Finally! We're getting into the story! Welcome those who skipped the introduction chapters! Just again, this story is based off the girls from Extura Productions! user/ExturaProductions
Stefania's POV
I train my eyes on the floor and stand behind the dauntless borns in front of me. They are all taller than me, even when I'm on my toes. The last girl makes her choice - Amity - and its time to leave. The dauntless are first to exit. I look over my side one more time to see my family. My mothers eyes burn into mine with accusation, beside her my sister is trying to hold back a grin.
I glance at a girl who was erudite and now, she looks as pale and nervous as I do. I spent all my time considering my faction choice but never even thought what this would result in. A crowd of dauntless lead us downstairs and and all of a sudden we start to run. I hear whoops and shouts of laughter all around me and dozens of thundering feet: this is a wild act. "What the hell are we doing?" the erudite girl asks me. "No idea, I'm Stefania by the way." "Elin" she replies.
Outside the air is crisp and I sprint to the front of the dauntless crowd. I run beside one of the taller dauntless boys who calls himself Justin who tells me we're nearly there and I follow him all the way down the street and around the corner. Suddenly I hear the sound of the train horn. "Oh no" mumbles the erudite girl, Elin, who has caught up with me. "Are we supposed to jump it?" I ask. "Yes" she replies. The dauntless born initiates are used to doing this by now so in a second its just the transfers left.
I step forward with a few others to prepare to jump, Elin enters the carriage in front of me. I slam to a handle in front of me and finally a candor girl grabs me and pulls me in. Gasping, I thank her. "You all right?" she asks. She is average height and has long blonde hair, she is pretty. Suddenly, I place her face from somewhere else. "Do you remember me? I'm Steffina, you're Melly, I remember you from the day of testing" I say. "Oh yeah, we both joined dauntless I guess" we both laugh. "I think were on our way to dauntless headquarters" she explains. "Yeah" I watch her laugh without hearing her and I manage a smile. I tilt my head back and think about my mother. How is she doing? Is she angry? Disappointed?
"They're jumping off" I lift my head. My neck aches. The dauntless in front of us are jumping out and laughing. "We've got to jump, this is the kind of thing we signed up for idiots" an erudite boy says. "That makes perfect sense Luke" another erudite boy says sarcastically. I notice that both boys are twins. Before I can reply they have jumped.
I grab Melly's hand and I tell her "At the count of three we jump and scream dauntless" She counts "One, two, three!" "Dauntless!" we scream in unison. I release Melly's hand, we made it. She's laughing. I see the two erudite twins in the corner, one holds his elbow while the other stands proudly.
A man named max invites us over and shouts as loud as he can "I am Max, leader of dauntless! Several stories below us is the entrance to the compound and to enter you must jump. Now who's going to go first?!" "You mean you want us to jump off a ledge?!" asks a terrified erudite boy. "Yes, unless you don't have the guts." Everyone looks away from Max, nervously hoping they won't have to do it. I will do it, obviously there's something to catch us, its a scare tactic. I can tell Melly is thinking the same thing, she flashes me a grin and raises her hand "We will" she says.