The 34th hunger games

chapter 5

the city circle reminded me of circle back lake .And that reminded me of Gabby, so I looked at Hugo."this, is crazy." I say, cause I need to distract myself."yeah, but its not us they're looking at." he says and holds up 8 fingers, as to say, they are all looking at district 8. I nod to show that I understand.

He puts his fingers through the water on his shirt."cool,huh?" he asks me.

"yeah, I think its neat."I say and face forward .President Snow eyes each chariot carefully, as if one could burst in flames .Well, one probably could .it is the hunger games,after all .Rosely is there waiting,and talking to other stylists. They must know each other. then Dayton appears, by them and cracks a joke,I assume ,cause they start laughing. Then he comes to 'collect' us, as he calls it. "nice job." Dayton says, then Tandoori  appears saying"we are all anyone will be talking about!" she says proudly, when really, it was district 8 that will be the talk of the capital.

we go back to the training center, and I go straight to my room .I strip my clothes only to my under clothes. I fall asleep that way. then, in the morning I'm called to breakfeast. I groan as I put on a jump-suit they laid out for me .I go down to breakfeast and eat a lot of bacon and eggs .I never have had eggs before. then we go down to where will train for the next 4 days .First I go to the Sword fighting station .I'm pretty good, with the sword. But not as good as the tribute from district 2. The careers don't like me .I don't know why, I'm a career tribute! But I tag along anyways.

They keep talking about how great they are when we head to that sword fighting station for the 3 time already.

" can we go to the knife throwing station?" I ask, feeling small. "yeah, we been here 3 times, and she's really good." Hugo says.

"okay, but if your not good, your out." the tribute from district 2 says.

we walk over to the knife throwing station.

I walk in a little eager. I set it to slow at first,gradually getting harder. Perfect.

the first time its all little bird behind me. The second it flaps its wings, its gone. then 2 people come at me with a bow and an axe. I duck as the one with the bow shoots an arrow at me, and stab it. the one with the axe came from behind me and I turn around,do a little summer-salt and throw the knife while dodging the axe.3 people this time.2 of them are running at me and one is up top with a bow .I take out the one with the bow first. Then dive to the left while throwing a knife at one and getting the other one at a perfect angle so I can throw the next knife at him right away .so that's what I do .Then it starts to die down a little bit by some animals.A few more birds up at the top which are easy,a deer and a wild turkey .Then the lights become brighter and the careers are staring at me wide-eyed .A few other tributes are there too .Perfect, I am a threat. The careers croud me after that,Asking me if I can teach them a little bit,things like that .When we go back to our floor I thank Hugo for convincing them.

"no problem." he says and I flash a smile.

"well, good news! all the career tributes and a few other tributes want you two as allies. My suggestion, is you form an alliance that will be easy to form and break up .But first,do you two want to be allies?" Dayton asks us.

"I don't mind." Hugo says.

"sure, why not." i say and give him a reassuring smile.

"okay, so, make your own pack or careers?" Dayton asks us.

" make our own pack." we say at the same time." the careers will be hard to beat but with many allies, we can take them out."I say.

"good plan." Hugo says nodding his head in agreement.

"my other suggestion is you act like a career tribute, get your hands on a weapon, kill the other careers,by surprise, if you can't kill all of them then you better run. then set out for everyone else to make an alliance .I will talk with other mentors about it so they can warn them your not a threat. Are we clear?" Dayton asks us.

"yes,we're clear." Hugo says.

"the next days are about picking allies .Find out who's useful to you .are we clear?" Dayton says again.

" yes we're clear." I say this time.

Unlike most mentors, Dayton turned to physical fitness for an escape of the games. But I don't know why he is resting us like he's a drill sergeant. We head off to dinner and I didn't realize how hungry I was till I started eating. All sorts of soups, Tandoori has to tell me to slow down.

I put on simple night clothes, not any from the capital, though .I finally fall asleep, but that doesn't stop the nightmares.