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When I stepped on to the train, my eyes swivelled round in amazement as I tried to take everything in at once. There was luxurious furniture and sofas you could just sink into. Every kind of food imaginable was laid out on the table big enough to seat 12. There were more doors leading off to countless other rooms too. It was magical, beautiful. Kai and I stared at everything trying to take it all in at once.
Mags smiled when she saw our faces.
"Shall I show you too your rooms," she garbled.
I only just understood her and nudged Kai and we both followed her to one of the doors on the edges of the rooms.
"Annie, this is yours," she said.
I opened the door and gasped. It was beautiful. It had a king sized bed with silk sheets, a massive bathroom, a walk in wardrobe and another load of pictures of the latest victors on the walls.
Mags smiled and said "Dinners in an hour Annie. See you there! After then we'll talk strategy." And she left to show Kai his room which was probably just like mine.
I went into the bathroom and decided I'd try out the shower before dinner. I took off my clothes and left them on the bed before jumping into the shower.
There were so many buttons. I had no idea which to press but I ended up dowsing myself in strawberry scented foam and perfume that I had to scrub five times before it came off.
I finally got out of the shower and pulled on a knee length sea green dress and green sandals. Then I dried and straightened my hair until it fell in soft golden waves.
I walked into the dining room ten minutes later and sat down next to Kai and across from Finnick.
"You look beautiful Annie," Finnick said smiling at me.
I blushed red and he grinned at this and Mags kicked him under the table which made him yelp in pain.
Reyna frowned and said "Stop it you two. Aren't you the older ones? And Mags That is Mahogany!"
Before Finnick could think of a retort, the avoxes brought us the food and Kai and I gasped for the third time that day.
There was everything imaginable. Lamb stew with dried plums, chicken in orange sauce and loads of other stuff.
I filled my plate with a little of all the food there and while Kai stuffed his face I began to eat daintily trying to savour every bite.
After a while though, I was full to the bursting and had only eaten half of the food while Kai had eaten all of it but he looked green and as if he would burst. I felt the same and really needed to lie down.
I went into the sitting room area and turned on the television. I sat down on the sofa and watched a recap of the best bits in the past hunger games.
There was one clip from last year where the boy from 6 was eating one of his kills. He was Titus, the cannibal who ate his victims after killing them so half the time there wasn't even bodies for the gamemakers to pick up.
Another clip was from the 67th games when Gemma Stone from District 1 won the games. I remember the girl from my district. Her name was Annabelle and she was really kind and talked to the kids at school about the hunger games. She died by mutts on the 6th day. That was a shock for everyone in the district seeing such a sweet kind girl who had so many friends die in such a horrible manner.
The last clip I watched before I turned the channel over to the reaping's was one from a long time ago, the 50th Hunger Games. The victor that year was district 12's Haymitch Abernathy. There had only been one district 12 victor before him, Danielle Underwood. She won the 10th Hunger Games so Haymitch's victory was a great honour for 12. The clip was of these pink candy birds attacking the girl from 12 Maysilee Donner. I nearly cried it was so awful. Haymitch sat at her side until she died.
Quickly, as the others came in, I switched the channels to the reaping's as Caesar was just introducing District 1. The others sat down quickly with Finnick next to me. He put his arm across the back of the sofa and put his arm around me.
I snuggled into him and he smiled at me and whispered into my ear "Just wait until tonight."
I had no time to interpret what he meant as the reaping's started and we were taken to District 1 where the reaping's had just started so everyone was cheering.
From District 1 this year there was really beautiful girl Amethyst Rain. Who looked pretty dumb and obsessed with her looks so it would probably be pretty easy to outwit her.
The other tribute was Aries Mallorean who had all the muscles and weight of the big career but he was calm and didn't flex his muscles or wink to the girls or anything. He would be one to watch. The two were both eighteen.
From District 2 and 3 the boys were Jace and Evan. Jace looked like he would be pushed over the edge, controlling and muscly like he could kill in a second, plus he was seventeen so one of the eldest. Evan looked skinny at 14 years old and he looked like a bloodbath though smart so maybe he'd last longer.
The girls were Athena and Luna. Athena was 16 and had a fiery temper as she screamed at the escort for getting her name wrong. She looked small and weak though was probably underestimated seriously. Luna looked small and 12 years old, so she probably wouldn't make it past the bloodbath though she, like her district partner looked smart.
District 4 was us and I was pleased to see I looked strong even though my family were crying at it. I felt a wave of sadness and had to wipe tears away as I probably would never see them again.
Next came 5, 6 and 7. The girls Minerva, Megan and Alexa were 13, 12 and 17 respectively. Minerva was small though looked really smart and probably would last a few days though Megan wouldn't go past the bloodbath poor thing. She looked really sweet and just like Lucy which was upsetting. Alexa probably would stand a chance.
She and her district partner Ronan who was 15 both probably worked with axes before the games. The Other two boys were Leon and Cooper from 5 and 6 respectively. They were both 14 and looked skinny though the Leon looked smart and Cooper looked quite strong.
From 8 there were twins reaped which was a big surprise. Alec and Isabelle Cotton were both 16 and both looked strong and smart which was also a surprise as there weren't usually many strong tributes from 8 because they work in factories.
9 were quite normal. Seth and Rhiannon were average. Seth was 15 and Rhiannon 13 and they both looked average for their ages. Nothing special at all.
However 10 certainly, Eve was 15 and had a glint in her eye and grinned evilly at the audience. Even the escort looked shocked and usually nothing fazed them. I think she was slightly mad and would probably give us a shock in the games. Theo looked almost like a career and was strong. He was 17 and knew he was special and grinned at the crowd. He was definitely one to watch out for.
11 and 12 were last and by then I was really tired. Rye Yates is 18 and Pepper is 13. Pepper is young and skinny though probably could survive if no one attacked her. Rye looks strong and stands a fighting chance in these games.
Callen Smoke and Ember Fox are 15 and 12 respectively. Ember is a merchant's kid which gives her a slightly better chance as she looks fed well. Callen is a seam kid and even though he is fifteen he is a bag of bones and looks like he's never had a proper meal in his life.
As the reaping's came to the end my head was reeling from all the tributes but Finnick pulled me off to my room and we lay in the bed talking for hours until he pulled me close and we kissed passionately and then I knew I was in love with Finnick Odair and I was too be shipped of too die in the Hunger Games.
I had to win.
