Personal Training Part Two:

Dimitri Calzone (D7 M 15)

"Dimitri Calzone, please report to the training room for your private training session." I walk into the training room. I wonder if what I've planned will impress the Gamemakers. "Dimitri," says the Head Gamemaker, "You have fifteen minutes to impress us. Your time starts now."

I head over to the knot tying station, and tie a great variety of knots. Some of the knots I tie weren't even taught at the station. I learned many on my own, because my dad often took me out to the District Seven woods to snare some food. I also learned a bunch from working with lumber. The buzzer finally rings, and I am dismissed from the training room.

I wonder what score I got. Many of the scores, so far, have been pretty good. But, there have also been some bad ones too. Finally, I see my face flash onto the television screen. "District Seven; Dimitri Calzone with a score of six." Well, a six isn't too bad, but I was hoping for a seven.

Nikki Lowell (D7 F 14)

"Nikki Lowell, please report to the training room for your private training session." I walk in, scared at the thought of about a dozen pairs of eyes staring at me. I hope I don't mess up. "Nikki, you have fifteen minutes to impress us. Your time starts now."

I walk straight to the knife throwing station, and start throwing some knives at the target. About 80% of them hit the target, which is pretty good in my opinion. After I've thrown a bunch of knives, I walk over to the berry identification station, and take the test. I get a 92%, which means I mixed up four berries. The buzzer finally rings and I am sent out.

I am anxious to find out my score. I know it won't be super high, because I messed up on the berry test. But, I don't think it will be too bad of a score, after I hit 80% with the throwing knives. Finally, I see my face face on the television screen. "Nikki Lowell, with a score of six." Well, I guess that's about what I expected.

Ryder Colette (D8 M 16)

"Ryder Colette, please report to the training room for your private training session." I walk into the training room, conscious of the dozen pairs of eyes on me. What happens if I mess up? I guess I just have to try my best and hope to do well. "Ryder Colette, you have fifteen minutes to impress us. Your time starts now."

I first walk over to the berry identification station and take the poisonous berry test. I get a 96%, which means I mixed up two berries. I next head over to the spear throwing section. I hit the target about 70% of the time. Finally, the buzzer rings and I am dismissed.

I am so nervous to see my score. I can't believe I messed up on the berry station and got the two berries mixed up. Hopefully, that won't offset my score too much. At last, I see my face come onto the screen. "District Seven; Ryder Colette with a score of six." Well, I guess six is okay.

Kaylee Stuart (D8 F 13)

"Kaylee Stuart, please report to the training room for your private training session." I walk in, and almost smile, thanks to my plan. Not even my mentor or Evanna Rae know about my plan. Well, they will find out near the end of the Games. "Kaylee, you have fifteen minutes to impress us. Your time starts now."

I take my time as I walk over to the berry identification station. I don't really pay attention to what berries I put in each column. When I'm done, I hit the button, and find out I got a 60%. I guess that's good enough for my plan. Then I walk over to the knot tying station and tie a few basic knots. Then the buzzer rings and I am sent out.

Ryder looks so nervous. I don't see the reason to feel nervous, myself. I just hope my score's low enough. I see Ryder get a six, and he looks pretty relieved. Then I see my face on the screen. "Kaylee Stuart with a score of three." Darn it, I was hoping for a two. But I guess a three is a little more believable, so I probably should be happy with a three.

Isaac Lysander (D9 M 18)

"Isaac Lysander, please report to the training room for your private training session." I walk into the training room, feeling pretty confident. I hope to not only impress the Gamemakers, but the careers too. They will be sorry that they didn't include me in their alliance. "Isaac, you have fifteen minutes to impress us. Your time starts now."

I head over to the spear throwing station, and throw some spears at the target. I hit the target about 75% of the time. My arm starts to get tired, so I throw around some throwing knives (which are much lighter) until the buzzer rings. I think I hit about 70% with the knives.

I'm so nervous to hear my score. I hope it's a high one. Both of my allies have gotten sixes. A six is okay, but I hope I get something a little better. At least none of them got a three like that last girl. Finally, I see my face on the screen. "Isaac Lysander with a score of eight." Wow, an eight isn't bad at all! I'm so glad. The careers are going to wish they had me on their side.

Charisma Dayton (D9 F 17)

"Charisma Dayton, please report to the training room for your private training session." I walk in, still kind of wondering what I'm going to do. I want to show the Gamemakers my weapon skills because they give higher scores to tributes who use weapons, but I'm a little better at survival skills than weapons. "Charisma, you have fifteen minutes to impress us. Your time starts now."

I decide to start with weapons, and if that doesn't work, I'll go to the survival skills stations. I walk over to the knife throwing section, and throw ten knives at the target. Six of them hit it. I decide to throw another ten, and six hit the target again. I decide to shoot some arrows now, so I walk over to that station and grab a sheath of twelve arrows. Eight of them hit the target. I grab another sheath, and seven hit the target this time. The buzzer rings, and I am dismissed. I feel pretty good with my performance.

I wonder what my score is. It's probably about a six, which isn't too bad, I guess. There have been a lot of sixes, so far. Finally, I see my face on the television screen. "Charisma Dayton with a score of seven." Wow, a seven! That's better than I expected! My family must be so proud.

Lukas Zychh (D10 M 16)

"Lukas Zychh, please report to the training room for your private training session." Gloria wishes me good luck, and I walk through the double doors and into the training room. "Lukas," the Head Gamemaker says, "You have fifteen minutes to impress us. Your time starts now."

