second chapter! Check out the YouTube channel of the girls that this is based on user/ExturaProductions I am very excited to show you all the second character, Melly from the faction of Candor, she already made a very brief appearance in the first chapter. All five main characters will have their own introduction character before they begin at their new faction.
I watch my brother carefully, ready for his next point in our argument. For the thousandth time we are arguing over the idea of me switching factions. "What if you get lonely? Then what will happen?" "Drop it now, James" I reply angrily. "No, mom says not to filter my thoughts, it's bad to leave them unsaid." He says joyfully. I feel anger to his sudden pride. "Yeah well I'm telling you to SHUT UP!" The next voice comes from the other room "How dare you!" I hear her stomp into the room, my mother. "I will not have people breaking our factions rules in my house!" Nobody talks as we walk to the kitchen, we eat our breakfast in silence until she finally speaks, "Today is the day" she says.
Today is the day indeed, the day of the aptitude tests "The result doesn't have to change your choices" she says. "Yep" I reply, I will not stay here, I cannot live an honest life. "You can always learn how to live honestly" my brother points out. My brother will be OK without me, I am confident he will grow old as a member of candor. Not only does he act like my mother but he looks like her too, with her dark hair and brown eyes, his skin is more like what my fathers was, which was tanned.
I feel a pain in my stomach, if my father were alive today, would he agree with my choices? We take the car to school and as we drive, the gaps between buildings narrow and soon we are at the heart of the city. I ache to see my friends Andromache and Laura. I know this morning I do not see a clear path to the faction I will join, but I am sure of one thing, the torment will be over tomorrow. I walk towards the cafeteria where the aptitude tests will be held. My mother stares at me with her eyes knitted, I think she feels resentment but she won't bottle her thoughts, she'll wait until I leave and tell them all to my brother. "Good luck" my brother nods. "Thank you" I smile.
Among the rest of my faction I try to hide our differences. For example I enjoy in debating like most other candor members so I always try and embrace the fact. Just before I can enter an erudite girl barges into me and I trip over into a wall but I am not hurt "Sorry!" she says, red with embarrassment. "Watch where you're going" I say sternly. I look for my friends and realize they haven't made it here yet. I sit next to an amity girl who appears to be sitting alone.
"I'm Melly" I tell her. "Stefania" she replies. Suddenly I gaze at the other amity girls in red and yellow, much different to our factions black and white, sitting on the floor, playing some sort of hand slap game. "I'm not like them" she says plainly. I think of my own faction, maybe we are not so different. "I'm leaving my own faction too, but I try to make friends among us". She stops to consider this "where will you go?" she asks. "To another faction" I reply proudly. "My mother accepted it long ago" well, its partly true anyways. Before she can reply, my name is called in the next group. Suddenly I feel my heart racing. Secretly I've been worried for weeks what the test will tell me abnegation, erudite, candor, amity or dauntless?
Over half the administrators are of abnegation origin. I walk in silence to room 6, I leave with another candor, two abnegation, two dauntless, two amity and two erudite. The woman introduces herself as Susan, like every other abnegation, she has tired skin and hair tied up, her robes extend as far as her ankles. "I'm going to have to ask you to drink this" she says. I look at the clear liquid "what does it do?" I ask. "Something only a candor would ask." she smiles. "Come on, drink up" I press air from my lungs and tip the contents of the vial into my mouth.
An instant has passed, I stand in the cafeteria again but this time with no chairs or tables or in fact people. Behind me I hear a woman's voice "choose". On the table in front of me are two baskets, one contains a hunk of cheese, the other contains a knife the length of my forearm. Without thinking, I grab the knife. The baskets disappear and I hear a door open behind me. I see a large dog with its lips peeling back so I can see its sharp fangs, it growls at me. The next moment he is silent and then he lunges at me. I kick it straight in the throat and it falls back but gets back up again within a second. I know what I must do, I stab him in the back.
I close my eyes and when they open again I find I am standing on a bus. Sitting near me is a scar faced man reading the newspaper, he grabs it so fiercley, it appears he wants to crumple it. Suddenly he sits up and turns the newspaper in my direction. "Do you know this man?" he asks pointing at the picture on the headline. I feel like I do, but I know if I tell him something bad will happen to me. I clutch the pole to suppress myself but eventually I give in "Yes." A feeling of guilt burns inside me and he smiles "No! I'm lying, I don't know, sorry."
I wake to sweaty palms and a pang of guilt in my chest. Did I fail the aptitude test? When I tilt my head back I see Susan behind me "Did I just see you lie to the man?" she says astonished. "Yes, did I fail?" She laughs "No, but I'm afraid you didn't get your faction of origin. I was left with two factions." "Two?" My throat is so tight I can't talk, so I stare at her. Due to the fact your bravery shun out above all, you're dauntless.
Today, I decide to take the bus to process everything without the presence of my family. My mother is shocked that I'm home so early. "How'd it go?" she asks. "Well mom, as you know, its against the rules to tell you that, but for now I'd like to catch up on sleep I lost last night." My mother nods. "Wake me for dinner?" I smile. Our dinner contains lots of chatter, its times like this I feel guilty for wanting to leave my family so badly. Finally my mother speaks about what's been on my mind "Melly, whatever happens tomorrow, we still love you and I want you to remember that." I go to bed feeling guilty out of my mind.
In the morning we arrive to the choosing ceremony late, the lift is full so we run upstairs. I stare at my mother as we run, she is wearing her best clothes today and so is my brother. The erudite representative gives a long speech and when she is done the room breaks into deafening applause.
One by one each sixteen year old chooses, there have been very few transfers and I begin to feel nervous, next the girl Stefania from amity is called and she makes her way onto the stage, where will she go? Surely not candor? Her blood pours into the coals, dauntless.
Next I hear a familiar name "Melly Eriksson" suddenly I realize that's my name and I make my way up on stage. The erudite representative hands me the knife and I drag the knife down the side of my hand. I don't know how, but my choice doesn't feel forced. I stare at the My blood drips into the coals. I have chosen dauntless. The candor look angry, bit there is nothing they can do, as I make my way to my new faction, I watch the girl from erudite that barged into me earlier, who I learn is called Elin Ramette, make her way onto the stage.