Chapter 28

To let off steam, Tris takes a train to Erudite headquarters to see Caleb. At the main Erudite building, she inquires about her brother but is rebuffed by the staffer on duty. By chance, Caleb is nearby and calls out to Tris. They make their way to a former park named "Millennium" (across from Erudite headquarters) to talk. For the first time, the siblings appear uncomfortable with each other. Caleb tells Tris that something big is looming on the horizon, and he appears to lean towards Jeanine's assessment of Abnegation. The conversation ends on a sour note after the siblings argue bitterly about Erudite's ethics. On her way out, Tris is apprehended by two Erudite staffers. They take her to Jeanine.

From her nemesis's voice, Tris is able to place Jeanine as the woman who talked to Eric in the hallway. During their conversation, Jeanine asks a series of probing questions about why two of Tris's simulations went unrecorded. To deflect attention away from the subject of her divergence, Tris acts the part of an arrogant, hard-nosed Dauntless initiate. When she returns to Dauntless headquarters, Tris is given a dressing-down by Eric. Tobias walks in and asks Eric to let Tris go, chalking Tris's actions up to her disappointment at being romantically rejected by him. Eric buys into the ruse and lets Tris off with a warning. After Eric leaves, Four explains that he was only treating Tris harshly to avoid accusations of favoritism, and Tris forgives him. Back at the dormitory, Christina confesses to Tris that Will kissed her. Tris is thrilled for her friend but sad that she cannot discuss her own romance with Tobias. Later that night, Tris and Tobias take a train ride. Tobias confesses that he has seen Erudite's plans for a war against Abnegation. Both Tris and Tobias speculate that Erudite will use Dauntless soldiers to battle Abnegation.

Chapter 29

On Initiation Day, the Dauntless compound is in chaos. People celebrate by getting drunk, but Tris is more interested in how she will navigate the fear landscape later. She eats a sparse lunch, noting that she subconsciously chose plain Abnegation food. During the fear landscape simulations, Tris notices that though everyone can see how an initiate physically responds to whatever they are seeing in their landscape, only the Dauntless leaders can see the screen that projects the fear landscape itself. Because she is ranked first, Tris goes last. When it is her turn, she imagines that the serum Eric is injecting into her is liquid adrenaline.

Chapter 30

The first fear Tris faces is the flock of crows. This time, however, she knows that control is the key to success. She imagines a gun, and one appears in her hand. Tris proceeds to shoot at the birds, and they eventually disappear. Next, she finds herself in a familiar glass tank which is filling with water. She begins to imagine that the glass is as thin as ice, and it soon breaks under the pressure of her hands. In the next simulation, ocean waves keep throwing her against a jagged rock. To save herself, Tris hooks her hands into a hole in the rock and uses her arms to pull herself out of the water. The scene disappears, and Tris finds herself tied to a stake. Peter lights the wood beneath her feet, and the flames threaten to engulf her. Immediately, Tris imagines rain, and the eventual downpour puts out the fire. Next, Tris has to face a group of mangled, zombie-like men who are intent upon kidnapping her. After using up all...