SO I'M GOING TO UPDATE A LOT MORE (OR AT LEAST TRY TO) BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT EVERY DAY BECAUSE A) LIFE, AND B) I'M WRITING ANOTHER STORY AS WELL AS THIS ONE!

ROBERTS POV

Cassia slept over at Amity. She didn't want to be alone at night, which was understandable. I shivered at the thought of what she had told me.

She slept next to me on the floor with her mouth open and snoring, which I found sort of adorable.

Unfortunately, the insomnia she had during initiation wasn't getting any better. It was 2:00 am when I woke up to find her standing over Nick with a marker in her hand. I made her lie down and I stroked her hair until she finally slept.

xXx

I rubbed the sleep out of my as I heard Nick shout from the bathroom. The Cassia and Joy, who were sitting on the bed, snickered.

The angry Nick stormed out of the bathroom, his face red.

"OKAY, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO DREW THIS ON MY FACE!" he yelled. The 'this' was a unibrow, a mustache and a goatee all drawn in permanent marker.

Cassia burst out laughing, choking out, "Sorry, Nick," and then laughing again. I chuckled along with her and Joy.

Marco and Madi both looked up blearily, woken by the noise. When they saw Nick, they burst out laughing, which only made him angrier.

Nick glared at Cassia who was still laughing hysterically. She calmed down and cleared her throat.

"Okay, fine, I'll help you get it off," she said and let out one last laugh. The corners of Nicks mouth turned up a little before he turned around.

xXx

We walked to breakfast, Nick's face clean and got our food.

I saw heads turn towards the door, so I looked along with them.

I saw Johanna stride in and stand in the middle of the cafeteria.

She raised her hands and the room quieted.

"We have received a message from the city and I am calling an emergency meeting in the greenhouse. Please be there in an hour," she said.

News from the city? Something sparked in my chest. Were we going to help?

My friends eyes all flashed and gleamed, clearly having the same thought process as me.

I remembered that in the Amity manifesto, it said that we helped solve conflicts. Maybe we would do that now.

xXx

"I have received a message from the city," said Johanna after she quieted everyone down in the greenhouse, "And I would like to communicate it to you."

She twisted her hands together, like she was nervous.

"The Dauntless have allied with the factionless," she said. "They intend to attack Erudite in two days' time. Their battle will be waged not against the Erudite-Dauntless army but against Erudite innocents and the knowledge they have worked so hard to acquire."

She looked down and paused for a moment. She continued,"I know that we recognize no leader, so I have no right to address you as if that is what I am," she said. "But I am hoping that you will forgive me, just this once, for asking if we can reconsider our previous decision to remain uninvolved."

People around me murmured. I felt the spark in my chest become ten. They flitted around my heart and made it beat faster.

"Our relationship with Erudite notwithstanding, we know better than any faction how essential their role in this society is," she said. "They must be protected from needless slaughter, if not because they are human beings, then because we cannot survive without them. I propose that we enter the city as nonviolent, impartial peacekeepers in order to curb in whatever way possible the extreme violence that will undoubtedly occur. Please discuss this."

"Oh my goodness, this is really happening!" said Madi.

"Yeah, finally," said Nick, rolling his eyes.

Cassia walked over to an group of around ten people and we followed her.

"What do you think we should do?" she asked.

"Well, I don't think that its our fight," said a thirty-something year old man.

"Yes, but it's the right thing to do," said Cassia, her voice rising a little.

"Yeah," said Nick. We the rest of us nodded in agreement with Cassia.

"I don't think it's a very smart idea," said a girl who looked a bit older than us.

"Does it not bother you that people are going to die?" said Cassia, almost shouting.

"Yes, but we'll die if we go help!" said the girl, her voice lifting and her tone becoming hostile as well.

I heard other voices rise in the crowd.

"Yes, but if we do die, it will be for the good of others," I said, in a normal tone. I tapped my foot. I could feel tension crackling in the air.

"Die helping, my foot! You people are just kids! What do you know?" said an older man.

"We know the true values of Amity! That's what we know! Aren't we supposed to try and help solve conflicts?" said Nick, even though he came from Erudite. I would have laughed if the situation wasn't so tense.

Cassia and the girl she was arguing with were now glaring at each other with fire in their eyes, both voices fighting for dominance.

Nick looked like he was about to punch the older man in the face.

Madi, Joy and Marco all were arguing with their own people. Marcos fists were balled up, so were the fists of the boy he was debating. Joy was talking in a soft but hostile tone and Madi was talking loud and fast.

I wanted to slap some sense into the people who thought that we shouldn't be involved.

Amity was falling apart.

Johanna stepped up and stood, looking at the crowd nervously.

"Obviously it was difficult to find agreement," she said, after everyone had quieted down. Madi was still glaring daggers at the man she was arguing with. "But the majority of you wish to uphold our policy of uninvolvement."

Cowards. That's what this faction was. Cowards. I thought angrily.

"It is not my wish to encourage division in this community, which has given so much to me," said Johanna. "But my conscience forces me to go against this decision. Anyone else whose conscience drives them toward the city is welcome to come with me."

I swore that I could hear everyone collectively inhale. "I understand if this means I can't be a part of Amity anymore." She sniffs. "But please know that if I have to leave you, I leave you with love, rather than malice."

She bowed her head towards the crowd and walked towards the door. No one moved for a moment. Then my friends and I, along with a few other people, stood up and followed Johanna. I could feel peoples eyes burning into my back.

I saw in Johanna's group of followers, my friends, my initiation instructors, Summer and Winter, a few kids from initiation, some adults, a few kids as young as ten and some people as old as seventy. The group was small, but I knew that we had made the right decision. The sparks in my chest turned into a fire and spread through my body.

OHHHHH LONGISH! SO IN SCIENCE TODAY WE USED DRY ICE AND WE PUT THIS PIECE OF METAL ON IT AND IT MADE THIS GIANT NOISE AND IT WAS HILARIOUS AND AWESOME! REVIEWS PLEASE! STAY PIEFACEINGLY!