(Aaliyah Target,15,Female,Dionysus)

"Aaliyah sweetie, time to get up!" I groan and pull myself out of bed. I know it was James because father would never call me 'sweetie'. I dress into the training clothes and creep downstairs. Arthur is eating a bowl of weetbix and is watching a recap of last years games. Currently it shows the bloodbath. I ignore my father and Arthur and sit down next to James, grabbing an apple on my way.

"So what are you doing today?" father asks. I roll my eyes "Training? Nah durr." James and Arthur stare at me. It's not like Dionysus will kill me. It's against the rules and if he does i'll just be revived.

Once Arthur is finished eating James helps us onto the chariot because father is too much of a drunk mess to even walk a metre without falling over. I glare at the cheering crowds as we ride through the crowd of people. Finally we get to the training centre and Arthur and I are escorted into the training centre.

We're the last tributes there so the other 22 tributes stare at us. I roll my eyes and snarl at them, why are these tributes so annoying? The trainer does her stupid speech again and after what seems like an eternity she lets us train.

I go straight to the rope course. I didn't get to go there yesterday and I really want to try them out. Luckily there's no one else here so I don't have to socialise. I pull myself up onto the ropes and swing across the whole thing. I might do this in my private training sessions along with throwing some knives.

I might even make one of the gamemakers insane! Haha! That'll get my either a really low score or a really high one. I'm hoping for a high one so that the careers know to fear me. Yes I am a little bit insane so they should fear me anyway but if I get a high training score they'll fear me more! Haha!

(Nicolas Mathews,13,Male,Demeter)

Elizabeth and I are back at the knife throwing station. She wants me to improve just a little so in case we get split up I can protect myself. Even though we won't get our hands on any knives (because we're running away from the bloodbath) it's still better to be safe than sorry.

I throw a knife again, not expecting it to land anywhere special, and i'm surprised when the knife lands in the target's chest. Elizabeth and I slowly turn to each other and then she jumps up in joy "Oh my gods! You did it Nicolas! You actually hit a kill spot!" We jump up and down, hugging each other until the careers walk by "Awww look it's the little daisy tributes".

Elizabeth and I stop jumping and turn away from the careers. Why do they have to crush any ounce of happiness we have? Elizabeth and I only have 3 weeks to live. We should be allowed to enjoy what's left of our lives. Elizabeth and I leave the throwing knife station, wanting to get away from the careers. I'm really nervous to go into the arena. I've decided my token will be a leather wallet given to me by my late grandfather. I miss him but it doesn't matter. We'll be reunited soon.

I do not expect win. I actually expect to be killed on the first day, after the bloodbath when the careers go hunting. I just hope Elizabeth wins. She's quirky, kind, funny and she's always singing. She deserves to win in my opinion. But if she wins then other innocent kids like Sunny or Laura have to die and I don't want that.

I don't want anyone to die! But unfortunatley 23 of us are going to die and one will get to live the rest of their lives. Too bad i'll never get to grow up and have kids or grandkids.

(Doc Clifflin,17,Male,Poseidon)

The spear lands in the targets head and the others clap. "Alright guys thats enough spear throwing. I think it's going to look for potential careers." I look around at the other tributes and tick them off in my head. Aura is with Jessica and the Hermes girl. The two Hera tributes are with the Hermes boy.

The daisy Demeter kids are together. I can't even see the Athena boy but the girl is really close to us, sitting at the edible berry station. The bloodbath Apollo tributes are together. So are the Artemis and Hephaestus tributes.

The Aphrodite tributes are seperate and so are the Dionysus tributes. I think i'll go for the Athena girl, the Hephaestus girl and the Aphrodite girl. I tell the others and they agree with my choices but Jayden doesn't really think we should go to the Athena girl "Yeah, who cares if she's young? Athena kids are smart and for the past 2 years at least one of them have made it to the final 5. "

So instead of going to the Athena girl first we go the Aphrodite girl. "No" "we haven't even-" "No!" we rush away from the Aphrodite girl. She has some anger problems

We also ask the Hephaestus girl but she won't leave her brother. So that leaves the Athena girl. We walk over to her and when she sees us her eyes light up. "Hi i'm Doc. This is Maya, Jayden and Jack. We were wondering if you wanted to join the careers." "Yes! Um, yes. I would like that".

She leaves the edible berry station and joins us at the knife throwing station. Being a daughter of Athena, she's naturally good at knives. Even though she's fourteen she turns out to be a perfect career. I congratulate myself for giving this girl a chance.

