To say the confrontation with the leaders left me feeling uneasy is an understatement. No one really knew I was adopted except for my friends and my parents themselves, although I don't look like my parents, people back in amity were too nice to bring up such touchy and personal subject. This is obviously not the case with Jeanine. After all Erudite only cares about the hard cold facts, and disregards each individual's feelings.

I hurriedly eat my breakfast without tasting the food, picking up small pieces off the banana muffin while ignoring my best friends' looks of concern. Somehow people found out Max wanted to see me and a rumor got out that I was present when Jerry was killed. Jac, Caroline and Rose knew the truth since they were partly responsible for keeping me out until such a late hour, however that didn't stop the curious and even suspicious looks I am receiving from other members. It bothers me that on my second day here there are already rumors about me from my own faction but I am simply too caught up in Jeanine's question to care.

'I have really under estimated you, little Amity.' A nasty voice interrupts me from my own thoughts. I turn around to face Peter and his little friends.

'Who knew a little girl from Amity can cause so much trouble.' One of his friends -Molly- taunted.

The dining hall seems to be quieter than usual, everyone curious to see how I will respond to their unspoken accusation. They think I'm responsible for Jerry's death.

'I suggest you shut it before that big mouth of yours gets you in any more trouble.' Jac retorted. Molly and Drew seems taken aback, however the sly grin on Peter's face did not lessen one bit. Jac seem to notice it too because her hand balls together and her back straightens up, preparing to teach Peter a lesson. I couldn't let that happen, although it's not against the rules to fight an initiate, it's still looked down upon. Someone stronger and older bullying the weak is a characteristic of a coward.

'What are you trying to say? Peter.' I spit out the last word.

'Nothing, just wondering where you were last night and why you came in late.' Almost everyone's attention is on us now. 'You seem to be back around the same time Jerry went missing.' The tension in the dining hall is becoming unbearable. The piercing glares from the table in the far corner makes my palm sweat. One particular sharp glare on the table, whom I recognize as the girl crying earlier on next to Jerry's body, make me feel grateful that looks can't kill. Great, now I have Jerry's friends after me as well.

'Are you implying that I killed him?' I questioned darkly. Peter's grin widens.

'If the shoe fits, wear it.'

'I hope you have enough evidence for your accusations, initiate.' A deep voice spoke up from behind me. A shiver went down my spine and I didn't need to turn around to see who it is. Apparently I am not the only one to feel nervous, Peter clearly did not expect Eric to speak up. Molly and Drew slowly retrieves back to their table leaving Peter alone to face the most feared dauntless leader.

'I, I-'. Peter begin to stutter but Eric cut him off.

'Because I was there too, so with your theories should I be responsible for Jerry's suicide as well?' Eric's tone is surprisingly calm, however the calmness did not hide the dangerous threat behind it. Peter was left completely speechless, I hold my breath as Eric lean in slowly to Peter. 'If I see you make a scene about this issue again initiate, it will be you down there next time. Understood?'. He is so quiet that only Peter and I can hear, but the promise in his voice was loud and clear. Peter quickly nods his head and scampers off with Molly and Drew following closely behind.

'Thanks...' I turn around to thank him but he simply give me a cold glare and stomps back to his table, leaving me feeling embarrassed and confused.

By the time I reach the training room, I was prepared to beat anyone up. The embarrassment caused from both Peter and Eric has finally hit me and as a result it left me angry and ready to fight. Unfortunately for me, we are not fighting today. Even more unfortunate, Eric is there.

'Listen up initiates! See this chart, this chart is your life. You will be ranked each day and after stage one the 5 lowest initiates will be leaving us. The remaining 5 will be cut after stage 3. You will train separately from the dauntless born but you will be ranked together.' Eric points towards the Dauntless borns where I see Jac pointing towards the chart as well, probably telling them the same thing. When our eyes meet, she gives me an encouraging smile.

'What happens if we leave?'. Christina's friend who I recognize as Will asks.

'Well you can't go back to your parents, so you live faction less.' Eric answers indifferently, not showing any emotion about the fate of the 5 initiates. Gasps erupts around me, everyone seems shocked about this rule. Although surprised, I am not worried. The years of training I did by myself sure gives me an advantage now, it might not be enough to give me top in the class but it probably will be enough to at least secure me a spot here in dauntless. Looking around, only two other people appears as confident as me. Edward whom I recognize transferred from Erudite, and Peter.

'How come no one warned us about this?'

'It's a new rule.'

'A new rule?! Some should have at least told us.' Christina half shouted, she genuinely looks worried.

'Why? Would you have chosen differently? If that were the case then I suggest you leave now. If you are truly dauntless, it wouldn't matter.' Eric challenged. 'You chose us, now we get to choose you.' No one dare to speak up after that, instead we all direct our attention towards each other, seizing up every potential target and threat.

'The first stage is physical, where we will teach you how to fight and defend yourselves. The second stage is mental where we will dig deep into your heads to help you face your worst fears. The third is emotional, where we see how you react under the fears.' Four explained. Stage one sounds simple enough, however it's stage 2 and 3 that worries me. I had absolutely no preparation, but from the looks on Edwards and Peter's face, neither did they. Fair fight then.

Shooting a gun is harder than it appears. Although I am one of the few that hit the target, I'm no where near the bullseye. Christina seems to be struggling, only one of her bullets has made it onto the outer ring, where the other bullets went were unknown and will forever remain a mystery. Peter and Edward seems to be doing alright, no one has hit a bulls eye yet but at least they are hitting the target. After my fifth bullet hits the outer ring, I stop. I'm clearly doing something wrong so there's no point to continue wasting my time and bullets. The others paid no attention to my lack of participation, however from my side version I can clearly see that I have gotten the full attention from Eric and Four. Ignoring them, I bent down again this time determined to fix the problem. The rings in the targets makes me feel dizzy, every time I think I aimed correctly, my hands move unconsciously. This time I aimed at the middle ring, and just when I am about to pull the trigger. I closed my eyes and slightly turned my face away from the target.

*BANG*

*Silence*

I slowly open my eyes and see that everyone is staring at me. Christina looks shocked but soon gathers herself and give me a warm smile. A few other initiates glare at me, clearly seeing me as a competition, even a threat. Four makes his way towards me while Eric remains motionless.

'Well done initiate.' Four pats me on the back and walks away to help the others. I turn to face my target, and a small smile made it onto my lips.

Bulls eye.

*A/N*

Thank you everyone for reading. A special thanks to everyone that voted and commented. Your comments and reviews really helps me to write because it makes me feel like there is someone out there following the journey of Aly and Eric with me. Any feedback is much appreciated! Exams are finally over for me (Although I failed maths...) I should be able to update more now. I originally wanted to make this chapter Eric's POV but I feel like there's not enough chemistry for Eric and Aly yet, it will also spoil some future plot twists if it's in Eric's POV right now. However I will definitely do a POV for Eric soon! Also I'm sorry if the relationship between Eric and Ally are going so slow, I just want their relationship to really take their time to develop because I think Eric is not the type of person to just fall in love easily and quickly with every girl he meets. Again thanks so much for reading! Please leave a review and vote if you enjoyed it!