Chapter 3: The Hunger Games Characters Introduce Themselves
Percy's POV
I admit that I was curious about who they were. A saytr, or at least I assumed he was, steped forward and asked the oldest who was sitting on the golden throne, "Titles or no titles, my king?"
The boy though for a moment then nodded and confirmed "Titles."
Great. I turned to Annabeth, Nico and Thalia and said in Greek (just so you know when they speak with italics there talking in Greek) "Should we tell them we are demigods?"
"Yes" Annabeth replied quickly "Percy take a look, it seems like the others aren't very happy about giving titles either," she said pointing to the two girls whom everybody pretty much knew their names were Prim and Rue who looked as white as ghosts about giving titles, like saying who they were was going to bring up something they didn't want to uncover, "but they're going along with it so why shouldn't we? "
"Look I don't care, let's just go tell them the truth and be done," Thalia insisted anxiously, "People are going to start getting curious about what language we're speaking," Thalia said in an annoyed tone. It seemed like everyone was on the same page except for me, as always. I wasn't sure if we should go first or not. So like how all of my bad ideas start I just went with my gut.
"Might I suggest Katniss' group goes first," Katniss gave me a stare that clearly stated that she wanted to kill me, and apparently that wasn't the plan and Annabeth punched me in the arm.
"Thank you," said Katniss. Annabeth nodded then just kept giving me her evil eye, something told me that when we get home I'm going to be tied to a chair watching a marathon on architecture. Rue made a small quiet laugh, and Prim tired to swallow her laughter.
The blonde boy simply said, "As you wish," like nothing even happened. I was about to protest about said punch but Annabeth elbowed me in the side not so hard that told me to, in a phrase: Shut up.
Katniss's POV
Right now, I wanted to strangle that boy. Fortunately that blonde girl might just do the job for me, either way I end up satisfied. But now I have to tell my name and this is going to get a lot of questions.
So I let out a sigh and started, "My name is Katniss Everdeen, I'm 16 and I am a tribute in the 74th Annual Hunger Games, a public fight to the death where only one comes out alive, and I'm from District 12," that sure got me a lot of wide eyed stares.
"Thanks Katniss," said Rue in a sarcastic voice, "I almost forgot what I was there for," everyone couldn't help but laugh. That's one of the many talents Prim and Rue share. Even in the most serious times they can make people laugh.
I saw that Prim was looking nervous and pale...er so I gave her a little push on the back and she began her story, "Um...hi," she started nervously, "um...my name is Primrose Everdeen," the whole time she was saying this her voice shook "um...Prim for short, I'm 12 years old and I was originally reaped for the 74th Hunger Games but my sister Katniss volunteered for me, and as you probably guessed I'm from District 12 too. "
Rue stepped forward confidently, with her head held high and a gleam in her eye. I guess that her mentor told her to always do that when being interviewed, "My name is Rue Floster, and I'm also a tribute for the the 74th Hunger Games. I'm 12 years old, and I'm from District 11."
Now it's time to see who the others are. Prim and Rue are holding my hands, and that boy with dark hair whom I wanted to strangle stepped forward, and just for a second spoke a different language. This boy was going to be hilarious!