Hey y'all!
New story time! I'm doing this one for my bestie who is in love with Uriah. So this will NOT be a Peter story. Some things will happen that change Dria's opinion on guys.
Hope you guys like it!
Peace and Love!
-Kat
Disclaimer: I don't own the Divergent Characters. I only own my OCs.
My name is Adrianna Kinkaide. I am 16 years old. I live in Candor. Here we try to be completely honest. I hate it! There are some reasons that you may need to tells little lies every once and a while.
Everyone in candor calls me AD but I've always liked the name Dria.
I always believe people are telling me lies when they say that I am pretty. I have bright red hair that goes just past my shoulders and brown eyes. I am extremely short and have a big bust and bottom. My ex-boyfriend, Peter Hayes, used to tell me that I was the most beautiful girl in the world. Yeah, he used to tell me that he loved me too. And to think, I fell for all his lies and actually cared for him. I felt like such a fool the day I found him with Molly. I had to tell my parents that I had broken up with Peter and they were devastated. Apparently they had gotten together with the Hayes family and started planning our wedding. I mean how can you do that without consulting either of the parties concerned.
Today is the choosing ceremony and I am not staying in Candor if it would save my life. I got an unexpected result on my aptitude test yesterday. I was told that Dauntless would best fit me. This works for me considering my best friend Al's parents were pressuring him to go to dauntless anyway. I think he'll give in.
Right now we are going up the elevator in the hub to go to the ceremony room. Once we get to the ceremony room I just stand there stunned. This is the room that is going to change the rest of my life. It's huge!
I give my parents one last hug and tell them that I will love them always. I then go and get in line for the ceremony. I've never personally been to a choosing ceremony but I've learned about them in school. The ceremony goes in reverse alphabetical order by last name so Al will be going before me.
Marcus Eaton goes up to the podium. This year is Abnegation's year to host the ceremony. Right behind Marcus is the 5 bowls that represent each of the factions. Earth for Amity, Stones for Abnegation, Glass for Candor, Water for Erudite, and Lit coals for Dauntless.
"Albert Reise." Oh, that's Al! He timidly walks up to the podium and takes the knife from Marcus Eaton. He slits his palm and looks back at his parents. He holds his hand out over the dauntless bowl. The blood drips onto lit coals. "Dauntless." The dauntless erupt into cheers and Al's parents look very proud.
"Caleb Prior." An abnegation leader's son. Oh well, he's probably going to stay in abnegation. Caleb walks up to the podium with an air of confidence that you don't often see in abnegations. Oh, this could be interesting. He cuts his palm and the blood starts pouring out. He quickly thrusts his hand over the water. "Erudite." The erudite politely claps and the abnegation collectively gasps.
Marcus eventually gets everybody calmed down and calls the next person up. "Beatrice Prior." Oh shoot. Another Prior? I wonder what she will do. Beatrice hesitantly walks up to the podium and takes the knife from Marcus. She cuts her palm and the holds her hand over the abnegation bowl. Her blood isn't coming out very fast for some reason. At the last minute she shifts her hand and the blood drips over the lit coals. "Dauntless." The dauntless scream with pride. Beatrice looks back at her parents and I can't help but follow her gaze. Her dad looks very disappointed and her mom looks sad but proud.
"Adrianna Kinkaide." Here goes nothing. I look at Al who nods. I walk up to the podium with my head held high. I know my decision. I take the knife from Marcus. I slit my palm maybe a little too deeply. The blood starts to gush and I hold my hand over the lit coals before I get any blood on the floor. I hear a sizzle. "Dauntless." I hear cheers from my best friend over the whole of dauntless. I go over and stand by Al. A girl with pretty short blonde hair turns to me and introduces herself as Bryn. She wears a typical amity dress. She says that she would love to be friends and I introduce her to Al. Al looks in shock when he sees her. He just stares at her like she is some kind of goddess. I shake my head and laugh.
"Peter Hayes." Ok. That snaps me back to the ceremony. Peter walks up to the podium, takes the knife and looks directly to me as if he were remorseful or something. He slits his palm and holds it out above the… oh no… not that bowl. "Dauntless." The rest of dauntless cheers with the exception of Al and I. Peter half smiles and walks straight over to me.
"AD. I realize now that I made the biggest mistake of my life when I was with Molly. Please come back to me. I still love you." I can honestly say that I'm in shock. Of course I still have some lingering feelings for him but once a cheater always a cheater. What do I do?
I kiss Peter on the cheek. "I'll think about it, ok?"
I should have known that Peter would not have let me get away that easily. He wraps both arms around my waist and pulls me close and whispers something in my ear. "You mean like when you told me you'd think about having sex with me for the first time. You only held out for a day." The memory of that event plays through my head and I try to hold back a smile. "See, you're already starting to succumb to the Peter charms." I laugh. He takes this opportunity to sneak in a kiss. I can't help it, I melt.
Soon the ceremony is over and all the dauntless are whooping and hollering as they run down the stairs of the hub. Peter and I follow the pack as we run hand in hand. After a few minutes of running I finally realize where we are headed and it's the first time that I am actually nervous about picking dauntless. We are headed towards the train tracks. We have to jump on a moving train.