A/N: First new chapter! Yay:) Enjoy! Please review if you can!

I am naturally a curious person. I think it's the Erudite in me. So I shouldn't find it strange that I wonder how other people interact with their families, especially in other factions. In Erudite, at least with my mother, meals are a quiet affair. On occasion she'll ask me about school and test me on random facts, but that is it. I know some Erudite families are the same: not very compassionate. Tonight is no different, even though tomorrow is the choosing ceremony. For once I welcome the awkward silence because I don't think I could handle discussing my day today. I took my aptitude test and let's just say it did not go over very well.

I welcomed the change of routine when I went to school on the day of my aptitude test, which is not a very Erudite thing. It was nice to see all of my fellow 16 year olds gather together, no one really having an advantage over one another.

I followed my fellow Erudites into our section where we'd be tested. I took my seat next to Jake Liston. Jake's an okay kid, a complete moron but kind nonetheless.

"Are you nervous Valerie?" He asks me timidly as we wait to be called.

"No," I answer somewhat-honestly. "It's not like we're gonna be tested tested. It's just about our personalities."

Jake just nods in response, apparently too nervous to carry on the conversation. It seems that mostly everyone is like that, too nervous to try to brag about how awesome they're gonna do. Which is a sure sign that even the Erudites are nervous because we do love to try to outshine everyone, especially each other.

"Liston, Matthews, and Mays."

I take a deep breath as I follow Jake and Mays to where we will be tested. This is my deciding moment. They say that we get to choose the faction, but we all know you have to go to where your aptitude tells you to go.

I follow the lady who called my name and she points to one of the closed off doors and leaves me. I take a moment to calm my nerves, but it passes too quickly when a kind voice calls my name.

"Hello Miss Matthews," she greets as I walk into the testing room. She has a kind voice along with a kind face. I could tell my her demeanor and clothing that she's Abnegation. "My name is Natalie, how are you today?"

"Fine." I say quickly. I'm too nervous to try to conversate with this Abnegation woman, I just need to get this over with.

"I take it you're Jeannine's daughter?" She asks politely, I just nod in response. I don't want to talk about my mother today, I just want to get my result.

"Well you will drink this and then your simulation will begin."

I take the shot and suddenly Natalie (my test giver) disappears. The room is empty and no one responds when I call out to them.

Then three objects appear, I don't really pay attention to what they are because then I hear my mother's voice and she says: "choose".

"Why?" I respond loudly. How would meat or a knife help me? It's not like I'll get to keep them when I get out of the simulation.

Before I could ponder why in the world I need to choose an item, they disappear and in their place a giant dog appears. It seems nice enough, until it attacks me.

This simulation may not be real, but it sure as hell feels like it. The dog tries to bite my head off, literally. It's scratching and biting everywhere it could reach. Whenever I fight or flight situation appears I always lean towards the flight side. But for some reason, I just can't get away from this rabid hound.

I start to fight back, I start hitting back, just trying to get this wretched dog off of me. It's fighting back even harder and I suddenly have the fear that I might die in this simulation. I punch the dog as hard as I can, fighting for my life. I somehow manage to get out from under the dog and it starts to bite my leg. I have no clue what to do, so I kick and yell and it suddenly disappears, and a puppy is in its place.

I reach out for the puppy and scratch it, it licks me and wags its tail. I start to feel guilty for beating it up earlier...but I justify my actions because it was in self-defense right?

Another scene is created around me. I am on some sort of bus or train. A man comes up to me and shows me a picture screaming: "Do you know him?" I realize for him to go away I have to lie. So I say "Yes".

He begins to say something else but I am suddenly back in the testing room. I look around at my surroundings and I see that everything is how it was, Natalie and all.

"How did I do?" I ask immediately. I have waited to long for this, so my patience is wearing thin.

She looks worried for a moment, but she eventually answers.

"Unfortunately your results were inconclusive."

"What?" I ask, confused out of my mind. Everyone has to get an answer. Everyone belongs somewhere, right?

"The test could not place you anywhere, you got more than one result." She says calmly. "That causes the test to result you with an inconclusive."

"But that's not possible! Everyone gets a result! It's how things go, you take the test, you get a result and then you go to the faction. It's how it goes."

"Not for everyone Miss Matthews," Natalie says in a serene tone, clearly trying to calm me down. "There are a few people who get multiple results, in your case you got Dauntless, Erudite and Amity. This just means that you are a little different. We call people like you Divergent."

I stay silent for a moment to take it all in...I always thought Divergents were a myth, something that our parents told us just to scare us into listening to them. I can't be one of them. I'm not so different from anyone else right?

"They're a myth," I say shakily. "They're just scary bedtime stories. I can't be one of them! I'm not bad, I'm just me! I'm not divergent!"

"Yes you are!" She says firmly. I wait in response, honestly having nothing to say back. I don't want to be divergent. I just want to be normal. "Don't waste any more time denying it, it won't do any good. Now being divergent is extremely dangerous. Choose your faction wisely. Erudite has been looking for ways to snuff out Divergents for a long time now. Blend in and don't draw attention to yourself. Remember, do NOT tell anyone about this."

The rest of the day went by in a haze. I hardly remember anything. All I could think about is how I am one of them. Natalie warned me about how Erudite wants to sniff out Divergents. I remember when my mother would warn me about them and how they will destroy our society.

It's just that now I am the thing she wants to destroy. But I'm not a danger to our society! I like the way things work, yes it is flawed but it still works. It's efficient, it makes sense.

"Valerie," my mother calls, pulling me out of my thoughts. "I hope your test went well today."

I wait for a moment, not too sure how to respond. I know Erudite has access to all results. Has she seen mine? Does she know it came up inconclusive? Natalie said to be inconspicuous, I cannot appear nervous. My mother is staring at me intensely, waiting for my answer.

"It was fine," I say carefully. I realize that is the best option. She looks curious for a moment, as if trying to analyze the result of an experiment.

"I know you will make the right choice Valerie. Remember, the beauty of our society is the ability to choose."

"I know," I respond as I pick at my dinner. I look around at our apartment. It's made of glass so we can see everything. Our apartment has the best view, you could even see the small outlines of Amity fields. I take a moment to admire my luxurious home. This may be the last night I spend here. I will miss it.

I then take a long look at my mother. If I choose differently, I know she will never forgive me. It would be a disgrace, especially after all those rumors she spread when the Abnegation's leader's left. She can be cold and distant, but I will still miss her, she is my mom after all."

"You know what I find strange," I begin. She looks back up with me and nods for me to continue. "How some daughters look exactly like their mothers while others do not. I mean look at Allie Harrison, she is a carbon copy of her mother, meanwhile her sister looks nothing like her, it's weird."

"Your curiosity has always been astounding," she says teasingly. I always bring up random curiosities like this during our time together. We try to find answers to this odd insights. It's our Erudite way of bonding. I need this last insight finding moment before I leave for the rest of my life.

"I think it's because we look nothing alike," I continue, as if this pointless observation does not actually mean anything more than a curiosity on the workings of genetics.

"You look more like your father, especially with that strawberry blonde hair of yours...you do have my blue eyes though."

"I suppose," I murmur thoughtfully. "Mom...what was dad like?"

"Well," she begins. She never likes talking about my father. He died when I was very little, and ever since then, it's like he never existed. "I know he would have wanted you to succeed here in Erudite."

That's her way of saying stay here. She thinks she knows I will prosper most in Erudite like she did. I know that assumption could not be more false. I have no idea where I will be going, but it certainly will not be here.