The Foe

Helpless

After dinner I walk to my room, I lay on my bed and cry myself to sleep. The next morning after I shower I walk down to breakfast sit by Blair and Brianna, soon Fredrick comes and joins us. "So... does training start today?" I ask.

"Yep!" Brianna nods. I think about what to learn, I can handle an axe, so I'll learn about plants and rope, then tomorrow I'll do archery and hand to hand combat. I finish eating and Brianna shows us to the training room, we are the last ones there and the person in charge pins the number 7 on our shirts. I head over to the plant area and she shows me which plants are edible and which arent, and easily pick out the poisonous ones from the edible. I quickly walk up to the rope section and a boy who appears to be from district 4 shows me how to make traps. "Thanks" I reply.

"You need an ally?"

I sigh "No I think I'll be okay thanks though, I don't intend on making friends with someone I have to kill in order to survive." He looks stunned as walk away to the hand to hand combat area. I quickly pin the assistant. I don't know what to think as I walk away, apparently the training time is over and I have to go meet with my stylists, I trudge to my stylists' room and am told to strip down. As soon as I do they the head stylist who's name is apparently Lilac pulls out the tree costume. "How do you expect me to make an impression in a tree suit? " I practically yell but get no response.

"The opening ceremony is in two hours! Then you come back here and get ready for the interview, oh by the way, Blair told me about your approach and I have just the dress." Lilac yells finishes with me and I'm in my "outfit" and Blair walks in. He pretends to be Ceasar Flickerman asking me questions, I don't have to pretend to be scared, I am, so I'll be honest during the interview. Soon enough its time for the opening ceremonies and I stand on the chariot with Fredrick. Before we go Blair yells to us to make the crowd love us. I smile but still manage to look a little scared. I wink at the crowd and they like it. Finally we finish that and I am rushed to the stylists' room and put on a beautiful full length pink dress with butterflies on the bottom and they put my hair into a simple side ponytail. They help me get onto my pink flats and I walk into the room for the interviews and sit in my chair hands trembling and heart pumping.