Chapter 24

Rose Tyler's POV (Capitol)

"Our tributes, Percy and Annabeth from District 4!" Caesar calls and I sit up. More careers. I wonder if they'll be as surprising as the other scores have been. The screen zooms up onto the face of Percy, who is staring steadfast at the camera, with bright green eyes washed with the grey of the screen graphics. He looks like a proper career; well built, lean, prepared.

"Percy Jackson earns a score of 11!" Announces Caesar and my eyebrows shoot up. A score of 11 is high, even for a career. Almost as if he already knew, Percy smiles on the on screen graphic and I can't help but wonder how he did it.

"That's impressive." Martha murmurs and I nod. Mickey must be kicking himself. That little thought really shouldn't give me as much satisfaction as it does, but hey-ho.

"And here we have Annabeth Chase! With a score of… 10!" Caesar calls and I nod.

"They're doing well this year." I murmur and Martha nods.

"Yeah. All six of the careers got top scores. They'll get a lot of sponsors." She agrees.

"Annabeth…" Percy begins and I scowl.

"Forget it."

"Annabeth-"

"I said forget it. I'm fine." I snap, and stare back at the TV.

I can try to pretend not to care that Percy got more than be, but I'm not convincing myself. Although if we'd both got an 11, I doubt District 1 would still agree to go with us. After all, Alice fetched an 8. That's verging on mediocre. As a District, we've don't best so far, and they all know my intelligence is my strong point. Which I honestly don't think the Gamemakers were marking on, as the smart-ass from 3 got a reassuringly low score. Perhaps it will be alright. Maybe it's a good thing I got a 10.

Percy's 11 has made us a threat. My 11 would have us made us a target.

I watch as Caesar takes the screen again, and can't help smile at him. He'll be joined later on in the games by Castiel, the other presenter, but not until the actual competition. I generally like Castiel, but I do find him a bit… stiff. Rusty people skills, I think.

"And it gives me great pride to present our District 5 tributes!" He announces, the screen behind him changing to show the moving images of Amy Pond and Ron Weasley, their red hair edited to look even fierier.

"Ronald Weasley earns himself a score of…" Caesar pauses for effect, and Martha and I lean forwards. "7!" He calls and I nod. That sounds about average for District 5. They're known for being pretty mediocre, and the victors from there have only got through if they've had an alliance. Which isn't very often, so it's not surprising that District 5 has a small victor pool.

Ron smiles nervously on the screen and I get the same loyal aura from him as I did before. The screen ripples to show solely the picture of Amy Pond, who shoots the camera a superior look, and grins.

"Amy Pond, with a score of…" I can almost hear the drumroll. "9!" He announces. This time I feel my eyebrows shoot up. 9 is very good. It's a career standard score, and even if not, it's better than Alice, the girl from 1, who was statistically supposed to get a score in the top three.

"She did well." I remark. Martha makes no comment as I not down her score, and smile up at the TV. It's really odd for me to be this excited, but I don't care.

"Yes!" I grin, standing up and throwing my hands up in the air. "I did it!" I squeak happily.

9.

I actually managed to get a score worthy of the careers, which is shocking. I can't believe it! Ron doesn't look too put out either; as well he shouldn't be. A 7 is pretty good too. I'm still buzzing about my score though, and nothings gonna put me in a bad mood. I did better than the district 1 girl for God's sake.

"Well done Amy." Our mentor, Dean, congratulates us, leaning forwards in his seat. "But sit down. You did well, but look at District 4." He points out and I pout, sitting back down with a harrumph. "Neither of you can let this get to your heads. You know what pride does in the games."

I nod. Dean Winchester has been a good mentor so far, and he's been firm. But trustable. Also, he won fairly recently, so he's still young enough to know all about the physical aspect of training.

"And Ron, that was a good score, but you're going to have to do better in the interview." He points out and Ron nods, glumly.

"Ok." He mumbles and Dean sighs.

"Don't get me wrong, though, those were brilliant scores. Remember that. They Capitol know you're worth something."

I look over at Ron. We're not going to Ally, but I know he'll do well. Not only does he have the largest alliance, but he got a halfway decent score.

I think we'll both be just fine.

"And now, I present the Lightwood twins from District 6!" Caesar announces, and the Adonis twins appear on the screen, dark haired and gorgeous.

"They're very pretty." Martha says, smiling and I nod.

"Including the boy." I add and she laughs. It's true. They both look like models, even without the capitol surgery I'm used to seeing.

"Alec Lightwood receives a score of…" Caesar begins and the screen changes to show only Alec. He smiles briefly and then looks deadly serious again, his sculpted face still beautiful. "10!"

"Oh my God." Martha and I chorus at the same time. He's from District 6! How on earth did he manage that? Do they train now, or what? He's going to do so well. He's attractive, clearly good with weapons, and if he interviews as well as he looks, sponsors are not something he'll be short of. We both watch, astounded, as Isabelle receives the same score and, as if she knows it, shoots us a smug smile.

"That's incredible." I mutter. Martha reaches for her phone. She quickly finds Mickey's number and puts him on speakerphone.

"Are you seeing this?" She asks him, still staring at the screen, watching in astonishment as the twins shoot each other triumphant smiles. Which is weird, seeing as the images they use are pre-recorded and they couldn't have known what they were going to get. They must be very proud if they thought they were going to do well .Which they clearly did, looking at their faces.

"I can't believe this." Mickey replies, sounding kind of pissed off. Which isn't surprising.

"Regretting your bet?" I ask him, more snidely than I should.

"Ah, you'd love that wouldn't you?" He laughs and I smile. "Nah. That boy from 2 still did well." He adds and I nod. It's true.

"Yeah, you're right." I reply. "It's still surprising though."

I'm not wrong.

The scores have shocked me this year. I don't think anyone from 6 has ever got such a high score, and even District 5 did well.

These games are going to be interesting.

OOOOOOH MORE SCORES! Do we think these are realistic? In the TMI series, Alec and Isabelle have been demon hunting for a LONG time so I thought it was only right they got high scores. And people seem to like Amy in this fic, so I felt I owed her a good score. So ultimately what did we think? Good chapter? bad chapter? Let me know in the reviews!

Stay excellent, and shine bright like a District 5 lightbulb,

Lucy XXX