I first walk over to the fire-making station, and start a fire with five different types of materials. Then I take the berry identification test. When I press the button, my score pops up; a 92%. Darn it, I've done better than that. The buzzer finally rings, and I am dismissed from the training room.

I doubt that I got a good score, since I messed up on that berry identification test. The fire starting might have impressed them, though, because not that many people go to that station. The face of the girl from District Nine fades from the screen, and my face quickly replaces it. "District Ten; Lukas Zychh with a score of five." Well, it could have been worse, I suppose. At least I didn't get a three like that one girl did.

Gloria Zychh (D10 F 13)

"Gloria Zychh, please report to the training room for your private training session." I stop drumming my fingernails on the table and stand up. I walk through the double doors, and try to look confident for the Gamemakers. "Gloria Zychh, you have fifteen minutes to impress us. Your time starts now."

I immediately walk over to the camouflage station and get to work. I first paint my left arm into the scaly back of a snake. Next I paint my left leg into a tree branch. When I'm done with that, I paint my right leg into what looks to be water. The Gamemakers seem mildly impressed. The buzzer rings, and I am dismissed.

I hope I got a good score. Camouflage can help a lot in the arena. I doubt I did as well as the careers, but I'm hoping for about a five or six. I feel bad for Lukas; he only got a five, but I probably did too. Finally, my face pops up on the screen. "Gloria Zychh, with a score of seven." Wow, I can't believe that I got a seven! That's a really good score.

Juno Young (D11 M 15)

"Juno Young, please report to the training room for your private training session." I walk in, hoping my lunch doesn't come up my throat. "Juno," says the Head Gamemaker, "You have fifteen minutes to impress us. Your time starts now."

I head over to the knife throwing section. I start throwing many knives at the target. I hit the target about 50% of the time, which is average for me. This is the only weapon skill I have, so I do the whole time. The buzzer finally rings, and I am dismissed from the training room.

I am sure I got a horrible score. There's no way I did as well as most of the tributes. I probably got a five or less. Finally my face flashes onto the screen. "District Seven; Juno Young with a score of five." Well, I guess that's pretty much what I expected.

Lucy Evans (D11 F 14)

"Lucy Evans, please report to the training room for your private training session." I walk into the training room, my hands sweating like crazy. I can't mess up, now. I have to get a good training score. "Lucy, you have fifteen minutes to impress us. Your time starts now."

I walk over to the poisonous berry station and take the test. In no time at all I have scored a 100% on it. I still have about ten minutes left, so I look around for something to do. My mind hatches a plan. I have always been good at climbing, but there's nothing here to climb. But, I can try climbing up the wall and onto the rafters. I grab two knives in my hand, and run over to the wall. I start climbing up the wall, sticking the knives into the wall and pulling myself up. It takes a while to climb up, so instead of climbing climbing the rafters, I just climb down. The buzzer rings as my feet hit the ground, and I am dismissed.

I think I did pretty well today. I might have been able to get myself a slightly above mediocre score. Finally I see my face appear on the television screen. "Lucy Evans with a score of eight." Oh my gosh, that's fantastic! That might have picked me up some sponsors.

Alec Leopard (D12 M 16)

"Alec Leopard, please report to the training room for your private training session." I walk in, and smell the strong scent of paint. I wonder why it smells like that. Maybe the last tribute did something. Now that I think about it, the last tribute did take more than fifteen minutes. "Alec, you have fifteen minutes to impress us. Your time starts now."

I head over to the spear throwing station and throw around some spears. About 60% of them hit the target. I guess that's not bad, for me. Then I walk over to the bow and arrow station. I hit the target here about 60% of the time too. The buzzer rings and I am dismissed.

I hope I got a good score. My allies have gotten a five, a six, and a seven, so I hope I can get somewhere in that range too. At last, my face flashes onto the screen. "District Twelve; Alec Leopard with a score of six." Well, I guess that's a pretty good score. It's the average score for my alliance.

Simone Rose (D12 F 16)

"Simone Rose, please report to the training room for your private training session." I leave the empty lunch room behind as I walk through the double doors and into the training room. "Simone," the Head Gamemaker says, "You have fifteen minutes to impress us. Your time starts now."

I walk over to the knife throwing station, and throw a few knives at the target. A little more than half of them hit it. Then I head over to the weight lifting station. I throw a few weights around, until the buzzer rings and I am dismissed from the training room.

I hope I get a good score. I'm kind of scared to see what I get, because this determines my fate. I see my face flash onto the screen, and I gulp. "Simone Rose, with a score of six." Well, a six is a pretty good score. I'm happy with a six.

Training Scores:

District One:

Twilight Harper: (9)

Diamond Lupis: (9)

District Two:

Venom Tryyne: (10)

Candy Lupis: (9)

District Three:

Devon Carter: (6)

Ashleigh Thorpe (5)

District Four:

Fusion Sanders: (10)

Lydia Alcove: (8)

District Five:

Griffin Synchez: (7)

Evanna Rae Lynn: (4)

District Six:

Crimson Barley: (9)

Catherine Mayberry: (6)

District Seven:

Dimitri Calzone: (6)

Nikki Lowell: (6)

District Eight:

Ryder Colette: (6)

Kaylee Stuart: (3)

District Nine:

Isaac Lysander: (8)

Charisma Dayton: (7)

District Ten:

Lukas Zychh: (5)

Gloria Zychh: (7)

District Eleven:

Juno Young: (5)

Lucy Evans: (8)

District Twelve:

Alec Leopard: (6)

Simone Rose: (6)

Well, there you go. Next comes the interviews, and then the bloodbath! Yay! :-)