Why am I writing so many short filler chapters?! Anyways, one, I removed the hiatus status on this fanfic! Hooray! Two, I got caught up doing other things in life. Three, I have a schedule now! Here it is!
Phoenix Light
First Quarter Quell
Child of the Moon
Power's Grasp
Forgotten and Betrayed
Chaos's Chosen
Jack Edition
Demigods, Wizards and Magicians
So, that should work out. Also, sorry this chapter is so short. Anyways, thanks everyone! - Steven
Chapter 4: The Capitol
Allan sat in the back of the truck like a captive, just sitting there quietly laminating about what he had to do. He would have to survive through a murderous game, maybe killing some people on the way. But he had to do it, for his future and the man who hired him. He had his whole life ahead of him. He couldn't die at seventeen. He was too young to die. The young teenager just sat there in solitude, regret and sadness. His whole life he had built his way to success, but this roadblock had stopped him, and he could die because of it. The truck suddenly screeched to a halt as he heard a door being opened in front of him.
Allan looked up just in time to see the man that was driving the truck open the door. "Get out." he told him. "You're riding a train to the Capitol." Allan stood up a bit unsteadily and got out of the truck, and when he got out he saw a large and long train sitting there waiting for him. As he walked over to the train, he was dimly aware that the girl from his district was walking next to him. Once he had gotten near, one of the doors on the train opened up to reveal the same woman who called out the names. "You finally got here!" she exclaimed. "Come on in, we have a lot to talk about."
With that, both Allan and the girl stepped in, and once he did and sat down on a chair the train zoomed away. "This will be amazing this year." the woman gushed. "Good luck to both of you, but before we get you to the Capitol and dress you up, come here and eat! It'll do you good." She walked out of the train car and Allan followed at the prospect of food, even though he wasn't hungry at all. In fact, with what he had to do and with the moving train, he felt like throwing up. Once he got to the other side, he was met with a large table with a white cloth draped over it laden with dishes of food. Allan never hurt for basic necessities and he never really cared about anything fancy, but even he had to admit that it was impressive.
Allan sat down on one of the three chairs and just sat there for a while, looking at his surroundings. "Well now, eat up! Don't look so down!" the woman told the young teenager. Just to get her off his case, he grabbed a few things and started to somewhat eat, but he usually just poked at his food when she wasn't watching. He also noticed that the girl sitting right across of him did the same thing. "Are you two ready?" the woman asked after a while. Alan offered no response and neither did the girl.
"Well, you should at least get to know each other! I'll leave you to it." she said before she left the train car. That left Allan and the girl, and they both sat there in silence for a moment until the girl extended her hand and said, "Nice to meet you I guess." Allan looked at the hand before taking it. "Back at you." he replied. They both retracted their hands. "So, are you ready?" the girl asked him. "Well, I have to be no?" Allan replied before laughing softly. "True." the girl said. "Well, good luck to you." "Yeah." he said, a bit distracted. It started to get a bit awkward, so he looked out the window and saw it. The Capitol.
He couldn't see much, but from what he was seeing it was still incredible. Everything had a nice shine to it, with streets full of people, which all looked pretty foreign to didn't even realize that the girl had joined him. "Well, this is it." she suddenly said. Allan nodded once more. As the train reached its destination and screeched to a halt, Allan looked out towards the Capitol and remembered his promise. "I'm gonna win." he thought. "I'll get out of this game alive."
Well, next chapter is showing off the tributes! Anyways, please answer the poll on my profile! Thanks everyone! - Steven
