Chapter 16-18

When Tris goes back to the dormitory, she finds Al. As they are siting on the bunk talking, Al makes some not so shocking revelations to Tris:

" I feel braver when I'm around you, you know," he says. "Like I could actually fit in here, the same way you do."  (aww, that is so sweet)
Then he puts his arm around her...and she leans forward so his arm falls away (awkward, I kind of feel bad for him) and she leaves the room.

At diner, Christina got close to the truth about Tris being Divergent (oh no!). Christina was able to figure out that Tris didn't kill the dog (yikes),  but Tris covered it up by saying she got Abnegation but chose Dauntless (good save, Christina can tell when people lie and this was partially the truth).

When they get back to the dorm the rankings for stage 1 are up. Will is ranked 3, Christina is ranked 4, Tris was ranked 5 (yay, beating Molly really helped her!), and Al was ranked 8 ( it will be close for Al, he may not be safe). Molly, unfortunately, is ranked 5, she is safe. Apparently, she was expecting to be ranked higher but Tris beat her. She is furious:

"You are going to pay for this."

But she walks away, a dangling threat (I would rather be attacked right then and there).

Later that night, when everyone is in bed, there is a big thud and then a scream. The lights are turned on and Edward, who beat Peter, is on the floor surrounded by blood with a knife sticking out of his eye (that has to hurt, if he is screaming, I can't even imagine how I would sound). Tris is the only one to help him, while someone is getting help, she tries to comfort him and calm him down so he doesn't make it worse (now that is an ordinary act of bravery). The only people missing are Peter and Drew (they had to have done this, they are desperate if they are willing to do this). Tris is the one to clean up the blood (her Abnegation is showing) and she can feel the blood on her hand even after she washes it off. Edward and Myra both left Dauntless and are now factionless, Peter is now ranked first, and Al is now safe.

Uriah invites Tris to go zip lining with the Dauntless and Dauntless born initiates. They take the train to the Hancock building where they go to the roof, climb in a sling, and zip line off of the building (they have to be insane, I would never be able to do that!). It is such a rush, Tris feels like she is flying (what a rush!).  Tris unstraps her self at the bottom and falls into a net of arms . This is when Tris is finally accepted by the others:

"Pretty sure we can't call you 'Stiff' anymore," Shauna says. She nods. "Tris." (yes, she is proving herself to the others!).

In stage 2 of initiation Tris is taken into a room with a reclining metal chair and computers in a corner. She is put into a simulation where she has to face her feeds and control her emotions (i don't think I could handle that very well). The only way for her to get out of it is to calm her heart rate.

In her first simulation, Tris is in a field being attacked by crow (why crows?). She tries to run from them and fight them off but they still claw at her and attack her (that would be horrible, no matter how hard you try to escape, you can't).

When she wakes up, she is hysterical. Four tries to comfort her and calm her down. He tells her that the simulation teaches them how to react in fear. She was only in the simulation for 3 minutes.

"You got out of there 3 times faster than the other initiates. Whatever you are, you're not a failure."