"That was awesome!" Charlotte says "Maybe for you! That was terrifying" I replied still gasping for air. "Oh come on. If you want to be dauntless you have to get used to this" Charlotte says knowingly "Yeah Yeah I've still got time" I reply. She just rolls her eyes and we both start laughing. As I catch my breath the train slows down a little. "Why did it..." Before I can even finish people start jumping out of the train. "What are they doing?!" I scream in panic "Come on. This is our stop" Charlotte says smirking. I just stare at her wide eyed. "You mean. We? Now? What? Uh uh" "Rebecca, don't be such a baby. I'll jump with you" and before I could even object, she grabbed my arm and jumped. My legs hit the gravel and my knees shake violently making me fall strait on my chin. It hurts but I won't let my fear show. I need to be brave. I get up to see Charlotte doing her victory dance. I would join her if my knees weren't still shaking.
I just now notice that I am standing on the roof of the largest building I've ever seen. I look around me and all I see is black. Dauntless colours. Charlotte walks over to me and puts her arm around me. "That was quite the jump huh?" She asks even though I know it was nothing to her. "My knees hurt" I say pouting. And we both burst into laughter.
"Attention Initiates!" Someone screams. I automatically turn my head towards the sound. It's kind of an instinct now. Ever since I lived with Marcus, I always turn my voice to any noise I heard. Marcus would always demand attention and now whatever I hear gets my attention. "I am Max! I am one of the leaders of your new faction!" By now he has everyone's attention. "At the bottom of this building is where your new life begins. If you can't muster the will to jump off, you don't belong here. Our initiates have the privilege of going first". "They want us to jump off a building? After we just jumped off a moving train?" I whisper to Charlotte "I know eh? Don't give us a lot of time to rest do they?" She says a little loud and everyone turns to look at us. "Is there something you'd like to say to group?" Max says giving us a dirty look. I shake my head no but Charlotte just completely ignores him. "You! Stiff! I asked you a question" Max shouted to Charlotte. "Yes" she says innocently and I try to stifle my giggles but fail miserably. By now everyone is looking at us. Max walks up to Charlotte and pushes her with his finger "You better treat me with respect stiff. I am your knew leader and if you don't listen to my rules you'll be factionless" "No!" I yelled before I even knew what I was doing. "Excuse me? I don't take orders from a little stiff" I stand tall and say "I am ANYTHING but a stiff. Got it? Now move out of my way. I'm jumping" I pushed him aside and stood on the edge of the building. I looked back at Charlotte and see that she is smirking at Max. He has no idea what Charlotte is capable of. I turn back around so I'm looking directly downwards to where my new life will begin. Wind whips my clothes, making the fabric snap against my skin. The building I'm standing on is surrounded in other buildings creating a square. In the middle of the square is the hole that I have to jump through. I can't see the bottom, but I know that I will land safely at the bottom. I gather all the courage I have in me, and jump.
The wind surrounds me like a blanket as I drop into darkness. Something hit me, or I hit it. I don't know. All I can think about is breathing. I struggle to breathe again. The impact knocked the wind out of me. And then I notice it. A net. There is a net at the bottom of the hole. I get into a sitting position. I just jumped off a roof. I start to laugh as I jump off the net. "WHOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO" someone screams as they fall down the whole towards the net. Charlotte. "THAT WAS AWESOME! OMG CAN I DO THAT AGAIN?!" She's gonna fit in here. She stands up in the net and jumps off doing her victory dance as soon as she lands. I start to laugh and she comes to me and hugs me. "Your pretty crazy stiff" someone says from behind me. The voice sounds familiar. "Please, I'm anything BUT a stiff" Charlotte says quoting me. This brings on laughter from everyone. I turn around to find the source of the familiar voice and then I see him. My brother. Tobias. "What are your names" he asks. He knows my name. Oh I get it. New place, New name. "Becca" I say. "Char" Charlotte says. He nods in approval. My new life has officially begun.