I am sitting in the back of the train looking out the window when all of a sudden I start to hear footsteps. I look over and see Sam followed by a woman who is actually wearing casual clothing. "My name is Rita and I will be your mentor," she said as she sat down in an empty chair.

Sam sat down next to me and I turned to face Rita. "Where do we start," I asked. She looked at me with a startled look on her face, "I think we should start with the start of the actual games," she said. "That is the bloodbath," I said.

She looked over and gave a slight nod, "yes it is, I recommend if you want to last a while in the games that you don't go to the middle." Sam had a confused look on his face, "Why can't we go into the middle"? Rita turned to look at Sam, "it is a bloodbath and a lot of people die in the bloodbath."

I looked over at Sam's expression. He was getting annoyed and unsatisfied with the answers Rita was giving. "Well I think that that's stupid," he said, "if I want to go into the Cornucopia I will go into the Cornucopia."

I couldn't take this so I had to say something. "Sam, she is our mentor and she won these games," I said, "you don't know anything about how to survive the games, so just listen to what she has to say." I couldn't believe I just said that.

Sam rolled his eyes and decided he had had enough mentoring for one day. "I am going to get some food," he said, "you two can talk all you want," he said as he stormed out of the room and went into the train car with all the food in it.

I wanted to learn more on how to stay alive. If I wanted to see my mom and sister again I could use all the advice I could take. "What do you recommend doing during the bloodbath," I asked.

She looked up at me, "run as far away from the cornucopia as you can get," she said, "once you are a good distance away you can start finding a place to make shelter." I nodded back in agreement to her. "A crucial part of your survival is water," she said, "make sure you have plenty of food and water."

Finding food would be a struggle for me. I can't hunt to save my life, my family had always got our meat from the butcher's shop in town. "Is there a lot of food to gather," I asked. "It really depends on the biome," she answered, "one year the biome was snowy and those biomes aren't going to have a lot of vegetation."

I remember my mom telling me about those Hunger Games. The boy must have been having a hard time finding food so he resorted to cannibalism. I hope that my games aren't a tundra.

I had ran out of questions for Rita and I was starting to become hungry. "Rita I think I am going to go get something to eat," I said to her. She looked over at me and answered, "please go help yourself," she smiled.

I got up and opened the door and went into a different car. I was blown away by all the food. There was chocolates and sweets everywhere. I looked on the table, there was a turkey and some mashed potatoes.

Sam was still eating and I decided to go join him. I sat down across from him and started cutting into the turkey. I was cutting into the turkey when Sam said, "what did Rita say"? Did he just ask me what Rita said? He had the opportunity to stay in there and listen to what she had to say, but I didn't want any more drama to start so I told him what she said. "We just talked about shelter and gathering food and finding water," I said, "that was all."

I started to eat my turkey and then Sam asked another question. "What did she say about food and water," he asked. I answered, "depending on the biome will determine on whether there is vegetation to eat."

He looked like he was understanding what I was saying and didn't ask any more questions. I could finally start eating my dinner. As I took my first bite I thought about Mara. Was she eating? What was she eating? All these questions kept flowing through my mind and I had no way to find out.

Thinking about all these things made me lose my appetite. "I think I am going to go to my room," I said, "good night Sam." I got up, pushed my chair in, and went to my room.

When I got to my room I put on my pajamas that were provided by the capital. They were blue and felt like they were made out of silk. These pajamas were nicer than the ones I had at home, which was just a white nightgown.

I changed out of my dress, took down my bun, and put my new pajamas on. I pulled back the covers and got into bed. Each car of the train had a window and I was looking out the window at the stars in the sky, thinking of my sister.

"I promise I will come back for you Mara," I said, "I promise." Then I closed my eyes and fell asleep.