"No!" If he hadn't felt sick before he was certainly feeling that way now. He shook his head trying to clear his vision sure he was hallucinating with the force his head had hit the compacted dirt bellow him. Briefly he wondered if his head had landed on a rock, but he knew that not to be true and he knew the hit though hard enough to startle him was hardly worthy of hallucinations. She was real, crouched in front of him she looked unsure half ready to crumble half ready to attack. But god she was beautiful her hair wild the colour of the darkest most decadent chocolate, her lips big red the bottom one was split it looked as though it had been healing but had re opened when she attacked him blood was pooling in the corner of her mouth. He wanted to reach over wipe it away and claim those lips. He'd dreamt of this of her been alive. They'd been his favourite dreams the ones he never wanted to wake up from.

The reality though, that was something totally different. Instead of love and relief he felt little more than anger and betrayal. If she wasn't dead, she hadn't been taken from him – she'd chosen to leave him. He had done nothing but love her, treasure her, support her, follow her stupid fucking rules and let Four live and she had just walked away from him. Part of him wanted to attack her hurt her but he knew what would hurt her more. Killing Four, her other brother. Killing her brother he could kill the both Halston York had transferred to Amity he'd be here somewhere he could kill him too. Growling he pushed himself to his feet and took off the stragglers still running around them so he knew despite it feeling like minutes since she'd taken him down in reality barely seconds had past. Not even bothering to shout back an instruction to detain her he took off sprinting through the woods desperate to catch them. He had to kill Four, had to make her suffer as she had made him suffer.

"ERIC!" He could hear her screaming his name as he took off clearly she'd been expecting him to fight her not run from her. She'd hoped to delay him but as he reached the edge of the woods where the rest of the Dauntless where been held back amongst the tree's by Four who stood alone firing at them. Four stopped though and the Stiff took over, she was a shit shot and Eric knew it as he made a break from the tree's aiming for Four as he ran for the tracks making a last minute dive in front of the train.

With no line of sight, he couldn't guarantee he was hitting anything but that didn't stop him from shooting at the train running alongside empting all his available rounds at the train until it was gone too far ahead of him to catch.

Dresden dropped to her knees as Eric took off after Tris, Four and Caleb she'd seen the rage on his face before he'd got up and ran after them. She knew the he hated her, he would kill her when he found out and he would do so without remorse. So she just submitted to the Dauntless around her dropping her head she let them stand guard over her. There was only two of them she could have taken them down and made a run for it. But there was no point not anymore.

Hours felt like they passed by in reality it was properly no more than five ten minutes say stayed knelt in the dirt waiting for Eric to return and determine her fate. She wondered if he'd test her discover her secret and send her for whatever they wanted to Divergent's for. Or if he would just execute her there in the middle of the woods, she guessed at least there where worse places to go. She'd always likes the woods as a child she used to run away to them and climb the trees. Amity was the only fraction she'd scored low on, the only one she'd ever fully ruled out perhaps then it was irony that she would die there.

"Put her in one of the trucks, cuff her first." Eric snapped as he walked past, he didn't stop didn't even look at her just kept walking back to Amity. The two guards cuffed her wrists behind her back after pulling her to her feet and then pushed her forward forcing her to walk back to Amity.

Max, her cousin, was the next to step in front of her. Unlike Eric he had plenty to say storming over from his position to strike her across the face sending her to her knees. "You disgusting coward! Faking your own death running from your Faction you are a disgrace." He spat at her. His rage was obvious. Max had mourned her death, loved his cousin and now here she was in front of him flesh and blood insultingly alive and healthy. Max dragged her to her feet and pulled her over to the closest Dauntless with a scanner. Eric was watching she could feel his gaze from where he stood beside the truck as Max lifted the device to scan her.

"Divergent." Dres just let her eyes drift shut not wanting to see Eric's reaction as she swallowed. Accepting that no matter whether she survived Amity she would die soon, either executed for Divergence or she'd die in whatever testing Erudite was doing.

Max just scoffed pushing her towards the other Divergent to be taken for testing, "I am not sure if this is your lucky day or your unluckiest. Is what Jeanine is going to do to you really any easier than taking a step into the chasm where you belong?"

He didn't want to hear the result he wished he'd never heard it. He'd known from the second he looked up and saw her crouched in front of him he'd somehow known. And yet hearing it still cut deep it hurt places he'd not felt in his chest for over a year. Not wanting to hear anything more Eric climbed into the front of the truck and pulled out his tablet. The idea of killing Halston York gone, he just wanted out of Amity now.

Whilst there were aspects of today he wanted to change, not letting the Stiff's get away for one, they had manged to uncover six Divergents. Jeanine would surely be happy having so many new Divergent's to try and open her box with. Hopefully that would quell some of the anger he knew was coming when they had to tell her they'd lost Four and Tris Prior as well.

"You okay?" Max asked climbing into the driver's seat of the truck and pulling out of Amity. Eric just didn't answer talking about feelings wasn't the Dauntless or Erudite way so he'd never done it and he wasn't about to start to now. Instead he just stared out the window, trying to work out how she had done it how she had faked her death… Four had to have been in on it. He'd go as far as to add Tori Wu to that list as well she'd likely helped plan everything. She must have just run straight through the building using the explosion to make a break for it out of the back whilst everyone else was so focused on the flames and him. He must have played right into her plan distracting everyone in his desperation to get into the building to chase after her, to try and save her.

