I was still choked up about what Wyatt had said when the train was leaving the station. That was once of the sweetest things I have heard in my life. Then again, living with Percy-
Oh. Him again. Even though I was sitting on my bed, I felt dizzy. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get my mind off of him. I could only imagine what was going on in The Capitol. Then I smiled. I was going to The Capitol, and would be staying there during the Games. Ha! Joke's on them! I'll leave Katniss in charge of sponsors, and I'll snoop around. I smiled at my plan, then walked to the dining car. We would be having dinner any minute.
I walked into the room a few minutes after everyone else did. Katniss was the only one eating though. Effnia was busy fussing over the schedule, and Abi and Wyatt were still just staring in awe at everything. I guess I had forgotten they were Seam kids. I sat down next to Abi.
"You know you can eat, right?" I asked.
"It seems wrong," she told me cautiously. "I honestly haven't seen this much of anything-except maybe Peacekeepers-in my life."
I laughed on the inside, knowing that this was nothing compared to what would happen in The Capitol.
"C'mon," I told her, taking a fork. "If you don't eat, I'll feed you guys myself!"
Abi laughed at that, and finally started eating. It was under the light of the train that I finally saw how pale she really was. I mean, basically everyone in District 12 was pale, but this was different. It was more of a pasty pale, like you would get when you were extremely sick. I shook this off, remembering her as our neighbor when we still lived at the edge of The Seam.
"Soooo..." Wyatt began, twirling his fork around, still unsure of what to do. "Any strategy ideas?"
"Alliance with each other!" I blurted.
Everyone stared at me as I covered my mouth with my hands.
"Well, duh," Abi acknowledged, breaking the awkward silence.
"Well, there is something else," Katniss continued. "In the games, water-"
"I think I'm gonna be sick," I mumbled, quickly getting up from the table.
Katniss had quickly covered her mouth herself once she realized what she said. I just gave her a slight head shake, and walked toward the door. I turned my head over my shoulder.
"I'll see you guys tomorrow," I told them, opening the door.
I then slipped out in silence, and walked back to my room.
I flopped onto my bed, staring at the ceiling. I tried forcing my eyes open, but even then I fell asleep.
Black. That was how my dream started. But then Percy materialized out of the blackness.
"Annabeth!" he exclaimed. "I-I don't have much time-"
"-Percy! What happened? Where are you?"
"I promise I'll answer those in a minute!"
"Have you seen any Trackerjackets?"
"Annabeth, I need to tell you something!" Percy cried.
"Sorry, what?" I responded.
"Annabeth, listen close," Percy told me. "You need to stop-"
His form flew away in specks of sand almost as quickly as it had formed. I was starting to panic. Stop what? When was it? What do I need to do?
For the second time that week, I had woken up screaming.