The Odds Aren't In My Favor

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The next day, I was in a strange place....I was in what looked like a hospital gown, and the room consisted of a cold metal table that I was currently sitting on.

I had a very ineasy feeling in my stomach...This placed looked like a hospital...Or a torture room.

Tonight was the night they would be showing us off to the Capitol, and I would have tosit in that dang chariot next to Caleb.

I dreaded it.

As I fiddled with my fingers, a woman with bright red hair and red eyes walked in.

She was dressed in all black, her make-up was surprisingly light compared to what I had seen here, and she looked to be only a year or so older than me.

She smiled. "Hello Feather." She said in a soft, calm, gentle tone.

"Hello." I say cautiously.

"I'm Escara." She says smiling happily. "I'll be your designer."

I nod.

She would make me pretty and that would be that, a show.

"I'm not like most designers though, Feather." She says. "I don't just design things to make you look pretty. I design things to make you stand out from the rest of the tributes."

Her red eyes I knew weren't natural, but they looked completely natural to me.

Her teeth were extremely white and she was pale, but I knew why...Everyone in the Capitol dressed differently...They made their own style and their own personal look using their make-up and clothing.

"So you're not going to dress me up like a fish?" I ask.

She laugh softly. "No, I wouldn't want to dress up like a fish myself, much less would I put a person that I was working with through that."

I could tell that we would be getting along just fine and so I smiled.

"There's that beautiful smile!" She says. "Everyone has one somehwere, some just tend to keep it hidden from everyone."

I look down.

"So today, we're going to work on you, get you ready for tonight and blow everyones minds." Escara says.

As she and two others(Who you could tell were really from the capitol) started working on me, I watched carefully what they did.

Escara somehow knew when I was uncommfortable with something and helped me out.

When they finished cleaning me up, Escara set to work.

I noticed how her features were young and bright. She was always happy and took problems that she faced with me very nicely.

As she slipped on my outfit, I noticed what I was wearing....And it was quite beautiful too, might I add.

It was a beige color dress, with a a light beige color fish netting all over it. The dress came only to about my high thigh, but the netting continued and flowed all the way to the ground.

My make-up was done naturally, with no fancy colors and my hair was in a messy braid behind me.

As I was placed in gladiator sandals that came all the way up to my knees, a trident was handed to me.

Then, I was taken to the place where we were all supposed to meet and ride our chariots from with the other tributes.

As we walked over to the chariot with our district number on it, Mags, Finnick and Caleb were all standing there, staring at me.