Hi peoples! This is the story of Cato and Clove, and it begins with Clove waking up a long long time before the reaping, about 11 months. Just saying. BTW, I don't own the HUNGER GAMES cuz if I did, the main character would be Clove not Katniss. But Suzanne Collins owns it, so props to her! Just to say, Clove and Cato DO NOT die here! Yay them! Team Clato!

Chapter 1

Clove's POV:

TUESDAY 6:00 AM

I wake up and sigh. Another day of training awaits me. I don't even see why I have to keep training every other day of the week, besides the weekend. I already have the best knife skills anyone could possibly conquer. If they could just lend me a dummy I'd practice, though the chances of that are slim.

I slip on my training uniform, which simply is a sports cami with my last name written on it and tight capri/sweat-pants. I run downstairs to find my 11 year old sister, Ashalia, watching the 73rd Hunger Games, for the 5th time this week. She just watches the end, where Salonda Marsal does a sneak attack on the last tribute, and is crowned victor.

"Why do you keep watching that, Asha?" I ask purposely sounding annoyed.

"Salonda is just so…. I don't know, epic?"

"She's just another victor. Nothing more, nothing less." I roll my eyes as I explain how many victors there were before her.

"Fine, you win, but that won't keep me from not admiring her." She smirks at me, obviously something I had influenced on her.

"Are you going to school or training today?" Asha asks.

"Sadly, training. But you, miss, are going to school, and I'm walking you there so you don't run off to the lake with Maysa and get a major again. And next year, you better not do that when you start training, because you don't get majors. You get killed. Slowly." I try to use the most motherly voice I could get out of me, because it's true. The people who ditch constantly get sent outside after a while where the principle meets with them, and they're executed. And I can't lose Asha, because she's the only one besides Bramon who is constantly with me, due to the fact that my parents get sent to help District 6 all the time. Thinking of Bramon, I run up to his room and grab the little 4 year old to go to preschool.

"Let's go guys. Can't be late."

7:00 AM

We've arrived at the "Ed Center", or Education Center, where all the schools are placed in a small circle.

"Okay, Asha. You can go. I'm watching you walk in to the front office so you can't run back out. Bramon, you're next."

"Fine, but next week I am not going to keep walking with my older sister. It's absolutely pathetic and it's bad for my image." She says bossily. Ashalia has always been the popular girl, and so have I, except I don't make friends with everyone who wants to be mine.

I smile at Asha's school secretary then sign in Bramon. I then walk past the high school and in to the training center. Suddenly I sigh when the most annoying girl, Kilac rushes towards me with her little clique and says in her scratchy little voice.

"Hey Clove! We're all gonna have a slumber party at my place tonight! You wanna come?!

I stand there, surprised at how dumb Kilac is for inviting me to this so-called "slumber party."

"No." I say with the meanest, blankest expression I could make, making her frown. And at an instant she crumples her eyebrows and barks.

"I didn't even want you to come! Only mention it if I ask you!" She acts as if the last minute never existed. I walk in to the gym and go to the knife-throwing station, and pretend the dummies were each and every one of Kilac's little group, including herself.

After half an hour, I try all of the weapons, but personally I despise the other forms of combat. After 4 hours, we're called to lunch, and suddenly when I turn around from the targets, there's the familiar, annoying voice I hear in my ear. I sigh when I hear it, and walk in the opposite direction, when I hear footsteps following me, along with laughter.

I really hate you, Cato.

If you continue reading, you'll see that Clove HATES Cato, but don't worry, she'll like him sooner or later.