Dreamcatcher (A Hunger Games Fanfic)

4) Queen of the Ocean

^Pics of Estelle, Luca, Sylvia, and Clementine, as well as Skylar's parade dress

I'm woken up by violent knocking on my door. I practically jump out of bed and rush to the door. I open it to find Estelle, looking as tired as ever, with no makeup on yet. She looks pretty good with no makeup on, and she's quite young.

"You need to get ready, we'll be in the capitol in an hour. Even though it's early, there will be reporters there, so look good," Estelle says before yawning and walking back to her room.

I look at my clock and see its only 5:00am. Wow, it's really early. I yawn and go over to my closet. I decide to wear a dress, to look nice. I decide on a tank top dress that has a floral design on it. I slip it on then put on my white sandals before brushing out my hair and doing it like I did at the reaping. I put my necklace back around my neck. I notice a small makeup bin on the corner of my dresser, so I take out a tube of red lipstick and apply some onto my lips. Suddenly there's another knock on my door. I open it and find Alec standing there.

"Hey, I was wondering if there was anything from home that you want me to put in my bag," Alec says.

"Um, yeah, my dress," I say, picking up the dress from where I set it nicely on the chair and handing it to Alec.

"Ok, I'll make sure you get it back when you win," Alec says with a wink. I laugh as he walks back to his room with my dress.

I look around my room one last time before I head out to the main car where Estella and Sylvia are both drinking coffee on the couches. They are both talking like best friends, and they both look close to the same age. I clear my throat to get their attention.

"Oh, you look beautiful," says Estella.

"Thank you," I say with a smile and walk closer to them.

"We will be in the capitol soon. You will get to go to your floor until the last district, district 12, arrives. Then you will get ready for the tribute parade tonight," Estella says. I nod and sit down in a chair. Soon Luca comes out dressed in a white tshirt and jeans.

"Way to look nice," I say sarcastically.

"I don't care what I look like for those idiotic capitol repoters," Luca says with a scoff and sits down at the table.

"Rude," Estella says and I roll my eyes. Sylvia laughs.

Alec comes out dressed in a blue tshirt and some nicer pants. At least he looks nicer than Luca.

Suddenly the capitol comes into view. I slowly make my way to the window and I see the huge city. It's beautiful, most of the buildings are white or gray, but there are patches of color. It looks especially beautiful with the sunrise. Suddenly the window goes black, signaling we entered the tunnel. After a few moments of darkness, light floods the car again, and a huge crowd of colorful capitol reporters comes into view. Estella leads us all to the doors, which open and let the reporters see us. They start screaming our names, and I smile when I hear my name louder than Luca's.

"Skylar, what were you thinking at the reaping!?" One of them yells.

"Skylar!! I love your hair, it's so unusual for district 4!!" Another yells.

Alec puts his hand on my back and whispers in my ear, "Ignore them, just smile and wave."

I put on a smile and wave a bit. The reporters keep holding out microphones, and ask questions that I can't even understand since there's so many. I notice Luca flash a few smiles before pushing to the front of us all and heads into the doors. Alec continues to guide me and we enter the tribute center.