ETHAN? No he couldn't have said Ethan? But he did, as I watch Ethan slowly makes his way towards the stage shaking. I stare in disbelieve as Leo welcomes Ethan to the stage and the two victors shake hands as the Mayor Reads out the treaty of treason. Then the Anthem of Panem plays. As soon as the Anthem finishes Both Ethan and Lucy are taken straight into the justice building so they can say goodbye to their loved ones. As the cameras around the courtyard turn off the crowds begin to disperse. I don't move, I still in my seat frozen with shock. "Amber come on." Leo whispers as he softly lifts me up and leads my into the Justice building. "Amber don't worry it will be fine." Leo says as worried as I am. I nod still in shock. "Amber you have to snap out of it."Leo says urgently shaking me again. "sorry I just can't believe it, It was 16 slips in thousands." I croak. "I know I know. Why don't you go see him?" He asks softly. "Am I allowed?" I ask confused. " Your his best friend of course your allowed. come on." He smiles leading me over to a door where two peacekeepers are standing. "She can stay as long as she want." Leo orders as one peacekeeper opens the door for me. I slowly walk in to see Ethan sat on one of the velvet chairs. "Ethan." I stutter as I walk towards him. "Amber!" He bursts as he runs over to me and pulls me into a huge hug. I pull him tight trying to calm his shaking. "It will be fine." I say. He nod as we pull apart but we interlink our hands. "You looked beautiful on stage Amber." he smiles. "Do I not now?" I ask concerned. "Well you would if you smiled." He laughs stroking my cheek softly with his free hand. I smile embarrassed, blushing. "Perfect." He smiles. "Amber! I want to say something, just in case I never get a chance to."He explains. "No! No talk like that!"I growl placing my free hand over his mouth. "But..." He complains. "No Ethan."I say sternly. He nods sadly and for the rest of the time we spend it together sat holding hands talking now and then. The door opens slowly an Leo walks in, "Amber time to come out." He says sadly. I nod as I stand up. "I'll see you soon." I sigh as I let go of Ethan's hands looking into his face. "Ok" He nods. I walk out of the room with Leo. "Sorry I pulled you out early, I just don't want people to think your giving him private training or anything." Leo explains quietly as the door closes behind us. "I understand, but everyone in the district know how close me and Ethan are." I says half heartily. "I know, but better safe than sorry." He smiles. Just as Leo finishes both door opens and both Ethan and Lucy walk out of their rooms, with two peacekeepers each. "Time to make our way to the train station." Leo Explains to them both, leading everyone to the back door of the Justice building. As we walk I straighten up and smooth my dress out. We walk out of the Justice building to see two black cars. The peacekeepers ushers Ethan and Lucy into one car and Leo and I into the other one. The car ride is short but its long enough for me to compose myself, the camera's will be there to see the new tributes start their journey towards the Capitol. When the cars stop we all get out to see a large crowd with several cameras. Leo and I take the lead towards the train with Ethan, Lucy and the peacekeepers behind us.

The four of us board the train and wave at the crowd until the doors close and the train starts to move. Leo then turns to Ethan and Lucy and shows them to their rooms, in case they want to change or clean up before dinner. After They have both entered their rooms, He turns to me and shows me my room, "Thank you Leo." I smile, "Your welcome, Your crown box is in your room so you can put it away. We will reach the capitol tomorrow." He explains softly. "Thanks." I smile as I enter my room. My room is almost identical to the room I had last year the only change is that its bigger. I see on the Large set of drawers is the wooden box my crown is carried in and on the bed is a cardboard box for me to put my dress and shoes in. I slowly walk over to the set of drawer and open the box and softly place my crown in the box. I then open the drawers to find something I can change into. I find a white knee length dress with a skater skirt and a black belt, I also find a pair of white heels to wear with the dress. I place to clothes on my bed and I slowly take off my current dress and place it neatly in the box. I then cross over to my bathroom to wash off my makeup. I then slowly put on the dress, belt and shoes and brush my hair through. When I'm ready I leave my room and make my way down to the living area on the train to find Leo, Lucy and Ethan sat on the sofas in front of a TV. "Ah Amber your just in time to watch the recap of today's reaping's." Leo smiles as I sit down next to Ethan. We watch the overview of today's reaping's and We watch who was reaped from each district. All the tributes from districts 1,2 and 4 will have been trained from a young age and you can tell from their strong muscular appearances. Tributes from district 3, 5, 8 and 9 are small and appear weak, but I wouldn't rule them out of the game due to size. District 7's tributes are well build but underfed. The rest of the tributes are mostly underfed but that doesn't mean much. Ethan and Lucy may have a chance. When they get to our district, they talk about Lucy's hard expression taking it as determination, and they comment on my reaction when Ethan's name is called, but don't say that much. District 12's tributes are both very young and small, being from district 12 they won't have any skills they can bring to the games.

