"Draft" - Talking

Draft - Thinking

~ Draft ~ - Time skip

( Draft ) - Me talking

Edited

~ 3rd POV ~

The group watched as District 1s reaping and how the male tribute - Alen Brown - confidently strided up to the front and waited there until the female tribute came up to the front. Her name was Rose Ford and she looked pretty surprised when she got chosen.

We watched as she slowly walked up to the front with an uneasy look on her face, showing that she did not want to compete in this whatsoever. She looked at the female crowd with a look of hope on her face that she quite poorly tried to conceal.

No one volunteered.

Her shoulders dropped and she had a look of disbelief.

Poor her, I almost feel bad.

They shook hands and then the screen switched to our District, this made the group lean forward a bit. They watched as Alexis's name got called up and how she confidently went to the front with her chin up. Then the males turn came, Wade's name got called out and Harry saw how Alexis's face lit up a bit at hearing that name.

Hmm, I wonder why. She probably either likes Way or she hates him. Probably the latter.

But then my voice interrupted Wade who was walking to the front with a blank face showing nothing.

I taught him that. Harry thought proudly.

He snapped out of his thoughts and watched the rest of the reaping. They watched at how Wade struggled to stop Harry from going to the front and him begging to not listen to him and how he got dragged away, not without putting up a fight of course.

Harry looked at himself and noted that his face gave nothing away, then the peacekeepers came and nudged him (Harry) towards the front.

Man, I look really cool.

Soon after the rest of the Districts came on and a few of them caught Harry's eye. Jake Blakk from District 3, Jane Whie who was also from District 3, Tyler Ment from District 4, and Marcus Dane, a boy who was only a year older than Harry from District 10. The screen changed into another channel once District 12s reaping was over and Enobaria turned off the Tv.

"Alright kids, I hope you spotted out all the competition for this year, if not. You still have a bit of more time to observe them so don't fret. Anyways, go do whatever you want just don't cause trouble, but I advise you two to get some rest since tomorrows gonna be a busy day"

And just like that, they both left leaving the two tributes together in an awkward silence.

"Well, I'm going to go to my room, so please excuse me." Harry stood up and left the room.

Brushing his teeth and all the other necessities, Harry absentmindedly started braiding his hair so it doesn't get in the way when he's sleeping.

Once he was finished, he climbed under the covers again and slowly drifted off to sleep once again.

~ Later ~

Harry woke up to some knocking on the door and a slightly muffled voice saying to get up and ready. Giving Kaysha, since she was the only one with such a squeaky voice, an 'okay' and 'I'll be there soon', he got up and went to take a quick cold shower to wake himself up.

Once he was done and dried himself off, he walked towards the dresser and decided to put something a bit more presentable.

He put on a light blue t-shirt with some black jeans and a dark green jacket on top. He then took out the comb and started to brush out his hair and put it up in a high ponytail since putting it a hair style only for it to get taken out a few moments later would be a waste of time and energy.

Harry slipped on some white socks and put on his shoes that he wore and walked towards the compartment where they ate dinner last night.

Seeing that he was the third one here since Alexis wasn't here yet, only Kaysha, Enobaria and Brutus, he took a seat in the same one he sat in yesterday and added some food on his plate, and of course, tea. He bid everyone a 'good morning' and started to dig in just like the rest of them were doing.

A while later Alexis came in and mumbled a 'morning' and started eating. Soon later everyone was done and no one said anything other than Kaysha who was talking about her nails and the different shades of green they have.

It's not like anyone's gonna ask me about what color I paint my nails. Am I supposed to say 'Oh, it's a mix of Forest, dark green, hunter, and phthalo'? Besides, how am I gonna kill people with shades of green? Wait, can you kill them like that? HmMmMmmmMm, Imma try it at the arena.

Soon the compartment went dark, as if someone turned off all the lights. Of course there were a few lights on, but it looked like it was night outside which shouldn't be possible since it was morning.

When everything went dark without any warning, it caused Alexis and Harry to slightly panic, but one was more expressive than the other. *Cough*Alexis*cough*

"Hey! What happened?!"

"Calm down, we're just going through the tunnels. We'll be at the Capitol soon enough, so don't get your panties in a twist" Enobaria replied to Alexis's question calmly, neither Brutus nor Enobaria even blinked at what happened. They were both clearly used to it already.

"Oh and once we actually get there, don't resist anything the stylists do to you, it will only make it more painful. Trust me"

The comment caused Alexis and Harry to tense, both wondering what they were going to do to them, before Harry realized that the opening ceremony was supposed to be happening today.

When he realized that, he relaxed knowing that they weren't going to be torturing them or something. Merlin knows he's already had enough of that.

~ Later ~

I regret ever saying this wasn't torture.

Harry bit the inside of his cheek so he wouldn't let out the 'ow' that wanted to come out of his mouth.

Ouch! Voldy should learn from these people, this is real torture!

"Ow! Hey watch it! That hair is connected to my head, not a doll!" Harry snapped at the prep team when they pulled his hair again.

"Sorry about that, but we need to get you ready for your official stylist, so hold on for a bit."

While Harry was regretting everything, the prep team was scrubbing in random things in his hair, skin and all the other stuff.

At least the view of the capital was nice, but the people in it ruined everything. I'd actually rather be out there where the capital people were staring, pointing and gossiping about us instead of here were their preparing me like I'm a chicken.

