Discoveries ✔ (Divergent Fourtris Fanfiction)

Chapter 68: Saturday, 7 days after initiation

Tris

We meet in the pit after an early breakfast to drive to Amity, where the faction meeting is going to take place. Johanna offered to host it, since they're the faction of peace, and Jack passed on the information to us. It's a little ironic that Johanna came up with this suggestion, as it was her faction who denied us further support against Jeanine when we asked for it. The peace serum we needed to produce the antiserum with was really the only part they played in our whole mission.

We're still waiting for a few of our members before we can leave. It was decided yesterday by the cheering crowd that the Allegiant were to replace the old Dauntless leaders temporarily. The time was too short to find another solution, and it seemed natural that we could be trusted to handle the Dauntless' interests. Once we return this afternoon, we'll be up on that stage again to inform the rest of our faction about the results of the meeting, and in the evening, there's going to be a big party in the pit.

In my opinion, there was quite a good party going on yesterday afternoon, but Zeke assured me that Dauntless wouldn't be Dauntless if the party couldn't get any bigger and wilder. Christina, Tori and Marlene have planned a few things regarding decorations yesterday, and they'll need some time to prepare everything later. Uriah and Zeke have taken over the entertainment part, whatever that means... We should probably all be worried.

I check the time nervously. We need to get going, or we'll be late. Caleb, Lynn and Shauna are still missing. It's strange that Zeke is already here when Shauna isn't, but after what happened on Thursday, I'm not too surprised. Tobias told me about the argument and what she said about Divergents this morning during breakfast. He said she'd apologized to Zeke, but he wanted to have a bit more distance between them for a while to sort out where they are standing. That's why she's spent the night at her sister's apartment.

When she finally arrives together with Lynn, Shauna has difficulties looking us in the eye. But it doesn't seem as if she's still afraid or superstitious about us. To me, she seems rather ashamed, and I can't avoid feeling a little sorry for her. It must be my upbringing, or the fact that I wasn't there myself to hear what she was saying, or that she finally joined our group again to rescue us from Erudite and even risked her life for us.

I wonder what Caleb is doing and start to worry. It's not like him to be late. Maybe he got lost on the way from his room. He's got his own improvised apartment in Dauntless which he can stay in during the next days, and so has Cara. They both want some time before they go back to their faction. They're coming with us today as part of the Allegiant, but they're going to speak up for Erudite once we're at Amity. Our collaboration doesn't mean we're not in different factions anymore. Hopefully it's a good example for the way we want the factions to cooperate in the future. There are some things we want to fight for, or against.

Edward is staying in Dauntless as well for the time being, until we've found a solution how to help him. Although initiation is over, perhaps an exception could be made for him and Myra to try to complete initiation later than the rest of initiates, or repeat it again next year. Since he's not a member at the moment, Edward won't be coming to Amity with us today, though.

Finally, Caleb comes jogging around a corner, out of air. He's not trained at all.

"Sorry guys," he pants. "I overslept." 

He steadies himself with a hand against the stone wall to catch his breath.

"You overslept?" I ask, amused. "I've been living under the same roof with you for sixteen years, and I can't remember one single time you overslept."

"Your beds," he gasps for air. "So comfortable. Not like in Abnegation."

I chuckle at him and pull him away from the wall.