A/N: First things first, Imma apologize. There's no excuse for why I didn't update (except for going to Rye Playland, and Demarest Farm, and having Chinese Finals, which went by really well). After that, well, I just got really lazy... So, um, sorry?
On a far more important note... GRYFFINDOR WINS the House Cup with 33 points! Ravenclaw is second with 18 points, Slytherin is third, with 6 points, and Hufflepuff in the end with 3 points. (There were a lot of Gryffindors in the last chapter :D) And the cookies as promised... (::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::)(::) (Hope it's enough)
All those who got the trivia correct:
cowgirlatheart37, ntlpurpolia, ReadingBeaver, Guests (please leave your pen name next time), fanficforyou, kitzykat, Selectiongirl, Dani Arrowbane, Bestguesteva, Pottergirl3333, Heyyyyyy, MVdivergentfan, sheoforever, Jemmie, TrissyPoo, Booklover4610, softballaddict11 (lol "I cant look at blueberry muffins the same way), hugabunny12, Divergent124, Annabella862, ais116, Buddy339, KatrisAnnabethClaryHathacaster, Booknrd187, amycahill57
JESS: Thank you!
fanficforyou: Well, I'm sorry I had to keep you wondering about Max for so long :P, and thank you! Go Gryffindor!
ntlpurpolia: Thank you so much :)
Madi Mcswarek: Thank you! Max may/may not have something good to tell them... You'll have to wait and see!
Selectiongirl: OH MY GOSH YOU READ THE SELECTION BY KIERA CASS? (I'm totally fangirling-mostly reading the stories, especially the ones by AcademicGirl, and one by Genius With a Capital J) Maxerica Foreverr! !(I have this thing for making things appear twice. Two r's, and two exclamation points. Dunno why I had to point that out lol)
Awesome Epic Brilliant: I'm really, honestly sorry for not being able to help you with Intelligence and Bravery (I didn't even go on FanFiction this entire summer, only a couple times in July). I like the thing about Alice being Peter's sister though, was not fully expected. :) But the ending was um, okay I guess. It was a really good story, except for the end, where you kinda summed everything up in a sentence :/
Heyyyyyy: I've read part of Four (online though, since I can't get the copies). It's really great to see things through Four's perspective before he became an instructor and boyfriend. DID YOU JUST THREATEN TO STEAL MY COOKIES? (At least my Dauntless Cake is safe inside the fridge :P)
MVdivergentfan: GO HARRYYYY! (Thanks for reviewing :))
Sheoforever: Yea, um, sorry about that... If you write about Divergent, of c I will read it! Imma tell you that I'm a Senpai :). I tried bowling a few weeks ago for the first time ever (I wasn't bad at it, got a few strikes lol, but I can't make it to a bowling team/league or anything). You're so lucky you can compete. I'm missing out on the Karate Tournaments :'( . Wish you luck in upcoming competitions. I might do a sequel... Maybe yes, no, idk. OMG doing that would be awesomeeee (I might just MAYBE kinda sorta steal that falling in love with the bad boy thing lol JK)
Booklover4610: Nope, you cannot-they're sons of Hermes, they steal things, and no one can make them stop. Except maybe Chiron and Hermes. Gryffindor won! *high fiveeeee*
Annabella862: Pick a document, there's a bar-ish thing on top, with the icons/symbols for Bold, Italics, Underline, Align Left, Align Center, etc. There's a line-ish thing, and that's the page break line. Thanks for reviewing!
Jemmie: Romione is awesome-You can't spell HeRmiONie without spelling Ron! :P
This is taking up a lot of space (sorryyyyyy).
Disclaimer: Do I look like Veronica Roth to you?
(Tobias' POV)
I knew what this meeting was about. Of course I knew, I was an instructor before. Tris probably could guess what it was about, it does concern her after all-but it's been nearly a year since she had to be reminded of it.
When we arrive at Max's office, we knock and enter when a "Come in!" is yelled from inside, a little muffled. Sitting down on the chairs in front of the desk, Tris sits tensely, waiting to hear what Max wanted to say. She must know what he's going to be talking about then-she is smart and can draw conclusions quickly. Maybe that, maybe because it's a secret that could get her killed and it's always on her mind.
Forty-five minutes later, Tris and I are settled in our living room couch, quietly thinking our own thoughts. I can tell she's thinking about Stage Two, and how Max told us to tell him who was Divergent, or showed signs of Divergence. I know how worried I was when Max told me that last year-I was worried he might find out I was Divergent, but thanks to those years with Marcus, who I still refuse to call "father", I was able to hide all my emotions. Tris' soft voice snaps me out of my thoughts about Marcus and the beatings, "Tobias? What're you thinking about? You're scowling."
Oh. "Nothing. We better sleep soon, since we need to wake up at midnight and get the initiates out of bed for Capture the Flag. It'll be us against Eric, and there'll be some Dauntless members there too. We're allowed to invite our own friends, as the instructors, and I already invited Zeke, Will, Marlene, Shauna, and Lynn. And of course, Eric, as a leader, probably invited Peter and some of his own wacky friends." Tris doesn't seem happy when she realizes that she's going to be playing against some of Eric's friends, who, if I learned anything from my initiation, are almost as bad as Eric is.
(Alyssa's POV)
I can't sleep. It's nearly midnight, according to the clock that Snow, an Erudite, created out of next to nothing. But my mind is too cluttered to sleep.
