Velvet Amboni's (District One) P.O.V)
Vanessa, the escort for District One, finally finishes giving Jace and I her little lecture about how to behave in the Capitol, like we didn't know already. Her speech had cost us almost the whole of our last two hours on the train, and I'm holding her accountable for the loss.
"Thanks Valencia," Jace says, without any emotion coming through in his voice. I can't help but smirk. Jace has so little care that he doesn't even know Vanessa's name!

Vanessa leaves the room, and finally, we're alone. "What do you think about the other tributes?" I ask Jace.
"Nothing much," he replies. "They all seem to kind of be two-dimensional. If anything, the only ones who'll steal our sponsors would be those two from District Five. Everyone's in love with them."
I nod, and then there's silence for a few seconds. "You know," I say. "We could change that."
Jace's eyes light up. "You mean, pretend to be in love?"
"Yeah!" I smile. "I mean, we're around the same age. We're both very good-looking! We'd be the Capitol's power couple!"
Jace laughs and agrees to do it.

(Ariella Sherril's (District Four) P.O.V)
The train stops, and I panic. I hadn't prepared a persona! Finbar and I walk out of the train, cameras flashing everywhere. Finbar is pleasing the crowd very much so, somehow managing to seek both charming and menacing at the same time. I begin to smile and wave back at the Capitol citizens, all dressed in their bright (and somewhat distracting) colours.

They love us. I may have been concerned about trying too hard, but it all came naturally to me. I bet my sister Marine is fuming at me right now! It's was as if the citizens couldn't get enough of myself and Finbar. People were cheering our names, throwing roses at us, amongst other things.

Suddenly, the crowd burst into an even louder round of applause. I paused for a moment, confused. Neither Finbar nor I had done anything special. Finbar prodded my arm, and pointed behind me. I looked to where he was pointing, to see the two kids from District Five step off the train, holding hands.
"VISAAC!" the crowd cheered. I frowned, and then realised that they had mushed together the names of the two children. I tried to hide my scowl as we walked off, underneath the shadow of the two twelve year olds.

(Kye Lenz's (District Six) P.O.V)
Daphnie and I step off the train to a loud applause. We step onto a red carpet, which lead to the make-over centre. On either side of the carpet, is screaming Capitol citizens, awestruck that they get to see the tributes for the Quarter Quell. In front of us, is Vida and Isaac from District Five, holding hands. In front of them, is Ariella and Finbar from Four, trying hard to keep the attention of the crowd. Then it's Electrica and Plugga from Three. A little further down the carpet, it Alana and Slate, from District Two. And, in front of them, is Velvet and Jace from District One, holding hands. I look behind Daphnie and I, and see the District Seven tributes, Jeanne and Clive, step off their train to an even louder applause.

Daphnie murmurs to me once we're a quarter of the way to the make-over centre. "This is sick." She whispers, barely audible over the noise of the crowd. The crowd then cheers again, this time for the District Nine tributes; Alice and William. Up ahead, I can see that both Districts One and Two have already made it into the centre.

(Slate Medoff's (District Two) P.O.V)
I enter the make-over centre with Alana. Inside, is a large hall, with labelled doors all the way down. I see the boy from District One, Jace, step through the second door. Alana and I hadn't been given any directions, so we walk down the hall, looking up at the labelled doors. The first read 'District One: Female', and the second read 'District One: Male'.

I walk down two more doors, abandoning Alana, and step through the door that is labelled for me. As I open the door, I hear a high-pitched squeak, and then a voice pitched just as high exclaim "Hello Slate! We're going to make you look beautiful!"

(Alice Overwood's (District Nine) P.O.V)
"Move your chin down," Perry, a woman in my prep team, instructs me. I patiently push my chin down, and she cuts off some of my hair, while she, and the other two on the team - Johnny and Sarah -, talk about what they will be doing for the next few weeks.
"I've got this most gorgeous dress for the interviews. I can't wait for them!" Sarah exclaims.
"Same, do you remember the end of last years games? With the leaf-saw? I nearly fell off the balcony when I saw it!" Perry squeaks. I roll my eyes. Stupid petty Capitoliatins, don't know how brutal these games actually are!

The prep team puts some wax on me, and then scampers off, saying that they have finished with me. I sit there quietly and patiently, covered in shiny wax. I was about to get up when the door flies open and a tall, normal-looking man walks in. So at least some people in this city have a taste in fashion! "Hello, Alice" he says.
"Hi," I say back, trying to sound enthusiastic.
"I'm Felix Rogers" he tells me.
"I'm Alice Overwood,"
"I know" and immediately I feel stupid.

"What are you going to dress me in?" I ask him.
"It's a surprise," Felix replies.
"But you're dressing me and-"
"Hush, Hush! Never overestimate the element of blowing someone away"
"What?"
"Never mind"
"Okay, now what I'm going to do, is style your hair for your costume. I'm going to make you a diamond!" Felix says happily.

