the soldier

chapter 10

when I was close to the stairs the guards let go of me and let me walk up the stairs I stood there for a few seconds and I saw chole hand waiting for me and I was scared. I walked up the stairs and walked to the middle and chole hand was on my back and I looked up at the crowd they were whispering to everyone and then everyone focused back up to the stage. I looked at everyone and I didn't know how to think or look on stage I just stood there proud and not worried.  "Ladies and gentlemen this is your female tribute and now I'm going to pick your male tribute." She had a huge smile on her face then it turned into a worried face. I'm assuming she didn't know what to do either. 

She put her hand into the bowl and she moved the cards around and it was kinda scary to watch. I have never been worried in my life at all. She picked one up and walked over to where I was and opened up slowly and steadily and I couldn't even read the name because of how small it was. She looked up with a smile then a sad look.

"Our male tribute for the first annual hunger games is John Original." I didn't know who that was at all and I never heard of that name before. I just kept on looking at the ground. I saw the guards coming closer and I looked up and saw John.  Chole went to grab John and he looked at me and I looked at him and when all of us were together and turned and shook our hands and headed back into the building and the guards took us to our room so our family can say goodbye to us.

I didn't expect my family to say goodbye to me at all because they said their one goodbyes to me two years ago and I said my goodbyes to them.  I saw one of the guards and he took me to the train and I saw chole and john waiting for me on the train. I sat on the chair by john. Chole didn't know what to say to us and she didn't know what to expect of the games. I was scared and worried about everyone at home and the capital.

I went to my bedroom and I watched the news and I wanted to see the other tributes first hand so I get a good vision of what I'm dealing with. I saw comfortable clothes to change into so I change into them and watched the capital news and saw the other tributes and they don't look strong enough and I didn't even see them when I was serving in the capital. I have a pretty good chance to win the games and survive.  When I saw my district come up they talked about me a lot and I stood up and got closer to the TV and I didn't agree with what they are saying.

I went out and dinner was getting served."Hello, Jen do what anything to eat." I looked at John and I didn't care for him to talk to me at all. He isn't my partner. He is just a stranger to Me and I don't care at all. I sat down at the table and I got served a big plate of food. I didn't want half of it anyways.  After I ate some things, I went to my bedroom and sat on my bed. I was thinking about my own family and jay. I felt weird and lonely that I didn't even say goodbye to jay or my own family.  I heard a very soft knock on my own door and the door opened I saw john coming into my room and I moved over so he could sit on my bed.

"I know you don't wanna speak to me at all but I came in here for a reason." I sat and waited for him to say something more to me. He turned his body to me and looked at me. " Anyways I wanted to ask I you can give me some tips when I get the capital. What can I expect when we go to the capital." I looked at him and I moved my body and I got up from my bed and looked through the bag that I packed. I found the book that I kept from the capital and I gave it to him so he can read it. "I kept this book for two years when I was in the capital for two years and this is what you can expect in the capital."

 I looked at him as I handed the book. It's kinda old but it is worth keeping so I can have this for history. I went back on the bag and put my legs under the cover because it's cold in here and I saw rain pouring down outside of my window. He looked through and saw the picture that I took of the capital. He was shocked at how big and shining everything it was and he saw the water fountain. He handed the book back to me.