My Angel
Chapter 2
The Capitol
After the reaping we go straight on the trains. No one is allowed to talk to the families after the 'incident'. Haymitch went on board too which I thought was very unfortunate.
"Sooo" He said slurring
"What can you do?" He said in between hiccups
"I'm pretty handy with a sword and also good with bows and arrows"'Chris said nervously
Haymitch nodded without interest
"What about you sweetheart?" He asked me
"Why should I give you any hints? You should just find out like every one else" I sneered
Haymitch laughed "Calm down Sweetheart, I don't appreciate a rude person" laughed Haymitch (which was obviously the alcohol talking) I glared at him fuming "Well I don't appreciate a Drunk" I snarled at him. Haymitch laughed "you better watch out sweetheart! i do know how to kill" Haymitch half laughed and half slurred
I rolled my eyes at him "Lay off the alcohol drunkface I need someone to mentor me not someone to laugh at" I said rudely. "Elina be nice!" Growled Chris
I shot him a dark look "Be nice to him? Come on! He's probably not even going to remember this" i hiss. Chris rolled his eyes at me "Stop thinking you're so high and mighty and try cooperating it's the only way we are going to survive" glared Chris
"Chris" I said darkly. "What?"'he asked annoyed
"Let's be serious here, we're not going to survive" I said slowly and clearly
Haymitch laughed "Sweetheart's right hunter boy, your chances of surviving is 94:1 and you are the one" drawled Haymitch
"Way to be supportive" hissed Chris under his breath
Haymitch shrugged "I can do it in many different ways" joked Haymitch
Chris looked up surprised
"What's with the look Hunter boy?" Asked Haymitch
Chris stuttered a lot of words before saying it remotely clearly "You could hear me?" Asked Chris dumbfounded
"Of course, your as loud as a muttation" I snorted
Chris glared at me
"You pick up a lot of things if you survive the games" shrugged Haymitch
Effie walked in teetering in ridiculously high high-heels "Everyone!" She called
We all looked at her
"I'm going to tell you the procedure starting from when we get to the Capitol" announced Effie
"Well say it!" Drawled Haymitch
Effie rolled her eyes "first we get our rooms! And as always we get the penthouse!" Smiled Effie
"We of course we do! Might as well treat them good before they die" exclaimed Haymitch
Effie shot a Glare at Haymitch "You don't know that!" Shrieked Effie
"Honey, I know a lot of things" said Haymitch
Effie continued talking as if Haymitch never spoke "After you get settled in you go to the training Centre then come back and take a shower"
Chris and I nodded
"Then we eat dinner and maybe watch some television before bed" finished Effie
"What do we do tomorrow?" I asked
"I'll tell you tomorrow!" Said Effie walking away
We spent another hour and a half sitting silently in the train until we saw buildings from the Capitol appearing. Effie trotted into the room "Everybody we are here!"Effie squealed in excitement
"Well duh!" I said to her
She ignored me and continued looking out of the window. I'll have to admit the Capitol is beautiful
When we got to the platform we saw 11 trains in front of us. I examined the trains and what stepped out were the tributes of the 93rd Hunger Games. I looked from the first train with lean strong people all the way down to us skinny boney people. I sighed
"Come on! Don't want to be late!" Called Effie
We got to a rather tall building. It was the Tributes Building. We got in the elevator and Effie started to look for the Penthouse she found it she jabbed it 3 times before we actually started to move"We need to get these buttons fixed" sighed Effie
We got to the top in record time. We walked in amazed
"Chris this your room" she said waving her hand to a door
Chris walked cautiously into his room. We went further down the room
"This is your room" she said pointing to a rather large door
"It's the masters room!" Effie said excitedly
I went in the room and it was big probably bigger than my house
I wondered why Effie gave me the masters room. Then I found out why. She pitied me, even though on the train she told Haymitch we might not die... She knew we would, and she felt sorry for me because I was only 12
"Well it looks like the Capitol people do have hearts after all" I muttered
I lay on the bed, It was the softest bed I've ever been on! Effie came into my room
"Here's your uniform Cinna made" she said shoving a piece of clothing into my hands
It was like a shirt, pants and socks moulded together, it was grey with one large blue stripe going down from the tip if the armpit to the tip of the ankles the short sleeves were blue and in the top right hand corner was the Capitol symbol
I stared at it
"Well put it on" urged Effie
I felt my cheeks getting red out if embarrassment
"I don't know how" I told her
"Take your clothes off" she ordered me
I looked at her in surprise but I did what she asked. I was left in a singlet and my underwear. She pulled a zip down and I put my feet in, then pulled it up and then I put my arms in the she zipped it up
"There you go!" Effie said cheerfully
"Thanks" I muttered to her
She beamed and me
"Chris is waiting for you" she told me
I nodded and left the room
"I'll show you the way" said Haymitch while pouring some wine
As we neared the door her turned around and faced us
"Practice what you're good at but hold back a little" he told us
We nodded as we went in the room. Everyone stated at us, I saw the careers from 1,2 and 4 giving us sly smiles, I knew what they were thinking 'Easy kills'. I scoffed 'We'll see' I thought. The instructor came and explained the rules she also introduced the Gamemaker who was Serenade Krown, While the instructor spoke I felt the boy from 2 Sneering at me, I turned and glared at him. His sneer turned into a evil grin
When we were allowed to go practice, I headed for my specialities Knifes and The bow and arrows. I started with the knives I picked three up and deliberately aimed for the hands, arms, legs and knees to look bad when I was actually doing what I wanted My knives hit it exactly where I wanted them to.I smiled a little, then i heard the careers laugh. I put on an upset face and turned them, they were pointing at me and laughing, my 'upset face turned into a scowl as I headed for the bow and arrows. I aimed for the same places and felt pleased with myself
I turned and saw a large bear, the careers were stabbing it with knifes and laughing
"What are you doing!" I said yelling at them
"Why do you care, it's just a bear!" Laughed the boy from 1
"You're just a Human, so let me stab you!" I said picking up a knife
The bear saw an opportunity and went to strike the careers, as much as I wanted it to happen I couldn't let it, I stepped i front of the bear.
