I own nothing related to Divergent. If you notice any irregularities on the story I want you to know that I'm semi aware of them. All mistakes are mine, that's it.

Dauntless Quarters

She could feel his piercing gaze on her but she ignored it until he blew up. His pudgy freckled face inches from hers.

"Monaaa! What did they say?" Ramona laughed at the way his blue eyes shone with excitement. "Tell me, tell me, tell me."

"Kit, leave your sister alone. She's probably exhausted from the test." Her mother, Freya, gave him a small nudge back to his seat.

Before she could thank her mother a strong hand patted her right on the back. Red Mason gave her a small smile and then ruffled his son's floppy brown hair.

Once they all sat down all eyes were on hers. Kit squirming in his seat for details. Her parents watched her, waiting for the results.

"Dauntless. I got Dauntless." Her father and brother shared a proud smile. Ramona looked at her mother, her eyes full of doubt.

They spent the rest of their meal entertained with Kit's stories of his pranks on some of the older boys. Ramona couldn't shake off the feeling of dread for the choosing ceremony.

Freya looked at both of her children and clapped her hands together. "Mona, Kit, off to bed you go. Tomorrow is a big day for us."

Ramona let Kit drag her along to their shared room. As soon as her head hit the pillow she was out like a light, all of her worries forgotten.

Freya and Red hadn't moved from their spots. All of the happiness gone from the room. Their faces gloomy.

"She's-" Freya didn't have the courage to finish the sentence. "Oh, Red, what are we gonna do?"

"We're not gonna do anything but support our daughter. She has to decide what to do. This is her life and she needs to take charge of it."

Freya's quiet sobs were the only sounds in the room. Their firstborn, their little girl was leaving, they could the pain in her usually lively brown and blue eyes. She was leaving home and there was nothing they could do to stop it.

"Freya, dear, we should go to bed. Ramona has a big day tomorrow and we need to be there for her."

Red and Freya couldn't find sleep that night.

The Hub

Big blue eyes took in the scenery with extreme fascination. Ramona had to push her small brother towards the rush of people.

"Kit you'll get your chance soon enough. Come on we have to look for mom and dad." They looked around the crowd of people making their way to their own seats searching for their parents.

Kit pointed towards the crowd. "There they are. They're with the blue lady." Ramona tried to pinpoint their location.

There. She recognized her father's dark brown hair and her mother's chocolate curls. They were talking to a woman in a blue dress stopping right at her knees.

"Who is that Mona?"

"Blue dress? She's from Erudite. I don't-" Water gray eyes met hers. Ramona gasped, a sharp pain to her chest. Her parents looked back and noticed Kit and Ramona, they waved them over.

Kit, of course, ran in a fit of excitement. "Mom! Dad!" He wrapped his small arms around his mother's waist as Ramona slowly made her way to them.

The woman in blue was questioning Kit about his interests when she got there. Red proudly put his arm around her shoulders.

"This is our daughter, Ramona." The woman raised a pristine blonde eyebrow, a small smirk playing at her lips.

"Ramona, it's a pleasure. I'm Jeanine Matthews, leader of Erudite." She held out her hand and Ramona stared at it for a few seconds before shaking it.

"The pleasure is all mine, Miss Matthews."

Jeanine gave her hand one last squeeze before letting go. "Well, the ceremony will begin in a few minutes. I'll let you find your seats."

Ramona watched her walk away with a strange fascination vaguely aware of Kit pulling her to their seats.

As soon as the ceremony started all she could do was watch Jeanine walk around explaining the importance of factions and all that rehearsed stuff. The only thing she could think of was the way her gray eyes captivated her the moment they made eye contact and how she radiated power.

Names were being called and as they neared to her section she felt little Kit's sweaty hands wrap around hers. His dimpled smile giving her confidence.

"Ramona Mason." Jeanine's voice called out.

She looked at her mom and dad with watery eyes. Red nodded and gave her a small smile.

Ramona got up on shaky legs and made her way down to the bowls. Her heart was the only thing she could hear.

The knife glinted in the light as she picked it up with shaky hands. She let it glide across her palm and as she reached her hand out to the bland gray stones she looked up into those damn watery gray eyes.

In a trance, her hand moved over and a fat drop of blood dropped into the bowl of clear water. Ramona's jaw dropped in disbelief.

"Erudite."

Ramona looked back at her parents and wished she hadn't, little Kit was trying to claw his way out of their father's embrace with tears streaming down his cherubic face. Her mother was trying her hardest to keep a neutral expression.

She blocked out the rest of the ceremony as a means to control her emotions. When she noticed that the last person had picked their faction she looked back at her parents. Kit looked at her with sad eyes and her heart broke.

Everyone started to make their way out of the building except for Erudite. A hand grasped Ramona's arm.

"I will admit I was rather surprised at your decision. For a second I thought you were gonna pick Abnegation, odd." Jeanine was testing her.

"Well I do love to surprise."

Jeanine looked at her carefully. "Your eyes, I must say, are very interesting."

Ramona frowned. "Heterochromia."

She raised a brow. "I'm surprised you know the cause."

"Not all Dauntless are brainless." Jeanine smirked, surprise flickered in her eyes for a split second.

"You're not Dauntless. You're Erudite. Now, shall we?"

Ramona looked around and noticed that most of the people had left the Hub. She nodded as she followed Jeanine out. The only thing she could think of was how she had managed to screw up her one chance at protecting her secret.

More to come.