Christian Luscious
I was trying my hardest to concentrate on what the Acting president, Catalina Helios was saying. I found it hard however, because of the jumpy energetic blonde standing on my left.
When I first met Goldie Trent back when we were being introduced as the chosen ones from our districts, I noticed that she hardly ever made eye contact with me. I didn't question that, I just shrugged it off. Maybe she's introverted and doesn't take to people easily, Heck, I'm like that. When we get on the train however and both Argentum and Aphrodite left us to our expenses, probably to go make out somewhere, I noticed that she fixed me with a rather weird stare. When I met her stare questioningly, she started, rather weirdly, to insult my T-shirt.
"How can you even wear that? Are you seriously with the Lannister's?"
She didn't even introduce herself or anything; she just jumped on the fact that I wore my "Long Live the Lannisters" T-shirt. It was quite weird to have her point that out; mostly because I had no idea that someone other than me got where the reference is from. Game of Thrones is one of the things that represented the remnants of the United States of America. The Country Panem was before the dark days. It was practically unheard of throughout the districts and not much of the capitol is interested in Pre-Capitol Culture. I happen to have access to the DVDs because some great great great grandfather or grandmother was a direct descendent of the author. It has been passed down for generations and eventually my great great grandfather managed to preserve nearly all the videos somehow. I thought, till this moment that I'm the only one who has access to them, Goldie however, made it very clear that she watched all the seasons, and that was quiet unhappy of my choice of a favourite family in the Game of Thrones universe.
I made the mistake of pointing out that Cersei Lannister is actually my favourite character and that was when shit has hit the fan, literally. I guess the argument against my choice of favourite would have went on forever if I hadn't noticed her "Luke I'm your father" shirt, that had the helmet that Anakin Skywalker or Darth Vader wore. I sarcastically told her that if she supports Darth Vader then I could support Cersei in peace.
The Argument kept on going on and on until we arrived at the capitol and it actually continued on until the guy in the suit went down the staircase to call us. It was then when I noticed the other people. They were mostly older kids, with the exception of three younger looking ones; a girl who looked no older than 12, another girl who looked about 13 and a boy who looked about 13 or 14. The Boy and the 13 year old girl were with two malnourished looking girls. And the youngest one was with a guy who looked a little younger than me and a cute looking red-head. The guy was busy ogling at the girl when we were at the steps, and even now, when we we're meeting with the acting president, he's not hiding his apparent attraction to the girl. The girl is kind of cute but I have an aversion to red hair so I didn't see her necessarily as pretty. The Guy didn't have the same problem though and he was throwing fleeting looks in her direction. He actually got caught a couple of times and he smiled in return when she caught him. I wish I was that confident in myself when I like a girl, though considering that me liking anyone hardly ever happened because I'd rather have brains than beauty, and seeing that our district had an aversion to any kind of brains, I had very hard luck in the girls department.
Still though, when I looked to my left and saw Goldie smiling enthusiastically at whatever the acting president was saying I felt a little weird in my stomach. It was weird however because I hardly know the girl and yet when she happened to challenge my choice of clothing, I happen to feel this sensation. She was cute in a pixie kind of way I suppose. Her hair was blonde and it was cut in a pixie cut. She was short for her age and she lacked any muscles that girls from 1 who went to the academy would have. I'm pretty sure Goldie never set foot into the academy
"And Finally, I wish to tell you all good luck and I trust you'll need it. Running something like the hunger games is not easy. I have total faith in you as I handpicked you myself. Good luck, and may the odds be ever in the tributes favour."
Catalina Helios winked at us and waved before leaving the room. Shortly after an Avox entered who was instructed to show us to our Shared complex that we'll be living in. Yes, we'll all be living at the same place; probably to make it easier for the president or rather his daughter to keep an eye on us. When Goldie heard that we'll all be living in the complex together, she protested, stating that she thought that our families get to join us, and the complex won't hold all those people. Her tone was quiet accusatory, I was afraid that Catalina Helios would fire her at the spot, but she surprised me by smiling at her in a calm way, stating that our families would be arriving shortly and that they'll be living in the same compound just not in the same building and that we'll be welcomed to go to them anytime we want. The girl from 11 protested at that, saying that she can't be without her daughter, which made us all look at her in surprise. She looked no older than me, about 18, yet she had a daughter and her tone implied that there was no husband who could look after the kid instead. She didn't flinch from any of our stares and met Catalina's stare with an equal one. Catalina responded by saying that her daughter could stay with her but only until she turns 5 years old. She would then be assigned a nanny, and she would be living in the guest house with her. The girl from 11, or Brielle wasn't thrilled, but she nodded then, not saying anything.
We followed the Avox until we went to the garage and he then told us to enter. I was sat next to Goldie from one side and the guy from 4 at the other; who, incidentally was still busy trying to make a conversation with the girl from 7.
We moved at a fast pace of 10 minutes until we entered a gated community and shortly after we parked next to a huge, extravagant estate. I was in awe at it. Even though living at one wasn't bad, I was still pretty intimidated by the beauty of the Capitol. We all followed the avox as he led us through the doors and stopped us right next to the door. He then proceeded to hand out key chains to all of us, with each keychain having two keys in them that were labelled "House" and "Bedroom" He then bowed a small bow and left us after handing us booklets that said "Welcome Gamemakers" and "Daily Routines".
"Huh, well that's a quiet fan-freaking-tastic."
I looked behind me at the boy from 4 who was eyeing the booklet with a smirk on his face. When he noticed as all looking at him he shrugged.
"'Daily Routines' has a nice ring to it, don't you think?"
I rolled my eyes and looked at my side to find Goldie doing the same.
