A Better Life-Divergent FanFic

Epilogue

*4 years after previous chapter*
Tris POV

Four runs up beside the moving train and grabs the railing, hoisting himself in. I run after him. He extends an arm and I take it. I hop into the empty train beside him. Sometimes Four and I like to ride the train just to have time to ourselves together, peacefully, a break from the ongoing eccentric Dauntless.

We stand at the opening of the door, silently, for a few minutes as the cool breeze brushes my hair from my face. The train moves past the school, the school that Four, my children and I, all used to attend. My children who are now adults. It seems like just yesterday Alyx had chocolate cake smeared all over her face as a toddler. It seems like just yesterday I was taking Aiden to go zip-lining...Aiden is now married and Alyx is already engaged.

I let out a deep sigh, "time flies doesn't it?"

Four looks at me and gives an almost sad smile, "it certainly does."

It seems like just yesterday I was taking my aptitude test in that school, finding out I was Divergent, just like Alyx ended up finding out. She had the similar results as me, Abnegation and Dauntless. But just as she said she would at Aiden's choosing ceremony, she chose Dauntless...

It seems like just yesterday I was cheering with Christina after winning capture the flag for the first time...

It seems like just yesterday Four injected me and himself with fear simulation serum, taking me into his fear landscape, and he told me what his real name was, showed me who he really was...

It seems like just yesterday I was kissing him in the chasm for the very first time...

It seems like just yesterday I was kissing him passionately on this very train feeling the cool air of the city as the train sped along...

My eyes sting with tears at all the memories. I walk over to Four and wrap my arms around him, pressing my face into his chest. He wraps one arm around my waist and the other cradles my head. We stay like this, embracing each other's company, for what feels like an hour.

The train makes it way to the outer side of the city, running parallel to the wall. I pull back for a moment staring past the wall into the distance.

"Do you ever wonder what's out there?" I start, "I mean I know the walls are there to protect us, but sometimes I think I can see something. Maybe it's the Divergent in me but I've always wanted to explore, go beyond the wall..."

His deep blue eyes look into mine and he holds me close.

He smirks slightly, "I thought you'd never ask..."

And I'll leave what happens next to your own interpretations...because sometimes the best stories are the ones we ourselves create.

I CANNOT explain to you how grateful I am for all of you. I truly made a Divergent family here just through this fan fic. I originally started writing this fan fic as therapy, if you will, for the ending of Allegiant. I felt like I needed to see what a normal better life in Dauntless would've looked like for Tris and Four. And I wanted to share my interpretation of it with you guys. Many of you also have written Divergent fan fics snd you have no IDEA how much I enjoy reading those. After I read Allegiant I cried myself to sleep for days, THAT'S how invested I was with the Divergent series. I needed something to cope and these fan fics, the ones you wrote and the one I have written, were exactly what I needed. I want to thank each and EVERY one of you for taking the time to read my fan fic, provide feedback, ideas, support and positive energy. I will never fully be over Divegent and probably never will, it will forever remain my favorite book series, but these fan fics that I have read and written I think were enough to help me finally move on from some aspects. I know that sounds really deep and emotional, but Divergent was the first book that really got me into reading, and the first book to teach me life lessons and about who I am. That is the magic of books. I would also like to thank and give all respect to my favorite author of all time Veronica Roth. All of these characters and the original storyline and the only reason I'm writing this right now is because of her writing. Thank you all for over 800 reads as well!! When I started writing this I didn't even think I was gonna get 10 let alone hundreds of reads. It completely baffles me to this day. So for the last time I thank you and for the very  last time...

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