(Emma Kart,14,Female,Athena)

I can't believe I go exepted into the careers! My odds will go up for sure! Sure enough when I look at the oddboard i've swapped places with Maxwell and sit at number 8. This is so exciting! I'll definantly survive longer now that i'm part of the careers! I look over at Peter, who's alone.

I definantly don't want to be the one to kill him. I think he'll make it pretty far. The careers, oops, I mean US careers head over to the archery station. Jayden goes first. He misses all the targets so obviously he's not that great.

Maya goes next and she's pretty average. Jack has a try after Maya and he's a natural. Finally it's my turn. I aim the arrow, hoping I don't make a fool of myself, and release. I almost scream in happiness when the arrow buries itself in the target's chest.

I know it was pure luck so in my mind I thank Tyche. "Wow that was really good Emma!," Maya says. I smile and we continue training. I don't do so well every other time in archery but I always hit the target somewhere so I guess I shouldn't complain.

The other tributes, particularly the younger ones aren't doing too well but that's to be expected. I'm still so ecstatic that I got in with the careers! There's only 5 of us this year but we're not going to let that stop me.

This year a career is going to win. We're going to cut through the other tributes and then we will all make it to the final 5 and then I'll win! I can't wait to be Athena's first victor! I'll basically be demigod royalty! For Athena anyway, not for all demigods. James is demigod royalty because he won the first games.

(Jacklyn Noel,17,Female,Aphrodite)

I hate careers. Who do they think they are? They come over here, to me, thinking that I'll join them in their child murdering. Idiots. I've been at the berry station pretty much the whole day because I want to be extra sure that I can identify berries. I'm not doing to bad but I just want some extra practice.

I already know what I'm going to be doing in the private training sessions. When I walk in there I'm going to be blindfolded and shoot some arrows. I'm a better archer than most Artemis and Apollo kids.

I should get a relatively high training score like a 9 or a 10. I'm hoping to get a high score because that will get me sponsors. Maxwell has more sponsors than he can count because of his looks. Especially since the tribute parade, when he had his shirt off.

My costume wasn't great and I want to earn some sponsors for myself, not from Maxwell. I just hope my mother doesn't favourite him and actually gives me a chance. Of course she can only save one of us and I'm hoping that's me. I'm not going to the bloodbath, which will keep me safe for about 20 minutes, because the bloodbath lasts about half an hour.

If I run from the bloodbath I'm guaranteed safety until the careers go hunting later that night. But I'll just sneak back to their camp and kill whoever is guarding it.

Then I'll take what I want and hopefully anyone else who runs from the bloodbath sees me kill the guard so they know they can get supplies. I want everyone to have a fair chance, well maybe not the boys. I hate boys and it's stupid that there are no girl victors. I want to be the first. I want to show those stupid boys that girls are just as strong.

(Jessica Peters,12,Female,Ares)

A whistle blows, signalling that it's lunch time. Laura, Aura and I leave the throwing knife station and head to a table. Ha, Aura and Laura rhyme. I just realised that. Last night my father was yelling at me because I teamed up with those two girls. I told him that the careers wouldn't let me join them so I found my own allies.

He didn't like that. He yelled at Jack for not letting me join the careers and then yelled at me for being too weak. I refused to cry because if I did cry then my father would've yelled at me more.

He's like that. I can't believe that in 2 days I'll be in the arena, fighting for my life, and that in a couple of weeks, all but one of us will be dead. I hope I win. That way I can show my father that I'm better than Jack and he was wrong for yelling at me. I'll be the first ever Ares victor!

But that means Laura and Aura will have to die and I don't want them to die. I regret volounteering. I should've let Kayleigh compete. She was reaped after all. I regret volounteering so much it hurts. But I will do what I have to do so that I can get out of that arena.

Even if that means killing Aura and Laura. Speaking of those two, they sit beside me, talking to each other about strategy. Back at camp I didn't really give the girls a chance but it's only now that I find my true friends. I'll be sad to see them die. I change my thoughts to a topic I love.

Weapons. I've had a creamy love of weapons since I was a little girl. I can't wait to get my hands on the weapons in the arena. Not in the bloodbath of course, us 3 have already agreed that we're not risking getting cut down at the bloodbath.

(Sunny Reyes,14,Female,Apollo)

Hunter sends the spear through the target's heart. I already tried and I failed miserably. I feel so guilty because I'm not good at any weapons beside a bow and arrow. I'm good at healing but that's pretty much the only other skill I have. Healing and archery. Just those two won't get me far, I need more skills.

I'm absolutely terrified because in 2 days I'll be in the arena. Tomorrow I have the private training sessions and then that same day they will announce the scores. The night after that is interviews and the next day is the actual games.

