A thought pounded inside my head as I woke up. I'm hungry. I groggily stood up and washed myself. I gave myself a fancy bath, as there was warm water. In my old life, you only had cold water from the town well, or no shower at all, since the you needed to buy the water too. My old life. I frowned as I realized how long ago that was. I added roses, minerals, and bubbles to my bath. I played with it for a while, but quickly drained it all as I lost interest in it.

I went downstairs and ordered myself a big breakfast. Nobody was awake yet, only the chefs. I had scrambled eggs, a few pancakes, hash brown, bacon, a yogurt smoothie, and warm milk. I grinned when I remembered Arada giving us some milk from her goat, Fern. The happy times it was, where we would trade our food.

I smiled as my thoughts wandered off to my dog, Lucky. My smile turned upside down as I wondered what was happening in District 11. For a second, I was tempted to cry and crawl back to bed.

I shook my head of such thoughts and when Jean and Arada finally woke up and did their stuff, we both went to the training place to get our names down. "Excited?" I asked.

"More like scared like hell." Jean said.

"See what you are teaching her?" Arada asked, after hearing Jean cuss.

"Nope since I don't teach." I said.

"Oh, is it really? Then what were you doing when you were making me carry the basket of fruit then?"

I smiled as I remembered our training of strength, speed, and smartness. "Training," I replied simply. Wow, it seemed so long ago when we were just regular girls.

Arada threw her hands in the air as she tried to counter my reply. "Then what was with the words you said-"

"Oh, just give it up!" I said. Arada crossed her arms and quickly stuck her tongue out at me. I narrowed my eyes a bit.

"Guys, I forgot our strategy plan." Jean said.

"Well, one of them is head for water." I said, glad for the change of subjects.

"And stick together!" Arada added.

I heard a snicker to the left off us and saw a big, massive guy.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"Oh nothing, just to squeeze the life out of you." The guy's voice was deep, and I realized he was at least 17.

"Oh, so you already have a crush on me?"

He scoffed, "What do you mean? If you mean I want to crush you, then you are so right!"

I whispered, "This guy is so dumb."

"And by the looks of it, so big!" Arada whispered back.

Jean just grabbed my hand and we went to the line. It took forever until finally, we were next.

They gave us black shorts, black pants, an puffy black outer pants, a black t-shirt, a black long sleeves, a black sweater, a black outer jacket, and black boots. I frowned as there were so many layers and they were all black. I changed into them and went back to the line. They installed something in my arm, which made me wince, and showed us where to stand.

"Now, do not move!" The lady said. "Is there any specific weapons you want?"

A memory stirred in my brain as I remembered Joseline telling us the new rules. "Well, considering there is one more, the last one is that each person will be given a weapon before they fight."

I grinned, as I saw Arada get a trident, and Jean get a dagger. I asked for a bow and some arrows, but they only gave me a bow and one arrow. I frowned, and was about to ask for more arrows, but they left to assist the other tributes.

"I wanted some throwing knives, but they just gave me a dagger." Jean said.

"But a bow with just one arrow is useless!" I crossed my arms as we were set up in the cylinder to the battle field. That was when it dawned on me that I could die.

My eyes were constantly moving as I registered how stuffy it was in the tubes. I slightly moved my head and saw Arada in the corner of my eye. She seemed to be calm. Not like me. Repeatedly I thought, I'm going to die. I'm going to die. I'm so going to die.

There was a constant voice counting down from 60 and it irritated me a bit. When it reached 10, I saw the battlefield. A freakin' snowy land. There wasn't a single tree or plant in sight, just white and caves. And we are wearing black. So noticeable.

I scanned the Cornucopia and found a set of arrows a few meters away. It took my whole self to not get convinced to run for it. I heard the guy count 5. My heart started to race.

Four, and I closed my eyes.

Three, I opened them, realizing how stupid to be blind in the game.

Two, I tried to focus on Arada. She still seems calm.

One, and there was an earsplitting sound and the Games were started. I panicked as I saw Jean run ahead of us.