Catching Fire: You and Me

Chapter 32:

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Chapter 32:

the next day at training they decide to show another montage of clips from previous hunger games while explaining all of the needs and stations. 

first is the camoflague station, and they show some images from Peeta's rock transformation in the 74th games. 

then they have the spear bow and knife areas.

which includes a montage of Johanna hacking with an axe, me and my bow, and Finnick with his trident. 

each of them grins a little when they appear on screen. 

next they show some of the mutations over the years.

including the dogs, the monkeys, the birds, and the bugs.

 next they explain the rule of no inter-tribute contact before the games, including shots of Cato from last year yelling about his stolen knife, and a few other training mishaps from other various years. 

they show the edible plants section, showcasing the illustirous nightlock i made famous. 

we're finally released to train and i hardly find any of it neccesary. 

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training in its entirety is terribly agonizing and not even worth it. 

of course me and Peeta get 12's and Prim manages a 5. 

shes a descendant of my lineage, maybe she had something in her blood.

eventually we get to the important stuff, like strategy and interviews. 

i dont actually have a mentor, and dont give a shit of the rules, so i go down and join Peeta and Prim with drunken Haymitch.

"alright, now are yougoing to go about as usual and just piss everyone off, or try a new way of going about things?" He asks slyly.

"Haymitch!" i scold. "if i dont piss anyone off how do i have any fun?"

"you never cease to amaze me, Francesca." he slurs, taking another swig from his bottle of whiskey.

"yeah, sometimes i even amaze Peeta still." i smirk, grabbing at Peeta's collar and kissing him. 

"now there is the age old topic of theres only one Victor." Haymitch adds sternly.

"yeah well that's a rule." i say cunningly. "and i think we all know how i feel about rules." i add in a mischevious wink.

"aren't you afraid they're listening?" Prim shrieks quietly.

"really, i hope they are listening. if anyone's afraid, they should be afraid of me. there are things i'm capable of that no one understands. and i mean no one. not even you three."

Peeta gets a cute terrified look on his face. "like what?"

"the only reason i'm not going to tell you is for your own good. its some pretty ugly stuff from my past. it doesnt seem that bad, but when you find yourself with a loss of memory laying dead in a ditch, it sinks in." i whisper gently, not wanting to think too much about it.