Author's note: I know some of the chapters were kind of short. But, I'm going to change that starting now.

It takes us eight hours to reach the Kingdom. It's 3 a.m. by the time we get there. I've finished half of my pack as soon as we reach there. The rumors about the Kingdom were true. It's more beautiful than I can imagine. It seems like there was a castle every five blocks. The rest look like mansion, or something. But, I remind myself that these bastards wanted nothing more than to watch me die. I steel myself and head to Nazz's room as soon as we hit the outside of the Kingdom.

She's looking outside the window, looking at the luxury when I speak up.

"It's a shame nobody volunteered for you." I finally say.

"Yeah. Speaking of volunteering, why did you volunteer for Kevin?" she asks me.

"I don't know. I guess I didn't want him to win." I answer.

"You never want him to win."

"Exactly." I say.

She has a depressed look on her face by the time she looks away from me. I sit down next to her and try to comfort her as much as I can. But, I'm not much use since I've never had any luck with other girls.

"I heard your brother competed in these games." She finally says.

"Yeah. He never really was the same when he came back."

I try to start talking to her but I start to hear footsteps. They sounded like expensive shoes. Nobody in District Peach has expensive shoes. Only cheap knock-offs. They start to get closer and closer until they reach the door.

"Well, if it isn't the Peachies." Says the kid. "What's your name?"

I could tell he's from District Jawbreaker. One of the most richest districts in the nation. I love their products but I hate the guys who make them.

"What's it to you?" I say, annoyed.

"Calm down, friend. I just want to get to know you." He finally confesses.

"You can get to know these nuts." I exclaim.

"Hey kid, you just entered in one of the toughest games in the nation. And the Olympics don't have shit against this."

"Well, you don't have shit against me. So why get to know me?" I ask.

"I don't know. Maybe I'll go easy on you Peachies in the arena. Oh, wait. I guess you're too stupid to be of much use anyway, let alone handle a weapon. Maybe I'll have use of her in there."

That's when I snapped. I balled my hand into a fist and jammed it into his face. He staggers back into the wall and returns the favor. So I tackled him to the ground and we end up in a clinch on the floor. After about ten minutes of fighting, an old man probably in his forties, pulls us off.

"Break it up! Break it up." He exclaims.

The fight ends up giving us both a bruise under our eyes. He marches his way back to his cabin while the old dude sits me down.

" It was good that I stepped in before those soldiers came by." He says.

I smell drugs in his breath. Not the ones you inject but the ones you smoke. But, it's a different smell. Not marijuana or anything, but something new. I don't question him about it.

"My name's George. And I'm here to mentor you for the games." He introduces himself.

"Why do we need mentors?" I ask.

"Because we need somebody to train us so we can survive." Says Nazz.

"Well, then. Thanks, little girl." He finally says.

We finally make it to the Kingdom. They tell us to go to the training center, just down the block. When we head inside, the room smells of sweat and chlorine. The other competitors are all lined up by the time we get there. They tell us to put on a skintight suit that has our district name on the back.

We head up to the back of the line. Then I noticed Nazz in her uniform. She's straight up sexy, hourglass figure, perfect chest and her eyes and personality make her even more perfect. Then they start to point us to our elevators. But first, they call off our names.

"First, Maze. Age: 18. Height: 6'3. Body type: Skinny but strong. First elevator."

Next he calls off this girl's name. Her name is Shine. What a stupid name. She then points her to the first elevator with her partner and they head up to the training room.

Next is the guy I got into a fight with on the train. His name is Stone. Again, another stupid name. He then says he has a muscular build and is about 6'5. Only about five inches above me. He heads to the second elevator and then he calls up his district partner and they head up.

It finally comes down to me and Nazz. She gets called up first. He begins to take notice of her perfect figure and starts to wander off. I begin to get jealous and yell out for him to keep going. Then he finally brings me up.

"Eddy Skipper McGee. Age: 16. Height: 6'0. Body type: Broad shoulders, stocky build."

I finally head to the elevator and then to the training center. Everything is either a shade of blue or red. Me and Nazz first avoid the training, as our mentor told us and head to the poisonous bugs and plants center. We learn about this and that until we finally get to the shelter building part of the center. We learn how to make simple teepees and tents out of different things until we're done.

Then the other finally head to sections we were just in, so that leaves us with the training room all to ourselves. I try to impress Nazz by sparring with a sparring robot. She doesn't pay attention to me as she's on a treadmill. I grumble and start to step my game up. After being taught how to wrestle and kick box from that stupid machine, we head to the weight lifting room. I begin to lift weights while she starts small, doing push-ups and sit-ups. I never realized how strong and fast she is.

Then we head to the endurance part of the center, to test our endurance for the real thing. I end up getting winded after forty-five minutes, but that seems to impress the people watching us. When we finally get done with working out, we leave the center and head up to our district floor.

I head to the roof after looking around for five minutes just so I can get some fresh air. I get situated on the railing, noting a soft hum coming from the outside. Nazz ends up eventually finding me, because she didn't have anybody else to talk to.

"So, I guess this is it." She tells me.

"What do you mean?" I ask her.

"This is it. Both of us might die in that arena." She says.

"No we're not. We're not going to die." I exclaim.

"Okay, we might not die. But, don't you feel bad?" she asks.

"Bad for what?"

She pauses for a minute…

"That most of these kids won't even make it back it home."

"Not really. I've never really talked to most of them." I confess.

She starts to get angry with me, passively-aggressively stating that I'm just like my brother. I end up calming her down by finally taking back my words. She ends up trying to get closer to me.

I begin to blush as she wraps her arms around my left shoulder. Either she's coming on to me or she's cold. No matter.

"I just want to go home. To be with my family." She says.

"My family won't miss me." I blurt out loud, not thinking.

"Why?" she asks.

There's a long pause until I begin to speak up.

"Didn't you have a visitor?" I ask.

"Yeah. Your brother."

"What did he say?"

I can tell from a look on her face that he told her something about me. After a few seconds I realize. He'd rather have her win than me (I've definitely heard something about this before.). I end up feeling a twinge of hate. My only brother not caring if I win or not.

"It's getting late." She finally says. "I'm heading to bed."

She starts to leave for the door. I end up staying behind and watching.

"Goodnight, Eddy." She says.

"Goodnight, Nazz."

She leaves and I have only myself to talk to. The blush ends up going away, and I feel extremely cold. I wrap my arms around myself and I begin to crawl inside of myself. I begin to reciprocate those feelings for Nazz into something greater. I look up to the sky and see bright stars and a full moon out. Then I think to myself, Nazz should be one of those stars. If she doesn't make out, I'll know she's one of those.

I head downstairs and go to my room and crawl under the covers, not bothering to take off my shirt. I end up falling asleep quickly. Tomorrow will be a better day.