Ok so this is the last chapter before The Hunger Games officially start but after this chapter it`s all going to be The Hunger Games, but before you begin reading let`s all remember the one and only Suzanne Collins who wrote this awesome book and now back to this chapter…

When it`s finally morning Cinna gives me a simple outfit to wear and he leads me to the roof where a hovercraft drops down a ladder and I place my hands and feet on it. I hold on tight and I feel glued to the ladder when I do. It's as if I`m frozen or something but I ignore it and I`m lifted safely inside but still I couldn`t move. Before I react to the fact that I am as hard as coal a woman appears holding a needle in one hand. "Katniss stay still I'm just gonna insert you your tracker."She says and inserts the needle on my arm.

Even though I`m frozen the pain of the needle inserting the tracking device on my arm hurts. The tracking device was for the Gamemakers to track my every move and they wouldn`t want to lose a tribute, now would they?

When the woman is done inserting the tracker on my arm with the needle she leaves and I am finally able to move and I am released from the ladder. The reason why they glued me to the ladder was just in case I ran away but even though I wanted to do so I knew the right thing to do was follow instructions. The ladder then drops again to retrieve Cinna from the roof and I am led to a room where breakfast is made for us already. I try to eat as much as I can fit into my stomach and my mind starts to wonder what`s Gale doing. He was with Portia in a separate hovercraft and here I am eating breakfast with Cinna ready to die in just a few weeks.

As the hovercraft finally lands I am more nervous than ever. I promised Prim I was going to win The Hunger Games and that`s how it was going to be,but what if I don`t? Me and Cinna head back to the ladders and the ladders lead us down into a tube underground where catacombs lie beneath the arena. We head to "my room"for my preparations and I just can`t help but worry about how will the arena look this year. Will it be swampy, dry, snowy or wet? I try hard to push those thoughts away from my mind and take a shower. When I'm done showering I feel like throwing up because of the breakfast I ate this morning .I over ate breakfast just to make sure I wasn`t that hungry once I got to the arena but the food was making its way up my throat. I ignore the feeling to throw up and carefully brush my teeth.

When I'm done I head to Cinna and he braids my hair. The clothes every tribute needs to wear in the arena arrives and I put them on over my naked body, Cinna takes out a gold mocking jay pin from his pocket and pins it on my outfit when I`m done changing into my clothes.

"Where`d you? - "Cinna interrupts me and says, "Secret."I nod and study the pin on me.

It was my mother's pin, but how did he get it?

"It took me a lot of work to get this pin through, it wasn`t very easy. But at the end they decided to be kind and let you wear it. "Cinna says and adjusts the pin on me."Alright walk around and see if the clothes fit you comfortable. "

I walk around and swing my arms until I see the clothes are comfortable. "Yeah, it's comfortable. "I say and nod.

"Well, now we sit and wait. "Says Cinna.

I sit down on a couch and I can feel the food from breakfast threatening to come up my throat. I swallow and I try to stay focused on something other than wanting to throw up. Cinna sees something wrong with me and asks,"Katniss are you alright?"I look down at my nails and nod at him.

Cinna can see I`m lying and stands up. He sits next to me and tilts my chin up so that I can look at him."How do you feel? What`s going through your mind right now? "I couldn't lie to Cinna, he was one of the person here who hadn`t disappointed me, other than Gale.

"I don`t feel very well. I feel nauseous."I say and place my hands on my stomach.

Cinna nods."Do you want water?"

I nod and a few minutes later someone brings me a glass of water. I take shaky sips of water and Cinna notices my shaking.

"You didn`t answer my second question. What's going through your mind right now?"Cinna asks.

What was going through my mind right now? Many things were going through my mind right now that I didn`t know where to start.

"My family, District 12 and Gale…"I blurt out.

"What`s worrying you about your family, District 12 and Gale?"He asks with curiosity.

"I promised Prim I would win The Hunger Games and there`s a low chance I will."I say and set the glass of water down.

"What makes you think there`s a low chance that you will?"Cinna looks interested in this topic and his full attention is on me.

"Have you seen the tributes? Many of them are stronger than me."I respond.

"So?"He asks.

"Well…"I trail off.

