Cold

Speaking of the Devil

The Choosing Ceremony had come.
Adelane was dreaming about this day since Tobias left 4 years ago.
She always felt excited thinking about it but today she felt a knot in her stomach that made her want to stay in bed.

But she got up.
She got dressed choosing a long sleeve dark grey dress.
She looked in the mirror and saw her eyes were puffy and red from crying herself to sleep.
She checked for any bruises showing but she only had some in her back that were perfectly covered.
She took a deep breath and walked outside the house.

Marcus being the leader of their faction had already left leaving Adelane more time to think about her choices.
When she walked inside she saw a mixed of colors.
Black
Grey
Yellow
White
Everyone was there.She glanced at the Dauntless.They were all laughing and talking.
She smiled a little and her eyes shifted to find Beatrice sitting with her family.
Adelane felt bad about her attitude last day and she chose a single sit away from anyone.Not that anyone would talk to her.

The ceremony started.
Jeanice Mathews the Erudite leader started talking explaining the ceremony and the importance of the factions.
When she finished her father started calling names.

Adelane waited and waited watching as the young people her age chose their factions.
Next it was Beatrice turn.
Adelane watched as the young girl took the knife and brought it down on her hand with unease.
Then she let the blood run over the rocks that represented the Dauntless faction.

Cheers filled the room and Adelane saw in awe as Beatrice walked over her new faction.
She never believed Beatrice would leave.

"Adelane Eaton."

She heard Marcus call.

She took a shaky breath and walked in the center of the room.
She glanced at her father only to see his confident smile that would soon be stripped away from his face.The face Adelane had grown to hate all these years.
She thought of her mother whom she never met and shared the same name as her.
She thought of her brother whom she missed dearly and she thought of Tori who so desperately warned her to stay way from Dauntless.

Yet when she sliced her hand Adelane let her blood slip on the rocks of her new faction.

Cheers filled the room and she saw as the whole faction started moving desperate to get out.
She was the last person which meant the ceremony was over.
She run with them a smile of relief forming on her face she finally run free.

They kept running for what seemed like hours to Adelane who already felt her legs growing stiff.

They finally reached the end of a high road and Adelane recognised the train that went through the city.

She saw the Dauntless born jumping effortlessly on the train and the transfers as her struggling to keep up.

She took a deep breath and jumped in.

When she finally started to breath again she saw that beside her was Beatrice.

"Hey."she smiled at her.

"Adelane." she smiled and hugged her.
No one had ever hugged her except her brother.
Adelane savored the feeling.

"I am so happy I have someone I know."Adelane whispered.

They pulled back and saw another girl with short brown hair and dark skin.

"I am Christina" she said and waved kind of awkwardly.

"Adelane and this is Beatrice." Adelane said

"Well you two are lucky I only know one more person from Candor who chose Dauntless." she said and crossed her arms over her chest.

"And?" Beatrice asked.

Christina shrugged. " I happen to hate her."

They laughed at Christina's raw honesty and Adelane felt so carefree.She really had forgoten how it was to laugh.

"Hey what are they doing?" Christina asked and pointed a finger outside

Adelane turned and saw Dauntless born jumping again.

"They are jumping?" Beatrice exclaimed.

"Together?" Adelane asked and offered both of her hands to Beatrice and Christina.

They took them and with the count of three they jumped.

Adelane's POV

I felt my knees hitting the ground and I saw both Chrstina and Beatrice struggling to get up.
The three of us did and walked at the end of the building where everyone was gathered.

There were two men standing looking down at us.
"Everyone listen up." the blond one said.
I noticed two tattoos decorating his neck and a piercing above his left eyebrow along with two on his ears.
"I am Eric.One of your leaders.If you want to go to Dauntless." he said "This is the way in"
He pointed at his back.

I felt a chill at the sound of his name.
When Tori warned me about someone named Eric I never imagined someone so young.
"I need a volunteer who's gonna jump first?"

There were whispers around us and Christina turned and said something to Beatrice but I couldn't hear.
I was too busy watching Eric who didn't seem to notice me.

My hand went up.
"Me." I said.

Eric looked at me a hint of amusement on his otherwise cold eyes.
I walked forward ignoring the nasty comments.
I suddenly felt really exposed and became aware of how short my dress was.

I looked down but I could only see darkness.

"Today initiate."

I took a deep breath and jumped.