Milwaukee, MI: 20 years later

by veryoddparents

This story is the point of view of Peter's daughter. When Elizabeth takes her aptitude test, she finds out she's Divergent (What kind of story would it be if she wasn't?). When she gets home, she finds out the dauntless leader has shot her dad for trespassing. He leaves her a box filled with items from his past, in hopes she will find out his secret and his past and escape the city

5. Chapter 5

I wake up in my bed, I look over at my clock, its 11:00am. I'm late for school, I don't care, but the rest of Erudite do. A flashback of last night comes into my head. My dad, shot dead on the ground. I scream the loudest, and highest scream I've ever screamed and then start hyperventilating. Since me and Nikki share a room, she falls out of her bunk and wakes up. My mom comes rushing into the room. "It's ok, it's ok" she coos. "NO its not!" Nikki yells "It's NOT ok! Our father is DEAD! HOW is that OK!". "I'm sorry, I'm just trying to calm you down" Mom says sitting down into my desk chair "I decided to let you guys skip school and Elizabeth's graduation". "ARGHHHH, I'm leaving this place!" Nikki yells still really angry. She storms out of our room and I hear the front door slam. Mom gets up intending to go after her. "Its ok mom, she'll be ok on her own, she just wants some time alone" I say "So what exactly happened?" I ask. "Your father went entered Dauntless compound without permission. Everyone thought he was an intruder so Colin shot him. Some Dauntless guards escorted us over and after you saw him you fainted" she answers "Here, I'll get you some breakfast" as she helps me down from my top bunk.

Normally waffles cheer me up, but not his time. I sit there slowly eating my waffle with jam while my mother sips her tea. "Oh, I almost forgot, dad wanted you to have this. I don't know what's inside of it, but you can take a look" she tells me while handing me a cardboard box. "Alright." I take the box into my room. When I open it, I see a stack of photos, a piece of coal, a grey shirt, an empty vial, a rock and some textbooks at the very bottom. I wonder what they are.