An Unkindness of Ravens // High School AU

Chapter 1.

I had been living in the same household with the Pedrad's for as long as I could remember. After Mr. Pedrad passed after a fatal accident, their family was financially unstable and being the selfless family the Prior's are, we welcomed them with open arms. At the time, my auntie, Tori Wu, was living with us and finishing her final courses at University to get a teaching degree. Under our roof, Hana and her two boys, Tori and our family all lived together. I was only three.

My mother, Natalie, was born and raised a Dauntless. Meaning, she grew up in the neighborhood with the brave, adventurous and courageous people. With having the only negative down side of there being more violence then most. She attended Dauntless First, where she met Hana. Mother's younger brother and sister, George and Tori, also attended the same First school.

Hana and Natalie were the best of friends. Stuck with each other through thick and thin. But my mother was introduced to my father, Andrew, and it was love at first sight. So knowing it was close to impossible to attain a romantic relationship attending two different schools, they transferred to Abnegation High while Hana stayed and attended Dauntless High. Nether the less, their friendship strayed a little, but after graduation they became best friends once more and were each other's maid of honor. Hana met her husband in university and had their first born child, Ezekiel, who was named after Hana's grandfather. A year later another boy was born, Uriah, and they family was complete. My brother, Caleb, and I were born in the same year as Uriah, yet Caleb was born ten months earlier.

George was the next one to find their soulmate. Amar, who is Mr. Pedrad's brother, was (and I guess he still is) a handsome young man who took my uncle's breath away. In fact, there are to be hitched next year. They live a couple houses down from us and we see them daily. Tori, unfortunately, is still yet to find love but she doesn't seem to care as she is focused on the family she loves.

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I attended a different First school to the Pedrad's, as my parents wanted to raise me in the more selfless school, Abnegation First. Hana wanting her children to grow up like her, let her boys attend Dauntless First. Caleb and I were friends with the Black's, Susan and Robert, during school hours but with Ezekiel and Uriah as soon as school finished. Mid first year of First school, my father was promoted in his government job to become one of the leaders, alongside Marcus Eaton. He had a son who attended the same school as me but a year older, same grade as Ez. Once, Marcus and his son, Tobias, came to our humble home for dinner, Ez, Uri and I immediately clicked with Tobias. I then began to hang with Tobias at school rather the Black's but my brother was never that fond of Tobias.

Ez and Uri quickly became brothers to me, even more so than Caleb. They looked out for me whenever they could, and threatened anyone who tried to mess with me. Caleb was more focused on his grades to care, I guess. Tobias acted same as the Pedrad's but I never wanted to call him a brother to me. As I secretly had a minor crush on him, but I would never admit that out loud.

In Ez's and Tobias' Choosing Ceremony, (the ceremony which lets students chose which High School they are going to attend) Ez chose Dauntless High and Tobias chose the same fate as him. This crushed the Abnegation neighborhood, as their most trusted leader's son abandoned them for the 'animal' faction/school.

The year after for Uri's and I's Choosing Ceremony, both of us chose Dauntless High, me, knowing that I was to selfish to continue the life as an Abnegation. But what most surprised me was that my ever so selfless brother chose Erudite High, the school which strives on knowledge and power. The two transfers both surprised my parents, but new that they can't choose our future and still needed to treat us normally. Unlike my parents, Marcus disowned Tobias and kicked him out and Tobias now lives with us, in Ez's room. A lot has changed since that Ceremony. A lot has changed.