Divergent

Chapter 4

They all stood together after everybody had jumped and waited for someone to come over.

"Dauntless-born, go with Lauren, transfers stay with me and Theodore. Go." The guy said and all the dauntless born walked away.

"This way." Karen led them away.

"Most of the time I work in Intelligence, but during your training I'll be your instructor. My names four. This is Theodore." The guy told them

"Four like the number?" Cristina asked

"Exactly like the number." Four told her.

"What happened, one through three were taken?" Cristina asked as Four smiled a little then looked down.

What's your name?"

"Cristina." She told him and he nodded his head getting close to her.

"Well, Cristina. The first lesson you learn from me if you wanna survive here, is keep your mouth shut. Do you understand me?" Four asked her

"Yes." Cristina said softly

"Good." He said then started walking away.

"Follow me." He told them and him and Theodore walked ahead of everyone else.

They walked down stairs in a room that had red lights into hallways. They walked down one long hallway and came to the edge and there was a giant room below them. It was filled with people doing random things, all talking."

"This is The Pit. The center of life here at Dauntless." Theodore told them as Belle noticed people playing rock, passer, scissors and across the room from them some where fighting.

They turned and walked down some more long hallways until they reached a room full of beds.

"You're gonna be sleeping here for the next 10 weeks." Four told them as they walked to the back where there was sinks.

"Girls or boys?" A big guy asked

"Both."  Four told them and some chuckled.

"If you like this, you're gonna love the bathroom." Theodore told them as they walked farther and farther into the room until they stopped in front of bath tubs that had toilets by it.

"You should feel right at home, Candor. Everything out in the open." Four told Cristina then walked away.

"Get changed." Theodore told them following after him.

They went and picked out beds and then changed outfits. Tris put her pants on when someone spoke up.

"Nice legs, stiff." Peter spoke.

"Shut the hell up Peter." Belle told him and he glared at her but shut up.

After getting changed they threw all their clothes from their past faction into a fire. They went to cafeteria and as they looked around they saw everyone staring at them. They went to sit next to someone random but another person took the seats and the only open spots where next to four and Theodore.

They watched as everyone grabbed a piece of the meat that was sat in the center of the table. Belle grabbed one and stared at for a moment.

"Have you guys never seen a hamburger before?" Cristina asked them.

"No. I've seen one. I just have never eaten one." Tris told her and Belle nodded her head.

"Abnegation eat plain food. Plant/ based diet with no sauces and a minimum of seasoning." The guy across from them who they would come to know as Will, said.

"Which textbook did you swallow?" Cristina asked him making the big guy laugh.

"Nice to meet you, too. I'm Will. Erudite." Will told her with a smile.

"Of course you are. No offense, but I'm surprised Abnegation even eats at all. Too selfish, right? No wonder you guys left?"

"You got the pretty self-confident to be friends with a Candor."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"You have no filter. You say the first thing that comes into your head."

"You mean like, you're an idiot?" The big said and they all chuckled.

"Nice one, Al. At least we tell the truth."

"Erudite can tell the truth because we have the facts." Will said

"I don't want to hear about your old factions. You're Dauntless now." Four told them from the end of the table.

"You could just stop listening to our conversation." Belle told him and he glared at her then looked away.

It was silent for a moment before someone finally spoke.

"We're you a transfer, too? Or Dauntless-born?" Tris asked him.

"Are you kidding?" He asked her.

"No." Tris told him and everyone looked at her as Belle smiled.

"What makes you think you can talk to me?" Four asked her.

"It... must be because you're so approachable." Tris told him with smile as Cristina and Belle scoffed out laughs.

"Careful." Four told them another guy came over and talked to him.

"You two, my friends, have death wishes." Cristina told them.

"You know, he was first in his class. They tried to recruit him for leadership twice, but he said no." Will told them then an alarm started to blare and Four and Theodore stood up as cups started to clatter all around them. A guy stood on the balcony above them then spoke when everyone stopped hitting their cups on the tables.

"Initiates, stand." The guy told them and they looked at each other as they stood.

"You have chosen to join the warrior faction tasked with the defense of this city and all its inhabitants. We believe in ordinary acts or bravery and the courage that drives one person to stand up for another. Respect that. Do us proud." The guy told them then everybody started cheering and crowding around and picked them up.

Moving them through the crowd. Belle laughed as she pasted Tris and she high fived her.