After the last initiate falls the 10 foot drop into the depths of Dauntless we all follow Will and B down the unsteady stone floor and out of the cavern, where I do not know but I can scarcely care, my focus has remained steady on the back of the blonde's head I watch her hair sway in a hypnotising motion as we walk. Quinn walks once again at my side, it's reassuring that I've at least made one friend here. One more than I had when I was a part of abnegation. I glance over my shoulder to see Sam walking behind me with a boy not much taller than him, both with wide smiles on their faces. I smile at his content and turn back to the Dauntless leaders ahead of me. We carry on following them until they stop at the edge of the narrow path that leads down into a circular room or more like cave.

"This is the pit; you'll spend most of your time in here socialising in your down time at night or passing through it to get to training. Training rooms are on the other side of the pit if you look directly ahead of you which you'll see tomorrow morning." I glance around fascinated with the scenes around me, loud chatter and laughter belong to the members that already occupy the pit who are seemingly having a good time, and I wish I was down there with them but B's smooth voice brings me back to the present.

"Transfer's you'll follow me, dauntless born follow Will though I'm sure you're already familiar" At that we divide and Quinn's hushed whispers remind me of our...friendship... as she nudges me in the arm. The thought still seems foreign to me.

"What do you think initiations going to be like?"

"Oh I don't know, it hasn't exactly been rainbows and butterflies so far so I assume more pain" I whispered back, careful so B couldn't hear our conversation. We carried on walking down the chasm until we entered a room through a stone arc filled with 2 rows of bunks. 5 against the far wall and 5 opposite, we wouldn't need that many we noted, there were only 9 of us. My eyes followed B as the rest appeared to be fascinated with our living arrangements. Boys and girls in the same room is apparently "the best part of Dauntless" according to Noah. Unlike Noah, Sam and I are probably the least knowledgeable or experienced in the world of relationships. Apart from observing our parents interactions and basic education on the matter, abnegation held signs of affection as intrusive and selfish. We kept ourselves to ourselves and interactions were no more than polite. The thought of these boundaries being completely stripped back here was making my head spin and skin warm, especially the thought of getting changed in front of everyone. B turned in front of us as I watched the taught muscles in her arm as she extended it above her to lean her weight against the wall.

"This is your living area during training. After initiation those who remain will move to living quarters, those who fail to make it will be cut"

Frantic stares cross paths as everyone mumbles under their breaths obviously not expecting the risk of becoming fractionless after making it this far. I however kept my eyes focused on our instructor as I watched her stern expression tighten.

"Is there a problem?" The question is more of a challenge and I certainly wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of her anger from what I've seen.

"Why will we be cut? Nobody told us this!" Another Erudite boy protested as I cringe internally as B takes 3 steps forward and we part faster than the fractionless do for food.

"What does it matter?" she bites back "If you're Dauntless, you wouldn't be worrying about being cut because you'll know you will make it, right books?" B firmly states raising an eyebrow at the boy now referred to as Books. She isn't very pleasant from what I've seen, maybe on the eyes yes, but she's intimidating and powerful without needing to raise her voice. It's almost scary. Books simply nods and shuffles back into the pack as B rounds on all of us, "That goes for all of you. Stage one training starts tomorrow, 8am to 6pm, after that you're free to do what you want. Your new clothes are on your beds, find ones that fit for now and you can collect more tomorrow from the pit." Her eyes fall on mine and my breath hitches as her mouth curves slightly, I don't wait to find out if it's a smile, smirk or grimace as I look away immediately finding interest in the side of Quinn's face till I hear footsteps leading out the way we came in. Quinn relieves a sign and I do the same though for different reasons.

"Come on, let's go grab a bed" We settle in the far corner, I bunk next to the Erudite boy deemed books on my left and Quinn on my right, who is making idle conversation with the boy to her right, presumably Amity born due to his quiet nature and gentle manners, why he chose Dauntless I do not know although I'm unable to judge I'm as far from home as he is.

"Your name's not actually books right?" I direct at the boy with short brown hair and glasses perched on his nose that rolls his eyes.

"Yeah my parents thought what better way to express their love for knowledge than naming me the instrument for their intelligence"

I frowned slightly not quite picking up on his sarcasm. "So... you are?"

"Artie" He smiles to which I return. "What about you stiff? Did your parent's name you after their favourite things?"

"San, actually" I smile as I punch his shoulder. "This is Quinn" I gesture to the blonde behind me who has no shame in getting changed in front of the room full of people as her head pops back up through the hole in the tight fitted black t shirt. My lack of exposure to any signs of intimacy or affection let alone total exposure make this task extremely daunting and I fumble around with the black t shirt on my bed weighing up how best to take the situation as Quinn introduces herself to Artie. Making a quick attempt I pull the grey t shirt over my head and hold it to me chest as I pull the black one over as quickly as possible almost putting my head through the arm hole. The shirt is fitting but not too tight which I welcome as I exchange my grey trousers for the skinny black ones that gather at my ankles, a little too lengthy but it's manageable as I pull on the black boots left under the bunk. I feel different, I feel Dauntless.

