Hey guys! Here is Miss Platinum Fowley's train ride. Enjoy and review!
Oh, and if any of you guys are Unwind fans, I (meaning connorxrisa897) just published the first chapter of a two-shot called A Switch Has Been Flicked for it. I'd really appreciate it if you'd go read it! :-)
Platinum's POV
From the minute I step onto the train, I'm completely captivated. Everything is just so pretty. I finally see what they mean about Capitol things being the most gorgeous, and it's completely true. Looking around just the first room of the train car, I see a world I've always dreamed of living in, with 100% machine-crafted silks and velvets covering every couch and chair, rich jewel-toned walls, plates laden with tiny portions of expensive food, shiny, and heavy solid-silver dishware. Best of all, there's a gigantic mirror on almost every wall, and after eating some toast with Kern, I catch sight of myself in one of them. I stare at my reflection, transfixed by how all the tiny lights in the train car reflect off of it, my dress, even my eyes. It's really cool to watch little lightbulbs in your eyeball. I don't know how long I've been standing there, but eventually our mentor tells me to get away from it. I make an exaggeratedly sad face at her, but she drags me away from my beautiful, shiny mirror….
Suddenly, I notice Kern. Well, not notice him exactly, but I notice that he's really cute. Like, cute cute. Even cuter than several of my boyfriends back in my district. I smile at him, and bat my eyelashes, trying to flirt. Hey, it always seems to work. However, he looks away from me sort of uncomfortably, and starts skipping like a little chipmunk around the room. But after a while, he seems to get tired of acting like a small mammal, and sits down, tying knots in a really gross old piece of rope-like stuff. Well, as long as he's attractive, who cares if he acts kinda weird?
I watch out the window, and see that the scenery looks different from District 1's. Suddenly, I wonder if we've arrived at the Capitol. So naturally, I ask if we're there yet, which seems perfectly reasonable, at least to me. The escort says no. I see a weird-looking bush outside, so I ask if we're there yet. The escort says no. Then, I see a little black garden squirrel outside the window, and it's tail isn't as fluffy as the ones we have at home. I ask if we're there yet.
"Yes," the escort says, smiling slightly. I glue my face to the window, searching for the adoring crowds waiting for us, but I don't see anyone. Huh? I feel my face fall, and I look at Kern for help.
He tells me that we're not there yet, but maybe we'll be there in a few hours. I smile lovingly at Kern for telling me the truth. Sometimes, people tell me things that aren't true because they think it's funny to watch me believe them. That makes me sad. But I know Kern, the little chipmunk-acting- boy with the bright blue eyes will protect me. He's nice, and maybe, just maybe, I'll score myself another boyfriend.