YEAHHHH ITS MAH BIRTHDAY! (blows party cannons)

(sees you) Oh, um, yeah… it's my bday

Disclaimer: I don't own the Hunger Games. If I did, I would have made Katniss hook up with Gale.

Training: Day 1

Nicolette Anderson's POV (D4)

I can feel all of the tributes' stares on me as I walk into the huge training room. The way they looked at me, some of them were good, some were bad, but all was "I'm going to kill her" or "I better stay away".

All of it was making me very, very, nervous. I never wanted to be in the Games, but I had to. I didn't mean to appear Career-like; I just wanted to survive like the rest of them.

I hope none of them get too intimidated. My goal today was to mainly focus on making allies for my anti-Career alliance.

On the train ride to the Capitol, I did do some research on the tributes with Autumn, who I found out was a girl. He- I mean, she- was quite nice. I wonder what the Capitol will think when they find out there were two female tributes from 4.

I ended up allying with Autumn, though she did agree reluctantly. I think it's because she doesn't trust me- but then again, I wouldn't trust anyone from the Hunger Games, either.

The only other people I liked from the whole tribute list was the Omri guy, Tomer, and Bailey. Bailey seemed like she would help a whole lot, plus she seemed kind, and Omri volunteered for his brother (I think) and that means it's either because he had a friendly bond between his brother or because he was a Career. Which he most likely wasn't one. And lastly, I wanted to ally with Tomer because he seemed like a strong, friendly person, that could add a lot to our team.

I decided to start with Tomer, mainly because he wasn't occupied with any stations at the moment. He was sitting at one of the lunch tables, looking off into space. That was odd, I had thought that he'd be training.

When I was a foot away from him, I waved. He didn't either notice or care. I got closer, waving once again. "Um, hey, I was wondering if you could join my alliance?"

He glanced boredly at me for a long time. Finally, he said, "Go away loser." made an ugly face, and walked away.

Well then. I was definitely not expecting that.

Glumly, I went to find Omri or Bailey. Hopefully I wouldn't have that answer again.

However, I was stopped by the Career, Isabelle. Great.

"Hey, I saw you while watching the Reapings, and I have to say, you look pretty decent." Isabelle smiled, in the way a wolf would smile. "How about you join our alliance?"

"I'm sorry, but I have to decline." I reply as I duck my head down, anxious to get out of the situation.

The confidence washed out of her eyes. "I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you. Did you say no…?" She asked with a glare, baring her teeth subtly.

"Yes, bish, are you deaf?" Ugh! I hated when the Careers expected you to act a certain way because they're Careers. Well, actually, I would hate if anyone did it, not just Careers.

Her expression morphed into fake kindness to sharp anger in a millisecond. "When I get in that arena, the first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to hunt you down, no bloodbath or not." She looked like she was about to say something else, but she abruptly turned around and stomped away.

It's not even the start of the Games yet, but I already have people who want to kill me.

Omri Nobleman's POV (D9)

I hadn't interacted with Bailey very much on the train, to be completely honest. I was still recovering from my shock with Bry.

And before you think I'm an emotionless ball of dog dookie, no, I did not cry. I just had nothing. Nothing. I felt like I was in slow motion, yet everything around me happened so fast. Getting to the point where you can't even move, think, or cry, is what I think is the deepest part of grief.

Thankfully, I recovered enough to actually move and think a little bit. And what my brain told me to do was to ally with Bailey.

I know! It does sound cliche, and 5 other people probably have already did that. But I just have this feeling, that maybe working with Bailey would actually give me a chance to avenge my brother.

So that's exactly what I did. I waited until we both finished our breakfasts for some reason, and steadily gathered up my pride. What if she says no? That would just look extremely embarrassing. My dignity went decreased, then slowly got back up. I looked at her. NO, SHE'S GOING TO THINK I WAS WEIRD! I'M NOT WEIRD!

Somehow, my courage mustered up to the point that I actually walked up to her.

And talked.

"Hi, uh, doyouwannabemahally?" I said, loud enough for only her to hear.

She stared at me and shrugged. "Sure."

I let out a breath I hadn't realized I was holding. I forced myself to regain my normal breathing process. She said yes. She doesn't think I'm a stalker!

Mission accomplished.

My goal for the rest of the day was just to go to the training room and visit all the survival stations, but of course Life doesn't like my plans. Of course Life would have to put someone in front of my face just as I was putting my idea into action. Well, more like someone behind me, but still.

"Hey, hey, hey!" A feminine voice calls after me. "Omri, was it?"

I turned around reluctantly. "Um, hi."

She didn't waste anytime catching her breath. "I don't mean to sound weird or anything, but would you mind if my friend and I join your alliance?"

Oh, shoot. How was this going to work out? I planned on only having one ally, and that was Bailey. Omri, think, think, think…

Fortunately, Bailey came just in time. "Hey, Omri," she paused, looking at the other girl. "And… who are you?"

"Oh, I'm sorry," The girl chuckled. "My name is Nicolette Anderson, and I'm from District 4. My friend is also from District 4."

"Well, uh, nice to meet you, Nikki." Bailey replies carefully. "I'm Bailey."

"Yes, I know who you are," Nicolette says. "I was just asking Omri if my friend and I could be in your alliance?"

Bailey pretended to think it over, and tried to look like she was considering. "Sure," she said finally.

My mind screamed, "WHAT?"

"Excuse me for a second," I grabbed Bailey's arm, looked her in the eye, and said, "Do you want to get us KILLED?"

She raised an eyebrow. "Chill, Omri. This isn't supposed to kill US. She could be a useful ally and protect us all. Plus, she doesn't look like the type to slice our necks when we're sleeping."

"How do you know? She could be working with the Careers for all we know. Also, allies never protect each other. They just let the other die and run away."

"She's different!" Bailey exclaimed. "I don't know how, I can see it in her eyes. Trust me."

And for some insane reason, I did.

I exhale deeply. "Fine. But if you get us killed, I'm going to kill you."

And so there it was. The Autumn Nikki Omri Bailey Team was official.

Elena Rae, 15 (D3)

She still didn't understand. Why did Mommy and Techa look so sad when she left?

She was coming back, right? She was going to get them lots of money; she won the lottery after all.

All of the big people around her were holding sharp stuff, or looking at pretty flowers. Elena decided to do what all of the kids were doing too, and she started with the sharp things. It was the closest to her, so she picked it up.

Ahhh! She dropped it- It was too heavy. It fell on the floor with a loud clang.

Elena whimpered. She didn't like this one bit- she wanted to go home.

But maybe she would look at the flowers before she left this place; she had never seen anything like it in District 3.

As she walked to the spot where the people were looking at flowers, she saw a man beside it. "Hello!" she exclaimed as she skipped over to the plant.

"Hello." The man looked bored. He didn't make one move, so Elena decided it was okay to touch.

She started poking the flower, and was about to touch the sharp thing on the stem when the man shot his hand out, and took her hand away.

"DON'T TOUCH!" he yelled angrily. "IT'S POISONOUS- BAD!"

Elena furrowed her eyebrows. She distinctly remembered when Mommy hid some cookies in the closet, and then told her the closet was evil. So she figured that this man was lying to her about the plant!

She checked to make sure the man wasn't looking, then poked her finger on the point.

*sigh* Elena.

Questions…

1. Favorite POV?

2. Which three people do you want to see a POV of, that haven't gotten a POV for Train Rides or Training Day?

3. What was your favorite part of today's Training Day? (there will be three days)