Chapter two is the goodbyes.

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District 1.

Tyler:

Tyler was smiling hugely as he waited for his parents, happy that he had made it.

He heard the door open and turned to see his mom and dad.

"We are proud of you son but the fight is still to come work your hardest and you will win," His father said.

"They all cheer for you," His mother said.

"Thank you both," Tyler told them.

Then it was time for them to leave. Tyler turned to look out of the window at his district he was going to make them proud.

Then the door opened again, Tyler turned around surprised.

"You little shit, I was supposed to be my spot," the boy who had been picked before Tyler volunteered said. Tyler recognized him as Corey Dorris.

"Hey relax you know how it is here, you still have next year, just volunteer then," Tyler told him.

"You better not win, because if you make it back I'll kill you," Corey said and then left.

Tyler shook it off as nothing.

Devin:

Knowing she was going to leave for the games Devin was a happy as could be. Her parents came to congratulate her.

"Oh my darling daughter I'm so happy for you," Her father told her.

"And with a pretty face like yours you'll make it far," Her mother said.

"Thanks both of you, I'll come back and make you proud," Devin told them.

"We don't doubt that honey," Her mother answered. They then left leaving her to herself.

She didn't know the tribute, what was his name? Skyler? No Tyler, she quickly needed to find out if he was useful or not so until it was time to go she sat down and thought trough her ideas.

District 2.

Walker:

Joe was waiting in his room patiently. He just wanted to go already.

His parents came in to praise his choice to volunteer.

"You could have told us," His mother said.

"Nah I wanted to surprise you," Joe told them.

"And what a great gift," his father said.

"Yeah happy anniversary," Joe replied. His parents had gotten married on reaping day as many others did in their District. To give them something special this year Joe decided to do his absolute most to become the male tribute. It did help his uncle was a peacekeeper so he got a better chance.

"We are going to enjoy watching you fight," His father told him.

"And I'm going to enjoy doing it," Joe told them smiling.

He was feeling quite proud of himself and now he was even more anxious to get going than before.

Denise:

She just wanted to go already to skip all the bullshit and fight. She was impatiently walking around in the room. She didn't even listen to her parents saying goodbye and giving her pointers. She didn't need it, she could make it whiteout it. The last thing she heard them say was that they were proud of her, and then they left. Of course they were proud, it was an honor to be tribute and she deserved it and they would be even more proud if she won. Wait what was she thinking? It wasn't if she won but when she won.

District 3.

Nick:

If this were one of those old cartoons that the capitol sometimes showed on the television Nick would fall through the floor from pacing back and forth. He didn't even notice the door opening and his family coming in until his mother gave him a hug.

She couldn't even form words. She tried but she only a gurgle like sound and then turned away.

"Hey listen, your not dumb, you think everything through, you can calculate the possibilities so do that and you will surprise them," His father told him while putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Listen I'm so sorry, I should have taken your place," Matt told him not meeting Nick's eyes.

"No you shouldn't, I would never forgive you for that or live with myself, you know, what ever happens I don't blame you, the odds are just gone to hell," Nick replied his brother. Matt walked over and gave his brother a hug.

"What ever you do, do it for the right reasons," Matt whispered to him so their parents didn't hear. Matt had a bad feeling that Nick would do anything to help their other tribute.

Nick stepped back and nodded understandingly. After they left it took about ten minutes before it was time for the train ride and in Nick's mind it was the longest ten minutes in his life to date.

Lauren:

Lauren had said her tearful goodbyes to her parents and then her friend Tom came in in whishing her luck but next time the doors opened she had expected the peacekeepers instead she saw a boy that she recognized as the other tributes brother.

"Hi Um I'm Nick's brother, my name is Matt," he told her. Lauren didn't really know what you say so she just continued to stare at him.

"All right, this is pretty strange I just wanted to ask you a favor?" Matt said.

"What?" Lauren asked a little more forceful than she expected. She was wary about him.

"Keep my brother safe," Matt told her in a low voice. Lauren looked at him in surprise, he seemed sad; maybe this wasn't a plan to throw off her game. Matt turned around ready to leave since Lauren didn't seem to answer.

"Why did you ask me that?" Lauren questioned before he left.

