Soooo, this is the second chapter, it was a fast update because it was sunday and I have no life. Pretty standard because to some extent I'm following the storyline until initiation begins. Enjoy it if you can, if it's terrible please let me know.

we already went through the fact that i dont own divergent

x-Azure

Shit. That wasn't supposed to happen. The people in black cheer as I take a step down from the podium, my bleeding hand in a cloth. I look at some shocked faces as I take a seat amongst the rowdy, restless Dauntless, they clap me on the back as I turn away from staring wistfully at the Amity- who sit peacefully in their chairs. I was the first Dauntless transfer. The only other Dauntless who chose before me was a big, heavily built guy. What was his name again? He turned to face me.

"Dan Baez" he says. "Nice to meet you."

He holds out a big, calloused hand and I shake it, grinning. If there was one thing you could credit the Dauntless for being, it was friendly.

"Amber Black." I reply.

He seems at ease in his chair amongst the Dauntless, he wears a tight fitting black t-shirt under a black bomber jacket, it shows his muscle definition clearly, but, he as a person seems only interested in getting to know me as a person rather than being interested in me as a female. He makes it easier for me at least, knowing that even if I had accidentally chosen Dauntless, people were still willing to be friendly

"What's Dauntless like?" I ask as the Erudite clap for a small, wiry boy who is making their way towards them.

"Different from most other factions I think, I mean, we don't judge based on age or gender or looks, only by your capabilities and your courage. You've got to be active and healthy too…"

The Dauntless cheer again as I realise that another transfer has been made, a girl from Erudite, she's short and slender and is wearing a pair of jeans and a blue flannel, she sits in the seat next to me, she has a straight face and is determinedly looking in the opposite direction than her home faction as if trying not to make eye contact. Together, Dan and I asked her questions and try to get her to open up about her family and home, but she puts earphones in and stares at the podium, ignoring us completely.

A few more Dauntless borns join us, their names are Ben and Dominica Green, a pair of twins. And a boy named Stanley. The twins are nice enough but mainly preoccupied with each other, Stanley threatened to punch me. My gut squirmed as I remembered that I had never wanted to be here in the first place, it sent a shiver down my spine.

The next person to join us surprised everyone, she was shy looking as she stood on the podium and covered in baggy grey clothes, she took up the knife with a hand that shook. Slowly, Esther let her blood drip onto the coals where countless generations of dauntless had also first pledged their allegiance. She took the cloth gratefully, looking at her father in the eye as she took it. Then, graciously, she swept her tall willowy form from the platform and into the black mass that was my new faction.

It went faster after that, the rest of the alphabet went whizzing by, there were a total of fifteen initiates including myself by the end of the ceremony, I stayed close to Esther and Dan, both of whose warm personalities were happy enough to call me a friend. Then, all too soon it was over and I knew, there was no going back, that life was going to be a whole lot different, and, if my suspicions were correct- a whole lot harder. Part of me wasn't complaining.

The scraping of chairs sounded as the Erudite left, heads held high and walking elegantly out of the hall, followed by the Candor, loud and chatty, the Amity laid back and languid and then us- the Dauntless. It was fast paced a roar and then everyone picked themselves up and ran- tore for the exit, there was screaming and smiling, laughter and boisterously rowdy behaviour as the pounding of one hundred boots on the linoleum floor of the Hub staircase.

The running felt good, I totally let loose, trying my best to ignore and release all the emotions that sat threateningly in my chest. Fear- what was Dauntless initiation like? Guilt- what had I done to my family? Relief- I wasn't tied down by my birth-faction. Each pounding footfall was another chance to leave part of my past behind. The Hub fell further into the distance as we all powered towards the tracks, there was a series of clunks in the distance and the steady sound of a train thunking on its rails. The pace had gone up a level.

Everyone sprinted, ahead of me some of the older Dauntless were already boarding the moving train, then I realised, I was falling behind the rest of the pack. Esther was up ahead of me, not too far, Dan was already inside a carriage, I just reach the tracks as the last carriage is leaving. Without thinking, I seize a bar on the back of the train and pull myself onto a tiny ledge, riding flat on the back of the final carriage. My knuckles turn white on the bar but I don't loosen my grip. Up ahead I hear shouts.

I brave a look at the front of the train and my blood chills. The people are jumping off. I hear shouts of delight and I know that there's no way that I can make it onto the rooftop opposite me if I have to jump from my ledge. Still gripping the bar I edge my way around the corner of the train. My time is running out. I shut my eyes and push myself into the car, inside, everyone stares. The eyes of Dan, Esther, the Twins and the Erudite girl look like they've seen a ghost.

"Well what are you waiting for? JUMP!" I yell.

And for probably the eighth time that night I acted without thinking, blood pounding in my ears all I did was run blindly and leap. I closed my eyes, it was a mistake because I certainly didn't expect the ground to meet me as soon as it did and the shock ran through me like an earthquake, the pebbles digging into my bare palms and through my now torn pants.

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Azure