The Hunger Games: The Gale Edition
Chapter Four
Gale
That day we had to go to the training centre.
"Are either of you especially good at anything?" Haymitch asked at breakfast.
"No," Katniss replied defiantly.
"Katniss is," I said.
"No, I'm not!" Katniss exclaimed.
"Yeah, she's good at archery," I explained.
"Well, so are you!" she yelled.
"If you are, don't go to that station in the training centre, keep to things you don't know how to do. That way the other contestants won't see your skills. Go tie knots or something," Haymitch advised.
She stormed out. I don't know why she got annoyed when I told Haymitch that she was good at archery.
As I ate my breakfast, I decided that I would have to develop another skill, I couldn't use archery because there would probably only be one bow and arrow, and Katniss would need it. She needed it for food, for saving her life. I'm not saying she couldn't throw a knife if she put her mind to it, but she's just amazing at archery. I decided to learn how to throw knives.
When we got to the training centre, all the other tributes where there. Although Effie made sure we were a little early, everyone else was earlier. We had to wait a few minutes until exactly 10.00am before the lady began to speak.
As the lady told us what to do, my eyes wandered around the room. All of the tributes had labels on their backs saying what district they were from. I put my hand on my back. I had a label too. Someone must have put it there when I walked in the room. I shifted slightly to stand behind Katniss. She had a label as well. When the lady finished speaking after what felt like forever, Katniss and I headed for knot tying. Katniss had a talent for tying knots. Within a few minutes, she had learnt how to set a trap for animals- or for the other tributes, I'd have to watch my step around her in the arena, otherwise I would end up hanging by my feet upside down.
Katniss
Gale wasn't very good at tying knots, I thought he should have been because, after all, we did go hunting on a daily basis and we sometimes set snares.
I hate the thought of going into the arena but I had to, for Prim. I guess Gale volunteered for me, to protect me, or some rubbish like that. I don't need protecting! I could have sworn that if he tried to protect me in the arena, I would set a trap to swing him into mid air. We were both going to end up dead if he insisted upon 'saving'if he insisted upon 'saving' me- and it should only be me who died. He needed to go home to protect both of our families- they wouldn't survive without him when he should have been alive, hunting for both our families. If he loved me that much, he would've stayed at homer, looking after Prim and my mother. He knows I care about them more than my own life.
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