Sorry I haven't been writing the last few days. Was in school checking our exams. :P Anyways, the tribute parade! :D And I finally know how to seperate my stories. YES! -insert gifboom gif here- xD

Disclaimer: I don't own The Hunger Games. The only thing I own is the plot.

Happy reading! :D

Rue

We are taken into the Remake centre to prepare for the tribute parade. I lay in pain as they remove the hair from my legs. I don't have that much and I'm thirteen! "She doesn't have that much hair, Lorelle." a woman named Quella says to her. Another guy named Halbert nods his head. "Nonsense!" Lorelle says with her very thick Capitol accent.

Lorelle is the strangest of them all. She has multi colored hair and her skin is tinted purple. Quella has blue hair and her skin is normal while Halbert has green skin with dark hair. They lead me into an empty room and with my moms' request, I don't have to be nude in front of my stylist.

I wait patiently for my stylist to come. I think of what he/she will make us wear. Hopefully something good. Suddenly, the stylist goes inside. "Hello there, Rue." He says politely, "I'm Torrence, your stylist." "Nice to meet you, Torrence." I say quietly. He's normal compared to all the citizens. No work done to him at all.

"You seem... normal." I say to him. He chuckles, "I don't think any of those surgeries are useful." I smile slightly, "I admire what you did at the reaping. No young girl like you would be as brave." He says. "I wanted to help my friend." I say. He smiles, "Would you like to get dressed?" I nod my head and he tells me to wear a black unitard. They use this idea every year know because of what happened with mom and dads' "fire".

"Let me guess: girl on fire?" I say. He chuckles, "I wanted something different this year." I'm confused. Why is he still putting me in this unitard? Oh well. Let's just wait and see what happens...

I step out of the Remake Centre and I walk over to our chariot. My face isn't full of makeup and my hair is pulled into a ponytail. Dave steps out of the centre and takes a spot next to me, "We're supposed to be coal after a fire." he mumbles. I nod and look at Torrence, "He's right. So at first you'll be on fire but later it will be put out and the cape will have red linings at the side." We both nod and step into the chariot. Torrence lights up our capes when the first chariot is gone.

"Remember to smile!" Mom says. Soon enough, the chariot in front of us is gone. Great, I thought. Suddenly, the doors open and we are pulled into the square of the Capitol.

People were screaming our names, "Rue! Dave! District 12!" Most people were shocked when they saw our cape wasn't on fire anymore. I glanced back and gasped when our capes were giving out red sparks. Not just small tiny sparks but big, massive sparks that got everyone going ooooohh or ahhhh. I turn back to face the front and put on my brightest smile. Everyone screams louder at this point. These freaks... Praising tributes now but want them to be killed later on, I thought.

I am shocked when the chariot suddenly stops. I almost trip but dave catches me, "Thanks." I mumble. He nods and looks at the President of Panem. I want to punch her so bad. She ruined my life. If it weren't for her, our lives would be peaceful. President Idelia welcomes us to the games, "May the odds be ever in your favor!" I look over at Dave. He's glaring at her. I chuckle and he looks over to me.

"What's so funny?" He asks. "Nothing." I reply and look away. We are now whisked away to the Training Centre this time. The career tributes are glaring at us. I flash a smile at them and they scowl. "That was great!" dad says. I smile, "I feel tired. Can we go to the penthouse?" They agree and we go into the elevator. The tributes from District 1 and 8 are in here as well.

"Look who stole the show!" the girl, Shine, says, directing at us. I roll my eyes, "Well, that's too bad." She glares at me, "Shine, don't worry about her." the boy, Rain, says to her. They must like each other or something like that because she smiles at him when they go inside their floor. I notice the girl from District 8 rolling her eyes. I chuckle and watch them go to their own floor. After a few minutes, we arrive at the penthouse.

I am utterly amazed at how the Capitol made this place. First the train and now the penthouse. "We will have dinner later! Now go get changed!" Effie exclaims. The avoxes show us to our rooms and I jump into my bed, exhausted from standing up. About half an hour later, I decide to change to a white v-neck t-shirt, and some shorts. I tie my hair up in a high ponytail and head to the dining table. Apparently no one is there yet and I head to the 'living room'. I see mom and dad watching the recap of the tribute parade.

"Don't we look great?" I say. They turn back, surprised at my sudden response. I sit down next to them, "Wow, District 1 has outdone themselves this year." Mom and dad laugh at my sarcasm. I hear Effie knock on Dave's door and telling him that dinner is ready. I roll my eyes as I hear Dave groaning. Effie walks over to us and tells us the same thing. We all nod and she walks away.

I stand up and walk to Daves' room. I knock on the door and he groans again, "Go away, Effie!" "It's not Effie." I say. "Then, you can come in." he says. I go inside his room and find it messy. I laugh and he looks at me with a raised eyebrow, "Why are you laughing?" "The room's messy." I say. "Isn't it always messy?" He says. I smile and sit on his bed, "Look, I'm sorry about what happened on the train. I wasn't thinking.." "It's fine, Rue. I understand why you were acting like that." He says.

I look at him and he smiles slightly. I smile back, "We should get going to dinner." He nods, "I'll be there." I walk out of the room and go to the dinner table. I find mom and dad chatting with Haymitch. I take a seat next to mom and Haymitch starts talking about the tribute parade.

