I don't own the right to the Hunger Games, and several characters are not in the original series. This is a remake of an old fanfic I wrote, The 74th Annual Hunger Games. This fanfic WILL be NSFW in several chapters, but there will be a ' *** ' before and after the NSFW bit to serve as a little warning. As always, enjoy~
When the doors slid open the brunette didn't bother to turn around to see. There wasn't much to make her care about the tribute she'd be mentoring. Plus, it's district two. What could she teach them that they didn't already know? Licking her lips to clean the frosting from the pastry she bit into, it wasn't long before she heard Jax attempting to get her attention. "Ellie." Her head snapped up as she whipped around to face their escort. "Good, Ellie. These are the tributes, Clove and-" Before the brightly dressed man could finish he was interrupted.
"What the hell is she doing here?" Cato's angry voice filled the cabin. Ellie found herself flinching softly at his words. Just her luck, Cato being the male tribute from District Two.
"She's here as a mentor." Jax replied for Ellie, as she wasn't about to say anything.
"Why? She didn't win because she was good. She won because she didn't hit her head rolling down a hill." He spat, stepping closer to her, forcing Ellie to try to step back. If it weren't for the buffet table full of sweets, Cato wouldn't practically be in her face.
"Dibs on Brutus." Clove spoke up, causing Cato to turn and look at her. She couldn't see Cato's expression, but based on the way that Clove smirked, she could only guess that the dark haired girl won that battle. Ellie took that moment to slip off to the side, hurrying barefoot from where she'd been standing and exiting the compartment that everyone else was in. Ellie didn't want to be anywhere near Cato. And unfortunately, she was stuck being his mentor. She thought was free for the time being, nearly to her room on the train. A sudden hand on her shoulder pushed her and slammed her against the wall, causing her to yelp in pain as Cato pinned her between his body and the hard wall.
"There's nothing you can do for me as a mentor." Cato spit at her, Ellie turning her head to face away from him. His large hand grabbed her chin roughly to force her to look at him. "You should have died three years ago. You bring nothing but shame to our district. To your parents." He hissed. There was nothing in his cold blue eyes that suggested he didn't mean his words. "No one cares if you're the sweetheart of the capitol. No one cares about you." He'd been squeezing her face tightly, his nails digging into her skin and causing her to whimper. Finally he let her go, and Ellie turned her face to the side, looking away from the angry blonde pinning her. She figured he was done, that he'd leave her alone. Instead he leaned his face close to hers, his mouth near her ear. "If I could get away with killing you myself, I would. I'm sure Kai would want me too." With that he pulled away from her, walking back to join the others as he left her to be on her own. She let out a shaky breath when she was alone. If she were in the games with Cato, she would no doubt be the first person he would hunt down and kill.
Ellie had spent the rest of the night keeping to herself in her cabin. With Cato more or less threatening her life, she thought it best that she didn't join them for dinner. It wasn't until well into the night that she left her cabin, pulling her over-sized maroon sweater past her hands. She still chose to go barefoot, walking into the dining cabin. And there sat the delicious looking buffet table of sweets. At least those went untouched. A smile graced her face, white teeth visible in the dark as she hurried to it, picking up a jelly filled pastry to shove into her mouth. "Up late, aren't we?" The all too familiar voice cause her to shriek as she whipped around, eyes wide as she looked at her company. The pastry falling to the floor, such a waste.
Okay, so hopefully you like the first chapter. And yes, I will pretty please ask for reviews. I love reviews. Reviews make me happy. Until next time, and may the odds be ever in your favor.