District 8 up and 9 will be tomorrow. I'm like so happy because out of all the Hunger Games stories I'm reading I'm updating that fastest. Alright so I have almost all my makeup work turned in so I won't be in trouble and I have gotten faster at writing so now I'm shooting for 2-3 chapters up a day until district 12 is done then when we're in the arena we'll see. I'm still trying to decide what kind of arena to do. Well without further adue District 8~
Teryn Dazzle
I walked down the compartment looking at the doors. I spotted district 5's boy Devon walking out of his room. I stopped completely and stared at him; he looked at me and nodded softly going to walk away. As he turned I noticed a large red scratch on his face, I ran up to him and grabbed his shoulder. He looked at me like I had just told him I loved him. I touched his face.
"What happened?" I asked softly. He turned away his blue eyes showing hurt.
"Nothing…you shouldn't be talking to me…it's not safe." He said and went to walk away. I grabbed his arm and he turned looking into my large brown eyes. He grabbed my hand and pulled me into his room. He slammed the door and slid down. I knelt beside him, my soft fiery hair hit his cheek and I leaned closer and gently held his face.
"Devon…please tell me what happened." He put his hand over mine and sighed. I knew he didn't want to tell me, especially since we were in the games and from different districts. I saw him take a deep breath.
"My escort…she attacked me and gave me this, thinking it would make me look tough and that I got away with fighting before the games…" I gasped and ripped some fabric off my green blouse running to the bathroom and getting it wet. I came back and cleaned his face softly.
"Why are you doing this Teryn…it's dangerous you know. Only one of us can win…" I put a hand on his shoulder.
"If I cared about that I wouldn't have stopped to help you…let's make a deal. Help each other to the end and then if it comes down to the two if us we decide there and have no strings attached ok?" he contemplated this for a long time, before finally deciding.
"Alright…deal." I held out my pinky.
"Pinky promise?" I said. He laughed and wrapped his large, calloused pinky around my slender one.
"Really…a pinky promise, what have I gotten myself into?" we laughed and I hugged him tightly.
"Thanks Devon you don't know how much I needed this." He hesitantly wrapped his arms around me and patted my back. We talked for about 30 minutes until his escort came to get him. I hid in the bathroom as he left. Before he left he went into the bathroom and decided that our secret thing was tapping. One meant hello, two meant goodbye, three meet in my room after dinner, four watch out, five thanks, six your welcome, and seven meant coast is clear. He tapped twice and I repeated then tapped three times. He nodded and left. I waited and heard 7 taps and came out and crept to the room my escort and district partner were waiting in. when I walked in Finnia Pretritous looked at me his grey eyes matching his silver military cut hair. He was in a military uniform.
"Where have you been Dazzle? You are late!" I blushed and rubbed my arm gingerly.
"I...uh got lost…sorry" Finnia glared at me then turned the games on.
"Watch your opponents and look, watch the fear in their eyes. There is a weakness in all of them and I want you to find it!" I rolled my eyes to look at my district partner Magnus.
Magnus Price
I walked down the halls to my assigned meeting place, running a hand through my shaggy chocolate hair. My heresy brown eyes sparkled as I passed the other tributes rooms. I passed the district 9 girl's room and smiled. She would make a fine prize. I cracked my knuckles and got to my assigned area. I walked in and sat on the couch with Finnia, our escort walking in.
"Attention solider!" I looked at him and laughed.
"Yea right like I'm gonna act like your little toy." I turned to the TV waiting for Teryn to show up. Finnia grabbed my shoulder.
"Listen subordinate you listen to my rules and you'll get out of this thing alive. You don't you'll last a day then be begging for your mommy to come save you." I glared at him. Ok I really didn't want to get in a fight with Finnia, but he is ticking me off. I sighed and looked away; not answering would be the safest route. Finnia started rambling about the games and success. I zoned out and stared at the wall. 'Where the hell is Teryn?' I thought. Minutes dragged on and our mentor came in. She had her jet back hair hair pulled into a ponytail and her aqua eyes twinkled as she spotted me.
"Hello Magnus." She said in a sweet voice. I nodded to her.
"Hey Cerah" We talked for a while about how Cerah won the games and her family. She has two older brothers that are twins, an older sister, and a little sister. They lived on victor village and she was only 14! Cerah was nice I really liked her I did, but if I had to spend another minute with Finnia I was gonna explode. Just then Teryn walked in and apologized for being late. Thank the gods she's here!
Cerah Powrie
I walked into the room to see one of my tributes I had to mentor. Both are older than me, but that doesn't mean anything in the games. I pulled my hair into a ponytail too tired to do anything else. I sat next to Magnus and smiled at him. He smiled back and nodded I played with my pale blue skirt and cream top. My top was off my shoulders and framed me nicely. I talked to Magnus for a while Finnia started ranting again. I sighed; Finnia meant well…but was a little too forward. My other tribute Teryn eventually came in and Finnia jumped on her and scolded her. I stood up and took her aside smiling.
"Don't worry about him Teryn. It's alright if you get lost, I did too last year." She blushed deep red and nodded her head. She fled to the couch and watched the reapings with Magnus and Finnia. I left out a soft sigh and sat in my chair.
"I am way too young for this." I mumbled watching other kids be sent to their death.
District 8 done and this took a while because I had to add three people. I promised Life'sEternalSong I would put her in the story, cause she just missed submitting her tribute by like 5 minutes. And I loved Cerah so much I decided to make her district 8's mentor! I hoped you all liked it and please review! I love getting feedback from you guys! It gives me the drive to keep writing and updating quickly. I also hoped that you liked the friendship/romance between Teryn and Devon. How will that end? Who knows? Not even me cause I have like 5 scenarios going on in my head. Anyway as of now AnbuCutie23 out! And may the odds be ever in your favor~