Dauntless Tributes

The tour.

Chapter 2: Katniss Pov

The first thing I remember was watching my blood sizzle onto the burning coals. I remember staring back at my helpless family and regretting transferring. But I'm here. And right now, I don't regret it at all.

All of the other tributes don't look that tough apart from a few who I haven't yet caught the name of. - I think I have a chance of making it through initiation. Atleast I've made friends, - Gale, Peeta, Annie and Madge. They're all nice but I can just feel the 'cliques' forming and I know I'm not in the popular gang.

As we jump off the train I feel a burning sensation running through me. - I just jumped off a train. I stand up, wipe the stones off of me and look over at a man with a lot of piercings. He calls us over and introduces himself, his name is Eric; I can see him watching the brunette. What's her name? Oh yeah, Johanna. She seems like she actually likes it. Anyways, Eric then introduces our dauntless leader Max and they don't hesitate to get straight to it.

"There's only one way into dauntless. You can take it, and be brave or you can become factionless. We are looking for the bravest, toughest people here and we're not bothered about having to cut some of you. So you take this route or you're out!" He says practically snarling at us like he's the animal and we're the meat.

"Who's first?" he continues, with a mean smirk on his face.

"Me." I croak from the back of the crowd, I saw no one volunteering and I will have to jump eventually. So why not first. Some walks you have to take alone.

"You, a stiff? First jumper? Wow, well that's something new." He says beckoning me forward and towards the wall. I can feel eyes on me and I hate it, I don't wan't everyone looking at me. I hate it.

When I get to the wall, I stand up on it and close my eyes, "Dont think just jump." I remember hearing at one of the ceremony's when I was little. And I did just that.

When I reached the bottom I was caught in a net. Thank god. I was scared. - I have to admit. But seeing that net made me feel the happiest person ever.

"What's your name, Stiff?" A tall, strong boy asks me.

"Katniss." I say, I reject his help and a girls because I need to be learning to do things on my own.

"Make the announcement, Six." I hear, ah her name is a number ? oh well.

"First jumper, Katniss." She says holding my arm up in the air.

I hear cheers and stand aside as everyone else comes pouring into the dauntless compound.

"I'm Four, this is six. We'll be your instructors for the next few weeks."

Are they all called numbers?

"Oh and that's Peter, he'll be helping out with the physical stage." Six says.

Peter has a slight smirk on his face and I catch him staring at

Lacey, a few times. She doesn't seem too pleased about that.

"Lets go. This is the start of your tour." Four says. "The dauntless entrance." he points to the net.

We move into dauntless and they show us the pit, the chasm, the tattoo parlour and the other shops. And when they finally get to our sleeping quarters, I'll tell you, it's not what I imagined.

"You'll all be sleeping in here for the next few weeks. Pick a bed." Four says.

"We have to stay with the girls?" Marvel says, glancing at a blonde girl, his girlfriend I assume.

"Oh, you don't like the rooms? Then you're going to love the bathrooms." Six says laughing.

She leads us into a room on the edge of our bedroom. And when we saw it, everyone's face dropped. I mean come on, you could hardly call it a bathroom. It looked like something the factionless would use, if not worse.

"You have the rest of the day off. We will see you in the training room tomorrow at eight o clock sharp. No slow coaches, if so, we will have some 'challenges' ready for you to do." Peter says with a sly grin on his face.

"Oh and you'll find training clothes on every bed. Make sure you burn your old faction clothes. We don't want to see them." Six says, walking out with Peter and Four.

We all choose a bed and most of the girls make there way to the shops and the boys to the pit. But not me. I just lay on my bed. I'm really in dauntless now. The realisation just hits me. I'm not Abnegation. I'm dauntless. And there's no going back.

Second chapter up, Thanks for reviewing and commenting. Also thanks for the follows. I hope you enjoy the next chapter. - Things will get more interesting. I assure you. We have just got to get past the first few chapter and then the fun starts. Anyways enjoy, i'll probably update it tomorrow.

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Emily.