Plot Line for July 2015- The Choosing Ceremony By Ross

Daigo entered The Hub in silence. All around him other wolves who seemed to be part of the Dauntless faction talked and picked fights; normally Daigo would have done the same but at the moment he was slightly nervous. Today was the day, the day he would become a Dauntless like he had always dreamed off. He would fight for the weaker and protect them, he would jump from roof to roof and explore, be wild and free, no rules, just freedom.
The male was concentrating, hence his silence. His big muscled coat moved slowly and carefully, like he was stalking a prey, yet his head was straight up and his ears were perked. He looked up to see several wolves sitting on the balcony, looking down at all the news wolves that came here to choose their faction for life. Daigo huffed at them as he sat down somewhere, staring back at them with narrowed eyes.
‘’What are you looking at?’’, he asked them, but it was only in his thoughts. Afraid he would lose his only chance to become a Dauntless by saying such things he preferred to keep his mouth shut. Only this time. He wanted to become part of the Dauntless, he had to. It had been his one and only dream ever since he had been a little pup.
He had wanted to become a Dauntless all his life, sadly he had been born in the wrong faction; at least, in his eyes it was the wrong faction, for him. He had been born in Erudite and he had been raised with lots of facts and knowledge from his parents; he knew a lot, but he preferred to explore and go on adventures. When he saw the Dauntless for the first time he had been so excited. He had felt pumped to go anywhere they went.
Even though his parents said they would keep on loving him as their son even if he decided to join another faction, it still felt like they were keeping him from making this important decision in his life. So now that his family was dead, he felt more comfortable with finally making the right choice. Not that he liked the fact they were dead; he missed his family and would do anything if it meant they could return to him. He even blamed himself for their death, because he hadn't been able to help them, to heal them. He felt like a bad son.


Suddenly a door went open and slammed shut again and Daigo perked his ears even more, bending his head forward slightly to get a clearer view on the stage. This female wolf stood there, a sleek reddish coated wolf with white markings. An Ethiopian wolf? Daigo hadn't seen many of those in the Erudite faction but he still knew for sure this female belonged to that wolf breed. Because, his father and mother had taught him almost everything, everything he needed to know. Well, they had tried; he hadn't learned everything because they had perished when he was only a yearling. They had never been able to teach him literally everything.
Daigo looked the female up and down as she stood there, his eyes no longer narrowed, though there was a frown on his face as he huffed lightly, through his nose. It as a soft sound, and would most likely not catch any unwanted attention.
‘’Who is that chick on the stage? Is she the one who will lead the faction ceremony?’’, Daigo thought and in an instant that thought made him sit up straight and stare at her in complete silence and respect. ‘’If that's true then I cannot flirt with her; I've never been to a ceremony like this before but I guess she would be able to take the Dauntless faction from me... Better be cautious and behave, and once I'm part of Dauntless I can be myself again.’’
Daigo tried to stay utterly calm, it looked like he was meditating, compared how he normally acted; wild, rude, rough, reckless, adventurous, afraid of nothing at all. But today; today he was afraid of failing to choose what he wanted to choose.
His eyes rolled around the building as he stared at the other new wolves around him, his head never moved an inch. All that time he silently begged to be part of the one and only faction which he thought he was worthy to be part of.
‘’Please let me choose Dauntless. Please let nothing go wrong. Please don't let me mess up. Please, Dauntless. Dauntless... Dauntless...’’

Daigo had been sitting there waiting patiently and quietly. The female on the stage started speaking, getting everyone's attention in the building. Daigo perked his ears and lifted his head, staring at her, his greyish eyes burying themselves into her soul. At least, that was what it looked like if you stared back at him long enough. ‘’It's starting.’’
‘’May I have everyone's attention please! I am sure everyone knows why we are gathered here today. I will try to make this speech brief, as we have a lot of wolves to get through today. This is the Choosing Ceremony where all the young wolves will pick their Factions, to which they will dedicate themselves for the rest of their lives. It is important that you pick the right Faction for you on the first try. After this moment you will not be able to change your mind, nor back out of your chosen Faction.’’, the female wolf on the stage started to speak, and she continued. Meanwhile Daigo was shifting around on his hind a bit, nervously and impatiently. ‘’In front of me are the bowls of the six different Factions you may choose from. These grey stones stand for Abnegation, the Faction of Selflessness. I will be my undoing if I become my obsession. This soil from the earth stand for the Faction of Amity, the Faction of Peacefulness. You must no longer think cruel thoughts. Cruel thoughts lead to cruel words, and hurt you as much as they hurt your target. The bowl of Candor, filled with glass and stands for the transparency given when there is only truth because, dishonesty is rampant, dishonesty is temporary and dishonesty makes evil possible. The hot coals in this bowl represent Dauntless, the Faction of Bravery. We believe in freedom from fear, in denying fear the power to influence our decisions.
We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another. The Faction of Knowledge is the Erudite, represented in this bowl by water. “Ignorance” is defined not as stupidity but as lack of knowledge. Lack of knowledge inevitable leads to disconnect among people with differences. Lack of understanding leads to a disconnect among people with differences. Disconnection among people with differences leads to conflict. This last bowl contains nothing. It represents the Factionless and the Divergent. Those who can not chose a Faction or who don't fit in with any of the Factions will come here.’’
‘’Yeah yeah, we know, we know!’’, Daigo thought as he listened to her every words, it rung in his ears, ran through his mind, he already knew all about it. He was so impatient now, he really wanted to choose, he needed to choose.


