Chaos Faction

• T H R E E •

The initiates awoke early the following morning to the sound of a metal bar clanging against the water pipes.

"Ten minutes, in the pit, don't be late."

"How are you even awake," Jord, who was closest to the source of noise, grumbled, rolling over to glare at the intruder, as he put down his lump of metal. What even was it, anyway?

"You don't even know what time it is," Dream retorted. "Hurry up. You've got nine minutes, since you just wasted one giving me back chat." He raised an eyebrow at the Candor transfer, and she sighed, sitting up resignedly, and rubbing sleep from her eyes. Around her, her fellow initiates were doing the same thing.

"Can't believe you just spoke to him like that," Brooke chuckled, after he'd gone. The two girls were hurriedly getting changed, black pants, jacket, boots, and hair tied up.

"I hate mornings," the blonde muttered. "I'll probably regret it later today."

"You girls ready?" Asked Imane, joining them in the corner, with Amina and Tina in tow. "Girl what did you say to Big Dream? I was still half asleep!"

"He clanged his great chunk of metal right in my ear hole," Jordyn complained. "Bet he did it on purpose too."

"Sure he did," Amina chuckled. "Come on you, put your boots on, you'll cop it if you're late."

There was suddenly a commotion across the other side of the room, and the five of them turned to see a few of the Dauntless born were trying to get something down from on top of the pipes which lined the ceiling above them.

"What on earth..." said Jordyn, breaking off in confusion. "What's going on?" She asked one of them.

"Sapnap put his boots up there last night, we're tryna get them down for him," said an ombré haired girl, who Jordyn remembered seeing earlier.

"Why did he put his boots up there?" Asked Brooke.

"Why don't you ask Quackity and Karl," said Sapnap, glaring at the two Dauntless borns from his precarious perch on top of his bed frame.

"Hey, we didn't do anything," Quackity objected, with a smirk that wasn't entirely friendly.

"Just help him get them down," the girl glared at him.

"Alright, alright, I'm going to," said Quackity. "Karl help me grab a chair."

They did eventually retrieve Sapnap's boots, but not without significant grumbling on his behalf.

"Stop complaining, you'd get away with being late anyway, since you're all buddy buddy with Dream."

"Shut up Karl," the girl glared at him. "Get lost, you two."

Quackity and Karl shrugged, and headed for the hallway.

"Are you guys okay?" Asked Jordyn.

"I think we're good," Sapnap sighed, glancing at his friend briefly. "I'm Sapnap, by the way, and this is Rae. You're the Candor girl, first jumper, right?"

"Yeah, that's me," Jord smiled a little awkwardly. "I'm Jord. This is Brooke, Imane, Amina and Tina."

"Nice to meet you guys," Rae nodded. "We really need to run, or Dream will have our heads."

"What did they mean that you'd get away with it?" Asked Imane, frowning a little.

"We're good friends with Dream," Sapnap explained. "They think he'll show favouritism, but he won't. They don't know him."

They ran to the pit, and thankfully, made it just in time. Dream and Techno were both there, with a few of the guys who Jordyn had noticed sitting at the table with them the day before. They soon scattered, however, leaving just the two initiate leaders to commence the session.