So, I decided to start writing too. I've been seeing so many cool stories, I wanted to contribute too xD I would very much like if you guys reviewed it, it's just the first chapter and I think Peeta will appear on the next one. Hmmm...
I don't own the Hunger Games.
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I could see we were getting closer. The entrance, a huge iron gate between even taller pillars, was already in sight. Panem's own Tributes Military School was very old, 74 years, it was also a dying institution. However, my father studied here, so I, obviously, am going to study here too.

"Come on Cato! It won't be as bad as you might be thinking."

"You don't know that, Clove"

"I know that if you keep being stubborn like that, it will be"

"Tsk". Clove is my best and oldest friend, but I hate when she gets rational with me. "Okay, okay, I promise I will try harder". To be fair I wasn't that pessimistic about going to the academy, I just had this feeling I had no choice on the matter. Which I didn't. My father wanted me to study here and nothing would change his mind.

"You better or I will kick your ass. I don't want to study and live in the same place with a moving dark cloud."

"Well, you could just choose another place to study. I mean, this place is decadent. Have you seen the place this school is?" Clove turned her head towards me and just kept looking at me. She always made me uncomfortable when she did that, it's her way to tell me there's something obvious I didn't get.

"Cato, we are friends since babies. We played, fought, got sick, we even got babysat together. Of course that's thanks for our parents friendship, but, the fact is, we have also studied in the same places and I'm not gonna stop it just yet."

Uncomfortable. I never know how to answer to these conversations. These always makes me proud to be Clove's friend, but… what do I do now? She knows it makes me confused on how to react. I instinctively turn my head. "Hmm".

"I know, I'm beautiful and you love me." I feel a nudge on my side and turn to her. "Now smile to me"

Dammit, she knows. After squirming a little I give her a small smile.

"There you go!" She looks away and scan the scenario. "We are getting closer. And about the place, it's not so isolated, there's a small town not that far. We can visit it during our free times on weekends."

"Not like there will be much to do. It is a very small town." I look at the window and see we just passed the gates. I am very nervous, I can't deny it. It is a military school. This and my dad is scary. I mean, what kind of place is this military school, just the name 'military school'. It already makes me worried.

The car starts to slow down, I take another look and see a man waiting for us by the entrance. One last look at Clove.

She looks back at me, raise her eyebrows. "Let's do this."

We get out of the car together, shuffle around for our bags and stop in front of the stranger.

What a stranger indeed. Every step we gave towards him the smell of alcohol got worse and worse. The man looked tired and older than his actual age, but still seemed somewhat built. He was looking down at some files he was holding, scrunching his nose. "So… You two must be Cato and Clove, right?"

"Yup!" We both answered.

"Okay, my name is Haymitch. I am one of the teachers in this great institution." We could see he just couldn't contain a smug smile when saying that. "I am also one of the counselors here, together with Effie, if you have any problems, please, you can go talk to her anytime."

"What about you?" I think he will just be drinking, Clove.

"What about me? Come on I will take you to your rooms and tell you some of the rules." He signaled for us to follow him with his head. The building of the institution was big, but only parts of it were actually used, with time less and less people came to study here. The priorities became different in Panem and now this places survives just barely. "So, you should be awake by 6 a.m., when you have to get, not only yourself, but your room ready as well. Someone will come by and check it."

Maybe it won't be that bad, just by looking at him I can see it is a pretty lax place. Maybe that's one of the reasons this school is so lost to the world. I still can't believe some people pay to study here.

"Someone?"

"Yes, Clove, someone. Now you will share a room with other students, some are the same year and others are upperclassman. Cato you will share with Marvel, Thresh and Finnick. Clove you will be with Glimmer, Cashmere and Foxface. Yes, her name is Foxface. Finnick and Cashmere are your upperclassmen. Did I forget anything?" We were passing a lot of doors and he wouldn't give us any explanation on what they were for, at least some of them had sign, so we wouldn't be completely lost. "You can just ask anything to the others." We finally stop at a corridor with a few doors and he points at two, opposites to each other. "These are you rooms, in the end of this corridors are the bathrooms. Finnick and Cash mere are already here, but the others haven't arrived yet." He looks at us and see we are waiting for anything else. "That's it, 'kay bye." With that, he simply leaves.

"Yeah, that was tiring" Clove says before turning to me. "I'm just gonna sleep, I'll see you later then?"

"Yeah sure, I'll unpack or something." She nods, pats my shoulder and disappears in her room. I look at my room's door and open it.