I don't remember how I got into my compartment last night. All I know is that I'm in it right now, because when I feel a sharp poke to my shoulder and I open my eyes, Relinda Dunne is standing over my bed, smiling at me.

"Ahh!" I exclaim in surprise as I sit upright. The duvet cover falls off my body, and that's when I realize I'm naked. "Ahh!" I say again as I scramble for the blanket to cover myself. When I do, Relinda is still smiling.

"Well, Adeline, today is a jam-packed day, so you need to get up right now and get dressed! We'll be at the Capitol at three, so I suggest you get ready!" She then leaves as suddenly as she had come, quietly shutting the door behind her. I just pray that she doesn't go into Red's room.

I hop out of bed, doing as I was told, and wander around my compartment to find the bathroom. I finally find it, and step in. The walls are covered in a sleek chrome color, and mirrors line the walls. The sink and toilet is across from the shower, which is my goal right now. I pull back the shower curtain and reach for the faucet handle, only to find that there is none. Instead, the shower is lined with dozens of buttons, levers, and dials of all sorts. Fascinated, I search for a while until I find the temperature buttons: Hot, Warm-Hot, Warm, Lukewarm, Cool, Cool-Cold, Cold. I press the Warm-Hot button. Immediately, perfect-temperature water flows down from a shower head installed in the shower ceiling. I step in and press a random button. I am instantly bombarded with bright pink foam that smells like raspberries. After coughing wildly and rinsing out my eyes and mouth, I rub the foam on my body. At least it smells good.

When I am finished with washing my hair (which takes some time, since I had to find the shampoo and conditioner buttons) and rinsing the rest of the foam off my body, I turn off the shower and step out. There are no towels. I stand there, shivering, until I notice a small button near me that reads, Dry. I press it. I then feel hot air blowing on all sides of me, and in a matter of minutes, both my body and my hair are completely dry.

"Nice," I comment.

After tying my hair into a bun above my head and putting on a simple white T-shirt and black sweatpants, I wander over to the dining car, where I find Relinda, Casper, and a bunch of other people in white uniforms, carrying plates and platters in and out of the car. Red is not there yet. Casper is the first to notice me, and he waves.

Relinda turns to greet me. "Hello, my little slug-a-bed! I see you've learned how to work the showers!"

"They're…interesting," I reply. Casper nods with a smile.

Relinda smiles. "Well, come-come, Adeline! Sit down and eat! The Avoxes," she exclaims, gesturing to the servers in white uniforms, "make lovely food! I doubt you'd want to miss breakfast with such talent as that in the kitchen."

I sit down at the table. Immediately, a plate of food is set down in front of me. I turn to look at the Avox who gave it to me, and I'm taken aback by his appearance. Tall, blonde hair with a red tint. Light brown eyes, freckles. A sad smile on his face.

I stare at him. He looks so familiar. I rack my brains as far back as I can go, to the earliest memory I can offer up. This memory happens to be the one where I was in the backyard of my old house, playing catch with my father and siblings.

Then, as if someone has just threw a switch in my mind, I make the connection.

The hair, the stature, the fact that he looks so much like me.

"…Dad?"

My father doesn't respond. Just looks at me with those sad, wistful eyes.

"Dad," I say louder.

He glances around nervously, as if he would get in trouble for being my father.

So I try to reassure him. "Dad, it's me. Dad, it's me, it's Adeline. Your daughter! Dad…please tell me you remember me!"

I look at Relinda and Casper, who are staring at me, along with all the other Avoxes. My father looks frightened, as if he doesn't know who I am.

"Dad!" I shout at him. This is impossible. "Dad, don't tell me they turned you into an Avox for no reason! Don't tell me that, Dad! Dad, what did you do! Dad, answer me!"

It's not true. It can't be true. I tell myself this over and over. They couldn't have made him into an Avox. He didn't do anything!

I grab my father's shoulders and shake him. "DAD! ANSWER ME!" I scream for the whole train to hear, then burst into sobbing tears. Just then, I feel Casper's hands on me as he rips me off my father's body. He stands to face my father, and makes some weird hand motions and mouths things.

My father stares at Casper's motions, and replies with some of his own. They communicate furiously back and forth for a minute or so. Then, Casper turns to face me. He points to me, then to his skull, then slashed his arm through the air as if to say "no."

And then I realize what he's trying to say.

My father has no memory of me anymore.

I sink to my knees. I am no longer crying. Just shaking from the shock that my own father doesn't remember who I am.

Relinda stands and crosses over to me. "Adeline, dear, I don't…"

"Don't talk to me," I respond with more harshness than I intended.

Relinda looks hurt. "But dear, I just wanted…"

"Shut up, you…" I yell, looking for the right insult, but using Miss Metta's instead, "you Capitol hog!"

Feeling ahamed of myself, I break into a fresh round of sobbing and run out of the dining car. As I throw open the door and run to my compartment, I almost collide head-first into Red, who is heading towards the dining car.

His eyes open wide in concern. "Oh my God, Ad, what…what happened?"

I throw my arms around him and hug him as hard as I can. He holds me against him without a word, as if he understands. After a long time, I let go of him, and run past him toward my compartment. I open it, slam the door behind me, and sink to the ground.

What am I going to do?