Hi :3

DISCLAIRMER: I think you got the memo by now that I don't own the stories .

BTW some one told me that I should slow down a bit in chapter nine and ten to describe… (ROUND OF APPLAUSE) I was thinking the same thing! I just didn't know what everyone else thought! So… thanks!

"Come on, let's get to the stadium," Crinso burst through the door.

I jumped up on the couch, "What – you mean – now?"

He nodded, I reached my hand up to my hair, "But you didn't do my –"

"That's fine, you look fine, let's go." Crinso gave me a quick smile and then disappeared down the hall.

I gathered up my dress and ran after him, in the hallway my wings were squished against the wall, I bit my lip.

"Come on, your James friend will meet us there," Crinso said as I almost fell on top of him.

Before I knew it Crinso led me to the lobby, the weird thing was… was that it was deserted.

"Where is everyone?" I asked.

"At the stadium, waiting to see the chariots," Crinso said as he pulled me across the room to an elevator that I hadn't noticed before.

"What –"

He yanked me in and pressed a button, I could feel the elevator slowly moving down, I had no clue where we were going.

"Where – "

"We're going to the backstage part of the stadium, which is where we'll get you ready for your chariot, and make sure that everything on your costume works…"

"What do you mean by "make sure that everything works"?"

Crinso smiled, but didn't answer my question, "Then we'll go onto another elevator that will take us up to the stadium, and you will "board" your chariots."

"Crinso you didn't answer my question, what do you mean by –"

The elevator came to a sudden stop, "We're here," Crinso said as the doors opened.

We walked into a dimly lit room that had tables with food and drinks on them. I looked around; I could see a few tributes from other districts, like Miri Drewn, who looked a bit intimidating because of the dim lights. I gulped as she slowly made her way towards me, she was not someone that I wanted to get tangled up with during the Games.

"So you're Dessity – " she stopped and her eyes got wide when she noticed my wings.

"I uh – yep," I shrugged, and clenched my fists.

"TWO MINUTES," a loud voice said over a speaker.

Miri cleared her throat, "Anyway, I had no clue that this place was down here, did you?"

This girl was being really friendly, so I thought about being her ally, "No, I didn't."

"ONE MINUTE."

"I better get going, Mr. Career Carlty will freak out if I don't look "strong" because it will give our district "faith"." Miri rolled her eyes.

"Who – "

"Mason, you know," Miri nodded to a guy who was standing in the corner eyeing me, he had short dark blonde hair, and what looked to be green eyes.

"Oh… him," I looked down.

"Yeah, well good luck," Miri eyed my wings again.

I nodded, "Thanks."

Miri walked away just as the speakers screamed, "GET TO YOUR CHARIOTS!"

"I didn't need that hearing," I heard a familiar voice behind me.

I turned around, "James –!"

"Get moving, I still have to check if everything works well," Crinso said as he nudged me forward.

I clamped my mouth shut and turned back around, I could see my fellow tributes piling into a HUGE elevator, which Crinso was pushing me towards. Once we got to it I stumbled inside and almost trampled over a girl names Sapphire, "WATCH IT BIRD FREAK!" She shoved me.

I reached over and touched my right wing, she was the only one so far who had freaked out about my wings, which was REALLY surprising.

Once everyone piled in the elevator started to go up, I could feel the eyes of my fellow tributes fall to my wings, it felt totally uncomfortable. And then I felt a warm hand slip into mine, I smiled and turned to face James, who was tucking his wings in and looking at the floor.

"Why do they have wings, are they like freaks or something?" I hear a career girl names Silvia whisper.

"I don't know, but they sure are fr – "the elevator jolted and stopped.

As soon as the doors opened everyone raced out to find their chariot, I guessed that we were running a bit late, so I scurried to find my chariot too.

"Over here!" Crinso yelled, he was next to a white chariot with black horses.

James and I ran over, I was immediately shoved onto the back of the chariot, and then James suddenly appeared next to me.

"Now I just have to make sure –" Crinso tampered with the back of my dress and then stepped back.

"Are we good to go?" James asked.

"Yes, oh and you'll be one of the last chariots and – good luck," Crinso said as he stepped back and nodded at our wings.

I nodded back, to tell you the truth I was SUPER nervous about President Snow seeing our wings, what if he kicked us out and… killed us because we were different?

I watched as District one's chariot started to move forward, they descended down the stadium towards where President Snow was standing. President Snow was on a balcony, and he was standing behind a podium, watching District one closely. Unlike the crowd, he wasn't cheering, or even smiling.

Then District two and three went, four and five, six and seven quickly bounded after them, and when it came to nine my stomach twisted into a knot.

"I don't think I can do this," I said softly.

James didn't say anything; he only squeezed my hand as our chariot lurched forward. I held a death grip onto James' hand as we slowly made our way to meet the other chariots, and before I knew it I felt something poof under my dress. I held in a scream as I looked down, my dress had gotten bigger, it looked like I was wearing a ball gown, not the knee length dress that had been on me only moments before.

Finally our chariot came to a stop, and Districts eleven and twelve stopped next to us, the crowd died down and looked up at President Snow, who had now set his eyes on James and I.

"Welcome, welcome to the 7rd annual Hunger Games!" He said into the microphone, he didn't take his eyes off my wings.

The crowd cheered, "This is going to be an interesting year, and I just want to wish our twelve districts good luck!"

I felt sick, President Snow had turned around and walked away, the chariot ride was over, and for a few moments I thought my life was too.

Our chariots turned around and headed back to the back of the stadium, where Crinso met us with a bright smile on his face.

"That went well, now let's go back to our floor and tell Felicity about your…" Crinso scratched his neck.

"Wings, Crinso, wings, " I said.

Crinso nodded, "Let's go."

I kept the grip onto James' hand as we started back to our floor, I didn't have a good feeling about the Games. Not a good feeling at all.

YAY, lol so I hope you like the very new and very descriptive chapter nine and ten!

~Stargazer12256