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Writer's Notes: Welcome to Dauntless Beginnings! Enjoy!

Bella flexed her taped hands as she prepared to punch on the punching bag. Training had been running for a week now, and so far, Bella had figured out who were the weakest links and that included Tris, the Abnegation that Bella helped up on the train. She was being beat in all of her spars, and coming close to being concussed every day. She was prudish and timid, and she wondered how long she would last in Dauntless at this rate. At the end of four months, she didn't see Tris making it through to the second trial. Bella hit the bag with precision, the impact of her hands on the bag, rocking the punching bag with each hit. When she threw her kicks in there, it was clear that she had a lot of power and stamina.

"Training on an off day?" Lukas walked into the training room and dropped put his water bottle down and started taping his own hands.

"Et tu?" Bella said, without a glance.

Lukas smirked. "Well, yeah, but you know. I've gotta make sure I keep my top spot. Eric released the updated results. Top 12 are pretty much the same. It's the bottom ones that are flopping around everywhere."

"Well, when you start strong, it takes a while to move up the board." Bella said and stopped her kicks into the bag. "Want to get tats?"

"Is that even a question?" Lukas already had quite a few tattoos that showed up brilliantly on his body.

Bella hit the bag a few more times. "Well, I'll meet you there." She said and did a few cool down stretches while Lukas unloaded on the bag. His hits were hard and Bella had been one of the lucky few to get hit by one of those punches. Lukas still outmatched her right now, but she was confident she would get him on the mat and unconscious, before this round was over.

[The Bazaar]

The point of a free day was for the recruits to fuck up and drink too much and indulge in the life of the Dauntless Bazaar. Dauntless were different when it came to sexuality. Nudity wasn't abnormal, sex in the Bazaar was not abnormal. Orgies happened quite often, but Max, the faction leader, liked to keep it contained to the Bazaar. That wasn't because of his own preference, but the council had ruled on it since Abnegation were typical prudes.

Bella walked into the Bazaar, making her way to the bar first. Lukas was called away by Eric right before they headed to the bazaar together, so Bella was solo for the time being. "Yo, Emilio, vodka when you get a chance." She announced to the bartender, who had purple hair spiked up in every direction on his head, his dark amber eyes were smeared with dark charcoal and his pierced face looked like a pin cushion. He gave a nod to Bella, before he poured her a vodka that was infused with a neon green color to make the drinks look cool. She took it, and knocked it back expertly, before she leaned against the bar, waiting for another shot.

"Is this place always like this?" A voice sounded behind her.

Bella glanced over her shoulder at Jasper Whitlock. The Amity transfer. "Yeah, this is Dauntless. First time in the Bazar?" She asked.

Jasper nodded, smiling a little. His hair was long to his shoulders and was a mix of blonde and dark blonde. His eyes were a honey topaz color and were unique and beautiful, if Bella admitted. "Yeah, that obvious?" He asked. His voice was twinged with a slight accent that Bella recognized as being Amity.

"Well. This is Emilio, the best barkeep in Dauntless. Emilio, neon vodka for my friend here too." Bella said and Emilio smirked and leaned over the bar.

"For a price." Emilio said with a wiggle of his brow.

Bella smirked and kissed Emilio, their tongues tangling together in a deep kiss. When the kiss broke, Emilio leaned back and then poured two neon vodkas and pushed them onto the bar. "Thanks." She said and then handed one to Jasper.

Jasper took it, studying it a moment, before he knocked it back, his face distorting a little at the burn. "Well. That is…like fire."

Bella nodded. "Yeah, it's pretty strong. So, Jasper Whitlock, Amity transfer. What brings you to the Bazaar? Looking for adventure?"

"I'm not sure what I was looking for. The other transfers were hesitant on coming. I figured, what the hay, I'll give it a shot. We're Dauntless right?" Jasper said as he leaned against the bar.

Bella smirked a little. "Well, you are Dauntless."

Orgies were starting on the dance floor and that drew Jasper's attention. "Oh. Wow. That's different."

