Hey people! Thanks for reading my first fanfiction! Please review! Thanks, theunknowndancer Anyways… Rue is in the train already… pretty close to the Capital.
Chapter 2
I look outside the window of the train. All I could think of was Jessie. Why did I have lie to him? There was no way I could make it out of the Hunger Games. Besides, I am only 12. What good does that do? I glance down at the food. Oh, how I hated the Capital!They spoil themselves with the finest of items while we have to work our butts off, have little food, and have a chance of dying every single day. They probably want us to savor the food before we are die. No Rue! Stay positive! You have someone waiting for you to go home. With Jen blabbing about plans for sponsors, I make a plan for survival, the main key to winning. But what about Thresh? He's practically my family. I just hope he won't have to kill me, or worse, for me to kill him.
We finally arrived at the Capitol knowing that doomsday was coming closer. Jen says in her Capital accent, "It's time to shine! Inside those gates, there will be stylists waiting to groom you, but don't refuse anything. Do you two understand?" Thresh and I quickly nod, swiftly going through the gates. My hands grasp the handles and unveil what is behind the golden door. All I see is the color gold. The drapes, chairs, tables,everything. I go to the District 11 table and see a man and woman. The man had golden eyes of a fox. That was the only thing that was the Capitol's. Everything else was pure human from there on out. The woman was the complete opposite. She was a light tint of green with pink flower tattoos surrounding her eyes. Her hair was a neon purple.
"Hello, I am Jaden, and this is my assistant, Anastasia," said the man. "So which of you am I going to primp up?" hisses Anastasia. "Well, why not this one?" Jaden says pointing in my direction. She nods and drags me over to a different station and starts curling my hair. Usually, you would think a person from the capital would go extreme with everything, but no, she makes me look more innocent then having a fight to the soon. I close my eyes for one moment then POOF! I am no longer in my reaping clothes but what is to be a Cinderella dress.
Jen drags us to our interviews where I take a seat next to Thresh and a tribute from 10. It seems as if seconds fly by when Thresh is called up. Of course, he is barely talking, letting Caesar do the rest. The buzzer goes off and I'm being called up to the stage. The lights make me go blind for a moment, but I eventually find the seat. "So Rue, are you ready for the Hunger Games?" Caesar asked."As ready as I'll ever be," I say trying not to show how nervous and scared I am. "Well, there's nothing to be afraid of," he says calmly. Oh really Caesar? Nothing to be afraid of? Yeah right! I'm gonna' be one of those people in the bloodbath! I quickly nod and say "Right." "So do you want to say a message to anyone in particular?" I think really hard. Should I tell the truth? Well, why not? "Actually there is Caesar." I look straight into the camera. "Jessie, I am going to do all I can to win. The promise will stay intact," I say smiling as my eyes start to water. Before Caesar questions who Jessie is and the promise, the buzzer goes off. I rush to my seat and allow myself a single teardrop to fall.