After putting on some makeup, Cinna leads me back down the hallways to the chariots. I recgonize our chariot with a twelve on the back of it. Peeta is accompanied by his stylist. "What's her name?" I whisper to Cinna. "That's Portia. We work together to design your guy's outfits," he explains. Portia appears to be almost as normal looking as Cinna. Although Portia wears much more "Capitol looking" clothes. I still do not trust Peeta. So far he seems to be nice, but I haven't talked to him yet. I give him a smile though. Cinna instructs us to stand on the chariot right next to each other. Peeta hops up first effortless. He extends a hand. I grab on to it an pull myself up.
Portia holds something that looks like a torch. It has a small flame on the end of it. That must be what Cinna meant by asking me if I had a fear of fire. She touches the back of my dress with it. I am about to yell at her for setting my beautiful dress on fire, but suddenly it spreads just around the back and I don't even feel it. She does the same to Peeta's back too. Peeta is wearing all black, just like me. District One's chariot begins to move. I get more nervous by the second. Then Two, who are dressed to look strong. They frighten me. The boy is tall and strong. He is extremely handsome in person. I didn't notice how good looking he was when I watched the Reaping. They girl is about a half a foot shorter than him but still much taller than me. I imagine how long they have been training for this. They could very easily just punch me and I would be severely injured.
Our chariot slowly starts to move up and my heart is beating so fast I'm pretty sure everyone can hear it. As we pull up I see so many people. They are all cheering for us. I begin to wave back at them. They seem to enjoy it so I keep waving. I don't know if I have ever seen this many of people in one place before and they are all cheering for me!As I wave back I stumble backwards. I stggle to keep my balence and not fall off as I stand on the ledge. I am sure I will fall. Then Peeta grabs my hand and pulls me back to the center of the platform. I breath a sigh of relief. He holds my hand tight. I am embarrassed. I just almost fell in front of the whole country. Who would want to sponsor a girl who can't even stay on a chariot without nearly falling! I ruined my chances for winning. I ruined my chances for going home!
We pull up to a large circle. All the chariots are around it. President Snow stands on a balcony, near a podium. "Welcome." His voice echoes through the whole Capitol. "Tributes! We welcome you. We salute your courage and your sacrifice and wish you all… Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor." I wonder why everyone thinks we are enjoying this. I hate President Snow. If it wasn't for him, I could be back in District Twelve with my family. Why does everyone in the capitol enjoy watching children fight and die? We are just children.
After President Snow's speech we are taken back to where we started. I hold on to Peeta's hand the whole way back too. Our outfits extinguish themselves when our chariots stop. Peeta hops down and helps me get down as well. "Thanks." We meet Effie and Haymitch back near the training center. We are taken to an elevator. The only elevator I've ever been in was in the Justice Building a couple days ago. That elevator made noises all the way up and was very old. A man in a red suit presses a button that said"12" on it and we go flying up. It is all glass so we could see the whole capitol as we got higher. I ask Haymitch if we could go on it again but he says that we need to go to our quarters. It is a lot of fun.
The whole place is just amazing! It is well decorated and extremely clean. I stand in awe. My bed is bigger. The showers are better. And there are more clothes that actually fit me! The large room also has this high tech window where with a press of a button it will show different streets of the capitol and different landscapes. It looks so real is the part that confuses me. I know I can't really be in the middle of this large city and be looking at the woods. My shower has all kinds of buttons too! You can control the pressure, temperature, and shampoo and soap scent. I would have been happy with just a simple shower like the on on the is also a device where you put your hand in it and it sends a current through your body to brush out your hair in less than a second. If everyone in the Capitol why can't the people in District twelve just have enough food?
I put on another comfortable nightgown. Two nights ago I was in my own bed back home with my mother and Katniss. Has that all it's been, two nights? I then remember what I am here for and a tear drops down my check. I cry for a short while then fall asleep.
They careers! They are chasing my through a stormy forest. I run for my life. They inch closer to me with every single step. My heart beats fast. My legs shake. I can't breath. All four of them have evil grins on their faces. Their faces are all a blur. I trip. Within a second they are all standing over me with their weapons. I wake up screaming.
