Hey guys! I'm baccckkkk! Lol so I finally wrote chapter 8. So here you go! :)

Dahlia's POV

I wake up by Effie's knock and her squeaking 'Wake up! It's a big, big day!' I roll out of bed, dreading training. I see black shirt and pants with red hems on the dresser so I grab the clothes and stumble into the bathroom. I take a shower to wake up but it doesn't work. I dry off and dress in the outfit that was laid out for me. I pull my wet hair up in a pony tale and I make my way to breakfast. When I get to the table, Effie and my parents are already eating.

"Good morning sweetheart!" My dad says.

"Morning," I reply back, making it obvious that I am still not awake. I go over to the table with all the food and pile my plate with almost everything there. For some reason, I'm actually hungry. I'm so nervous for training and normally when I'm nervous, I don't have an appetite.

I snap out of my thoughts when Coltin enters the room and he's wearing the same thing that I'm wearing. The black shirt and pants with red hems. I slowly eat as I watch him fill his plate up. I drop my gaze when he sits next to me.

We finish breakfast and Effie hurries us into the elevator. And before the doors close, my dad gives Cotin and I some last minute advice.

"Don't show your special skill." He turns to me. "Dahlia, don't practice at the archery station, you understand?" he finishes and I nod my head. Why can't I show my skill? I'm not that good at archery anyway but it's the best I got and I'm going to need to practice and training is the time to do it! I can't practice in the games.

The doors close and we ride the elevator to the training center on the bottom floor. I can tell Coltin is nervous as well.

The elevator doors open and Effie guides us down a long narrow hallway. Finally we reach the doors goths training center.

"Good luck you two," Effie says and walks back to the elevator. Then Coltin and I enter the training center. The room is huge and the game makers have their own little loft to watch us train. There are so many stations to work at. My attention draws to the center of the room where all the tributes are gathered around a game maker. Coltin and I go over to the group and we listen the the game maker's instructions. Then we all spread out and choose our stations to work at first. Coltin goes to the knot tying stations and I go over to the survival skills station with other tributes. I look across the room to see the boy from 1 with the knifes with his district partner, Charity.

I look around and see Sanden with the axes. I should talk to him and Camellia. But where is she?

I have no time to look because I am too focused on what the game maker is saying. It's not until I look around the group until I realize that I'm sitting next to Camellia. I can tell she notices too and she turns to me.

"Hi, I'm Camellia. You must be the MockingJay's daughter, Dahlia?" she says and theres that word again. MockingJay.

"Ya, and you're Johanna's daughter, right?" I ask her.

"Yes! I was hoping to talk to you. I already talked to Sanden last night after the tribute parade and we both agreed to team up since we're both children of victors. Can you join us?" she asks. I am so tempted so say yes but then I remember Gale and his threat.

"Umm... Uhhhh..." I studded.

"My mentor, and mom told me that it would be safe and a good idea to team up with the other victors kids," she says. I agree that it's a good idea and it's not like I'm going to win the games and do it alone.

"okay, that sounds great," I tell her. She smiles and we continue working on the survival skills which, right now includes starting a fire.

After an hour of that, Camellia and I go to the knifes station. I watch in awe as the boy from one throws his last knife and hit the target dead center.

"Impressive, Neco," Charity says. Finally I learn the name of the boy. Neco. They walk to another station and Camellia and I pick up knifes. Coltin comes over to our station as well.

"I'm totally going to fail at this," he says and I smile because I know that I am going to fail too. And as I assumed, we throw the knifes and we all miss completely. We throw some more knifes and I'm able to hit them but only in the foot or hand. Camellia, however is much better than me.

We go to our last station before lunch, which is the axes. Sanden comes too and I get to meet him. He seems really nice. I watch Coltin throw the axe and he hits the target. Meanwhile I can't even hold it correctly. Coltin notices my struggle and comes over to me.

"Here, let me help," he says and puts my hands in the right position. His touch is gentle and soft.

"Thanks," I say.

"No problem," he replies back and goes to get another axe and Camellia and Sanden come over to me.

"Omg! He likes you!" Camellia squeals. I guess the Hunger Games are far from her mind to be thinking about that. The truth is, if we weren't in the Hunger Games, I would like him too but of course, Gale had ruined that too.

I roll my eyes at Camellia's comment.

"No, he was just helping me," I say.

"Well, whatever, he should team up with us," Camellia says.

"Yeah, he's really good," Sanden says. I nod my head and we walk over to Coltin to ask him to team up with us.

"Hey Coltin," Sanden starts. " So we all know that no one can win the games alone and you're our friend now so will you team up with us?" Sanden finishes.

"Yes! I would be so scared in the games alone!" Coltin says. I smile, knowing that I won't be fighting in the games alone and I will have friends to trust... I hope.

We finish up the axes and it's time for lunch. And as I walk across the weights station to the lunch room, I can't help but notice district 2's male tribute, Percy starring straight at me.

Oooo! Somewhat cliffhanger! Lol so I hope this chapter was worth the wait! And PLEASE if you have any ideas, please tell me because right now I am all out of ideas and I don't exactly know where I'm going... Yep! :)

Sooo Keetaever- tas newer your question, no, no one had other training for the 76th Hunger Games!

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