circus | finnick odair

training

training
Prim's POV

"Prim! Penn! Wake up, it's your first day of training!" Glowdusk said, her cold hands shaking me awake.

I hear Penn let out a loud groan quickly followed by a pillow flying through the air and landing in Glowdusk's face, the latter staggering back in surprise.

Glowdusk let's out a huff of air after dropping the pillow before walking over to Penn and yanking her out of bed by her ankles.

"Do you want to die in the arena Penn?" Glowdusk says, dragging Penn, who is desperately trying to clutch into something, towards the bathroom.

"No," I hear Penn yelp, kicking her feet out of Glowdusk's grasp. "No!"

Penn sits up, rubbing her eyes before looking up at me, her hair sticking in every direction. "You go ahead first P, I want food."

A smile spreads on my face when I hear the nickname she's given me roll off her tongue. Over the early morning hours, Penn and I had gotten to know each other. And I happened to find out that there was a soft side to the tough, ruthless girl from District Eight.

I get up from the bed, shoving my feet into a pair of slippers and make my way into the bathroom, patting Penn's head on the way in.

Quickly ridding myself of my borrowed clothing, I stare at the intricate shower system. After minutes of pushing random buttons, I step under the stream of warm water and let the heat spread throughout my body, relaxing every muscle.

I hummed a quiet tune as I quickly washed my body, letting the shower dry me before pulling on the training outfit. It was a simple black leggings paired with a black collared shirt, each with white stripes down the sides.

Walking out of my room, I heard various quiet mumbles from the room directly across from mine.

I peer through the cracked door to see Glowdusk, Pumbee, our two stylist teams, and a gray haired woman on one of the computer screens.

"Coin, are you sure this will work?" I hear Pumbee say, nervousness bleeding through her words.

"We've done it once before so I am confident that we can do it again." I heard the woman say, who I now knew was named Coin.

"Prim, what are you doing?" I hear a voice say from behind me, causing me to whip around to see Issac.

"Issac, you scared me!" I whisper shout , my hand hanging over my heart.

"C'mon Prim, let's get you to breakfast." Issac says, pulling me away from the door and out in the dining area where Chase and Penn are seated.

"About damn time," Penn says, taking a bite of the piece of bacon in her hand, smirking at me. "I thought I was already in the Hunger Games — I practically had to fight off Chase from eating everything."

"Sorry," I said, sheepishly smiling. I sit down across from her, quickly filling my plate with food.

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Glowdusk and Pumbee lead us down to the training floor. My hands are sweating and my whole body is shaking. I look around at the others in the elevator — Chase looked as nervous as I felt, Issac looked oddly calm, and Penn looks, to put it simply, intimidating.

The mask she had on when I first laid eyes on her is back on. The look in her eyes are dark and her face is stone solid, equally as cold as her eyes.

"Alright, before we get down there, Pumbee and I have a few bits of advice for you all." Glowdusk says, a serious look etched onto her face. "First, stay together."