AN: Here's chapter 3! We had some time to write. So we did. We hope we can write another chapter next week.
Disclaimer: all rights belong to Rick Riordan and Suzanne Collins.
Chapter 3: I get reaped
Finnick's P.O.V.
Since last week Percy and I actually became friends. Today is the reaping and I'm pretty nervous because I think I'll get reaped. Percy was standing on the stage between the reaping balls. I tried to catch his eye, but apparently it was impossible to keep his eyes focused on just one thing with all the noise here. He told me he was ADHD and Dyslexia.
One guy behind me asked me "Who is that boy on the stage?"
And I almost said ''That's my friend Percy.' But I remembered that he's a secret so I lied and said "What are you talking about?"
He shook his head and asked the same thing to a guy next to him. He didn't see Percy.
I sighed relieved and looked over at Percy. He was waving at me and when he saw me looking at him he bowed theatrically and walked to the microphone. 'Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the 65th Hunger Games!' I knew that I was the only one that heard it, so I burst into laughter. Everybody looked mad at me and I saw Percy wink before stepping away from the microphone. Just in time for the ceremony to start.
I admit that I tuned out everything the lady said, until she walked to the reaping ball of the girls. "Alice McCall" A girl, about 15 years old, quietly stepped on the stage. I looked at the other girls, and saw secret relief on their faces. At least my sister doesn't have to stand there, if I win the game. She just turned 8. The lady said while walking to the reaping ball of the boys "And now for the boys." I held my breath. Percy smiled reassuringly at me. "Finnick Odair"
I froze. Even though I expected it to happen, it wasn't final. Now it is. Percy gestured me to come forward. I cleared my face of all emotions except one. Determination. If I want to win, the capitol has to like me. I confidently walked to the stage and didn't stop till I stood between Percy and the other tribute, Alice. I shot a grin at the weird capitol lady, if I have to, I'll make everyone in the capitol love me.
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"so what now?" I whispered to Percy. We just got locked up in a room for visiting hour. He shrugged. "Dunno, never seen the games before, much less helped someone get out of it alive." The door opened and I saw my little sister and my dad who is actually not my dad standing in the doorway. My sis ran to me and gave me a hug but didn't let me go. I was shocked when I realized she was crying. "Hey, no need to cry, Jasmine." Otherwise I'm gonna cry too but I won't admit it. Eventually she let go, but still hugged my leg. "Father." I nodded at him. He too just nodded. We weren't exactly best buddies. He blames me for my mother's dead, last year.
She was burned alive. They still don't know what caused the fire. My stepfather believes that I did it. Of course he's wrong, I wasn't even near my mom when she died.
"Jasmine, could you give us a moment? I need to talk to father." She frowned, but left trough the door, probably listening in on us. "You already knew that you're not my father, don't you?"
He scoffed. "Of course I knew, your mother told me she cheated on me. And we don't look anything alike."
"So, why didn't you tell me!" I shouted, before remembering Jasmine was just outside the door.
"If you found out about your father then I had to kick you out. And since you know about him now, you are not welcomed home. Stay away from your sister." My stepfather replied coldly.
Anger coursed through my veins. "Don't you dare tell me what I can or can't do!"
"I dare and I will tell you what you can't do, because you are a danger to all of us!" He glared at me.
The door opened. "Visiting hour is over. You have to say goodbye now." My sis was standing behind the peacekeeper. She ran inside and hugged me again. "I don't want you to leave me, Finnick" she cried into my shoulder. I hugged her back as hard as I could. "I don't want to leave you either. I will win and come back for you." Even if my stepfather wants me dead. "You need to go now." The peacekeeper ripped my sister of of me. My stepfather was already gone, of course.
The door closed with a bang. "You okay?" Percy asked when the door opened again. "When did you leave?" I asked, ignoring his question. "When your sister left. I found that I didn't need to listen." He answered. "When you were outside, could you hear everything I said?" If he did, so did Jasmine. "No, not a word." I nodded satisfied.
"You know that there were a thousand girls out there who wanted to see you?" Percy teased me. "You just got reaped and you already have a fan club!"
I scoffed but still smiled. "I don't have a fan club, you're just exaggerating. And if I do have a fan club, it's a good thing."
"You're right about that, it will certainly make my job easier." He agreed. "When does the train depart?"
I shrugged. "Guess we'll just have to wait for a peacekeeper to get us. Any tips to make the people love me?"
"No, I'm not good at making people love me. Especially gods, most of them want me dead. The others want to send me on a quest. Like my dad did." He responded carelessly.
It was silent for a few minutes. "So, tell me more about you. I informed you about the future, so what was it like in the past? Start with camp, what did you do there?"
"Camp is amazing." He answered with a dreamy look in his eyes. " I used to teach the other kids sword fighting. We have an armory, blue food, pegasi like Blackjack, and lots more. Including a beach!"
"Sounds fun, I guess."
A peacekeeper came in and saw me talking to myself. "Oh, ehm… I-I was just practicing…" I stammered.
Then he took me to the train with Percy right behind us.
