The 27th Hunger Games

by Meepmeep31

It is reaping day once again in district 12, and Sasha Dagwood is worried for her family. Her father had died in the Quarter Quell 2 years ago, and reaping day was always a horrible memory for the Dagwoods. But when none of Sasha's family is reaped, she should be relieved. Right? But no. Her best friend Melka is chosen, and Sasha realizes that the odds have not been in her favour.

3. Chapter 4

"No, it kept me on that chariot," Hunter said, reading my mind.

We walked into the Training Centre and Delma pushed the button that had the 12 on it in the elevator and rocketed skyward, much faster than the elevator in the Justice Building. We reached the 12th floor and I gasped. It was even nicer than the train car! There were 5 Avoxes in different places in the room. There were crystal chandeliers, tiled floors and each bedroom had its own bathroom! I headed to my room to have a shower. I walked into the bathroom and saw a golden toilet, a huge Jacuzzi, with a built in shower, and many creams, lotions and potions inside a cupboard, which was actually the mirror, folding out. I got in the shower and it turned on automatically, the perfect temperature flowing from the shiny silver shower head. I had an even longer shower than on the train, and it was about 10:30 when I got out. I got into a light purple nightgown and fell asleep instantly.

I woke up to the sun streaming in my window, and it was temporarily peaceful. Key word: temporarily. Delma came to my door and knocked loudly. I changed into a pair of denim shorts and a blue tank top and walked to the dining room. This time I beat Hunter to the table, but I decided to be polite and wait for everyone to arrive at the table before digging into the feast set before me. It was torture, but I survived. He arrived in the dining room still in his pajamas. He yawned, sat down, and dug into his plentiful breakfast. We finished the first course when Delma spoke.

"So, we have your first day of training today!" She said with excitement.

"Yay." Hunter said dismissively, and I giggled.

"You are to be in the gymnasium at 9 o'clock," Delma said, sounding somewhat angry and hurt. She wiped the corner of her mouth with a napkin and left the room.

We finished our breakfasts and went back to our rooms, where I found a red and black uniform with the number 12 on it folded neatly on the end of my bed. Our training uniforms, I guess. I put it on and swung my arms around for a bit. A perfect fit. I tied my hair back in a ponytail and walked out to the hall with Hunter, who made the slightest frown after looking at my hair. I felt bad, but it was training. I wasn't going to have my hair flying around in my face. We got in the elevator and pushed the basement button. We shot downward and reached the basement in less than 30 seconds.

We stepped out of the elevator and walked into the gym. We were the first ones there, and we took the extra time to scope out the stations. There were so many; knot tying, archery, fire building, obstacle courses, heavy weights and many more. I would stay away from the knife handling station, to hide my abilities. Also, I should learn all I can, I'm already pretty confident with knives. The other tributes started to slowly trickle in, and we were still getting dirty looks for our costumes. The fact that we were the first ones there couldn't have helped either. We were the "good students". I would need to watch the other tributes closely, observe their talents. The Games have officially begun.