Waking up in the infirmary was living hell.

The next morning...

Today, I let the bells wake us up.

"Knife throwing!" Four yells, "Two minutes, training room!"

I get ready and am one of the first ones in the training room, apart from Nathan and Matt.

"Feeling alright?" Nathan asks me.

"Better then ever," I reply sarcastically.

As soon as the rest of the initiates come piling in.

"Rankings!" Four yells, "Due to your fight results. This isn't the end of stage one, nor are any of you getting cut just yet."

I see the rankings.

1. Brad:5/5
2. Matt:4/5
3. Nathan:4/5
4. Tom:4/5
5. Dave:3/5
6. Daniel:3/5
7. Abel: 3/5
8. Adam: 2/5
9. Kat:1/5
10. Andrew: 1/5
11. Adam 1/5 (hopefully i forgot)
12. David:0/5

I'm not at the very bottom, push comes to shove.

Four leads us outside, to where we are handed knifes. We stand in front of targets. Sage is to my left, Abel to my right. I start holding the knives and positing the throw without actually holding the knife. I need to get this perfect and pass Dauntless rankings.

"Are you actually gonna throw the knife?" Sage asks.

I finally throw the knife. I hit it straight in the center of the target. Sage mouth drops after he missed 5 times.

"Yes and I'll do it better than you'll ever do," I reply.

"This isn't a competition," Sage says.

"In Dauntless, everything is a competition."

"Don't outsmart me," Sage says.

Sage finally hits the target. "Ha."

I throw the knife once more at the target. I hit a bulls eye... Again. I throw about five more knifes, before Eric stops us.

"Hey, David," Eric says.

David looks at Eric.

"Pick up the knifes."

Everyone stops throwing knifes.

"No," Eric says, "I don't want you to stop throwing the knifes. Keep throwing."

We keep throwing the knifes.

"No," David says.

"Are you afraid?"

"Yes."

"Well then go and stand in front of the target. Four, throw knifes at him."

"No!" Nathan yells, "I'll do it."

"So will I," I reply.

"Okay then, Four, throw at Nathan after you finish with Kat."

"Okay. Kat first."

I stand in front of the target.

"Don't flinch," Eric says.

Four throws one knife. Don't kill me, don't kill me..... But actually, I kind of want to die. Four throws a knife right above my head. He throws one beside my right ear. And the final knife, he slices a tad bit of my ear off.

"Points for bravery, stiff, but there's no stupidity without a price," Eric says coldly.

Nathan now stands in front of the target. Four follows a different pattern, with him slicing both of Nathan's ears.

Dauntless is living hell.