I was told to pack my things as quickly as I could before being sent home, my brother Liam followed me home and was now stood by the door watching whilst I packed some of my things.

"Are you alright?" He asks carefully and with obvious care.

I don't know how to reply so I just shrug my shoulders.

"Honey?" He called me Honey since my 10th birthday also the day he went down the mines, he was scared but not as much as I was for him. I don't know why he chose honey but I think he remembers and says it to himself when he's down. It was like a security blanket in a way he just needed little things like that to help him when he was down, he loved me all the way up to the moon and back he used to say and I loved him as well but none of that mattered anymore and it wasn't going to help me try to win.

I didn't turn around, I just ignored him and eventually he understood that I didn't want to have company. So he left, but I was soon aware that he was only standing outside the door waiting for me because most of District 12 was out there waiting to wish me good luck. I could here shouting coming from downstairs so I decided to go down to investigate and to my amazement I saw my family being dragged out of the door by peacekeepers, in amongst the confusion a remaining peacekeeper shouted to me.

"Get your things then, we haven't got all day, this is meant to be a 5 minute in and out thing but you're making this hard, just like your parents did…"

I leaned on the banister horrified at what I had just heard, I knew I couldn't take this sitting down.

"Excuse me, who do you think you are to talk about my mother and father like that, they are previous victors of this stupid hunger games and anyway you're just some scrappy little Capitol mutt that does whatever Snow wants… You don't care about anyone but yourself!" He looked at me in astonishment that I, a little District 12 girl would ever conger up enough courage to speak my, and the whole districts', mind.

Rosedale and Effie came storming in after hearing what I said and Rosedale grabbed my things for me whilst Effie gave the peacekeeper a row he wouldn't soon forget. Meanwhile the whole of the district was chanting my name after my little performance. I was starting to feel very proud of my family and that I carried a trait from each of them; I had my mother's anger and strength, my father's determination and my brother's courage.

"Alexander is waiting for you, he was at the train station long ago and he started to worry." Rosedale shouts to me. I mean I was told by a lot of people that he liked me but I never actually believed it, and to think that he was worrying about me!

"I think someone has a crush because when I said we don't need to go to get you, he said he would instead!" She squawks. "Aw a big crush on a little girl!" Effie nudges her to stop going on, 'that must be one of the traits Rosedale gets from her mum!' I think to myself.

Before long we are waiting for the train to come to take us to the Capitol but it takes longer than expected. Rosedale has gone to get Haymitch and Effie has gone to the justice building to see why the train is late, so I am left with Alexander.

I turn to him and start to conger up some words to break the ice.

"Rosedale said you were worrying about me…"

"You were very late." He replies,

"Was I, I didn't realise the time…"

"Oh well, at least you're here now. Haymitch is meant to give us some 'great' advice so we can win together." He says sarcastically.

"Okay."

"In a way I am glad I got reaped this year because I don't have to try and kill you. I mean I really wouldn't want to kill you, or even hurt you."

"I am quite glad as well; I wouldn't want to kill you either." I sigh "So have you got any tactics?"

"Nope, you?"

Suddenly the train arrives to take us on our long journey to the Capitol. The noisy engines get louder as they pull in to stop at our station and I get cut off, losing my chance to answer him.

Author's note: Once again: A re-written chapter as from now on I will be re-writing all my chapters but a lot of elements will be the same but please still read it again :) Love you all xx