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Merritt Redding's POV-D3
I entered the elevator, my mind swimming with the time I spent by Cin. Stop this. She is your ally, nothing more. Friends are dangerous. I was trying to convince myself that this fondness of this girl was caused only by sudden change, but I had no luck.
The door opened on my floor, "You leavin or not?" The district 11 girl spat at me. I stuck my hand out to stop the closing doors, I left silently. I headed straight to my room, there was an attendant cleaning. I left the room and wandered down the maze of a hallway.
I was lost in thought over Cin. She was smart and beautiful, but only 13, and pretty small. Then again, I wasn't large either.
I wandered into a room filled with books. I picked one up and started reading. The title was "Romeo and Juliet." The book looked about 200 years old, probably from the nation that used to stand here.
I read it fairly quickly, by the time I was done; I had decided Cin was an important ally, and Romeo Montague wasn't smart.
Juniper Berrymore's POV-D7
I sat at the table, slumped back into my chair, Lamb sat in his chair pushing food around his plate.
"What is wrong with you 2? How can I tell the world I have a pair of depressed bums for tributes?" I straightened my shoulders and began eating my dinner; I wasn't sad, I was just tired from training, but I guess our escort, Leum Hogrt, didn't understand that. "Thank you Juniper. Lamb, are you just going to mope about?" He looked slowly up towards him. I could see the hate and anger in his face.
He looked about to let it go when he stood abruptly and stalked off, throwing his fork over his shoulder. The fork landed, actually closer to me than him, but Leum overreacted. "Help, he tried to kill me! Arrest him!" He ran to get help.
I didn't think they would arrest him, but I didn't want to be around if they did. I ran to my room and locked the door. "Hey, you don't mind if I stay here tonight do you?" I spun and narrowly avoided a scream. I flicked on the light and tried to catch my breath. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I want to give mr. uptight some time to cool off."
"Sure, you can stay here." I didn't want any enemies and he didn't seem like the forgiving type.
"Thanks, I'll take the floor." I didn't want to give up my comfy bed, but I didn't want him to sleep on the floor.
"No, um I guess we can share the bed." There was plenty of space for both of us.
"You mind if I take a shower?"
"No, go ahead." He walked into the bathroom and I changed into a nightgown. I crawled into bed and felt his warmth about 10minutes later. I fell asleep quickly; I was even too tired to dream…
Blaise Calder's POV-D10
I woke up, and climbed out of bed. I took a shower lazily pressing buttons. I tried to comb through my hair, but with out much prevail.
I went to my closet to find a navy sweater and tan slacks. I put them on and headed too breakfast.
Rayne was already there, eating a bowl of something white. I grabbed a piece of nutty cake.
Our mentor, Ronny, came in a few moments later, "I hope you all had fun at your first day of training. I want you to keep in mind that there will be other things in the arena besides your fellow tributes to worry about." I thought about that a moment and decided I needed to hit med training today. At about 10, Claudia came in and escorted us down to the gym.
Mila was a bit faster today while explaining, the instructions. A number 10 was pinned on my back and we were released. I headed over to the first-aid station where the little girl from 3 was trying to introduce herself to the trainer.
She kept pointing to a name tag, but the trainer just gave up after a while. I knelt down beside her and began a test where you had to guess if it could be a band-aid. I was surprised when the girl turned to me and stuck out her hand, I read her name tag.
"Hello…Hush. My name is Blaise." I didn't know why I was waiting for an answer, but I was. After a few minutes I turned back to my test. I was about to mark pine bark as no, but Hush pointed to yes and then started to sign. I could tell this wasn't what she usually used but I understood her after a bit. She explained that tree bark could be used if it was soaked and if it was the inner layer of bark.
Hush helped me learn how to tie a sling, and fashion a splint. I watched her tie a tourniquet on a dummy, "Hush, how did you learn all this first aid?" She shrugged her shoulders and walked off. I didn't think she would have been able to learn all of that in District 3. I went after her; towards weight lifting.
Katerina Thorne's POV-D12
I wanted to talk to the district 1 guy, Caden. He kept looking at me.
I felt a little like a stalker following the careers around, but I wanted to talk to him. I usually got what I wanted.
I caught up to them at archery, I saw him heading for a golden bow; I needed a reason for him to talk to me. I rushed forward and grabbed the bow. "Excuse me, I was about to use that." He sounded surprised I was going to challenge him for a bow. I gave him a gentle smirk.
"Well, I guess you'll have to wait." I gave him a glance, as I spoke in a taunting, smooth voice.
"Guess I will. Here let me show you how." He put his arms on mine and helped me; though he made me miss, I liked the gesture.
"Your turn," I hand him the bow and an arrow. He shoots it and misses the center.
"Let me help" I help him adjust his aim, and he almost gets a bull's eye.
"Wow, thanks."
"No problem," I stare into his eyes, and we both smile.
"Caden, come on we're leaving." The district 2 girl said over her shoulder.
"Thanks again," He began to leave, but he had trouble breaking his gaze from my face. I winked at him, and he turned away from me. I could tell that conversation would have a lasting affect.
