Mailey's POV #6
All the chariots reach the podium and line up in a semi circle around the President who is risen high on the podium. He begins his long speech.
"Welcome." He looks into the crowd. "Citizens and Tributes." He then looks down at us. I look away from him and into the crowd of people. "Happy Hunger Games and May the odds be ever in your favor."
The rest of the speech I ignore because I hear it every year anyways. I look around me at all the other chariots. Beside me is the Posiedon twins. Although the girl, I still don't know her name, holds her trident with pride and readiness. As if she's ready to fight now. She looks uninterested in President Snow's speech just like the rest of the tributes. He comes to the end of his speech and our horses gallop to another huge gate under the podium. Its dark just for a second then all the chariots are parked in a big bright room. Bear jumps off the chariot then extends his hand. I look at him.
"I'm a gladiator." I jump down and smile at him. "Remember?" Marcus comes over with Sundy.
"Great job out there guys." Sundy talks to us as Marcus grabs the spears out of our hands. I forgot I had it in my hand. I would much rather a sword but thats alright too. "With you guys smiling and waving, you will have loads of sponso-" A scream brings my attention over to the district 4 tributes. The Mentor, Finnick, is holding the girl by the stomach. She seems to be wanting to attack the guy. I see Finnick take the trident out of her hands and pass it to what looks like their escort. The son of Poseidon says something to him and Finnick punches him in the gut. I gasp and look at Bear, but he is already gone and helping him to his feet.
"Brody you alright?" I hear Bear say. So Poseidon is really Brody. I kneel down beside Brody and fling his arm around my neck and Bear joins me. We then walk over to the chariot.
"Whats that girls name?" I ask him. He looks up at me.
"That psycho's name is Deanie." He coughs as we help him sit on a nearby chariot. "She is not a career, don't let her join Bear." Bear looks at me and back at Brody.
"Well my friend here is going to join us." Brody looks at me.
"Whats your name." I stand over him as he asks.
"The name's Mailey Parner." I look over at the elevator and see Finnick dragging Deanie in the elevator. "Where are they going?" Brody tries to stand.
"I don't know and I don't care." He looks at me. "We will be giving each other advice for the games." He slaps his hand in the air where Finnick was. "I don't need a mentor anyways." I look at Bear with worried eyes.
"We should go." Brody looks up at me. "I mean we have training tomorrow so we can talk then." Brody nods. We to the elevator silently. Sundy begins to walk behind us with Marcus behind her. Once everyone is in I press the 2 button. We are quiet until the door opens I walk in and walk fast and sit at the dinning table with Bear. One of the girls in the white dress comes in and sets a plate down for me and then one for Bear.
"I don't trust him." I push my plate away but Bear shovels the food in his mouth happily.
"I trust him." He looks up at me with almost half the food gone. "It was the Deanie girl that I don't trust." He pushes my plate back in front of me. Marcus and Sundy sit down with us.
"Thats the thing." I say through a mouthful of food. "Deanie was minding her own business." Almost half my food is gone. "I was watching the whole time. He gets on her nerves and she tries not to cause and incident. I mean the mentor hurt him too. Don't you find that odd?" Bear doesn't answer me so I shake my head and sit straight in my chair and continue eating. "I don't have a good feeling about him." Bear finishes his plate and stands up.
"We can talk about this tomorrow." He looks to me and Marcus. "We will change out of our outfits then talk to Marcus about some information about the games." Marcus nods.
"Sounds good to me." Marcus begins to eat the food on the plate in front of him. I nod at Bear then walk down the hall without him.
I get to my room and strip off the beads and top and slide the skirt down my legs. I have a quick shower and change into a set of clothes that are layed out on the bed. Again my previous clothes are gone and no where to be seen. The clothes that I put on are the same clothes that I arrived in, but they are washed. I sit on the edge of the bed for a moment, thinking about Deanie and Brody. I don't think Brody is the right person to be teaming up with. Bear knocks on the door.
"Come on." The door knob turns but its locked and he can't enter. "We'll talk to Marcus for a bit then go to bed so we can wake up early and train with the other tributes."
"I'll be out in a minute." Here comes the moment of truth. Marcus is going to tell me what can save me or kill me.