Chapter 4- Training.

Coby is very quiet at breakfast. He looks tired and he has dark circles under his eyes. I am surprisingly hungry and manage to eat more than I expected. After breakfast, Trake takes us down to the training centre. The other tributes are there and the Careers are already stood together in a small group. I stand with Coby towards the back of the group as a woman enters the room and begins speaking.
"In two weeks," she begins "twenty three of you will be dead."
I share a look with Coby.
"One of you will be alive."
The Careers have smug smiles plastered on their faces. I resist the temptation to go and knock them off. If I do they'll probably target me first in the arena. "During the next three days you will be prepared through a number of exercises. I urge you to focus more on survival than combat training."
I head over to the knot tying station because Trake told us not to show our strengths yet. I learn a number of different knots that the instructer thinks will come in handy. Afterwards I find myself at the fire station where Coby and the girl from 5, Nadya, are croached over some sticks.
"Hey, Sephy." Coby greets.
"Join us." Nadya says as she moves up, creating some space.
I sit cross legged next to them as Coby begins rubbing sticks together. He gives up after ten minutes of trying.
"My mentors said not to light a fire," Nadya pats his shoulder comfortingly. "Sure way to get yourself killed." her voice drops to a whisper as the District 1 girl, Mist, passes.
"We should try another station." I suggest.
Nadya leads us to the archery station. I'm not very good at first but Nadya trains me and by the end of training I'm rather a good shot.
I spend the next few days in training with Coby and Nadya and decide that if I was going to have allies (which I'm not) I'd pick those two.