Hey guys, final interviews chapter! The next chapter is the bloodbath, and I'm so excited to get it uploaded.

I have a new poll up on my profile by the way, asking who your early prediction is for victor. So would really appreciate it if anyone voted!

The poll will have no effect on who becomes victor, I decided who the victor was going to be before I even started writing the train ride chapters. It's just because I'm interested in people's opinions.

Hope you enjoy this chapter, and thanks for reading and reviewing!

The interviews were almost over, and many capitolites were becoming restless as they reached the outlier districts. Despite this, there was heightened interest this year, due to some strong tributes being reaped, which was uncommon of these districts.

"Ladies and gentleman, please welcome Karina Carr!"

Karina walked onto the stage, using her walking stick to ensure a smooth entrance, despite the fact that she now had a prosthetic leg. Despite not being able to see how she looked, she felt better than she ever had done before, wearing a pale green sparkly dress with green flat shoes. The crowd cheered the girl, some actually feeling sorry for her, quite unlike the normal capitolite attitude.

As she sat down, Caesar greeted her warmly. "Hello Karina! How are you doing this evening?"

"Hi Caesar. I'm good thanks, how are you?" She replied.

"I'm feeling fantastic. First I must start by bringing up your impressive training score of 5! Impressive… especially considering your condition, if you don't mind me referring to it that way." Caesar said with a smile.

Karina smiled back. "It's ok Caesar. And I was very shocked by my score of 5."

"Any hints as to how you got that score?" Caesar asked with a wink.

Karina looked innocent. "I wish I could… but I want to save it as a surprise."

"Fair enough." Caesar said. "By the way… I must say that your prosthetic leg is great! Isn't it fantastic how the Capitol provided that for you?"

Oh yes, how nice of them. Karina thought sarcastically. But she smiled at Caesar. "Yes, I'm so grateful. It's so nice to be able to walk properly." The girl really wanted to get some sponsors.

"How did you lose your leg?" Caesar asked.

Karina shifted in her seat uncomfortably, not enjoying the memory being brought up. "A runaway cow trampled over my leg when I was eight. It became infected and…" She looked at the ground, tearing up slightly.

"I'm so sorry Karina!" Caesar said, reaching out to put a hand on her shoulder. "We love this girl don't we?" He shouted as he turned to the crowd. They cheered in response, and Karina felt a bit more comforted.

"Karina, when we watched the chariot ride, it seemed like you were getting on very well with your district partner Morris, and now you're both in an alliance of 5! How did you manage to make friends so well?"

"I was just myself really." Karina replied. "I just try to be friendly to everyone, and hope that they'll be the same towards me."

The crowd awed collectively at the sweet girl, with Caesar giving her a big smile. "You sure are a lovely girl Karina… one final question…. do you believe you can win?"

Karina thought it almost cruel of him to ask that question. "I don't know right now Caesar. But I'll give it my best shot."

The crowd cheered the brave young girl as the buzzer went off, and Karina left the stage, to be replaced by Morris, who was looking smart in black trousers with a white shirt, accompanied by a bow tie. It was a rather simple style, but it suited the young boy well.

"Welcome Morris! A pleasure to meet you!" Caesar greeted him.

"It's great to meet you too Caesar." Morris replied, smiling warmly.

"Morris… I must say that I was very impressed with you volunteering. Very rare that we see a District 10 volunteer. What motivated you to do it?"

Morris sighed as he remembered the reaping. "My friend… Jerold. He was reaped as you saw, and I couldn't let him go into the games… he wouldn't have stood a chance." He said grimly.

"So you think you may stand a better chance?" Caesar asked.

Morris hesitated, never having really thought of it. "I reckon so…. I've got some skills."

"Oh? What are these skills?" Caesar asked inquisitively.

"I'm learnt quite a bit about survival… should come in handy."

"That's great." Caesar smiled. "What about when it comes down to a fight?"

Morris hesitated again. "It's not my best area… but I think I could handle a weapon. I've got some strength behind me." He laughed, gesturing to his belly.

Caesar laughed along. "Very funny… So how about life back in District 10? I hear you have a pretty interesting job…"

"Yes Caesar." Morris replied. "I'm the official Capitol food taster representative for District 10. I taste new Capitol products that come through to make sure that they're adequate for capitolite standards."

"And a fine job you do as well!" Caesar exclaimed. "Always excellent food… the treat of eating Capitol food before the games can't have been as exciting for you then?"

"I guess not." Morris smiled. "But I've still enjoyed my stay here."

"I'm sure you have!" Caesar replied. "So… I gather you're the last member of this alliance of five that we've heard about?"

