Liviana "Liv" Evengline's PoV

I stared at myself in the mirror. A familiar stranger stared back. She looked like me. Her wavy blonde hair was swept up in a messy bun, like mine usually was, but her blue-green eyes were too wide, the faint freckles on her nose popping out more than usual against her pale skin. I checked the clock. Enough time for a quick shower before dinner. I needed it, I was covered in factory grime. I had started working at the mill after my mom died there, her long hair caught in a machine. As a tribute to her, I grew my hair out long and kept it in a bun so it wouldn't get caught. I provided for my father and 11 year old sister, Aria. I already missed them, and I had only been on the train for 2 hours. I wondered how Aria was managing. I pulled a picture of her up in my mind. Her soft, light brown hair, the eyes that we shared, the many freckles dancing across her cheeks and nose, always smiling. It made me smile as I shuffled into the bathroom.

I took a quick peek in the shower before stepping in. There were a lot buttons, seemingly stacked with no reason or order, and none of them were labeled! I can figure this out, I thought. Let's see. Pale blue for colder, and red for hotter, obviously. Experimenting, I pressed a pink button and quickly stepped out of the line of fire. A foamy pink jet that smelled like strawberries, grapefruit, and bubblegum all at the same time shot out and spattered the wall. I'd use that for body wash. Yellow was lemony fresh, and it looked like shampoo. Next to it was an orange scented one that I assumed was also shampoo. Near the pink button there was also green button, a blue one the color of blueberries, and a black one that smelled like black licorice, something I'd only tasted once. Hang on a second! These were organized! Shampoo in one section, soap in another. But what did this purple button near the temperature buttons do? I narrowly avoided getting decapitated by the loofahs that sprang out of the wall and began scrubbing an invisible body. Now I was glad I had tried to figure out the shower before getting in. I think these loofahs are malfunctioning. Oh well, I can just use my hands. I quickly undressed and climbed in, gently closing the glass door behind me.

Tyrell Ganfeis' PoV

The Avox servants brought in platter after platter of food and set it on the giant wood table. I inhaled the scents of roast chicken, steak, and fresh greens. Liviana, or Liv as she had asked everyone to call her, sat beside me, and I could smell traces of lemon, strawberry, and bubblegum wafting off her. She wore a sparkly black dress. I recognized it from the Reaping. We both dug in, grabbing the first thing in front of us. Liv, our escort Suava Kindle, and myself were the only ones at the table. District 8 hadn't had a victor yet, but who knows? Maybe 8 will be our lucky year.

I was the youngest in my family. I had an older brother and an older sister, Kadin and Horizon. My father couldn't work after an accident when I was three that left his arm crippled. I had another sister, Randilynn. She was caught stealing when she was 10 years old, and I was 5. They whipped her and she died. 10 years later, our family still missed her greatly.

I was brought out of my reverie by Suava's shrill voice. She was whining about how she wanted to be an escort for District 1, or 2, or even 4. Don't all escorts want that? I thought bitterly. Absently, I fingered my token, a simple metal chain necklace. It had belonged to Randi. Horizon had it and gave it to me for luck in the arena. I wonder what the arena is going to be like this year. The Game Makers had been focusing on regions in the land before Panem came to be the past 2 years. No doubt it would be just as dangerous as the last ones. A desert, with a plant that was extremely painful if you touched it. They said it was called a "cactus". A warm, sunny, tropical climate with poisonous plants, and it was hard to build a fire to cook food because it was so humid. I had to fight back a shudder. Yep. Definitely horrible. We finished our dinner trying to ignore the piercing tones bouncing around our heads from Suava's mindless drivel. I tuned in just in time to hear what I had been waiting for.

"How about we go watch the excitement of the day?" she said, releasing us from the awkward silence. Finally. At least now we had a reason to be quiet.

I had to fight to keep my eyes open while we were watching the Reapings. It had been an eventful day. Taken away from my family to die, being forced to listen to our brainless escort. It was enough to make anyone tired. I stretched my arms over my head, yawning.

"Well, I'm gonna turn in," I said, rising from the couch. No one made a move to stop me as I walked back to my room.