"He would undoubtedly do everything to keep you safe and not think about himself and I just, don't want him to do anything stupid for no use, I'm sure that his decisions might be coming from the right place but than does not mean it's a good idea and you are the only person who have a chance to help him," Matt explained truthfully. Lauren starred at him with her mouth slightly open before she gave him a half smile and nodded understandingly.

After Matt left Lauren felt more tears pricking behind her eyes.

District 4.

Dylan:

While waiting Dylan could finally loose his calm looking shell he hid himself under at the reaping. Now he was sitting in a chair thinking through what possibilities he had. He knew he would through this with his mentor but felt it was best not to come into it with no ideas what so ever. He could do this if he put his mind to it!

His parents weren't much help, it was nice to see them but they didn't tell him anything he didn't know. Somehow though with them here he understood the seriousness of it all.

Before his parents left he gave them a hug. He didn't say a word.

After they left he sat back down and kept going through everything in his mind.

Sango:

She was sitting calmly in a big chair waiting to say goodbye.

Very surprisingly she wasn't that scared. She knew the rules and chances. If she just did everything by the book she could make it.

Her parents wished her luck and supported her. It was nice to know they stood behind her.

She didn't like standing alone; perhaps it was an idea to ask her fellow district 4 tribute to form an alliance, not for the entirety of the games that would be impossible but just for some time of it. Could be nice with some company.

Yes she would ask him and hopefully he would agree.

District 5.

Joey:

Still shaking Joey had moved himself from the sofa to standing near a table grabbing on to it for dear life. He was afraid that if he let go he might not be able to stand but if sat down he felt he was too passive.

The door open and his parents came. He had been right about his thoughts earlier they had both been crying. His mother still was but his father kept it together for Joey's sake.

"You, you need to be strong, you can do this if you plan it right," his mother stammered.

"Keep your head together, stay calm and learn all the moves, then you can do it," His father continued.

Joey nodded feeling a bit more relaxed and he had stopped shaking as well.

They were right of course. He had feared the goodbye would be hard but it would have been a hundred times worse if they hadn't been here to say what they said.

No he just needed to do as they said and maybe it would be all right, more or less.

Julia:

Somehow Julia had managed not to cry while waiting for her parents and saying goodbye to them.

They told her they loved her gave her hugs and said supportive words.

But still no tears, she was going to miss them terribly and she was pretty sure she was never going to see them again and yet she didn't feel like crying, it wasn't going to help anyway.

Julia was a realist, she knew what was going to happen and you would be a fool not to look at it otherwise.

She told her parents that she loved them as well and they should stay strong for her.

Even if she didn't believe in her return she didn't have to tell her parents that and instead tried to comfort them.

When the time came to leave she left with her head held high.

District 6.

Darren:

The empty feeling Darren had felt at the reaping was gone. Now he was just sad. He was going to be one of those that leave and don't come back. It was unbelievable, of course the chance had always been there but there was so many others the chances for it being Darren was very slim. Yet somehow he was standing here waiting to say goodbye to those he knew and the place he called home.

If he thought about it too much he could feel the emptiness coming back so he tried to keep it abbey.

This was going to be hard and terrible and this was only the beginning. It was going to get much worse when the games truly began. So right now he would enjoy the time with his parents and maybe it was the best to get the best out of the last days.

Lily:

She had sat herself down in the corner of the room. She didn't know what to do with herself so she just sat down on the floor. Her parents came in and sat down next to her holding each other.

"I'm scared," Lily told them.

"We know," her father said awkwardly.

"It's good to be honest about you feel, the other will lie and say they are okay to pretend to be strong but it shows much more strength to be honest and tell how you truly feel," Her mother told her.

Lily looked up at her mother with admiration.

"Thank you mom," Lily told her gave her big hug then she pulled away. "I love you both," she said and then gave her father a big hug as well.

She would follow her mother's advice when she made it to the capitol.

District 7.

Jeff:

It was hard not to be extremely pessimistic as his parents told Jeff the possibilities he had. Being older and stronger but he kept it in him and gave them both a hug, as they had to leave.

Not long after Chris came in.

