chapter 5

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When we stepped inside the huge building we were forced into a lift. Effie pressed a button with 12 written on it and we shot upwards. I've never been in a lift before, my stomach lurged upwards as we reached the top floor and the lift suddenly stopped. Effie gleefully pushed us out of the lift and led us to a corridor leading two ways. Hamitch pushed me through a door and shut it behind him. "right, I need you to admit to the whole of Panem that you love Katniss." he said. "it will help you and Katniss get more sponsors."
"but I already love Katniss since the day I met her." I replied.
"that should make it easier for you to tell everyone." he grunted.
"I haven't told Katniss though." I said. He swung round towards me and said "that should make it more believable then." and with that he left and quietly closed the door behind him.

I hung around in my room waiting for something to happen. Nothing did. I got up and decided to go and explore some stairs I had seen when we got off the lift. As I climbed up I could feel a cool breeze. The stairs led to the roof which had been made into a little garden area with seats. The barriers around the edges were surprisingly low. "could I climb over?" I thought. There was a small path that was covered in pebbles. I picked one up and threw it over the edge of the barrier, hoping that no alarms would go off. Suddenly it flew back towards me, if I hadn't of ducked it could have killed me. The roof area seemed to be protected by some sort of invisible force field the threw back anything that hit it.

I headed back down the stairs just as Effie called is down for dinner. While we were eating Effie told us the plans for the evening. Once we had finished our meal we met up with our stylists. They stripped me naked and started on my body plucking out hairs. Cinna, my head stylist, arrived with my outfit. It was a black suit that had no decoration at all. "is that all our district is represented with?" I said angrily.
"yes." he replied "I've got to go and dress Katniss, goodbye." he left the room. Hamitch came in a few minutes later. "time to put the plan in action."
"OK" I replied. I joined Katniss in the collection room, it gave us a good look at our fellow tributes. 1 by 1 the pairs of tributes left until it was just me and Katniss. Soon it was our turn. Cinna came in with a box of matches,  I backed away reluctantly. "it's all right, it's what I made them for." he said as he lit my suit. We stepped up onto the carriage.

It's time for the parade

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