Cinna had a point. Only because some tributes were stronger than me didn`t mean anything. Size doesn`t matter or anything like that. Take Rue for example, she might be the youngest tribute here but has impressing skills.

I nod at him. "You have a point."

Cinna nods."Never let others appearances fool you."

Hearing this come from Cinna confused me a bit because wasn`t Cinna`s job, make my appearances look better? Instead of questioning Cinna I keep my mouth shut just like how Effie taught me to do and nod once again."Also what`s worrying me about District 12 is that I feel as if I lose The Hunger Games I am not giving a good example to others. They look up to me…and Gale."

"True they do look up to you and Gale which is why everywhere you go you must represent District 12 now that you`re in The Hunger Games. "

"I always represent District 12."I say.

"Yes you do and I helped with that by coming up with what outfits you were going to wear like in the interviews and when I made your outfits I always asked myself, what represent District 12-"

"Coal"I interrupt.

Cinna nods."Yes, exactly and-"

"Mining"I blurt out.

Cinna slowly nods. "You know a lot about District 12, Katniss."

It was rude to interrupt Cinna but I couldn`t stop myself, it was obvious."Yes, and sorry for interrupting you…you were saying?"

Cinna shakes his head."No, no, you were saying?"

I tilt my head. "What?"

"Continue; what`s worrying you about Gale?"Cinna asks.

Oh Gale…so many things were happening between me and him but how could I explain to Cinna?

"Everything"I say. "I don`t want him to die...like this. Gale and I have a strong bond together and if he dies, then I die."I say with determination in my voice.

Cinna`s eyes widen."Gale told me the same thing."

"I know he did."It didn`t really surprise me if Gale said that because he didn`t have to say it, he already showed it to me…a long time ago.

"Wait, he told you? "Cinna asks.

I shake my head."He doesn`t need to say it to me, he needs to show it to me."

"Time to prepare for launch."Says a female voice.

Me and Cinna stand up but I can`t help but hug him "Thank you for everything. "I whisper.

He pats my back and hugs me tighter. "You're welcome Katniss, and if I could bet, all my money would be on you and on you only."

When we`re done I head over to where I am supposed to be launched and hold Cinna`s hand.

"Remember, leave the Cornucopia as fast as possible and find water, if you want you can find an ally."Cinna says.

I close my eyes and inhale deeply."Ok"

"You`re gonna win, Katniss just don`t forget to keep your chin up and-"

Cinna was cut off by the glass cylinder lowering around me but I knew what he was going to say, smile. I lift my chin up and force a smile just for Cinna and the cylinder I am standing on begins to rise. While it does I am in complete darkness for a while. This was it. The Hunger Games were about to start and I promised Prim I would win and so that`s how it will be. Finally, I am in the open air and I take in the view.

"Ladies and gentle man let the 74 th annual Hunger Games start!"

I only have 60 seconds to plan what to do but those 60 seconds go by fast.

I look around the arena and mentally start planning on what to grab. I can hear the bows and arrows next to a tree calling my name and tempting me to leave where I'm standing. But I can`t unless I wanted my leg blowed off. Maybe I should get an ally too; I could use all the help I can get. And then there was Gale…he was also looking around and I could see in his eyes he was planning on which supplies to get. Should I team up with him, I mean he was amazing at traps and snares. We could plan a trap on hanging a tribute from a tree which was a gruesome idea but that`s what The Hunger Games was all about. But Rue…she had skills and I wouldn`t mind working with the youngest tribute here.

I quickly remember about what Haymicth said; about finding water and my eyes find an empty water bottle where I can fill it up in the lake to my right. I'm not sure if I can grab many supplies but I can try.

20 seconds are left and I think I have some things planned out. I am a fast runner and I think that I might just get the chance to grab many supplies before the Cornucopia bloodbath begins, or hopefully Gale can get some supplies that I couldn`t get.

5 seconds are left and then the gong will go off. I position myself to run and my hands begin to sweat.

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I hope you guys enjoyed and I can`t wait to start working on the next chapter (: By the way…how many of you are EXCITED for the movie? I know I am :D Any who don`t forget to review and we`ll see what`ll happen in the next chapter… (;