep blue eyes, very similar to Tobias's. It's kind of creepy actually.
The transfers from Erudite are two blue eyed, blonde twins named Taylor and Jenna, and a boy with brown hair and deep brown eyes named Simon. The Candor transfers are two boys and one girl. The girl, Hannah, I recognize as Christina's younger sister and looks just like her. The boys names are Brendon and Ed. Brendon has near black hair and dark green eyes. Ed is a ginger with beautiful blue eyes. Nothing compared to Tobias's though.
Taylor and Ed are both looking at each other. I wonder if something will happen between them. Jenna is staring at Tobias. I don't like it. The way she's looking at him, it's as if she doesn't know we're together. Well, she doesn't know. I decide it's time to make that known because no one will take him away from me. He's the only good thing I have left and I will NOT lose him. Lunabeth is staring at him with…longing? It doesn't worry me though.
"WELCOME TO DAUNTLESS," I yell to make everyone be quiet. They don't hear me.
"EVERYBODY SHUT UP!" Tobias yells, using a blow horn he somehow has. Everyone screams and covers their ears. Standing next to Tobias is Uriah, who is laughing his butt off. That explains where the blow horn came from. Everyone then turns to face us.
"Welcome to Dauntless," I say again. "Congratulations on making it this far."
"It wasn't that hard," I hear Brendon mutter to Simon. I can already tell that he will be the Peter of this group. Every group has their own Peter. None of them have ever been as bad as Peter though.
"No, it wasn't. It gets harder. Much harder. I don't need Candor smart-mouths constantly talking. AS I was saying-"
"It can't be that hard if a Stiff got first in initiation."
That's when I notice the resemblance. Peter has a younger brother. He is here now. This isn't going to end well.
"What are you implying?" I say through gritted teeth.
"Nothing. Only that Stiffs are, or should I say were, worthless. All they did was take food from the rest of us and give it to people who don't deserve it."
That's it. I officially hate this kid more than Peter. That whole "were" thing really makes me mad. Abnegation is growing again. The factionless did deserve that food because without it, theyd die. And no one deserves to die.
"I think," Tobias firmly says, "that you should shut the hell up because you're standing in front of two former Abnegation members who ranked first."
"Oh, so Mr. Big Tough Guy was a Stiff too?" Brendon taunts.
"Yes, and you'd know that if you would've participated in the war instead of hiding away like a little coward. Is that a Dauntless move?" Tobias smoothly replies.
"Oh," Brendon says, "now I know who you two are. You guys are the ones who almost destroyed all of the factions. You're the reason that everything when into chaos. You two are also Divergent."
"Yes," Tobias and I both say, "we are Divergent and we're proud of it."
Tobias and I have made this little thing that whenever someone confronts us about our Divergence that we'll say yes and that we're proud.
"And for your information," I say matter-of-factly, "Jeanine Matthews is the reason for the chaos."
Brendon rolls his eyes. Judging by the look on his face, I can tell he doesn't like being reprimanded.
"Now," I begin, "let me finish introductions. My name is Six and this is Four. We will be your trainers during initiation. There are three stages during initiation. The first is a stage that you will go through tests your physical ability. You will train with different weapons and learn fighting techniques. The second is primarily emotional. And the third is all mental."
This is the first year no one asks, "Like the numbers?" about Tobias's and my name. They must be scared of us already. Good. We give them the tour of the compound and end at the chasm.
"The chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy!" Tobias shouts. "A daredevil jump off this ledge will end your life. It has happened before and it will happen again. You've been warned."
Just then Christina walks up to us. "And if you don't listen, don't doubt that you may have to hang from the railings as a punishment. I did it for five minutes and nearly died. It could be you next," she says. Then she sweetly smiles and skips away.
Tobias and I begin to laugh at the look of pure horror on the initiates faces. That's when it happens. I take a step backwards and slip under the railing and begin to fall into the chasm.
DUN DUN DUN! So...what did you think? Comment opinions and/or predictions! :D BTW, Taylor and Ed are based off of Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. xD There won't be much of them, but I just thought I'd let you know! Any questions, just ask and I'll answer! :D