After the round up of today's reaping I turn to Leo, Lucy and Ethan. "It's nice to meet you, Lucy." I say softly. She just nods in my direction. "So guys what skills do you posse?" Leo asks. "Well I can carry, heavy things and I'm handy with a knife." Lucy explains." Good. Ethan?"Leo smiles. "Erm I can't really do anything important."He sighs looking straight at me. "That's not true! You're a fast runner, you can climb trees, and you're a pretty good fighter." I explain unable to stop myself, In embarrassment I look down at the of hem of my dress."Ok, now do you two want to be trained together or separately?" Leo asks laughing softly. "Separately." Lucy states sounding like she is very bored. "Ok well training with start on the second day we are in the Capitol. Now time for dinner." He smiles as he stands up, We all stand up and follow him into the dinning cart. We sit at the large table and are served with course after course of luscious rich food. Leo, Ethan and I all make small talk and try and involve Lucy in our conversations but she doesn't want to talk. With each course I see Ethan's face light up with excitement and amazement. At dessert when we are presented with a several tire chocolate fudge cake, Ethan's face is such a picture I can't help but laugh at him."What's so funny?" He asks smiling at me."I'm sorry your facial expressions have been so funny."I explains still laughing. "Oh sorry, I just didn't realise how good the food looked."He smiles blushing slightly. "I was like that too."I smile happily. After dinner we return to the area where the TV is and Lucy, Ethan and I settle in front of it, While Leo goes off to attend to some business and by the way he's rushing I'd say its important. Lucy seems to be watching another recap on today's events so I grab my drawing bag and begin to sketch the compartment we're in, while Ethan watches me. After a few minutes Lucy turns to me, "So almighty Mentor, what advice do you have for us." She asks with an acidic tone. "No don't talk to Amber like that!"Ethan growls at Lucy. "Ethan calm down. Lucy there's not a lot for me to say, I don't know what's good or bad advice, Just don't whatever you do go into the cornucopia at the start."I say softly as nicely as I can. "Well that's not a lot of good is it." she replies bitterly as she stands up and storms off to her room. Struck with shock a single tear falls down my face onto my paper on my lap as Lucy's door slams. "Amber are you ok?" Ethan asks me softly moving closer to me. I nod silently trying to overcome my tears. "No you're not come here."He sighs pulling me into a strong hug. I don't want to bring up the fact Ethan's going into the games, I don't to have that painful conversation again it was bad enough last year. We just sit there hugging as Leo walks in. "What's up with Lucy?" He asks innocently. "She was being rude to Amber."Ethan explains as we pull apart. "What why?" Leo asks concerned. " She wasn't rude exactly it was just, she asked for some advice and I was truthful I don't know what advice to tell her." I explain sadly. "Amber even the way she asked you was rude."Ethan says looking at me deeply. "Now that's not on, I'll have a word with her in the morning now off to bed both of you." Leo explains softly. "Ok night Leo." I smile as I stand up and give him a hug. "Night." He smiles. Ethan and I walk towards our rooms slowly and as we walk our hands interlink, this is so natural for us now. Ethan walks me to my room as he always does at home. "Night Am." He sighs softly leaning in to hug me. "Night Ethan, I'll see you in the morning." I smile into his chest. After a few minutes we break apart and I enter my room and Ethan walks down to his.