Soon the train rounds the corner and is coming toward us so fast my vision blurred. The dauntless born initiates pump there arms to catch up with the train and then throw themselves into an open car. I copy what they do. I pump my arms and heave my self into a train car. As I try to pull myself in people grab me and help me up. "thanks' I say brushing myself off even though there is nothing on me. I stand up and lean out of the train car. I see a red headed little boy running to catch up but is to chubby to do any good. he sinks to the ground and cries, putting his face to his hands. "he just failed dauntless initiation" i mumble. "yeah and the same thing will happen to you if you keep leaning out of the train" says a female voice. I turn around to see a girl with long black hair and big hazel brown eyes. I guess you could say she was tall but everybody is taller than me. "hi I'm Christina" she extends her hand for me to shake. in the abnegation faction its not custom to shake hands with other people, but I grasp her hand firmly and shake. "hi christina" I say. I look over her clothes. shes dressed in black and white. "are.. or should I say, were you From candor?" i ask just to break the silence. "yep .. I guess im a traitor and will forever disgrace my family" she says in mock melodrama. "yeah guess we all are huh" I say with a smile. I look down at another train car to see the dauntless born initiates jumping off the train. "what are they doing" says Christina. " i think there jumping off!"says a candor boy who was silent the whole ride. I look in awe at how easily and graceful the all jump. "well i guess were jumping off to" i say over the roar of the wind. I walk over to the edge of the car and lean out getting ready to jump. "Are you crazy" says the candor boy. " maybe" i reply with a smile and leap of the train. I could hear the wind rushing in my ears and my hair whipping behind me while i was falling. Then it all stopped with a thump and i hit the ground with a pain in my legs, but i did not care, i was to amazed of what i have just done. I look behind me to see Christina and the candor boy hit the cement just after i did. Christina lands on her feet but stumbles a few steps, and the candor boy completely fell after hitting the gray cement. I let out a little giggle. he glares at me then smiles brushing himself off. "hello dauntless initiates I'm Eric the leader of the dauntless." I look behind me to see a boy about 17 or 18 standing by the ledge of the building we were on. He was about 6 feet tall and had long greasy black hair, but the strangest thing about him was that he had piercings all over his eyebrows, tong, nose, and mouth. He scans the crowd and looks at me he smiles at me but the smile is cold and forced. I smile back just as forced. He laughs to himself and mumbles the words "watch it stiff" and scans the rest of the crowd. "We will be entering dauntless compound soon" eric says. A murmur of excitement escapes the crowd. One short girl who is wearing all blue( erudite color) says " ugh wears the door?" i look around. huh.. good question wear is the door. i look around and notice that there can't be any because were at the top of a concrete building. Eric gives us that cruel smile and jabs his thumb behind him toward the ledge of the building. I lean over the ledge to see a black hole in the sidewalk below. No door. My stomach feels queasy, because i know just how we are going to enter dauntless compound. "You guys are going to jump into dauntless compound" Eric says. The roof falls silent and all you can hear is the whistle of the wind. The whole group seems to take a step back. "so...who's going" Eric says in a grating voice. " are you trying to kill us! This is crazy!" christina yells. Eric turn around and looks at her. He walks over and stops so close to Christina that she takes a step back. "well how about you jump first" he says slowly. Christina falls silent and lowers her head. "well I guess I have to choose" Eric says. He paces the floor. I can here the squeak of his heavy leather boots on the floor. He stops in front of me. "how bout the stiff" he snarls. Stiff is a insult other factions have been calling abnegation for years but no one will do anything about it because they say violence is an act of selfishness. I'm not saying I believe that because I want to smack Eric clear across the face, but I just stand up taller and walk towards the ledge.I look down at the gaping hole in the side walk. I'm not going to lie and say I'm not scared but if I want to pass initiation I can't show it. Ecspecially in Dauntless. There motto literally is 'dauntless the brave' . "well then...stiff" Eric says. I look him in the eye and say " don't call me that" then i step off the ledge making a big dramatic exit. My heart catches in my throat as I drop like a stone towards the ground. A rush of adrenaline courses through me and I let out a yell of enjoyment as I fall. As soon as It started it stops as I hit something hard but stable. I look down to see a net in the the bottom of the gaping hole. I stand up but stumble a bit before reaching a platform next to it. A hand grabs my shoulder to help me down. I mentally cringe with the contact. "first jumper what's your name" says a male voice. I think about that. It's a new place so a new me. I can finally just be me. "tris" I say. "call me tris" I lookup at him to see a tall boy with short hair and dark eyes. He turn around and yells "first jumper tris!" a crowd of people dressed in black come out of the shadows and cheer. They applaud and scream. I find it in my self to smile.