The One That Was Forgotten (Divergent FanFic - The Eaton's)

Chapter One

So, This is my first ever FanFic. I have read a lot of FanFic's and thought that I should try and write one. I am going to tell you now that I am currently in my last year of A-Levels therefore I will not be able to update it every single day but will do it as much as my time allows due to exams etc. I will also say that there may be a lot of gramatic mistakes as I am not the best at English although I did get a C at GCSE. Well, Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy it.

As I am slowly drifting off to sleep, already thinking about what the next day lies ahead of me. No need to really think about it though when I know exactly what is coming as it has been the same for the past four years, beating after beating. Especially after a day like tomorrow. This day only comes around once a year, but this day is by far the worst of the year.
The Choosing Ceremony .
Every year, my father and I are required to attend the Choosing Ceremony. This is where all sixteen year olds no longer are dependants, but they become full members of our society within there faction, as long as they past initiation. Four years ago to the day, my life changed, forever.
*Four Years Ago*
I wake up to the noise of my brother and sister running into my room giving me the biggest hug I could ever imagine. There in front of me stood my brother, Tobias and my sister, Susan. We all had the same tanned skin, they were both pretty tall too but Tobias was the taller. He had short black hair and deep blue eyes. Susan had black shoulder length hair which was up in a bun. By looking at these two, you could tell that they were related, I didn't look much like them as I got more of the looks of my father where as they got them off my mother. Even though we did not look much a like, us three, we as close as we could ever be. We were the only family that we had.
I remembered what today was, it was Tobias and Susan's Choosing Day. I looked up to them and said "Be quiet, I don't want dad coming in and you two getting into trouble." Tobias sat down and laughed. Susan soon followed suit.
"Don't worry, he has already left as he has to host the Ceremony." I remember this day like it was yesterday, I remember a gave a huge sigh of relief. The happiness soon fell away when they sat me down to talk to me. They explained there situation to me, they told me how they wanted to leave Abnegation but they did not want to leave me behind. I knew exactly what these two have been through there entire life's due to our so called father. I turned and looked at them both and simply said "You two have to leave, you have to be safe and then when I turn sixteen, I will leave two." They both looked at me a smiled. At this time I was only eleven years old so I still had five years until my Choosing Ceremony. I knew I was leaving already, where will I go, I was unsure, but it will be anywhere other than Abnegation. Since then, the beatings which my brother and sister would receive daily, turned to me and then on every Choosing Ceremony day, they would be worse as he would say that he was betrayed by his other children, and I was not allowed to do that to him. The day that they left had the worse beating and another one has not came anywhere near as bad as that. He would use whatever he could find for the beatings, or in other words torture. My father used his belt more often than not, the amount of slash marks on by back was unbelievable but I knew how to treat myself to prevent it getting worse due to all the years helping Tobias and Susan. The day which they left, it was the year which Abnegation was hosting the ceremony and as my father was the leader of our faction, he was the host. Tobias and Susan both chose Dauntless, as they let there blood drop into the hot coals, they were staring at my father. He never saw it coming, he believed that they would both say so he was in utter shock. Which I think is far to say, that it made it worse for me.
*Present Day - The Choosing Ceremony*
This year was Erudite's turn to host the ceremony. This would mean that Jeanine Matthews would host as she was the leader of Erudite. I always zoned out of the boring speeches and the whole event really, I have sat through it so many times, I knew what will happen and I didn't really care about any of the sixteen years olds because I didn't know any of them. As the ceremony drew to a close, my father placed his hand on my back and I wince. He gives me his evil smirk which everyone else does not realise what it means. On our way out, Jeanine stops my father to have a word with him, I don't know what it is about but when they come back, Jeanine looks back to me and says "One more year Jamie, then you make your choice. Your last year as a dependant, Enjoy." She smiles at me and for common decency I smile in return. My father then pushed me towards the exit and we get on the bus. Due to the supposed 'selfless nature' of Abnegation, we allow all others to take our seats. On the ride home, I start to think, what am I going to choose next year?
As soon as we reach our house, I go up to my room and get prepared for the beating. I know the routine and if I am not how my father wants me to be so that it can start, it will only make matters worse. Once he is finished, he tells me that I have 30 minutes to get ready to cook dinner as the Prior's are coming round. They are another couple who are close to my father and work in leadership with him. I remember there two children, left two years after Tobias and Susan, they were left distraught but they seemed to be okay with it as they would visit there children every year on visiting day. My father would never allow us to go to visiting day, I once tried to go alone but got caught by one of my fathers colleagues so he took me home and I was punished by my father. I sat there a quietly sobbed, I thought to my self, this is almost over, I will soon be away from this monster of a father and I will be free.
It was not always this way, I never took a full beating before my brother and sister had left, they would always get in the way and stop it. I would end up only getting a slap or punch if my father thought that I was being rude to him, something I learnt to not do for the best outcome.
My brother would take more of the beatings, he always took the beating that my sister would be about to have. He felt that since out mother died and our father was how he is, he would have to protect us. The beatings only started, so I am told, once my mother died. Tobias said that he felt my father was beating her before she died to what seemed to be complications from pregnancy. I could have had a little brother or sister. I felt happy that I didn't, because I would not want them to grow up in this environment, always in danger, but then I would of always loved to have someone to look after.
The worst days would always be a Wednesday, these were the days of the council meetings and as he was on the council, he would always come home full of anger and rage. This would be taken out on us, or since I am now alone, me. I would normally be hit everyday without a fault, he seemed to have no self-control but he always restricted himself to hitting me in places which was covered by clothing since as part of Abnegation, we could not were any clothing showing too much skin. This meant that my face and neck were normally the only places where I would be touched. I would always receive a big beating once a week, normally on a Wednesday but depending on his moods, it could happen more. And more often than not, it did. I would say that I got used to the beatings, but I didn't. How could you do that to your own flesh and blood? I got used to the pain, my pain threshold dramatically increased and I also become very good at holding my emotions in as if I showed too much emotion, then he would beat me more.