I do not own the Divergent Trilogy that would be Veronica Roth.
I know that my first chapter was in third person, but for the rest I think that I'm mostly going to stick to first person in different POV (mostly Lilyana's)
Lilyana POV
I walked side by side an older Abnegation woman named Natalie Prior as she gave me a tour of the Abnegation faction. The longer I stayed I could see myself living here, it was definitely better than Amity or Candor. At least in Abnegation they didn't try to give you random hugs or drug you with truth serum!
When we finished walking down a plain-but beautiful-pathway we approached a large warehouse. I looked at Natalie (she had told me to call her when I first called her 'Mrs. Prior') in curiosity.
She gave me an almost amused smile, "This is where we store our non-perishable items before we hand give them to the Factionless."
I stopped dead. Aunt Jeanine had always told me that the Abnegation had hoarded the food that was supposed to go to the Factionless. "What?" I almost squeaked out.
Before Natalie could say anything a man about Natalie's age approached the two of us, "You must be the Erudite student." I just nodded, still in shock over what I just learned. "I'm Andrew Prior."
I looked between the two, "Are you two related?"
They smiled, "Married," then Natalie continued with her explanation, "Yes Ana, this is where we store the food we give to the Factionless."
Andrew looked confused, until understanding reached his face, "Is Jeanine still telling people that we're hoarding food?" I nodded, but he just smiled. "Well, as you can see that is a lie."
My eyebrows furrowed, "Why would she lie to me though?"
He gave me a bitter smile, "Jeanine holds no love towards Abnegation since we hold the power."
I nod, that makes sense, "But you do because of your character traits, just like Erudite are the teachers and researchers due to their traits."
Andrew nodded, "Exactly, I'm glad you see it that way."
Looking over my shoulder I see my tutor, Doctor Marks, waiting at our car. I gave them both smiles, "It was really nice speaking to you both, but it seems that we're onto our last stop of the tour."
"Dauntless?" Natalie asked and I nod. "Have a good time and remember that at the Choosing Ceremony tomorrow it is your choice."
I can't help but stay rooted to the spot for a few moments as I stare at the back of Natalie Prior's head as she and her husband walk away. While I knew I was Divergent and that I had choices, it never really felt like that due to who my aunt was.
Finally I was broken out of my stupor and walked to the car. When Doctor Marks saw me, he got in, "What took you so long?"
"I was talking with Natalie and Andrew Prior." I reply innocently.
He gave me a sharp look, "You'd do well not to speak to them, they're two of the leaders of the Abnegation faction and responsible for hoarding our food."
All I did to answer that was look out the window and nod. I now knew that he was lying to me and started to wonder what else he and Aunt Jeanine were lying to me about. We were quiet on the drive to the Dauntless Compound which wasn't unusual for us. Doctor Marks thought it was good for the mind to contemplate in silence after learning something.
The car came to a stop to what I assume is the visitor's entrance and waited for Doctor Marks to get out of the car, but he when doesn't and says, "I'm afraid of heights." At my confused face, he says, "You'll understand once you're inside the compound. Just be back in two hours."
I'm led inside by a pierced and tattooed man who doesn't introduce himself but just says, "This is as far as I'm taking you." Then he pauses. "Try not to die, it would cause a lot of paper work and your aunt probably wouldn't appreciate it." With that he turned on his heel and walked away leaving me alone.
I don't know how long I stood there, but I was brought out of my thoughts when a girl about my age nearly ran into me, "Watch where you're going!" I was about to retort that she was the one who ran into me when she said, "Whoa! Look at this! Erudite in the house!" She raised an eyebrow. "What are you doing here?"
Figuring it was best not to show that I was intimidated of this girl, I stood up tall and said, "My aunt, Jeanine, said that I needed to get a first-hand account of what the factions were like before making my decision tomorrow."
"So she arranged a trip for you to view all the factions?" the girl said in amazement. "Man, I wish I could do that before my choosing tomorrow!"
I nodded, "Glad I did," pretending to wipe some sweat off my forehead. "Otherwise I might have chosen a faction that wanted to hug me and drug me 24/7!"
The girl laughed, "Amity and Candor?"
"Yeah, have you ever been there?" She shook her head. "Well if you ever do be prepared for random hugs and your drinks being drugged with truth serum."
The girl laughed and then said, "Well, I'll show you how superior Dauntless is to all the other factions and give you a tour."
I give the girl a wide smile.
As we walked around the compound I got this weird ache in my bones that I couldn't make any sense of, instead I just ignored it and focused on how beautiful and for lack of a better word awesome Dauntless Compound was.
