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Chapter 10
I wake up and stare at the ceiling. Today is the start of training. I don't really need any more training, I have been doing this for my whole life but I guess all the other tributes are nowhere near as good as I am so they need these days. I take a deep breath and only feel my head with thoughts of training and doing well. I need to make a good impression on the gamemakers so they decide to keep me alive which will therefore, keep Clove alive as I'm not leaving her side. I get up, put on my dull, black training outfit and walk to breakfast to find that everyone is already sat down.
'Late again Cato' says the 'reaper' lady. I sarcastically laugh and take my seat next to Clove. It's extremely awkward as we all eat in silence with the occasional opinion of the food from our 'reaper'.
Brutus and Enobaria shuffle us into the elevator and stand on our right hand sides, which thankfully, separate Clove and I from standing next to each other. We arrive in the basement where the training centre is and we are the first there. Perfect, I can look around without anyone getting in my way. It's a huge room full of any weapon you can think of. On the other side is the survival part which I will be avoiding as I am going to collect all of the supplies. The tributes all start to pour in and I get a real look at my competition. Doesn't really look too much like there is much competition here but we could do with teaming up with the other careers from 1 and maybe 4 as the guy from 11 looks like he could crush us in a second. The district 12 tributes come in and I give them evils which I can see Clove is doing to. I laugh silently at this. Atala, the head trainer, wow, I actually bothered to listen and remember her name, goes on about how survival skills are just as important but I don't really care about that and blank her voice out. She dismisses us and I make my way over to the swords and spears to make sure that the gamemakers see me destroy a dummy. I can see they look pleased by this and I look over to Clove who is getting knifes in dummy's hearts every time. I guess she doesn't really need me to help me survive but I am not risking it.
Later that day I decide to see how good I am with knifes so if me and Clove get lost and that is the only weapon we have, I would be able to use it. I'm not very good at throwing them but I am very good at using them in hand to hand combat. I guess I would be ok if that scenario happened but I better stick with swords and spears. I put my knife down to practice with a spear again to come back 5 minutes later and it has gone. The district 6 male is standing by where my knife was. He must have stolen it.
'You stole my knife!' I yell as I push him continuously to intimidate him and get him to give it back. He puts his hands up and keeps saying it wasn't him but whom else could it be? Clove comes over to try and calm me down but after it's obvious that she isn't helping, she stops. Atala comes over and blows her whistle to get us to stop and get back to training while 2 men in black clothing are by my side to stop me from making another move. He will pay for this, I swear.
The training days go by and I learn new things to do with my spear training as swords I am very good at. I realise that the boy from district 12 is very strong and he should not be underestimated. I would let him into the careers if he wanted but would kill him off soon after as he doesn't seem that smart. I guess there is an unsaid pact between Clove and I and the tributes from district 1 and 4. It happens every year; we don't need to ask each other to be in an alliance.
We are all now gathered around the TV for the training scores. I don't really pay attention to district 1 as they are no competition. Clove and I both get 10's and we smile shyly at each other to congratulate one another. Usually she would run and hug me; she must be pretty sad about me leaving her. The many districts go by and none really catch my eye so I decide to head off to bed as we have to be up early to get ready for the final interviews tomorrow. As I am nearing the door I see everyone gasp at the TV and I start to run back towards it.
'11?' Clove and I shout as loud as we can.
'What did that little bitch do to get an 11?' I shout still angry. 'Did she like get naked and sleep with one of them there or something?' I stand there, so confused. Brutus is pacing, obviously re-thinking my sponsor plan. I run out of the room, into my room and slam the door so hard, the handle nearly falls off. I need to work so hard at the interviews tomorrow. I need to get these sponsors to keep Clove alive.