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Chapter 5: Training
Mark and I walk awkwardly into the room and my eyes land on every tribute.
We stand next to district 6 and 4 while Atala explains all of the different stations including how we can't fight with the other tributes.
The careers look a bit upset but what bothers me the most while she speaks is the pair of eyes staring at me.
I turn around to see the boy from 12 staring at me but he quickly looks away.
"Well get started."
Her words gain my attention and my feet move automatically to the plants and berries station.
It's a keyboard with pictures of different berries and plants on it. There is a large screen in front of it which has a picture of some sort of root.
I click the green button with the word start on it and the quiz begins. My eyes move every which way as I glance at the berries & plants.
I do ok but I could have done a lot better.
A trainer walks over to me and looks at my score. He hands me a book that says What Not To Eat on it.
"Memorize those and you should not have any problems in the arena concerning plants and berries."
I nod and sit quietly. I memorize the picture of every berry and plant in the book after half an hour.
"You took my knife!"
I look up and see the boys from 2 and 6 fighting. 2 thinks 6 took his knife…I guess. It's something along those lines.
I hear a quiet giggle and look up to see Rue from 11 holding Cato's knife proudly. She has to be really clever to have done that. She'll last for a while in the arena.
After the peacekeepers stop the fight, I move onto knife throwing. I have honestly never tried it and I want to see if it comes naturally.
I walk over to the trainer and gesture to the targets.
He follows me over and shows me the stance for throwing a knife and all the physics.
After a few tries, I manage to hit the target even though it's the very bottom.
I hear someone's evil chuckle. The girl from 2, Clove I think her name is, smirks and grabs a huge dagger.
She aims and hits the bulls-eye on her first try. Typical career.
"You don't stand a chance."Clove says laughing.
She goes back to the other careers and gives them high fives.
I spend the rest of my time trying to hit the bulls-eye and I succeed 5 minutes before training ends.
The trainer smiles at me and I leave to meet Mark at the elevator.
He is there waiting for me and we zoom up back to our level.
"How was it?"Milo asks.
"Fine."Mark replies.
I nod my head and sit on the couch next to Riley cause she doesn't seem like the chatty type right now.
BLUR.
"Ok, today is your private sessions so show the gamemakers what you got."
I nod and follow Mark down.
We sit down next to the tributes from district 4 on a long bench as we wait to be called.
The careers chat excitedly about what they are going to do and I keep getting evil smiles from Clove.
"Glimmer."
"Marvel."
"Clove." Finally she is gone!
"Cato."
The careers are all gone and I tune out until they call me.
"Finch."
I get up and follow her into the training center. The door shuts behind me. I take deep breaths as I move to the plants station.
I ace the test but they don't seem to care.
A little voice in my mind tells me to try with knives. I walk over to the targets and grab one.
I aim for the bulls-eye but miss by a ring or 2. The gamemakers laugh while I try again hitting the bottom of the target.
I groan and throw my last knife which hits the bulls-eye. I grin from ear to ear but when I look back at the gamemakers none of them are paying any attention to me.
Seneca Crane, the head gamemaker, laughs and gestures for me to leave. I growl and knock over a table on my way out.
I smash my hand against the 5 button and find I'm not alone in the elevator.
Clove is in there staring at her knife like it's the best thing in the world.
"You again." She smirks.
I move past her and stand in the corner until the elevator stops.
Ding.
I make my move to leave but she stands in my way.
"It's my floor and I don't want a power plant on it."
The door closes behind her and I finally reach my floor.
I open the door and jump onto the couch.
"How did you do?"
I shake my head and he gets the message.
We wait for Mark to come back and Yue, in her bubbly personality, skips over to the TV and clicks it on.
Caesar Flickerman appears on the screen.
"The moment you have all been waiting for…the results."
I bite my bottom lip.
"From district 1,Marvel, with a score of…9. Glimmer with a score of…10."
"Clove with a score of…10." I grit my teeth."Cato with a score of…10.
BLUR.
"Mark with a score of…3." No one congratulates him but I give him a slight nod.
"Finch with a score of…5." Not bad. I'll stick with no one paying any attention to me.
"Good job Finch."Milo says gruffly.
BLUR.
"Rue with a score of…7."I told you she would last."Thresh with a score of…9."
"Peeta with a score of…8. And finally, Katniss Everdeen with a score of…11."
Wow. Impressive. A problem.
I just run back to my room and force myself to fall asleep starving.
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