The hot coals hissed as drops of blood fell upon them. The girl standing with her hand above the large, white bowl was on the tall side of average height. Her long, light brown hair was pulled into a low ponytail that ended at her lower back. She wore black jeans and a short sleeve white tee. Her head was held high as she strode towards the cheering Dauntless.

A few of them pat her on the back, while others said encouraging words, but she paid no attention to them. She didn't say anything, not even when the choosing ceremony was over and everyone in Dauntless bolted for the door.

She took off with them and followed closely. She swiftly scaled the metal beams and waited at the top for the trains. As it came into view, she bounced on the balls of her feet, shook out her hands once and started running as the other Dauntless members had.

The brunette observed as the slightly older boy grabbed the handle on the outside of the train and swung himself inside. There were two others before her, then it was her turn.

She easily mimicked their movements and attempted to swing herself inside. She got one foot in, but the toe of her right shoe got caught in the bottom of the opening. This sent her stumbling forward, but she quickly corrected her center of balance.

She stood in the center of the car while the other people eyed her skeptically. She watched as the others, obviously already full members, jumped into the train car.

Once the platform ran out, she turned into the car and looked around. 'Where are the other transfers?' the previous Candor thought. With no emotion on her face, she walked over to the corner close to the door, on the backside of the train. She leaned her shoulders against the walls and crossed her arms in front of her.

Most of the others were talking amongst themselves, but a few were looking at the Candor transfer. One had a few eyebrow piercings and tattoos could be seen on his neck coming from under his shirt, he had short brown hair.

Another guy with dark skin and brown hair came up to her, extended his right hand and said, "Hey, you're the Candor transfer, right? I'm Zeke. Welcome to Dauntless." The brunette shook his hand hesitantly and nodded, not saying anything.

"I'm impressed that you're here," he said. She raised an eyebrow and thought, 'why shouldn't I be here?'

Zeke quickly amended what he said, "I mean here, not as in Dauntless, but as in, like, this car," she continued to passively look at him. "Most of the transfers are in the other cars; they never really come to the first one like you did."

Zeke was starting to get unnerved by the silent transfer, I mean what Candor is this quiet, aren't they supposed to speak impulsively? So he asked, "Do you have a name?"

She nodded. Zeke looked at her waiting for an answer, when she showed no attempt to supply him with her name he said, "If you don't tell me what it is then I'll have to make one up." She shrugged indifferently and turned her head to look out the door to her right. Zeke moved from standing in front of her to leaning against the wall on the left of the girl with his hands in his pockets.

"Oh! I got it!" he said, straightening up in excitement. 'Is there somethin' wrong with this dude's head?' the transfer thought as she shifted to look back at the one who claimed the name, Zeke. "I'll call you Dredd."

She raised an eyebrow, " Ya' know Dredd, D-r-e-d-d, it kinda' fits you. I don't know how yet but it does," he grinned and opened his hands waiting for an answer.

This time, instead of remaining stoic, a closed lipped grin crept across her lips and she nodded her head.

"Dredd, I like it," Zeke slipped sideways on the wall and stumbled. The klutz quickly regained his balance and brushed himself off with a sweep of his arms down his front.

"Wow, so she does speak," he said, his eyes wide. Her shoulders shook a little in a silent laugh at his statement.

"Of course I speak, idiot," she said. Her voice was strong, not necessarily quiet, but also not overly loud. It was a confident, controlled voice.

"Well, it's just, you hadn't said anything since the choosing ceremony. So I was starting to think that…" he trailed off.

"Just 'cause I chose not to say anything doesn't mean I can't speak," she said simply.

"You could have at least told me your name," he grumbled.

"I don't want to tell you my name, or anyone else for that matter. I can have a new name here, so why keep the old one?"

"Good point, soooooo… what will your new name be?" he inquired. She smirked and said, "You'll have to wait and see."

Zeke groaned and raked his hands through his hair, "I just had to talk to the strangest transfer of the year. Why me?" he whined. She chuckled softly but immediately stopped when a voice asked, "You pestering the initiate Zeke?" it was the man with piercings and tattoos from before.

He was casually strolling over to their corner. Zeke grabbed his arm and looked up at him with big eyes, "Help me, Eric, she won't tell me what her name is."

'So that's his name, Eric,' she thought remaining silent with no emotion on her face, just like when Zeke had first approached her. Eric wrestled his arm out of Zeke's grasp and said, somewhat annoyed, "You can worry about that later, we're coming up on the compound. Time to jump."

He looked over at the girl as she stepped away from the wall. He sized her up skeptically, wondering how she would hold up during initiation. She backed up against the wall opposite the opening on the other side of the train with the other Dauntless members.

"If you don't jump far enough you'll fall in the gap and plummet to your death. So jump far!" Zeke said cheerfully with a smile.

Once the train reached a certain building, the black-clothed people launched themselves out of the train, hollering with joy. Without a second's hesitation, Dredd followed, jumping out of the train car. She landed on the gravel on top of the building. She landed on her feet but her momentum carried her forward and she fell over.

She quickly pushed herself up and grinned, thinking about what she'd just done. She hadn't hesitated, she wasn't nervous. She'd enjoyed the rush of adrenaline she had felt.

She had been born for this, she was meant to be part of Dauntless.