What feels like minutes later I look down at my watch in the middle of the girl's (I still haven't gotten her name) rant on how her parents weren't letting her get a tattoo until initiation as they passed the Tattoo Parlour ("One of the hotspots of Dauntless.") when I saw that it was 5 minutes until I was to meet her tutor.
I interrupted her, "Yeah, sorry girl-who-bumped-into-me," the girl scrunched her nose at me. "I'm supposed to meet my tutor in less than 5 minutes at the visitor's entrance, would you mind helping me there?"
The girl gave a dramatic sigh and rolled her celery green eyes, "Fine, we weren't even at the best part of the tour yet!"
I gave her a sly smile, "Then I guess I'll just have to join Dauntless to see, won't I?"
She gave me a wide smile and pulled me along the narrow pathways. When we got to the entrance she waved and said, "Hope to see you here tomorrow!"
When I enter the car Doctor Marks is reading a science journal predictably by my aunt. She does have one of the highest IQ's in all of Erudite after all.
He put down the journal and said, "Ready to go?"
I just sighed and said, "Yes, let's go. I have a meeting with Aunt Jeanine that I have to get to." He nodded and went back to reading while I looked out the window to watch the city pass by.
When the car stops in front of my apartment building the only parting I get from Doctor Marks is, "See you after the Choosing Ceremony." He doesn't wait for me to reply, instead he slams the door shut and the car continues to his apartment building.
Aunt Jeanine said that after my 'field trip' she would be waiting for me to have afternoon tea and discuss my day in the different factions. Yesterday had been my last day as I'd dubbed myself the "guinea pig". I knew that Aunt Jeanine was upset about that no matter how hard she tried to hide it from me.
Instead of racing to the elevator to tell her about my day, I slowly walked up the stairs not eager to divulge my opinions on the other factions, but all too soon I was in our penthouse apartment.
Aunt Jeanine was looking over something on her tablet but put it down when I entered the room, "Ana, you're finally here. I thought you'd gotten lost."
I shook my head as I made my way to sit on the opposite side of coffee table, "No, I was just lost in my thoughts and thought it would be better to walk up the stairs than take the elevators." And that was why I could not be in Candor; I lie way too easily.
The elder woman nodded, "I'm sure Doctor Marks has told you that it is often needed to sort ones thoughts in silence," I nodded. "But now I want to ask you about your trip."
Sitting up straighter, I knew that was expected of me when I was asked a question such as this from Jeanine, "The Amity faction has very friendly people," I scrunched my forehead. "Maybe too friendly."
She put her tea cup down, "Ah, did you encounter one of the more friendly Amity citizens."
I nodded, "A stranger hugged me, while I may not be averse to affection with those close to me. I do not accept strangers hugging me!"
"What else?"
"It is very beautiful there and they seem to be hard workers in their orchards, but I could not see myself living there."
Aunt Jeanine nodded, "I could not see you living there either." She picked up her tea glass again. "What about Candor?"
I got a sour look on my face, "They tried to drug me with truth serum."
Her aunt's eyebrow's almost reached her hairline, "Really?" I nodded. "Usually they don't do that until the end of Initiation."
"They were just sprouting out the first thing that came to their minds," I said, then with urgency said. "My eyes don't look creepy, do they?"
She gave me a fond look, "No, they aren't, they are beautiful."
"You're not just saying that because you're my aunt?" Aunt Jeanine shook her head. "Alright, well next we went to Abnegation…"
Aunt Jeanine made a sour face, "Horrible as always?"
I paused, I wasn't about to tell her that I liked it there, "It was boring; everything was grey and exactly the same."
Her aunt nodded, "Just like I remember the last time I went. What about Dauntless?"
I took my time answering, "It was interesting, but maybe that was just because instead of some adult showing me around I had a teenager my age doing the tour."
To my curiosity, Aunt Jeanine gave me a sharp look, "It's probably just because the teenager gave you the tour. Dauntless is just filled with hooligans."
Nodding, "Probably."
We finished our tea in silence until Aunt Jeanine said, "Well, you better get some rest before the Choosing Ceremony tomorrow."
"What about dinner?" I asked.
She gave me a sad smile, I knew what was coming. "I'm sorry Ana, but since Erudite is hosting the Ceremony tomorrow, I have extra duties tonight. You'll have to fend for yourself."
I nodded, "Goodnight, Aunt Jeanine."
"Goodnight, Ana."
So I hope this was okay for a second chapter! Also please ignore how horrible my tenses are, you know past/present, I'm really bad at that.