He watched how several wolves were called over to the bowls one by one and he listened to their names and imprinted their choices in his mind. The first one was a female who decided to stay with her faction, but her name was forgotten by Daigo straight after she had returned to her seat. She stayed in her own faction, so was not really that important to Daigo. This male had more interest in seeing who decided to join Dauntless or change their fate by choosing a different faction than their own they were born in.
A male called Lucifer, big and strong, was called to the bowls; Daigo assumed that male would choose for Dauntless. He came from Dauntless, seemed to fit in Dauntless. And yes, this male called Lucifer chose Dauntless and returned to his seat, beside a female. Daigo glanced at the male. ‘’So, he will be my fellow faction member if I join Dauntless, hmm? Seems like a though guy, I like that~’’
The female who had been sitting next to Lucifer was called; her name was Lucifeera. Funny, they almost had the name name. Yet his was a male name and hers was a female name. He guessed she would choose Dauntless too to remain in her old faction, but instead she chose Abnegation. Daigo frowned as he watched her take her seat in her new faction. She was greeted by those faction members. Daigo huffed; Dauntless was better, why had she left?
The next one in line was a male called Fides. He came from Dauntless, yet he chose the faction Candor. Daigo suppressed a growl in his throat. Dauntless was the best faction there was, why were they leaving? Daigo could hear the angry screams from the mother and father of this wolf but blocked them out soon after; these screams were not meant for him, they were of no use to him. Daigo felt so uncomfortable sitting here in the Erudite faction, looking up at the wolves from his own faction. He thought a few stared down at him, unsatisfied with him; most of them wanted him to leave Erudite and choose another faction, because he didn't belong with the Erudites. And Daigo agreed with them; he couldn't wait to change factions.
Next was a female called Diabla who came from Erudite just like Daigo. He watched her carefully and a smile grew on his face as she chose Dauntless. Daigo watched her leave and sit there among the crowd.


‘’And now for the next Choosing Ceremony we have from Erudite, Daigo.’’, the voice called and Daigo sighed in relief, he could finally breathe, almost. Getting to his paws he quickly walked over to the six bowls, not wasting any time anymore. He looked over them carefully, looking at each one of them first. Did he really want to become Dauntless? Or should he stay in Erudite? Was Factionless a good choice, Divergent? No, Dauntless it was, it had been his dream since he was little, and some of his faction members didn't want to have him in Erudite, so he should leave.
Daigo brought up his paw and bit the skin above it, in his fore-leg. Stepping towards the bowl filled with coals he let his blood drip onto them; Dauntless, he had chosen Dauntless.
Hr heard cheers coming from Dauntless and a few annoyed grumbled from Erudite, though, some sounded relieved as well. Daigo turned around and went to sit with his faction, Dauntless. He had made the right decision, this would be his faction for life and he was happy with his choice. He was satisfied. Daigo finally felt whole now, his life as complete.
Others from Dauntless greeted him as he took his seat and Daigo smiled at them, thanking them and setting his eyes back on the stage, though the smile never left his face. ‘’Welcome home, Daigo.’’, he told himself in his thoughts. ‘’Welcome home.’’

