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05.

LILITH woke up in her bed and immediately felt the slight soreness in her gums. She walked into her en-suite bathroom and opened her mouth in front of the mirror to see two sharp fang-like teeth like her brothers. She shrugged before getting ready for breakfast.

She exited her room and waltzed into the dining room to see her brother, Elsa and Issac already at the table eating. She sat quietly and took a roll from the basket in front of her.

"Did you sleep well, Lilith?" Elsa asked Lilith simply nodded not wanting her and Issac to see her teeth. They looked at her questioningly.

"Don't mind her, she's getting in the zone," Jackson said quickly and Lilith nodded again. They eat in silence and after Elsa escorted the two tributes to a helicarrier.

Jackson nodded at his sister and she nodded back. The doors closed and the tributes in front of her looked nervous as people went around injecting chips into them. The helicarrier finally landed after a few minutes and they were escorted by peacemakers to a room.

Lilith paced, not in worry but in anticipation to get the games over with. Leto entered and smiled at her.

"Hey, Lilith. How are the teeth?" Lilith looked at her shocked. "Jackson told me." Leto blushed slightly as Lilith raised her eyebrows.

"Sharp and kind of sore, but it's fine," Lilith replied. The gamemakers had announced yesterday that they were bored. Each tribute was to be given an orange bag to take along with their outfit, which was a tracksuit that was waterproof, fireproof, windproof, and would not conduct electricity. They wanted to change it up a bit.

An announcement rang saying that the tributes had to enter a cylinder tube. Leto bid Lilith farewell as she entered the tube. Lilith slowly was being lifted and she came up onto a silver platform.

She surveyed the area to see a lush grassy forest and Lilith thought about what the gamemakers had truly changed. It wasn't much.

'10' Lilith could see the cornucopia with bags sitting around it.

'9'

'8'

'7'

'6'

'5' The district 9 boy opened his orange bag and it exploded, causing him to die. The other tributes looked shocked and took of their bag. Lilith went to do the same but saw a small glowing orange twelve before putting it back on.

'4'

'3'

'2'

'1' A horn sounded and the tributes ran to the cornucopia.

Lilith snatched up one of the bags and looked around for any weapons only to find there was none. She groaned in annoyance and ran in the direction of her allies.

"Where're all the weapons," Cassandra asked.

"There are none," Lilith revealed, by now all the other tributes had run off into the woods, "The gamemakers are playing with us."

The district 1 boy, Royce, looked closely at her, "What happened to your teeth?"

"Nothing. Let's go," Lilith lied and started trudging off into the woods and the career pack followed her.