I close my eyes, and then, when Felix tells me to, I open them again, and look in the mirror, and then my jaw shatters to the floor. I look amazing! My light brown hair is curled, and falls down past my shoulders. He's put some cosmetics on my face, I know that, but God knows what they are. I just stand in front of the mirror, mouth open, in my underwear.
"O o on o ee or es?" I hear.
I shake my head, clearing my ears. "Pardon?" I say.
"Do you want to see your dress?" Felix repeats.
"Ooh, yes please!" I say like a three-year old. I'm happy for a moment, and then remember where I am. These are the Hunger Games I'm dressing for. I immediately depress my mood.

Felix walks over to a wardrobe nearby me, and opens it. Inside it, was a long, grainy dress, styled thinly to press against my body. It was magnificent. I put it on, and it starts glowing. Felix smiles, as if he's completed a very difficult task. And he has. I look at my reflection, who doesn't look like that girl from District Nine that should have been there. I look like another person!

I put my shoes on, and then meet up with William. His mouth opens at the sight of me. He doesn't look too bad himself. Dressed in a tuxedo matching the colour of my dress, and brown suede shoes, he also looks like a person who comes from this place. We walk to the area where the Capitol want us to go, ready for the Tribute Parade. All the tributes but District Eight were there. The District One tributes were dressed in flashing diamonds, District Two in Roman Soldier Outfits, District Three in what I can only describe as crackles of black electricity. The tributes from District Four were dressed as mer-people, District Five were dressed as power plugs, and are connected together, which looks really cute, especially since they're trying to become the Capitol's next 'it' couple. The tributes from District Six are dressed in white suits, that's all, though, the tributes from District Seven are dressed wonderfully by little peices of paper oragami. The District Ten tributes are dressed as cows, which look a little weird, and District Eleven are covered in soil, and only wearing a shirt and underwear, made of leaves and berries. District Twelve is dressed in black clothes with chunks of coal sticking out of them, making it really plain, but effective.

"You ready?" I ask William. He looks up at me, and shakes his head, clearly nervous. I sigh, William may be sixteen, but he acts the same was as the twelve year old from Eleven. I wish I had someone eighteen, like me. In all honesty though, it won't matter too much, seeing as I'm going into these games alone.

(Jennifer William's (Capitol Reporter) P.O.V)
"Jennifer!" a person calls from down the studio hallway. "We're starting!"
I swear, and run to the newsroom. Andrew is already sitting down, and I spring into my seat.
"And, we're on!"
"Hello, Panem, and welcome back to your Capitol Quarter Quell Update. And Andrew, I believe that this is our fifteenth update this year. Am I right?" I say.
"Well Jennifer, I think you are. Let's see, we had the announcement of the Quell, the twelve reapings, that's thirteen. We had the reaping recap two days ago, fourteen, and this one! Wow, last year, we had twenty-three all up! We're going to have a lot more this time, with the eight games and all..."
"Yeah" I agree.

"So, the first tributes have now arrived, and what a show they put on for us! Did you see Chelsea Walling with her bucket load of kisses? What about Nick Aberth? And Daphnie Scorno? This is going to be a very eventful year!" Andrew says.
"How about Velvet Amboni and Jace Nicklace, from District One?" I ask. "I didn't even realise there was chemistry until I saw the two together!"
"Personally, I'm more of a Visaac supporter, if you ask me." Andrew grins at the camera.

"According to schedule, the Tribute Parade will start any minute, then the tributes will go into training for five days while the polls are set and all that, then there is two days worth of Private Sessions, then the interviews. The boys will then go into a hovercraft to the arena, spend their last night before their games underneath it, and then the games begin at eight in the morning! So, only a few more weeks to go! While the boys' games is on, the girls will get to train, beef up, and relax until a week after the boys' games finish, where they then fly out to a different arena. They will also spend their last night before their games under the arena, and then their games will begin at four in the morning." I explain the schedule.

"We have word that the girls' arena has been finalised, but details are not going to be released in order to keep it a surprise for tributes." Andrew tells the camera.
"Well, we all should be in the home stretch in the preparing for the Tribute's Parade. To my knowledge, about a hundred or so people are already lining the streets to get a glimpse! Thank God that we have special reporter seats!" I joke.

"Now, our main question for the day is; What twists do you think will be in the arena?" Andrew says.
"I'm not even going to answer that! We'll leave it up to you to vote for the twist you think will be in the boys arena, and the twist you think will be in the girls arena!" I laugh.
"Jennifer, I'm going to let you recap the twists that were in the previous Quells." Andrew offers.
"Me? Aw, thanks!" I say. "So, in the First Quarter Quell, the twist was that there were land-mines spread out all over the arena, and they blew up when they were stepped on. It took the tributes a little while to figure out, but they got there eventually!
"In the Second Quarter Quell, the twist was that almost every piece of plant-life was poisonous. The fruit was, the bark was, even the water and the scent of the flowers were! A girl called Maysilee Donner from District Twelve used this to her advantage, and killed various people with poisoned darts shot from a blowgun.
"And in the Third Quarter Quell, the arena was a kind of clock, with each hour bringing a new disaster, for instance, a poisonous fog will arise at two o'clock in the morning, and again at two o'clock in the afternoon. Only two alliances actually found out the arena was a clock, the rest just ran around aimlessly until they died." I finish off.

