The First thing I heard after regaining consciousness was the soft beeps of the heart monitor. Steady and Soft, Beep Beep Beep. I could also hear talking in the background, one of them sounded like troy. I slowly blinked open my eyes, through the blur I made out troy talking to a man in a white lab coat. Troy had daises in his hands and looked quite worried. The doctor turned towards me "ah there she is". Troy walked over to the bed and knelt down "I Know you probably hate me now but I brought you these" he said setting the daisies on my chest. I tried to prop myself up but it hurt to bend my stomach so I just stayed how I was. I stiffed the daisies "They're lovely" I said as I set them on the table. "Well good so I take that as you don't hate me" he said smiling. "How much more time is left" I asked staring at the celling. "Well 3 days basically. Today is training but I'm not allowed to go neither are you, doctors' orders. Then we have our final day of training which you'll have to go. Finally we get our trackers and begin" troy said his smile faded. The doctor walked in and pointed his thumb behind his back. "Well that's my cue" troy said getting up and leaving. I stared up at the celling as the doctor approached me. "Ok miss Oaken, You have already gotten stiches on the wound it will be sore for 2-3 days but you should be good to go we just need to keep you tonight for observation" he smiled and walked out. I looked over to the clock 3:26 pm. I turned over on my side and fell asleep, undisturbed till 6:30 exactly when I was awoken for dinner. They gave me a few chicken strips, Green Jell-O, Some vegetable, and fruit punch. I finished my dinner and went back to sleep. I slept soundly with no nightmares. I woke up at 7ish and was released at 7:30. I got back to our room in the training center where my brother embraced me with a hug. We ate breakfast together and then went to training. They began the training by handing us all a packet. I sat down and opened it. The first page was the line-ups for the arenas.
Arena 1:
District 1: Glittery District 2: Alana District 3: Dayta District 4: Maria District 5: Nina District 6: Cara District 7: Jack District 8: Burton District 9: Barric District 10: Keld District 11: Dylan District 12: Evan
Arena 2:
District 1: Calix District 2: Roland District 3: Bolt District 4: Troy District 5: Wyatt District 6: Martain District 7: Amber District 8: Sash District 9: Omri District 10: Eve District 11: Laurel District 12: Madge
Well I already knew I would be separated from Dylan but at least I was with troy and Madge. The next page contained a detailed description of the arena.
"This Year on the third Quarter Quell the tributes will be divided into two arenas with the girls from district 1-6 and the boys from 7-12 in the first arena. Then the boys from district 1-6 and the girls from 7-12 in the second. The time in the arenas will last 2 ½ weeks or until there are only 2 players left. If the time runs out all remaining players will be sent to the third arena where they will meet up with the winners from the other arena. When the players are in the third arena they will fight until there are only 2 players left. The two victors..." I stopped after that because it just explained what happened to a victor which I would never find out. I set my packet down and began to train, staying away from anything that would hurt my wound.