A/N:ok so the parade is here yay I'm excited to write this and hopefully next chapter will be a lemon keep an eye out. enjoy and review if you want.

Annie's POV

The sounds of screams and cheers wake me up. I look out the window and see capitol citizens pointing and laughing at me. I immediately close the curtain, wondering how weird I must look right now. Shelly bursts in my room. "Annie dear the ….Capitol is waiting get dressed and hurry" she says quickly taking in that I am naked.

In distinct 4 it's humid and hot so sleeping naked was normal for me. " May I ask why you're….." she says shyly. "Please get out" I say embarrassed. She quickly leaves. I go to the bathroom and put my hair up in a bun. I grab a blue shirt and jeans and go to Shelly whose waiting for me.

I feel a rush of warm on my hair as they take off the hair soap. So far they've waxed my body, oiled me and fixed my hair. It feels like they using my mother's creams and gels on me. Back in 4 she ran a beauty and health shop. She would make creams for burned hair, creams for skin, and even for sunburns just to name a few. Her shop was helpful for women in 4; she would have it in reasonable prices and traded for food. I hold back a tear remembering my mother's screams.

Once my beauty team is done with me, they tell me to wait for Ursell. I search the room and find a tall mirror and quickly go to it. I look at myself and se the changes. My body is shiny and hairless, my face with more defined eyebrows and my hair is now dark brown, similar to the blackish-brown I had.

The door slides open. A tall, women in a short light brown dress, with large black buttons down the front, and her hair in a spiky black bun with blonde strands. She smiles at me, "I thought you were 15 not 17" she chuckles. I like her voice it's soft calming, and not with a squealing capitol accent.

I smile. "Hello Annie," she shakes my hand. "May I know you're full name?" she asks. "Annie Nicolette Cresta" I say softly. She smiles "What a pretty name, let's get you ready for the parade."

In an hour I'm dressed and Ursell is finishing putting makeup on me. I'm sitting in a chair with a desk and mirror. It feels like a mother putting fixing up her daughter for a dance. Something I'll probably never do with my mother after this.

"There, all finished. Look in the mirror." She says. I go walking. And I don't recognize myself. It's not Annie Cresta who's looking back at me. I'm dressed in a sea-green sparkling mermaid style dress. It long sleeves look like sea-weed wrapped around my arms. My chest is sparkling with green gems and my dress is showered with sea-weed and my tail is in green gems making me look like a mermaid. My hair is in waves with blue sparkles with a silver shell crown.

I gasp and turn to Ursell. "You look beautiful my little mermaid" I laugh at the name. I hum a song. "What song is that?" she asks. "It's a lullaby we sing to children, it's called My Jolly Sailor Bold" I tell her. I hug her and she puts my shell necklace on. "Thank You" I whisper. "Remember give them a soft smile, and smile with your eyes. Blow kisses and act happy." She explains. I nod, ready to please the Capitol

I'm taken to the carriage when I see Lenard. His chest s draped with sea-weed and his baggy pants are with gems and sparkly cloth like my dress. His crown makes him look like a sea king.

We get on our carriage and Aiden looks at me, "You look pretty Annie" I smile and say "You look like a king" he smiles and I see Finnick giving me a look. I can't tell if he's angry or bothered.

I hear the sounds of horns and I know it's time. 1 goes, I'm really nervous 2 goes, I know I have to nail this for my family. 3 goes I stand up straight then our carriage moves.

I smile waving and winking at them. The crowd goes crazy. I blow a kiss and people act like they caught it, I look at a rich Capitol man and blow him a kiss with a hopefully flirty wink. He starts laughing and cheer "DISTRICT 4" I'm smiling and I see Finnick giving me a wink and for some reason I blush.

Our chariot makes it to the center and President Snow is there looking at his new tributes. I swear he glared at Lenard and me. It takes everything not to glare at him back. I remember e can kill anyone he wants.

"Goode job guys" Shelly squeals as she hugs us. I look at Finnick who's looking at me differently. I can't seem to understand the look in his eye. They take us to the elevator. It goes fast and I get a bit dizzy. They take us to our rooms and Ursell helps me take off my dress. "I'm going to take a shower" I say. But Ursell grabs my arm. "Wait Annie the night's not over yet take a shower and take all the makeup off ,but stay put ,we're going to a party with everyone. ' I groan I don't want to I'm tired.

A/N: SOOO lemon is next chapter Finnick and Annie pairing thanks for reading review and follow if you want.