Ravenna Lawlee
"That ring looks way too small for you," I laugh as Knox tries to pull the small silver ring off his finger. He grimaces at the thing, and just ends up stamping his foot, which makes the elevator rock slightly. I clamp onto the gold railing and blow my brown hair out of my eyes. "Dude, get a grip."
"Mel never told me this was her ring!" he yells back, and looks out the window at the rising sun over the skyline. I never wanted to get up this early, but I guess training is crucial. I always practiced at home since Zewa died. I feel bad for leaving father at home, but I had to do this, for her.
"Well, why didn't you ask?" I scream at him. He was getting on my last nerve. Even though I've already killed him five times in my head, I know I won't be killing him in the arena. That's practically social suicide for you and your family.
Finally, we get underground, and Knox mutters, "I didn't think I had to." A colorful woman with purple hair, and bulging muscles comes to greet us. She gives us all the usual talk, no pushing, shoving, biting, slapping… killing. We all laugh at the last one, and Atala, the purpled haired woman, grins at us all and walks us down the line of stations. Districts One, Two, and Four go off to the bigger weapons while the rest of us look at edible plants, camouflage, and ropes.
Knox leads me over to archery, and hands me the bow with a smile. I shrug in response to his enthusiasm. I quickly nock the arrow onto the string and pull it back to my ear. I look at Knox once, surprised to see him in the same position. Knox makes a goofy grin, and I laugh at him. He looks back at the target and makes it in the middle circle. He turns to me, and rests his elbow on the bow with his eyebrows raised. I roll my eyes once, but miss. I cringe, but Knox keeps smiling, and puts his arm over my shoulder.
"Better luck next time," he shrugs, and continues to camouflage.
Raven Cruz
I watch quietly at the hand-to-hand combat area for my turn. I am terrified. I don't want to go up there; even seeing District Eleven go at it makes me uncomfortable. I rock back and forth on my heals, and wait for the instructor to blow his whistle.
Violet elbows me in the gut for looking so nervous. The boy pins his cousin, I think, and smiles at her and lets her go once the man calls them off. Violet then steps onto the mat and waits for me to join her. I shake my head, but her death grip on my shoulder forces me to follow her only moments later. We get some sort of weird helmet, and Violet slips it over her head while I hold mine at my side. I smile at her, and she raises her eyebrows.
"What?" she asks.
"Nothing," I smile. "Nothing at all."
"Whatever," she grunts, and charges before I can get the helmet on. We roll together until we almost reach the end of the mat. She has me pinned, but I bring up my feet and kick her chest so she's lying in front of me. I get to my feet quickly, and hold her down with my knees.
She frowns and hits my thighs in frustration. "You're a pretty terrible fighter," I laugh, and help her to her feet.
"Shut up," she huffs. She proceeds to walk off the mat and onto the next station. I follow her with my hands in my pockets and whistle silently. I certainly don't expect her to whip around and punch me square in the nose.
"I said shut up!" she screams. I try to watch her from the floor, dizzy, but her figure is in three different places at once. Her three bodies shake violently for a moment, and I try to reach out to her, to figure out what's wrong, but she bats my hand away.
She gets to her knees, and puts her hands on my shoulder. "If Matt asks, I didn't try anything," I get out, and my vision is only blurry now.
"He used to whistle that song," she cries.
"I'm sorry," I say. "I knew he whistled that song on his way to school. I shouldn't have… I knew you were close to him."
"It's not that I was close to him," she mumbles just as I can see again. "It's that he'll never know how I feel."
The moment you've all been waiting for!
Training Scores! :D
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District 1:
Male: Vengeance Quiseng (11)
Female: Kaleidoscope Darmody (10)
District 2:
Male: Phoenix Grail (9)
Female: Kaylee Darkblade (7)
District 3:
Male: Holden Garth (8)
Female: Brookelynn Beverley (5)
District 4:
Male: Neal Shaw (10)
Female: Rainey Assana (6)
District 5:
Male: Knox Keller (9)
Female: Ravenna Lawlee (10)
District 6:
Male: Simon Kaskoe (6)
Female: Mira Jonere (5)
District 7:
Male: Lionel Carter (8)
Female: Ashlyn Code (5)
District 8:
Male: Raven Cruz (6)
Female: Violet Blackthorne (8)
District 9:
Male: Connor Lizben (8)
Female: Luna Night (7)
District 10:
Male: Gabe Jondaseil (9)
Female: Kaya Gospic (5)
District 11:
Male: Riggolie Joromene (8)
Female: Transdessa Joromene (8)
District 12:
Male: Ian Drees (7)
Female: Basil Night (6)
Remember, strategies may be in place here if you thought your tribute deserved a higher score! Good luck to all of our tributes! The Arena starts next! I hope you all love it as much as I do! :D