*Katherina's P.O.V.*
After an hour of riding the train, my back on the metal wall begins to hurt. Charlotte is sitting next to me, telling me about her old faction. I like her. She's nice and sarcastic and easy to be around. The Dauntless born are telling jokes in a loud voice, teasing each other. Everybody's having a great time on the train, until I see one of the girls from Candor, that Abnegation girl that nobody knows and that guy named Sasha from Amity snickering in my direction. Well looks like he left Amity for a good reason, he doesn't look friendly and loving and caring like they're supposed to. These three are gonna cause trouble, I can feel it. As soon as Charlotte is about to approach them, that guy with the sleeve of tattoos gets up and yells ''PLATFORM AHEAD!'' All the Initiates look around and see the roof of a tall building. The leader faces us, his back to the open train doors and says ''See you later.'' as he takes a step into the open. For a moment, I fear the worst, but as we all look, Dauntless born and transfer, we see he's safe on the roof. The next thing I know, three pairs of hands are pushing me out of the train and I'm airborne for an instant, until a goddamn thing called gravity comes pulling me to the rough concrete. I roll around and somehow manage with my momentum to roll myself neatly into a ball and land on my feet. The leader guy looks at me and says ''Pretty nice shit you got going there for you, Stiff.'' Right after my little forced stunt, Charlotte is next to me grinning and laughing and clapping her hands together. The Dauntless born are following and, seconds later, the last person to jump off the train is that Abnegation girl. She wobbles around and I see her knees are scraped and red. I smile, and turn to our leader. He says in a clear, loud voice ''Welcome! My names is Scott, and you can call me Scott.'' A few laughs follow and he grins widely. ''You have survived the train jumps, and for once, we won't have to scrape one of the transfers' guts off the tracks! Usually I get that duty, but not this year! So, the Dauntless compound is right down there.'' He points at a huge hole in a lower building. ''Have fun!'' That tough looking girl that laughed at me on the train is as pale as a ghost when she musters up the courage to ask ''Wait. What? You're asking us to jump into a dark hole? Do you want your Initiates to die? I didn't sign up for this.''
''You signed up for Dauntless. Whatever obstacle we challenge you with, you must overcome it. If you don't, the factionless compound is that way.'' He points close to the Abnegation sector. She's livid. If people are to start judging me because of the faction I was born into, they will stop this very instant. I take a deep breath, take off my gray hoodie and toss it to Sasha, that Amity boy. As I take a step towards the black hole, I hear cat calls from the other initiates. I'm revealing a part of me no one has ever seen before, a part where my clothing isn't twenty sizes too big. I take another step, and I tell myself they wouldn't kill off all their Initiates now, would they? That's illogical. That's just stupid. It's a waste of meat. One last step and then I'm running, and running, and jumping off. I'm airborne again, but this time it feels good. It feels great. It lasts few seconds and my thin body hits something hard and tightly woven. A net. It's a net. I'm laughing as a drop dead gorgeous boy lifts me off the net. He's tall, with a sleeve of tattoos, a lip piercing, a bit of red hair and sky blue eyes and… I've seen those eyes before. Where have I seen those eyes before? He looks so familiar… he looks so familiar… and suddenly a hard, cold realization hits me. He's the guy that saved me from the factionless man! I finally found him. I see recognition in his eyes and, with a sudden flash, the surprise in his eyes is gone. He looks at me with an emotion I can't quite distinguish and asks with his deep, gravelly voice ''What's your name? Think well, you won't get to choose again.'' A new name, a new place, a new person.
''Kate. My name is Kate.'' I muster out, the adrenaline leaving my body. He turns around and yells ''First jumper: Kate!'' The Dauntless behind him whoop and shout, their fists pumping the air. A few seconds later, I see another girl, blonde and think it's Charlotte, but I notice her hair is too blond and her clothes are too black and she's too tall. She gets off the net and tells my saver to get his hands away from her. He shrugs back and she tosses her long blonde hair and I think why the hell would she be so disrespectful? He's only trying to help her… the boy turns around and yells ''Second jumper: Lola'' I decide, from that instant, that I don't like her.
A couple of minutes pass and I see another blonde figure jumping off. This time, I'm sure it's Charlotte. She has blue clothes on and her hair is tied into a ponytail, like mine. I hear her shouts of glee as she experiences the same adrenaline rush as I did minutes earlier. She gets off; my savior yells her name and waits for the next jumper. She comes and joins me near the shadows, where I was standing. She looks all flustered as she breathily says ''Can we go again?'' I laugh. From the side, Lola watches us with a look of total disgust clearly written on her face.
*Lola's P.O.V.*
Wow. A Stiff jumped first? That's unheard of. No way am I letting a dork steal my place! I'm the best and no one else! Who the hell is this bitch to take my spotlight away from me? She doesn't belong here; none of the transfers do. Who the hell does she think she is? I better jump next before another one of those intruders takes my place. As I look into the dark hole, I feel Jake's hand squeeze mine. He's always been there for me. He'll always be there for me. He loves me. What the hell am I saying? He worships me, goddamnit. He better. I squeeze back, smile and slowly walk up to the ledge and stand on it. Jake softly whispers, so only I can hear it, that I'm the best they've got: the best anybody's got. The best he's got. I smile, and step off the ledge. My body hits a hard piece of fabric seconds only after I stepped off and Beau's hands try to get me off the net. God, that ass thinks he can still touch me after what he did to me? I shrug him off, and see the little Abnegation girl, half hidden in the shadows, has an angry expression on her face. To show her who's boss, I flip my hair in Will's face as I strut away from him and stay on the other side of the wall. Beau is quite hot. Hard biceps, lean, tall, muscular, with his hair that sticks up a bit. He was adorable when he decided to dye it red, four years ago. What am I saying? He's straight up sexy. What am I thinking? He isn't hot. Jake's hot. Jake, with his sandy blonde hair and green eyes. Jake, with his strong arms that lift me up as if I were weightless. Jake, my boyfriend. A few seconds later, that other stupid Erudite blonde hits the net with full force and Will helps her off.
''Can we go again?'' she asks. God, for an Erudite, she sounds so stupid! She has that stupid thrill seeker face on and goes and sees the other newbie, and they laugh together until the other Dauntless born and transfers all hit the net and get off. I don't like that first jumper. Kate, was it? I'll do my best for her to enjoy the factionless compound with a… clearer view.