CH14.
The girls woke up and began to prepare themselves for another Deadly Games Draw. They had all agreed to wake up the boys an hour before the games begin.
Lily put on a dark blue dress that came to her knees with a brown leather belt. The dress sleeves were shorter than she remembered and it came just past her shoulders. Her shoes were soft brown ballet slippers with cute brown leather bows at the end. She pulled her hair up into a high pony tail as well. She went to go and start in the kitchen while the others began to get ready.
Her sister Katrina wore a green dress with fake silver lace at her waist going half way down her dress. It stopped at her ankles and it was only single sleeved. She decided to wear her black shoes underneath. She had washed her hair the night before so her hair was nice and straight. She had also styled a zig zag cut of a fringe last night before she went to bed. It gave her a bad-ass look about her.
Olivia wore a darker blue dress similar to Lily’s but this came down to her mid-thigh and had thin straps at the top. She wore her dark blue wedge heels that she was given by her grandmother for her birthday last year. She held a grim set of determination about her. She pulled her hair back into an elegant but messy bun. Once satisfied, she went to help Lily in the kitchen knowing how horrible Lily can cook when she is nervous.
Angel wore her usual white dress similar to Olivia but its sleeves went tight to looser until there was enough room to fill both arms in one sleeve. She wore her white ballet flats. She had put her hair up in a bun last night so now her hair was nice and wavy. She looked paler than usual but she also had a grim set of anger in her eyes that no one had seen before.
Maria was the different one to all of them. She wore one of their mothers’ soft baby blue dresses that fell mid-thigh and was buttoned up at the back with a white sash around the middle. She had her hair slightly frizzy but had soft curls in it too. She wore her own pair of black and white slip on shoes. She looked at her sisters and sighed. She knew this was going to be a tough day for them
“They’re all going to be chosen. I just know it” said Angel with anger lacing her voice.
“I have no doubt about that. Knowing the Council they will have to in order to get rid of us and of the boys.” Lily said with sadness.
“So I don’t know about you but by judging how much the Capitol has thrown into these hunger games. I say we should have an order of sacrifice” aid Katrina softly. Olivia and Lily nodded in agreement while Maria and Angel looked hesitant.
“I’ll go first” said Katrina looking at her sisters. The girls held back in their sobs but nodded.
“I’ll go second” Lily said weakly.
“Third” declared Angel.
“Fourth” Olivia said looking at Maria.
Maria couldn’t hold it in any longer and choked out a sob.
“Fifth” She said silently shaking with sobs.
The girls all hugged each other and whispered words of comfort.
“Are we interrupting something?” asked a familiar Irish voice.
The girls hastily wiped their eyes and shook their heads while the boys came up for breakfast. It was a small breakfast of only half a slice of toast.
“Why so little?” asked Niall randomly. Harry and Liam punched his arms. “Ouch!”
“Because there will be images that will make you want to throw up. That’s why” said Angel a little bit harshly. The boys fell silent and ate their food. Angel felt a little bit guilty afterwards but then again, she was worried for them. They will have to see what they had to go through every single year. They heard a horn being blown in the distance, Maria and her sisters went to door and opened it.
“Are you boys coming?” Katrina asked softly. The boys paled and nodded and slowly followed the boys to an open area. People were flocking in slowly as if trying to stretch out time. The girls looked at the boys with sadness.
“They will do the boys first. Go stand in that line. They will take a strand of hair and a drop of blood. This is just to ensure you are who you state you are. If you are chosen, go up onto the stage. The girls will be announced second. Don’t worry about that part. Then we’ll be taken into the Council hall, where we will be blessed and then we will take the train to the Capitol.” Lily rattled off quickly. The boys nodded and the girls left. The boys looked at each other’s pale faces and went into the boy’s line.
“Name?” asked one of the people at the stool to Niall. He glanced at the boys.
“They are part of the Council. They will not have to state their names” a man in a black coat said. The boys instant recognized him as the leader of the Court of Justice. The person at the stool paled and let the boys through. Before they left, the Leader called out to them.
“Happy Deathly Games” he cheered out to them with a sadistic grin on his face. The boys shivered and joined in the boys’ area.
“Hello. I don’t believe we have seen you around” said a voice from behind them. Behind them was a boy with black messy hair and vibrant blue eyes. He had an easy smile on him even though his eyes were filled with worry. He seemed to be around fourteen.
“Who are you?” asked Niall. Harry, Louis, Liam and Zayn started to lecture Niall but the boy just gave a laugh.
“My name is Nikolas. I was a friend of Maria’s fiancée” He said shaking their hands.
“Oh… well, nice to meet you” said Liam when they shook hands. Liam felt as if Nikolas eyes were on him a second too long. He looked down sheepishly.
“I’m sorry. You just look almost like Andrew” he said with sadness in his voice.
“Oh well… I’m sorry” Liam said. Nikolas shook his head.
“Not your fault… But yeah… Anyway, why were you with Maria and her sisters? They have never been that close to anyone before” he said with curiosity.
“We aren’t actually from here, but from the Other World.” Harry said slowly. Nikolas frowned for a second and nodded.
“Ok. So why are you in the Deathly Games?” Nikolas asked.
“The Court of Justice” Zayn said immediately. Nikolas nodded slowly as if accepting something. Right then, a high pitched voice came over the area.
“Welcome everyone to the 100th anniversary of the Deathly Games! My name is Sakutria” the lady declared. No body cheered as they knew why they were here. To be sacrificed. The boys recognised her as the receptionist at the Court of Justice area.
“Now as always, we will not to get into it! Boys will go first as last year the Girls went first!” said Sakutria with a grin and a squeal of happiness. Niall and Zayn caught Angel and Lily glaring at Sakutria. Olivia just seemed zoned out. Katrina and Maria were whispering hurriedly to each other. Sakutria coughed and glared at Katrina and Maria, indicating they should shut up and they did.
“Now, we have a special video of the games from last year to show you!” Sakutria said with overwhelming excitement while the kids glared at her. She played the video and immediately, One Direction felt sick. The images were gruesome! They saw little kids begging for their lives before someone brought a rock down onto their head making them lose consciousness and die slowly and in pain. The blood looked inky on the snow. Many more gruesome images came up making the boys thankful that they had eaten a small meal. After the images, Sakutria clapped and turned back to the audience.
“That was my favourite video!” She said loudly. They heard Olivia give a small growl but didn’t say anything.
“Now it’s time for the draw!” Sakutria said walking in small steps to where a box labelled ‘BOYS’ was siting. She put her hand in and swirled it in. She pulled out a piece of paper and walked back to the microphone and took a look at it.
“Well…. This is certainly interesting!” she declared and smiled at the boys Area.
“The competitors for Area sixteen for the boys are… Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson” She said loudly, reading the names off the slip.
