Perfectly in Pieces

a presentation to remember

It's finally time for the private meetings with the game makers then we have the interviews followed closely by the games

I stare at myself in the TV as it replays the reaping again and slump down on the bed

Tears bead in the corners of my eyes and roll down my cheeks

"I'm so so sorry, mum, Dad, aster, Iris, Holly, and little Azalea" I choke out each word and my voice cracks as I see their expressions Azalea was crying but too young to understand what had happened

Aster looked like he was masking the sadness he felt

Mum and dad had tears streaming down their faces

Holly and Iris were hugging each other heads down silently crying

I sob with them even though it's on the camera, will they look like this when I die one of the careers is standing over the population of District 11 and talking about how valiant we were and how we were in battle how we were fallen soldiers, and how happy they were to be there.

A knock on the door echos through the room

I walk over to the door and Seeder pulls me into her arms, she scoops me up and sits on the bed, I cuddled on her lap

"Shhh"

She rocks me back and forth.

"Deep in the meadow, under the willow

A bed of grass, a soft green pillow

Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes

And when again they open, the sun will rise.

Here it's safe, here it's warm

Here the daisies guard you from every harm

Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true

Here is the place where I love you.

Deep in the meadow, hidden far away

A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray

Forget your woes and let your troubles lay

And when again it's morning, they'll wash away.

Here it's safe, here it's warm

Here the daisies guard you from every harm

Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true

Here is the place where I love you

Here is the place where I love you.

Deep in the meadow, hidden far away

A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray

Forget your woes and let your troubles lay

And when again it's morning, they'll wash away.

Here it's safe, here it's warm

Here the daisies guard you from every harm

Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true

Here is the place where I love you."

As she sings my crying slowly stops and she looks down at me

"You'll be okay hunny, I promise, you can't sleep now but after your presentation, you'll be able to"

I nod and she helps me up.

She hands me an outfit with the capital sign, kisses the top of my head and leaves without another word.

I sigh and get myself ready I brush my hair and put it in space buns before dragging myself out of my room and into the living room to meet Thresh who's dressed in the same thing

Croatia leads us out of the suit

I keep my head down to avoid the prying eyes of the workers there and we walk at a brisk speed get into an elevator and walk down many flights of stairs before stopping and a door

We turn to face Croatia and she smiles sweetly at us

"I cannot enter with you, so good luck"

She holds the door open and we to the seats with 11 printed on them in big black letters

I sit down and scan the room

The door opens again and the twins enter hand in hand they sit down in their seats and mutter in ushered voices

Suddenly a loud commanding voice comes over the loudspeaker

"Glimmer vice, district 1 enter"

She stands up with a small giggle and a big smile and she walks towards the door swaying her hips as she walks the door

She opens it up and quickly closes it behind her

The room is completely silent as everyone is sitting in anticipation

Soon everyone begins to relax and break into small groups

The careers whisper and point at the rest of us, the district three and Five boys play around with some screw they found on the ground while the girls from both districts stare off into space silently, and the kids from districts five, and Six are staring at each other with hateful expressions and the kids from district seven and eight are talking and joking around with each other, the gem is sitting at the edge of her chair shaking violently and Bryce is braiding her hair and saying things in a soothing tone that I can't quite make out, every once in a while Bryce will pause and gem will nod District ten tributes are glaring at each other and they look like their plotting the demise of the other, katniss and peeta sit in silence her eyes staring longing at the door we came in through as if she'd rather be anywhere then here, while Peeta stares at her face taking in all the details.

One by one, names are called, people go through the door and don't come back, and the people in the room decrease, until it's me, Rue Clanet!! My name rang through the silent room as if it was the reaping once again and I felt tears form in my eyes blurring my vision but I couldn't cry, not here, with so many people around it would be a sure sign of weakness so i yawn and wipe my eyes trying to act tired and hoping that it's convincing enough

I walk to the door and slowly push it open

The room is overwhelmingly huge with ceilings so high that all I can see is black when I look up, and three times the size of the training room,

The game makers are in a box above all of the action, they look down at me, Seneca crane sits in the middle with his oddly shaped beard,

"Rue Clanet, District Eleven"

The voice rings out again

Seneca stares at me with his beady eyes

¨you have five minutes¨

they stare at me and offer no further explanation

I walk over to the rope course which is just a bunch of ropes put into the complex formations tree branches would make and they lead up onto more ropes in the air

There also a table with a big selection of weapons, i pick out a few knives that I like and stick them through my bun

I turn over and walk to the wall where I begin to climb i jump to small ridges in the wall and eventually I make it to the suspended ropes without falling

I sit on the ropes in a position that's uncomfortable but safe and I throw the knives at a target hitting its arms and legs but never its head, I get one in the stomach then I jump down towards the table and land on my feet

The game makers stare at me jot down some notes and then the door opens and I run out wondering what just happened