Chapter 6: The initiates

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11 months later
Tris POV:
I wake up and instantly get out of bed. Today the initiates come! I shake Tobias awake.
"Tobias. The initiates come today." I say excitedly.
"I know. Are you going to go by Six?" He asks. I nod.
"I wanna scare the crap outta them." I say.
"You will defiantly do that." Tobias says, laughing.
"We have an hour and half before we have to be at the net." I say.
"Let's get ready, then eat breakfast." Tobias says.
"I call first shower!" I say, dashing into the bathroom. I hear Tobias chuckle. I shower, then change into ripped black skinny jeans and a crop top. I braid my hair and do my makeup. To intimidate them, I use a really dark lip stick.
"Should we keep our relationship a secret?" I ask, stepping out of the bathroom.
"Let's just see how long it takes them to figure it out." He says. I laugh. Tobias showers and gets dressed. We head down to breakfast. I take a few waffles and say loudly,
"During initiation, everyone call me Six."
I know some of the other Dauntless heard. Hopefully, it will pass along.
After breakfast, me, Tobias, Uriah, and Christina all go to the net.
"I bet you twenty bucks that a Dauntless born jumps first." Uriah says.
"Candor." Chris says.
"Erudite." Four says.
"A Stiff," I say, going into "instructor Six" mode. We wait a few minutes before we see a a flash of gray. I reach out to help her down.
"What's your name?" I ask. She hesitates.
"Don't remember it?" I smirk. "You can pick a new one, but choose carefully, you don't get to choose again." I say.
"Kay." She says.
"Make the announcement, Four." I say.
"First jumper-Kay!" Four shouts. Everyone cheers.
"Welcome to Dauntless." I say.

We end up with 18 initiates. Ten dauntless born, eight transfers.
Candor-Sara, Kasey, Taylor
Erudite- Kayla, Chris, Sean, Jason
Abnegation- Kay
"Listen up initiates! This is where we split. Dauntless born, come with me and Christina. I assume you don't need a tour of the place." Uriah yells.
"Ok transfers. I'm Four and this is Six-," Tobias starts.
"Like the numbers?" A candor asks, I think it's Sara. I get in her face.
"What's your name?" I ask quietly.
"S-Sara." She stutters.
"Well, Sara. If I wanted to listen to Candor smart-mouths, I would've joined their faction. The first lesson you learn with us is to keep your mouth shut." I say.
Tobias gives my hand a squeeze. We start walking.
"This is the Pit! It's the center of life here in Dauntless, you will learn to love it." Four says. We lead them to the chasm.
"This is the chasm. It shows us the fine line between bravery and idiocy. One jump will end your life." I say. I think of Al. Sadness sweeps over me. I try to push it away. We show them the dorms, then the cafeteria for lunch.
Apparently, the instructors have to sit with their initiates on the first day. We sit down. Hamburgers are served. Kay is staring at it.
"What's wrong Stiff? Never seen a hamburger before?" I ask.
"Um. What is it?" She asks.
"It's really good. Put this on it." I say, handing her the ketchup. She looks at me gratefully. We finish lunch and head to the dorms.
"Ok. Training starts at eight sharp. Do whatever you want the rest of today. Get a tattoo, pierce your eyes, whatever. Just remember, the hardest month of your life starts tomorrow." I say. "Any questions?" I add. One girl raises her hand.
"Do you have a girlfriend, Four?" It's Kasey, she batts her eyelashes.
"Yes." Tobias answers.
"She probably doesn't deserve you. I, on the other hand....,"
Tobias is breaking.
He takes my hand and kisses me hard. I gladly kiss back with equal force.
"But-," Kasey starts.
"Drop it, Kasey." Sean says. "Four obviously thinks Six is hotter than you. And he's not wrong."
"Six is pretty hot." Some guy mumbles.
"Everyone shut up and get out of my face!" I yell. Kasey gives me a death glare before going inside the dorm. I can already tell that these initiates are going to be interesting.

**********************************************************************************AUTHORS NOTE
Hey guys! The initiates came. Tris is defiantly more Dauntless now and is officially over her seventh fear. Please comment and vote!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Veronica Roth does

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