Chapter 7:
We stepped off the chariot still holding each other's hands, and almost immediately after Effie came flying towards us in her pointy shoes,
"Wow! Absolutely stunning! I mean, they loved you! You stole the hearts of everyone in Panem!" she gushed, until Katniss planted a hand on her shoulder,
"Effie calm down a bit." She says before turning to us, "That was awesome," she says simply as Peeta appears behind her,
"I agree completely, in the beginning you looked confident and you charmed the crowd with actions rather than words, and the end was completely power." He said as we started to make our way towards the elevator.
The tributes from District 1 had just stepped into the elevator, and we were about to wait for the next when the guy's hand shot out and caught the door,
"Jump on," he said a smile playing across his lips. The girl gave him this look that clearly said she didn't want us there. I hesitated for a moment before lifting my head confidently and striding into the elevator, the rest of our group falling into step behind me.
"You guys were awesome out there." The guy commented as the doors closed,
"Thanks," I said, not eager to get to know him since I'll just have to kill him in less than a week.
"I'm Alek. With a 'k'" He tries again; extending his hand out, Jess takes it and shakes once before muttering,
"Jess." I check the floor we're on, eager to get off,
"And you are?" Alek asks and I roll my eyes before answering,
"Silver," and he nods, a smirk still playing across his lips,
"It fits you." He says as the elevator reaches his floor and he steps off before I can say any more.
"Well that was odd." Jess comments after we start moving again and I nod,
"The girl doesn't like us."
"I think Alek is sorta fake, stay away from them?"
"That's probably best," I say, "We don't want to make any enemies of the careers, and we don't want them to know any weaknesses because we let them get too close either." I finish,
"That' exactly what I was going to say." Katniss says, looking between us almost proudly, "At least we've got two kids that know how to think for themselves." She adds, as we reach our floor and steps off the elevator striding into the surely fabulous floor we would be staying on until they sent us to our death.
I was right, the place was fabulous. Effie chittered excitedly about every aspect of it as we roamed through the huge rooms. After a few minutes though, Effie ordered us to go to bed because we had a, big, big, big day ahead of us tomorrow.
As soon as my head hit the pillow everything faded into darkness and I was left alone with my nightmares. All of them of the arena, the horrible mutts the gamemakers throw at the tributes, the tributes themselves, all coming after me, and I couldn't escape any of it.
I awoke to a rapping at my door, bringing me out of the horrible nightmares, and for the first time I was almost thankful to hear Effie's annoying Capitol accent,
"Up, up, up! You've got a big, big, big day ahead!" I rolled out of bed, and took a quick shower before getting dressed in another outfit that would surely be described as 'utterly Capitol'. The outfit was a blue and silver dress that hugged my waist, with ridiculous shoes that felt odd to walk in.
"Oh my Silver, you may be the best dressed tribute I have ever seen!" Effie says as I entered the dining room for breakfast, almost as if it was something to be proud of, which in her eyes I guess it was. She must think I actually like this kind of thing, how naive.
"Thank-you, Effie!" I say, trying my best to make it sound sincere, which it must have because she began to gush about how polite I am. I rolled my eye which made Jess, Peeta and Katniss laugh, they understood the act.
I ate slowly; I still wasn't used to the extremely rich food in the Capitol. But it was hard, everything tasted so good! I was focusing on a delicious dish covered in some kind of sweet sauce, when Katniss spoke,
"Today you guys are starting training." My eye snapped up to her, knowing how important it was to know this,
"Silver, you said you haven't used a sword in a while so work out any kinks and then stay away from that area, brief practice with archery, the bows are different here, and stay away from running and climbing. We don't want them to know any of your strengths so stick to things you don't know." She says and turns to Jess, "You work with survival skills; I think that's your best bet. But make sure to get to know some weapons. I think you might be good at hand to hand, you look quick." She said, and I looked at Peeta,
"You have any tips?" I asked and he smiled,
"Nope, this stuff is all Katniss; I'll be more help with the interviews." He laughed, going back to his food.
"It's true," Effie commented sending up a wave of brief laughter.
"Another thing, don't tick anyone off any more than you already have, unless for good reason." Katniss says a glint in her eye as if remembering something amusing.
"What did you do?" Jess asked, obviously seeing the same glint. Peeta and Effie laughed loudly, so they were obviously in on the joke too.
"I shot an arrow at the gamemakers, took the apple right out of a pig they had on a platters mouth!" she says proudly and we all laugh, I would miss them in the arena. Even Effie, I guess, maybe.
I left to get ready for training soon after. The outfits where simple, fitted T-shirts paired with pants that clung to your legs but allowed for easy movement. Our district number was shown on the arm, so everyone would know who you are, not that they needed any help after last night.
Effie was right, today would definitely be a big day.
New chapter! yay! the next one should be about training unless I think of something else to throw in...
We met some of the other tributes, what do you think of Alek? hmmm?
So,
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