"Man I'm so sorry, I just, I don't know what to say," Chris told him.

"There's nothing to say," Jeff told him followed by silence.

"I should have brought that beer," Chris said after a minute of silence.

"That would have been nice," Jeff said with a single chuckle.

A peacekeeper came in telling them time was up.

"I'll have it ready for you when you come back," Chris told him.

"Yeah sure, if," Jeff replied although the last word was said so low only himself could hear it.

Britney:

It was no lie that Britney was scared. She was going into the games and possibly not coming back. Strangely though her body was calm while her mind was racing. What would she do? How would she make herself be perceived? Should she trust the other guy?

Even though all these questions was going to be gone trough thoroughly and in detail when they came to the capitol and talked to their mentors and all, she could help but start going it all trough now.

Her parents came to be supportive. Britney how ever didn't say anything in return other than "goodbye,"

Then the peacekeepers came to bring her on the train. In front of her she saw the other tribute and she made a deal to herself not to trust him fully since in the end he would be an enemy as well.

District 8.

Nick:

Standing in his room Nick couldn't help but think that this was how it would end. It was him that had been chosen now he had to go trough everything his brother had gone through and their parents would probably loose another son. It's not that he didn't believe in himself it's just that's how it usually how it goes for the others since the careers are just too good. His brother Daniel was clever and strong but he hadn't made it and since Nick was brother and had the same genetic it would probably go the same way for him.

It sound very grim and it felt like that as well.

It got even worse when his parents came in for the planned goodbyes. They looked like he had already died which just made Nick feel terrible. He knew it wasn't his of their fault it was the capitol's fault. There was nothing they could about that but soon Nick would go to the capitol so maybe he could do a little damage.

June:

She just stood there in the room like a statue. Not knowing what to do or feeling like doing anything. Dreaming about freezing time so she never had to leave.

She didn't want to go to the capitol or to the next arena. She wanted to stay home. June stood for a while wondering about the other tributes. Did they feel the same way as her? Many of them must be scared. Of course not the careers they love this but those from other districts poorer districts. They must be afraid for what's to come and none of them could do anything to stop it.

She cried when saying goodbye to her parents and friends that came to see her off.

This was unbearable and it would never go back to normal again.

District 9.

Brant:

While waiting in the room as he had been told Brant contemplated his situation. He was 18 so he would be among the oldest and he moved sacks of grain around almost every day, which meant he was strong. He might have a chance.

But that would mean he had to kill and that was he worst thing he could think off.

"Hey are you all right?" His mother asked him. He hadn't even noticed she had come in.

"I think I'm all right, to be honest I'm kind of feel indifferent," Brant told her. She walked over and gave him a hug.

"Listen you're the only one I have left, please come back," she told him. She looked at him with sadness.

"Of course I'll come back," Brant told her and tried to comfort her.

First she looses her husband, Brant's father, to a terrible sickness and now her only son had been reaped.

"Listen I'm not going to leave you, so be strong and cheer for me, I'll make it back, I promise," Brant told her as the last thing before the peacekeeper came to bring him to the train.

Meredith:

Meredith was waiting in her room with tears down her face. She heard the door open behind her and it was her parents and they were just as sad as she was.

"You could make it, just stay in the back and then they will forget about you and take care of each other," her father said.

Her mother said nothing she just held her.

Not long after her parents left and it was Brian's time to say goodbye.

As soon he walked in Meredith ran into his arms. Now Brian couldn't handle it either and tears started flowing his eyes as well.

"Hey look at me," Brian told her and Meredith stepped back and looked at him with sadness but attention. Brian removed her tears with his thumb tenderly.

"It's going to get though, but you're a clever girl and if you plan it right and make an impression for the sponsors you have a chance and I'll be right here, waiting for you as I promised and we'll be together again," Brian told her. His voice trembling ever so slightly in the end but otherwise steady. Meredith nodded.

"I love you," Meredith told him and Brian leaned in and kissed her with more passion than ever before.

"I love you too," He said and then Meredith had to leave too the train.

District 10.

Jim:

For a man that was known for being funny Jim suddenly felt like a sad clown.

There was no going back from this. Even if he won everything he would go through would scar him for life. This was the king of bad situations.