"No! Stop!" I said to it soothingly
the bear looked at me and went back on all fours
The careers looked at me shocked, and I gave them a wicked smile. I undid the rope attached to a railing and took it to the first aid section. The instructor looked at me frighted but relaxed when he saw I was only treating the bear, I put the the bandages on the bear and I looked up at the instructor who gave me an approving nod. I pet the bear's head "Good boy!' I cooed
The bear gave a light roar and nuzzled me, I laughed as Chris approached me.
"Can't leave the animals alone can you?" He laughed at me
I gave the bear an affectionate hug
"You know me" I giggled at Chris
The instructor came and told us to go back to our rooms
Chris wanted to go to the toilet so he went and I went into the elevator with the Boy from 2 behind me, I went to leave but the door closed
"So twelve tell me" he said glaring at me
"What" I said matching his glare
"How old are you" he asked me
"How old are YOU" I asked him
He frowned
"I asked first" he said
"Well I'm not telling" I told him
The boy from two ran his fingers through his hair
"I'm 13" he told me
I sighed
"I'm" I said taking in a big breath
"Still not telling!" I sneered
The elevator dinged and his room came into sight and I pushed him in. As he was probably going to yell an insult at me but the elevator door closed before he could, I sighed and rested against the wall. It was a few good minutes before the door opened again, I was greeted by Effie.
"Go take a shower!" She said shoving some clothes into my hands
As I got In the shower room i spotted a piece of paper stuck to the I look closer it had a bunch if words on it
Shower steps
1. get rather wet with the water
2. Turn off the water
3. Rub the soap on you (it's the small pink box looking thing)
4. Turn on the water on and Rinse off
5. Turn the after off and Put the conditioner on (it's the white dispenser)
6. Turn the water on and Rinse off
7. Turn the water off and Put the shampoo on (it's the blue dispenser)
8. Turn the water on and Rinse off
9. Turn the water off and you're done!
It took me a minute to understand that's how they shower here in the Capitol and we were required to be Capitol standard. After I took my shower i used a 'blowdryer' (which was really hard to use)
I went to see what clothes were given to me I picked up the largest thing and it was a light pink shirt-dress thing it had frilly sleeves that ended in the middle of my upper arm and a frilly bottom which ended in the middle of my thighs. I had Black Tights and light pink flats.
I tied my hair up and walked outside, and I was greeted by a creepy Effie
"Do you like your pyjamas!" She asked me
I was confused
"These are pyjamas!"I said suprised
Effie nodded
"But don't we have dinner?" I asked
"Of course!" Laughed Effie
"But I'm in pyjamas!" I exclaimed
Effie laughed
"In the Capitol we eat in fancy-pyjamas, they aren't normal pyjamas, you are comfy and presentable" explained Effie. I nodded and pretended I Understood. After an hour we had dinner, our stylists and their helpers joined. I'll be honest here, i thought we'd have something small but what was put on the table was massive! I tried bland things i was used talked but Chris and I only participated in small talk, Effie urged me to try some cake so I took a slice and ate it. It was so rich I was about to vomit, so I excused my self and went to the toilet and went to do it. I came back and decide only to eat the things I'm used to eating. Haymitch was so drunk he knocked everything he could reach onto the floor. The Avox's rushed to clean it up
And since everything was on the floor dinner was over. We did random things, I learnt how to play a game called pool and I'm not bragging but I'm pretty good. I was forced to bed at 10:30 by Chris who can act like and annoying big brother and not as a friend which is so annoying. But my bed was so soft I couldn't get to sleep
So when Chris went to sleep at 11:00 (which is not fair because I have to go at 10:30) I asked him to sleep in my bed, he agreed after me begging him for about a minute, It's more easier to sleep now
End of chapter 2
Tell me how I did and how I can improve I would be very grateful!