It's just not fair! Snow is perhaps the smartest Erudite in a century and a wicked knife thrower, whereas I'm only a little better than average. Tesa has amazing talent with machines (how is she even a Candor?) and can shoot a gun really well. And they both probably have parents that don't abuse them. What did I do to deserve to have to spend my first 16 years with people (could they even be counted as people?) like Agatha and Xenos? To everyone else in the Amity world, my parents were simply marvelous! They got so much done, and every seed they sold and every crop they planted were always the best, and they were always the most kind to guests, preparing all kinds of vegetarian delights for them. In truth, I did those things. I did all the household work, I tended the home garden every day after school, I had to go the library every lunch period to read more about how to do this, how to do that, so when I tell my parents about them at home and they tell guests when they arrive, it seems like they have so much experience and everything, and I prepared the food for dinner parties and annual festivals. And if one little detail was wrong with what I did... I shuddered, thinking about what I had to endure for the past decade. No one else had to endure that. No one else's parents, Amity or not, beat their child or whipped them or turned them into- into-
A feminine laugh sounded outside the door, and along with it, a lower grumble coming from a man. The door opened slightly, slowly, the light pouring in from the open space, a sliver of the gray cement floor visible, everything else still in the darkness.
I heard someone whisper, "So we just have to wake them up and tell them to meet us at the train?"
The silhouette of the taller figure nodded.
Oh, now I understand. It's Six and Four (I still can't call her Tris, even though that's what Four called her when he proposed- it just feels weird calling my instructor by her name)
Suddenly, the light's flickered on, and I sat up, wide awake and alert. Six and Four looked surprised to see me awake and sitting up already, and I quite understood their surprise; everyone else was either still sleeping or in the process of waking up with the bright lights shining in their face. Well, there was only one light bulb, really, and it was over Hestia's bed.
Once I saw that everyone was mostly awake, Four said, "Meet us in the tracks, you have twenty minutes."
By this time, everyone have learned to not question any of our instructors.
I thought I heard Six murmur to Four, "Who do they get twenty minutes? I only got five!", to which he replied with something that sounded like, "Because I'm not Eric." I wondered who Eric was.
"Up, c'mon! Hurry up!" Six yelled in the commanding voice she used on my first day here. "I don't want to arrive late, and if I do, you will wish you never chose Dauntless!"
Four faintly smiled, and said, loudly enough for me to hear, "Wow, you're really anxious to win, aren't you?"
"Well, yea." They turned and ran out of my sight.
By this time, I was already dressed (I only needed to put on some suitable pants, since my shirt was only a little wrinkly), making me the first one dressed and ready.
(Tris' POV)
"Great, you're all here! Get into a line," I said. I really was excited. Eric hasn't shown his ugly face yet, so Tobias and I couldn't start choosing quite yet. Once the Dauntless Born had arrived with Christina and Uriah, along with Will, Zeke, Shauna, Marlene, and Lynn, they crowded around the boxes of paintballs and guns (they went out of line the second I told them to get their weapons).
Just as every initiate got their weapon, Eric and his friends came running out the exit and onto the platform. They pushed and shoved their way through the initiates to get their weapons, yelling loudly about how they were ready to win.
As if, I thought to myself.
"Now that you've finally shown up, Eric, let's start picking the teams before the train comes," I said.
"I wasn't late, Stiff, so shut your mouth," Eric sneered at me.
"At least I came in first, unlike someone," I fired back. Eric's sneer vanished. Ha.
"Let's just start choosing," he grumbled, "Transfers first."
"Alyssa," I said immediately. She looked surprised to be chosen first, and I raised an eyebrow at her. She shrugged.
Eric then chose Michael, probably because he looked the most bulky. I inwardly sighed, seeing that Eric still chooses size over skill and speed.
"Snow," Tobias calls out. Of course. She was a pretty good knife thrower, good aim. But why didn't he pick Tesa? She was better at shooting guns, as shown this morning.
"Justin," Eric calls.
"Tesa." Ah, there you go. Aly and Snow seem happy to be with their friend.
In a few minutes, we have established the following teams:
My and Tobias' Team - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Eric's Team
Transfers:
Alyssa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Jose
Snow - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justin
Tesa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Michael
Clement - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hestia
Dauntless-Born:
Ivy (Girl-Short, black hair, pixie cut, striking blue eyes)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Zane (Guy-Buff with strong jaw, dark haired)
Skye (Guy-Tall, blonde, strong but swift)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Blade (Guy-Sinister look to eyes, thin mouth and pale white complexion)
Jess (Girl-Brown hair, almond shaped eyes, small figure)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Scarlett (Dark hair with red tips, too much makeup, eyeing Eric currently)
Roxy (Girl- Blond hair, blue eyes, wearing black lipstick)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Xavier (Dark complexion, large black-ish eyes, way to many piercings"
Dauntless Members:
Christina- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Peter
Uriah- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Max (I did not know that Max was going to play!)
Zeke- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Harrison (So this is the other Dauntless leader...)
Will- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Zara (Brown hair, wearing a black dress with jacket-doesn't she know her outfit will be ruined in a matter of minutes?)
Lynn- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Nyx (So this is Eric's girlfriend... Black haired, silver highlights, wearing tight jeans and aviator jacket with black lipstick)
Shauna- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jane (Smooth darker than midnight hair tied back, blood red lips, red contacts in eyes)
Marlene- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Jade (fraternal twins with Jane, just as evil: Pale white hair left down, blue contacts on, black lipstick)
Eric chooses too many buff guys and seductive girls on his team. Other than that, all I know is that I was ready to win this.
A/N: Rather than Houses, let's do factions! It makes so much more sense. (I am so blind).
I'm going to change the Trivia question to Question of the Chapter so that I can ask a wider range of questions, okay?
Question of the Chapter:
Who do you think is going to get the flag?
I will update before Halloween. (I don't even celebrate it, but that's irrelevant).
Review, and remember to tell the name of your faction!
~myperfectionismyimperfection