Fire Flower {Divergent Fanfiction}

Chapter 2

I was Divergent. I had always known. My grandmother was Divergent, my mom was Divergent, my dad was, my older sister was and my older brother was. It ran in our blood. I knew I had to hide it. They were after our kind, killing us for no good reason. My older brother transferred to Abnegation but my older sister joined the Factionless in fear of not being able to hide her Divergence. But I was determined. I would be able to hide it. I knew I could.

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I sat at the long table among the other 16 year olds of my faction, waiting to take the Aptitude Test. Cedar sat next to me and watched as I smoothened out my yellow skirt continuously out of nervousness.

"I think your skirt is smooth enough" he chuckled, "Are you really that nervous?"

I nodded, 'Aren't you?"

He shrugged "I guess. Its just a test isn't it? I mean like what will they have us do, just fill out a questionnaire that some Erudite made up? Its the Choosing Ceremony I would be worried about if anything."

We sat silently for a minute as we watched the other factions get called. The Candor sat in a flurry of black and white outfits, chatting and gossiping loudly. The Abnegation sat quietly and respectfully in their bland gray clothes. Erudite kids huddled around books or talked with other kids in the sea of blue dressed people. It was the Dauntless who were really fun to watch though. When they arrived they jumped of trains, all dressed in black. At the table they ran around to each other, talking loudly. Some were even stood on top of the table. One by one people were called to take the test. My moms words ran through my mind, 'Don't let your Divergence show. Manipulate the test if you can. Make it so it seems like you belong in one faction and only one.' I wasn't sure how to manipulate a test but I would try. All I could do was try. I fiddled with my bright red hair and almost missed my name being called.

"May, you were just called." Cedar nudged me. I gave him a worried look. "You will be fine!" He smiled, his chocolate eyes locking into my hazel ones. I stood up and walked to the doors where a woman in Erudite blue stood.

"May Summers?" She asked. I nodded in response. She laughed a small amount. "Your name is quite funny being how May is in Spring and your last name is Summers. Very Amity." She commented. I got that a lot. "Well follow me."

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The Erudite women opened a door for me and I stepped into a room with walls made from mirrors. No matter where I looked on the walls I only saw myself staring back at me. A tall, but thin girl with fiery red hair and freckles sprinkled on her cheeks. My hair blended into my red blouse but my blouse stood out agains the flowing yellow skirt. A different Erudite woman was sat in a rolling chair in front of a bigger metal chair.

"Come sit." She ordered. I did as I was told. This definitely didn't looks like it is going to be a paper and pencil questionnaire like Cedar said. The Erudite woman connected a wire to my forehead, then a wire to hers.

"I am Mary and I will be initiating your aptitude test today. You are May Summers, correct?"

"Yes." I choked out. She handed me a little vial of a transparent liquid with a couple of tiny bubbles in in.

"Drink this and the test will begin." Mary told me. I looked down at the liquid and took a deep breath. I put it up to my lips and the cool, flavorless liquid entered my mouth. I swallowed and the world went dark.

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When I could see again I stood where I was sitting with Cedar not more than five minutes ago. But the school cafeteria was not bustling with people from the factions anymore but was completely empty except the table in front of me where two baskets sat. One with a knife in it, the other had cheese.

"Choose!" A voice boomed from nowhere. I wanted to pick both, but I remembered. Don't show Divergence. I grabbed the knife. Nothing happened. Then I heard a growl from behind me. I turned and saw a dog ready to pounce and attack me, snapping and growling. My reflexes tried to defend myself and I three the knife at it without thinking. I slammed my eyes shut so I didn't see or feel what happened next. I braced myself for impact from the attacking dog, but nothing happened. I opened my eyes and I was no longer in the cafeteria but on a bus. A man in front of me was reading a newspaper. The man was sketchy looking and had an odd odor to him. He looked to me and shoved a picture from his newspaper at my face to show me.

"Have you seem this man?" He asked demandingly. I looked at the photo. The caption said 'MURDERER' and the man in the photo looked familiar to me. I wanted to tell him no. I wanted to say I'd never seen him before even though in truth I had. But I had to make my answer different in fear. Could answering truthfully show my divergence?

"I may have seen him before. Maybe once." I said to the man. He looked at me, staring right into my eyes.

"Are you sure that's the truth?"

"Yes." I answered, then suddenly the scene changed. I was standing in the middle of a dimly lit street at night. It was raining lightly and the wind was chilly. Suddenly I heard running footsteps from behind me. I turned to see a man dressed in dark clothes with his face covered.

"You!" He caught up to me. He swung his fist to punch me but I ducked quickly. I kicked him in the stomach in self defense. I didn't want to hurt him. But at the same time I knew I should. The world went dark again.