It was clever he would give them that, he even wondered who the body had really belonged to. The fire had made the only thing recognisable her wedding ring obviously something she'd chosen to leave behind. With him.

"Coulter, Eric!" Of course he was the first to go because no one his age could possibly have a surname beginning with A or B he grumbled as he climbed from his seat beside his parents and walked down to the stage to make his decision. It was easy he'd known for years where he would be going and began training accordingly. Taking the knife, he slit the palm of his hand and let his droplets of blood his as the fell of the hot coals the dauntless began cheering for his decision as he walked over to join them.

Dorne, Emma Amity born stayed in her faction was followed by Eaton, Tobias a stiff. Eric was sure the Stiff would remain just that a stiff it was rare they chose anything else. What was even rarer was the decision this stiff made as his blood hissed landing on the coals be he walked towards Eric and took the seat next to him.

Around seventy more 18 year olds made their choices fifteen of them so far joining dauntless of which four where girls and ten where dauntless born. The final name was called out, "York, Dresden." And a young woman climbed from her seat behind them. She was stunning small but perfectly proportioned her clothes left little to the imagination and her hair thick black waves hung wild and loose around her head. He'd seen her a few times before around the school but never known her name he shared no classes with her just a lunch break and then she was always with the other Dauntless kids doing what had then seemed like stupid reckless things but always looked great fun. Dresden York looked like some kind of warrior goddess moving with such calm certainty as she sliced her palm over the hot coals.

"Dresden York - she is one of the leader's daughter… they reckon she'll rank top 3 she's been training for this since birth." The closest dauntless born told him and the other transfers as she walked over and fist bumped and hugged her fellow dauntless born initiates. She took her seat and his former faction leader began his stupid speech about your factions been your family now. He wasn't paying attention he was too busy thinking about Dresden York he'd never seen a girl so beautiful before. He was a trouble maker in Erudite the day to day routine had bored him so he'd taken to corrupting as many of the girls around his age as he could, fucking them. The thrill of been caught was all the enjoyment he'd gotten from it rarely had he been physically attracted to the girls he'd fucked. But there was something about her, he wanted her because he liked the way she looked, the way she'd carried herself.

There were twenty-six dauntless recruits in total ten of them were transfers the rest where dauntless born five from Candour four from Erudite and the Stiff three of them where girls one from Erudite mush to his distain one he used to fuck. He really hoped she didn't expect anything from them as they took off out hall. Running through the Chicago streets following the Dauntless offered a freedom he'd craved as a child, clambering up the tracks he finally felt at home with no one screaming at him to get down, calm down and continue with his studies.

She was just ahead of him as the came to bridge she didn't hesitate like the transfers she just started the climb something she'd been used to since birth. He climbed the same support as she did climbing on to the platform beside her he was rewarded with a huge smile from her. "Nice work Erudite I see you'll fit in quickly." She smiled at him starting to jog backwards before turning to run along the tracks as the train came.

Dresden York was truly Dauntless that was the decision he came to twenty minutes after her met her as she stood on the lip above at least a thirty-foot drop and just fell backwards waving sarcastically at her fellow initiates as she fell. Moments later he heard a cheer from bellow, "First Jumper DRESDEN!"

The trucks were slowing and Dres knew that meant they were arriving at Erudite she was slumped on the floor of one of the trucks with the other Divergents. She was though thankful Cade wasn't amongst them. It had often been something she wondered if her been divergent meant her brother was also but apparently no. He was still in Amity living his life there he must really have belonged there because no one chose amity without either wanting to hide or because they really belonged there.

The bright white light reflecting from the modern rebuilt Erudite compound hurt her eyes as the doors to the back of the truck where swung open and Max stood there. Two other Dauntless she didn't recognise began pulling them from the truck as the first in Dresden was the last out. Instantly pushed to her knees in front of Jeanine Matthews. God she hated this woman more than anyone else in the world.

"Six… and who is this? Dresden Coulter" Jeanine was crouched in front of her now it was a funny position to the see the woman in her dress not designed for it nor her impractical heels helping her keep her balance. "I went to your funeral." She stated looked straight at Dresden who just kept staring blankly at her. "Clearly running didn't help."

"She was caught fleeing with the other Divergents and the Prior boy." Eric stated as he stepped from the shadow of the truck.

"Giving up your safety for your friends how Abnegation of you. Tell me just between us what where the real results of your aptitude test."

"Inconclusive."

"Oh come on did you test high for two, three, four, all of the factions please I am curious."

"And curious you will have to stay."

"Not for long… I liked you Dresden. I was sad when I received news of your death, I thought you were a great match for Eric. I am just sorry I was wrong. Take them to the cells."

A/N so a bit shorter than normal but Dres is now in the hands of her crazy mother in law. I wanna say thanks for the love people are showing this story and also ask if anyone would be willing to help me out and be a proof reader because re reading these chapters makes me cringe at the typos

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Emmy