DISTRICT 7 FEMALE POV

"Your hair is too dark" one member of my prep team announces

"Well your hair is too bright" I snap back to which I get a scowl

"That girl from district 1 has beautiful blonde hair, it doesn't even look blonde, it looks golden" another prep team member who I believe is called Petune utters "And what do we get stuck with, blonde mud"

The other two laugh before rinsing me off and throwing me to my stylist Esha who is better than the others but not by much. She keeps her comments to herself at least….well, she tries to.

"How old are you again" Esha asks to which I reply

"16"

"Golly your small" Esha gasps "There's a 15 year old from 2 who is taller then you" well she is a career so no surprise there.

It's still haunting to remember when my districts escort read the words "Kayla Bug" from the reaping bowl, that's my name by the way, Kayla. I'd always liked that name, people laugh at my last name saying I'm as small as a bug so it's fitting but it could be worse, I could have a district 1 name.

I stand next to Sam, my district partner, as the chariot moves forward. Johanna told me to be prepared to be dressed like a tree and so I wasn't surprised when Esha pulled out a brown skirt and a green wig for me to wear. Doesn't she think that perhaps the Capitol will get bored eventually with the same old thing? Suddenly I hear the crowd go into a cheering frenzy as flowers are tossed into the streets, surely not for me and Sam. I don't dare turn around to see why they're cheering so much it'd make me look foolish which is not the edge I'm going for. Once I reach the Presidents mansion and I can stop waving I turn around to see what the uproar of applause was about and that's when I see it. The boy and girl from 12 both on fire…well played district 12, well played. I'm a slight believer in clues and hints in life and this one is telling me not to trust these two, after all they're dressed as fire and I'm dressed as a tree…and wood burns easily.

At training I practice with the weapons Johanna told me to go for. Axes. Being from district 7 I have of course used axes multiple times but it was interesting to see the other weapons I could use. The swords are too heavy and I'm useless at spears and arrows but throwing knives was a weapon I was doing pretty well at. It's a bit like a throwing axe except lighter. Sam doesn't go for the axes, his job back in the district was a furniture building so he didn't use axes as much as I (being a lumber jack) did. He does well with the swords though.

In the end I scored a 9 at training which earned pats on the back from Johanna. Sam did good as well earning an 8. Next thing I need to do is practice for the interview with Caesar. Now the nerves are starting to build as it is coming closer to the games.

Esha did put me in a beautiful white and blue puffy dress and my interview does go well. I joke around a bit with Caesar at first to break the ice but as my interview goes on I get more serious.

The interview feels short however and soon I am back in bed when I hear a crunching noise. I enter the dining area and see Sam munching down food.

"You do know that'll just make you feel sick tomorrow" I laugh

"Last night alive, I want some good food before I'm gone" he smirks chucking me an apple which I take a bite out of.

Poor Sam, I will miss him. I just hope me and him don't make it to the final 2 together, I couldn't stand the thought of having to kill him.

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I jump off my pedestal and run straight for the cornucopia. Once getting there the District 5 male pounces on me and swings his black bag in my face. His body weight is lifted off me by Sam who chases him off with a spear. I run for a crate and rip off the lid to find a ranger hawk axe with a silver handle. I smirk about to grab a black back pack I can see not far from me when another hand grabs onto the axe. Me and the district 4 female battle each other over the axe, the way she has grip of it makes it impossible for me to swing the blade into her head and soon a gut wrenching pain in my stomach makes me lose my balance, and also grip on the axe, and I fall to the floor. That bitch must have kneed me in abdomen.

I'm not done yet though, I refuse to leave with nothing. I run to get the black backpack I had my eye on and my hand grabs it at the same time as the male from 3. He has a strong grip on it but I use the same trick the District 4 female used on me and knee him in the stomach giving me power over the fight. I shove him away and turn to run when I see Sam's body, his throat slit with a sword or something. I waste no time by mourning though, I can do that later and I begin to flee. My legs run as fast as they can until a pain shoots through them like they've just been shot and I collapse. I see a throwing knife implanted in my right leg and the District 2 girl running towards me. She pounces, a sharp throwing knife in hand before raising it above my heart and…

HOPE YOU LIKED IT. SORRY IT'S KIND OF RUSHED BUT MY COMPUTERS BEEN HAVING MAJOR PROBLEMS SO I WANTED TO GET THIS CHAPTER DONE BEFORE IT CRASHED AND I LOST ALL MY WORK. WHICH TRIBUTE DO YOU WANT TO SEE NEXT?

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