A/N: I'm back with a new chapter!

Oh yeah I want to apologize about the fact that my chapters aren't that long but I don't really have the time to write super long chapters, sorry!

Answer to Nikaa-san: It doesn't matter if Johanna is crazy, we love her like she is, don't we? :D And yup, I stopped being a coward and published this story :3

The peacekeepers took me to a vehicle that would bring us to the train station. I was silent during the entire car ride. There were cameras everywhere. Germana looked at us with her tattooed eyes. "Make them love you!"

The car came to a stop. When the door opened, I was almost blinded by all the flashing cameras. What's wrong with them? Have they never seen a career tribute of District 1? Figures. Even though I was irritated I put a smile on my face and in the corner of my eye I saw Ruby even posing for the cameras. I blew a few kisses to the journalists while I made my way to the train station. The peacekeepers had to push a few people push away to clear the road. Once we were on the train my smile dissapeared.

Jay laughed when he noticed my dark look and I gave him the finger, ignoring that it was the first time he laughed at me after he won the 60th Hunger games.

I was surprised with the interior of the train. It was even better than the homes in the Victor's Village. I also saw our bedrooms for the overnight train ride. I excused myself and went into my room. It was quite a nice room. Maybe even better than my own room ...

I lay down on the massive bed and sighed. I think I still have an hour before we have to eat ... I reluctantly got up and walked to the bathroom. It took me half an hour to decipher all the buttons in the shower. Goddamit, capital people, no I don't want the water to make my hair purple! When I finished I rummaged in the closet and decided to wear simple black shorts with a white t-shirt. I didn't bother removing my district token, which was a bracelet with Rikka's and my initials. After that, I quickly made my way to the dining car.

I sat down next to Ruby who gave me a smile. I smiled back. Aw man, why did Rubyand I now end up in the same Games?

When we were done and the Avoxs took our empty plates away, Diamantis clasped her hands together. "Soooo, Raff, tell me, what is your rank in class?What is your weapon of choiche?"

"I'm ranked 7th in our academy, meaning that I'm stronger than boys older than me. I'm excellent at throwing knives and never and I repeat never ever miss my target. The day that would happen is the day that pigs would fly. I'm not good with a spear and a mace." Okay, I totally lied there. You think I would be so stupid to talk about my weaknesses with Ruby next to me? Haha, no. If you're curious: I suck at hand to hand combat, have low stamina and would probably accidently shoot myself with a bow and arrow. " Since I'm small I'm a pretty fast runner and I can use my nails if needed." I totally added that as joke and it worked.

Jay looked amused and Diamantis' eyes sparkled. She won by scratching her opponent's throat with her nails, remember?

"Very good. I also think your looks can come in handy-" Did I just see Jay flinching? "the sponsors will be falling all over you for your looks, they tend to do that a lot."

I nodded. To be honest I thought it was pretty stupid for the capital people to just throw money at an attractive tribute. Not all attractive tributes are good at fighting after all. Not that I'm complaining, the more sponsors I have the more chances I have of surviving. I then listened to Jay asking Ruby the same questions Diamantis asked me. Ruby said that she was good at throwing spears and a bow and arrow and that she was pretty good at hand to hand combat... Well damn.

Germana suddenly stood up and started hopping around. "It's time for the recap of the reapings! Oh I'm so excited to see your competition!"

I rolled my eyes. They would all be weaklings anyway, I could kill them all. I just had to watch out for district 2 and 4, but they would be my allies so I didn't need to worry...yet.

We walked towards the television and I ended up sitting on the couch next to Jay who was busy reading his book. I swear this boy... Someone could get raped right in front of his eyes and he wouldn't even bat an eyelash.

Of course, first was District 1. Ruby volunteered before a name could even be called and walked on stage with a proud look. After that my name was being reaped. I was seen glaring at Gerard and that caused Jay and Ruby to snicker. After that my name was called once again and I walked on stage with a smirk on my face.

It was then District 2's turn. I had to admit the girl was stunning. She had long hair that was too dark to be blonde yet too light to be brown and attractive green eyes. The boy looked more like a man with a cocky grin on his face.

I wouldn't mind becoming allies with the girl but I didn't like the boy that much.

The rest of the tributes didn't show that much potential. A tiny girl and a boy with long hair that made him almost look like a girl from 3.

District 4 shocked me though. First of all, the tributes were only twelve-I feel bad for them, I really do- and they were twins. But what shocked me the most was that the boy had cold calculating eyes as he scanned the crowd. I should watch out for him. Age didn't matter, in the Games everyone could be dangerous. Maybe we could have them as allies...?

I looked at Ruby and she shook her head at me. "No, twelve year olds in a career alliance? That's ridiculous. I admit that they probably did have some career training, they're from district 4 after all, but twelve year tributes aren't known for being careers."

I sighed. She was right. The rest of the tributes didn't catch my eye until it was the reaping for district 6. The girl didn't impress me much but the boy caught my interest. He was tall with black hair and grey eyes and obviously had muscles which surprised me because tributes from 6 were known for not being that strong. He looked like someone we could recruit for our alliance. Ruby gave me a nod, as if she could read my thoughts.

I only paid attention to district 11 after that. The tributes were both dark-skinned and the boy looked as if he could tear someone apart with his hands. I should watch out for him... The girl looked to be the same age as me and had a pretty sweet face with two dark braids. It's always the cute girls who die in the games, huh? I felt bad for me she wouldn't last unless someone protected her. Of course an alliance with her would be out of the question. I just hoped that she would have a painless death. After district 12, where one tribute was aged 12 and the other 13, the screen went black.

It seemed like the majority of this year's tributes were under 16. Me included.

"So, anyone caught your interest?" Jay asked.

"The boy of 6. He looks strong and with his looks, he's probably going to have a lot of sponsors."

It was quite a strange comment from me. I was maybe be impressed by Ruby's fighting techniques, but she was the only one. For the rest, I wasn't often impressed by people, but this guy caught my attention.

I looked up to see Jay give me a slighly surprised look. Remember when I said that Jay and I were once good friends? Well, he knows me well and probably noticed when I was impressed by the boy of 6 ... And stared at the cute girl of 11-Of who I would make sure had a painless death.

I quickly added, "But we should wait until training... To see if he's really that strong as he looks like."

I was glad when Jay's focus was off me as he told Diamantis, "I agree with Raff. Now get some sleep you two. We'll arrive in the Capital tommorow morning. Which also means no beauty sleep for you, Raff."

I glared at him. Why do people always think that I think that I'm better than other people because of my looks?! But I was still glad that Jay was acting to me like he used to. It meant that maybe, maybe, we could become friends again... If I survived.

I made my way to my room only to be stopped by a gentle hand holding a firm grip on my wrist. I swear that I almost wanted to throw the person over my shoulder but I remembered that no one on the train could hurt me, so I just turned around. That didn't stop me from raising an eyebrow as my crystal blue eyes landed on Ruby. "...You need something?"

She pulled me towards her and smashed her lips against mine. I lazily wrapped my arms around her and kissed her back. She pulled back slightly. "Just this once... Once we're in the games we won't be able to do this anymore..." She kissed me again.

I guess you could call us friends with benefits.