*Beatrice Age 5* 

The beatings never got better, in fact, they got worse. One day I was sitting in my room in Abnegation because I was being hidden there. My father Andrew does not know that I am not his biological daughter, and he is just plain out abusive. I have been whipped almost every day, and sometimes I even got knocked out cold. One day I am sitting on my bed looking at a photo album and I feel something hit my back, it turns out it is my father. Not my biological father, but my fake father. I have to be strong, though. Ever since these beatings started when I was one my mother has been doing anything to keep the news of them inside the four walls of this house. Eventually, I go out cold, and whenI wake up my mom is at the bathroom sink, and she looks really mad. 

"You are going o leave Abnegation tomorrow, I will come with you and we are going to Dauntless," she says, not even looking at me. How does she know that I am awake? Can she tell? Was she Dauntless? 

"Yes mom, but what is going on," I ask?

"Your step-father is becoming worse and worse, by the days. The longer we stay here the weaker you look," she says.

"Okay, mom, should I pack my things," I ask?

"Yes, and meet me by the train tracks at 10:00," she says. I nod, and then I go downstairs to see if I can help with dinner or anything. When I go to bed, I throw a bunch of things in a bag, and when I finally finish, I hear my step-father going to bed. I check my watch and it is 9:55 PM. I run out of my room and out the door o the house. I don't stop running until I reach the train tracks. I see my mother standing there wearing black clothes, and she motions for me to slip off my gray dress, which I was wearing black underneath. I slip off the gray dress, and when I hear the train car I jump on. I see a crowd of people all wearing black clothes sitting there.  One of them jumps up and runs over to us.

"Natalie, who is the young one," they ask.

"Max, meet Skyler, she has been being beaten up by Andrew every day since she was two years old. I am taking her back to Dauntless where she will hopefully have a better life," my mom says. I am surprised by what happens next, a boy about my age runs over.

"So you are the mysterious girl who disappeared," he says, his eyes are wide.

"I am not mysterious. Although mom why do I have a tattoo on my ankle," I question.

"We wanted you to know that you were actually dauntless and not Abnegation because your real father is Max. Andrew was just my cover up. I want you to stay in the Dauntless compound. I will be staying as well, assuming that is alright. I just want you to get away from the hell hole you have lived in for the past five years. Uriah no need to antagonize her," mom says, and the boy hugs her before running back to the circle. I feel someone motioning me towards the circle, but they are pushing me. I am sick of being pushed around, so I yank myself free.

"I can walk you know," I tell Max, who was the owner of the hand that had been pushing me forward. He laughs, and I sit down in between two boys. Uriah, and one I don't know, but I assume is related to Uriah somehow because they look like twins but one looks a little bit older, like two years older, or something along those lines.

"Hi, I am Skyler, what is your name," I ask the boy that is not Uriah.

"Zeke, Uriah is my younger brother. I am seven, and he is five," Zeke says.

"Cool, I guessed you were a little older at first, but you guys look a lot alike," I tell him

"You are the first person who has ever told either of us that," Zeke says, and he looks happy. I think that he likes being compared to his brother. Seeing that, they are similar. I smile knowing that I will never be abused that badly again.

"Time to jump," Max yells.

"Jump," I question even though I know that the answer is yes we are going to jump. We are Dauntless and that is what we do here. 

"Yeah, it is how we get into the compound," Uriah says. I don't even think I just jump out, and amazingly I land perfectly on my feet. Uriah jumps and falls on his back next to me. Then Zeke who also lands perfectly on his feet, but then crumples to the ground. 

"How did you do that," Uriah asks, pouting. I can't help but realize how cute he is when he is pouting. WAIT I CAN NOT BE FALLING FOR SOMEONE I JUST MET LIKE THIRTY MINUTES AGO. I think to myself then I realize that I have met Uriah before. When I was three, after one of my step-fathers beatings I was taken to the hospital and Uriah and I were in the same ward. I then snap out of my daze, when someone picks me up and I realize that it is my dad Max. I don't even try to escape, I know that he is so much stronger than me so there is no point. I only get put down when we reach the apartment that had been set up for my mom and me. I feel my dad put me down and head to the glass building, and then I climb into bed. When I wake up in the morning I go into the cafeteria wearing a black dress with the shorter part in the front, longer in the back. Uriah, and Zeke both gasp. 

"So finally decided to become dauntless," Uriah asks me grinning.