"So, now, we have only a few short minutes until the Tribute Parade, so, gather your friends, head to the television, and eat and drink to your heart's content while waiting for the Tributes to be presented! Happy Hunger Games! Have a Good Quell!" Andrew says
"And may the odds be ever in your favour" I finish, as the cameras turn off.

"So," I say to Andrew. "Are you going to organise the next date at any time or not?". Andrew laughs, and winks at me. We then continue bantering as we make our way to our special reporters seats for the Parade.

(Jace Niklace's (District One) P.O.V)
I hold onto Velvet's hand as the tributes from District Eight board their carriage, dressed in rainbow-coloured outfits.
Our chariot moves forwards as the door in front of us opens, and we hear the screams of the Capitol in full blast, like a bomb. Everyone is cheering, and screaming as Velvet and I hold hands and smile and wave at the crowd. I smirk at the crowd, and about twenty or so people faint, probably thinking I smirked at them. We continue to wave and smile at the crowd, and I decide we need to make things more interesting. I do one more wave, and then I grab Velvet by the waist, and pull her into a kiss, to which the crowd erupts at. We continue to move forward, until our carriage stops in front of the stage, which President Snow is standing on. Next to us, our allies, District Two pull up, and on our other side, the District Three carriage pulls to a stop. As I look at the other tributes, I realise that only us, District Two, Four, Five, Seven and Nine look good. All the other districts looked weird in some way or another.

President Snow stands up to the stage, and speaks into the microphone "Welcome, tributes, to the Capitol. We thank you, for your sacrifice towards these games. Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favour!". And with that, the area bursts with cheers and shouts of the Capitol citizens and sponsors, ready for the biggest Quarter Quell so far.

Our chariot wheels out, and Velvet and I step off it, with Slate and Alana straight at our heels. "That was exciting, wasn't it?" Slate says enthusiastically.
"Yeah," Velvet says. "You guys look awesome!"
"Well, you guys look like angels! What a good idea, dressing you up in diamond!" Alana says kindly.
"Thanks" I say.

We tried to look for Finbar and Ariella, but they seemed to have already disappeared. So, Slate, Alana, Velvet and I step into the elevator, which takes us up to our floor, the first floor. We step out of it, to see our mentors and escort waiting for us. "You guys did amazing!" Valencia, our escort, squeaks.
"Thanks Valencia" I smirk at her. Velvet shoots me a look, though I can't imagine why.
"Nice going" Velvet's mentor, Tayla says to us.
"Yeah, you looked awesome out there!" my mentor, Gloss, says.
"Thankyou!" Velvet and I say, and let our joined hands go.

"So," Valencia says, breaking the silence. "We may as well get to bed, tommorow's going to be a big day! Five days for training! That's more than what Tayla and Gloss here got! In fact, they only got about three days!".
So, Velvet and I split up to go to our rooms, and I sit down on my bed. On it, was a remote. I press a button labelled 'On'. A television slides down from the roof, and takes up the whole of the back wall. "Cool" I say.

I press a button, labelled 'One', and instantly, it shows the Town Square in my district, empty, as it's night. The camera then moves, towards where my house is. It stops in full view of my house. I smile at it, and then promise my family 'I will get back to you, I promise. I will see you guys in two months, max, and that's only if these games are long'.

I then turn off the television, and jump underneath the soft, plush covers of my bed. I smile to myself. Velvet and I smashed it out there. Everyone in the Capitol is going to love us now.

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A.N: Okay so I'm already breaking my posting schedule, but I kinda just want to get to the games already hehe.
I'm trying to introduce more of the lesser known characters. Pretty sure I need to flesh out Slate, Electrica, Plugga, Finbar, Ariella, Daphnie, Kye, Jeanne, Chelsea, Darning, Alice, William, Daisy, Nick, Shaw, Mahogany and Ash. That's close to all of them :(

I'll try to make you all love them before they die hehe. Have fun reading my attempt to flesh these guys.

(I will keep eight of them alive though, just because I love y'all (or I wanna make a more interesting story, either/or)

Also another note. Please don't correct me for misspelling "colour" or things like that. It is correct where I come from, so it's just that you might not be used to (that being said there ARE most likely spelling mistakes littered throughout this book. Plz ignore.

I'm also thinking of culminating a 'blooper' section of this book, which I could post after every fifth chapter of something. Mainly random one-off lines I had written but took them out because they're stupid or inappropriate ;)

Oki guys cyaaaa