Chapter 4

The Train

Clove and I left the Justice building and headed towards the train behind it. The train was the most high tech thing in all of District two. We boarded the train and it was beautiful. The train was decorated with lots of chandeliers and jewels. The first thing I noticed was the food on the table. I was starving. I leaped straight towards the table. The last few weeks our mum has been ill and our dad caught it as well so we haven't been able to get any money to buy food. I stayed round Griffin's at night and trained during the day. The table was lined with lots of different meats that I had never seen before. I dug straight in and it was delicious. Griffin came in and said hello.

'Hello Cato… nice to see you? And you must be Clove. I'm Griffin and I'll be your Mentor for the Seventy-fourth annual Hungers Games and may the odds be ever in your favour.' He said this with so much sarcasm that it made Clove and I laugh so much that water almost came out of my nose. I'd seen her a few times at school and she was quite pretty but I didn't think much of it. It's a shame we met properly like this. While I was daydreaming I didn't even realise that Griffin was talking. 'Cato… CATO. Pay attention. When you arrive at the capitol the first thing you will do is go straight to your prep team to get ready for the opening ceremony. Then you will be deposited in your room for the night and then tomorrow you will go to the training centre and you can show them Seneca Crane what you can do.'

'Ok, I'm going to go to the end of the train for a bit so I can think.' I walked out of the room and went to the end. After a bit Clove came and joined me and we talked for a bit. 'Hey Clove.'

'Hi Cato, look I just want to say one thing. I know you probably haven't noticed me in school but I saw you a lot and I just have to say I had a bit of a crush on you.' I paused for a bit then answered.

'Shame we're in the Hunger Games then.' This made her giggle a bit. 'I'm not trying to be rude but I don't think we should show that we like each other because I do like you but we don't want to come across as a pair of love birds because it will make us targets to other people because they think we are weak.'

'I agree, this stays on the train.'

'On the train then.' And with this we fell silent…