Divergence is Dangerous || Currently Being Edited

After the choosing ceremony we run out of the building. Wind going through my hair. Free. After a moment or so. I come to a halt. They're climbing the bridge. I look to the columns on the sides are notches. Like the rungs on a ladder I climb the notches supporting my weight. My heart is pounding. I feel as if I am filled with adrenaline. Electricity coursing through my veins. Some Dauntless-born step on the tracks. But then the sound of a train appears. And people running out of the way. The train speeds right past me. People start jumping on the steps and opening the doors. This train must lead to Dauntless headquarters. I start running passing some openings then I plunge into the train flat on my stomach. A hand appears in front of me. I take it.

"Name's Uriah," says a Dauntless man. "Hi," I mumble. The air still out of me. Then he walks to the rest of the transfers and Dauntless born. "Get ready!" yells a Dauntless women over the wind. I pear out the window and see people jumping out onto a roof of a building. I have to jump. I run and leap onto the rock covered building top. I stumble a few steps forward before regaining my balance. "Hello initiates..." says a man with piercings and tattoos. "My name is Eric I am your instructor and in order to get to Dauntless you must jump," he explains. Jump. If they want us to arrive at our destination. Then it won't kill us. "Well someone has to go first. Who's it gonna be?" He asks. The pool of initiates stays silent. "I'll go first," I say. Eyes on me again. Similar to the choosing ceremony and at school. I walk forward and take my robe off. I step on the ledge and I tip myself over. As I emerge in the air I feel free like a caged bird being set free. I hit the net. Hard. I laugh. I stay there for a moment gazing at sky. But someone tips the net over. I pear over the net. And see a Dauntless man with short hair and a tip of a tattoo on the back of his neck. "What you'd get pushed?" He asks with hostility. "No I chose to," I reply. He nods. Then he prompts me on the ground. "What's your name?" He asks. "Um..." I trail off. I can become someone new. Someone completely different. "Carter. My name's Carter." I finish. He nods. "First jumper---Carter!" He shouts throughout the compound. Followed by a group of cheers and fists pumping in the air. I soon feel a burst of empowerment. I am no longer Caty. I am now Carter. Dauntless.