Daigo sat among his new fellow faction members, his faction for life. He was happy, he was excited, he was ready to jump rooftops and be reckless. He was ready to fight, run, climbs. It felt like he could fly. He was so excited, he was pumped. He barely could sit still, but forced himself to, anyway.
He sat there smiling at those who had greeted him, and at the new wolves hat came to this faction or returned. Dauntless was big, Dauntless was great. Dauntless was the best. Daigo watched how this one male, the last of all, came from Candor and went to Erudite, the faction Daigo had left. He couldn't understand the male's choice and huffed, but guessed he was more suited for Erudite than for Dauntless. That was for sure.
Suddenly the female on the stage spoke and Daigo looked up, ears perked and body alert, sitting in a straight position as he looked at her. ‘’Are we done? Can we go out?’’, he thought, excited to leave this place and go to the Dauntless' headquarters, and meet all the other Dauntless there. He was truly excited.
‘’Congratulations everyone on you selections today. May these newly built Factions continue to thrive. I hope every new initiate gets to know their Faction well, as you will be with this new Faction for life. Once an acquaintance has been made with your Faction members, initiates will travel to their Faction headquarters, there Initiation will take place. Leaders, congratulations on your new members. Initiates, I wish you all good luck.’’, the female on the stage spoke and Daigo nodded, shifting around rather impatiently.
‘’Yeah yeah, we know. Thank you.’’, he thought, becoming a bit irritated, as he watched her turn around and leave the stage. And then she was gone. She had left. And Daigo was ready to go to his new faction, his new home. He was pumped.
‘’Everyone, get up, get up...!’’, he thought as he stared around him, looking at all the other wolves that sat. all of them. ‘’I don't want to be the first one to get up...!’’

Lhouraii's had found her place among the other Amity wolves. Again. She had been in that Faction all her life and she despised it and her fellow faction members. Yet during the Choosing Ceremony she had decided to stain the bowl filled with sand with her blood. She had gone back, returned to the devil's place; to the devil's servants. At least, Amity was like that in her thought, but all the other Factions were to her like that, as well. The worst places in the world, the worst choices, all of them.
‘’Should have chosen Factionless, sounded like a better option for a wolf like me...’’, she thought and she huffed at the thought, disappointed with herself for every reason possible. ‘’But I would probably have considered that Faction or whatever as just as bad...’’
She smirked at herself; the fact that she hated everything in life made her laugh, even though she had no idea why. She guessed it was because she was disappointed in herself, or she found herself a fool. Did she pity herself? Maybe that was another fact, too. But why would she pity herself? Because she couldn't make choices? Because she couldn't let go of what she knew? Was she afraid to leave? No, she had not been afraid. She had wanted to leave Amity her whole life now, she had wanted to choose a different Faction. Yet, she had not; she had gone back to that devil's place, as she liked to call it. Why? She actually had no clear answer. Not even to herself.
She looked at all the other wolves among her, not only the Amity wolves. Her eyes felt on the Dauntless wolves and in her thought she cursed them. ‘’Full of wolves that are reckless and think being brave and acting immediately will serve justice. Such fools.’’, she told herself before her eyes landed on the Abnegation. ‘’Selfless. So selfless they won't even look at their own reflection. Like looking at themselves will make them terrible creatures, monsters. So idiotic. But maybe they call it selfless because they think they are hideous. Oh well~’’
She smiled at the thought of Abnegation wolves thinking they were hideous. It made her crack this bright innocent smile which would get annoyed if you looked at it for too long.


Humming a song to herself her mother had always sung for her when she was little, she kept on looking. The song was not to her liking, it gave her bitter thoughts bitter memories, yet for some reason she found comfort in those bitter memories of hers. As long as she felt bitter and depressed, she was alive. She was herself. ‘’Candor.’’, was her next thought as her eyes fell on the wolves from that Faction. ‘’Always telling the truth. Even if the truth would hurt. Definitely not a Faction I would spend my life in. My life has been a lie, all of it. If I would keep this up, what would they do to me? Imprison me? Kill me? Who knows. Maybe I could ask them. They always tell the truth anyway.’’
‘’Oh and there is Erudite. The ones that know everything. Well if they know everything, does that mean they know my true self? Then they must be freaking mind readers. Knowing everything; they know nothing.’’, Lhouraii continued. After she was done looking at all the Erudite wolves her eyes fell on the Factionless, the Divergent. She huffed at them. It was a huff anyone could hear and afterwards she felt a bit stupid for making that sound. She had never really huffed before in front of anyone else; she had let her guard down, she couldn't do that. Everyone thought she always smiled. She had cried before, yes, but that had all been a scene. Just like those smiles. Those freaking smiles that hurt her lips. They hurt her jaws.
‘’Factionless. Everyone can fit in there. Or those who don't fit anywhere go there. I should have gone there, maybe. I don't fit anywhere, either. Though, Factionless are those who are afraid. They choose to become Factionless because they can't handle any of these Factions. I'm brave for staying at this hellhole.’’, Lhouraii thought and with that last thought she was done being negative about all the Factions around her. She hadn't really thought negatively about Amity yet, or made a rude joke about the Faction. But that wasn't needed, because she was Amity's main joke.

