I go to bed feeling considerably better, banishing the thought of the games out of my mind. I decide if this is my last night alive I want it to be a peaceful one so I close my eyes and drift off to a deep sleep.

"Josie! Josie wake up!"

I start awake and see Jeremy shaking me.

"Hurry, we have to get ready for the games."

I get out of bed and begin to get ready without argument, i've been through so much lately I feel I have no fire left. The capitol drained me so much that perhaps the games may be a lot more simple.

I laugh to myself about this idea and quickly brush my hair, then I head down to see Laura. As soon as i see her she embraces me, holding me tight.

"You'll do great, i'll see you soon okay?" she looks me right in the eyes. She really believes i can do it? "Okay." is say, "ill miss you laura" i hug her again.

"It will only be for a few weeks" she says

"Do you really think i can do it? That i can win?" i don't stop looking in her eyes

"Yes." we stand there for a moment, and then she pulls back,

"Your prep team is waiting in the prep room."

My prep team is not sad, they must be used to it, im sure im not their first tribute. They bathe me and scrub me down, wax every last hair on my body. They put my hair in two tight braids that end right at the top of my neck. I never thought my hair was long enough for braids, but this prep team can work miracles. I head down to the area were we will be deported to the arena, my heart hammers as I push open the door into the room.

Laura smiles and hands me my clothes, I quickly get changed, then she puts the dolphin hair clip in my hair.

"You'll do great" she tells me, I nod, trying to look confident, then head out the room and into a large concrete area were a hovercraft is awaiting.

I take a seat on the hovercraft and immediately cast my eyes around, I see Neive and Ava waving to me, they are sitting next to each other and chatting, but I catch the shadow of a fearful smile behind avas cheerful one. I look around to the left and see Anchita sitting next to Jenny, they're talking with the girl from elleven whose name I think is Sara.

"Decided to show up four?"

"Excuse me?"

Sienna grins at me.

"I thought you wouldn't bother, seeing as you won't last five seconds in the arena."

"Oh give up one."

I turn, surprised, the girl from eight is staring at Sienna icily, one eyebrow raised.

"What do you know eight!" Sienna hisses.

"Apparently a lot more than you, only a total idiot would go around making enemies before the games even begin."

Sienna grunts and looks away, I realise it's because she knows eight is right.

A peacekeeper comes around and installs our trackers. I wince slightly as she sticks the long needle into my wrist but keep strong.

I feel the hovercraft come to a halt and my heart hammers even harder, i'm mortified, I don't even know what i'm going to do at the cornucopia, let alone in the games themself.

The peacekeepers herd us out and we are each escorted to yet another room. This one is bland with nothing but a glass tube that will lift me up into the arena soon.

"Fifty seconds until launch."

I gasp and suddenly i'm overwhelmed with fear. 'I have to get out of here!' I think 'I have to escape!'

I scramble over to the door and grab the handle, twisting it this way and that. But it's locked from the outside.

"Thirty seconds until launch."

There is nowhere to go, nowhere to run, only the tube.

'Perhaps I could stay out of the tube and let the games begin without me' I think, but I immediately realise that would be suicide, 'but so would getting into the tube!' I scream internally. I bang my fists on the wall, letting a single tear streak down my cheek.

"Twenty seconds until launch."

I breathe deeply and turn to the tube.

"That" I say out loud "is my best chance of living." and before I know what i'm doing, before I can tell myself to stop i'm in the tube, the door has closed and i'm rising up and up to the light above.