Lamb Jess' POV-D7
I wait with my arms crossed as the knot tying instructor tried to cut me down from the post I was hanging from.
He was trying to teach me how to make a twitch up snare, but somehow I caught my own ankle in the loop. I was getting looks from a lot of the other trainers and tributes. I gave them all piercing stares and they looked away.
I fell to the ground with a thud; there weren't any mats under this station. "You could have been more careful. Are you trying to break my neck!" Of course the fall didn't faze me; braches broke all the time back home. Still, I wanted him to know I was angry.
I got up and walked quickly away, I veered toward edible plants. I knew a little about plants, but I took this station pretty seriously. I took the test and got a 14 out of 30; it made me a little angry that there was so much I didn't know.
The district 10 girl, who was about my size, came up to get her score. I could tell she hadn't done well by the look on her face. "What did you get?" She asked in a friendly manner.
I looked up to her, I didn't really want to talk to her but I couldn't ignore her big brown eyes. "14. What about you?"
"Oh, I got a 3." I immediately felt bad for doing better than her; she looked like she still wanted to talk so I made an attempt at establishing a conversation.
"So, how old are you?" She looked at me, surprised I had asked her a question.
"16, but I certainly look younger don't I?" She said with a laugh.
I nodded, "Yes you do, I'm 12," a look of recognition.
"Oh you're from 7, aren't you?" I nod, "Rotten luck, two 12 year olds, but you look pretty strong and ready."
"A community home will do that to you." I could tell she wanted to back track, "It's ok, I don't mind it. I never knew my parents so I can't miss them." I could see tears welling up in her eyes. "What's wrong?"
"It's just sad," she gave me a hug. I could tell it was out of pity, but for once it didn't bother me.
"It's ok." I held her tight for a few minutes.
Briiiiiiiiiiiing
The lunch bell rang. We separated, sharing a blush.
Cameron Nightwood's POV-D12
The careers sat together at lunch, Katerina got to the lunch room before me and claimed a table right next to the careers. I shot her a look of doubt, but went to sit next to her.
"Hi Cameron," She said. She sounded proud and accomplished.
"Hello Katerina."
"So, um, how was, um uh" She kept looking at Caden, that was really staring to get annoying.
"Hello, Earth to Katerina." I knocked gently on her temple.
"Dude, no touchy the merchandise." She batted my hand away, and started eating her soup. I eyed Caden suspiciously; what was he doing that made her so interested in him. Blonde hair, greeny blue eyes, nice smile; he wasn't anything special.
I was turning back to my lunch when someone caught my eye. She had golden hair, emerald eyes, and a beautiful aura; the district 2 girl, Crystal. Whoa. She noticed me I looked quickly away.
"Oh and you accuse me of zoning out." Katerina seemed frustrated as she got up to throw away her tray, still covered with food.
I stole one more look at Crystal, she wasn't looking but I wished she was. After lunch I headed to spear throwing.
I still had a lovely view of Crystal.
I watched her all afternoon; eventually she came up to me.
"Why have you been starring at me?"
"Oh, sorry does it bother you?"
"I didn't say that; explain." She was quite intimidating.
"You're just so beautiful." She nodded, smiled and went back to the careers.
Fredalina Hefley's POV-D9
I went over to the pool; where the careers where racing each other. I ripped open the black button down dress I was wearing; leaving me in just my undergarments. I hopped into the pool, stealing a lane from the district 2 boy.
Of course, he wasn't aware I had taken it until he ran into me. He hit me with a lot of force; he knocked me backward into the water. When I popped up he was looking around confused.
"WHO THE HELL GOT IN MY WAY?" I raised my hand slowly and his eyes fell on me. "WHY?" I put on my best innocent impression.
"So sorry, I just wanted to learn to swim. Could you teach me?" I batted my eyelashes and his face softened.
"Sure." The other careers starred at us; I don't think they had heard him talk like a normal person before. We spent the afternoon in the pool; he taught me a few strokes.
"Thanks." I said as I hopped out of the pool, I made sure to sway my hips as I walked toward the locker room. I threw on my cloths and sprayed myself with something to remove pool chemicals.
Briiiiiiiing riiiing riiiing
The final bell rang. I made sure to wink at Perry on my way out.
Gossan Kissite's POV-D11
I rode the elevator, wishing I had known Lyla back home, where we could have been together. Well at least together longer than a few days; this is what it seemed we were getting.
I went to my room and showered. I put on a sweater and some dark jeans. I went out to the dining room where there was always food. I grabbed some thing resembling a stake and went back too my room.
I finished my dinner in my room and fell asleep.
Yay! It's almost the games. I decided how I was going to do the training scores. I have some D and D dice, so I'm just going to roll my 12 sided dice to decide their scores; it's TOTALLY random. =)
Points-
MaraudersOfHogwarts-110
Abercombie Kids-210
Cloudy-TheNightMareQueen-230
Skgirl4ever-60
Nikkitamarine-55
Hbrooks-135
Nightfall12-160
Kennelle-100
Hungergames8-90
T-Switzy-65