Good December everyone! I hope you're ready for Christmas! :3 I sure am. Here's chapter 6 of my pitiful FanFiciton. ^.^ Enjoy!

I woke up the next morning oddly refreshed. I stretched and sat on the edge of my bed. Last night, about an hour after we got on, we arrived at the building we were to be staying at for the next five days. At least, that is what was typical. (I know that what usually happened was that the districts took a 2 night trip, but remember... we LIVE in the Capitol.)
Upon our arrival, three Avoxes met us by the door and smiled, not showing their teeth, I had always wondered what they did to Avoxes to make sure they didn't speak again. I had heard a lot of rumors. The most REALISTIC one of the bunch was that the head of the Capitol cut out their vocal chords and somehow impaired them so that they couldn't whisper, either. The poor people... What had they ever done to get their voices stolen from them?
I stretched again and threw a pillow at Raven, who snored away near the window. "Raven! Up!"
"Whatdoyawantmumziesimmasleep ingshaddupandgoaway..."
I rolled my eyes and this time, threw a fluffy slipper in her direction. "BREAKFAST TIME!"
Her eyes jerked open and she smiled, her green eyes still dim with exhaustion. "Pancakes?" I nodded and she grins and rushed out of the room in her pajamas. The girl was 13, but she could move pretty fast.
I rolled my eyes and decided to shower before I went out. I didn't want to look like a TOTAL slob. Which, of course, I am, bit other people didn't have to know that, right? Right!
I stepped into the bathroom and slipped off my clothes, and turned on the water. Within seconds, the room started to steam and I cracked open the door. I placed my foot in the shower and then jerked back, wincing. Dang... That water was HOT.
I tried to turn the water down, but each time got burned in a different place on each of my arms and legs. Finally, I stomped on the ground and ran my fingers through my dry hair.
The water stopped.
I looked up from the floor and grinned. I stomped again.
The water turned back on.
My giggles echoed in the vast bathroom, but I couldn't help it. I started to jump around, causing the water to turn on and off.
This was way too much fun for my own good. I slowed down and pushed my hair behind my ear, still smiling, "That was odd..."
I nodded in the mirror, "Indeed it was, my friend."
I think I hung around Cassie too much. I walked into the shower, and turned the water on to a reasonable temperature. Our bathroom at home had been modern and better-than-average, but it was dirt on the mayor's shoe compared to this one. This bathroom was about the size of my bedroom, and the shower was as big as a hot tub. Jets lined the bottom and the top, and I counted 5 shower heads. Near the curtain, there was wide variety of body scrubs, lotions, face washes, shampoo's, shower gel, conditioner's, soap... I could go on, but I think you get the point. If you don't… The point was that there was a butt load of body caring items in this box."
I sighed and grabbed a bottle that read: 'Strawberry blast'. "Wonder what this does..." I wondered, putting a droplet on my hand. Apparently, it was a lotion that smelled... Like strawberries. Duh.
I smiled and took a bottle of hair solution, dumping it up on my head. I let it sit for a while, and sat down on the bench. Yup, bench in a shower. Coolest thing ever.
I still couldn't believe how beautiful it was here, right in the center of the Capitol. I was used to some pretty luxurious stuff, but nothing like this. We were poor, for a Capitol family... But we made it by alright.
I smiled to myself and washed all the hair product from my hair, then scrubbed my body down with body scrub. I leaned backwards and run my fingers through my silky smooth hair.
I felt something give way from under my weight and I was suddenly bombarded with giant streams of flaming hot water in my direction. I screeched and it hit my thigh and jumped 3 feet in the air. Clutching my thigh, I leaned up against the wall, panting out of sheer surprise. Then another jet came at me. And another. By the time I had finally realized I hit a jet button when I leaned back, and turned it off, all of my legs and part of my stomach was bright red.
I fell to the tile floor of the bathroom and closed my eyes, taking deep breaths and trying to stop my racing heartbeat. "Stupid showers..." I grumbled, standing back up. I slid out of the shower and grabbed a towel, wrapping it around my bare body. Shivering, I dried my hair and the rest of my body, then ripped a hairbrush though my hair. I sighed and put my clothes on, then came out of the bathroom to find Raven asleep again. "RAVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNN!" I screeched, holding back laughter. "TIME TO GET UP!"
Raven jumped up, her green eyes wide. "WHAT THE HEC-"
"Op! No time for that..." I laughed, pulling her out of bed. "It's a big big big big day!"
"Leggo!" she squirmed in protest, then finally gave up and I dragged her out of the room. "Okay. Fine. Where are we going?"
"Breakfast, silly!"
"Breakfast?"
"Breakfast!"
She sighed as we stopped in front of the kitchen, and both of our eyes went wide. When we had gotten here the night before, we had gone straight to bed. Neither of us had gotten the change to see the kitchen/dining room.
There was a large glass table, surrounded by 4 blue chairs, hollowed out in the middle. Foods and flowers decorated the entire table top, the flowers so bright (almost too bright) and the foods looking so rich and delicious. Raven jumped up and ran right to the table, gobbling down as much food as she could fit into her teenage mouth. I quickly followed and soon, both of us had near-exploding tummies. Though I had lived in the capitol all my life, and I had grown used to the rich food it had to offer, the food I had just eaten was exceptionally different, and I felt sick. "Gn….."
"You feel sick too?" Raven asked, keeping her eyes closed. I nodded and she sighed, feeling her stomach. "This food will be the end of me…."