"Well, hello people, since we'll be living together let's get over with the introductions shall we?"
I groaned, Seems like 4 is one of those annoyingly sociable people.
"I'm Marius Conway, 17. I'm from 4, and I contrary to popular belief, there exists people from 4 who hate fish." He was smiling and the girl from 7 was trying to hold back a laugh. He looked at us sideways and his eyes fell on the capitol guy who till this moment didn't talk to anyone.
"And you are?"
The Capitol guy looked at him blankly.
"Leaving" he said.
With that, he turned around and left the room. Marius stared behind him and shrugged.
"Nice to meet you leaving!" he called out and the capitol guy didn't even stop, he continued on till he reached a room titled something that wasn't visible but I assumed it was his name and he closed the door behind him.
"Don't mind him,I guess being a famous artist could make you pretty unsociable."
We all turned to look and the only other Capitol resident smiled.
"I'm Sparkles. I'm 13, almost 14. I'm also from the Capitol"
Brielle and the girl from 12 smiled and waved and I remember that these were the two who were standing with her when we all met at the steps.
"I'm Hexagon. I'm from, was from 5. And I'm 14" The guy next to her said. He was quiet tall for his age but he had child features. He wore big black glasses and he smiled a little.
"I'm Brielle, and I'm from 11. And before you all ask, yes I really do have a daughter and if someone has a problem with that, well while I'm sure your thoughts are pretty fascinating, I'd rather you keep them to yourself."
I smiled a bit at that and nodded at her. No one seemed to have problem with it. In fact, Marius actually asked what her daughter's name is.
"Her name is Savannah" Brielle said smiling and we all nodded at her, smiling.
"Well, I'm Amity, and I'm from 12. I just turned 16 and I'm a Libra" the girl next to her said.
We all looked at her blankly and she rolled her eyes. "My horoscope, it's Libra. Didn't you guys take Astronomy classes in school?"
Goldie was the one who replied, "We did, but what does that have to do with anything?"
Amity frowned at that "Well, Horoscopes, constellations and Astronomy. You do the math. Being a Libra already tells you more than you need to know about me."
"Yes, it tells us that you participate in the mass cultural delusion that the sun's apparent position relative to arbitrarily defined constellations at the time of your birth somehow affects your personality." Hexagon said smirking, without missing a beat.
"Participate in the what?" Amity said frowning and Hexagon, along with the redhead and the 12 year old, laughed.
"Sorry, I just think Horoscopes are bullshit that's all."
Amity looked quiet offended by that. And she proceeded to try and convince us all otherwise.
"I think I'm gonna fit in here just alright…" I said to myself.
Lyn McFee-Brinnley
I smiled as I watched the girl from 12 trying her hardest to convince Hexagon of the Horoscopes. I smirked at his apparent disbelief of the thing she's so passionate about. I felt someone's eyes at me and I looked up and Found Marius, the boy from 4 smiling at me. Till now, I'm not sure what to make of his stare.
Back at 7, no one ever looked at me like that. The looks I got were mostly looks of anger, envy, Jealousy or mock. I wasn't used to someone who looked at me with so much passion. It scared me an unnerved me a little. We just met, so unevenness isn't questionable. Back home a look like that would have made me extremely suspicious, for one, guys didn't like me in fear of the popular girls shunning them. If they did, it would be either on a dare to go "Ask the weird victor's granddaughter out" or a competition on who would hook up with the genius to find out if she's "As Genius in bed as she is in class".
This and countless other things made me extremely afraid to go near guys back at home. But Marius, he knows nothing about my life in 7. In fact, he knows nothing about me.
They were all looking at me now. I realised I spaced out for a while that I missed the rest of the conversation between Hexagon and Amity.
"Um...I'm Aisselyn, but call me Lyn. And I'm 16. And yes I'm the grand-daughter of the famous victor "Jupiter McFee" and no he's not bloodthirsty in real life."
They all looked at me blankly and Marius just smiled at me.
"Oh your grandfather is a victor? So is my grandmother. 173rd hunger games."
I looked at him and his smile widened. "Looks like we have somethings in common." I smiled at him and nodded. Nobody else said anything for a moment, until the girl from 1 looked at me.
"Why did you assume that we'd have a problem with that?"
The guy from 1 also nodded and Atlantis looked at me. I shrugged.
"I'm used to being looked down on because of the status of my grandfather; since we're a non -career district and all. My grandfather was also responsible for the death of his district partner, which the whole district still continuous to blame us on." I say to them and Goldie mouthes 'Assholes' to the herself and Christian shakes his head in disgust. Brielle left her place and came and stood next to me.
"Hey, screw them. I was looked down on because I got pregnant out of wedlock. My own family shunned me and if it wasn't for a kind lady who later became my neighbor took pity on me, I would have died from hunger a long time ago. You're here now and none of us blames you or your grandfather."
All of the others nodded.
"I mean, we would have all done the same things if we were thrown in the games. I would have killed. We all would have. Only one survives and I'd rather it be me." Amity added and smiled at me.
"Hey and if it will make you feel any better I could pay a trip back to 7 and kick those little assholes butts." Marius said, also joining my side. I looked at all of them and smiled.
"It was a good decision after all" I whisper to myself.
A.N: I'm so sorry for the long time without an update. Life is pretty tough when you're a college student. I also know that Christian's Part is so much bigger than Lyn's part, but that's because originally I was going to post only Christian's POV. I added Lyn when I was editing the whole chapter. The next update hopefully won't take as much time.
Next Chapter is the start of the reapings!
Like I said, every three or four chapters I'll post a gamemaker one. Next Chapter is District 1!
Review please and tell me what you think so far and who your favorites are!
