At the hotel. District 5.

Riki and Tylers day

"After a thorough investigation, every train was found to be safe and bomb free."

Tyler laid on his bed listening "If there was a bomb... we would all be dead, This tv is an idiot"

"Dont sound so angry, i'm sure some thing will kill you later." Sitting on a chair facing the window was a black haired, black eyed, emo kid.

"Shut up Riki, no one cares." Tyler sat up, wobbled a bit and sat back down. "owwww, dont make me sit up again, my head hurts."

"Awwww, poor Tyler, about to get his face ripped off and he can only think about not sitting up... how sad." Riki shot Tyler a very large and sarcastic grin.

"I swear, when we get into the arena i'm going to bleed you slowly." Tyler Stared at Riki with malevolence that could kill the average person.

Riki stood up and walked over to the cupboard and took out a pack of cards. "Why am i even here?"

Tyler made a very loud, very strage sound as he sat up. "Because our mentor wants us to make aliances."

"Yeah, like were gonna end up as friends, i hate you with a passion." Riki pulled out the two jokers from the pack and threw one at the wall. It got stuck. He quickly turned and threw the other Joker at Tyler. Reacting naturaly, Tyler flinched. When he opened his eyes a small pile of his hair was on the ground. "Ok, that was prety cool, but whats cards going to do in a fight?" Riki smiled darkly and started walking out of the room. Right before he slammed the door closed he turned back to Tyler said two words "Shuriken stars." Tyler was thoughroughly freaked out.

Tyler was very smart and very imature. Most people liked him even though he was arrogant. After awhile Tyler became sarcastic and overly confident. But even he knew that Riki's skills with those cars was impressive. He was almost certain that if Riki tried he could throw one of those cards and slit his throat with it, it would be hard, but possible. The main thing that scared Tyler was the thought of Riki with any of those ninja death stars. Having one of them thrown at his face would hurt... alot. Maybe forming an aliance wouldent be so bad.

Riki laid on his bed thinking about his life

Riki was always dark. Years of failed friendships had made him numb out the emotional pain. He was hollow inside, part of him didnt even want to live, thats partly why he volenteered. Another part was that he felt sadness for the first time in months when he saw a twelve year old girl with so much hope and optimism get picked as a tribute. Most people thought that there was nothing inside of Riki. But there was still a little bit of life inside his desimated mind and soul. when he saw that girls face he felt sure he would never feel anything again if he just sat by and let her die. But he saved her. Maybe now people would see that he wasnt such a bad person, maybe his life could be so much better if he won the hunger games. But he couldent do it on his own. Thats when he heard knocking on the door

"hello, our mentor said i should come meet you. Can i come in?"

"Read the sign." (The sign said in big red letters 'no') Riki thought that Tyler was talking untill he noticed that it was a girls voice. That was when he realised that it was the other tribute and he may of just given an exteremely bad first impression. "I'm sorry, please come in."

Slowly opening the door, a very prety blonde haired girl walked into the room. Riki felt warm inside and he felt himself blushing. Riki's normaly pale skin became alot more coloured by his blush. "Hi, i'm Riki, whats your name?" Riki held out his hand and the girl shook it. "My name is Glorious, but you can just call me Gloria." Riki knew from the beggining that he liked this girl. They began talking about what their lives were like before they got put in the hunger games. Gloria was shy but nice so Riki did alot of talking (which was unusual for him) After an hour of talking they reached a point in the conversation that actualy became meaningful. "So, whats your stratergy in the arena?" Riki stared at Gloria seriously and she knew that this wasn't the kind of question you could simply shrug off. "I dont know, i had an idea, but it got ditched when i saw the new rules."

Riki decided that he wanted this girl on his team. But he was afraid that she might like Tyler more then himself. she would definately talk to Tyler at one point or another. Then she would have to choose between the Two. Riki came to a conclusion that if he wanted Gloria he needed to have Tyler in on the aliance. "How about we make an aliance for the games. You, me and Tyler?" Gloria was a bit concerned by this. "I'll need to talk to him first, i'll go do it now. See you later." Gloria left the room and Riki felt happy for the first time in what seemed like ages.

Gloria knocked on Tylers door expecting anything from a broken wreck crying in the corner to a 7 foot tall career eating a live cow. "Come in." Slowly opening the door Gloria stuck her head in and looked around. "I'm in the bathroom, i'll be right out." Gloria looked around the room and found it very similar to hers and Riki's room, the bed was plain white and well made. The Window had an excelent view of District 3. In the distance hundreds of lights were flashing ontop of skyscrapers and neon signs. Panem was a like a rose, at the top was an object of majety but the lower you go the move thorns you encounter. The Capital was placed so that only the top of the rose could be seen, the rest was neglected, they could cut away the thorns but they would grow back eventualy.

"Hiya, I'm Tyler." Gloria turned to face Tyler but her movement made her hair cover her face. As she brushed her hair away she began to estimate what Tyler would be like in the hunger games. He was a moderate build with sharp eyes and pointed eyebrows. He was always giving off a smile that radiated confidence. Meanwhile Tyler was captivated by her and his smile began to widen. The two stood looking into each others eyes for a few minutes before any one spoke. "So, what brings you here?" Gloria shruged. "Just wanted to meet you." Tyler and Gloria also talked for almost an hour on end. "So any way. Riki wanted to know if you wanted to have an aliance with me, you and him?" Tyler frowned and looked down. "Did Riki realy want an aliance?" Gloria suddenly realised that Riki and Tyler didnt like each other that much. "Yeah, it was his idea." Tyler seemed to have a few problems but he still agreed to the aliance.

Later that day Riki, Tyler and Gloria all sat down together in a room and talked about stratergies.

Both Riki and Tyler knew that the only thing keeping them in the aliance was Gloria. The second she died, they knew that the aliance would be over. If they killed the other person before Gloria died. Gloria would hate them and they would lose their aliance any way. Every one was in deep thought for the rest of their time before the games began.

Riki thought he was in love with Gloria

Tyler thought he was in love with Gloria

Gloria wasnt in love with either of them. But she was still going to use that to her advantage