Sam who is changed like I am has bunked directly ahead of me I notice as he approaches with the boy he was talking to earlier. "Hey San!" he grins and wraps his arms around me to which I reciprocate. "This is Jordyn, Jordyn this is my sister Santana"

"San" I smile correcting Sam who nods.

"I tried getting the blonde girl to call me invincible but she just laughed so I'm still stuck with Sam" he shrugs and I laugh.

"She's so hot though" Jordyn exclaims and I blush instantly not liking the direction this conversation is heading. "Like I'm so glad I came here"

"I know what you mean" Sam grins and I turn to look at him noticing how much he's changed in our new fraction. It's like meeting someone all over again, parts of him that was hidden more expertly than myself, Instead of being shocked by it I choose to embrace it. There'll be time to ask him why and how later but for now I'm just going to enjoy it.

"What has it been like 4 hours Sam and you're already trying to break down the boundaries of females" I roll my eyes as the grin is still stuck on his face.

"It's a shame to put my good looks to waste" he shrugs. "Me and Jay are just going to go scout the place want to come?"

I glance over at Quinn and Artie and shake my head slightly, it's important I get my own independence here. "Nah I'm going to go lay down for a while, I'll see you later"

"Sure thing"

Sometime after everyone had settled in an older member of Dauntless notified us that dinner was available now in the food hall. Quinn, Artie, me and the other Erudite boy, Mike all make our way there following the directions of the messenger, it'll take some time getting used to all these narrow paths and rooms but it's fascinating, it's dangerous, the paths lead up and around the hole we appear to be in the ground where one wrong foot will have you plunge to the depths of the chasm. We all take tentative steps but the skilled footsteps of the Dauntless member ahead make me envious. We all file into the hall that's alive with energy and I take a seat on one of the four long tables between Quinn and Artie. My gaze falls across the hall, scanning the crowd till they fall on the face of B who is sat 4 spaces down on our table, eating silently presumably among her friends as I recognise Cass from earlier.

The food is spread evenly across the table, mainly protein and carbohydrates presumably for muscle gain and energy based on Dauntless' need for high energy levels and peak physical fitness. The food is foreign to me, like everything here, yet I welcome it as I pull a burger from the pile and bite into it. The look on my face must be evident because Quinn notices immediately.

"You look like you've just fell in love" She chuckled and I nod my head eagerly as I feel B's gaze on the side of my face.

"I might get a tattoo of one tomorrow" I laugh back trying not to look at her in fear of ultimate embarrassment, pulling another one on my plate as I continue the first one.

"San, I swear if you get a tattoo of a cheese burger I'm going to personally send you on a train to the Erudite so they can run some tests on that brain of yours" Cass shouts over to me as I feel my face heat slightly, that wasn't meant for them to hear and if Cass heard I'm pretty sure B did. Glancing over to her I swear I see the blonde roll her eyes.

"What? It represents my fear of inadequate food... that I've over come" I grin as I wave my burger around to the delight of Quinn who looks on the verge of tears. This time as I glance over to Cass, B is staring at me, I smile faintly, her stare is like an inspection, interrogating, intimidating. She doesn't change her expression which is one of confusion and probably annoyance. I've never wanted to fall from the ledge as much as I do now, preferably without the net there this time.

After I'd made it through 3 more burgers and the conversation around the table had hit a standstill I stood up and away from the table. "I'm going to get an early night, coming?"

"Thank god for that you need your beauty sleep San" Artie smirked as the rest stood up.

"She won't need as much as you books, training starts at 8am. Don't be late" B stated simply as we walked away, needless to say I forgot how to walk properly and stumbling on a flat surface isn't the best indicator to your instructor on your first day.

I crashed down on to the mattress that welcomed my aching body after I'd changed into our sleeping clothes that consisted of a simple black t shirt and shorts.

"You really think they'll cut us from here if we don't rank high in training?" Mike questioned as I propped my head up on my left hand nodding slowly.

"Yeah, so we've just got to make sure we all rank high" I sheepishly smiled.

"I'm going to take that top spot though guys" Quinn grinned as Artie shook his head.

"Statistically speaking, you're female, 5ft nothing and probably weigh as much as Noah's left arm, if you get first I'll dive head first off the ledge"

"Prick" Quinn mumbled to our laughter.

The clashing of pans pulled me from my sleep as Quinn threw my shirt at me, "Come on, we've got 5 minutes, I don't know about you but I don't want to find out what happens if we're late"

"Where are Mike and Artie?" I grumbled my voice still horse from sleep.

"They went to grab us some breakfast"

"I love them already" I muttered as I pulled my boots on just ask they walked into the room

"I should hope you do" Mike grinned handing me a bowl of porridge as Artie handed one to Quinn. "Eat up quick, you're going to need the energy, I heard B speaking to Will this morning, we're going on a 10 k run"

I shovelled the porridge down as fast as possible leaving the bowl on my side table, pulling my hair up into a high ponytail as we left the room and headed to the training room. We got there slightly out of breath with 2 minutes left; luckily everyone appeared to have the same body alarm clock problem so we filtered in with the others.

