Training day 1

Aluma Nirel 13 District 11

I wake up for my first training day and quickly get ready. I grab a bit of breakfast, brush my teeth and wash my face. I would be really enjoying living in the capitol if it wasn't for the fighting for the death part of it…

Zeryal gives us a few pointers about training before me and Rye head out into the corridor, we look to our left and right and notice every other tribute is also emerging from their rooms into the same corridor.

I take a huge gulp, I feel nervous and intimidated by most the tributes. There are a lot of big strong careers and other tributes but there are also tributes around my age.

There are Peacekeepers standing on either side of us and ordering us to go into the elevator at the end of the corridor.

Eventually all tributes fit into this large circular elevator, as it begins to go up there is an awkward silence as no one says anything. Except the District 4 girl I think who says

"Awkward"

The elevator emerges into a room. The roof and walls of the elevator disappear and we find ourselves standing in the training room…

We are briefly given the rules before we split up to begin training…

Sadie Tempest 17 District 12

I've been training martial arts with a trainer for the first hour, armed and unarmed. I have a lot of street smarts and have the knowledge to survive and build a shelter but I have to admit I would suck in a fight. At the moment I am repeatedly punching and kicking a heavy bag to improve my form.

Then I notice a tribute approaching me! He has green eyes and dark skin. He looks similar to my age…maybe a couple of years younger.

"Can I join you?" he asks

"Yeah…of course" I reply

He begins hitting the bag next to me

"I've seen you training to fight all morning, are you planning in getting into a lot of fights?" he asks

"Well no…unless running away counts" I joke

He chuckles

"Actually running is often the smartest thing to do I find" he admits

We continue to hit the bags

"I'm Rye by the way" he greets while offering out his hand

I shake it

"Sadie" I reply

"Alliance?" I ask

"Yeah" he replies

Wolfgang Othello Kelar 18 District 1

The careers are all standing together, I think everyone is wondering what to do next…suddenly the District 2 girl finally speaks.

"I think it would be a good idea for us all to introduce ourselves and say something that we're good at and can offer to the alliance" she says

"That sounds like a great idea!" the boy from her District adds

"So I'll start. My names Alayna and I'm very good with ranged weapons, especially throwing knives" she says

"My name is Adonis…and I have a good stamina" the boy says with confidence

"Well…I would hope so" Sahara mocks

"What are you good at then" Adonis responds

She smirks

"My names Sahara and I am good at everything trust me"

Adonis laughs

"Yeah right" he teases

"Including figuring out people's true motivations" she continues

Everyone goes silent at this…

The District 4 boy goes next

"I'm Devar and I am great with a sword" he says

Only 2 people haven't spoken yet. Me and the girl from 4. All the others are looking at us waiting to see who will speak

"Well don't all speak at the same time" Devar jokes

"I'm Angel and I am a very good…Runner" she blurts

"Well that's great…if we're faced with any dangers, I'll know that you'll be the first one to take off" Sahara replies

"Oh you're a funny one aren't you!" Angel rebuts

"I wasn't joking" Sahara retorts

Everyone is now looking at me as I'm the only one that hasn't spoken yet.

"Oh his name is Wolf by the way" Sahara says

"And what can you do?" Alayna asks

I go over to the monitor and select spear in the weapons options. A hologram spear appears on the rack, I grasp it in my hand as it seems to react to real world physics and launch it at the nearest dummy, it embeds directly in the centre of the forehead.

"Fair enough" Adonis says

"Right! Can we get to training now?" Sahara states

Lola Hadley 13 District 9

I've surprised Boule so far, teaching him the tricks I've learnt on the streets. After this we head to the monkey bars to test our endurance. I am encouraging Boule as he begins to climb across.

"Come on! Put your back into it!" I tease

He falls off just before the end

"You could have done better than that" I joke

"Remind me…who is the oldest one here?" he retorts

I chuckle

I am about to begin climbing when I am shoved aside by a little boy, he is surprisingly strong for his age! It's the boy from 12 I think.

"Hey I was here first!" I complain

He glares at me

"No you weren't" he states

"Hey she was in front of you!" Boule yells

This seems to have got the attention of some of the other tributes

"Shut up midget" he says to Boule

"Little brat!" I snap

I push the boy but he pushes me back. Boule rushes in and pushes him to the floor but trainers separate us before anything else can happen.

"Idiot, you better hope you have him to save you in the arena" the boy hisses

"Just ignore him" Boule tells me

Bastion Oppenheim 16 District 5

Training is going pretty well with Akosua, she's really cool and nice and…beautiful. I think I love her…I know that sounds crazy because I haven't known her for long but that's how I feel.

We decide to move on to hand to hand combat, we do some pad work. Akosua holds up the pads and my anger finally lets loose as I slam the pads hard with my fists.

"Ouch!" Akosua shouts

Shaking her hand in pain

"Calm down!" she yells

"Sorry"

I check her hand to see if she's alright

"I'm ok…it's not serious"

I sit down on one of the benches and take a sip…feeling guilty

"I just get angry sometimes" I murmur

She puts her hand on my shoulder

"It's ok" she says with a reassuring tonne

"Shall we continue?" she asks

"Alright, I'll hold the pads and then you can get your own back" I joke

"Sounds good" she replies

We are then joined by two other tributes. A girl with dirty blond hair and a dark skinned boy. The girl from 12 and the boy from 11.

"Mind if we join you?" the boy asks

Akosua walks past me to talk to them

"You mean in training or…"

"That's up to you" the girl interrupts

"We saw that you guys make a good team, so do we. Maybe we'll make a better team together?" the boy suggests

I not that sure about this idea…I can put my trust in Akosua but I'm not sure about two more strangers…

Akosua looks at me for guidance but I just shrug

"That sounds…good" she replies

"Great!" the girl exclaims

Devar Wildres 18 District 4

The first training day is done. As soon as we get back to our apartment I go into my room and take a shower. Then when I'm finished I dress in something more comfortable. I go into the main room and find Angel watching something on TV. She has been a lot less annoying than she usually is, I think the other careers might have intimidated her.

"Doesn't feel good does it? Getting intimidated" I say as I sit down

"I wasn't intimidated" she rebuts

"That Sahara is an idiot"

She continues switching though the channels

"Why did you do it anyway?" I ask

"Do what?"

"Volunteer out of turn" I answer

"I don't know what you're…"

"I know you weren't the chosen tribute or even a career" I interrupt

She looks at me realising that there's no way of convincing me otherwise

"How long have you know?" she murmurs

"Since the train" I respond

I stand up and start strolling back to my room

"Why didn't you tell the others then?" she questions

I shrug

"I don't know"

With that I head back into my room and shut the door

What did you think of the first interactions between the different Districts?

Here are the alliances so far

Rye Kaiet/Sadie Tempest/Bastion Oppenheim/Akosua Haynes

Boule Hadley/Lola Hadley
The careers