Chapter 4 23/10/12 Early morning, 1:00am I woke up in a cold sweat and sat bolt upright. I had a nightmare. Alec was reaped, and being different genders, I couldn't volunteer. Xavier wouldn't. Alec was thrown into the games. The chariot rides were awful. Alec and the girl came out completely naked, covered from head to toe in shimmery white paint, with words painted on them in garish neon shades of green, yellow and pink. Each country is supposed to dress up their tributes based on the nation's specific fane or trade. Like, England is famous for it's language. Every citizen in the Empire is required to speak it, regardless of whether it's their mother tongue or native language. Alec and Georgia were the laughing stock of the show. The interviews were even worse. Instead of answering the host's questions, Alec just burst into tears and started having a fully fledged paddy tantrum. Again, he was the laughing stock of the show. The games were by far the worst part of the nightmare, though. Alec was brought down first, by a monstrous girl from Spain. But I knew that it would be someone like that who took him down. Victors are almost always from the USA or Spain, and sometimes Australia. Any other country has to come up with an amazing tribute if they want a victor. In those 3 countries, winning the games is an honour and kids train for them the or whole lives. In the dream, Alec had died, so my subconscious mind expected it to end there. But it didn't. I watched my mind's full workings of the games, right through to the victor being crowned. As if to rub salt in a wound, the horrible Spanish monster won. In her interview, she was asked which kill was her favourite. She decided to describe the rush of pride she felt as she put a dagger through Alec's back. That was when I woke up. The girl wasn't real. Alec is safe. But I'm going to die in the games, and for all I know, I could die the very same way the girl described A/N: thank you to all the wonderful readers who regularly read my story. It means so much to me that I know at least few people like it. However, next to nobody is reviewing, and I won't know whether to write on if you don't review :S