𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟱 - Welcome to the Capitol

The train begins to slow down, as we make a stop, there are so many Capitol citizens outside, all looking absolutely ridiculous with their outfits, their hairs- bright neon colours, you even saw someone with gems on their face. You tried not to laugh at them, instead you just smiled and waved, and Peeta did the same.

You all were escorted to an area to get cleaned and perfected for the tribute parade tonight. the people who were going to work on you introduced themselves to be Flavius, Octavia, and Venia. And before you knew it your all your hair was being waxed off you, and you tried your best not to make a noise, but it hurt so bad. Not to mention you were completely naked, with just a bunch of random people working, looking, staring at you. Which made you feel incredibly uncomfortable, but at least there was a curtain so no one else could see your naked body.

Once you were done, the 3 of your workers circled round you, looking you up and down, still naked, they smiled and clapped their hands, proud at the job they had done. Saying you looked stunning, and that Cinna was going to love you.

"Who's Cinna?" You asked.

"Oh sweetie, he's your stylist!" Octavia replied.

You nodded in reply, then thanked the 3 of them for what they had done- even though you thought it was the biggest waist of time ever. You the whipped on a blue robe, and Flavius escorted you to the room where Cinna was waiting for you.

You entered the room, and before you could say hello, the man who was apparently Cinna, you're stylist, walked up to you and hugged you, "That was the bravest thing I've ever seen." He praised you, and you knew he was talking about volunteering for Prim, a girl you didn't even know. You thanked him and he smiled- he wasn't like the other Capitol citizens, he was normal, the only coloured thing he wore, was gold eyeliner. Then to break the silence he started talking about the Tribute Parade, and how he has your whole outfit planned. You weren't very pleased, because previous years, in the tribute parade, you have to dress up representing your district, and since district 12 is Coal, in previous years District 12's costumes were terrible. One year the tributes were naked and just had powered black stuff all over them, it was the worst one there. And it made District 12 look like a joke.

But as if Cinna was reading you mind, he said "And I don't think that someone that brave, should be dressed up in some stupid as costume now should they?"

You smiled, "I hope not,"

"District 12 is coal, and what do we do with coal?" he asked you.

"Uh-"

"We burn it, we set it on fire." He interrupted.

And you smirked and nodded.

Cinna then started measuring you, getting all the measurements for his costume, you then asked where Peeta was and he said he was with Portia, his stylist, and that she was making Peeta the same thing as you. You nodded and waited for Cinna to get the measurements. Then once he was done, he set to work on his creation.

The tribute parade came around very fast, and you walked over to District 12's Carrie where you and Peeta would stand , and neither of you had to control them as for they have already been trained on where to go.

You look at your outfit, a black unitard that cover her arms and legs, black knee length boots, and black bracelets that shimmered everywhere, and you looked at the button that Cinna gave you, that would make it go on fire, but it wouldn't burn you, so you tested it, and wow, it looked so real, and this was by far the best outfit District 12 has ever been seen wearing in the tribute parade, you quickly turned it off so you wouldn't waste it, then you saw Peeta walking over. In an identical thing to you, just a little more boyish.

He asked you about how you were feeling and you responded normally, you then asked him and he said the same, then he smirked at you and asked "Have you seen our costumes light on flames yet?" and you said yes and said how incredible it was and Peeta chuckled and agreed.

Peacekeepers then told you you had 1 minute before you had to be on, so Cinna and Portia quickly ran over to you guys and told you guys to press it before you got out, and that it should last the whole way. You and Peeta nodded, then Cinna started talking about getting sponsors, so he told you guys to try and make people like you, wave to the crowd, hold hands. You both thought that that would be easy enough, then you were called to get on your carriages.

The order of the line went from District 1 to 12, so you two were last. Which you didn't mind, save the best for last you thought.

After a few seconds District 1 started moving out to the runway, and the crowd roared, followed by 2, 3, 4, 5 and so on, then 11 went, and after 10 seconds the horses pulling yours and Peetas carriage started moving. And you turned on the suits on fire- like a cape, but made out of flames. And as you and Peeta made your way out so the audience could see you, the crowd didnt just roar, the screamed! Throwing roses and all kinds of stuff out, and Peeta catches a rose and hands it to you, smiling, and the audience goes "AWWWW" but still screaming. Peeta Grabs your hand and you both hold up your hands in the air together, and the audience goes crazier.

You look up to the flags and big TVS, to see yours and Peetas faces on them, the crowd was loving you two! As you made it to the end, the carriages found their spots, and the president himself came out, congratulating all of us, the tributes, and finishing with "Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favour."

And just like that the horses took all of us back to where we started.

"Brilliant!" Effie cheered,

"Way to make friends out there you two," Haymitch praised you, and Cinna and Portia agreed, while Effie was going on about how we outshone all the others and that we are going to be all everyones talking about, which she seemed very pleased about.

Then Haymitch caught a boy glaring at us, he was from district 2, and you know he's not happy about how Peeta and you outshone them. Haymitch then brings us upstairs to the place we will be staying at, and since we are from 12, we get the highest floor above ground, for there are 12 stories, 1 down the bottom- up to us.

Then everyone was served dinner, which was splendid as always, considering its from the Capitol. Then you and Peeta were ordered to go to bed by Effie and Haymitch since tomorrow was the day you two would start training in the training areas.