I sit... still as a rock. my future is determined by the blood in my palm.
"Hello Everyone!" Janine states "welcome to the choosing ceremony, today you will be determining the faction you will stick with for the rest of your life. to do so you will take this knife and.."
Her words trail off as Ali nudges me and asks "hey hunter, you okay?"
"Yeah Ali, but I'm not so sure what to do."
"What did your aptitude test say?"
"Dauntless." i say.
That's a lie, my results were "inconclusive" I'm divergent but I say dauntless because that's what I'm leaning towards. there's no way I can be in candor anymore for Pete's sake I just told a lie to my closest friend.
"What about you?" I ask
"Abnegation" she replies frowning slightly,"but I'm not selfless"
that's true beyond her knowledge.
The first name is called
NICKY G
Nicky is the most selfless person I know he has to be abnegation.
I close my eyes and hear the sizzle of the coals and know I'm going to see him in initiation.
BRIANNA S
Brianna picks dauntless too
COLETTE P
Colette picks dauntless
This follows with Nicky jumping up and screaming "YASSSS"
We all look at him
"What the fuck Nicky??" Brianna screams
We laugh
ALI T
Ali picks amity
KAYLA J
Kayla picks abnegation
This one kid bursts out laughing and says "I'm sorry Kayla, you're just the comedian"
JENNA ROSE
Jenna picks dauntless
PAIGE B
Paige picks candor
I agree she tells it like it is...
HUNTER H
My stomach drops
HUNTER? where's hunter?
I arise from my seat
I walk up to the podium slowly
"C'mon walk a little faster fatass!" someone yells
Everyone stares and says,
"FUCK OFF GLEN COCO"
I grab the knife and cut my hand
My blood drips onto
The carpet
I feel bad that I just bled on carpet so I scream "SORRY ABOUT THE CARPET!"
my blood drips into the coals. And sizzles and smokes away into evaporation.
My fate is sealed
I'm screwed.

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Dauntless intiates: friend wars
HumorMe and my friends as dauntless initiates in the divergent dystopian Chicago