I'm so sorry. this is a really boring chapter. meh. i was on a very tight schedule. also, more than anything, I would love some reviews! please please please. yeah. you probably won't enjoy this chapter. i'm sorry. i'll update soon. apologies for my horrendous grammar.

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Ambers POV

I was told that our initiate class was average sized. 20. 10 transfers and 10 dauntless born. I wonder if anyone else transferred by accident. Probably not. At this point, after the war between Erudite and Abnegation that took place thirty years ago the story of Dauntless initiation was no secret, nor had it changed as far as I knew. The fighting had been brought to an abrupt end when the Treaty was signed. I knew the story well, we had learnt about in in Middle Levels Faction History. Jeanine had an upper hand, and Erudite had followed her lead, however, it had been the Amity, my home who had decided that the violence couldn't continue. They refused to provide food for the Erudite unless they terminated their vendetta. Everyone had to bow to peace every once in a while, nobody could continue without the food that was provided for them by Amity. The fighting stopped and a representative from each faction came together with my father, Robert Black, an Abnegation transfer to sign an anti-war agreement. Each faction gave their conditions for the agreement. Amity wanted peace, Abnegation wanted a rebuilt society, Erudite wanted a say in Government, Candor- full, uncensored truth and debate on the political stability of the City. And Dauntless? A full pardon for the heinous crimes they had committed under the control of the simulation serum. Only under these conditions would Amity continue to provide the staple for our society.

Dauntless and Erudite no longer get along in camaraderie. They distrust each other. Jeanine for all I know is still in a position of power within her own faction and the Divergent are still blamed for being the reason for the conflict. Rounded up and forced into camps to live life paying for the crimes of their ancestors, labourers.

But at least there's peace right?

That's the thing, the growing unrest has driven wedges of hate between the factions, now, our city isn't about using our special traits to solve the problems we face, it's about living and being better than the faction that yours dislikes, as an Amity, I find myself the glue that holds everyone together.

Strong, calloused hands pull me out of the net and I look at the tanned face of a dauntless man with brown hair and tan skin.

"An Amity? That's a first. What's your name?"

I think for a second, I know that this is a time where I can drop the identity that forced me to live life in the shadows of my father and my family. Everyone knows who my family is, the Blacks, and my father, Robert, the hero who brought about the Treaty. I don't want the respect or the attitude that people give me for being the daughter of our city's saviour. I don't want my father's name. I want my mother's even less. I want something that gives me a clean slate. What makes a clean slate? Change.

"Amber Changing."

I like it.

The boy clears his throat.

"First jumper, Amber!"

Even if he doesn't mention my made up last name I know that from this point on, it won't define me. My eyes adjust to the dark cavern where a crowd of people have gathered, tattooed and pierced. All clothed in black. I join them and I watch as thirty one people jump into the net.

Right after me comes Esther, the abnegation transfer, willowy and blonde. Followed by:

Stanley, the dauntless born dark hair and alabaster skin with grey eyes

Dominica, born, smiling at the thrill, a real adrenaline seeker.

Dan, also born, muscly, friendly, short dark brown hair and green eyes

Celeste, the reserved erudite transfer.

Ben, a male version of Dominica, screaming like a maniac.

Andrea, a Candor transfer with dark skin and ridiculously long black hair in a braid

Hunter, dauntless born, an Asiatic complexion but very tall and strong

Natasha, another Candor transfer, white blonde hair and pale skin with clear blue eyes.

Thomas, born, short but very muscly and tough looking, seems friendly.

Tessa, also dauntless born, dark skinned with frizzy hair braided into corn rows and a round friendly face

Olympia, an Erudite transfer, she's short with curly, light brown hair and eyebrows so light they're nearly invisible.

Maddy, a dauntless born with an excited face, she's skinny and has the look of someone who has grown a lot in a short period of time.

Tamsin, born in dauntless, looks tougher than a bed of nails, her hair dyed bright green and cut like a boy's.

Kurt, an Erudite transfer, he has olive skin and brown hair cropped close to his scalp

Angelique also an Erudite transfer, she's Caucasian with strikingly blue eyes and very tall

Jack, a dauntless born. Tall and athletic with small freckles that dot the skin of his arms.

And two siblings, Finn and Imogen, they have a middle-eastern sort of appearance and transferred from Candor together.

It's a big group. The boy who helped me out of the net stands up with someone who looks shockingly like him, he waves his arms in an indication that we should gather around.

"Listen up initiates!" he says "I am Zeke! And this is my idiot brother Uri! We will be your instructors during initiation, I will take the transfers and the dauntless borns will have to find their way with Uriah- god help you all. Transfers follow me!"

And with that, we move along into the dark halls that I assume lead into the dauntless compound.


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