For an Amity wolf Lhouraii was oddly quiet. Everyone in Amity knew that, but they didn't suspect her. She had been like that all her life, quiet. And of course, they assumed she was probably just very shy, or a bit overwhelmed after the Choosing Ceremony. There were more shy wolves, in every Faction. They couldn't blame her. Not that Lhouraii cared if they blamed her or not. She would probably act like she did are, but in truth she did not. She was too far gone to care about anyone's words or thoughts.
She had been daydreaming slightly, still debating with herself whether it had been a good or bad decision to choose Amity again. Why hadn't she chosen another Faction? She really had no reason to, no reason for anything. She acted, never thought. Well, she did think, but not really about the consequences of the choices she made in life. She hadn't noticed the Ethiopian wolf coming their way and was a bit shocked when suddenly she met the female almost right in front of her nose. Lifting her head she looked at her, a smile on her face. It hurt her jaws terribly.
‘’Hello everyone.’’, the female said and Lhouraii wagged her tail in a greeting, but she was far from happy to see someone's face. However, she still forced out a simple, cheerful sounding ‘’Hello~’’.
‘’We will now be leaving for Faction Headquarters. Please follow me.’’, the female said and Lhouraii nodded. She got to her paws and shook out her fur before following the line of Amity wolves. She had waited for the others to get up and move first, because she wanted to walk in the back. She always walked in the back. They wet over to this elevator and Lhouraii stared at it for a moment; the thing was huge.
She forced herself to step into the elevator, standing in there with one paw, staring at the floor. ‘’You can do it.’’, she thought. ‘’Just a few more steps and you're in this rotting elevator down to your rotting family, for the rotting rest of your rotting life. How wonderful.’’


Sarcastic, she was sarcastic again like always. But she never said a word. She only thought. Stepping inside the elevator she sat down and waited for the thing to move, drowning in her own thoughts again. Amity wolves that addressed her with a smile, she simply gave a smile back, keeping her words for herself, before staring off into nothingness again. Why hadn't she chosen Factionless again? Oh yeah, because those who did were weak, and she was brave to look into the eyes of her monster, she dared to step her paws back into the burning hell she had come from. She could have had a chance to leave that hell forever but she had been brave enough to stay. Every other place would be hell for her too, anyway. So she preferred to stay with the hell she knew. Since birth.
They reached the outside and certain Amity wolves began to yip and sing happily, but not Lhouraii. She was in the very back, not saying a word, yet smiling all the way. Even her eyes smiled, though that was all an act. It was all fake, it was all a lie. And no one knew. And no one would ever know.
They went on their 'merry' way to the bus station and Lhouraii was the last one to aboard the bus, sitting amongst the crowd. The buss was full of wolves, it made her feel a little bit unwell, but she managed to keep her steady position and held her head high, still with that smile on her face. No one would see the truth. Never. She looked out of the windows as they drove off towards the gates of the city, because outside was their territory, their home. Her hell. ‘’Here we go again. I'm coming 'home'...’’, she thought, depression taking over again, but he forced the smile to stay on her face. She never had any other expression on than a happy smile.

‘’Attention everyone. We are going to headquarters now to begin initiation.’’, the female from the stage said as she reached the Dauntless wolves. Daigo looked up and immediately jumped to his paws. Finally! He was ready to get a move on.
‘’Yes! Let's do this!’’, Daigo said excited. ‘’Come on everyone! Move it! Move it! Lets go!’’, the female said and she ran off towards the stairs without saying anything else. Daigo started running as well, keeping up with her. He wanted to be the first one to reach the Headquarters. Because he was a true Dauntless. He had always been one.
‘’We just became Dauntless and we're already going to the limit? I love it!’’, he thought, excitedly running up the stairs, after the female. They reached the top of the stairs and run across the roof, and soon Daigo saw the train tracks. He had heard about this before when he had still be in Erudite. The new Dauntless would jump into the train. And the train was coming. He heard the horn and looked at the huge thing coming their way. They had to hurry if they wanted to make it. And then there was the train.
‘’Jump.’’, the female said and Daigo nodded, an excited smirk on his face. He saw the female jump into the train and he ran long the tracks, running beside the train, making it a bit harder for himself to get on. When he saw an opening he jumped and almost slipped with his rear paw, but he managed to get inside and stood there panting for only a few seconds, looking at the Dauntless that were already in as he waited for the last few ones to come, too. If they didn't make it then that was their problem. Dauntless only had place for true Dauntless wolves.