B was already stood in the centre of the training room, wearing a tight black top and shorts, my eyes drifted down the length of her legs, which seemed to go on forever, my mouth felt incredibly dry as I welcomed the bottle of water that flew my way.

"First on the agenda is a little run, I need to see where you are all at physically, being Dauntless not only requires Bravery, but the physical capability to cope with the demands of our fraction. Those born into Dauntless will be accustomed to such fitness requirements while those in more, safe, fractions may not." The blonde all but scowled. "For that reason the first stage of training which will last 2 weeks will be carried out separately" the blonde continued, turning her back to us and starting on a quick walk out a door we hadn't seen before as we followed like sheep. We carried on following B until the brightness of the sun illuminated the crevice we walked out off. Presumably a hidden exit and entrance to Dauntless that seems a lot safer than the entrance we made yesterday.

"We start here, and follow the tracks into the city, if any of you feel the need to use the train you may as well stay on it." B stated calmly as my legs felt suddenly weaker. "Let's go" B pulled off into a steady jog; at least she wasn't going to push us straight away. For the first 10 minutes everyone pushed themselves to stay as near to the tall blonde as possible, me included, we all have to prove ourselves and falling behind is only a indication of weakness, to the others and the woman we're trying to impress. Both could be disastrous, if the weakness is exploited. We carried on running in this competitive manner for another 10 minutes, lungs burning and legs aching beyond anything I'd ever experienced, this was where she would spot the strongest from the weakest, no one wants to be at the back of the pack but someone has to fill that spot, the Amity boy Jordyn now doing so followed by Sam who I know isn't as out of shape to be at the back of the pack. I fell into the middle of the pack my eyes trained to the back of Mike's head as me and Quinn ran in perfect synchronisation, our fitness levels obviously matched, due to our similar height and build. The ease the run came to B was making me incredibly jealous, barely a sweat and not a falter in her legs as we approached the city centre her strength was admirable but not as much as her muscles which were on show for all today. We'd been running for approximately 40 minutes; now well on our way back to Dauntless. The ache in my muscles had subsided into numbness as my legs pounded the concrete floor rhythmically. The separation in the pack was certainly clear now. Sam , Jordyn, Artie and Noah's mindless followers Bree and Morgan had fell back considerably while myself and Quinn had advanced to running in step with B, the rest slightly behind due to necessity rather than fitness levels as the path we ran across dictated. I pulled the bottle in my hand to my lips draining the last remaining drops of the water to my dismay, the heat, despite being early morning was still glaring down on us and made 50 times worse with the exhaustion of the run taking its toll. My mouth felt as dry as the ground beneath us; obviously my water conserving methods are slightly off.

"About 15 minutes left" B panted through rushed breaths that broke her rhythm she had established.

"I think I'm going to collapse" Quinn wheezed next to me.

"I'm surprised a stiff can keep up" B smirked as she glanced at me. Something about my current condition made her gaze unwelcomed, running for 45 minutes is bound to have a negative effect on the appearance which in my opinion wasn't the best to start with. "I didn't think you knew how to run?"

"There's a reason I'm a transfer" her eyes now had reverted to the track ahead of us allowing me to build up the courage to look at her, her expression one of amusement as I grinned to myself, my eyes now firmly on the buildings ahead, a lot safer in my opinion. We jogged in silence again, only the sound of the occasional train speeding past and my heavy breaths that I was increasingly becoming self conscious of. A bottle that was thrust into my vision pulled me from my agonising trance, B was holding out her water bottle to me at least half full. I took it hesitantly trying not to trip as I did so.

"Thanks" I uttered shyly pulling the bottle cap up with my teeth and squeezing the water into my mouth as if I hadn't had a drink in months only stopping to take a breath leaving a quarter left handing the bottle back to her as I watched her bring the bottle to her lips finishing the bottle. I stumbled slightly at the action, her not even wiping the lid I'd just been drinking out off, then again neither did I. My face was impossibly even hotter than it was before.

The gates that held the Dauntless members normal means of entering the headquarters slowly opened as we approached and we slowly jogged through only stopping when our instructor did. Everyone except Noah and me fell to the floor, a picture of exhaustion, some bent over on their knee's others on their backs their chests rising and falling rapidly. My leg's now motionless where brought back to the harsh reality of a run that my body was ill equipped for, they felt like sponge barely able to hold up the weight of my body much longer so I disguised it with stretching against the truck parked in the compound outside we now occupied.

"You all have 15 minutes to recover. Report to Training room 2, good work this morning initiates" I felt her eyes land on mine as she said the last part and I felt my body swell with pride in myself, determined to have the approval of the blonde who is difficult to please is something that will drive me. As soon as she had disappeared into headquarters I ambled over to Quinn pulling her up to her annoyance.

"Come on, you'll only ache more. We need to keep moving slowly to break down the lactic acid"

"She's right" Artie nodded pulling himself up and offering a hand to Mike who took it reluctantly. We paced the compound outside for 5 minutes, stretching out our muscles until it was manageable to walk again properly.

"I'm going to go grab a shower, I don't know about you but I don't feel like starting training like a river" Quinn grinned pulling at the shirt that was stuck to her.