Hello my lovelies~ Yes I know its been ages since I've posted something and I'm embarrassed to say that I'm just now getting around to watching Divergent. What was wrong with me! I mean can we seriously take a moment and talk about how incredibly good looking Jai Courtney was in that movie. How can I look at that tatted body and not write something? My thoughts exactly. So with my small rant over I give you the first chapter to my new divergent story:) Remember to review!

"How did it get to this?"

Heat surrounded her, engulfing her tiny frame in its brazen act of defiance, turning her grey clothes black with its evil. She was young, barely ten, and she was afraid. No one knows how it started, or where it even began. But when it became known that the large grain fields outside the walls were being plowed over by fire, every faction pulled from their regular duties to lend aid to the frightened Amity farmers. Even young children who didn't even need to be there. In the flurry of orange and yellow walls moving towards the city, the children were frightened and calling out for their parents, hoping that they might get a response or see their smiling facing running towards them.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Her head whipped back and forth as she swatted at the flames. They licked her skin like the hot tongue of the devil himself. It hurt her and no matter how hard and how fast she slapped at her arms, the flames would not extinguish themselves. At this point she was convinced that she was going to burn alive, too frightened to do anything else.

And then her savior came in the form of a man. A Dauntless man with black clothing and blonde hair. She saw him running as fast as he could, ripping the coat he wore from his torso and finally screeching to a halt in front of her. He jerked her forward and wrapped the jacket around her tiny frame, holding her close and patting at her body fiercely.

He extinguished the flames and felt the child in his arms shaking violently as he held her. He pushed her away and looked her up and down, assessing the damage that she had taken. She had burns on her arms, but it was nothing too bad. Nothing third degree that he saw. She would be fine physically, but mentally she would more than likely need some work.

"What's your name?" He reached forward, pushing a lock of the deepest and reddest hair he had ever seen behind her ear. He saw this small girl hold back the floodgates of tears that threatened to escape her hazel eyes, but it was no good.

"A-Ariel." He heard her mumbled out. Warm droplets began to cascade down her puffed cheeks once more and she felt embarassment resonate through her body. "I-I'm sorry." She began to frantically wipe away the tears with the back of her burnt sleeves but in all her effort only more came to replace the old.

"Ariel. That is a beautiful name." The man before her was never really good with young children. Being a dauntless mean showing bravery and strength, his natural traits that he was born with. But comforting was not his highest attribute. He saw her give a small smile while she unwrapped herself and gave back his coat.

Looking around, the man saw that the flames of the fire were finally coming under control and that he was not needed at the present moment. "Let's go find your parents." He began walking away when he felt a small hand grab at his softly. It surprised him greatly and he took no note to it, only continuing on and away from the field with the small girl.

"What's your name?" Came the meek voice of the little girl.

Ariel saw the man look down at her with his mouth open, saying his name. But she heard nothing, and soon it was if the world disappeared. She stood by herself in a void of darkness. Looking around she saw nothing, like she was in a giant room with all the lights turned off.

"Ariel Fallon." A voice rang out to her, but it was one she didn't recognize.

Hazel eyes quickly snapped open as she realized that it was finally her turn. She saw the people of all factions staring at her, waiting for her to come forth and choose her future with one of them. Her nerves caused her to shake and she felt as though her voice had become lost within her own body. "Ariel, it's ok, you can do this." She looked over to a fellow member of her faction and saw that he was giving her a small smile of confidence. "Go." She received a gentle push from the boy and quickly tried to regain her composure. She smoothed out the wrinkles to her dress and made sure that her bun was tightly secured before she chose her future family.

Breathing heavily, Ariel stood. Her long grey dress dragged the floor slightly as she descended the steps of the room in which the Choosing Ceremony was taking place and she found herself staring at the five large bowls that represented the factions.

Ariel felt the eyes of the room staring at the back of her head, penetrating through her long red locks and finally seeing what she was seeing with her own eyes. Grasping the cool metal of the knife handle gently, she held up her opposite hand and gave a quick slice, wincing as she did so. Her test told her Amity, but she didn't feel very peaceful.

From a young age Ariel was always different. She was always easy to spot within the grey clothes of her abnegation faction. Her hairs color always gave her away and gave other children and excuse to pick on her. But when the fire came and she saw the people dying before her eyes she knew then what she wanted. To protect those that couldn't protect themselves.

She knew that she was different. She wasn't peaceful like amity and she wasn't entirely selfless like abnegation. The truth had been known to slip, unlike a Candor and she wasn't a genius like the Erudite. That left her with only one.

