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Tris:
My footsteps echo around the room as I march to the punching bags. I stop and spin round and put my hands on my hips. Still sleep ridden the transfers sleepily follow me and stop in a big group.
Tobias steps forward to speak. "INITIATES!" They wake from their dazes and look at us. "My name is Four and this is Six. Yes like the bloody numbers. You will be ranked for the first sector of training in order of physical skill. Though you train separately from the Dauntless you will be ranked with them. Four people will be made factionless at the end of stage one." A few people start to protest and Tobias yells at them to shut it.
I clear my throat. "It could be four from the transfers, or four from the Dauntless, or a mixture of the two. So you train hard and do well you don't have anything the fear." I walk over to the chalk board and wheel it round. "These are your rankings as the stand, due to the jump."
1: Lucy- Erudite
2: Susan- Abnegation
3: Sebastian- Amity
4: Luna- Amity
5: Jake- Erudite
6: Lilith- Candor
7: Oliver- Erudite
8: Andrew- Erudite
9: Junior- Candor
10: Ellie- Candor
11: Zach- Abnegation
They all look shocked at the scores, I remember not expecting to be ranked so quickly and sensing the threat of being factionless. I feel slightly sorry for them.
"Today we're learning to fight correctly. Me and Four will show you the basics now." I walk up to Tobias and grin. "This is how you should stand to fight someone. Feet apart and braced, one arm protecting your stomach and the other protecting your neck and face." I position myself and Tobias does the same.
Tobias is the one who talks then. "Your fighting techniques should vary, but try to use your elbows and knees as much as you can- whilst a punch may seem the obvious thing to do, those joints are very strong and with a bit of force they can do a lot of damage when you have no other options." The initiates nod but I see a tall Erudite boy (Jake) whisper something to Lucy and laugh. Lucy seems unamused- I like her already.
I walk up to him until I'm right in his face so we are almost touching. "Is there something funny that you'd like to share with the group?" I growl sarcastically. He's about half a head taller then me so seems to think he can challenge me. Ha!
"Just saying Six," he spits my name like its something foul. "That there is no point in you teaching us. You're small and weak and you obviously have no-" He doesn't even finish his sentence. I whip my arm back and punch him hard in the jaw. A second later I swing my leg under him and trip him over so he smashes into the floor. Jumping on his back, I twist his arm behind his back in a excruciating position.
"No experience? I'm weak?" I scream at him. I release him and quickly tries to stand up with little success. "I stand right next to him and yell, "ANYONE DISRESPECTS ME OR FOUR AGAIN AND I'LL HAVE YOU KICKED YOU OF DAUNTLESS!" My head is buzzing and I feel alive. The others shoot glances at Tobias, who to their great dismay is grinning. I stalk back to Tobias. "Asshole." I murmur to him. And he shrugs back at me.
"You get them every year," he replies. Turning back to the group he is about to start talking again when we hear footsteps behind us. I turn to see Susan and Peter walking towards us. Susan walks past us quickly and joins the other transfers but Peter stands next to us. He whispers something in Tobias' ear and he seems to make him angry. There is clear tension between the two so I step in and speak.
"As Four was saying, get into pairs and have a punch bag each. Remember when you hit the it you need to keep you thumb tucked out of your fist and use your whole arm to swing." They look awkwardly round at each other. I sigh. "GET GOING THEN!" They quickly sort themselves out and assign themselves to a bag each.
Me and Tobias patrol round, giving tips to those who can't do anything. I pass Jake who can't keep his head up. His jaw has a slight bruise on it already and I smirk to myself. Peter, I've noticed, seems to be paying a lot of attention to Susan- but I tell myself the I'm just imagining the strange look in this eye.
I start to learn a bit about the transfers. Luna and Sebastian are twins, but dispite them being Amity they seem quite strong. For some reason they seem to know Lucy quite well, which is strange since they're from different factions. Lilith, Ellie and Junior are okay but seem a bit slow. Jake has two equally annoying side kicks- Oliver and Andrew, who keep sniggering under their breaths. I decide that I'll use them for target practice later on. Zach doesn't seem to know what to do, and I'm sure he'll be factionless by stage 2.
After an hour Tobias calls out for the session to stop and that they can go back to their dormitories. Shattered, they walk back, Peter with them.
I wait for them all to leave and smile, wrapping my arms round Tobias' waist. Maybe this isn't going to be as bad as I thought.
To bad my dreams never come true.