"Now now dear, it will be all over soon. It's a good thing you don't have any hair anywhere other than your head! It would have been much more painful since we would have needed to wax you." After hearing that comment, Harry was instantly grateful that he didn't have any puberty hair knowing how painful waxing was.

Once Ron had to do it for a bet because he lost and the look of pain that was on his face said everything. "It was as bad as the cruciatus curse! Please never make me go through that again!" was what Ron had said once his legs were fully waxed and free from any hair. *Shiver*

"This makes it so much easier for us too you know! Last year we had to stay for 5 hours to get rid of all the hair he had! Lucky for you, we're almost done. Then you'll go meet your stylist and you'll probably have some free time before the opening ceremony." Harry internally sighed in relief knowing the 2 horse of torture were almost done. His mental sign was cut of short when they dumped him into a bathtub to go wash him, and of course even more products of who knows what were scrubbed on him.

"There you go dear! You're all done, I'll go call Matie, she's your stylist by the way."

Flora left the room leaving the rest of the prep team and Harry alone in the room. But it wasn't quiet since the prep team were all chatting with each other and occasionally with him.

Soon Flora and another lady walked in who was probably Flora. The rest of the prep team quickly left the room with only the lady and Harry left in their.

"My my, seems like we have a nice one this year. You'll be gorgeous after this darling!"

The lady who Harry assumed was Matie started circling around him making her sherbet orange hair bounce like a rubber ball.

"How about we eat first then we shall get you ready since you were done early alright?"

Before she even gave Harry time to answer, she already walked into another door and gestured for him to come. Harry followed her and saw that it was a normal looking living room thing, at least normal by the capitals standards. Pressing a button on the blue couch, food popped out of nowhere steaming hot. Matie told Harry to sit and eat.

"Since we make every district look based on what they produce, me and my partner Tali decided to make you and Alexis based on peacekeepers since your district produces them. So let's get you dressed up now!"

Harry started praying that it wouldn't be super crazy.

~ Later ~

Harry waited with the other tributes for Alexis while attracting stares for whatever reason.

Hearing the door open, Harry looked at Alexis who was wearing a similar outfit to what he was wearing except it was more for females rather than for males. She was wearing what peacekeepers usually wore except it was a skirt and there were diamond like things on the skirt getting less and less as it got to the bottom of it while the top was covered in them. The shirt was pure white and the cuffs of the sleeves were covered in the same diamond like thing. She also had some fake guns strapped on the side of her hips but their outfits didn't have the helmet the actual peacekeepers wore. And for shoes, she wore some black boots that were what you would see on a goth girl. Harry wore a similar outfit except he was wearing pants and instead of the diamond like things on the pants, they were on the shoes he was wearing which was similar to the one Alexis was wearing.

They could hang us on the ceiling and nobody would know that we weren't actually disco calls unless they looked up. At the very least it isn't too crazy, but it's way better than District 12s. I feel bad for them. I can't even imagine being naked like that and covered in just coal dust.

While Harry was pitying the District 12 tributes, he got dragged over towards the chariots they were using for the opening ceremony by the stylists.

"Hey, get ready. The ceremonies about to start"

Snapping out of his thoughts, he quickly got on the chariot beside Alexis and held it so he wouldn't accidentally fall. The ginormous double doors opened as the anthem started playing. The chariot in front of ours (Harrys and Alexis) was District 1 and the horses started moving them.

A couple of moments later, the horses started moving bringing Harry and Alexis into the streets where there were crowds of people screa-I mean cheering . Remembering that these were the sponsors, Harry put on the best and cutest smile he could muster and started waving his left hand around since the other one was holding on the railing thing make sure he didn't fall out.

That would be way too embarrassing.

Even more people were screaming out his name and waving at him trying to catch his attention mixed in with the other tributes names too, but his were the loudest.

Deciding to make them like him even more, Harry started blowing kisses and made sure he was the adorablest thing they have ever seen. It seemed like it worked since 'aw's' and comments about how cute he was started following him.

My cheeks are in painnnnnnnnnnnn

Soon the chariots stopped in an open place where the president of the capital was. He started giving out the speech he gives every year and at the end of the speech he said the traditional 'may the odds be ever in your favor'.

The horses started moving once again and into the doors that shut close, blocking off all the noise the capital made once the last district came in.

Jumping off the chariot, Harry started massaging his cheeks while watching his and Alexis's mentors and stylists walking over here. Kaysha was there too with a yellow and orange themed outfit.

Since coming up with an outfit and describing them takes too much time, you readers can come up with your own outfit for Kaysha, just make sure it's orange and yellow themed. Aren't I such a good author.

"You were wonderful! The people loved you! You're definitely going to get some sponsors!"

While the stylists started bringing them into separate rooms, chatting all the way. Harry tried to tell them he could change himself, but got rejected and before he knew it, he was already in the outfit he wore this morning and shooed off towards Kaysha who was with the others.

They soon walked over to the building called the 'Training Center' and got in the elevator. Kaysha pressed a clear button and the elevator shot into the sky almost making the two tributes fall unlike Kaysha, Enobaria, and Brutus who were already used to it and didn't even twitch.

I wonder if they'll allow me to go on it again, it felt like I was flying :D

Word count: 2431

Thank you for reading this and sorry it's shorter than all the other chapters, I was feeling extra lazy today XD

Anyways, I hope you have a good day, night, evening, afternoon, morning, etc. 💖

Ciao~