Disclaimer: I do not own the Hunger Games, I only own the characters I create like Lily, Gabby, and Grace.

Decisions

Lily's POV

I looked around to see that there were easily 100 children, most of the Tributes looked to be careers, this was going to be very hard. I looked over to see Holt practicing with swords across the large room, this was easily larger than my entire school. I had split up from my alliance so we could cover more ground, it made the most sense. There were enough of us that we could split up into two groups of two and one group of three. I insisted that CJ and Roy go together, CJ was against the plan because he wanted to spend more time with Rue. Kyle, Max, and with much debate Sunny reluctantly agreed to go. that left Rue and I, I love the girl and I had no problem helping her train.

We were currently standing near the climbing station when I felt someone quickly tap my shoulder, I turned to see a blonde girl standing behind me with a sad look in her eyes. Then it hit me, she was a career, I instinctively placed Rue behind me and prepared to defend myself yet again.

"Can you help me?" the girl asked, I looked at her again. She seemed athletic enough, she was pretty too and she was a career. What would she need my help with? She must have caught me looking because she shifted uncomfortably under my gaze, she scanned the room for a moment before turning back to me.

"I'm sorry, my name is Gabriella, but my friends call me Gabby." She gave an innocent smile and I was shocked, she even reached out to shake my hand. I reluctantly took it, she looked relieved,

"No offense, but what would you need my help with?" I asked, her face fell. She reached towards me as if to grab my hand but thought better of it,

"Come with me please." She begged, I nodded and took Rue's hand, she had been quiet and I understand why, she hasn't had very nice encounters with careers. Gabby led me towards the edible plants station and up to a small girl, she looked around Rue's age, but the fire in the others' eyes was not in hers, it seemed as if she had already given up.

"Grace." Gabby spoke softly, the girl turned towards us and gave a weak smile to Gabby, I saw Gabby's smile. It looked strained, she was obviously worried for this girl,

"Grace, this is Lily." She introduced me to Grace, I saw Grace looked scared for a moment before moving closer to Gabby,

"What did you need?" I asked Gabby, she seemed slightly bewildered but she answered,

"Grace is from District 6, they refused to let her into their alliance and I want to care for her, but I need to get away from the other careers first. She can't be near them, most of them will just kill her the second they see her. I was wondering if you could care for her for a short time until I could leave the career group." She admitted, I looked over the two of them, Grace didn't seem like a killer,

"Grace, why did they kick you out of the District 6 alliance?" I asked, for all I know she could be a cold blooded killer who turns on her own friends. She looked sad for a moment before answering,

"I'm useless, even my best friend voted me out of the alliance. My parents left me in the community home to rot. Even they look at me as if I was something that was already dead." I looked her over, I could tell she wasn't lying, her eyes were truthful. But why would Gabby want to protect her?

"Why do you care?" I asked Gabby, she looked shocked,

"She reminds me of my sister, and I don't think that she deserves to…die." She whispered the last part, showing that she knew we were being watched. I gave a slight nod, just like my mother. She cared for Rue because she reminded her of Prim.

"Rue stay here and talk to Grace about the plants, by the looks of things she is very knowledgeable of them." I saw Grace smile at my words, I walked over to Gabby, grabbed her arm and pulled her with me away from the children. She seemed shocked but agreed to come,

"I'll take her, but we need to work out what to do. I'll stay near the careers with her, she'll be in danger, but closer to you. We'll talk more at lunch." I stated, she looked around nervously,

"But what…about…the…others?" she asked, I glared at her and she started to shift her weight again.

"I just agreed to protect someone out of MY district for YOU, endangering my entire alliance, you can help with the planning. If we mess anything up the consequences will most likely result in death, most likely hers!" I thrust my arm in the direction of Grace, Gabby flinched at my words and reluctantly agreed to sit together at lunch.

"None of the kids are allowed to come with us." I stated, she looked nervous, I reached forward and touched her arm,

"We don't want attention to be drawn to them." I said quietly, she nodded, "She can stay with the others, I'll explain what I can to them before lunch, ok?" I asked, she nodded glumly before looking at me again,

"Thank you." She whispered to me before she walked off towards Grace, when I got back to the station I saw that they had both left, but Rue was holding something in her hands, she was smiling to herself, I touched her shoulder and looked at what she had, it was a bracelet made from grape vines and in the center was a rose. It looked beautiful, Rue looked at me,

"Grace made it for me." She stated before she went back to fiddling with the piece of jewelry. I poked her stomach and she giggled,

"But did she teach you anything?" I asked, she smiled and in answer she passed the entire edible and poisoness plants within three minutes. I laughed out of shock and she gave me a sweet smile in return. I grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the climbing area again, she looked at the wall that had created for the tributes to practice on before she put on the harness and began to climb. Her weight and her size made her a nimble climber, she was fast, with swift movements. But my eyes wandered away from her to the District 6 tributes, they were laughing together. How could they do this to Grace? I spotted her, she was looking at the tributes from her district with the saddest expression in her eyes, I saw tears begin to stream down, and that one thing broke heart in two.

Author's Note: I'm still not sure if I'm going to continue doing Grace's POV and maybe even Gabby's, but I need reviews so I know if you enjoy reading about their thoughts and lives! Please review!

~HunterofArtemis1136