Training

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When I wake up my brother is gone, which doesn’t surprise me. There is a set of clothes at the end of the bed. I get up, have a shower, get dressed and go to get breakfast as I am starving I eat a big meal of eggs, bacon, tomato, toast and two hot chocolates. By the time I have had all that I am biting an apple as James is telling me to go to the elevator. I eat my apple on the elevator. When we get off of the elevator I toss the apple in the trash from about 30 meters away, impressing whoever was watching. A person is giving us the lowdown about training for the games which are basically ‘don’t kill anyone.’  I stand there not knowing what to do first. I already know a fair bit about fighting so, maybe some weapons? I see every station is taken except the archery station so I decided to give it a go. I pick up a Bow and an arrow and have a shot and… WOW! Bull’s-eye. I see James looking at me. I have another shot but this time on a dummy and shoot right in the heart. I see James walk over to me and about ten other people watching. I take another shot but at a fake moving target and hit it spot on in the middle.” Whoa Amanda, I didn’t know you could shoot” James says obviously impressed

“Umm yeah, me either.” I confess to him and he bursts out laughing

“Course not. Well you have this down to an art so let’s go learn some survival skills” and that is all we work on for the next three days until we show the game makers our skills….

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