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When we finally arrived into the Grand station of the Capitol, I grew restless. The train journey was long and boring. The journey mostly consisted of Katniss staring at me. Katniss seemed fearful. However, there was not much conversation between the two of us, as we already know each other.
Or, at least she thought that she did. Therefore the ride was dull, boring and any other adjective that you would like to use that insinuates boredom.
So once we had stopped I ran out of the carriage and onto the platform, hoping that I could get away from that terrible, awkward silence. Turning around to look if anyone was trying to catch me, I realised that I was alone.
So I slowed to a jog and finally to a walk. That was when I finally started to take in my surroundings.
I was in a long tunnel that had doors every now and then; all of them had numbers all the way from 1-12 above them.
When I reached the number twelve doors, I walked into the door on my right. There were about three women there all equipped with waxing strips and tweezers. Their smiles lit up, one of them when through to the back room and came out with a man, who I immediately recognised as Cinna.
"My name is Cinna. What yours"
I replied immediately, because he instantly made me feel comfortable.
"Violet."
He smiled at my response.
"Ok. This year the opening ceremony is going to be different. Instead of dressing you in clothes to do with your district, we are going to dress you in clothes to do with your powers. What is your power, then Violet so we can begin."
I know that I had never been allowed to tell anyone about them so I stopped speaking immediately, so my mind and my mouth wouldn't betray me and looked at the ground.
"Violet, there you are we have been looking for you everywhere." Katniss said as she walked in to the room.
Cinna jumped with shock and tuned to look at her. When he saw who it was, he relaxed and started to smile again. He really does have an amazing smile. The next time he spoke, it was directed not at me but at Katniss.
"She arrived here not long ago, only ten minutes if I remember correctly. I have told her what to expect , for the opening ceremony. All I need to know is what her powers are and we can start making the dresses."
"Well don't ask me, I don't even know what they are."
They were speaking about me, as if I was not standing there next to them. I didn't mind that much, I always did hate, being the centre of attention. It is my pet hate. I know being in the Hunger Games had just made me the centre of attention, and a lot of attention at that but still I hated it. Maybe that's why my powers were what they were.
"Ummm."
Both Katniss and Cinna eyes turned to me.
"What, I thought that you wanted to know what my powers where."
I hated this I could fell their eyes burrowing into my head. "There… there…" I stuttered.
This was failing (epically!) and I wasn't getting anywhere. I know I would have to tell them, eventually, under pain or torture (or both) from the very dangerous looking wax strips, that Cinna held in his large, manicured hand .
So, I decided to make like a bandage and rip it off (or spit it out, in this context). I took a deep breath and blurted it out.
"I can control people's minds."
Cinna's face I had been prospered for, it was a mix of terror and shock. His mouth was wide open as if he was trying to catch flies. They I had an afterthought and added.
"I can also read people's minds."
This time, I turned to look at Katniss's face, fearing the worst. Hers was more understanding than scared, most likely thinking about that time when we had been out hunting and I knew what she wanted me to do before she said it, when it was only the beginning of a thought in her mind.
There was also shock, after having her thoughts confirmed. I was having the best time of my life. At that point Cinna closed his mouth and began to speak.
"I was certainly not expecting that. Your dress might be a bit harder that I thought, and to me it was hard enough. I thought that you might be different, special even."
I could not help it I just had to laugh. And, it was not of those dainty, girly, oh-so annoying laughs. This was one of those uninhibited laughs. My sudden laughter made them both a little confused, ok a lot. So I thought I should explain to them, about my sudden up roar of laughter.
"I can only do it when I am touching someone."
Both of their faces relaxed, as they found out that I was not reading their minds (thought that was not utterly true), Katniss looked especially relieved. Alright, I don't want to know what or who she was thinking about. And I was glad I couldn't.
Cinna sat down as if he was massaging a headache, but even my mind- reading powers. I can tell that he was mostly trying to think of my outfit for the opening ceremony. You might be there for a while, Cinna, I thought wryly.
The three women that had been there since the beginning then came over to me and gently nudged me towards a seat that was positioned in the centre of the room.
They then started to pluck my eye brows and wax my legs. After one of my legs had been done and I had grown too tired to shout that it hurt.
"Please, just leave the other as it is."
The three women looked at each other in amusement.
"Darling, you don't really want to have mis-matched legs, do you?"
"If it means getting away from this pain, definitely!"
Cinna shot up like a rocket after take-off, except somehow faster. He looked like a puppy running about in the snow with excitement. Wow, someone has had way too much caffeine He had obviously had an idea for the dress.
"Illusions. That is what your dress will be. Illusions." As soon as he said that I thought that I was going to look like a walking retro black and white chimpanzee. Cinna then ran into the back. Presumably going to get a bit of fabric, he emerged panting. And shoved the fabric in my hand, none too gently, may I add.
I unwrinkled it to reveal a pulsating patting. I was stunned. And, stunned is not a common facial expression on my face. It was perfect; reflecting my powers and personality. Another thing that it didn't do was make me look like a retro black and white chimpanzee. Phew! What a relief!
Cinna then measured me. So he could start making the dress. Whilst he was doing that the three women carried on with the waxing. Unfortunately! I can tell that this will soon be the bane of my life.
My personal hell ended as abruptly, as it began. Cinna came out with a magnificent dress. Putting it on, it was better than I thought it would look. I mean, it looked as though the pulsating started at the heart and made its way out.
"Wow, Cinna I don't know how you did it but, she looks better that Peeta and I did. I don't know how, but you have managed to better yourself."
I didn't believe her until I looked in the mirror. This was not, what I was expecting. I was always one to shy away from attention, but if I looked like this every day of my life, I wouldn't need to. My hair was half up and half down. And the dress, it came in on my figure and at the bottom flared out.
At that point, David walked in and I saw what he was wearing a white suit. I didn't understand why or what his powers could be, but I didn't care. I wanted to get this done and over with.
Katniss, Peeta, Cinna, David's designer, David and I started to walk to the end of the tunnel where the chariots where held.
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