A Call For Heroes (Pjo x Hunger Games

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Katniss

Katniss wasn't so stupid to let those two Districts seven tributes be their allies. Her original plan was to secretly kill Percy when he was on unawares in the arena. He was too good, and posed a threat to her chances of winning the games. Now he was asking for another two allies? Was that some sort of trap he had cooked up? Percy seemed rather close to those two tributes. But usually, once everyone is in the arena, they always forget all connection with their friends. Usually being in the arena would make them wake up and realise that everyone else was an enemy.

The district seven tributes looked strong and skilled at fighting, just like Percy. Maybe in the arena Percy might realise that they were not his friends anymore, and start taking them down. That would leave them all injured and, if she was lucky, dead. Then Katniss wouldn't have to do the dirty business of backstabbing them in the end. After all, what she really wanted to achieve was to get home and look after her sister and mother. They needed her. But as for Peeta, she didn't know what to do. She couldn't possible thank him for that one time when he saved her family back in District twelve by killing him.

Katniss went back to her level of the training centre. Haymitch was waiting there for her. Effie was there too.

"Good you are back early. You need to think about what you are going to do for the private session with the gamemakers tomorrow." Haymitch said.

"I'll just shoot some arrows." Katniss said.

"Shoot arrows then. But make it impressive. You need a good score to tell the others that you are not weak." Haymitch advised.

"Okay." Katniss agreed.

Twenty four tributes sat in the holding room, waiting for their turn to show their skills to the gamemakers. The room emptied out as one by one, they went out. Each person took about 15 minutes.

Katniss waited. She watched as Percy walked out of the room when he was called. He had a confident posture, like he was ready for anything. The doors closed as he left. Then the District seven tributes went. Then little Rue trotted out of the lift. And finally, after all the waiting, it was Peeta's turn.

"Good luck." She said.

Peeta nodded at her in thanks and replied, "You too, shoot straight." Then, he left.

The time crawled as she sat in the room all alone. Katniss tried to prepare herself. She needed to get a good score to show all the other tributes that she wasn't so easy to be taken down.

Then she heard the speakers. "Katniss Everdeen, District twelve." It announced, signalling that it was her turn.

She rose, tilting her chin upwards, and walked out into the training room. There were all sorts of weapons on a rack to her left. Weights sat around on the floor. There were coils of ropes lying neatly in a bundle. Then, she spotted a shelf of bows. She walked confidently to the archery station and picked up a bow. It was made of light metal. She pulled out an arrow from the quiver and took aim at a target across the room. Then, she released the string. Her first shot was accurate. It hit the bull's eye right in the centre.

Taking another arrow, she did a roll on the floor before coming up on one knee and shooting the arrow. Again, she struck the bull's eye with precision. Again and again she shot, with different stunts, before the gamemaker dismissed her.

Back in her living room of the training centre, Peeta, Haymitch and Effie were seated on the crouch, waiting for the results to be announced. Katniss joined them. She hoped she had impressed the gamemakers so that they gave her a good score.