"Different?"

"Well, that certainly doesn't happen out on the farms, unless it's a pig pile." Jasper said.

Bella stifled a little laugh. "Alright cowboy, I think that'll be your new name. I don't form attachments to people. I have one person, that is Lukas. This is a competition, I don't make friends, and I don't pull my punches. I will use your weakness against you, and you will never be able to beat me…in anything."

"Oh? Well, Bella. I like a challenge." Jasper said, his eyes inviting. "So, do you participate in these wild orgies?"

Bella snorted. "All the time. Come on Cowboy. I'll show you how it's done." She said and pulled Jasper with her onto the dance floor and twisted against him in a seductive dance. Jasper's hands moved over her body as they danced, enjoying everything that Dauntless had to offer. Bella turned and pressed her body against him, her hands coming up to peel his shirt off, and he let her, just as she let him take her shirt off. They weren't only ones stripping on the dance floor. When his hands connected with her flesh, they felt hot, and she welcomed the heat. Her mouth pressed against his now, their tongues twisting together, a vie for dominance and Jasper was losing. Bella's hands moved lower, unfastening his dark pants, to release his hardened cock.

"Mmm. Bella." Jasper murmured against her lips.

Bella leaned back to look at him. "Virgin?"

"Sort of." Jasper admitted, a bit sheepish.

"Well this will be the experience of a lifetime." She said and dropped to her knees, and pulled his cock free. Jasper gasped as her mouth sucked over his hardness.

"Good God," Jasper said as his hand went to her hair, his fingers tangling in her long locks, pulling her hair out of the way while she sucked on him expertly.

Bella teased, her hands finding ways to surprise Jasper with different thrills. She cupped him, squeezing a little hard as she scraped her teeth just lightly over his cock and he groaned. When she stopped, he looked down at her, a little confused. "You ready?"

"For anything now." Jasper said and he watched as she stepped out of her pants and turned her ass against him. He watched as another girl came up, her blonde hair was shaved close to her head, but she was naked, and Bella welcomed her to the party, her mouth instantly going to pleasure the girl with her tongue. This was a new experience for Jasper since he had never even witnessed something like this. He lined his cock up at her entrance, sliding inside her and feeling how amazing she was as she clenched tightly around his cock. The other girl was moaning loudly now as Bella's tongue wound in circles over the girls clit. Jasper thrust inside Bella, gentle at first, which made Bella pause what she was doing.

"Hard Jasper, like you want to fuck me." Bella instructed.

Jasper thrust harder, jarring Bella a little and she moaned out as he struck the right spot inside her. He moaned too as he felt his cock get tight, filling up, ready to release. "Bella…"

"Cum on me." Bella broke away to say out loud.

Jasper nodded, thrusting a few more times before he pulled out and came on her ass. He brushed his hair back with one hand out of his face. The girl that Bella had been pleasuring dropped to her knees and climbed under Bella and started pleasuring Bella now. He blew out a breath before pulling his pants up and fastening them.

Bella moaned as she straightened, the girl working hard to get Bella to cum. When she did, the girl moaned and drank in Bella's orgasm. Bella smiled and then kissed the girl before she disappeared into the crowd. She turned to look at Jasper, who was still shirtless, but a little dazed. "Alright cowboy. Let's get cleaned up." She said and retrieved her clothes off the floor, and walked naked back towards the bar. "Emilio, towel!"

Emilio tossed Bella a towel and Bella caught it. She handed it to Jasper. "Do the honors." She said and turned around so Jasper could wipe her ass off.

"That was. Um…well."

"New and wild." Bella said for him. She looked up at Lukas he walked over to the bar. "You missed it. Cowboy busted his cherry." She said.

Lukas grabbed the beer that Emilio handed him when he walked up. "Oh? You were a virgin?" He asked Jasper.

"Well, a manner of speaking. I've fooled around with a couple people before, but sex isn't something that is encouraged until marriage over in Amity."

