Iya :) I'm really trying to put longer chapters in but I just don't see how people do it!

All rights to Suzanne Collins O'course

The private sessions arrive all too quickly. Hilly says that the game makers have granted me permission to go in with Bree, and then do my session. I know what I am going to do, but I haven't a clue for Bree. Maybe get her to paint or something? As the tributes slip away to have their turn, my hands break out in sweat. Calm down I tell myself as they call my little sisters name and we walk into the gym. I notice that they have our attention for once. Being the last district the gamemakers are usually drunk around district nine. But today they are alert. Wanting to see what the mad girl and her brother will do.

The attention makes Bree go into one of her panics. Her bottom lip trembles and begins to cry, and I know immediately that the flow of tears will not stop for a while. I pull her into my chest, and look at the gamemakers. Most are giving us sympathetic looks and I pull a sad onthevergeoftears face. I notice some of the women even begin dabbing their eyes and I know it has worked. Storys of bree and her poor brother will be spread across panem. Hopefully some of those people will be rich. Hilly comes down and collects her and I am left alone with the audience, ready to put on a display they will not forget for a while.

"I'll need an assistant" I say, belting on about 12 knives. An avox is brought forward a wary look in their eyes. "stand with your back against the wall" I command "and for god's sake don't move" She walks over stiffly and takes her place. I select I knife and throw. Just before I do, the realisation hits some of the gamemakers and they cry out, or gasp.

The blade sticks in the wall millimetres from the left side of the Avox's face.

She doesn't move of make a sound. Maybe she welcomes death. I throw all 12 knives at her. All miss by a fraction. I survey the audience. Some are gazing in disbelief, others are smiling and nodding. I bow and am dismissed.

I take the lift up to our floor and walk into the living room. Bree has calmed down and is sleeping in Rheia's lap, who looks down at her tenderly. Then she see's me and smiles. "how'd it go?" she questions. I smile and reply "I think it went okay". We eat dinner and then proceed to the living room and watch the scores. The careers all average from 8 to 9, quite low for most years. Others all receive average scores otherwise apart from Zafrina who gets a 8 and a girl from distict 7 who think is called Nala, whom receives a 8 also. I make a mental note to keep an eye out for her.

Then it comes to our turn. I really don't know what to expect. A picture of Bree flashes up, her face solemn. A number 2 is next to it. I am unsure of what to think about it but don't dwell too much on her score as mine flashes up. I have scored a ten. Rheia grins happily and hilly starts gushing about all the people she will talk to in the capitol to get us sponsored. I lift bree high into the air and she sheiks with delight. Even I can't help but smile.

For once, I have a chance. A real chance at getting sponsors, and I won't let my mother down. I can do this.

Xxx

After dinner we are sent to bed. Rheia mentions something about a roof you can go to, so I put Bree into bed and go up via the lift. The sunset is breathtaking, just like the one at home.

I spot a movement at the edge leaning over the rooftop. I spot Zafrina. She is stood with another girl whom I recognise as Nala, the girl who got the 8. As the sunlight fades I can see her blonde pixie cut and delicate face, marred by a long scar on the left side of her face from her eyebrow to her full red lips. She turns around and gives me a small smile.

I give her a warm smile back and walk over.

"Nala" she says in a quiet but strong voice. We shake hands and I join them at the railings. I learn alot about Nala, how she grew up with trees and nature. We get along really well and by the end of the night, she has joined our alliance. "see you tomorrow!" I call over my shoulder as I walk down to my room and drift off into the land of dreams.