Chapter 2

That's all I remember from the reaping. Right now I'm in The Training Center. A place where tributes train from survival skills to weapons training. It's located in the underground part of a tower where the tributes sleep. It has all sorts of stations where the tributes learn how to fight and survive. Also used to judge the tributes skill from 1 to 12. I got a 9.

Tomorrow is The Games and I have made an alliance with the boy from district 6 Raff Galloway, the girl from 5 Laurel Keene and the girl from my district Davinia Overwhill.. We will try to dominate the Cornucopia witch is a giant golden horn shaped like a cone with a curved tail. The mouth is at least 20 feet high and is filled with weapons, food, blankets, medicine, fire starters, water, clothing, and more stuff a tribute will need to survive in the environment they will be facing. The tributes launch into the arena and start of in a circular formation and in the middle the Cornucopia. This is the death of many tributes due to the large amount of desirable items. If we fail to dominate the Cornucopia we will meet where the sun will be pointing 1 hour away from the Cornucopia.

As I finish my last throw of spears and head to Laurel. She is trying to make fire with a stick and a wooden plank.

When I get to her I ask "You've been there all day trying to make a fire."

I look around to see if know one was around

and say "Where going to get the Cornucopia and there'll be matches there."

Laurel looks at me and says "Are u and Raff dimwitted. There'll be only 3 of us against 21 of them. Do u think the odds will be in our favor?"

I say "Well... I bet more than half of them will just try to get supplies and run away so"

She interrupts "And what about the Carriers. I bet they'll be teaming up to get to the cornucopia."

For those who don't know Carriers are the tributes from District 1, 2 and 3. They receive special training for the Games and when they think there ready enough they volunteer for the Games. Normally, this tributes team up.

I say "I think Raff can make them team up with us…"

"Oh really?" Laurel looks at me in disbelief.

Trying to ignore her staring at me, I look at the Carriers at the swords fighting station. Raff is really sociable. He talks with everybody in the Training Center. But today is the last day in the Training Center so I think no mentor will be looking for teams at this time. Oh and by the way my mentor is Finnick Odair. Mentors help u with everything they know from when they won The Games once. Finnick has tan skin, bronze-colored hair, and sea green eyes. He won The Games at the age of 14 at the 65th Games. He has taught me a lot about strategy and sponsors.

As we leave The Training Center I spot Raff talking to two of the Carriers. Otto from district 1 and Flax from 3. Otto has a blue eye and an orange fake eye, his face is always angry, blond long hair and is as straight as a pencil. Flax has green eyes, short black hair with a line of red, 2 of his front teeth are broken and he always twitches.

When I get to Raff he introduces me to Otto and Flax

Raff says, "Wade, this is Otto and Flax. They think whe can team with the Carriers… but not Laurel. They keep saying she's worth nothing for them"

I look at him waiting for his laugh. But it was no joke. He wanted me to join the Carriers and leave Laurel.

I a bit angrily say "Are u seriously considering this?"

He replies "No because of Laurel. I keep trying to convince them but they wont let me."

Otto interrupts " She has nothing of skill. You will die if u stay with her."

I look at Raff and say "Lets leave."

Raff and me leave the two Carriers alone and head to our floors on the building. My floor is the 4th floor, Raff's is the 6th floor and Laurel is the 5th floor. Our mentors got to a agreement to meet at our floor to discuss what whe will do tomorrow when The Games begin.