Violet POV
I walk over to the Dauntless-born initiatives and stand behind them while I wait for the rest of the people to choose. Beside me is a girl from Abnegation. She is short and looks very weak. I know she won't last long. Next is Peter, he also chooses Dauntless. I grin at him as he walks over and stands beside me. Drew and Molly also choose Dauntless.
The last girl makes her choice and then we are off. I can't help myself and look back at Vincent. He has no emotion on his face. Serves him right that we are leaving after all he has done to us. When we are out of the room and on the stairs, everyone starts running. I hear laughing and yelling.
"What the hell is going on?" Someone yells. I ignore it and keep running. The Dauntless burst out the door and run across the streets. In the distance I hear a train horn blare and I know that we have to jump. The initiatives spread out in a line and the train slows down, but just a little. The Dauntless pile into the open train cars in groups. I run, grab the handle of the door and pull myself into the car. Seconds later, Peter, Molly and Drew land beside me. Peter and I are tall so it is easier to pull ourselves in than some of the other initiatives.
The Stiff is clinging onto the handle of the door, and for a second it seems like she isn't going to make it, but then Christina pulls her in. Another boy is not so lucky; he is kneeling on the ground as we speed away into the distance. He is factionless now. I turn back to Peter.
"Peter, can I talk to you for a second?" I ask him. He nods his head and I pull him over to the side so no one can hear. "I just wanted to say thanks about yesterday. You didn't have to do that."
"Yes, I did. You're my little sister. I can't stand to see you hurt."
"I'm only like, five minutes younger than you," I point out, pulling him into a hug. When we break apart, we walk back over to Molly and Drew. Molly was just about to ask something, when a strong wind current blows through the train car knocking all the initiatives off their feet. The only ones who didn't fall are Christina and the Stiff, who where sitting on the floor. Christina is laughing and the other girl just smiles. I stand up and glare at them. Peter, Molly and Drew stand up as well and come up beside me.
"Shut up, Christina," Peter glares at her, then he turns to the Abnegation girl, "you too Stiff." I can tell the girl doesn't enjoy this nickname. For the rest of the train ride, Molly, Peter and Drew talk about random nonsense while I enjoy the view from the train.
"They're jumping off!" I lift my head and stand up. The boy, Al from Candor, was right. The train has slowed down and I see the Dauntless jump onto a roof platform.
"We have to jump off too then," Molly says.
"Great," Peter replies, "because that makes perfect sense, Molly. Leap off a train onto a roof."
"This is kind of what we signed up for Peter," I tell him. He just ignores me and rolls his eyes. The roof is seven stories below us, with a gap between the building and the tracks. Peter jumps, and I don't think, just jump before I can change my mind. I land with a thud as my feet make contact with the gravel on the roof. A few moments later, Molly and Drew land behind us.
I hear a wail and whip my head to the side to find the source of the noise. A girl is standing by the edge of the roof and is looking down. Two people did not make the jump. One boy, the Amity boy, never left the train, and the other one did not make the jump to the roof.
"Ooh, Scandalous! A Stiff's flashing some skin!" I hear Peter joke. He is pointing at the Stiff who pulled up her sleeve to reveal a small scratch on her elbow. I chuckle and then turn to Molly and Drew. They also landed fine, but Molly is holding her ankle with a look of pain crossing her face.
"Listen up! My name is Max! I am one of the leaders of your new faction!" A man on the opposite side of the roof shouts. He is standing on a ledge. "Several stories below us is the members' entrance to our compound. If you can't muster the will to jump off, you don't belong here. Our initiates have the privilege of going first."
"You want us to jump of a ledge?" an Erudite girl asks, her mouth hanging wide open.
"Yes,"
"Is there water at the bottom or something?"
"Who knows?" He raises and eyebrow at the girl.
The crowd of Dauntless in front of the initiatives spread apart, making a path towards the ledge. No one is eager to jump and I can see the fear in most people's eyes. Peter is picking at his cuticles trying to act casual, but in my eyes, he is failing miserably.
The Stiff starts to walk towards the ledge. I snicker, and realize I am not the only one who thinks that she will back down. She unhooks her jacket, balls it up and throws at Peter. It hits him in the chest. I hear a few catcalls that I know are from the Dauntless, but I notice one transfer, I remember his name as Will, does it too. I glare at him and he instantly stops. He knows me from school and knows that I can break his nose in a matter of seconds. The Stiff still stands on the ledge looking down.
"Told you she couldn't do it, Max!" Peter yells. Right after he yells that, she jumps. Christina walks up to the ledge now. She jumps as well and I hear screaming. I decide I should go next. Walking up to the ledge, I glare at Will again. I step up onto the ledge and look down. There is a hole in the cement between three other buildings. I can't see the bottom. I do the same thing I did on the train. I don't think, just jump. If I want to be Dauntless, I have to do this.
The air howls in my ears as I plunge into the darkness. I hit something hard. Sitting up, I realize that I hit a net. Several hands reach out towards me, and I grab the nearest one to my right. I pull myself onto solid ground again. I look at the person that helped me. She is taller than me and has brown hair. She also has three silver rings through her eyebrow.
"Name?" She asks.
"Violet." I reply.
"Third jumper —Violet."
The Dauntless crowd in the darkness cheer and yell. I see Christina and the Stiff to the left of me, so I go to the right. Once my eyes have adjusted to the darkness, I realize we are on a platform a few feet of the ground in an open cavern. Another person hits the net. He wears a black suit —Peter. Drew follows after him, and Molly jumps last.
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