Trivergent (A Divergent Story)

Chapter 1---Margaret Prior's P.O.V.

     Dauntless. When you say that you think of piercings and tattoos and jumping off trains. That is Dauntless. Just Dauntless. Dauntless. Abnegation. Erudite. Candor. Amity. I run over them quickly in my head. Dauntless. Abnegation. Erudite. Candor. Amity. Why is this so hard? Do I even know myself? Choosing day is tomorrow and what am I supposed to do---be factionless?

     I had actually thought about that. But how would I announce it? "I couldn't decide on a faction so now I'm factionless."

     I am Margo, short for Margaret, and today, I take the test that determines my destiny. Am I kind, intelligent, selfless, honest, or brave?

     I turn over and look at my watch-7:08-the train is leaving soon. I put some jeans on and T-shirt and run down the path to the Pit. I almost trip on the way down. 7:10. I see the train and grab the handles and pull myself up. I nearly make it. The end of my jeans gets caught in the wheel and it tears.

     In what feels like 30 seconds we reach the school. Then I think about the aptitude tests. Suddenly I am scared. Not of trains or not even of the test but of myself. They say you don't know yourself until you take the aptitude test.

     Without thinking I jump and fall roughly. My knee is bleeding. One thing you should know about Dauntless is they won't help you until you're about to die.

     "Hey you really should be a stiff. Your such a coward!" mocks Mark. "You know that's the exact damn thing you said last night. And you know you're the coward 'cause you have one little insult that you say to everyone you meet!"  

     His friends laugh. "Stop Mark." I say.

     Some other Dauntless start climbing on the statue outside our school. I wouldn't consider myself a competitive Dauntless; I not afraid of jumping off trains and I enjoy a good game of capture the flag, but I am not competitive. No, I am not competitive compared to other Dauntless my age.

     I jog over to where the other Dauntless are waiting to have their tests and they call us and Abnegation inside. Some Abnegation looked over at an Erudite girl who collided into a wall. "Margaret Prior." They direct me to a room filled with mirrors where an Abnegation woman stands.

     "I am Ness, and I'll be giving you your test today. Please sit down." I see a chair in the middle of the room and I sit down in it. "I am going to inject you with a serum that will give you the aptitude test. It is a simulation, so do not be scared."

     "Well I bet you were scared stiff." I whisper under my breath, still mad at Mark.

     She injects me with the serum and I freeze.

     "Hello?" I ask. Two tables are put in front of me. "Pick." Someone says in my head. "I can't." I think. "Just choose what you wish."

    I pick up the knife. Oh no... I think. Already choosing Dauntless. I go to pick the cheese, but it is gone. Both tables and the cheese. Crap, I think. In front of me, a dog appears. It looks nice, but I don't trust it for some reason. I can't reach out and touch it. It walks toward me and I take a step back. I mean can't. This has never happened before. "Help!" I call but no one answers. Then, a girl appears. The dog goes chasing after the girl, to my relief, because now I can move. What's happening? Then I realize it: I haven't done anything. No, no, I'm going to fail. I'm going to fail my aptitude test. Is that possible? It is if you do absolutely nothing. Dauntless would kill the dog, Erudite would... Be smart, Abnegation would save the girl, Amity would... Be kind? And Candor would be super practical about it. I think I'm acting like a Candor... Wait! My thoughts are going crazy! In a blink of an eye, the dog is trying to pounce on the girl. She is running as fast as she can when---The knife is at my neck. Following the knife is my hand, then my arm, and that is connected to my body. I am holding the knife up to my own neck. And I can't put it down. And just as the dog pounces...

     A burning feeling fills my neck as my eyes jolt open. I am back in the testing room. What did I just do? "You... You..." The woman, Ness, says. I decide to stay silent, but inside, I think, what? I failed my aptitude test didn't I... "You've gotten a result extremely rare." What?! Just spill, I know already, you don't need to let me down easy. "You're." Her voice was a whispering tone. "Trivergent." I couldn't help it any longer. "I'm what?!" I exclaimed. "Keep it down!" She let out a sigh. "Your Trivergent. You've gotten more than three factions on your test." I knew I would find a way to fail this test. Wait, what? More than three? "There's Divergent, which is getting more than one. Then there's Trivergent, which is three or more." My mind becomes filled with questions. "So which three am I?" I ask her. "You got more than three Margaret..." I'm a little confused why she knows my name, but I shake it off. "You've gotten all five." What! "I, I... I was depending on this test to know what faction to choose. My mind becomes flooded with worry. "Shit. What's going on? I must be having a nightmare." She stares at me blankly, overwhelmed at a simple curse. "Tell me what to do!" I scream at her. "They're going to kill you." She blurted. Kill me. Kill me. Kill me. The pain in my neck emerges again. They tried to kill me in the test, too. They can control me. What is this? None of my thoughts are probably true. "You need to get out of here. Do whatever you like at the choosing ceremony, but most get the faction of their origin if you want to know. It'll make you look more believable, and it's what I'm putting in as your result." I leave through the back door, silently, and run to go catch the next train home.

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