We both managed a weak laugh and I stood up, rolling my neck around my shoulders." I'm going to go and get my book…." I mumbled, lumbering out of the kitchen.

"Good luck making it back!" Raven called from behind me. I rolled my eyes and smiled looking up at the ceiling. I took a few more steps and then bumped into something. Hard.

I fell down onto the ground, hitting my head slightly on the wall behind me. "Ouch!" I squealed in surprise, rubbing the back of my neck. "That hurt!"

"Sorry!"

I looked up and saw the Dominick boy that had the scene at the reaping. He looked at me with frantic eyes and brushed his dark hair out of his face. "Sorry…. I didn't look where I was going….." He stood up and held out a hand for me. I hesitated before taking it, and then stood up, brushing off my clothes.

"It's no big deal. I wasn't looking either," I smiled weakly; "I'm Nikki."

You may be wondering why we ran into each other. Well, I know that in the past games, they had kept all of the teams of tributes in different parts of the building that we are in. For these games, however, they kept all of us in the same area. I think they did it because they want us to grow close, and then be forced to kill each other. Maybe they just didn't want us all separated. Maybe they were renovating the rooms. Who knows...?

He nodded shyly and smiled. "Dominick… You were the girl that was partnered with the little Goth, right?"

I suddenly felt defensive. "She's not Goth she's… an introvert. And shy… and dresses not exactly in neon colors but she's not Goth!"

He raised up his hands and chuckled. "Sorry! I didn't mean anything by it," He laughed and put his hands behind his head. "How are you coping with this crap?"

I rolled my eyes and felt a faint blush rise to my cheeks, "Alright, I guess. I don't think the shock has settled in yet."

"Me neither…" He stated flatly, letting out a huge sigh. "My girlfriend… she… I don't know how she's going to come to terms with this. I was the closest thing she had to family."

"What do you mean by that?" I asked, suddenly curious.

He looked at me warily and sat down on the nearest chair. This boy reminded me of someone, but I couldn't place my finger on whom. "She lived with me because her parents were in a massacre after the districts rebelled. We were just friends at the time, best friends, actually. She's been living with me ever since."

I felt a pang of pity and sat down beside me. "Oh, I'm sorry…."

"It wasn't my problem."

I nodded and stood back up. "I probably should be going…." I said, pushing my hair behind my ear. "It was nice to meet you Dominick. I hope you win this thing."

He did the same and put his hands in his pockets. "Same to you… see ya." He walked out of sight, his head down.

I walked to Raven and I's room, suddenly feeling extremely tired. I flopped down on the bed and grabbed a pillow to wrap around my head. (A/N: Heh… Rhyme… 0.0) without even knowing it, I soon slipped into unconsciousness.

I was in my dream. Actually it was more of a memory… A memory of my father's death.

I was in the car with my father, driving down to the store to get some more milk. I looked about 12 years old, and my father was as young as he ever looked. We had to pull over at the side of the rode because had gotten a flat tire running over a piece of glass.

That's when it all started.

Out of nowhere, 3 thugs came out from an alley way with a metal chord in their hands. They had corned my father up against a brick wall and, though I couldn't hear their conversation, seemed to be threating them. Me, being the coward that I was, stayed in the car, hiding behind the seat. The men struck my father across the face and then hit him multiple times all over his body. Then they pulled him away from the wall and wrapped the chord around his neck. One of them leaned over and whispered something in my father's ear, and his reaction was horrifying. Tears filled his eyes as he grew pale.

Then they tighted the chord that was already around his neck. Almost instantaneously, his neck was broken and sliced in multiple places.

My father was dead within the minute.

I was horrified, tears cascading down my cheeks. I peeked over the seat to see, against all odds, if my beloved father was still alive. One of the men stopped me and grinned, pointing at the car and mouthing something to his friends. My heart skipped a beat as they walked menacingly towards the car, the chord (covered in my father's blood, I might add) in their hands. I jumped out of our red Honda van and darted across the road as fast as my feet could carry me.

That was where the memory stopped and the nightmare started. The three men caught up with me and forced me to the ground. Everything was still muted, so I couldn't understand a single word that they were saying. Still, fear and adrenaline fueled all of my body. I tried to wiggle out of their grasp, but their hands gripped me too tightly. They wrapped the chord around my neck and pulled hard.

Then I died.
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Voilà! There is chapter 6, everyone. With a bit of darkness in it. I hope you don't think I'm too weird. X3 I know that I haven't updated in a while, and I am trying to set up a schedule. I'm thinking every Thursday, for all you people that care. (Which aren't many…)

Anyway, I hoped you like this chapter! Last time I posted a chapter, within 5 hours I had 64 views and 2 comments! To those two people that commented…. I freaked out and screamed, running around my house. No joke. I LOVE YOU. And to all those people that viewed, YIPPEEEEEEEEEEE~!

I hope that my story can actually turn out pretty well, and not one of those stories that never get any views what-so-ever. Maybe like my friend Magetha's stories that always seem to get reviews faster than the speed of light. -.- Lucky girl. *sigh*

SO NOW FOR MY POINT: Thank you so much for reading this, and review please! Also, I am looking for a beta reader to proof read all of my chapters before I put them up. I had one, but she stopped about a day after starting. If you are interested, please leave a comment below! If you're not interested, please, still comment! Thank you!

-Ruby-san