When I wake up, I hear the sound of footsteps pacing. I slowly sit up to see a man wearing all pink beside me. I study him for a moment before he acknowledges has bright pink hair and eyebrows to match. He even has pink eye shadow on. I try my hardest not to laugh.
"Finally, the beast awakens." His tone is similar to mine, also has a heavy accent."I'm your stylist. Don't call me Victory." He points to an ID card clipped to the pocket of his pink leather jacket."Call me Secret. Victory is a name I was given, Secret is the name I chose."
"Okay, if you don't want to be called Victory, call me that. In a few weeks I will be a victor and will have achieved victory. I think it fits me." I shoot a fake smile to him.
"Listen, beast. Be nice, or I will make you look like a fool for the interviews. I can dress you in what I want. It doesn't matter what you want. You are no princess. You are no victor. Until then, you don't call the shots." He picks up a golden dress and throws it on me before exiting.
"Bye, bitch!"
"I heard that!"
I stand up and take off the paper gown I have on. I begin to put the gold dress on. It's heavy. It has short sleeves, and a poofy skirt. I look into the mirror and see myself for the first time in makeup. I have gold eyeliner above my eyes. My hair is curled. I actually look pretty. The scar on my cheek has been covered.
On the cabinet besides the mirror is gold boots and a gold helmet. After struggling to get the boots on, I move on to the helmet. After a good ten minutes, I finally have the boots on my feet. I look ridiculous.
"Wow, that is quite an outfit. Definitely not my favorite." I hear a man's voice say to my left. I turn to see the boy from One, Marvel. He is in a even more ridiculous costume then I. It looks like Secret helped design it, all pink.
"And yours is better? I hate pink." I look him up and down before glaring into his eyes.
"I think pink is beautiful. Symbolizes so much mo-"
"I think pink means your weak. You see little girls wearing pink. It symbolizes their youth, innocence, and weakness. So in that case, I don't want a weak man like yourself in my alliance."
"I think pink is disgusting. My stylist made me wear this." Marvel looked down and put his hands in his pockets.
"You're smarter than you look. Well, I'll see you at the parade."
A few moments after Marvel left, Secret came into the room. He lead me to an elevator, where Cato was waiting. The doors closed behind me, leaving just Cato and I to ourselves.
""I met Glimmer. The Capitol almost made her pretty. To much to fix in not enough time." Cato chuckled."She's the stupidest person I have ever met. If you think our costume is bad, wait till you see her. She has pink feathers coming out of her head."
""Oh, I know. I met Marvel. He actually likes his costume. He thinks pink is pretty."I roll my eyes just as the doors open.
The doors open to Brutus and Enobaria waiting.. Past them I could see a line of chariots, each drawn by two horses. The chants from the crowd echoed inside the room.
"Follow me. You both look great. The crowd is going to love you. " Enobaria started walking."You guys don't want to give a sweet smile. You want to either smirk, grin, or have no emotion. Makes you look vicious." She flashed her canines. " And here we are, your chariot awaits. Stay close by it. We'll be waiting for you when you come back."
The chariot was black. It had "TWO" engraved into it. Two black horses waited patiently in front of Cato and I were conversing, the tributes from Four approached us. The boy introduced himself and began talking about his "skills". He was shorter than me and had brown curly hair. The girl had long dark brown hair, straight in a pony tail.
Cato and I looked at each other and nodded. Cato interrupted the boy and said,"Listen, you're useless. Get out of here. You too, gi-"
Glimmer appeared out of no where and said,"Um, no. Aqua is a part of our alliance. She says she is really good with a trident." Glimmer twirled her hair and smiled at Cato.
"Glitter, no one put you in charge of recruiting. These decisions are not up to you. We'll see how she trains and determine then. Got it?"
Glimmer rolled her eyes and walked away, taking Four with her.
"Tributes, please board your chariots. The parade will begin in two minutes."
Cato and I got onto our chariot. My heart began to race as I saw the doors open. The sounds of drums and cheers flooded my no time, the horses were moving. They began to trot and we were outside.
The crowd was shouted "Cato" and "Clove". They were throwing us roses and clapping as we went by. They already loved us! That is until they saw Twelve. Pretty soon they were shouting their names. Cato and I glanced at each other. We turn back to see flames igniting from their costumes. We were both so furious we missed Snow's speech.
After it was over, Enobaria and Brutus approached. "What the fuck was that?" Cato asked Enobaria. "They stole our show."
"Cato, shut up. Now. You can't possibly tell me you are jealous of some poor inbreds from Twelve. You calm the fuck down right now. I'm gonna go have a chat with the stylists." By the end of her speech to Cato, she was right in his face.
"I'm ready for the Games to start right now." I cracked my neck.
"So am I." Cato cracked his knuckles as we both starred down Twelve. Their mentor realized and began to take them away. You could see the fear in both of their eyes. They have no clue who they just fucked with.
