After the chariots, we eat again, training is tomorrow. Then I head off to bed, saying the usual goodnights.

"In the next few days you will be training for the games. 23 of you will die, one of you will sssurvive" Medusa chuckles. She is our training supervisor, and has a strong lisp. "Ssso no fighting until the arena" She finishes and tributes scatter around to train. I head to practice starting a fire and see the scrawny Hispanic boy, Leo, there. "Hey"

I glare at him and watch as he starts the fire no problem. "Hey, how'd you do that?" I ask, immediately feeling dumb. "I got a knack for these kinds of things, you need help?" I shake my head. "Suit yourself," Leo looks behind him. "What's going on over there?" He questions, pointing a callused finger at two people arguing.

"Octavian, leave me alone!"

"No! Reyna, you stole my dagger and I want it back!"

"I didn't steal you dagger-"

"Lies!"

Leo gets up and starts walking towards them. "Dude! What are you doing!? That guy's got like 2 inches on you! We short guys got to stick together!" Grover shouts at Leo from a station. The Hispanic waves him off and keeps going.

"Hey! Back off!" He commands. Octavian eyes Leo. "And what are you going to do about it?" I inch closer to the conversation. "Well, I don't know about you, but I'd say you can't climb a tree" Leo taunts gesturing to the tree climbing station.

"Are you challenging me?"

"That I am"

Octavian pushes him aside and walks towards the tree, nose raised high. "I go first" Octavian grabs a hold of a branch and pulls himself up, then steps on a weak branch and falls to the ground. "Ha!" Leo exclaims. He skips over to the tree, stepping on Octavian's stomach and gradually swings up to the top. "I win"

The scarecrow grunts and runs off. A silver dagger gets thrown into the side of the tree. I turn around and see the curly haired brunette from District 6, smirking. Travis walks away.

The next few days will be interesting.

The day of showing the game makers, the last day, is a complete disaster. Leo is a target to Octavian, Percy and Annabeth made an alliance, Nico and Hazel made an alliance, Clarisse almost gutted my eyes out, and Chris is freaking out.

I sit next to Chris as I wait for the monotone voice to call my name. Rachel walks out, shoulders slumped. "Thalia Grace" I feel queasy, but I enter anyway. Hades, the head game maker, is drinking a glass of bring blue colored liquid next to a huge turkey. I shuffle my feet along the polished floor and stand tall in front of the game makers. "Thalia Grace, from District 5" I announce, it immediately turns into silence. I pick up a bow and an arrow, the tip gleams at me. I position it as I should, draw back, and fire. I see it hit the dummy's heart and glance at the game makers to see they were watching. They weren't. Hades raises his glass in a toast. I snatch another arrow, draw back and let it fly. Glass and alcohol fall to the floor and the arrow meets the wall next to him.

He's infuriated, and slightly amused.

I throw the bow on the ground and storm out of the room. Chris glances at me as I walk by, but I wave him off.

"Unacceptable!"

I flinch.

"You, young lady, need to learn manners! I can't believe that you-"Persephone spatters. "Give her a break, I actual like her… what would you call it? Spunk" Silena says, resting her head on the loveseat. The TV flickers on and it shows the entertainer named Apollo sitting behind a counter.

"Hello Olympus! Happy Half-Blood Games! And made the Fates be ever in your favor" He beams at the camera. "Today, we will look at our tributes training scores, and my, my, they are high this time! So we have:

District One:

Will Solace: 8

Piper McLean: 7

Reyna: 9

Octavian: 5

Leo Valdez: 7

Nyssa: 8

Percy Jackson: 10

Lacy: 5

Annabeth Chase: 10

Malcolm: 8

Travis Stoll: 7

Drew Tanaka: 5

Clarisse La Rue: 10

Frank Zhang: 9

Juniper: 6

Tyson: 8

Grover Underwood: 6

Rachel Elizabeth Dare: 5

Nico di Angelo: 9

Hazel Levesque: 7

I had a 10, surprisingly, and Chris got an 8. I couldn't say I was happy about getting a 10, which just makes me another target. Interviews are tomorrow, I'm not as hyped as others are. Aphrodite says she has something huge planned for me. I hope it's not pink as it is her favorite color, but I trust her to my standards.

Sorry for not updating quickly, im kinda busy!

Hope you liked it!

R&R~