At training I began by going over to the edible plant station. I got 15/20 so I was ok. I practiced a few more times at that station until the girl from district 7, Amber wanted to use it. I gladly let her and walked over to the knife throwing station. I decided to just throw at the dummies and now the holograms. I threw them at the dummies until the machine increased the skill level and made them swing side to side. My abdomen started to hurt so I stopped and went to the preparing food station. There I skinned a fish and took off the edible meat. They told me to use the rest of the meat to chum the ocean so I did just that chopping it up into fine pieces and then throwing it in the water. I also started a fire with matches and boiled water. I still couldn't start a fire without matches and whenever I tried I got a splinter. By the end of training my stomach was sore and my hands were stiff. I ate a large dinner trying to fill my stomach because in the arena it would never be full. After dinner I went to my room to clean up. I took a shower with blue soap and light green bubbles. It soothed my wound. Afterwards I moisturized my hands with a pink lotion. Suddenly a thought hit me, when I came here I was bitter and hated everything about the capital, now I was showering in lovely water and moisturizing my hands. I had become a product of the capitol. They had made me a capital being. I was almost as bad as a mutt. I wouldn't dare go any lower. I took off the fancy sleeping gown and threw on the jeans and t shirt and slept in that. I slept terribly, in my mind the vision of troy hurting me was in my mind. It exaggerated every detail, except for him asking for help. Him being sweet looking for help was replaced by a manic laugh and a psychotic smile. I awoke sweating and threw my cover off. Looking at the clock it was 10 minutes before I was supposed to get up. I just left the room and got food. I ate a pancake, some hash browns, and some eggs. I finished it off with a glass of blue juice. We then were taken downstairs in our training uniforms to get tested. We sat in a large gray room on benches by districts. It was really boring. I just put my hand over Dylan's shoulder. The girl from 7, amber asked if we were dating. I laughed so hard I nearly fell off the bench "we're brother and sister" my brother said wiping away his tears of joy. After the time passed it was my brother's turn. I was left with Madge and evan. We talked about what we expected until I heard my name. They wished me luck and I walked through the door. I grabbed a scythe and went to the dummies. I shredded up the dummy real well with the scythe. Then I grabbed the knives and threw them at several dummies. A beep went through the room so I put down the knives and left. I went straight back to the room to see them all crowded around the TV. "Come on laurel the shows goanna start" Dylan said. We sat down and they broadcast the training scores.

District 1: Calix-6, Glittery-9

District 2: Roland-9, Alana-8

District 3: Bolt-6, Dayta-5

District 4: Troy-10, Maria-8

District 5: Wyatt-6, Nina-4

District 6: Martian-3, Cara-4

District 7: Jack-2, Amber-5

District 8: Burton-5, Sash-3

District 9: Barric-4, Omri-3

District 10: Keld-5, Eve-6

District 11: Dylan-7, Laurel-10,

District 12: Evan-8, Madge-7

My mentors high fived me for my 10 and I high fived my brother for his 7. I was kind of confused "I thought we were supposed to train yesterday and go into the arena today" I asked. "oh no that was the original schedule no you go in tomorrow afternoon" my mentor said eating a salad. I finished my dinner and went off to bed.