Hi. This will be my first ever fan fiction. This comes with Clove's and Cato's POVs. This will show their stories before and during the games. There will be some changes in the end. I will not follow the The Hunger Games by the very awesome Suzanne Collins; instead I'm doing this fan fiction my way. I will try my hardest to finish this story… So, let's begin! 3


Today marks my first day in training. My mom, for whatever reason that has gotten into her mind, enrolled me in the training camp in our district in preparation for the Hunger Games. To be honest, I am very scared about the games and just the thought of killing makes me uneasy. I've been telling her that it would be a waste of time and of money but she's not listening. I gave up convincing Mom about this, and besides, she already made up her mind.

After some preparations, I head towards the training place. The walk was good for 10 minutes; since the place was not so far from ours. As I entered the luxurious-looking building and a tall lady greeted me.

"Hi. You must be Clove Stacy." she wondered.

"Yes…"

"Uhm… This way to the arena." she said, leading me towards the designated area.

On our way, she talks about the head trainer named Roberto Valdez. I've never heard of him, but the lady said that he's very popular especially in this event – preparation for the games. He's handled Brutus Levin and Phobe Williams which were the victors of the previous games. The lady always mentioned me that this guy, named Cato Lewis, has had records in the center and she said that I should watch him out and stay away from him. I didn't bother asking what has he done or what he looks like since we finally arrive into this huge room stuffed with different stations of different weapons and survival skills you could think of.

"There. That's Roberto and that's Cato. Just… just, stay away from him. You seem to know how to control your temper; unlike him! He's like a firecracker! He just blows off when he's angry. Not to mention he's mean and selfish and… Argh! I just hate that boy! Oh, ahum. Sorry about that. I think you should go (inside) now." she said. She just flashed a smile and left.

As I was walking towards the arena, I could feel eyes on me. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Cato and his bunch of friends eyeing me with dirty looks. Is that how they treat newcomers? Really? Finally, I've spotted Roberto tutoring a young girl on proper knife throwing. I tapped his back to, just, get his attention.

"Hi. Hmm, sorry to interrupt but I'm Clove Stacy. The new trainee." I said.

"I'm gonna leave you with that ok? Now remember, angle your arms properly for a good shot. Practice. I'll be back in a bit." he said to the young girl and turned his attention at me. He seemed kinda nice. I mean, looking at how he treated the girl and give her good instructions showing no annoyance since, I think, they've been in the knife throwing station for hours now.

"Hi, Ms. Stacy. It's so nice to meet you. Come!" he said and escorted me in the entire arena before training. I've never thought this would be so huge! There are countless stations where you could practice your skills to survive in the games. There's archery, knife throwing, wall climbing, fire making, tent camping, even animal communication station! It's weird but who knows, maybe we can get use of communicating with animals when on a life and death battle come the games.

After the tour, Roberto called everyone's attention and ordered them to gather in the center. He said he'll introduce me to the rest of the trainees. What, why! Introduce myself! With this tons of people? I can't…

"Everyone! This is Clove Stacy. New trainee. Treat her well and at home. I don't want anyone trolling on her or even putting her on a fight. Show her the warm welcome District 2 offers. That's all. Now you may all take your breaks now. Be back in… 30 minutes."

Right after that, people are rushing in the canteen, also located in the building. Someone stepped on my foot, some elbowed me and others just nearly kicked me out of the crowd. Surprisingly, I managed to pull myself out of the crowd and walked to the canteen last. The canteen was huge! Bigger than our house, even.

I ordered some spaghetti and meatballs and some orange juice. Now, where to sit! There are lots of vacant sits in the back so, again, I managed to walk all the way into the crowd and finally got myself a seat. I'm sitting alone, and that's normal. I usually do things alone and this is a pretty easy task. As I was about to finish my food, a crashed soda can slammed into my back. Instantly, I look back to whoever did that. And, guess what! It's from Cato's table. They continued to throw things at me until this girl snapped back at them. She sat next to me. I noticed her light brown hair and her gray eyes. She looks familiar.

"Hey. Are you okay?" she asked.

"Yes. Uhm, I'm fine." I said, trying not to appear weak and fragile.

"Don't mind them. They are freaks. If they do that again to you, just let me know. Or just snap back at them. Be sarcastically smart. They're weak at that." she said, winking at me. "What's your name?"

"Clove. Clove Stacy."

"I'm Jade Margo. I am a pioneer here so, yeah. I pretty much rule this place, but not in a bad way, of course. Rule like, govern them with peace and order and stuff." she said, mouthing a donut. We just talked about random things after that. Soon, our table was filled with bunch of people. They must've liked Jade because of her personality. This left Cato's gang. I could feel they're cursing me and Jade for humiliating them, but I don't know. They, the receptionist in the lobby and Jade, are totally right about Cato and his friends. They look so dangerous and they're like a bunch of war freaks. I better stay out of there way, if I don't want to get myself into trouble or anything.

I'm hoping for better days to come.


Let me now what you think about this! :D I've messed up my story plan a little bit, but I'll try to fix this. The next chapter will be publish tonight or tomorrow. Just so everyone knows, most probably my chapters will be publish during weekends or whenever there is no school. Hahahahaha. Okay. Please review! 33