"Yes I am. I'm very happy to be in such a great group… if there was one thing I wanted to do before the games, it was to find some allies."

"Well I'm very glad that you have." Caesar said. "One question though… if your alliance does succeed, and it comes down to the final eight, what's going to happen? Are you going to split up?"

"We haven't thought that far ahead yet. We're just going to take it as it comes." Morris replied, a serious expression on his face. "I'm well aware that the games can change people. So I couldn't tell you what could happen at the final eight stage."

"Very wise." Caesar remarked with a nod, as the crowd applauded Morris. "Well I'm sure many capitolites will be behind you."

"I hope so." Morris said.

"Time's up now I'm afraid! Morris wayward everybody!" Caesar shouted at the crowd, with Morris waving as he walked off the stage.

Backstage, Lily was being difficult. She was refusing to go out onto the stage, and her mentor Miles was desperately trying to reason with her.

"C'mon Lily! You have to go out there. It's the rules!" Miles said angrily.

Lily remained defiant. "As I've stated before, I'm not playing any part in the Capitol's game. The interviews are pathetic."

"I know they're stupid, ok? But with an attitude like this you're never going to be victor!" Miles said, his frustration with this stubborn girl rising by the minute.

"I don't need you telling me how to be victor." Lily replied fiercely.

"Don't you want to make it home to Willow and Pine?" Miles asked, becoming desperate now.

Lily glared at him. "Don't you dare mention their names!" She hissed before storming out onto the stage, catching Caesar by surprise, who hadn't announced her entrance yet.

"Wow! Someone's keen for her interview! Welcome Lily!" Caesar smiled at her.

Lily didn't respond, simply staring at Caesar with her arms crossed as she sat down.

"So how are you enjoying the Capitol?" Caesar asked, trying again. But he was met with the same response of silence.

"Your dress looks lovely." Caesar remarked, looking at the short black dress she was wearing, but even the host was becoming a bit stuck now, with the crowd murmuring in discontent at this rebellious tribute. How dare she not answer Caesar?

"So not going to answer any questions eh…?" Caesar said, leaning back in his chair. "Not a fan of the Capitol then?"

Lily finally spoke. "The Capitol is disgusting."

"Excuse me?" Caesar asked in shock, as the crowd gasped in horror.

Lily turned to address them. "Look at you all! You're horrific people… you send kids to their deaths, you freaks!"

"That's quite enough Lily." Caesar said, his normally happy expression slightly darker now.

"It's not enough Caesar!" She said fiercely. "How can you all sit here, ruining people's lives? My parents are dead because of you, and now my brother and sister are all on their own because of the Capitol as well! You're all scum, you hear me? SCUM!"

Many of the crowd were screaming for her head now, and peacekeepers struggled to control some capitolites who were trying to get up onto the stage. Another couple of peacekeepers then came onto the stage to restrain Lily, dragging her backstage.

"Burn in hell Capitol!" She screamed, spitting on the floor as she was finally dragged off the stage fully.

It took some time, but the crowd were finally calmed down enough for the interviews to resume. Vern wasn't feeling too good backstage, Lily hadn't exactly made things easy for him. Although at least he definitely couldn't have a worse interview than hers.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Vern Tillier from District 11!"

Vern walked out onto the stage, wearing a brightly coloured yellow suit, and trying to look confident as he made his way over to his seat.

"Hello there Vern! What a fantastic suit!" Caesar said excitedly.

"Thanks Caesar…" Vern replied, trying to look enthusiastic, but then he looked at the crowd, and faltered. He couldn't find words.

"Everything alright Vern?" Caesar asked, looking puzzled.

"Yes… yes… fine!" Vern said quickly, not looking at Caesar.

Caesar realised that the boy was very shy, and tried to go for a less full-on approach. "Glad to hear it Vern." He said, offering him a smile. "So I hear you're in an alliance with District 8? You must be feeling pretty happy about that?"

"Yes.. yes I am. They're nice people." Vern replied, still not looking straight at Caesar.

"Any particular strategy that you're going to employ?"

"Maybe… erm…. you'll have to wait and see." Vern said, trying to seem mysterious like some of the other tributes had been. Many capitolites, however, could see right through him.

"We look forward to that." Caesar smiled. "It must be good for District 8 as well, to have an eighteen year old on their side! Especially since you scored a 6, not bad!"

"Thanks." Vern replied shyly.

"Any particular weapon you're fond of?"

"Well… I've been learning how to use a double ended dagger." Vern said.

