A/N: Hello! This is the updated version of the first chapter...well prologue really! So read it, it'll be really different than the old version of this, well a little bit. But for those of you who are new and just coming across my lovely story, this is an Eric/OC fanfic which will be AU. The whole Purity War will be included, but in a different way. Insurgent and Allegiant will be referenced, but it won't be like those books...if that makes any sense! SO enjoy:)

Before the world went to hell and society was more than just our little civilization, some woman named Eleanor Roosevelt said, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

I think that's a load of bull. Honestly, clearly Mrs. Roosevelt has never been chased around an entire school just to avoid the abnormally large Dauntless kids who think it's funny to shove you in lockers and garbage cans because you're short enough to fit in them. Then they only let you out when you give them the answer to the homework or upcoming exam. I refuse every time, I mean how will they learn if I give them all the answers? They won't, so I'm really doing them a favor. I usually spend most of my days like this, running for my life to get away from these awful people. I've gotten quite fast actually.

But enough of my rambling, this moment is where my journey begins. Today is the last day anyone will find me running away from anything. Today will be the last day a teacher will look at me with disdain if I only get a 98 on my test. Why is today the last day of my monotonous Erudite life? Because tomorrow is the day I take my aptitude test. You see, tomorrow I will take a test that decides my future as a functioning member of society. I will join a faction and hopefully thrive there without the influence of my mother hovering over me.

I cannot wait until the time comes where I can make my own path...make a name for myself. I don't know where I will be going after this, and frankly I don't care; I just need to be out of Erudite.

My name is Valerie Matthews and this is my story.