When I see Ceres I almost laugh but quickly turn it into a cough. 'nasty cough you've got there.' He smiles and looks at my dress 'it suits you, much better than mine' he doesn't look that bad just a little silly. Our outfits are supposed to correspond to each other and they do, kind of, I'm in a dress made out of orange blossom and he is an orange. 'I don't think flowers would have suited you though' I say. Maris appears at this point and looks at Ceres' costume 'it's not that bad it makes you look quite big…'

'and stupid' Ceres points out.

'at least they'll remember you' I say.

'to laugh about me'

Then we're distracted from Ceres' costume as the others start to arrive. And Ceres' costume is not the worst, it doesn't even come close. Suddenly I'm really grateful to my stylist for not making me look stupid. Like there's the girl from 4 naked apart from a few fishing nets standing there awkwardly trying to cover herself up, I guess it's a bit much even for a career. Then there are some lumps of coal from 12 who are struggling to get into their chariot. I point them out to Ceres 'at least you're not them' I say and then the girl from two arrives. She seems to be dressed as some sort of statue her skin has been painted grey and all her clothes are grey she looks as if she's made of stone. Including her eyes. I realise that's what scared me so much about her before. Her eyes are so lifeless, so emotionless so cold…

I'm still staring at her when the chariot jolts and I fall into Ceres. Who laughs and pushes me back up.

We start slowly, ahead of us I can see district one's chariot turning the corner into the crowd, then two, then three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten, then us.

As we come out into the crowds I can see the screens and they show us for a few seconds before going onto the lumps of coal behind us. The dress does suit me and I don't look too bad especially next to Ceres. But I do look small, which I'm not for my age, it's just Ceres is so tall and strong looking that next to him I look small and fragile.

I'm not sure what I'm meant to be doing, and I think back to what I've seen previous years, some tributes smile and wave but I don't quite feel up to that so I just entertain myself by looking at the capitol people with their weird hair and clothes. Ceres must have noticed what I was doing because he says something about the capitol people making me laugh. I'm just thinking I must be slightly crazy laughing at the people who are sending me to my death when I realise that now me and Ceres are on the screen showing me laughing and I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not but I can't seem to stop laughing now anyway . The girl from two who must be annoyed that I've got the attention of the screens turns her head to glare at me. That shuts me up.

We halt outside President Onach's mansion and he gives a speech welcoming us, the tributes, to the capitol. Coriolanus Snow is as usual standing behind him and even gives a short welcome of his own before we make a final circle round and enter the training centre. As the doors clunk shut behind us cutting off the noise of the crowd I realise the next time I leave this building will be to go to the arena…