The Games
Here is the next chapter. Hope you enjoy this one! Sorry for how short it is.
Clove`s POV
I wake up to see Serbariana smiling down at me. I smile as I remember last night. I look over to see that Cato is gone. I know he probably went back to his room, even though everyone knows we are together. I scowl at Serbariana and I slowly get out of bed. She dresses me in brown pants, which are quite comfortable. I am also wearing a sports bra a tank top and a light brown t-shirt. I pull on some brown boots and a black jacket. The jacket is warm so I am expecting cold. I jog around in the boots for a bit and conclude they are for running. I smile I love running I am the fastest girl back home.
I follow Sebariana down a long hall and onto a roof. There is a hover craft waiting for me. I step onto the ladder and I freeze in place. I watch Serbariana turn around and board a separate hover craft. I smile; I bet she will meet me there. I feel a wave on excitement come over me. I will finally get to be in the games. The only thing that stops me form jumping from joy is Cato and the freezing. Cato is the only reason I don't want to be there right now.
I board the hover craft to find myself in a long room that holds all the tributes. I am the last to board. I walk over and take the only empty seat in between Marvel and Cato. A woman comes around and injects a needle into are arms. It must be our trackers Enobaria told me all about them. She told me not to be week to not show pain. I follow her advice pretending it does not hurt but truthfully it hurts like hell. I laugh as I hear someone crying. "What" Cato whispers to me "Someone can`t hold back their tears" I say with an evil smirk. "Well it did hurt like hell" Marvel adds butting into our conversation. I glare at him "Wimp" I mutter and I laugh as Marvel glares at me he obviously he heard me. I turn away from him so that I am only facing Cato. Marvel gets the message and falls silent.
The hover craft starts moving. It's a quick ride and before I know it I am being escorted down a hall to get ready for launching. "You know I know how to walk" I sneer to the guard who is pushing me ahead. "Whatever" he mumbles letting go of my back. I grin and skip a head turning into the room with a giant sign that says female tribute from district 2.I walk into the room to find Serbariana waiting for me. She gives me a sympathetic look and I conclude she knows about me and Cato. She hands me a charm it`s a four leaf clover on a chain. I smile "Here I got this for you I saw you don't have a token so I sent this in. Will you wear it?" "Of course" I say with a smile. I have grown to like Serbariana. I take it and put it around my neck as I hear a robotic voice call 20 seconds. "Good luck Cove I`m rooting for you". I smile again as I walk towards the metal tube. "Root for Cato" I say as I step into the tube hearing 10 seconds. She smiles and nods, just as the doors close.
The metal tube shoots up. I am submerged in darkness for a couple seconds before the tube pulls out of the ground. I am momentarily blinded by the light but my vision comes back fast. I see that the arena is a giant grassy field with a cornucopia in the middle. It is surrounded by forests and a large lake, on one side there is a field of tall grass. I don't plan on going there something about it makes me shiver. "Psst Clove over here Clove" I turn to my right to see Cato on the pedestal beside me. I smile lucky we got put right beside each other. "What Cato" I say loudly so he can hear me. "Go for the the center he says" I nod. I look past Cato to see Marvel two spots over from him. I look to my left Shimmer is three spots over Glimmer 6. I can't see Neptune so I`m guessing he is on the other side of the cornucopia. I hear a voice call out 60 seconds 59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51, 50. This is going to be the longest 60 seconds of my life. 40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31. I wait in agony as the seconds tick by. I look over to see Cato preparing to run with his feet pointed at the cornucopia. I do the same my eyes on the center. 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21. I shiver as the seconds count down, with excitement and anticipation. 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, I leap into action as the gong rings out.
This is just a filler chapter before the games really begin. Thank you for the beautiful reviews.
Sincerely,
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