I wake up and look at the time, 4:30. Great, I went to sleep at 12:30 and woke up at 4:30. I'm going to be so tired to day, and the worst thing is that I am going to the training academy today. My parents are still asleep so I decide to have shower. After I'm done showering I put on a tight, long sleeved, dark blue shirt and capri pants. I brush my hair and walk down my stairs to grab some breakfast.

I walk past Travis's and Chloe's old rooms. Travis started training 12 years ago at the age 7. He entered the games and almost won. Chloe still is here, training for the games. She entered the training school 10 years ago. She is 18 now and is going to volunteer this year for the games. I'm only 7 years old, but my parents want me to start training as soon as possible. It's 7:30 now and my dad is up.

We walk to the academy, well the one I'm going to. It's a big building in the shape of a circle. It's 6 stories tall and over 300 meters wide. There's a big front entrance where we sign in. My dad walks in, I follow him trying to match his strides. We walk in and see a tall women standing behind the front desk.

"What is your name" She says to me

"Clove, Clove Davis" I reply

"Ah, Yes. Follow me, I will take you on a tour" She stiffly says as she walks out from behind the counter. I follow her down the hall to the left.

"The first floor is all of the training rooms; the running track, weight room, pool, weapons, close up combat, survival training and the arena" The lady says "The arena is where you can challenge others to fight you, of course. We also have the dinner room on the first floor as well"

She continues blabbering on about things; last years victors, the fight that was on last night, those strong boys we just passed, how wonderful the games are and things about the acedamy. I try to follow what she's saying, but she's so damn boring. Eventually we get to the 3rd floor.

"This is your room" She says as she unlocks the door. I walk in, there is a small living room made up of a couch, a tv, a coffee table and bookshelf. She points out my bathroom and bedroom for me before leaving me to unpack. I walk into my room and unpack my clothes and other things. Then I sit down and watch some tv. I just stay in my room, given that I was not told about what I had to do today.

When I wake up I get dressed into some clothes. And walk downstairs. I reach the mail room, it's crowded with children. I eventually find my mail box. I open it and find my schedule for the day along with tomorrows. I quickly run them upstairs to my room and look at them.

Todays:

10:00- Breakfast

11:00-Pool

12:30-Lunch

2:00-Track

3:00-Weapons

5:30-Dinner

10:45-Curfew

So I have swimming, track and weapons today. That doesn't seem too hard. I walk down the stairs and go to the cafeteria. I walk to the end of the line for the food. When I make it to the front I find out that it costs money to pay for the food.

"Here you go. $5 please" A small lady asks

"I, um... I don't have any money" I quietly say

"Well, that's too bad. No sandwich for you then" The lady says as she grabs my food

"That's not necessary"

I look behind me and see a tall girl standing there. She reaches out and grabs the sandwich and gives it back to me. The girl looks about to be 14. She has long red hair and light blue eyes.

"But... she hasn't got any money" The lady whines

"Well, Eden I'm paying for her" The girl snaps at her. That shut the women up. Or should I say Eden. The girl pays for my breakfast and walks away. I just stand there not knowing where to sit.

"Aren't you coming" The girl says to me. I nod and quickly follow her. She sits down at a table with several other people.

"This is Brooke, Shauna, Liam, Tye, Xavier and Karson" The girl says pointing to each one "Oh, and I'm Alyce!"

I nod and quietly start eating my sandwich

"What's your name?" Someone asks me. I think it was Brooke

"Sorry...my name is, uh, Clove" I shyly say looking down at my food "Clove Davis"

"Really? Isn't Chloe your sister" Tye asks me

"Yes she is" I whisper

"Someone's shy" Shauna says. Then they all just continue talking to one another, completely ignoring me. I quickly eat my food and walk away.

The day goes by painfully slowly. I am happy when it's over. I was in level 1 for all of my sessions. Levels are just what tells people how good you are at stuff and what group of people you practice with. For example Travis was in level 37 in close combat fighting and 49 in weaponry when he entered the games. Some parents enter their kids in higher levels so that there is more competition for them. When I reach my room I fall down on my bed. I'm about to fall asleep when I realise that I still dinner to attend to. Aw who cares, I don't have money to pay for it.

I have a quick shower and quickly change into my pj's and fall quickly asleep