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Dylan Angel (2)
Brooke Reefside (2)
There are a few stereotypes in Jean's POV just remember I don't feel this way at all. Also quite a bit of cursing in Jean's POV but I put a star in one of the letters to substitute it.
Xavier Hunter
District 2, 17, Male
Powder, my mentor, immediately sits me down and begins to talk,
"Alright. I am Powder, I won the 146th Hunger Games when I was 16 and I am now 19." I scoff and raise my eyebrows before replying with,
"I am Xavier and I am soon to be the Victor of The 149th Hunger Games and the leader of the careers." She looks at me and then smiles.
"Now why don't you keep that attitude for the interviews." She then begins to give me a tour.
Firstly, she shows off a pristine kitchen and moves on to the lounge, dining room and then the bedrooms. My bedroom is typical and a bit less than I expected but I won't be here for long. She takes a seat on a sofa chair in the corner and ushers me to sit on the bed.
"So, you were the leader of the careers. Tell me how to convince them." I order rather bossily.
"Well, I wouldn't say I was the leader. We were more of a group effort and-"
"I don't care. I have watched your Hunger Games, so tell me how to become the leader of the careers." She eyes me and sighs.
"Let's just go eat dinner, I need a break." Powder says and rushes out the room.
I look through the dresser and find a presentable top and jeans. I strip and pull on the jeans over my underwear and top over my undershirt. Not long after Powder, I wonder out the room and into the dining area.
Vidia waits there patiently, next to Mahria. Maria won the 140th Hunger Games at 12 and recently began to date Powder. I hope Alexandra, my girlfriend, is okay with me going for so long. Soon plates are brought out and I gobble down everything thrown at me: cakes, burgers, fries, and soup! I have to say the food is worth going on this long train ride.
Finally, Powder begins to talk and breaks the silence. "So. Xavier, did you know Mahria mentored your brother - Carter?" I nod and we speak nothing more of my brother's failed to secure the title of victor 4 years ago. Then Vidia starts to talk,
"My sister was in last year's Games but she died."
"Wasn't your brother as we-" She nods and I nod with her.
After dinner, Powder begins to watch some TV and I realize it's the reapings. I take a seat and she pauses it on the District 1 Male, "If you want to be the leader you must prove you are better than him. Caesar Gold.
Dylan Angel
District 4, 18, Male
I am greeted by some dinner as I walk in and immediately I stuff it in my mouth. My mentor stares at me, disgusted, and he shakes his head as he hands our empty plates to an avox. "So, what do you need me to teach you."
"Um. That is your job to decide not mine." I say and raise my eyebrows. He rolls his eyes and replies,
"Listen, I won the 132nd Hunger Games. And my name is Salm Likeer."
"I know who you are." He nods and tells me to think about allies.
I walk off towards the direction of my bedroom, pointed out by Salm, and open the door. I jump as I see Brooke half-naked on her king-sized bed and I slowly close the door - hoping she didn't see me.
"DYLAN ANGEL!" She screams and I run to my room beside hers. I freeze as I close the door behind me and marvel at where I will be staying for the night. Gold. Gold, everywhere: my bed, the shower, the bath and even the TV. I slip off my clothes and put on some boxers, I then jump into a nice soft, sky blue, fluffy dressing gown and sigh with relaxation.
Suddenly, my door slams open and Brooke marches in, this time changed, she sees me and her face is filled with anger. She slaps me right across the face and I punch her in the arm. All the commotion alerts Brooke's mentor, Fila, and she breaks up our fight cursing at us.
"You two are going to f*cking kill each other before you are even in the sh*tty arena."
She escorts us to the nurse and we have to be checked out in case of injuries before I can jump into bed. I quickly tie my dark hair into a bun and close my eyes. Waiting for morning to rise.
Loren Tryler
District 5, 18, Female
I always knew this would happen but why do I feel so unprepared? I am prepared though. I have to be after all those years of training and I am glad I did so.
Suddenly, I hear a voice and I am pulled from my mind. "Loren? Lorennnnn?" I look up and see my crazy mentor, Foebe, eyeing me.
"Mm?"
She sips her coffee and then gives me a wide, thin smirk. "Soooo! Why did Kliar volunteer? I hear you know each other." She giggles and I shrug and the truth is I never really thought about it. I and Kliar were kinds of friends but not in a, 'I will die for you' kind of way. Well, he has nothing to lose and I guess he could use the money. "I bet he likes you!" I wrinkle my nose.
"I am asexual and he knows that," I say and shake my head as I get up from the sofa.
I move to the dining room where I know Kliar and his mentor, Korsoff, are talking. I hear their voices and then listen in,
"They will be sure to kick her out or she may even leave so they'll be likely to be scouting for a new member. That is when you come and show off your skills to them." Korsoff tells Kliar and I am a little taken back. I know Kliar isn't the friendliest or nicest guy but I thought he would at least ally with me but no. Kliar wants to join the careers and ditch me. Looks like I'll scout for some allies of my own.
I turn on the reaping intros and begin to write in my notepad.
District 1: Caesar is a big no but I can see me and Sapphire being a good duo.
