The unknown Eaton

The little Eaton

There is a eighteen year age gap between me and tobias, he's my brother yet he transferred to dauntless before I was born. I've seen the photos In my mothers room before she left and became factionless but I don't feel a connection to him. In saying that I wouldn't mind talking to him. 

Today I choose what faction I will spend the rest of my life competing to be in- I ruled out abnegation straight away, I cannot stay here... Not with Marcus; Amity was gone soon after I remembered how much their incessant talking annoyed me, candor I cant join because I feel insecure to tell my darkest secrets aloud. That only leaves erudite and dauntless two polar opposites. Erudite because I'm smart. But dauntless because it looks exciting.

I know I have to join their faction I have to exit my life here and I admire the dauntless but I know no other 'stiff' as they call us will join. so I will be the only one dealing with the struggles I assume we will be forced to face.

"Annabelle Eaton!" Marcus calls after what seems like days of waiting. I stand quickly and step up to the faction bowls.

My eyes skim the erudite and dauntless as I take the knife from Marcus. I quickly cut my palm not feeling any pain as I hear my blood sizzling on the coals.

I shake my hair out of its bun and let my dark curls whip around in the air as I take a seat next to the cheering dauntless.

I watch as a dark haired guy alongside a girl join the crowds and cheer as a dauntless guy rejoins the crowd.

A final person named India Pedrad stays in dauntless my guess is she is a twin as a boy named Eddie Pedrad also stayed and was called just before her.

We dauntless begin to run. I follow with ease and run near the front alongside dauntless borns careful not to beat there pase.

I climb up on of the metal rails and pull myself onto the platform. I hear the train horns blare and rub down the tracks with the dauntless. I jump Onto the train and stumble forward slightly.

"The stiff can jump better than you" India says to a random boy.

He laughs. "ha ha" he says sarcastically.

"Nice to meet you, I'm India" she says extending a hand to me.

I shake it. "I'm Annie" I say smiling.

"I've never seen a transfer jump on like that first time round" a girl says.

"There's a reason why people join dauntless India" the boy she was teasing says.

"No shit!" she says giggling whilst tapping her head.

"Get ready to jump" a green haired dauntless says. I see a roof come into sight an people in the first carriage jump. I wait a few seconds and launch forward into the roof. I land on two feet jolting slightly as the shock hits my knees.

I walk over to where the others are standing a listen to a boring speech by a dauntless leader named Tris who I know realise was the lady from choosing ceremony.

"Anyone brave enough to jump first?" She asks.

Everyone other than me step backwards. I shrug and walk up to the ledge- ditching my morals I jump off the roof.

I laugh as I hit a net and take the hand of a guy who helps me out.

"I'm Uriah, what's your name?" he asks.

"Annie" I reply.

"First jumper Annie!" he says loudly over his shoulder.

I stand away from the net and watch a dauntless born drop.

"Second jumper Jack!" Uriah says over his shoulder.

He walks towards me and says hello.

"Hi" I reply.

And awkward silence falls between me and the boy as the third jumper falls.

"Third jumper Eddie!" Uriah calls- I see defiantly similarities between them straight away.

India jumps next and I also think she looks strangely like Uriah- maybe they're related?

When all the jumpers are down tris and a guy named Zeke take us transfers while a guy named four and Uriah take the dauntless borns.

We get a tour around the separate. I get changed into tight black clothing revealing my muscles and body shape, i there head straight to the tattoo parlour and get an anchor behind my ear.

I go to dinner alongside Eddie, jack and India- after we've eaten they go get piercings, I decide not To go as I don't really want any yet. I might get one in later weeks, I haven't made my mind up yet.

I walk back to the dorms and get the general stiff calls from a few candor and an erudite.

"Ignore them" another erudite says extending a hand.

"I'm Oliver" he says extending his hand.

"Annie" I reply shaking it.

"Shut up!" I hear someone shout at the Candor and erudite.

I laugh along with Oliver.

The angry girl walks over and smiles at us.

"I'm Ava" she says giggling- amity transfer alert! I guess in gonna have to act nice to her as she clearly shared a dislike for the other transfers.

"I'm Oliver call me ollie and this is Annie" he introduces.

"Im tired and we have training tomorrow so I'm gonna sleep" ava state yawning. it causes a chain reaction and I start yawning. I rub my eyes and get changed into pjs.

*****

I wake up at three in the morning after having a silent nightmare of Marcus- I get changed and go get some coffee from the canteen.

"Still up?" I hear a voice behind me.

I turn to see four, he seems familiar but I can tell why!

"I couldn't get to sleep" I reply.

"You might want to try after all you have tris and Zeke for training" he says.

"I'm used having four hours sleep so it was practically a lie in for me" I say rubbing my eyes.

He chuckles. "how come?" he ask noting I'm still tired.

"Chores, my father liked to riddle them on me after my mum-" I say getting a lump in my throat.

"After she past away. he'd get angry if I left the house messy so I had to sort it out somehow and get to school or he would be mad" I say having a flashback of his sudden mood swings.

"I don't know why I'm telling you this so I'm gonna go before I say anything stupid" I say standing up.

"Stupid? what do you mean by that?" he asks.

"Something that would make me sound weak or something that would get me in trouble with another faction" I say shrugging.

"What other faction?" he asks.

"Why so many questions? we aren't in erudite or Candor!" I say sighing.

I walk back to the dorms and have a shower, I get changed into black sport trousers and a black tshirt that doesn't reveal any beatings apart from a few busies up my arms which I can easily lie about.

We walk to training and see knives, punching bags and guns.

"Wonder what we might be doing today?" I say sarcastically to ollie and Ava.

"You'd never guess!" jack says smirking.