"Pssst! Pssssssst!" I hear a whisper hiss. I open my eyes fast and bolt up, covered in a sweat.

I had a dream where the man who spit at Annabeth found out I was divergent, and was trying to kill me.

"Oh, hey Luke. This early? I felt like I only had two hours of sleep..." I groan and whisper.

"Oh, come on, Perce. If your gonna be dauntless, and we're gonna rank top two, you gotta get up early," he says, smiling, as he rank me onto the floor and I hear my back crack. I stand up slowly.

"Shhh! Luke be quiet! Your gonna wake the others up..." I whisper. I put the sheets gently back on the bed and follow Luke out of the room. He leads me down a series of hallways until we get to the fighting arena area.

How does he know the hallways so well?

"Here we are. The ranking are right over there, so let's train. Oh, and Perce?" He asks.

"Yes Luke?" I ask.

"Do you know who that Octavian dude is? He's ranked third jumper. He looks kinda like me, but smaller and weirder," Luke says, with almost a sneer.

"No, I..." I start, then remember. "He's some Erudite...nose," I say, trying out dauntless slang for Erudite. Luke grins.

"I was an Erudite Perce. So was Annabeth," Luke smiles. I blush.

"Well, he still acts-you and Annabeth don't- it's different-" I stutter.

"I get it Perce, can I call you Perce?" He asks. I nod, and we start walking towards the ranking board.

"That Leo kid, the Abnegation who's scrawny, he's going down, he won't even make one fight," says Luke. I gulp, and force a smile and a thumbs up.

I don't know if I want to hurt anyone, especially Annabeth.

"Let's practice. Do you know any good moves from...books?" I ask cautiously.

"Yeah, a few," he days and we walk into the middle of the arena. He stands, one fist up, the other down a little lower, and I copy his position.

"Good, Perce. Just raise both arms a little more, and relax your posture," he corrects. I do, and he grins.

"We'll make a great team," he smirks. I gulp, and nod. Something isn't right. But Luke is my best friend now, other than Annabeth, and he can help.

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"Swing now, Percy!" Luke yells, and he accidentally parts his arms from protecting his face, and I punch right in front of him where I would punch him, but were not hurting each other. I bring my arm back and duck under his arms as he punches, and grab his leg and whip it out from under him, causing him to fall. He lands on his butt, grunting.

"Sorry, I got a little carried away-I-I-" I stutter, but Luke grins and jumps up, laughing.

"Your a natural, Perce. Now let's get back to the bunker and act like we just woke up," he says grinning. I don't know why I had a bad feeling at all.

We walk back and jump into bed, laying for about twenty minutes, until there's a holler.

"Get up, initiates! I know it's early, but get used to it!" I hear Rachel. I realize Luke and I had been training in our pajamas-or whatever they were- so I get changed into the normal dauntless initiate training outfit.

Everyone hurries out, and I catch up to Annabeth.

"Hey, what's up?" I ask casually. She smiles.

"Nothing much, just doing what your doing and following Rachel," she says. And when she says Rachel, it's with a sneer. I raise an eyebrow.

"I don't like her. She flirts with all the boys-initiates or not," Annabeth says. She frowns, but looks at me and smiles.

"I heard we were fighting other initiates today so we can see what our skills are and rank us from there to start. Even with no training yet," she says. "Hey, you look like you haven't slept all night, did you get up early his morning?" She asks. I shuffle nervously as we're walking, but turn my non Candor skills on.

"Yeah, just worried about today. I got sick in the middle of the night too. When I get nervous I get stomach aches," I say smoothly. She nods.

"Well, gotta always trust a loudmouth candor!" She jokes.

She'll never trust me.

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I look at the board of pairs of initiates fighting, and gulp nervously. We're standing in front of a board next to the ranking board. I just hadn't noticed it before.

Luke vs Leo

I sigh with relief. I don't have to go against Luke.

Piper vs Hazel

Calypso vs Travis

Connor vs Selena

Octavian vs Katie

I then realize I skipped the 2nd one.

Percy vs Annabeth

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I watch as Luke starts in his great posture. Leo just stands there with his arms by his side, looking frantically around, worried. I feel like this isn't him. He should be a kid cracking jokes, laughing, and covering up something deep inside with humor. Maybe I just need to get to know him.

Luke charges Leo, and punches him in the gut. Leo crumples to the ground, and looks hurt. He groans, and lashes out weakly at Luke's leg, he grabs on to it, and Luke looks down, laughing. I don't like this.

