Here's chapter 9 of Dead Leaves!

I'm sorry if you think everything's too perfect, it's a bit of fluff!

I've had reviews saying it's too perfect, thanks, I was calling it fluff but I've been informed that fluff is full of love so this is not really fluffy, unless you guys want it to be, review and tell me!

Your comments really help me writing my new fanfic as I finished this ages ago!

The next day I sleep later than everyone else and by the time I wake up I've missed breakfast but I grab a croissant and nibble on it as Maya helps me prepare for the interviews.

First we practise posture, I'm quite good at this because we chop trees better when we have good posture. 'The straighter trees live longer!' is what my teacher always said. I practice walking in the high heels, it's hard but I eventually get the hang of it.

After lunch we decide how I will act. When I was little I always used to make up lies. I always told people the truth afterwards though. We try flirty, bubbly, kind, self-obsessed (which was very fun) dumb, cute, mean, silent and dreamy. We do all this by Maya asking me random questions. Flux comes in just as it starts to get dark outside. Maya tells me that I was best at being bubbly so I should do that.

Flux takes me to my re-make room and my prep team fix me up and do my make-up. I have big, thick eye-lashes, gold eye-liner, perfect skin, red lips and long gold nails. The put all my hair down my back to my waist, in perfect ringlets. There is also one perfect curl down to my chin on each side of my face. Flux comes back and dresses me in a long, flowing, low-cut, white dress. The ends of my dress are connected to my wrists and there are very small butterflies stationed all over my dress.

I'm given golden 'gladiator' sandals covered in little gold leaves and Flux puts a crown of golden leaves on my head. He also gives me gold leaf bracelets and puts some gold leaves in my hair. I look in the mirror and see a completely different person, she look just like one of those greek goddesses we learn about in school. Flux hugs me and puts my locket around my neck. His smile alone says good luck and a peacekeeper tells me I must go.

I get to the line of tributes waiting to go onto the stage. They are ordered girl, boy, girl, boy by district. I slip in between Jamie and the district 6 boy. Jamie looks at me like I'm a ghost. I ignore him and face the stage. He's wearing a green suit and looks a bit nicer. Caesar Flickerman walks onto the stage, There are 24 seats along the stage and one sofa in front of them in the centre.

Caesar sits on the sofa and says "Welcome to the 23rd Hunger Games!" He waits for the audience to stop clapping before he starts the normal talk of what the games are and why they happen. He starts to call tributes onto the stage. "From district 1, Roxan. Also from district 1, Talon" As he call names the tributes walk onto the stage and sit in the long row of chairs.

When he calls my name I put on my biggest smile and walk onto the stage. There are so many people cheering for me. I wave and blow kisses to them as I go to sit down in my seat. When everyone is on stage Caesar calls Roxan to the sofa. She's wearing a low-cut, red dress that reaches the floor but it had a sort of massive cut right up her leg so when she walks, she steps out of the dress.

After 5 minuets of talking Roxan sits down again and Talon steps up wearing a suit that is completely black except for the shirt, that's red. He announces to Caesar that he loves Roxan and when he sits down she grabs his hand, making sure the camera sees.

After ages of different people with different emotions he eventually gets to me. I walk up to the sofa and Caesar says "Wow, you look stunning!" I look over at him and reply kindly "Thanks!" We both sit down and he starts the interview.

"So, first I must say, an 11 in training, that must've been good!" He starts

"I know, I was so happy!" I say smiling at the audience. They cheer a bit before Caesar carries on. "And is there any way you can tell me what you did?" He asks

"I'm sorry but I don't think I'm supposed to!" I joke, getting a few laughs in the audience. "So are you ready?"

"Yes, I'm very prepared!" I reply, he asked most people this so I already knew what I'd say. "So, pretty girl like you, are there any boys that you've taken a liking to?" Caesar asks. I blush and look down to hide it. "I see!" He adds.

"He umm gave me this!" I say showing Caesar the locket. The audience oohs and Caesar waits for the camera to zoom in on the locket, I open it, showing the pictures. He carries on "What did he tell you before you left?"

"He said he knew I could win and he, he umm believes in me!" I say, my bubbliness is going. I smile again. It hurts to think about Gryff, I miss him so much. "I think you'd do very well, now we all remember your parade, the butterflies were beautiful!" He says

"You mean these?" I reply standing up. As I extend my arms, the butterflies lift off and swarm around me. The audience cheers and by the time the butterflies stop I look down and see my dress is shimmering gold but the rest is the same though. The butterflies settle on the leaves in my hair. "Wow!" Caesar exclaims "Cecelia Ezmwyth, District 7" He adds and the crowd goes wild.

I curtsey to the audience then blow them a few kisses before going back to my seat. "Beat that!" I whisper to Jamie. He gives me evil eyes and says "I will kill you!" He then goes up onto the stage.

I spend the rest of the time smiling at the audience, trying to catch any person's eye who looks my way, so they'd consider me better! After that there's a load more people, with the girl from 11 being really cute then fainting. I saw her in training, she couldn't take her eyes off the bow and arrows so she's probably pretending to be weak.

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