CHAPTER ONE

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TRIS POV: I WAIT NERVOUSLY BEHIND CHRISTINA AND PETER.I AM WAITING TO SELECT A JOB. I THINK I MIGHT CHOOSE TO TRAIN INITIATES WITH TOBIAS,BUT I ALSO WANT TO CHOOSE TATTOO ARTIST LIKE TORI.URIAH TAPS MY SHOULDER.I TURN SLIGHTLYAND LOOK AT HIM FROM THE CORNER OF MY EYE.'WHAT?' WHAT ARE YOU GONNA CHOOSE TRIS?HE SAYS 'IM THINKING OF CHOOSING TO BE THE DAUNTLESS BORN INITIATES TRAINER.WHAT ABOUT YOU?'UM I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TRANSFER TRAINER,LIKE FOUR YOU KNOW.BUT I MIGHT PICK TATTOO ARTIST TOO.I RELPY.COOL.HE SAYS,FLASHING ME A GRIN.I GRIN BACK AT HIM.'OH HEY TRIS ITS YOUR TURN NOW!' URIAH PRACTICALLY SHOVES ME FOWARD,AND I STUMBLE ON MY WAY TO MAX,ONE OF THE DAUNTLESS LEADERS.BEHIND HIM IS A BOARD THAT HAS A LIST OF THE JOBS I CAN CHOOSE. TRIS,WHICH JOB WILL YOU CHOOSE?.HIS VOICE SENDS A SLIGHT SHIVER THROUGH MY WHOLE BODY.I HOPE HE DIDNT NOTICE.'I CHOOSE,I PAUSE,THINKING ABOUT IT.'I CHOOSE TRANSFER INITIATE TRAINER AND DAUNTLESS TATTOO ARTIST',HOPING MY VOICE WAS LOUD AND SOUNDED AT LEAST A TEENY BIT CONFIDENT.MAX TURNS TO FACE THE DAUNTLESS COMMUNITY BEHIND HIM.TRIS PRIOR,TRANSFER INITIATE AND TATTOO ARTIST!HIS VOICE RUMBLES ACROSS THE PIT AND THE DAUNTLESS CHEER,THEIR VOICES SOUNDING AS IF THEY BELONG TO AN ANCIENT RACE.MAX CLAPS ME ON THE SHOULDER.CONGRATULATIONS TRIS,HE SAYS,NODDING HIS HEAD AT ME.I NOD BACK AT HIM AND TURN AWAY JUST IN TIME TO SEE ZEKE COME UP.'CANDOR OR DAUNTLESS AT MY PLACE.BE THERE OR BE SQUARE,'HE GRINS AT ME.'OH AND FOUR SAID TO MEET HIM AT THE CHASM'.AND HE'S GONE.I SMILE TO MYSELF.I WONDER WHAT HE WANTS.

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