"Sounds boring." Bella said and Emilio gave her another neon vodka. She motioned for Jasper to help her put her clothes on and he stooped to help her get her pants back on. Emilio reached over and groped her. She raised a brow.

"You're about to put your clothes on and put them away." Emilio said and then gave Jasper another vodka.

Bella smiled. "Well, it's not like you can't see them later if you want."

"Hmm. I'm fucking Claire later, and then probably Tori, so schedule something tomorrow night if you're not too fucked from training." Emilio offered.

Bella nodded. "Sure, it's been a while for us." She said and knocked back another neon vodka before pulling her shirt on.

Lukas always found it harder to be around Bella when she was this promiscuous. He carried a torch for her. Despite growing up Dauntless and having sex with many others too, he fell in love with his best friend, and now thinking about sex with anyone else didn't seem right, and he would never make a pass at her. He had conflicting feelings about it anyways. He overheard his dad talking to Max before the choosing.

"I wish I was there more for Bella. I loved Renee so much…" Lucian Storm said somberly.

"Renee was something of a charmer. The only reason I didn't ship Bella off to Abnegation with other orphans was because she chose the hard life of growing up Dauntless. She's proven herself."

Lucian nodded, stroking his greying dark beard. "I'm worried about her mentally withstanding Dauntless. She's not…she doesn't have emotion Max. I know that's our job, show no emotion, but she…I just should have stepped up."

Lukas was sure that Bella was his sister somehow and his feelings for her, were creating a lot of confusion inside for him. "Tats?"

"Yes! Cowboy, want to join for tattoos?"

Jasper shrugged. "What the hay, let's do it." The alcohol was working on him faster than it was on Lukas and Bella, but that was because Bella had been drinking since she was fifteen, the legal age of drinking in Dauntless and so had Lukas.

The trio walked into Tori's and Tori smiled at Bella. "Well well, I was wondering when you would make your way over to me. Welcome to Dauntless new guy."

Jasper nodded. "Thanks." He said, really feeling the effects of alcohol now.

"What are we getting today?" Tori asked as Bella took her shirt off.

"I'm thinking spinal. Tribal. Pick your poison T." Bella said and lay on the table on her stomach, her back bare to everyone.

Lukas took his shirt off too. "I'm thinking a raven."

"Why a raven?" Bella asked as she looked over at Lukas.

"I don't know. Seems cool." Lukas responded and sat down.

Jasper wasn't sure what kind of tattoo he should get. "I don't know."

"Let Tori surprise you," Bella said. "You won't be disappointed." She said and Tori smiled as she set up the machine for Bella, so it would do her tattoo down her spine. Once Bella was prepped and the machine was positioned, she put the tattooing plates into the machine, and then she turned it on and the machine started tattooing Bella. She moved to Lukas then, and stenciled Lukas's raven, before laying him down on the table and positioning the second machine. She then turned to Jasper who looked like he potentially shouldn't have had a second neon vodka. "Alright. You are sexy and buff. Farm boy I assume. Let's do tribal. Right arm. Come on, sit." She said and Jasper sat down at Tori's insistence.

Bella went to the training room to take a few swings and kicks at the bag while Lukas got a very drunk and happy Jasper back to the sleeping quarters. She wasn't a lightweight when it came to alcohol, so she was still in a good space to get physical with her training. The light buzz she felt from the alcohol rimmed around her like a pleasant glow. Growing up Dauntless had it's advantages over the transfers, but that didn't mean she didn't need to train. There were some transfers that were decent for not being Dauntless. Of course every year, there were the Dauntless that should have transferred but didn't, afraid of change.

"Working hard." Eric's voice interrupted Bella's training, and she glanced over at him.

"Was that a question or observation?" Bella retorted and hit the bag some more.

"Both. It's late. We have training in four hours." Eric pointed out.

Bella stopped hitting the bag and turned her blue eyes on Eric. "I don't sleep well. Training helps."

