(Earlier version) Flowerborn Part 1: The Arena

Chapter 5: Nourishment

I looked at my own screen. The days were split up in six categories: Breakfast - Class 1 - Lunch - Class 2 - Dinner - Class 3. Each class was 3 hours long. Suddenly I felt someone pulling at my arm. It was Faith. 'Can I sleep on your bottom-bunk?' I smiled as I said: 'Sure, be my guest.' She laughed and put her stuff on her bed.

I looked back at the screen and clicked on class 1. It was a whole list. It said I could sign up untill the end of the day. There were a lot of weapontrainings to choose from. In the end I picked archery. The second class was required survivaltraining, I didn't get to pick. The third class I decided on knives, it seemed to be the one that would come in handy the most. I had already seen a few games five years ago, so I knew that there were a lot of knifes in the game.

I looked at my watch. It was 6 o'clock. The screen said that was dinner time. I looked around and saw that most of them already left. So I grabbed my jacket and ran out of the room. On my arm the blue light already lit up the words Dinner. And the number 51. I walked through the halls and just followed the other people that were walking to a big open door which had the number 51 on it.  Inside there was an enormous hall, with long table and benches. I looked around searching for my group. We were going to sit together right? Faith appeared beside me and said: 'Look, they are over there.' I was just and hour in and I already needed help from a fifteen-year old girl. But I guess she wasn't that bad - I just didn't want to depent too much on her. Together we walked to our group. Almost everyone was there already, even Anna, although she was sitting in two places further, and was hunched over food. Then I saw the food; there were vegetables, potatoes, sausages, fish, and more. At home we were lucky to have a full bread. I was amazed by everything - shocked even. I slowly walked to the table with widened eyes and took place in between Faith and Willow.