"Very good! Always great to see a tribute from the outliers with some weapon skills!" Caesar said happily, and the crowd applauded Vern, although many were unsure of him due to his shyness.

"Good." Vern simply said, offering a nervous smile to Caesar.

"So will we see you entering the fray in the games? Will you be a bloodbath participant?"

Vern looked fairly terrified at the mention of the word 'bloodbath'. "I don't know… I think I was hoping to stay in the background more…"

The audience did not look impressed at this, and Caesar tried to recover the situation. "But Vern…. the Capitol do love someone who gets into the action…" He said with a wink.

Vern realised his mistake, and began blabbering quickly. "Well… what I mean is… I will be in the bloodbath… but…."

"It's ok Vern!" Caesar said with a hand on Vern's shoulder, trying to calm him down.

No, no, I'm coming across as weak! Vern thought in panic, but he had no time to salvage the interview as the buzzer went off.

"I'm afraid that's all we have time for! Vern Tillier everybody!"

Vern walked off the stage, looking miserable, as Caesar began to make his next announcement.

"Now, for our final two tributes, President Neal has requested that we do their interviews in a slightly unorthodox manner. As many of you are aware, the two District 12 tributes this year are adopted twins, so it had been decided that they will have their interviews together. Just to shake things up a little." Caesar winked, as the crowd cheered and clapped.

"Please welcome Natasha Trent and Alex Trent!"

The two walked onto the stage together, Natasha wearing a red and blue striped short dress, with Alex sporting a matching red and blue pinstriped suit. Caesar smiled broadly as they saw down. "Good evening Natasha and Alex!" He said enthusiastically. "Sorry you had to wait so long for your interviews!"

"That's alright." Natasha replied, smiling, while Alex didn't say a word.

"So first…. your training score was good Natasha, but my word, Alex! A training score of 9! How did you manage that?"

Alex turned his head to look directly at Caesar, his brown eyes staring at him. "I guess the gamemakers liked what they saw. Don't know why you're doubting why I got such a high score."

"Well I do apologise!" Caesar exclaimed, laughing at the boy's aggressiveness.

Alex felt confused, as most people were normally intimidated by him. "What the hell are you laughing at?" He said angrily, beginning to rise up from his seat.

"Alex…!" Natasha hissed, putting a hand on his arm. Alex glared at her, before sitting back down, still not looking very happy.

"My my… certainly some fiery characters from the outlier districts this year eh folks?" Caesar said to the crowd, with many of them agreeing.

Alex was finding it incredibly hard not to tell everyone that him and Natasha were sure that they had been rigged, but she had told him forcefully earlier that day to not even think about it. It might have been against what they believed in, but Natasha wasn't going to give the Capitol more motivation to give them both slow and horrifying deaths in the arena.

"Fiery characters indeed." Natasha said, addressing Caesar. "But hey, surely we're better than the weaklings that normally come from District 12?"

"You certainly are…" Caesar said, a smile creeping onto his face again upon hearing Natasha's answer, with the crowd also showing their approval for her comment.

"Don't underestimate us." Alex said fiercely.

"We certainly won't be doing that…" Caesar replied. "So, Natasha and Alex, we hear you've taken the District 9 boy Paddy under your wing?"

"Yes, we have!" Natasha smiled. "He's a great kid, and we think he'll be a good person to be with in the arena."

"And what do you think of Paddy, Alex?" Caesar asked him.

"Well I personally didn't want him, but…"

"But I brought you round to the idea didn't I!" Natasha cut him off, as she ruffled his hair playfully with Alex glaring daggers at her. He knew they had to try and make the Capitol like them, but he hated every second of it.

"That's great." Caesar replied warmly. "So how do you rate your chances in the arena you two?"

Natasha opened her mouth to reply, but Alex got there first. "Well I won't be coming home. Natasha will be."

"Alex!" Natasha exclaimed angrily.

"What do you mean by that Alex?" Caesar asked.

Alex stared at the host intently again. "What I mean is, Natasha is going home this year. I'm going to do everything I can to protect her, and she will be victor."

"No.. that's not…" Natasha began, but she was drowned out by the Capitol screaming their admiration for Alex, loving this brave young boy who was willing to sacrifice himself to save his adopted sister.

The buzzer went off, and Caesar turned to address the crowd.

"And that's it for our interviews ladies and gentlemen! You've all met the tributes, and tomorrow you're going to get to see them in action! Happy 35th Hunger Games everybody!"

Favourite interview everyone?

Also, who do you think is going to die in the bloodbath? Let me know!

By the way just like with the poll for victor, this will have no effect on who actually dies in the bloodbath, it is merely for my own curiosity again :)