Percy kept himself in isolation the whole train ride. So, I stayed with Katniss to learn strategies for the games.
"Ok, Annabeth," She began, sitting across from me. "#1 Strategy for the games. Once the games start, run away from the cornucopia. Unless you can grab a bag near the edge, run straight for the woods. If there is some."
"Why shouldn't-wait, yeah," I remembered. About a third of the tributes, if not more, always died at the cornucopia.
"Also," Katniss continued. "Right away, look for water. Water is your best friend in the games."
After that, Katniss taught me how to purify water. She also taught me how to make a bow and arrows out of sticks, gave me a guide to edible v posionus plants, and taught me several different remedies for hundereds of different things.
I spent the whole three-day train ride training with Katniss, and randomly shooting a bird through the window when no one was looking.
Eventually, we made our way into the Capitol. It was just as shimmering, and even more beatiful than I described it in my notebook. Katniss walked over to my side and let out a slight giggle.
"Breathtaking, isn't it?" She asked.
I nodded. Yes, I thought. Especially since I designed it.
"Well," Katniss sighed. "Go ahead and get ready, I'll try to take Percy out of his jail cell."
She said it as a joke, and I knew she meant it like one, but I just nodded. It only reminded me of the time after Dylan harrased Percy, and the fact he stayed that week in the same room I did for goodbyes. The fact that if he wasn't a tribute, his leg could have easily caused infection if left unchecked any longer. I shook the thoughts from my head, and noticed that I was alone.
Capitol, train station
"Well, Annabeth," Katniss began, as we walked through the platform. "Tonight we have the Tribute Parade. Your stylist is new, but I know she'll be good."
"How do you know?" I asked.
"'Cause she's my stylist's niece," Katniss told me. "I hear they share the same creative mind."
When we were alone, Katniss looked at me.
"I know you're not from district 10," she told me. "But I don't know where you are from. Mind telling me about it?"
Confident that there were no cameras around, I sighed, and told Katniss everything.