Madison's Prompt

Divergent: The choosing ceremony

They called my name, my mind still swirling from Abnegation to Dauntless, and even more Amity, I had absolutely no idea. Abnegation was the selfless and kind factor, but I wanted to have fun and I also wanted to do things I could never do in Abnegation. Dauntless was fun, and exciting, and I am brave, but I would never fit into their brutal lifestyle. Amity is peaceful and kind, they only love and never hate, but I also want to be brave and selfless sometimes.
There I was, the knife was inches away, and my blood belonged somewhere, whether I knew where it belonged to or not. I looked to my right and left, then to my parents off in the distance, how I would love to talk to them for a fraction of a second. I also recognized how everybody was here for my life decision, for whatever factor I would be stuck in for the rest of my life, and my life depended on this moment.
I picked up the knife, and looked at the blade that got sharper every second. I only felt a little bit of pain as I became closer to my life sentence. You may not believe this, but I stood there in front of everybody and did eenie-minie-moe between the three bowls and just like that, I was going to the factor Amity. Everybody was shocked and so was I, but sometimes you just have to let fate fall in the hands of chance.


The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, by
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