Summary: Yeah So I dont know how this is gonna play out but a couple of chapters in Gale will be in it so if you came here to read a Gale fanfic do keep reading this because I need/want people to read this. :) Hope you enjoy!
I sat in my room, darkness filling it. The games haunting my dreams, I was scared. One day is all I had until I most likely faced certain death. Was I ready? For the games? No. To die? yes. Did I want to die? No.
I think back to the reaping day. The cold sea breeze making me shiver. The smell of salt in the air. The sun in the sky. That was district four. My name being picked from the bowl. The look on my mum's face and Jamie ,my brother. I sat and waited in the room in the back of the justice building. My brother was the first to come in and see me. "Jamie.." I looked up at him from where I was sat.
"Amy, Look I know you can do this. You have one of the best mentors you can get. I want you to win this for me, for mum but mainly for yourself. It most likely will leave you with scars forever but they will fade and so will the nightmares and everything."
"I will try my best for you. But theres no guarantee I will win. I cant do it on my own I need sponsors, rich ones...They can give me weapons, food. The district get them to give me water. Nothing else but water."
"I'll try..Good Luck..." I hugged him one last time as he left the room. I tried not to cry I was 15 not a baby.
Next in was mother. She had already been crying I could tell by the look in her eyes. "Mum. I'll be fine..The time was gonna come anyway one of us would have ended up going. Just turned out it was me." She just stood looking into my eyes, tears started to brew in my own. I couldnt take this much longer. I started crying. "Mum I'm sorry...I'm gonna try win this for you..." She nods and is told to get out. I watched as she left. My head was spinning. What was I suppose to do? I didn't want to see anyone else but then my mentor Finnick Odair walked in.
"Amy...You probably think I tell every one of my tributes but I dont...I just want you to know that you can do this. Your strong, not like others. I know you can do this."
"I dont want to go, I cant do this..I've told everyone I would win it for them...Im sorry..." I looked down at the ground. He walked over to me.
"I arent going to let you give up like this. You are going to win this!" He head faith in me. He thought I could win this. Maybe he was right most likely wrong though. I cant win this. I'm going to be a career yes but that doesnt mean I am going to win.
"I'll try..."
"Good.." With that the peacekeepers came to get both of us to take us to the train. I was half draggged out and half walked out. I was angry at the peacekeepers, I could feel the anger building up inside of me. They should be happy they aren't going to the games. I shouldnt be treated like this, even if I wasn't going to the games no-one and I mean no-one should be treated like this. The capitol see us all as worthless people. They treat us like we are there slaves.
I got on the train followed by the boy from my district. A tall 16 year old. Black hair, midnight blue eyes. Quite cute in my opinion. Never gonna happen. Dont even think about it. One if not both of us will be dead within two weeks anyway. I sat down in silence and he sat across from me with Finnick. There was an awkward silence. "Are we just gonna all sit here in silence or are we actually going to talk?" Said the boy, who I now know is called Eric.
"Well what is there to talk about. I mean we just got picked for the games!" I shot back at him sounding harsher than I should have done.
"Ok. Ok. Calm down." He laughed.
"Sorry I didn't mean to be that harsh. I'm just angry..."
"At what?" He smiled.
"The games. The capitol. The people. Everything!"
Just then our escort, Scarlett Amber, butted into the conversation. "I hope your attitude isn't like that when your in the capitol. Young lady."
"It'll be just how I want it to be."
She gasped. "Do not speak to me like that. You have such bad manners. You silly little district children. No manners at all."
"Do you know what?! Shut up! I couldn't give a damn, what you capitol idiots have to say." With that I stood up and walked out of the room into my own. I'd already set a bad impression and I hadn't even reached the capitol yet. What was she going to tell her friends and what would they tell there friends. I wasn't going to get any sponsors now. Great. Well done Amy, you've gone and done it again.
I sat on the bed, I brought my knees to my chest. I didn't want to speak to anyone. I just wanted some space. But of course he had to come in. He opened the door slowly and walked in. "Hey..Finnick said I should come speak to you." I just nodded and leaned back against the wall.
"You can say what you want to say now. Its just me."
"Well it wont matter who I say it in front of. She's gonna go tell all her snotty, stuck up friends what I said and that will lose us sponsors."
He walked closer and sat down on the bed next to me. "They think we are just little things that arent important and they think they are higher up than us. How would they like it if they had to go into the games? They hate me. They hate you. They hate all the tributes."
"We could change that. Me and you, we could show them what we are really made of. Show them they can't tell us what to them we dont belong to them."
"You think we should start a rebellion?"
"Maybe not straight away but after the games. I mean one of us have to win. We are careers. We are a lot stronger than other districts. We can do this. You just have to believe you can do it."
"I don't believe I can though...In my head, I'm weak."
"If there is one thing your not its weak. Today at the reaping, you weren't crying when you got reaped. Most people would be crying. But you didn't. You can do this."
"But..." He cut me off.
"No but's. I will train you if I have to. I know how to use a sword and knives."
"I'll try."