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Chariot ride

I enter the room and immediately 3 people I don´t know come and greet me.

"Oh my, you´re sooo good-looking!" a woman with short, blue hair shouts out.

"Such beautiful eyes!" another one is squeaking.

"And your hair, fabulous!" a middle-aged man with pink hair and yellow hair says excited.

All of them look pretty weird but it´s a good chance for me to practice making the people fall for me. So I say:

"Tkank you, you´re all looking very pretty, too." I give them a charming smile and for good measures wink at the women.

"Ah, you´re soo polite!" the first woman notices. The second just giggles girlishy.

"And you have an amazing smile" the man adds.

Bingo, they like me already.

"Now, we don´t want to be unpolite, my name is Hector, this is Cindy" he points at the blue-haired woman, "And this Cassopia." he says nodding in the direction of the blond woman who wears nothing but violet.

"Nice to meet all of you, my name is Finnick." I reply.

They start to laugh and I´m confused. Did I say something wrong?

"Oh honey, we know, all of the people here talk about no other tribute than you" Cassopia explains.

"Really?" I ask.

"Of course!" ,Cindy says, "Now you have to strip down, so we can begin to work. Even when I think we don´t have to do very much."

I´m not very comfortable with standing nude in front of strangers but I do as I am told and they begin to work.

While doing this they are babbling about my "wonderful body" but nevertheless they do pretty much. It takes one hour before they announce they can present me to my stylist. When they say they didn´t have to do much, I don´t want to know how long the other tributes have to go through this hell.

"Wait until Augustus sees you" Hector exclaims. Then the three of them leave the room and another man comes in. Thankfully he looks pretty normal, he has black hair, brown eyes. Only the earrings he´s wearing show that he´s living in the Capitol.

While I stand there he circles me and then stands in front of me and shakes my hand.

"My name is Augustus, I´m your stylist."

"I´m Finnick. It´s nice to meet you " I say with a smile.

He seems thrilled. "Oh, good-looking and polite, that doesn´t happen often."

"Thank you" I reply.

"Well, let´s go to work. Here´s your costume, please dress." he gives me a bag with undewair and black, short trousers. Nothing else. I shrug and dress.

"Perfect!" Augustus exclaims and then gets a net and draps it around my upper body. Then he shouts: "Cindy, the make-up!"

Cindy comes in, I sit down in a chair and she does my make-up. I have to say it´s pretty weird for a boy to wear this.

Afterwards Hector does my hair, so my bronze curls are shimmering a bit.

Then Augustus gives me simple flip flops to wear, they are grey and surprisingly comfy.

At the very end Augustus gives me a big gold trident. I have to admit I love the outfit. It´s definitely better than fish as many other tributes from 4 were dressed.

"Thank you, all of you, I really appreciate it." I say turning to my prep team and give them a genuine smile.

"No problem, dear, that´s what we´re here for." ,Augustus exclaims, "But I´m afraid you have to wait a bit. I don´t think the others are finished yet."

"That´s no problem." I reply.

"Come on, we can bring you to your mentor."

I follow them out the door where Mags and Byron are waiting. When Mags sees me her eyes brighten and she nods approvingly. "Good, very good-looking."

I sigh theatrically, "Didn´t I say I am too young for you, my lady." Mags laughs and shakes her head while I laugh along with her. Byron looks at the both uf us and shakes his head sighing.

Afterwards I talk a bit with Mags about my life in 4 and joke around with her. After a while Leanne comes out, she is dressed as a mermaid. It doesn´t fit her, she´s too large and has too many muscles, I have to say she looks a bit ridiculous. As well she doesn´t look too happy about it.

Then Twiksi comes.

"Oh, Finnick, you´re looking absolutely stunning!" she exclaims. In response I smirk and wink at her. She blushes.

Trying to be nice she turns to Leanne, "And you dear, as well."

"I don´t need compliments from such an ugly bitch like you" Leanne sneers.

I´m shocked. I mean I know Leanne isn´t the nicest person but I didn´t think she would be so stupid to insult our escort.

"Leanne, apologize" Byron demands before anyone else can say something.

But Leanne just turns around and stomps to our chariot.

"I´m sure Leanne didn´t mean what she said", I try to reassure Twiksi, "I don´t think you´re ugly." Well, that was lying but it doesn´t matter Twiksi is smiling again.

"Oh Finnick, you´re so nice and polite but you don´t have to protect her. You´re wasting your time."

Before I can answer Mags says: "Finnick, chariot."

I turn around and join Leanne on the chariot. Okay Finnick, you can do it, just smile and wave. Before I know it the horses begin to move, when we come in sight the people go wild. I smile, wave and blow kisses in the crowd – some women even faint. Through the whole ride I wear my fake smile. The people chant my name. Beside me Leanne does nothing, she even looks a bit angry.

Too soon the chariot stands still, we wait until the last ones arrive and then President Snow delivers his annual speech about the Games.

Afterwards we get down and join our mentors. Twiksi praises my behaviour but I look at Mags. When she nods and says: "Good work." I´m satisfied.

"Oh, shut up, pretty boy isn´t that great" with these words Leanne storms off, I only shrug.

"Come, up" Mags says and we enter the elevator which brings us to the 4th floor.

The rooms here are even bigger than on the train and again I´m stunned.

I´m pretty tired, so after dinner the only thing I do is shower. Then I make my way to a really big bed, even bigger than the one on the train. I´m only half awake when I hear someone knocking on my door.

"Come in" I say and sit up.

It´s Mags.

"Is everything alright?" I ask her.

She nods and sits next to me. "Just want to say Good Night" Mags answers. I give her a genuine smile. "Thanks" I say quietly. She strokes my hair and says "Good boy".

Then she stands up and leaves the room and I fall asleep.