A rebel attack was happening when I woke in the morning. I scrambled to get up because if I didn't reach the rebel base with the other rebels I would be killed by the hands of King Clarkson, for sure. I exited the door and bumped into a girl with long, straight black hair and dark eyes. She was wearing all black.

"Are you with us?" the rebel girl suddenly blurted out.

"No, but I want to join you." I crossed my arms.

"How do I know that you are not a spy for the Royal Family?" she asked suspiciously.

How did she know? She must have noticed my uneasiness because she just laughed moments after.

"Don't worry. I'm just playing with you." She said

"Retreat, Summer, Retreat." A voice from nowhere said.

She must have seen the confusion on my face.

"It's my walkie talkie." She explained.

She started walking down hall but then stopped and turned around.

"Are you coming or not?" She asked.

I quickly caught up with her and asked random questions.

"Where are we going? What is your name? Why did you join the rebels in the first place?"

"Whoa slow down there. First of all we have to get out of here then I will explain everything thing to you. Are you okay with sprinting?"

Before I could answer she ran as fast as she could away from the palace. I was faster than she was but I let her go in front of me because I had no absolute clue on where we were going. After what felt like twenty-thirty minutes we stopped to take a breath.

"Okay to answer your questions my name is Summer and we are heading towards the rebel base. I don't normally tell people my backstory." Summer bellowed. "At the rebel base you will have intense training as well as a new life. By the way I think I should have asked you like sooner but what is your name?"

"My name is Kirsten Collado." I lied.

"Not anymore. You can make a new life here, so you can change your name. Well, expect your last name, your sector decides on that."

"What sector?' I asked puzzled.

"In the rebel camp we have sectors or families/groups and they all share the last name they create, sort of like a family." She countered "Have you decided on your name yet?"

"Um Kylee is a good name I guess." I asserted.

"Is that decision for your name final? You can't go back once you choose." Summer warned.

"Kylee" I said firmly." My name will be Kylee and that choice is final"

She raised a brow and silence filled the forest. It was so quiet I could hear an insect's wings fluttering.

"So….where is the rebel base?" I awkwardly said getting rid of the silence that absorbed us.

"You're standing on it."

She pushed me and brushed off some leaves where I was standing. A metal circle appeared with a sleek handle pressed onto it. Summer pushed the handle upwards and the circle opened revealing a ladder going down. I looked down but it was all pitch-black.

"After you" Summer gestured to ladder.

I started climbing down into the darkness

As I got off the ladder, a strike of hunger erupted inside of me like an animal trying to claw its way out. A laugh beside me came from Summer.

"Well someone is hungry. Don't worry dinner is in about…." She took a glance at her watch I didn't realize she wore until now "5 minutes, but first let me show you to our insurgent leader."

As we walked down the hallway I noticed that the walls and the ground were made of metal. Summer stopped and I bumped into her (again). She opened the door and glanced at me with a look that said 'hurry up and come in and don't talk whatsoever unless you are told'. I sucked in a breath and did as I was told. Summer explained everything about me wanting to join the rebels.

"Miss Kylee once you join the insurgents you can never go back. You will live here until you die and you will have very intense training. Are you sure you will respect the ways of us?" The leader was a girl about 27 years old and she had light, silky brown hair with a streak of blue on the side. She sort of looked like Maxon.

I gulped.

"Yes. I-I accept" I choked out.

"Good. Summer if you can please wait outside that would be most appreciated." She warm smiled as Summer left put her hands behind her back.

"Now since we are alone I wanted to ask you…..why exactly were you in the palace when Summer ran into you." I wasn't going to lie but to me it looked like her eyes were staring into my soul.

"My mother worked as a maid serving the royal family and my father guarded the palace." I lied. I was surprised at the tone of my voice. It was calm as if I telling the truth.

"Reasonable answer." She nodded and extended her hand "My name is Lauren. You are in status will now be Region."

I shook her hand and she grabbed something off the mahogany desk behind her and placed it in my hands.

"This is a map of the base. Your sector is located here." Lauren pointed to a spot in the map "On the back are levels for your status. If your training gets better you go up a status. That's all for today if you need help ask Summer or come to me."

"Thank you for letting me join."

"Welcome to The Young Elites, Kylee."

{A/N The Young Elites is the name of the southern rebel group and it is the name of a book by Marie Lu coming out Oct. 7}

Summer showed me my sector (room with my other roommates) and I could already tell which my bed was because it had a plate of food on it and everyone in the room was talking and sitting on their beds.

A boy popped up next to me.

"Are you the new girl?" He flashed me a smile.

"Umm I guess. My name is Kylee." I retorted.

"Mines' Zachary or Zach for short. Do you need any help?" He offered.

"Yes I don't understand what a status is."

"Why don't you sit down and eat. Give me your map."

As soon as the food hit my mouth it felt like heaven.

"A status is based on your skill of fighting. If you are bad at it your status is Region. But Region also is for beginners too. If your status is one of the top 2 then you go out in the field which basically mean you have to fight in the attacks at the palace."

The paper showed a scale of the status's you can be in.

Status

Beginners-Region

Okay-Valley

Moderate-Sky

Intermediate- Mountain

Very Intermediate- Earth

Hard-Water

Advanced-Fire

Very Advanced- Knight

"Well it's about time I slept. Training starts at 7:00 am and Lauren gets on her bad side if you don't show up and trust me you don't want to get on her bad side." He winked and went on the bunk bed next to mine (at the bottom bunk) and turned so his back was facing me. Someone turned the lights out and I finished and put the plate under my bed. I couldn't sleep so I stared at the bunk in front of me (I was on the bottom buck too). After a few moments of staring darkness overcame me.

Before you kill me let me just say my school just ended five days ago (June, 25, 2014) so I have been having more time to write so more chapters will happen in the summer! Okay I have 5,862 viewers for this story! If I can get 10,000 (I know it's extreme but let's try!) viewers for this story I will make a 4,000 worded chapter. BTW check out my other fanfiction about legend while you are at it!

theselectionqueen: Well, if what you are throwing is cash I would love to be in Kriss's place. LOL

piepie1289: Maxon is just...nevermind I can't give out spoilers!

b . loves . books: Maybe Maxon will maybe he won't MUHAHAHAHA. Trust me now that school is over I can write more!

readingdivergent: Well to be honest, when I read other fanfictions I hated Kriss's or anyone else's pov. I only liked Maxon's and America's!