The 275th Hunger Games

~Training-Day One~

Marcus Tropdon - District Five

The Training Center has a floor for each district. I'm on the fifth floor. Right now it is morning of the first training day. I get up and walk down for breakfast. We have training in an hour. I pick up a plate and fill it with potatoes, toast with jam, eggs, and rolls. The escort, Clementine, and my mentors, Perry and Celine, are already there.

After breakfast it's basically time to head down. We take the elevator all the way down to training. I walk in. Most of the tributes are there. Amongst them is the girl I want to date, Sky from District Two. She's really pretty and strong. I can't wait to be allies with her. I'll have to ask her during training. The head trainer steps up and says a few things, and then she lets us go.

I first go to wrestling, which is one of my strengths. So is archery, knives, and knot-tying. Truth be told, I'm good at a lot of things. I fight against Calvin from District One. He's pretty good but I beat him. Like always.

The next station I go to is archery. I decide not to hold back and do my best. I hit every target perfectly. The last one came really fast but I still hit it. I bet everyone will be applauding me. I turn around and get ready to smile. But everyone is just doing training normally and not even looking at me. Well then. Sucks to be them.

I see Sky heading over to knives and pick up my pace. I decide to ask her now. On the way there, I run into Ashton. "Look I'm gonna go talk to Sky. Me and her, we're gonna be a thing," I tell him. "Good luck with that." He snorts. "Just watch," I say.

Sky is talking with her friend Holly at knives. I decide to still go over. "Hey." I flash her a smile. She looks at me suspiciously and so does Holly. "What do you want?" She asks. "I saw you over here, and I was wondering if you wanted to go to a station with me," I say, running a hand through my hair. "Why would I want to do that?" She asks. "You can learn some things from me," I reply, winking at her. "Oh could I now?" She snorts. "Of course you could, sweetheart," I say. "Ew, no. And for your information, my name is Sky. I don't want your pet names." Sky turns around, whips her ponytail at me, and walks off.

I stand there with my jaw dropped. A girl's rejected me before. What is happening? I turn to Holly desperately. "Well she clearly has a bad attitude. What about you? Will you be nice to me?" I ask her. "Are you really that desperate?" She says with a laugh. "And don't expect every girl is going to fawn over you, especially with that cocky attitude. It's called being humble. Google it." Then she walks off after Sky.

I turn around and see that Jordan and his pack are laughing. I glare at him. Jordan gets up and walks over to me. "Watch how it's done," he says. I frown in confusion. He walks over to Holly and starts talking to her. In a bit they head over to camouflage together. They talk and laugh together. I look over at Sky and she's laughing at me. My jaw is still dropped. What just happened?!