When I wake up I put on a white tank top and blue shorts. I decide to put my hair up in a pony tail and grab some sneakers. I have track first thing this morning, well after breakfast of course.
I walk down to the cafeteria, along with several other students. Today is Saturday so they are serving pancakes and eggs. I grab 2 pancakes and one egg and sit down at a table. Surprisingly they are lots of children here sitting at the tables, eating breakfast. On Saturdays ad Sundays people usually like to sleep in. On the weekends we have normal school, plus track and the combat arena. The schedule for today is:
9:30-Breakfast
10:00-Track
11:00-Math/Strategy
12:30-Lunch
1:00-Language/Spelling
2:00-History/Hunger games
3:00-Weapons study
4:00-Combat Arena/Fights
I scarf down the eggs and pancakes quickly. When I'm done I go outside to meet my new track teacher. I walk outside, towards where the level 3s practice. I see a tall lady with striking red hair, wearing a green track suit. When I get closer I notice her unnatural arched eyebrows and blue eyes. She has her hair up in a long pony tail on the top of her head, literally.
"Excuse me, are you the level 3 track coach?" I ask.
"Yes I am. I haven't seen you before, are the child coming up from level 2?" She asks me in her accent
"Oh, yes. My name is Clove Davis" I respond
"Well my name is Coach Augusta" She replies "It's nice to meet you Clover"
"My name is Clove" I don't like it when people get my name mixed up. Travis and Chloe never got their names mixed up. Their names are normal and aren't close to anything, like Clover.
The lady ignores my comment as she introduces some students to me.
"Clover 'tis Janie, Mave, Daxon, Aura, Luka and Raelynn" She says "Class 'tis, Clover"
"My name is Clove" I growl. I hate the way she says Clover. Are you deaf? My name is Clove.
"Hello Clove" They all chime
"Hi" I almost whisper
"Alright let's go for a 2 mile jawg" Coach Augusta says, with a long aw. 2 miles? That's double the length as the level 2 jog. But what do you expect from a new class.
I start up in the back but by the end I end up in 4th last place. Not bad.
We take a water break before Coach Augusta says "Alright we are now going to do a cardio workout. You will do this in the order that I explain this in, 50 jumping jacks, 30 burpies, 20 sit ups, and 35 push ups. And when you're done that do 2 laps around the feild. Understand?"
"Yes"
"Alright, begin" She barks. Everyone immediatly starts doing the jumping jacks. Apparently they're very hard to do because constantly Augusta is correcting everyone.
"Straighter arms"
'Bigger jumps"
"Faster, faster, FASTER!"
"Honestly Raelynn, don't tell me you're huffing and puffing already"
"That's it Clover"
"27,28, 29, 30"
"Clover, In your head. Count in your head"
I follow her advice and begin counting in my head. 39,40,41.
I notice one boy, I think it was Luka, already beggining on the burpies. 48, 49, 50.
I quickly start the burpies. Jump up, down, push up, jump up, down, push up. And so on. I quickly become aware of the other 3 people doing the burpies too. I start to falter behind, my legs were getting tired from all the jumping. I spot Mave and Daxon doing the sit ups with Luka. I finish my hurpies. I'm exhausted now, I haven't such hard core work before. I have always been good at sit ups, so I zip through them fast and begin on my push ups.
I quickly get a head start and begin plowing through the push ups along with Luka and Mave. Although I may not way much, I have very little upper body strength, causing me to soon lose my advantage. My arms are like little tooth picks, holding absolutely no muscle. 20 push ups through and I see Luka starting on the laps, quickly followed by Mave. Everyone is on the push ups or higher now.
I finish the push ups, finally, and begin on the laps. I swear Luka has done 1 lap already and is starting on his second. Where does he get all that energy from? I feel as though my limbs are about to fall off. My legs start slowing down and severel students are passing me now. I feel like I want to give up and just lay down, but I can't. I have to prove myself, I won't be known as Clove the quitter. And what if they send me back to level 2? I hate it there, it's not fun at all. Well...neither is this. But it's still better.
With that I pull myself together and finish the run. I end up second last. But I finished it and that's all that matters. We're done for today when Augusta says "I know many of you are anxious to find out who will move up to level 4! The people that will be going are, Luka, Mave and Aura!"
No surprise with Luka, I hope someday I could have the amout of energy and determination that he has.
I go and have a shower before Math and strategy, so I don't disgust all the other students with my stench. That class goes by very quickly, I always have been very good at strategy and multiplication!
Before you know it, it's time for lunch. I make my way down to the cafeteria, meatballs and rice today. I pay for my lunch and sit down at a table with a whole bunch of boys. Shoot! it's not just any group of boys it's those boys who I keep seeing around the academy. I begin to quickly eat my food when I feel a pair of eyes on me. I slightly tilt my head to the left, and see the blonde haired, blue eyed, boy Cato. We make eye contact for a few seconds before one of his friends says something and he turns away. That was the first time I've actually looked at him. I noticed how his hair falls carelessly in front of his pale eyes. I noticed how big he looks. He's got to be more than 10 or 11 years old.
There's that girl again. Why do I keep on bumping into her? It's not like I mind, she doesn't do any harm. She's looking at me now. Wow! Those brown eyes look so pretty with her dark brown hair. It's actually kind of cute. I don't like her, but she is pretty. Although she is small. I wonder how old she is. She looks like she's 5 or 6, but she has to be 7 because that's the age limit. I'm rather large for my age. I'm 9 but bigger than some 11 year olds.
"Yo Cato, why are you staring at that girl?"
"What?" I turn back to my friends "I'm not staring"
"Whatever"
I finish my lunch and start getting ready for my classes. They go by pretty quickly. Now I'm walking to the room used for the arena fights.
When I walk in I find a big crowd of cheering students.
"Come on Rian"
"You got her"
"Come on"
"Let's go Chloe"
Chloe, she's fighting. I didn't know that. I thought she'd tell me. Well actually I didn't think she'd tell me, but I wish she'd tell me.
I decide to join in with the cheering.
"Go Chloe"
"You got him"
"Yay Chloe!"
The fight goes on for another 5-10 minutes before Chloe gets defeated. She comes hobbling off the mat as I run towards he rto embrace her in a hug.
"Great job Chloe" I say as I wrap my arms around her.
"What the? Clove! Get off of me" She practically shouts at me. I'm a little hurt as I watch her walk off with her friends, Zoey, Mabsley and Diane.
I hear chuckling behind me so I turn around. I see a few teenagers looking at me.
"Who is that?"
"I think it's her sister"
"Really? They don't look that much alike"
'I know"
'She looks like her brother"
"Who?"
"Travis Davis, he almost won the games"
"Oh yeah, him"
"But she's so tiny"
"I know"
"Did you see her hug Chloe?"
"Yeah, she sure is stupid"
I ignore their comments and pay attention to the commentator.
"Alright the next contestants are, Matthew Morris and Cato Stone"
Matthew Morris is over 12 years old, so there must be another Cato here. Although I doubt it.
As far as I know, you enter your name, then there's a draw that decides who competes against each other. They're not entirely always fair.
I watch as Matthew charges at Cato. I feel a little scared for Cato, Matthew's pretty tall and big. But he's just as big, so he tackles him and starts throwing punches. Apparently he is dangerous, to my surprise. The fight doesn't last long and Cato wins.
I have my mouth hanging open when he looks at me again. I must look pretty stupid because he smirks at me. It's actually looks kind of funny with his messed up hair and bruises on his face. My gaping mouth turns quickly into a smile along with a few giggles. I realize how stupid I must look, so I bite my lip and walk away.