Okay, so now that they are finally through the choosing ceremony and they are back at dauntless, the story will hopefully pick up a little bit. New friendships, relationships, parties… scandal. [And no. Not really inappropriate scandal. I know what you were thinking] Don't worry. I have a plan. –Lil:]

Chapter 4

I watch the rest of the initiates drop one by one, and as expected, the dauntless-born jump first. But, I didn't expect to see a ball of red and yellow fall into the net next. River sits up, pushing the chocolate colored, ringlet curls away from her overwhelmingly blue eyes. It is strange. Most transfers look utterly terrified after the first time they jump. River looks, well, exhilarated. She crawls down onto the platform right before the handsome erudite hits.

"Ninth jumper, Henry!" Everyone begins to cheer again, though at this point, most of the excitement has died down.

Henry. It's not a unique name, but it's a nice name. It's an erudite name.

The candor siblings jump next, followed by the other erudite.

"Alright!" My father yells. "I am four. This is six" he says pointing towards my mother.

Before he can continue, I hear the erudite boy, Brian, let out a derogatory sounding snicker. "Are those your real names?" He smirks.

Here we go.

My father moves right in his face. "Yes? Is there something wrong with that?"

If he wasn't my father, he would definitely scare me.

"No" Brian lowers his head as his voice cracks.

"Well I have to say, Brian" he spits his name out like venom. "I am used to candor smart-mouths, but now I have to hear it from the erudite too. The first lesson you will learn from me is to keep your mouth shut. Got that?"

Brian nods his head.

My mother said that someone is always stupid enough to question him about his name, and this is how he always responds.

"As I was saying, Six and I usually work as dauntless leaders, but for the next few weeks, we will be your instructors."

"If you follow us, we will show you to the pit" he says suddenly calmer.

My parents talk quietly to each other ahead. Huxley nudges me in the side with her elbow.

"Zeke bet my dad ten bucks that he would do that" she whispers.

I laugh under my breath.

We push through the doors of the pit. I saw it just before I left for the ceremony, but it feels different now. It feels new to me. All of the transfers gawk. I imagine if I came from a place like the erudite compound, it would amaze me too. Hell, it still does sometimes.

"This is the pit" my mother says plainly. "This is where all of the shops and restaurants in dauntless are located. There are no stairs. You will take the paths along the walls."

I see the candor girl in the back turn an awful shade of green. This is probably the worst place you can be with a fear of heights. I always thought that it was freeing in a way.

"You will learn to love it."

I really doubt that the candor girl will learn to love it.

My parents turn back around, and we follow them through a set of double-doors on the other side of the pit. When we walk in, I immediately regret being at the front of the group.

"This is the chasm!" My father yells. I can still barely hear him over the sound of water crashing roughly into the rocks.

"The chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy. A daredevil jump over this ledge will end your life. It has happened before and it will happen again. You've been warned."

We all file back into the pit and head up one of the paths, to the dining hall. The candor girl, as well as the annoying erudite boy, seems to cling to the wall as we walk.

I am surrounded by cheer and laughter. We walk through the line to get food then continue to our respected tables. The transfers fill in the gaps.

River smiles politely at Huxley and me. "May I sit with you?" I move, giving her space to sit down.

"Calah and Huxley, right?" I nod and Huxley throws out a hand.

"The one and only" We all smile. Henry and Brian sit down across from us, while the candor siblings sit at the table next to Huxley. Henry smiles at me, and I am sure that my face is bright red. But, his is too.

"Can you believe that four guy?" Brian grumbles grabbing the burger off of his tray.

Huxley and I exchange a look.

"What?" Brian growls.

Huxley is the one to answer him. "At dauntless, you don't question any higher-up, especially a leader or trainer. You probably shouldn't even talk to them. You fall in line. That's it."

He gives her some kind of a death glare and storms off to a table across the room with his tray. I probably shouldn't but I can't help it. I look at henry.

"Are you two… friends?" I ask him carefully.

He smiles. "Enemies, actually" henry reassures me. "I'm sure that you already know, but there are people at erudite who seek power above everything else. They will resort to anything to get what they want. Brian is one of those people." I nod knowingly. Eric comes to mind.

"We will be doing things differently this year" my father informs us. "Because there are only twelve of you all together, we have been permitted to separate you how we see fit. So, girls you may follow six. You will be on the right side of the hall. And boys will follow me to the left side of the hall."

Our group splits up unevenly. I follow my mother with the other girls as we head towards the dormitories. There are five girls, Quinn [the candor girl], Jorgi [a dauntless-born], River, Huxley, and me. There are seven boys.

I notice that there are ten beds. They must have been expecting a lot more transfer wise. Huxley and I flop down on two cots near the door.

"Both bathrooms are down the hallway. If you need anything, just ask" she says giving me one last look. "Lights out."