Candor or Dauntless

Chapter 1

I walk through the Pit when I hear someone calling my name.

"TRIS!" I recognise the voice as Christina's. I stop walking and she catches up to me ... panting. "We're going ... to Uriah's ... place ... tonight at ... 8:00 ... for Candor ... or Dauntless!" She says breathless. I'm a little embarrassed to say, "But ... what is Candor or Dauntless?" Christina looks at me,
stunned.

"It's Truth or Dare. Ya know, Candor-Honest and Dauntless-Brave. Duh!"

I feel my cheeks warm. "Who's going to be there?" I ask.

"Uriah, Zeke, Shauna, Will, Lynn, Al, Marlene, Me, You and Four."
I turn away the second she mentions Four. I don't know why, but ever since he saved me, from the Ferris wheel at capture the flag, I've been having weird feelings for him. I don't like him. I certainly do NOT like Four!

"Alright." I say.

We continue walking to the Pit. Today we're learning how to throw knives. As we walk in, Eric stops us. "Why were you both late to class?" He asks in his deep, scary voice. "Uh ... I ... Um-" Christina cuts me off by saying, "We were late because I had to go back to the dorms. I forget to get my shoes." Eric looks at me, then Christina and then her shoes. He laughs his low laugh and tells us, "Get inside."

I notice that everyone was watching. Including Four. I look down and blush insanely. Four teaches us how to hold the knife and throw it. I look at his stance and put the image in my mind. I then look at how he holds the knife. When he lets it go, it lands right where he meant to put it, in the centre of the target. He gives us three knives each. After about ten minutes no one has hit the target yet. I haven't even thrown a knife. I'm copying Four's stance. I grip the knife and mimic what he was doing. "Hey stiff, forget what a knife is?" My cheeks flush. I throw the knife and I'm the first person to hit the target. I smile. "Hey Peter, forget what a target is?" I yell, mimicking his voice. Christina and Will laugh. I smile and we continue on with the practise.

At 6:00 Christina comes and collects me from my bed at the dorms. "Come on!" She says. I don't even have to ask where we're going. I know she's taking me shopping. I don't fight back. I just let her drag me. We go into heaps of shops and when I get back to the dorms, I see how many bags Christina made us have. In total there's 15. I do a brain, face palm. We look through each of the bags and find outfits for each of us. I put on skinny jeans, a black V-neck top, a black leather jacket and my combat boots. Christina puts some makeup on me before we leave. She applies black eyeliner, light brown bronzer, mascara and light pink lip gloss. I look at myself in the mirror. I look ... pretty. My eyes are striking.

We leave the dorms, together and go to Zeke and Uriah's place. We knock on the door and see that everyone is already there. "Alright! Now that everyone's here, let's start the game!" Says Uriah.