District 2: Both volunteers and would probably not benefit from having me.
District 3: They both seem nice and considerate but is that what I need?
District 4: What is going on there? Massive no.
District 5: Well that's me and Kliar.
District 6: Jean seems pretty cool and Harrick looks like a bloodbath.
District 7: The boy seems fairly healthy but the girl also looks like a bloodbath and I assume he volunteered to protect her.
District 8: I have heard about Reuben's smarts and Embry seems cool.
District 9: No. Just no.
District 10: Lex could help me with his strengths but Mahala is a massive no.
District 11: They both look like bloodbaths...
District 12: The girl looks sick and the boy weak.
Okay based off the reaping my possible allies are Sapphire, Jean, Reuben, Embry, and Lex.
I don't need Kliar and I will prove it.
Jean Broderick
District 6, 18, Female
How did I get myself in this pile of sh*t? It's not like much of my family will remember me and I hope to not remember them in the afterlife or whatever happens after I f*cking die! My Dad, my Dad will remember me and I hope to remember him. He always wanted a son to carry on the business instead of my stupid sisters who only cared about the color pink and that crap they call makeup but they are still my family.
I wipe away my glassy eyes with rage and throw the remote at the TV in my room countless times. The door immediately bangs open and in comes a smoking d*ckhead. My mentor, he won the 86th Hunger Games when he was 13 but I can't be bothered to do the maths to see how old he is. He is old though.
"The TV!" He shouts in a raspy voice and sticks out a fist at me. I glare at him and punch him square in the nose, "Get your smoking a*s and raspy voice outta my room." He leaves and I scream into my pillow with anger.
"Jean? That's your name is it not?" I turn around to see my district partner.
"Mhm. I don't think I caught your name."
"Harrick, Harrick Cartler." I nod and he carries on talking, "I know like it's the train ride and everything but my mentor said I should look for allies and your old and look very strong and healthy-"
"Stop flattering me."
"Oh... Sorr-"
"No need to be sorry. I would love to be your ally." I say and truthfully, allies aren't something I would search for but Harrick seems nice enough.
He smiles and waves as he leaves. Maybe I can win these Games.
Embry Doe Ri
District 8, 18, Female
I slowly put my honey blonde hair into a french braid, staring at my reflection, and blink back tears. How and why? I had maybe 10-15 slips in there! Some had maybe even 50.
"Embry?" A quiet voice says and I come out of the bathroom.
"Mhm?" It's just Raia. Raia is my mentor and won the 135th Games at 12. She has been quiet this whole time.
"Would you like to get started?" I nod and assume she is talking about mentoring me.
"Ok the chariot rides will be up next and you need to be ready. You need to look confident and smile without nerves. It's most likely that you will be put into a stupid outfit but pretend you don't care. The Capitol will love you." My eyes widen. I have to do all that and just for the chariot rides? I am going to say the pre-games will kill me before the arena.
"How about allies?" I ask and she replies with,
"Well, you could ask Reuben?"
"No thanks. I would prefer maybe someone around my age."
"Loren Tryler?" I remember Loren's reaping and she seemed pretty confident so I nod and so does Raia.
"I will talk to 5's mentors."
Friday Evans
District 12, 12, Male
It's happening again. Piper is throwing up and I can't help but run off this time. I feel for Piper but she needs to get better because it's unlikely anyone is going to want to ally with her and pull her around the arena. That goes for me as well. To be honest, alliances just aren't my thing, I can't put my life in someone else's hands. I can't go to sleep at night knowing the person sleeping next to me can just stab me in the back.
My mentor is Maia Grayhart. She is the Victor of the 129 Hunger Games and 20 years later 12 has had 1 single victor, so I will probably ignore her advice.
"Do you want allies?" She asks and I shake my head while I fidget with my fingers.
"Why not?"
"You won without allies and so will I." She nods but I know she disagrees with my decision.
"What are your strengths?"
"Um, plants."
"Alright."
"And I am slightly manipulative."
Maia walks off and I head to the shower. Woah-
This is the bathroom? Ok, the bedroom was nice and all but the bathroom... The shower is separate to the bath and the bath is massive! There are so many lotions and stuff to choose from. I turn on the taps and strip off naked. I jump in and put inside a pink heart that begins to fizz and create bubbles. Wow, just wow!
I know this chapter is short for train ride POVs and some POVs were more interesting than others so sorry about that. Also, on another note, I am doing a collab SYOT with 20 and it will be on his profile it's called Learning To Die. The SYOT is going to be told from 2 POVs that is my character and 20's character. Our characters have self-inserts in them and fake parts to them. We will try and give your characters as much screen time as possible but as we told you they won't have POVs. We would appreciate you submitting to it.
- James and 20
Whose was the most interesting train ride POV?
Do you like the Jean and Harrick alliance?
Who is the best mentor?
Alliances:
Team 6: Jean Broderick and Harrick Cartler
The next chapter is chariot rides from Maia, the D12 mentor's, POV.
Also, sorry for having to keep updating this chapter I just got a few things wrong for Maia.