TRAIN 1 (Eli, Lorelei, River and Holly)
No goodbyes.
As soon as they were declared tribute, they were rushed to the official building.
Except Holly. She was immediately taken to a train.
And transported to District 3, where River waited.
Along the way, Holly started to feel regret. Maybe she shouldn't have volunteered. Maybe she will die because of this. She didn't know what to do, so she curled up in her bed and let the train rock her to sleep.
It wasn't long before River and his mentor were on the train.
River's mentor, Marigold Mayser went straight to her room instead of speaking to River at all.
River was trying to hold back tears in his cart when Lorelei's arrival was announced. "District 2 tribute, Lorelei Fields, and her mentor, Cydney Heartwell are on board. Please make them feel welcome."
The Capitol attendants made sure to tell him what time the reapings would be aired, and left him to his room.
It didn't take long for River to grow bored, so he went into the sitting room.
Where Lorelei was.
"Oh, hey." He muttered as he saw her.
"Don't you think it's weird? How they put four of us on a train together?"
River slowly sat down on a couch. "I thought it was to save money."
"I thought it was odd. I mean if I were ready to get this thing over, I would immediately kill whichever tribute crossed my path."
River flinched and gave her a weird look. "That's illegal."
"That's a way to get sponsors and a bigger chance of winning."
"Why don't you then?" He countered.
"I want to actually see who is worthy of me killing them first."
Lorelei smiled at him.
"Right."
The train lurched to a stop.
"District 1" the train conductor announced.
Just then, Holly wandered in.
"Oh. Hi."
Lorelei just nodded at her presence as a rush of Peacekeepers shoved the two new additions to the train.
Eli walked in.
"Oh look! He murmured. A party."
Lorelei glared at his mentor, but smiled sweetly at Eli.
"Hi there!"
Eli glanced at her haughtily. "Hi."
Holly jumped at the chance to talk to boys. Like her sister does.
"May I join you?"
They all glanced at each other and River murmured "Sure."
"I hear the reapings are going to be airing soon. God, I wonder what it's like to see yourself on televisions." She tried to be bubbly like Mist.
Lorelei scoffed. "Um, no?"
Eli chuckled and River rolled his eyes at all of their immaturity.
Holly's face fell and she slid to the floor in embarrassment.
One by one, the tributes' mentors joined them; some nodded their heads in acknowledgement.
They watched as the reaping played.
Afterwards, they'd certainly learned a lot about each other. In River's eyes they were all desperate teens, sick and thirsty to be famous. There's no other reason why people would volunteer. Disgusted, he trudged off to be without a word.
Eli grew angry as he watched the games, even able to spot Taylor in the crowd, seeing his parent's faces. His mother's; haughty. His father's; doubtful.
Befuddled at her failure to be like Mist, Holly turned to Lorelei when the airings were over.
"So, do you want to already say alliance, or just wait until you see how amazing I am?"
Lorelei sat still, measuring Holly.
"I think I'll kill you first." She says, smiling.