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Chapter 2

If I thought that the room in the Justice Building was lavish then the train was like a whole other world. Burke and I gazed in wonder at the crystal chandeliers, velvet sofas, rich silk drapes and exotic carpets. I smiled awkwardly at Burke. "Um, hey," I said nervously. "Hi," he replied. "Okay guys come over here for a minute and we'll talk tactics!" called Farise, breaking the tension. We sat down at the little round table with Farise, Jiane and Fuschia. "Okay so what are your skills guys?" asked Farise, "Well," began Burke,"I'm pretty good with an axe but a sword would be my weapon of choice." "Okay, that's good," said Farise,"do you know anything about survival?" Burke wrinkled his nose, "Not really," he confessed, "I never thought I'd need it." "Well make sure that when we get to the Training Centre you go to the survival stations," said Jiane,"Okay," nodded Burke. "What about you?" Jiane asked me, "What are your special skills?" I glanced at Farise, asking him with my eyes whether I should say I'd been training with him as you weren't supposed to, not really. He gave his head a slight brief shake. "Well," I said, "I'm also pretty good with a sword and a spear but I'm best at throwing knives and even shruikens. I also have a vast knowledge of plant life and I'm a good climber." I thought that I may have been showing off a little but then I realised that if I wanted to live I had to make sure that these people knew exactly what I could do. "Good, good," trilled Fuschia, "okay well I'm sure that you have never seen anything close to this train so why don't you go look around it then, hmm?" She said, just as I thought I was beginning to like her. I rolled my eyes and got up.

I walked into the next car which turned out to be the dining car. Farise got up and followed me. I turned to him and asked what I had been wondering ever since I got on the train,"Back in the Justice Building what did my mother say to you Farise?" "She told me to keep you alive," he said simply," at whatever the cost." "Oh," I replied, on the verge of tears. "It's going to be okay Feeona ," said Farise, pulling me close while I began to sob," you can do this. I believe in you." We stood there for a while until we heard Fuschia calling "Feeona, Burke come along now we'll show you to your rooms. I giggled through my tears at Fuschia's accent that never ceased to make me laugh, no matter how many times I heard it. Farise smiled at me and said "Go on now. It's gonna be a big day."

Fuschia showed me to my room and told me to take a shower and change. It took me about half an hour to figure out how to use the shower because there was so many buttons. I eventually came out smelling like lemons. I then chose a pale blue dress and white flats from the hundreds of clothes in my wardrobe. I sat on my bed for a while and thought about home. I didn't realise I was crying until a big tear splashed onto the carpet. I was interrupted though by Fuschia knocking on my door telling me to hurry so we could see the recap of the other reapings. I decided to leave my long hair down over my face, like a shield from bad things. I made my way towards the living area with a few tears still on my face. I was first to arrive after Fuschia. "My, my, you scrub up nicely don't you?" She said appraisingly "Thank you." I replied, pleased as I knew how high Capitol standards were. Burke, Jiane and Farise arrived a minute or two later.

Farise turned on the television for the recap of the reaping. I took mental notes of the other tributes. The District 1 tributes were volunteers as usual. The girl was the usual blonde and beautiful District 1 female and she was called Angel. The boy was a tall and lithe and blonde also, called Cane. District 2 tributes were also volunteers. A muscular dark haired girl called Deena and a huge hulking boy called Irone. The District 3 female tribute was called Willow and looked about thirteen. The male's name was Leon who looked fifteen. District 4 had a male volunteer, a tall strong looking boy called Regen, who had curly hair and an impish grin. The girl, Marina looked like a career anyway even if she didn't volunteer, about 17 and seemed like she had been training all her life. We skipped our own district and moved onto District 6, who were nothing special, Kayla and Dean I think they were called. District 7 was a huge forester, Axel, who looked like a fully grown man and a large muscly girl named Angie. District 8 was a small girl called Jasmine and a twelve year old called Lucas who made me think of my brother. 9 was a mean looking girl called Olive and a boy with lots of little scars called Zac. District 10 was a bored looking 18 year old girl, Zoey and the most handsome boy I'd ever seen, a fourteen year old with nearly white, blonde hair, pale skin and the bluest eyes, called Evan. 11 was a dark skinned older girl called Mana, reaped with her little brother Jos. I couldn't imagine being reaped with Marcus or Jonathon and I had to leave the room for a minute to get sick. All I could think about was having to kill your sibling. I came back in just in time for 12, a young, skinny, scrawny boy and a thin, sly looking girl who looked like she had a plan hidden up her sleeve.

After the recap we had dinner. It was the most amount of food I had ever seen in my life. It could probably feed my family back in 5 for weeks. Dinner was silent as Burke and I were stuffing our faces like we'd never seen food before. After dinner it was getting late so Jiane sent us to bed telling us we'd talk tactics in the morning. I was afraid of sleeping as I knew I would be plagued with nightmares. But I couldn't even get to sleep. I spent most of the sobbing desolately into my soft pillow thinking of home and my family.