She saw one drop of her crimson blood hit the hot coals, sizzling quietly and absorbing herself into them, accepting her as a member of their own. She closed her eyes, letting out a breath that she didn't know she was holding.

"Dauntless!" Screams and hollers were heard from the far right of the room and Ariel quickly grabbed a piece of white bandage, wrapping it around the oozing cut on her hand. She walked over to the members of dauntless and was quickly grabbed and lifted from the ground by a boy much larger than herself. He spun her around while laughing gleefully before setting her down in his seat.

"Alright stiff! You totally made the right choice!" The light voice came from a woman beside her. She was golden-skinned with black hair and a pristine smile. "Girl, your hair is gorgeous. Mind if I take it down? I'm Danni by the way. There's no need to keep it in your old factions style."

Ariel was surprised by the kindness that Danni displayed and she slowly nodded her head, turning to the side in her seat and allowing to her remove the pins that held her hair in place.

She felt the weight of the bun disappear and in exchange several gasps of awe came from her surrounding faction members. "Wow girl! You sure have got a lot of hair!" Danni exclaimed, running her fingers through it from the top of her head all the way to the tips. Her hair had always been one of the only things Ariel liked about herself. The color was pretty, it was strong and thick, and it came down to her bum in pin-straight locks.

"Umm, thanks I guess. Do you have a hair bow by any chance? I don't want to leave it down, it'll fly everywhere." Danni pulled a black band from around her wrist and gave it to Ariel with a smile. The room suddenly turned quiet once more as other people were called up to choose their new faction. Ariel braided her hair to the side in the fishtail style, watching and waiting for someone to choose dauntless, but they never did.

She quickly wrapped the band around the tip of her hair when she noticed that the Choosing Ceremony was over and it was time to leave. "Come on Ariel." She was quickly grabbed by Danni and led outside.

The warm rays of sun kissed at her pale face, causing her to feel a swell of happiness within her stomach. She was dauntless now, something that she had wanted for six years in the making. A new jolt of energy came forth within herself and she quickly took off after the rest of the dauntless group with Danni at her side.

"Hope you can climb in that dress stiff!" Confusion racked through Ariel's brain as she ran with her new faction. But her confusion quickly turned to a smile when she saw black clad men and women ascended large metal beams. "Well don't just stand there a stare, get to climbing!" Ariel felt a large hand come in contact with her butt, smacking it playfully before she saw the face of the man who did so. She watched as he easily scaled the beams and she quickly began after him.

Her slender fingers gripped at the holes within the beams and she found herself being able to hoist her body up with little effort. She saw a hand extended down and realized that it was Danni offering her a little help. "Grab hold before the train hits." Ariel looked down the track and saw the train coming at a quick speed.

Ariel quickly grabbed her hand and was pulled up onto the platform alongside Danni. But her success was short-lived when she saw the familiar grey train of dauntless zooming past her causing stray strands of red hair to wave wildly in the wind.

"Oh shoot." Ariel muttered to herself, taking off behind the rest of the faction and grabbing hold of a silver rail that stuck out from the side of the train. She pulled herself in, nearly tripping on her dress, and sat down while breathing heavily against the inside wall.

"You better hurry up and catch that breathe of yours, because the fun has just started. I'm Ophir, brother to Danni. You got a pretty nice butt for a stiff." Ophir was tall with short black hair and sparkling blue eyes. He had two tattoos that came from under his shirt on either side of his neck. They came up behind his ears before jumping over them in a question mark. Unique.

Ariel felt her face heat up with embarassment before a woman at the front of the cart shouted out to all the members. "Get ready to jump!"

"Jump?" Ariel muttered while standing and peeking her head out from the door. "You've got to be joking. The wind pushed against her face roughly as she saw multiple members starting to leap from the moving train and onto a rooftop adjacent from the tracks.

"Nope! Either jump or become factionless." Ophir quickly bolted out of the train and onto the roof, followed by his sister, Danni. She watched as they yelled and landed on their feet, high fiving their success.

Ariel breathed in deeply for a moment before she ran hard, her feet smashing against the metal floor of the train. Her heart beat fast and her breathing came in ragged pants until for a moment she felt herself flying. She landed on the hot roof hard and on her knees. The gravel tore through her grey dress and slightly embedded themselves into her skin. She brushed them off and quickly stood, joining the others and finding Danni and Ophir.

"You're about to meet one of our leaders." She said, a bit of mischief lacing her voice. "He's a real heart throb." Danni laughed and glanced over to the smiling Ariel.

"And his name?" Ariel asked, looking around and wondering just who it could be. Were they already among them, disguised as an initiate? What if it was secretly Ophir, Danni's brother?

"His name is Eric, and he's right there."