I hear talking and a knock, I don't know how she even heard it, but Silvia rushes out of her room and opens the door. Glimmer, Marvel, and their mentors a woman with blonde hair who seems about twenty-five, and a man with brownish hair walk in. Silvia closes the door and ushers them into the living room.
"Hi Cato, hi Clove." Glimmer says as she sits in the chair next to Cato
"Hello, Marvel hi Glimmer," Cato replies and I wave as Marvel sits next to Glimmer. Brutus motions for their mentors to sit on the other couch.
"Nice to see you again Brutus, loving the long hair Enobaria, really suits your face shape." The woman says sitting down,
"Hello, you must be Cato and Clove, we've heard a lot about you two. I'm Cashmere, and this is my brother Gloss!" And I thought Glimmer was a weird name, she is literally named after a fabric. I smile as Gloss walks over and joins Cashmere on the couch.
"I'll go tell the Avoxes to get something ready for us to eat." Silvia says walking into the kitchen, a few minutes later we all move to the table and the Avoxes start bringing out different meats and drinks. We take what we think looks interesting and sit in silence for a bit.
"So, did any of you four see anyone else interesting so far?" Cashmere asks us,
"I didn't really see anyone besides the boy from district eleven. It was the first day so not much happened in order to see the true skills and all." Cato says looking over at us,
"Yeah I'm interested in district twelve not for alliance purposes though. I just don't think they are showing their strengths." Marvel says
"I thought maybe the girl from district four could be useful, she knew how to throw an axe well. But we would definitely have to keep watching her." I respond, and finish my steak as Cato stands up and motions for us three to follow him. Glimmer, Marvel, and I follow Cato to his room.
"Why did you want us all to come here?" Marvel asks, and Glimmer nods but sits down on his bed.
"I was bored out there, and I figured we could just talk in here. We could just say some things about ourselves or whatever." Cato responds moving to the opposite side of the bed and Glimmer scoots closer.
"Well, my dad makes flowers and trinkets out of crystals. My mom makes clothes for the Capitol. I'm seventeen, and I'm single!" She says looking at Cato. We're about to be in the hunger games not some weird love show. I can't wait to get to the arena and kill her.
"My dad hunts, so he taught me how to use a spear and all. My mom died a few years ago, she was killed by a peacekeeper. I'm sixteen, and I have a dog and a brother. If I die he gets the dog, and my room so he kind of wants me dead." He says laughing softly before turning to me. I guess that was a signal for me to say something.
"My parents don't do much of anything, my dad works at some of the shops. My mom stays home, I'm fifteen, and I had a sister but she was killed." I say and we look over at Cato.
"My dad is a peacekeeper and my mom works at the academy. I have an older sister and a younger brother, but no dog. I'm sixteen." He says and we all sit there in silence for a bit.
"Do you guys have some strategy planned?" Glimmer asks us abruptly
"No, not really. Just survive I guess, I do have a goal of killing or at least injuring Katniss." I say and Glimmer cocks her head.
"Who is Katniss?" She asks
"The district twelve girl." I reply and she nods, looking over to Cato.
"Cato, what do you think about the idea of us dating? Purely for the purpose of pulling in sponsors." Glimmer asks smiling
"I'm good." Cato replies and I bite my lip to keep from laughing. I look at Marvel and he is attempting to do the same. Glimmer doesn't say anything and instead tosses her hair over her shoulder and walks out. We sit there in silence before all laughing, I mean what did she think dating someone a few days before being sent into an arena to kill them was going to achieve? Eventually, someone knocks on the door and Cato opens it, Gloss is standing there.
"Marvel, we're leaving now." He says and we compose ourselves and walk out. Glimmer and Cashmere aren't there, and we tell Marvel bye as he and Gloss leave.
"What the hell did you two do?" Brutus asks us, I mean it's not really our fault. No one said we needed to plan ahead for a weird romance proposal.
"Can we tell you tomorrow, I'm tired and I'm sure Clove is too." Cato says adding a yawn for dramatic effect.
"Yeah, training was real taxing." I add, Brutus and Enobaria aren't convinced but don't push it anymore. Cato and I head down the hallway and back to our rooms.
"Well this was certainly more entertaining than I thought it would be." I laugh and he nods
"Yeah, hopefully we didn't ruin a relationship with them. Marvel probably is fine, but I'm not sure about Glimmer." He says and I nod,
"You're sure you don't want to date the wonderfully talented Glimmer?" I ask laughing
"I'd rather you stab me in my eyes with the butter knife then date her." He responds, I laugh before getting up
"Goodnight, see you in the morning." Cato says
"Goodnight." I reply entering my room. I close the door and head to the closet to pick out something to sleep in. I climb into bed and fall asleep. I wake up and look over at the clock, 7:00. I get up and walk over to grab the new training outfit from my closet and head to the bathroom. I take a shower and wash my hair, and brush my teeth. I get dressed, put my hair in a ponytail, and walk out to the living room. I walk into the kitchen to get something to eat from the fridge.
"Good morning. Cato came out to get some water before going to get ready, so he should be out here soon." Silvia says before coming over to sit down across from me at the table.
"Where are Enobaria and Brutus?" I ask, maybe if they sleep long enough or whatever it is they're doing they won't question us because we'll be training. And when we get back, hopefully they'll just have forgotten. That would never happen though, I just don't want them to get mad and not put in as much effort in when getting us sponsors. I finish my orange and throw it out, and Cato walks into the kitchen.
"What time is it?" He asks,
"8:00, why?" Silvia responds
"I just wondered why Enobaria and Brutus weren't out here." Cato says sitting down next to me. I hear footsteps shuffling faintly, but no doors open.
"So what did you think about everyone last night?" Silvia asks and I hear footsteps behind me and I turn around to see Enobaria smiling insincerely at us, her teeth on full display.
"That is a wonderful question Silvia. How was your chat with them, you know before they abruptly left?" Enobaria says sitting across from me.
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A Twist of Fate(Clato fanfic)
FanfictionI do not own any of the characters, Suzanne Collins wrote them. This is from Clove's perspective and follows her journey in the arena as well as if Clove and Cato won. This is my first fanfiction, so the flow of the story, as well as the grammar mig...
