Hi guys! Sorry it took so long to update. It's a short chapter, but I thought it would be better than nothing. I hope you guys enjoy, and I'll try to update more often.
Chapter 2: Andrew (Tris's Dad) POV
I wake up at the crack of dawn, sweating. Today is when both of my children will decide what to do with their life. If Beatrice even tries to leave, I swear, it will not be the end of her seeing me. I know Caleb will attend Abnegation Academy, its in his blood. Beatrice though, she knows she isn't like us, and I hate her for it.
Tris POV
I quickly run downstairs, hoping that I won't anger my father. We skip breakfast, and go to the town hall earlier than needed. When we get there, the building is nearly empty. Caleb and I are led to a private room, and my parents are led to another, one that will announce to them which school we choose. I can't think straight. Which school should I choose? As I look around the room, I see how we will have to choose. In one section is a tree, one that we will have to climb if we are to be in Amity. In another section, I see a scale, which we have to do something, I don't know what. Abnegation have to wash the feet of a dummy, one that has been used since the founding of the schools. Erudite has a stack of papers, we probably have to answer a question or something, and then Dauntless has a gun we will shoot at a target.5pon Academy's dummy. But right before he does, he makes a sharp turn towards the Erudite tests. He answers the question, and walks out of the door labeled "Erudite".
I can't take it. Caleb, the most selfless person I know, choose to go to Erudite Advanced, the rivals of our parents school, way of life? I hear weeping in the next room over, and I can only assume that it is my mother, wanting her son to return to her. I decide to wait until more students arrive, because I know if I choose Abnegation Academy, I would have to live in the background forever, because that's what you do to stay with your school. Disregarding your school is probably worse than receiving a death sentence, trust me.
Soon, the staff at Town Hall decided to call names out for us to choose our courses, schools, and lives. When they finally call my name, I start to become super nervous. What school would I pick? Erudite and Amity are too boring, and Candor alumni are too headstrong. Dauntless seems a little out of it, or crazy as some may say. But if I go to Abnegation, I would be stuck with my parents, my father, for the rest of my life. I close my eyes to think for a second.
"I didn't mean to, Daddy!" she cried, whimpering in the corner.
"Don't even try, you insolent bastard. What do you mean I didn't mean to break the Eaton's cup?" he roared.
"I-I just bumped into the ta-table. Caleb saw." she tried to explain.
Her father walked out of the room, and found Caleb.
"Caleb?" He said nicely, "Did you see Beatrice knock over the cup?"
"She didn't Dad. She bumped into the table and the cup fell!"
In the room over, where the girl sat quietly whispered, "Thanks Caleb."
Although no one heard her, when her father returned, he became angry once more.
"What did you give Caleb to make him lie?" He asked.
"I didn't Daddy! I didn't"
""Well I hope you enjoy sleeping on the floor." He turned around and locked his daughter in the basement.
"I didn't do it. I didn't do it. I didn't do it..." She whispered to herself, until she found sleep.
Even when I open my eyes, I still feel like I can't decide. I can't stay with my parents and go to Abnegation Academy. I know that for a fact. So without thinking, I walk in between Abnegation and Dauntless. All the other schools, I wouldn't last a day in them. I can't choose Abnegation though, too much has happened for me to stay with my parents. So I take the gun, point it, and shoot. The knock-back startles me, I didn't know it would be a real gun. Dauntless High definatly wouldn't be what I imagined.