Many came to wish him off. Giving him kind words and hopeful comments but they all looked like sad clowns as well. They tried to say something to cheer him up but their sad faces stood out.

Jim honestly just wanted to see his parents the others didn't really matter.

He just managed to see them and say goodbye before he was taken away.

He would have given anything just to have a little more time with them but it was too late now. He was going towards the capitol. A stage only showing tragedies.

Jaime:

If waiting at the reaping was bad it was nothing compared to waiting to say goodbye. Jaime was walking around the room. She was twirling a scarf around in her hands that had been lying on the table. It was either that or she would tear her hair our by the roots. She hated waiting and not having anything she could do. She was in no way caught out for this and everyone she knew would know this.

She kept on walking around even when her parents came to say goodbye. Only stopping when his father held her steady so her mother could give her a hug. A peacekeeper came to take her parents away and the mayor of their district came in to wish her luck.

She told her that Jaime could keep the scarf it might be useful.

Jaime nodded absentminded and kept on waking around until she was taking away.

District 11.

Joe:

He was still starring out of the window when his mother came in. even when saying goodbye there was a peacekeeper present. He had even told Joe that if he made a run for it he wouldn't mind shooting him in the leg. Joe was pretty sure he meant it but the thought of running had not crossed his mind once.

Like many other parents his mother was crying but her voice was steady. Joe did admire her for that. She did have an emotional strength that he hoped to have gone on to him as well.

It was hard saying goodbye but better than never getting the chance.

They didn't get long before another peacekeeper took her away.

"I'll always be with you," was the last thing his mother told him.

After she left Joe looked out of the window again. he could see his mother be taken away from the courthouse and suddenly he did felt like running.

Then a rough hand grabbed his shoulder and pushed him towards the door. Apparently it was time for him too leave. At least he didn't hope they could read minds.

No luckily they brought him to the train without shooting him but sadly it probably wouldn't take that long before he got hurt.

Bonnie:

She was sitting in a chair with her head buried in the armrest. She wasn't crying she just couldn't stand the peacekeeper looking at her. She was going to the games and she was just devastated. She always feared this day watching people being chosen not knowing how terrible it felt. She had wondered but reality was always a lot worse that just imagination nothing could have prepared her for this.

Somewhere in the deep dark corners of herself Bonnie just wanted it to over, all of it, saying goodbye, the travel, the training and most important the games, the sooner the better.

But after her parents had said goodbye and left she immediately regretted that thought.

If this was much worse than she imagined then what to come would be even more terrible.

District 12.

Brian:

As if waiting wasn't hard enough, Brian could hear Alle-Faye crying in the room next door. He tried to walk around looking at things to drown it out. The door opened behind him and his father came in.

"Hi dad," Brian said.

"I don't know what to say," His father replied.

"That makes two of us," Brian told him.

Then they just sort of stood there and looked at each other.

"I'm sorry," his father said.

"Not your fault," Brian answered.

"I'm going to miss you," his father then told him.

"Yeah I'm going to miss all of this," Brian replied grimly.

Then time was up, Brian left and his father stood alone starring after his son silently accepting that this would be the last time he saw him.

Alle-Faye:

She was sitting in the courthouse waiting for her parents crying. She wasn't supposed to be picked. She never had to take terrace since she was the mayor's daughter. The odds should have with her but here she was waiting to go. She heard the door open and watched her parents come in with a facial expression appropriate for a funeral.

She ran into the arms of her mother then immediately lost the feeling in her legs and then both sat down on the floor just holding each other and crying. Her father then sat down as well holding both of them. They just sat there until it was time for Alle-Faye to leave.

"We love you and always will," Her father told her before the peacekeeper made her go.

Alle-Faye left with tears in her eyes and clutching the necklace she inherited from her grandmother. It was a small stone, completely white and smooth, shaped like a heart.

It would be the only thing she could bring from home and she would never let it go.

Author's note:

That's it for this time. No I have nothing against Corey but I just wanted to show how other people might react in those districts. Tom is a hint too Tom Felton since they both play Malfoy.

Please review and feel free to come with chariot and/or interview outfit ideas.

I could still use someone to spell check them so if you are fresh.