Yea, yea, yea. . . I know. Wait, I don't actually. No, I know now, I've been at a bowling tournament all weekend and last week I had CRT testing. That's why I haven't been updating. Hey, at least I'm UPDATING, am I right? Hehe, yea. Now onto the story! Oh, and I'm stopping the disclaimers. I wouldn't be writing these stories if I owned either the Hunger Games or FullMetal Alchemist and if I did own them and I still wrote the fanfictions then I'd be a whole lot better then I am now. R & R please!
I wanted nothing more but to get out of the building, to go back to District 12 where Ed and my mother are surely waiting for me. Nonetheless, I was stuck in this prison that they called the training center. After we entered the training center after the ceremonies, we met up with our prep team, Effie, and Haymitch. Many congratulations were passed around for our very nice entrance. By the way none of the other tributes stared at us with envy or hate, I figured it probably wouldn't be enough to catch any sponsor's eyes. Although, I did catch the 12 year old girl tribute from 11. It was quick, but I thought I could detect curiosity and maybe a little bit of determination in her eyes.
Effie quickly marched us over to the elevators and pressed a button. We were soon shooting straight up to the top level. Effie sighed in awe as soon as we saw our floor. It really was quite exquisite. There was a living room area with a couple of soft looking couches and an expensive looking t.v. Over in the dining room area there was a crystal chandelier over what looked like a mahogany dinner table that had to at least seat 8 people. I was eager to check out the rest of the floor, but before I could, I noticed everybody heading over to the dinner table where a huge feast had already been started.
"Come and join us Trinity." Effie said and waved me over to a seat right next to Roy. After he took my hand in the chariot, it was going to be awkward to talk to him, let alone sit next to him. He seemed to acknowledge what I was thinking and moved over so little that not even Effie noticed, but I noticed. I smiled at him gratefully.
"Well, that surely was an amazing opening ceremony. I couldn't take my eyes off of you two the entire time." Came a voice from across from me. It was Cinna. Seated next to him was Tahnea, and on his other side was probably Roy's stylist.
"We weren't that special." I said. Regardless, I still blushed and turned away.
"Well, it was better then the previous ceremonies." Said Haymitch. I nodded my agreement, as did everybody else at the table. To my surprise, even Roy nodded. Most of the rest of the meal was silent as we tried to finish our food. When I finished, I excused myself. Roy followed my example and we both retired to our meals as we let the adults talk.
I didn't realize how exhausted I was until I actually reached my room. I couldn't even admire the room because all I did was go straight to put on a night dress and fell into the soft bed. I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
I couldn't help but be startled awake at the vibrant sun streaming through my window. I slowly sat up in my bed, finally taking a good look at my room. The first thing that caught my eye was the ceiling to floor window. I picked up the remote beside me and touched it, jumping when the scenery changed from sunny day to vast forest. I quickly touched it again to sunny day. When I got up, I went straight to the bathroom to find the fanciest shower I had ever seen.
I quickly realized that this was only pampering me until I got out into the real, harsh world of the Games. I took what time I had before breakfast to take a shower, pressing all of the buttons and seeing what they could do. I settled on the gentlest setting. When my hair had been put up into a pony tail that hung down my back, I got dressed in the outfit that someone had set out for me; a black, thin material shirt and black training pants with a red lining on the side of them. I topped it all off with a pair of black combat boots. I found Haymitch, Roy, and Effie Trinket already eating breakfast. I wasn't surprised to find Roy wearing the same kind of outfit as me. I sat down as well and let the mute servers called avoxes serve me breakfast. That's when Haymitch cleared his throat and we all looked at him.
"So, what are your secret talents? What are you two best at?" He said through swigs of what was most probably some sort of rum. Roy spoke up first.
"I started coal mining as soon as I turned 18 so I'm pretty good at throwing rocks. Now I know that isn't getting me anywhere, but I'm also smart and I'm good at stratagizing. I can also learn how to use a weapon quickly if I have to." He said quickly. There was something about the way he talked fast that told me that there was more to that then he was telling us.
"Alright. You'll need to learn some moves quickly because if you don't impress the game makers, there's a greater chance you'll be one of the first dead, regardless of how well you stratagize. Now how about you, sweetheart, have any secrets you want to tell us?" Haymitch asked me, leaning back into his chair. I was reluctant to tell him about my alchemy, but I decided to tell him about it because if I didn't, there would be less of a chance for me to survive.
"Well, um, I'm smart as well. I'm pretty good at climbing almost anything and I can learn to use any kind of weapon too. There's just one other thing. . . I can use alchemy. . ." I admitted, making Effie gasp in her weird little way, Roy look at me with wide eyes and an open mouth, and Haymitch lean forward to put his head on his hands that were propped up on the table.
"This is mighty different." Was all he said. Then he turned slightly to Roy so that he was addressing both of us. "I want you both to make sure you don't show any of your talents until your private session. Try going for things you know you'll be weak in, but avoid fire making. You never want to make a fire."
Regardless of what half the things Haymitch was saying didn't make sense, Roy and I both nodded our consent as if we were both signing a deal to our survival.
So, much, filler! If it's getting boring for you, I'm sorry. Please just keep holding on. The next chapter will be the training week, the private session, and the interviews. I will get to the real action after that, so please just bear with me for another chapter and I promise the outcome will be rewarded. Oh and I did take a little bit from the movie. Thank you for putting up with this and don't forget to review!