I press my forehead against the plaster wall at the school. The word still burns in my mind.
Divergent.
My breath is unsteady. I can feel droplets of sweat forming on my head. I can hear and see everything around me, but it feels like I'm dead. I start to walk towards the exit of the building to catch the train. When I step out of the dull building I'm almost blinded by the sun. As I walk absentmindedly to the train tracks I think of the last time I heard that word. It was seven years ago today. Exactly.
Flashback
"Momma! Please, don't go!" I was only nine. My mom had been diagnosed with an illness they likes to call cancer. My mom was laying on her death bed, and she'd asked to see me. Not dad, not Darcy, not Jacob. Me and only me.
"Listen sweetheart. In a few years you will take a test that decides your fate." I could feel tears burning my eyes. "I will not be there as I'm sure. Therefore it is time you know the dangers of our world. No matter who you are, no matter where you go, there is always an enemy. I feel a storm coming and even though I won't be there to protect you, you must be brave. Even you won't be safe. So I'm entrusting you with a very important message." She stops to take a shaky breath. "Find the divergent. Tell them I sent you. Because you are divergent." And just like that, my mother was gone.
Out of flashback
I hadn't even realized I was on the train. My hands were shaking. How could my mom predict I was divergent? Had she been divergent? Too many questions. Too little time.
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FanfictionRaven is Dauntless. Always had and always will be. When her test results come back as divergent though, she is for the first time, scared. As she digs a deeper hole for herself and her friends, she learns that no one is safe from the choices we make...