"Go ahead, grab onto my leg with your little weak arms. Have fun trying," Luke sneers. Suddenly, Leo smirks. He wrenches Luke's leg out from under him, and jumps up, throwing a punch at Luke's face as he goes down. I see Leo kick Luke's side three times, until Luke gets up, with a bloody nose and his eye going in and out of focus.

Leo smirks. People laugh nervously.

Luke charged but Leo slides under his legs, punching him where the sun doesn't shine. Initiates burst out with laughter.

"Who would've thought that scrawny kid would do that?" Someone says.

Luke screeches and grabs Leo's shirt while he whips around, and flings him across the floor. Leo slide and lands in a position where his arms are on his head, and he's leaning back like he's relaxing. His expression is filled with humor. Everyone laughs.

He laughs, and jumps up, scaring a startled Luke. Luke stands as Leo charges, but at the last second, Leo jumps to the side and Luke lunges forward, where Leo would of been a second ago.

Luke falls forward and Leo stand onto of him, bouncing his feet on Luke's back, and we hear cracking and some snaps. Luke groans, and Leo kicks his side many times. Luke groans. Leo smirks again.

"Adios, senor," Leo says, and kicks Luke in the head. Luke goes unconscious. And Rachel claps.

(A/N LEO IS SUCH A SAVAGE!!)

"Alright! Next!" She yells.

It's me and Annabeth.

I frown as we enter the arena.

"It's okay Percy. You can hurt me, I don't mind. It's all part of training," he says calmly and sadly.

I nod sadly, and I'm caught by surprise when Annabeth tackles me to the ground, and punches my jaw. It's weak though. I push her off me and hit her side with my fist, not my feet. She groans I frown. I don't want to do this.

She stands, up, and nods. She doesn't care if I hurt her or not.

But I do.

I punch her in the face, and she reels back, with a small bloody nose.

She comes at me, and hits me on the nose. I don't even try to stop it. I get the tiniest bloody nose the see Annabeth shrink back.

I see an opportunity to punch Annabeth. It's clear, and she swaying. On her feet a little. I hit her side, and Rachel boos, knowing I saw that chance. Annabeth collapses.

"Finish her Percy!" Rachel screams, an the pierced man who spit at Annabeth-Ethan-glares at me. I lower my fists and back off.

"No, I...I can't," I say. Rachel raises an eyebrow, and Ethan scowls.

"I'm not gonna hurt her anymore," I say. I walk calmly out of the arena, and Rachel nods calmly, but looking angry.

"Percy, follow me. We need to have a chat," says Ethan. I never realized how he's probably only two years older than me until now when I am following him.

He leads me down to the pit, and I know what he is going to do.

"Don't throw home in the pit, please," I beg. He laughs harshly.

"Oh, you are a riot Percy," he says, mocking to wipe a tear from his eye. I roll my eyes Persassily.

"Sure, because your Mr. Nice Guy, and would never do anything like that!" I say. He glares, then laughs, and I see his hands coming forward to push me in.

"Stop," I hear a beautiful voice. Ethan stops and looks at her. She is Piper, the one I recognized from Candor. Ethan glares at her.

"Excuse me?" Ethan says.

"You will not push Percy into the pit," she says calmly.

"And who says-"

"I do because I have proof. Killing an initiate, you'll go straight to factionless," she says. She pulls out a camera and I see a picture of Ethan about to push me in.

"I will get you. You both," he says, and walks away.

"Piper, thanks. You saved my life," I said. "You sure have a way of making people do what you want," I joke. She smiles.

"No problem Perseus," she says. "Oh, right, I forgot, it's Percy now. We used to be in class together in the first grade," she says. I faintly remember.

"Piper McLean. With the dad, leader of Candor! I remember now!" I say. She sighs.

"Let's get back to the fight. I told Rachel I was going to the bathroom. Anyway, my fight is next. They're getting Annabeth cleaned up now," she says. I nod, and follow her back, not wanting to see Annabeth's condition.

And this was only the beginning.

Hey guys! It's Amber. This was probably the longest chapter yet! I'm so excited and had so much fun writing it! Leo is such a savage, and Annabeth WILL get much stronger, don't you worry about that.

Piper does sorta have charmspeak in a way. Don't worry, Percy will find water soon! They will all have a connection with their original powers, but won't have them in this book.

Hope you guys are enjoying, and remember don't be a silent reader! If you see any mistakes feel free to correct them in the comments.

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