TWO YEARS LATER
On the surface, Sky looked happy. She looked like she had the perfect life. She had loving parents. She had good grades in school. She even had admirers. She finally grew into a beautiful young woman. Everywhere she went, people would stop and stare-not only abnegation, all of the factions stared. She was short, only 5'3, but she was lean from all the running nobody knows she does. It was her way of clearing her mind and escaping the world. She also had the kind of curves girls yearned for. And her hair. Oh, her hair. It was a golden as ever, and long too. It reached her lower back now and her mom did not want it cut. Her parents were trying to find the best suitor for her, because of course she was going to stay in Abnegation. She went from a cute little 14 year old, to a stunningly gorgeous 16 year old preparing for adulthood. How could her life not be perfect?
Nobody knew what went on in Marcus Eaton's basement day after day for almost two years. Nobody could know. Two months before her aptitude test, Marcus ended their sessions temporarily so she could focus on it. She suspected it was also so the scars and bruises and memories would heal before the testing. He was smart; stopping early so there'd be no proof of the torture she's endured.
But she didn't complain, it was nice to finally be free of him. He seemed so sure that she was going to remain in Abnegation. Idiot. She took those last two months running harder and faster than she ever had, after dark of course so no one saw her. She studied and perfected her fighting skills. She already knew where she belonged.
The day of the test she pretended to be nervous. It would seem odd to her family if she was relaxed, everyone gets nervous about their test. As she walked towards the building where the test was held, she was shaking with excitement in her loose gray dress. Luckily, her friend Hailey took it as nervous shaking. "We'll be fine," Hailey smiled as they took their spot in line. "We know where we belong; this test will just re-affirm that." Sky just nodded and laughed nervously, glad she was convincing in her act of nervousness.
They took their seats in the room and waited for their names to be called. Hailey was called first because her last name was Aarons. Sky waited for about an hour before her name was finally called.