Eric nodded and looked at the board. Bella was one of the strongest Dauntless recruits. She was born for this and the fact that she had committed to being Dauntless at a young age when she was orphaned, meant that she was serious about being the best. The only downside was that she was working hard to prove something she didn't need to prove. She was already the best. "I know that you've been training for this moment. To be Dauntless even though you were born here. The other transfers don't have the luxuries that you do."

"Luxuries? I don't think being orphaned at 12 was a luxury Eric. It was a handicap. If it wasn't for Lukas and Mr. Storm…I would have likely starved. So, cut the small talk. What do you want?"

"Straight to the point. Like always." Eric said with a hint of amusement. "I saw you in the bazaar tonight."

"It was a free night Eric, a lot of people go to the bazaar."

"Jasper Whitlock drank a lot. I'm telling you this because I need you to understand. Be a role model. Bazaar orgies are fun, don't get me wrong, but training should come first for you and your comrades. The training will get harder and just because you are Dauntless born, doesn't mean that it will be easy. Max is bringing out all the big guns this year, including a simulation room, courtesy of Erudite. You will be tested with simulations that will feel real."

Bella frowned. "When did that change?"

"Yesterday." Eric said and sighed. "I know you have studied every year, the choosing ceremony. How the program works, how the tests work. I know that you are incredibly stealthy, and as of right now, I'm the only one that knows that you know. It was smart. Scoping out the trials before you went through them yourself. But…the change is happening and I want you to be prepared."

"Why me?"

"Because you are the best. And I want to prove Max wrong about you." Eric said simply.

"What does Max think about me?

Eric was quiet a moment. He didn't know why he wanted to warn her so much. He didn't get attached to recruits. He could care less, but something was different about Bella. "He thinks that you're not mentally capable of withstanding the trials with Dauntless. He thinks that you should have transferred out when you could."

"Is he blind? Does it look like my name is in the red?"

"Physically you are strong Bella. He's saying you will break…mentally." Eric said and crossed his arms. "You need rest and you need to be at your best for top performance. I am not just a hardass instructor. I want the best for Dauntless and I think you are that. I don't want something stupid to take you out of the running. Do you understand?"

Bella felt angry inside that she was being doubted. "Understood." She said and looked back at the punching bag. She felt like this was just perposterous. She had trained her entire life for this moment. She was mentally sound. Why would Max think something like this? Why was Eric sharing this information with her. Wasn't the point to torture and build character in the recruits? Giving her this information was out of character for Eric. She looked back at him. "Can I ask you something?"

"What?"

"Do you think I will mentally break?"

Eric was quiet a moment. "I don't know. I don't know you that well."

"Bullshit."

"I'm still your instructor. Watch your tone."

"Fuck that." Bella shook her head and got closer to him, staring up at him and his steel-colored eyes. "You've already told me this much. Are you afraid to risk more?"

Eric studied her. "If you keep acting the way you are now, like you have a shoe in because you have been here your entire life…cocky. You will break. Clean up your act. Focus on what is important and stop getting the other recruits drunk and ruining their chances too. Jasper is a top performer. His game will be off tomorrow because he drank too much an fucked around."

Bella blinked a few times. "He's a grown man. He can decide what his limits are."

"You know that Amity doesn't drink. He has no tolerance to the shit he drank tonight at the bazaar and I know that fucking also wasn't on his list of priorities over in Amity."

"So that's the problem then. Isn't it? Sex and orgies. That's what you're mad about." Bella shook her head. "Fuck you Eric."

"I-"

"I get it. Message heard." Bella snapped out. "I'm going to shower." She said and she left Eric standing there before he could say or do anything to her.

Eric sighed and ran his hands over his face. He shouldn't care this much, but he did. His palm pilot beeped with a new message from Max.

[Max] Run the recruits through the gauntlet tomorrow. Injuries are expected to happen.

Eric sighed again. The gauntlet was too early at this stage, but Max was trying to train the recruits through Eric and he was starting to get pissed off about it. He didn't respond to Max and headed back to his room to shower and get some sleep before having to train the recruits in a few hours.