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Tris POV

The following days after killing Jeanine where tough. People had mixed feelings about what I did. Some where completely against it, some leaders of different 'factions' as Four likes to call them, wanted to somehow 'bring her back' with Erudite's technology. Most people understood why I did it. She killed me mother. The last part of my family. They understood why I had to kill her. she made a huge mistake doing the exact same thing Marcus did years ago. Make people believe she was good, when deep own inside she was a sick as him.

I spent those few days locked away in Four's room at dauntless. Wishing that I could bring back my mom, and my dad. For those few days I stared at the writing wall, 'Fear god alone'. Maybe I was fearing him at this moment. Scared that I would be next, that this was god's fate for me.

I knew my mother would be happy to see my father again. if heaven did exist, I know they will both be there. I imagined my mother running into his embrace, and them being happy to see each other. I love them both so much. I miss them too.

I now had to look after these people, with out getting myself killed. If Marcus gets me killed, then everyone here will get killed. Those innocent people will be killed. I would not let that happen. I would not let these people die because of my mistakes.

I read through the books Four gave me when I first arrived at Amity, which gave me information about my kind. I learnt some very important things about us.

My parents where the first leaders, where one of them was not in fact supernatural born. I knew this from Four, but reading it still seemed to be shocking. I found out that our race was had many wars with the bad people. Many that had lost lives. Pictures from the olden times describe these days. I traced the page with the tip of my finger, memorising each picture, each word until it stuck.

I wanted to learn everything about my kind. I wanted to get the knowledge of what the oldest people here know. I wanted to know everything before I became there leader.

I knew it was going to happen. Our race had there leaders born, like royalty. You had to be born into the family to be the leader. I knew that if I wanted to survive, and keep everyone else alive I would need to have a child. And that meant finding someone who would help me.

Thinking about this now was annoying me, and giving me a headache. I wanted to think about other things rather than this. Like what ice cream tasted like again. Or if it was sunny or rain outside.

Thinking about protecting these people and everything I was going to do for them made my brain hurt. I shut the book close, and chucked across the room. After a while I went back to looking blankly at that wall, thinking of how I was stuck in all this mess. Just because my parents where different from everyone else.

I knew Four come into the room those few days. But I didn't really register it. It didn't make him upset, but he just carried on with other things. What ever he was doing. On the forth day though, he walked in and sat right in front of me. I was resting against his back board, just looking again. I looked over at him, who was in a suit. He looked sad, and then I knew what was going on.

I looked down, closed my eyes and felt tears fall. "You need to go Tris" he told me.

I look up at him, he having no expression what s so ever. I close my eyes again and nod.

The next hour goes by in a blur. Shauna and Christina come and help me get changed and put make up on. I sit and just think about what I am about to do. I don't want to say goodbye to my mom. I love her too much to let her go now.

Eventually I am ready, waiting on the bed while Shauna fixes my hair and Chris puts on the heels when Four walks back in. when he sees me he stops walking and stares. They both help me stand and smile at me. I smile back briefly before dropping it. I look over at Four who's mouth is left wide open.

I giggle a little and smile at him. When he realises what he is doing, he coughs and stands up straighter. I walk slowly over to him, hoping not to trip on the black dress. It actually looked good on me.

"How do I look?" I ask him, smiling slightly. He looks sigh for a second, before putting on that infamous smirk of his. "You look beautiful".

I stare at him, and then look over to Christina and Shauna. They're both looking at me like I am crazy. I realise that I forgot to thank him, but he just smiles at me. I smile back and take his hand in mine.

I feel tingles go through my arm, but ignore it. He squeezes my hand tightly before leading me to the pit. It's a slow walk, and I realise he has done it on purpose. He wants me to be prepared for this. But he knows I won't be. Just like my dad's, they would broadcast this to the whole community. I knew I was going to speak, but I didn't know what to say.

Four pulled me down into a chair and the front, and sat next to me. He took my hand in his, and gently rubbed circles into it. I looked over at him, who was looking down at my hands.

"I promise I'll protect you. From anything. I'm not going to let you die Tris" he said the last part looking up at me.

I smiled before looking back at the front, where my mother rested in her coffin. I never thought in a million years I would be here in this position. At 17 years old being at my mother funeral. I leaned my head on Four's shoulder, wrapping my arms around his.

He rested his head on mine and kissed my hair. I smiled and knew I would always have Four in my life.

The funeral started, but I mostly blanked it out. All I could think about was what was going to happen next. I had no clue what they planned for me to do. Where they going to make me do my parents job? Was I the leader of this race now?

Four tugged on my hand, and I looked up. He was standing in front of me. He motioned to the stand, and I realise I was going to speak now. He walked me over there, slowly letting me take my time. When I got there, he tried to let go, but I held on tightly. He looked over at me, then looking to the audience.

He took a breath in and stood closer to me. He looked at me and smiled kindly. I looked out the audience, and saw a camera pointed at me. I took a big breath in and started.

"Um, hi everyone. My name is Tris Prior and I am the daughter of Andrew and Natalie Prior. I haven't been in this world for long but I know that this world is dangerous. We all know what happened to my father and mother. They were the best parents in the world. I loved them both dearly. Living in this world made me realise how much I love them, because here you don't know wether you are going to die today or in a few months. You need to make the most of the time you get with the people you love. My parents put their lives in front of mine to protect me. What happened to my father had hurt a lot. I didn't even attend the funeral. And I regret it. But being here I guess I can say goodbye to both of them. I know they are here with us, knowing that we will all look out for each other and that we will protect our kind. We will not let what happened to my parents destroy us, but let it be a warning to the others. We are coming after them. And we will kill them. I know today is supposed to be about remembering, and I know we all are. But today we also need to remember that people are after us; after me. We use this as a step to our future. My parents cared about all of us. We are all important to this world, them most included. We will remember them with a legacy. Marcus, if you're watching, and I know you are, let this be a lesson. This won't stop my people from coming after you. You have created a war you can't finish. Next time you come after us, we come back harder".


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