I'll die in the first week. I really do hope that Hunter wins. He deserves it, he's so brave for volounteering to help me. He definantly deserves to win. Hunter snaps me back to reality and leads me to the throwing knife station. I hold the blade in my hand, praying to Tyche that I hit a kill spot. I take a deep breath, aim and...throw! The knife buries itself in the target's heart.

Oh my gods! I hit the target! "Great job Sunny!" Hunter exclaims. I can't belive I actually hit a kill spot! I thank Tyche in my mind and continue throwing knives. I manage to hit the heart 2 more times but miss every other. Out of all the weapons (besides archery) throwing knives are my best. I'm not great at them but at least I can actually hit the target.

(Lucas Hawn,13,Male,Hephaestus)

I wonder how my 9 year-old full sister Willa is doing. I miss her so much and I know she's going to miss me too. I feel so bad for leaving her alone. I know I'm going to die. No doubt about it. I want Mackenzie to win because she's been so nice to me. She's really strong and the careers even asked her to ally with them!

Her odds are 5-1, she's strong and she's nice. She's going to make it far, probably even win. She won't hesitate to take out those nasty careers.

And if she wins she gets to live in a luxurious room and be treated like a god for the rest of her life. She'll be extra special because if she wins she'll become the first female victor. She'll be an inspiration to girl demigods everywhere. Now I really hope she wins. She's so brave.

She deserves a life of fame and fortune. The careers, however, don't deserve a life of fame and fortune. They deserve to be buried 6 feet under.

(Devin Williamson,15,Male,Hera [Hestia])

The spear lands in the target's throat and Laney and Carter clap. I'm glad I have an alliance now. I won't be on my own and I have friends, even though I might have to kill them. I'm really grateful that they let me be their ally. After all, today is the last day of training. You only have 2 days to make allies or your too late, unless of course you make them in the arena.

The arena. I wonder what this year's arena will be. The first year was a forest and last year was a swamp. Nonetheless I'm sure this year's arena is dangerous with all types of traps and mutts.

And really only a handful will make it past the first day. The bloodbath generally kills off 11-13 tributes from the competition. Laney originally wanted to run away from the bloodbath but I convinced her and Carter that It'll be better to go rather than leave all those supplies.

But if Laney dies then It'll basically be my fault because I told her to go. Carter would hate me and I'll have no allies. Then I'll most likely die. I know I have a slight chance of winning. I mean I'm not the weakest tribute here, but I'm not the strongest either. I think I just need some luck. Of course, The Fates have already decided what I'll place. Whether it be first, last or anything in between I don't know.

(Luna Jones,15,Female,Artemis)

I put the Katniss Root in the edible pile and wait for the trainer to approve. With a curt nod he says I've succeeded. I look over at Jacklyn and Kent "Come on. We have 30 minutes left. We'll hit the trap station one last time".

An hour ago Jacklyn came over to the archery station where Kent and I were shooting. We started to talk and decided to let her into our alliance. My mother will be pleased. Jacklyn hates boys but luckily she can stand Kent.

She's strong, she's pretty and she's one of the best archers in camp. Her odds are 7-1 which is way higher than my 14-1 and Kent's 16-1 so we should pull in some sponsors from her. I'm so anxious about the games.

I literally have 2 days until I'm being hunted by tributes. Considering I make it past the bloodbath. I keep thinking and strategising for after the bloodbath but getting through the bloodbath will be tough.

Although if I make it past the bloodbath but have no idea what to do then I'm in trouble. Eugh. There's so much thought put into trying to survive. Well I guess that's kind of obvious considering I'll have the 5 careers hunting for me in 2 days.

It just doesn't seem real. I feel like I'm in a dream. It probably won't feel like a dream once I'm decapitated by Jack Ariase or stabbed to death by Maya Lillin.

(Jayden King,17,Male,Zeus)

"Training is over!" I give the trainer the sword and walk outside with the careers. I'm so excited for the private training sessions! I'm obviously going to show them my awesome sword fighting skills. I'll probably get at least a 10. The others like the Demeter and Dionysus kids are going to get a 3 or 4 and even that's being generous.

I climb onto the chariot and wait for Aura to get here. She won't last long. She's definantly a bloodbath. I'm actually offended that she's my cabin partner. She's obviously going to die before me. She's weak, scrawny and absolutely useless. She'll be the first to die. The weakling always are. This year will be the first year we're a Zeus kid doesn't make it out of the bloodbath.

I walk into my dad's temple and he invites us over to the table. We have a yummy steak and salad for dinner and for dessert we have a blue soup that tastes like blueberries. After dinner I go upstairs and take a shower. I'll be the first one in the private training sessions so I need to go to bed early because I will be up early. The girls go first in everything but the private training sessions.