Spoilers, obviously. This story starts after Chapter 33 of Divergent. The standings were just announced, Tris and Four just kissed in the Pit, and the celebrations will be starting soon. From this point on, my story will NOT be true to the books. Mostly because I want Tris and Four to have a happy ending in Dauntless. Also, in my story, the Erudite are more of an annoyance than a threat and Dauntless leadership doesn't like or trust them, which means Eric is not working for the Erudite. He is, however, still a cruel leader. There is no war on Abnegation, so both of Tris's parents are still alive and none of the Dauntless have serums injected into them. And that's where I start at.

Chapter 33

After Tobias leaves to go talk with his friends, Christina stares at me in shock. "You… you and Four? How long has this been going on?"

"A while. I'll give you details later," I say.

"You better! What are we going to do to celebrate the rankings?" she asks.

I shrug and then head toward Uriah, gesturing for Christina and Will to follow me. I slip in between laughing groups of Dauntless until I find Uriah being harassed by Zeke for being outranked by a girl. Uriah doesn't appear particularly concerned by his brother's opinion. When Zeke sees me, he playfully puts an arm around me and pulls me into the center of the group.

"It's the girl of the hour! How's it feel to be the best in your initiation class, above my idiot brother?" he says.

Uriah rolls his eyes and says. "We're probably going to celebrate down here for a while and then head up to one of the older Dauntless's apartments. You wanna come along? The invitation extends to your transfer friends, too."

I step back to Christina and Will and quietly ask if they want to stay and celebrate with the Dauntless-born. Of course they do, so I nod at Uriah. Zeke leaves to go invite his friends back to our celebration. Uriah, Marlene, Lynn, Will, Christina, and I sit at a table and talk excitedly about jobs and apartments and our future here at Dauntless.

"Look. Peter's friends are gone, so he's like a lost puppy," Uriah whispers to our group.

"He deserves it. He doesn't belong in Dauntless. We're not supposed to be about cruelty," Christina says. I consider inviting Peter to sit with us, but remember the feeling of dangling over the chasm and decide against it.

"Too bad he didn't get cut. At least now, if he wants to mess with Tris, he won't have backup and he'll have to deal with all six of us," Will says.

"Twelve. All twelve of us," Zeke says. Four puts a hand on my shoulder. Behind them are Lauren, Shauna, and two older Dauntless boys I haven't met before. I spent sixteen years in Abnegation, and I only had two friends, but after less than a month in Dauntless I'm so much closer to so many more people. I guess that's the appeal of this faction. Once you've risked your life with someone, you grow closer to them.

"Where are we partying?" Uriah asks.

"It's a surprise. Follow me," Zeke flashes his daredevil smile. I get the feeling we aren't going back to someone's apartment. The new Dauntless members stand and follow the older members. Four falls in next to me and I relax. Four might tell me what's going on.

"I'm not going to tell you where we're going," he says. "You're just going to have to be brave and trust us."

So, like the Dauntless I now am, I follow my friends into the unknown.