We were soon boarded onto a train that was going to take us to where we were supposed to trained. I stayed in my assigned room until I finally got bored out of my mind. I started wandering around until I found Armin in the food cart, of course. He was sitting with two other people. Both were albino's. The boy had Herterochromia and the girl had yellow eyes.
"Hey Prue. Come meet the competition. This is Lysander and Rosalya." Armin called. I reluctantly slid into the booth next to him. Lysander shook my hand and smiled. I eyed their clothing. They are obviously from the nicer districts.
"I didn't know any other competitors were on this train." I stated.
"All the tributes are here. Once we get there we will do a show..."
I tuned them out as I stared out the window in awe. Grass fields and hills passed by. Beautiful trees and flowers bloomed in all shapes and sizes. The sky was a light blue with white clouds. My focus was soon drawn to what looked like a group of monsters running next to the train.
Rosalya snapped her fingers in front of my face trying to get my attention. "Are you even listening?"
I wasn't. And I ignored her question. I pointed out the window at the beast. "What are those?"
Armin glanced over, uninterested but still curious. Lysander raised an eyebrow. "You mean the horses?"
"Horses?" I asked looking over at him. Their stares made me feel like the dumbest person ever.
"Horses. You never saw them before? What was your district like?" Rosalya inquired.
Armin answered for me. "Dirty. Few livestock that wasn't mutated. Poor. Stole or sold for food. Death. Few gravestones. People just tossed em into a garbage can or box. We didn't have garbage men so yeah... Dull. Rare when it wasn't raining. No school. No hospitals. No soldiers. Few electronics. Fire. Poor housing. Paranormal. Scary. Boredom increasing..." Armin trailed off as he glanced at the looks the other two were giving him. "What was yours like?"
The two quickly shook their heads not wanting to explain. They probably didn't want it to sound like gloating. "No offence but were you guys..." Lysander paused searching for words. "Educated? Did you know about anything outside your district?"
I glanced away. Was he kidding me? How stupid did they think we were? So maybe we were the lowest class there was. So what! We still knew stuff! It was natural for others to think our districts civilization were barbarians. A little bit...
I got up and stepped over Armin walking out the cart.
I eventually got lost aboard the train. How you could get lost on a train is beyond me. I found a red headed boy and a brunette girl making out in one of the carts though.
"Get a room." I mumbled walking past. The red-head glared at me. "Do you mind?"
"Do you mind?" I mimicked. He looked about to punch something before the brunette grabbed his arm. "Don't kitten. It isn't worth it."
"The little girls just mad cause she aint got none." He smirked before going back to sucking face.
I rolled my eyes before continuing on.
The next couple people I ran into were kids. About the youngest the Blood Games allow. There were 4 older kids with them.
A girl my age with blonde hair and two pigtails waved me over. "Hello! I'm Lola! What's your name? Ooh I bet its pretty! What's your district? Do you like or oppose the Blood Games. I am totally against it. Its like luck I'm here you know? Well its luck for all of us. Am I right or am I..."
"Shut it Lola! Nobody understands a mile a minute!" The boy my age said. "I'm Cole. This is my partner Grace." He gestured to a young girl with short brown hair. She seemed way to innocent to kill.
"Oh and this is mine! His name is Dustin. Right Dustin? We're like their body guards. Since they're young we wont expect them to kill so we are like gonna form an alliance right guys?" Lola chirped happily.
"Right." A orange-haired girl with a braid agreed. Now that I thought about it, none of them really looked like killers.
"Honestly. We don't need any Protectors. I for one am fine on my own. No regrets." A young boy muttered. Ok I take that back. I think he will be fine.
A blonde girl with pigtails dressed just as fancy as him smiled. "I'm Nina. He's Ciel."
"I'm Prue. Nice to meet you all." I told them.
A green haired boy smiled. Him and the orange haired girl wore more of hippie clothing. Both had flowers in their hair." I am Jade. This is Iris. Have you met the other competitors?"
I shrugged my head. "Just Lysander, Rosalya, some blood-red-head boy and brunette girl making out and you all."
Nina immediately popped up. "You met Lysander? The Lysander. He is so cute. He is amazing. He-"
"Alright already. We understand. You like him." Cole rolled his eyes. "So do you want alliance?"
I shook my head. "I'm more of a loner. Not really good with alliances. But if you ever need an archer just give me a ring."
I walked out the cart without giving them a chance to talk. Turning a couple corners I ran into someone falling to the ground. I was about to yell a string of curses until I realized it was Lysander.
"Oh its you." I pushed his outstretched hand away getting up myself.
"Look. I didn't mean to upset you or anything. I was just curious." He said as nicely as possible.
"Curiosity killed the cat."
He rolled his eyes. "You never answered the question. How...educated are you?" Lysander hesitantly asked.
I stayed silent. In our district there were few schools. And any school merely taught you to maybe read and that's it. I never truly attended after Father died. I needed to care for the family. I still do.
"I could teach you." I stared at him in shock. "You'll what?"
"I could teach you. About the main things such as animals and things outside your district. As for grammar and natural learnings I know another competitor from district 5 that would gladly teach you that." He smiled. "So truce?"
He held out his hand again patiently. Well it was for my own benefit right? It would help to survive the Blood Games...
I shook his hand. "Umm thanks."
Sorry for the short slightly boring chapter. And sorry for my hiatus. But im back. I havent seen the Hunger Games in months so I am really trying to remember. So frankly I am sorta adding other things like from Divergent and Maze Runner since its somewhat like this. Anyway, Next few chapters will be more about the charas. I will go on and off with the Hunger Games so patience. The fighting shall be coming up in maybe a few. REMEMBER VOTE ON AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE YOU WANT TO SURVIVE AND AT THE END I WILL TALLY UP AND THEY PROBS WONT END UP DIEING.
oh and HAPPY ANUAL BLOOD GAMES!
