Wave ~ Hunger Games [1]

eighteen

+ knives +

I walked into the training centre for another day of trying to look intimidating to the other tributes, which had worked so far considering that Mags commended me for putting on a god show at breakfast this morning. My blonde hair was pulled into tight french braids, the normal training tank top and leggings on as I looked around for a moment, keeping my feet planted in the ground.

Nolan and Velvet were talking over a table, an array of knifes sitting on it as they both looked over at them, talking to each other as Nolan picked one up in her hand, flipping it and catching it easily. I was liked over to them slowly, hoping that they wouldn't try throw a knife at me as I approached their table, Velvet looking up at me before whispering someone to Nolan. "4" she said to me, looking down as she picked up a knife, holding it up as I looked at me, standing in the other side of the table from them as Velvet raised an eyebrow at me.

"What would you use this knife for?" she asked me, Nolan slamming her knife down on the metal table with a thud as I looked at her quickly, seeing her pump her eyebrows at me as I turned back to Velvet. "You can gut a fish with that long of a blade" I replied to her, making her scoff as she set it back down on the table, Nolan smiling at me as I knew I gave the wrong answer, skirting around the only obvious one they were looking for.

"How far can you throw a trident, 4?" Valour asked as he came over, putting his hand on the table as he leaned into it, Ashlor following behind him, the two of them always travelling in a pair for some reason. "If it's one of the ones they have in here probably quite far, they are a lot lighter" I replied to him as she nodded his head, smiling at me as I saw his eye wander past me. "Waverley?" I heard a voice ask from behind me, causing me to tune around, which made me a bit nervous considering there were 4 academy careers behind me with a table of knifes in front of them.

Ridley was standing there, his curls a mess as she smiled at me weakly, not having spoken to me since last night as he sat completely silent through breakfast. "Hi" I said to him, pursing my lips as I saw his eyes look behind me at the four of them nervously. "I didn't mean to offend you last night, I wasn't thinking straight" he said to me as he looked back over at me as I stared back at him. "And you're a career I get it, you can be allies with them, it's fine" he started, holding his hands out to me as he let out a deep breath.

"It's just that i'm probably not going to come back out of that arena, and" he continued, getting cut off by Valour who I turned back around to look at, all of them staring at me with blank faces. "The little one bothering you, Waverley?" Valour asked, this being the first time he actually used my real name, Valour raising his eyebrows at me as I turned back to Ridley, crossing my arms over my chest as I let out. a deep breath.

"Look, we might be from the same district, but that doesn't mean I won't kill you when it comes to it" I started, my voice harsh as I spat out my insults at him, causing him to stare up at me. "So stop begging for my help, it's pathetic" I said to him, swallowing quickly as I turned away from him, hoping the career pack were impressed with my response to Ridley. Ashlor had his eyebrow raised, impressed that I had just threatened Ridley as if it was second nature, even though deep down i knew it wasn't right.

"He's really annoying" I said, lying straight through my teeth as I rolled my eyes, setting my hands on the table as Nolan nodded her head at me, a hint of a smile on her lips as she turned to look at Ashlor. "We'll let you have the final blow then" Ashlor said, a sadistic look in his eye as I nodded my head at him, picking up a knife and running my finger over the blunt end of the blade, looking back up at him.

"Thanks"

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A/N: yes I know I basically just completely destroyed all the bonding that had gone on between them but it was necessary trust me it will make sense
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