"It was spectacular! Different! The Capitol was tired of the same old fire." he says. Dave comes over a few minutes later and we begin. I can't get enough of the lamb stew. It's delicious! "So, any advice?" Dave asks the mentors. "Stay alive." they say at the same time. They suddenly start laughing. Dave and I look at each other, exchanging glances, "What's so funny?" I snap at them. They stop laughing and look at me, "Honey, if you were mentors like us before," dad begins "you would understand."

"This isn't funny!" I shout. They're startled at my sudden outburst, "Honey, we're sorry. We shouldn't ha-" I interupt mom at what she was going to say, "Our lives depend on you guys! We will die if you just mess here and joke around!" I shout once more. Silence comes across the table. I continue eating my dinner while the rest are just staring at me. I ignore their stares and continue eating. After a few minutes of silence, I start to talk again, "Well? Eat. I'm done anyway." I stand up and head to my room. I take a look at the the window and see the Capitol. Bright lights and people with funny features.

I take a look at my bedside table. I see a remote and take it. I wonder what this does, I thought. I pressed a button and the "window" magically turns into a view of the Capitol in daylight. "Cool." I say and press the next button. I close it as I take a view of the Cornucopia. I can't think about it now. Not at a time like this. I just need to try to get sponsors. But how? I'm not likeable or funny or anything Capitol people want! I groan as I lay on my bed. I slowly start to drift off to a nightmare.

I am on a tree aiming at my target with my bow & arrow. I let the arrow fly and suddenly feel a pang of guilt as I hear the cannon. I killed someone. Not just anyone, but my best friend, Dave. I betrayed him. I told him that I would stay by his side. I'm a horrible best friend. I don't even think he considers me as a 'friend' anymore. I slowly sob and I let the hovercraft take his body. I cry even more as I hear the hovercraft going away. "How could you?" I hear someone shout. I turn around but no one is there. This must be one of the Capitols' creations to make me go crazy. I ignore the talking voice but it keeps shouting at me, "Why, Rue, why?"

"Whatever your doing, I'm not going to be fooled!" I scream. Nothing. No response. I sigh. The careers would be looking for me now. I mean, they heard me shout. I sigh and just wait in this tree for them to come. Nightfall came, and they haven't arrived yet. I bet they are really far. But they'll come, I know it. I hear the voice shout again, "You're going to die, Rue! For what you did!" I don't know why the Capitol is doing this! I mean I'm letting myself starve and dehydrate. I'm also letting the careers catch me and kill me.

A floating figure appears in front of me. I gasp and feal terrified on what it's going to do to me, "What do you want from me?" I shout, showing my fear. The figure smirks and moves closer. I recognise the face and gasp. No! It's not him! He's dead. I killed him! "Rue. You're going to pay." He says. "Dave, I'm sorry! I didn't mean it. It's the games! Dave, please don't kill me!" I say, begging and begging. He smirks, "I'm sorry, Rue." he says with no sympathy at all. I scream as he comes even closer. He suddenly shouts, "Come and get her guys!"

Emerging from the bushes is the careers. They are laughing hysterically, "Well, well, well! If it isn't the girl with the sparks!" Shine says. "We're just going to shut those sparks down, aren't we?" Rain says as he's smirking. Dave helps them up and I jump onto the next tree. Luckily, since I'm thirteen and I'm quite small, I can do that. Unfortunately, they were on top of the other tree already and they still have an advantage at catching me. I fall to the ground and they do the same. I run as fast as I can but they're just too fast. I get cornered in a tunnel and they get their weapons out, "So long, sparky." Rain says. He raises his sword and...

Katniss

I hear Rue screaming in her room. "Katniss, go to her. She needs you." Peeta says to me as she screams. I nod and remove the blanket covering me. I walk fast to Rue's room and find the door is unlocked. I go inside and find her still screaming. I lay down next to her and she wakes up. "M-mom." she stutters. I try to calm her down by telling her it's just a dream. "But, the careers. They were killing me." She says. This kills me inside. I never wanted her or Finnick to experience this. EVER. Now, even if she does win, she would get nightmares like these. Except worse. I start to sing her a lullaby.

Deep in the meadow, under the willow, a bed of grass, a soft green pillow, lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes, and when again they open, the sun will rise.

She begins to close her eyes and I continue the song.

Here it's safe, here it's warm, here the daisies guard you from every harm, here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true, here is the place where I love you.

She is not shaking anymore but I can feel that she's still awake. I smile and continue.

Deep in the meadow, hidden far away, a cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray, forget your woes and let your troubles lay, and when again it's morning, they'll wash away.

Here it's safe, here it's warm, here the daisies guard you from every harm, here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true, here is the place where I love you.

And with that she's asleep. I kiss her slightly on her foreheard and go back to me and Peetas' room. I cover the blanket over myself and I feel strong arms wrap around me, "She alright?" he asks. I nod my head.

"Hopefully." I say.

HOPE YOU LIKE THIS CHAPTER. :D I decided to write the last part in Katniss's POV because it seemed a bit more appropriate for this. :D STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT ONE. :D