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Everlark Prior

Chapter 4:The Train-The Alliance

The train was extraordinary, I have never seen anything like it, even coming from District 2, velvet couches, silver tables and more food then I have seen all week. I know Oaklee is amazed too. I mean I knew the capital trains were fancy but I never expected this. Dove shows us to our rooms to rest and she will call us when dinners ready. I go to my room and I just throw myself on the bed and I just take in everything, I slip off my shoes and bury my face in the pillow. I need to process this; I need to accept the high chance of me dying. No don't think like that Pepper you're going to win. You can throw knives, you never miss, yet there are other tributes who can do that to I know Oaklee is particularly good with spears who knows what else he can do. Pepper stop you have to win you have to be there for Ginger no matter what. You promised her. I drift off thinking of life in the victor's village with Ginger and my father.

Dove knocks on my door a couple of hours later. I go and sit on the couch a good meter from Oaklee. A man with cold eyes and a bald head and very muscular walks in.

"You must be Pepper and Oaklee, I am Brutus, your mentor." He explains. We nod, he looks terrifying, and I have so many questions about the games.

"Let's just watch the reaping's from all districts" he says.

We both nod.

We watch all the reaping starting with district 1, The tributes are of course volunteers like us. The girl is called Sequin Topaz, and the boy is called Copper Flint, the girl is 16 and the boy is 17. They look strong and hard to kill, but they are careers. I am the youngest out of them all which mean I am the smallest, which will have it's disadvantages, because I am not very strong, but I am small and fast. We go through the all the district reaping's, no one looks like a serious threat the boy from 4 is 17 and looks quite strong, the girl from 7 too. Everyone else is just a young and weak, easy targets, shouldn't be hard to kill.

We are called to dinner and we all eat in silence for a while.

"So what weapons do you plan on using?" Brutus asks

"I throw knives." I say.

"Lets see." He says and hands me a butter knife. I stand up and throw it across the room and wedge it in-between two panels right where I was aiming. Dove gasps.

"Your…okay." Brutus says smirking. I sit back down with a grin.

"What about you?" he says nodding towards Oaklee.

"I can throw spears, and I am good with a sword." He says

"Okay, well as you two probably know, you will be in an alliance with the tributes from district 1. So there will be four of you. Any questions?" he pauses for less than a second. "Good." He says and we eat the rest of our dinner in silence. The victors from back home said the amount of food they give you is unbelievable, I agree with them. We eat and go sit back down. Brutus retires to bed, same with Dove. So Oaklee and I sit on the couch in silence, I am sipping on a glass of wine (I have never tried it and if I am going to die I might as well and I surprisingly like it I am half way through my first glass.) Oaklee tried it but got a headache almost immediately after.

"How do you drink that stuff?" He asks me I turn to face him and his eyes lure me in so I have to fur back to window.

"I kinda like it." I say taking another sip.

"You don't have a raging headache?" He asks, I shake my head. We sit in silence for a couple more minutes of comfortable silence.

"We're in an alliance right?" He asks, why he asks that question I don't know.

"Of course." I say. Looking into his eyes and him staring back into mine. He simply nods.

"Why would you ask that?" I ask confused.

"Well from a lot of the previous games the careers abandon one another or leave them to die." He says hesitantly. I know he is talking about Clove and Cato, how Cato had a chance to save Clove but he didn't save her.

"I am not my sister, I won't die, and if I do, I am supposed to." I state clearly. He nods confusingly.

"I won't let that happen to you." He says and places his hand on top of mine in a comforting gesture.

"I believe you." I say looking into his eyes I give a light smile. He returns it smiling back and looking into my eyes. He looks to my lips and before I know what I am doing I lean in and we kiss.